NoSaint

You know, I don’t mind trying to push the ball but someone might want to remind everyone that Mack Hollins is not the guy you do that with.

for sure. And an extra week means more load to manage AND and extra week to insulate against pure luck for a good team so the ability to make slightly more conservative choices early knowing the bad bounce effect is slightly reduced

now, place forty of you in a room to watch… not an ideal barometer for nuance but whether a kicker has turner scary is actually a pretty solid scorecard

i think all of these are very fair I might also speculate that this generation of player may be more open to missing time for injury. We saw some horrific stories 20 years ago with what guys played through. While I still think guys play through terrible injuries - I also applaud missing time for head injuries now and bet at least a portion of guys are more apt to be cautious with joints, muscles etc healing properly? im not saying everyone or that it’s a bad thing but at the very least - I think there is some change around the margins there. The classic, would tua have missed weeks on end 30 years ago? Are there equivalents with other injuries? Probably. define the measurement of that, I suppose. are guys more injured or more willing to disclose injuries that were occurring, for instance? add in the game being faster and also played by bigger guys and….

how many steps do you think he lost?

to be fair, in no scenario was he getting 17m he took the guaranteed number which was more than he’d get elsewhere at this stage. It was prorated in a bonus to benefit both sides- lower cap hit this year and more cash for him

Why would an incident that occurred in 2023 that the team knew about void guarantees in his contract signed in 2024

it was a good business decision by both parties anyone that bought the narrative that von was selfless and giving up for the team missed what happened

don’t forget limiting guys in routes and not letting Allen keep his eyes downfield while losing all of the element of surprise by making it a clear trick play no matter what pre snap

yea, that guy unblocked might’ve been worth an audible or timeout, right?

Honestly, currently I don’t trust the whole unit. From 13 seconds, to too many men to the bass yips and a couple kicks tipped… Count me in for a new ST Coordinator if we are refusing to address bass directly. he’s got talent, maybe someone else can unlock it again I feel like the haack thing is completely made up by fans, unless I’ve missed something.

it’s hard to tell ed Oliver to freelance and get up field instead of controlling lanes when you can’t trust the linebackers and safeties behind him to mop up

it’s a depressing framing but not entirely unfair at the moment. Hopefully we see Knox/samuel get closer to their ceilings though. Hopefully.

to be fair, I think there was a lot of shouting down of questions about the unit because we were highly ranked in scoring there were people questioning though

yup. I think all these guys belong in the league and we can have a bunch of good weeks with them… but also anticipate having some challenging matchups or situations because we are lacking a guy that can just win the matchup on their own as consistently as some units have.

unfortunately, we don’t have a threat over the top which makes game plans tough against legitimately good teams.

best way to tackle Henry? Play with a lead. Nobody is good at tackling him. So you get ahead of the ravens to pressure them and make Lamar throw

its not great but lets also not pretend that 11th best paid kicker means anything to the 53 other than being too stubborn to address it now, unfortunately the Knox deal bugs me because we knew the guy. He was in house and we aggressively replaced him quickly. Just frustrating to give a modest overlay just to bench the guy instead of spending picks to get a WR the miller deal was going to be uncomfortable at some point. A real bummer luck made it so quickly

like each person had one, or they shared a single oversized?

Playing with a lead makes everything easier. tonight was walking to school uphill in the snow and we did not make it with or linebackers, safeties or wide receivers We have 3 units with big question marks and some weeks will hurt

Just opted not to block the guy?

like if he had an offensive line protecting him?

it’s like he forgets he’s the last line of defense and not eating a blocker for a player behind him

because you want fewer receivers running routes and Josh getting the ball late without eyes downfield

yup. I just don’t see the point of putting the defense super aware of a trick play and then just have it be very slow to get to Josh. even a flea flicker is at least a mid play surprise