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Interesting. What would you call that route that Gabe ran? I am not sure what it was. It just sort of bent to the sideline, allowed Whitehead to get an early jump maybe even got Gabe through the catchpoint too early. Normally we see more of a direct line to the DB and then a break and we might call it a "crisp" pattern. Maybe that's the way he is supposed to run it or maybe it was a lazy rounded break that gave the DB a chance to jump it. I don't think we'll know other than by looking for video of other times he's run that route because coaches and players don't share that information often. The fumble was odd too. The snap almost hit the man in motion and Josh was looking to the right. Did it come too early? I have not relooked at either play other than the broadcast replay on Monday so these were just my initial impressions. After a game like that, I tend to want to decompress and move on. I'd rather not play coroner and try to figure out how/why the victim died, so I could be wrong about both.

OK. That's 5 season openers as the starter. Jets, Jets, Steelers, Rams, Jets. In those games, I counted 7 INTs, 8 fumbles and 6 of them lost. His career totals are 51, 46 and 19 for those categories over those 66 regular season games. So, season openers represent 7.6% of his starts and he has thrown 13.7% of his picks, made 17.4% of his fumbles and had 31.6% of his lost fumbles. Given his style of play, it seems like every year he has to recalibrate his time/space decision making and ball security. Training camp and preseason games do not seem to do the job to get him ready.

One of my measures for an offense that is functioning well in a road game is how much of the play clock is left when they get lined up and ready to snap. If they are constantly doing so with near zero left, it's advantage D. The wrist band does save some time and gives the QB less chance to mess up the call.

Chiefs might soon be in the "let them have a TD" to get the ball with time and down 8." Lions should go for 2 if that happens and try to go up 9.

Hmmm. Maybe his set tips pass vs. run plays. So the D lets him do it.

I think they take programming and have renamed them as podcasts. Used to be the audio vault. Maybe that's not what you meant.

Chad's lead up to the draft was an all-time parade of bad news. A torn ACL and lateral meniscus in November of 2022 which required surgery. Disinvited to the combine for unspecified reason(s)-- maybe the story about mentioning an AK-47? He injured a tendon in his throwing wrist in prep for and/or at the beginning of his pro day workout which was his biggest chance to throw for NFL scouts. The Broncos had to shelve him for 2017 on the PUP. It's tough to isolate his off field issues from his horrendous draft runup issues and how each contributed to tanking his draft stock but it certainly was a combination of both.

I do not think he did anything wrong with the Colts. Reports there were pretty good and Chad had some good preseason games there. He beat out PJ Walker rather easily as their PS guy. The next year they drafted Jacob Eason in the 4th round and the writing was on the wall. Chad is a better QB than Eason, imo, but given a 4th round investment, there's no way they would not keep Eason on the roster over Chad. That's why I think he will stick in the CFL for 3 years. The money in Canada is better than a FA NFL contract with little guaranteed until after you win a training camp battle for a #2 job. The PS is not better than his extended deal.

He punched a photographer at Von Miller's Halloween party and broke his jaw. Imo, that is the worst known offense. The trespass/vacuum cleaner thing was not violent, just embarrassingly bizarre. No forced entry and no aggression toward the residents. Most all the others are out-of-control, adolescent-like tantrums. I would suggest that he did not enter the field of school game and get in a fight, he entered a game that had transformed into a brawl (which was suspended and never resumed, btw) where his brother was in a bad spot. Not smart but I don't know how dumb I might be for my brother. He never was "in the fight" as some have posted. He has an unmatched cycle of successes and emotional failures that some budding mental health professional could write a thesis on. Chase Daniel has made $41 M and Chad is way better than him. Chad's flawed sense of ego/self control has likely cost him 8 figures in earnings. I think he knows this all too well. I hope he has gotten some counseling and suspect he might have when with the Colts. He was never lazy about his craft but could never handle being told "no." He fights authority and authority always wins. I do agree with him that his combination of play making ability, mobility and arm talent is better than most QBs in the NFL. C.Biscuit must be a Canisius man.

His dad works/worked for Wegmans and his mom is/was a school teacher. Seems middle class to me but rich is a relative term. He was on the field because his brother was dogpiled in the other team's bench area. Seemed he was willing to do more but never made it to the fight. He could have been more calculating and thought "this is a bad look and could hurt my draft status" but it was "my brother was cheap shotted and is on the ground and outnumbered on their sideline and in a melee- I need to do something." This is one incident involving him that was more of a mole hill than a mountain, imo.

He did. Heading into the playoffs post 2020 season. I thought maybe it was a COVID related contingency.

Btw, CFL games are available in the US on CBSSN or livestreamed on CFL+. The Argos play at 3:30 today.

Jim has many nephews that play football. We in WNY have been hearing about Chad since he was a 4X PPK champion and every screw up made public made the local news. The same with every success. Imo, we care because he's very talented and is connected to WNY. If he had grown up in East Brady we would not care all that much. My 84 year old mother and 88 year old aunt love to watch him play. They know about his bad press and have empathy for his family. Fundamentally, one can believe in redemption or not.

So, they have us covered? That's the elite metaphor I needed!

Canada is the best of neighbors in many ways. They have our back.

Massive PI. I never saw the ball bounce off the ground. Looked like his arm was underneath.

Imo, this is the thinking that leads Broussard to that conclusion. Also, can you imagine Manning or Brady being addressed by a teammate in a game like Josh was by Diggs? Whatever was being said doesn't matter to many, the look was a lasting negative one in that regard.

I am listenting to Joe Marino's Locked On podcast for tomorrow which he posts on Youtube the afternoon/evening prior. He is featuring an All 22 Review and has lots of points to make and it's worth a listen, as per usual. He says of the 6 pressures Josh faced, 3 were on him for bailing prematurely from a clean pocket and thus creating the pressure. Josh would be very tough to block for as his movements are unpredictable and extended plays create more chances for OL allowed pressure and holding calls. Joe Marino All-22 Review

I paid for MLBTV Oriole games this year in expectation of their ascendency. He delivers a smooth stream of factual content but lacks a discernable personality. In that work environment that make sense now. I think he is at his best when he works with Palmer.

The kind of idiocy at the top that will ruin nice things. And the Orioles are full of them nice things to ruin. Thing was that Brown read the history from pregame PR notes and someone in production made a graphic that said as much. This is Captain Queeg and strawberries kind of thinking by Angelos. Brown back in the booth tonight.

I am not so sure. If grits can be kissed, I think they could get chapped.

I knew of the story but I just watched the video now for the full details. Oh my.

Here's the story. chautauqua-county-girl-risks-life-to-save-others-in-fatal-house-fire

Thinking of the wisdom of George Carlin.

Cam Newton suffered a shoulder injury on this hit by TJ Watt. It ruined his season and required surgery which was not 100% successful. The take-a-way is that he was stationery and in the throwing motion when he took the hit. So Cam should not be the go to poster boy for running QBs being at greater risk of serious injury as many suggest. watt-jars-ball-loose-with-big-hit wr-torrey-smith-cam-newton-tj-watt-josh-allen