Alphadawg7

Yes sorry, you are right it was the bucs game. I for some reason was thinking it was the Titans game. But you are correct, the fade I am talking about was the Bucs game on 3rd and 2 and we had to take the FG and lost in OT.

I mean we just offered a 2nd for an Elite player. Denver is going to want something of good value back for both Juedy and Chubb given how much they have invested in them, and neither of them is Elite. There is no chance IMHO Beane would offer anything close to what Denver will want for one of these guys, nor should he. Neither of them would even start on our team. KJ Hamler is a guy I think might be had much cheaper, and if we could add his speed to our WR depth, then maybe I can see us doing that if the price was right. But ultimately, I doubt we make any trades from this point on. CMC interested them because he was a rare elite player in his prime available. But even then, it was only for a specific price, and Beane was not going to budge or get close to what he actually fetched in a trade.

And that creativity is why I still think he was amongst the better OC's. But, the issue I had was when he would take away the strength of the team in key moments. Just for an example...the Bucs game on 3rd and 2. The fade to Diggs was so stupid. Josh takes 1 step and floats a 50/50 ball instantly. You just removed Davis, Knox, Cole, Devin, and most importantly Josh Allen and all he brings to the table with his legs too out of the play for a coin flip play from the 2 yard line. Unbelievably stupid. Talk about taking all the pressure off the defense in a spot right there. Why not spread the O out and put Josh in Shotgun and make the defense have to worry about Diggs, Davis, Knox, Beasley, Devin, and Josh's legs? It was a critical moment and just a god awful play call regardless if it works or not. Not with the team around Allen and the added dimension of Allen being able to run it in too. Why anyone would want to take away Josh's ability to improvise and make plays with his legs down near the goal line is beyond me. For example, look at the 2 point conversion try we converted to go up by 3 against KC late in the playoff game. Allens ability to keep that play alive is why we converted it. So even if the play breaks down, Allen has so much talent he can still make the play. Then there is the Titans game QB sneak trickery...also dumb how he called it. Having Josh moving before the snap from shotgun back under center for a quick snap helped create the scenario where Josh didn't have his feet set and you can see his foot slip on the snap. If you are going to run a power QB sneak, lineup and let your QB get his best footing for a push and ram it down their throat. It may not still have worked, but it sure would have had a better chance of it working had Josh dug in and not slipped. We probably still should have won the SB despite moments like this...so don't get me wrong, he had a lot of genius to him. He was not the reason we were not a SB champion last year. The blunder that started with our ST Coordinator not telling Bass the squib kick call was the domino that began to sink the ship. Everything else after was on Frazier and the defense.

So far, I would say he is a better HC than OC though. I had a love hate relationship with Daboll. I was fully aware he was a great OC for the most part...however, far too many times he would try and get too cute with bad play calls in critical moments. Far too many times he would call plays like he had an allergy to run plays. But overall, he was still amongst the better OC's in the league and is proving to be a great HC. I actually had pretty high expectations for him in NY because he really is a players coach, a guy people want to play hard for. And for me, that is one of the most important characteristics a HC can have because they either have it or they don't. They have a squishy schedule, and there is a lot of parody of the first McD season here...a team winning more than expected in what is the beginning of a total tear down. Daniel Jones is playing better, but I haven't seen enough yet to convince me that the new regime in NY feels confident in rebuilding around him. I still think they will go get their guy at QB, at least as of today. Maybe if DJ really starts to turn it on things might change, but they seem poised to lose Saquan this year, and Daniel Jones, even with his improvement thus far, can't carry that team IMHO. Just like how we made the playoffs with Tyrod under McD, they knew it was just about breaking the streak than it was about Tyrod sticking around as the QB to build around.

Sad to see young good players get hurt like this. They still have a pretty good young RB there in Carter, but Hall was having a sensational start to his career. Him and Walker look like future studs of the league at RB out of this draft.

He has to be up there as one of the all time waste of talents. He had it all talent wise, but he didn’t have the heart, commitment, or mental strength. Worst thing for him was he got paid big money before he earned it based on potential and then just coasted from there even more. He cashed in on his “potential” in KC and never looked back. Took that money and was content just being a role player, could care less about living up to his potential or contract.

Great thread idea OP… Mine came from business. Had a business mentor when I was 22 years old who had a motivational poster of a wolf that said be the alpha, lead the pack or something like that on it. So he used to always talk about that and to lead not follow…be your own boss…take charge of your life. It was more about being accountable and an Alpha in your life than being an Alpha to others. A couple years later I got hired at a mortgage company when I was like 24 and we had 15 mortgage brokers in our office. I’m 6’4” so people would often call me “big dog” because I’m tall. First full month I was there, the whole office closed 18 loans, and I closed 15 of them and the manager started calling me “Alpha Dog” (a play off “Big Dog”). Second month I was there the whole office closed 16 loans and I closed 14 of them. There was no third month there because I quit and opened my own mortgage company after those 2 months. I have been self employed ever since for past 20+ years. But the nickname I liked because it brought me back to those early days with an early business mentor. So for a little while I started using the name “Alphadawg” as a web site login name for fantasy sports. And created this account back then too. Funny, haven’t used it as a login in a least 10+ years now, plus most sites now ask for your email instead of a handle anyway. But the name Alphadawg was always more of a homage to someone I saw as an early business mentor and business mentality. My dad was my original business mentor and had by far the biggest impact on me, but this mentor came along like 4 years after my dad was murdered and just added more fuel to the fire my dad had already started. Funny thing is, I only worked for this mentor for like 6 months, but I learned a lot more than I realized then by being around him during that short stint. Although, a lot of what I learned didn’t even become apparent to me until after I was gone and starting my own businesses.

Me: McCaffrey only had 2 injury plagued seasons in Car, not 3 (as you originally stated). (FACT) You: Your posts will age poorly. Ummmmm...McCaffrey no longer plays in Car, so how can a fact that now can never change age poorly? LMAO This might be the most pointless and weirdest convo I have ever been involved with on here.

Hahah well you must have at least read your own article now cuz you went from incorrectly saying I was wrong to a pouty tantrum over not being right. Good talk. Lol

Haha…I hear ya, and I really don’t get it. He keeps posting back at me with an article that literally says verbatim the same thing I said but then says the article says I’m wrong. Makes no sense

Except I don’t hate Daboll. So once again, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

LMAO with this response. What is it you are so confused about? I mean seriously. I have literally said multiple times now it was 2 years of injuries in 2020 and 2021. Yet you keep posting at me with the same article that verbatim says it was…wait for it…TWO years and those 2 specific years. LMAO You however originally implied he’s missed time over THREE years, which is a false way to put it given he has NOT MISSED ANY GAMES THIS YEAR. So I don’t know what to tell you, because not only way the way you first said it is wrong, you for some reason keep posting an article that literally tells you that you are wrong. Maybe try reading the article you keep posting?

What are you even talking about anymore? Lmao You need a new schtick

What are you talking about? That’s TWO seasons. Just like I said.

No it’s not, you just like to argue non existent points. In a close game where passing was not working, we threw the ball 19 more times in the second half trying to force the pass as the weather got worse even though we were completing just 50%.

No you said he’s only played in 16 games in 3 years. You are literally calling this season a full year in that statement when ONLY 6 games have been played, which he has not missed any. He missed games with injuries in ONLY 2 seasons…2020 and 2021. Implying it’s been over 3 is a false statement. He played in 10 games over 2 years then played in 100% of the games this season. Those are the facts, you don’t get to skew the language them to make them sound worse. So did Fred Taylor, and then they took the steps to make sure they prevented it from persisting and he spent the rest of his career mostly injury free and had a long great career. Im not saying he definitely won’t still get injuries, I’m just saying it’s not a foregone conclusion he will either.

No he hasn’t been hurt 2-3 years. He was hurt 2 different seasons at Car. You are not correct

Come on, you know that is a false way to say that...you are including this year as the "3 years". He was NOT injured for 3 years. He played 10 games in 2 seasons, and then this year he has been 100%. There is no reason to skew information to make it seem worse than it is. CMC had no injury history in HS, College, or the NFL outside those 2 years. That does not make him injury prone, none of those injuries were career threatening. Fred Taylor, Frank Gore, Matthew Stafford, etc etc...all labeled injury prone because of injuries in consecutive seasons just to go on and put it behind them and never be an issue again.

No offense, but these are not comparable situations. Gurley had a degenerative knee issue that was always going to shorten his career. CMC stayed major injury free his entire football life from HS to College to the NFL with the exception of some non career threatening injuries the plaguing previous 2 years. His career does not seem close to coming to a close. This board tried to basically proclaim Saquan and CMC careers were all but done as high level players this offseason...yet one is leading the NFL in scrimmage yards and the reason his team is 5-1 and the other was playing so well that the Niners just traded most their 2023 draft to get him. No offense again, but there is no bigger false saying in the NFL than "RB's are a dime a dozen"...its just not true.

Somebody actually gave a vomit emoticon over this post???? Lmao, what a terrible reaction to your post Yeah, this guy is going to keep growing this year into a real weapon and consistent role on this team. I said it all off-season and camp…McKenzie is NOT a starter in this league. So many people got so butt hurt about that and argued with me he was gonna have some big season lol. I was like nope, his season won’t look much different than years past. The staff knew this too which is why they paid McKenzie backup money then added Crowder and drafted Shakir. I was all aboard the Shakir train on draft night. Loved him coming out and I was confident he would go in the 2nd or 3rd round. I didn’t even realize he was still on the board when we picked him. I can’t remember even being that excited over a 5th round selection TBH. The guy reminds me so much of Copper Kupp as a player. And it’s no coincidence because he patterns his game off of him. Shakir is going to be a stud for us, and his time to take over the majority of the slot snaps is coming this year and we could see that begin after the bye week. He just plays so much tougher and smarter than McKenzie. On a personal level, love McKenzie and root for him. But on a non bias level, he just isn’t good enough to be an every down player. Yes he runs fast, and that’s about where it stops when you name things he excels at. He doesn’t run great routes, he doesn’t have great hands, he doesn’t do well catching in traffic, he isn’t physical, and his field IQ is a liability. He is a good situational and gadget role player though.

We did not lose that NE game because we couldn’t run the ball. We lost that game because Daboll thought it was best throw the whole game instead of running the ball. And we also lost because our undersized DL couldn’t stop the run. I don’t get why people don’t seem to understand about how you can’t run the ball if you don’t actually run the ball. When we focus on involving the run game, we run successfully. We just don’t run the ball because we Josh Allen is just carving up the NFL. He’s on pace for the greatest season ever for a QB and utterly shattering the current NFL record by 800 yards right now. That being said: Moss sucks. So if they added another RB as insurance against a Devin injury, then fine. But we don’t need to give up a solid to premium pick for a RB unless that person was a proven stud and significant upgrade to Devin.

I am fine signing OBJ, but I would actually be MORE excited about trading for Elijah than signing OBJ. It will NEVER happen. Jets are NOT sending any help to the Bills, and Beane is NOT going to give up a good draft pick to get another WR. But, Elijah would be a better addition because he is full go and ready. OBJ is a proven stud, but we have no idea how good he will be this year after yet another major injury. Again, I am all for signing OBJ, I mean there isn't really any risk and even if he is 75% or what he was, he is still a lot better than McKenzie. Im just comparing the two to show how much confidence I have in Elijah Moore excelling with a good QB. I think this kid could be very good in a better situation.

Wrong. He was right up to the draft neck and neck with Baker to go number 1 overall. You realize there 5 QBs teams saw as top pro prospects, and at that time was considered the best QB draft class in 30 years. And Josh went 3rd, and almost went number 1.

If I am GB, he is my number 1 trade target. I would be on the phone easily offering a 3rd for him, would even consider a conditional 2nd. The guy can play, and he would instantly be the best WR on the Packers the moment he steps on the field. I really think he would be a stud with Rodgers in GB.

I feel like this post wouldn't make any less sense if you wrote it to me in Italian. And I don't speak Italian.