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I'm I the only one who thought that was a push off?

I've been thinking about this. Not sure my plan works with part time refs. But I think there should be a base salary along with a "bonus": Each ref starts with 100k in their bonus at the start of the season. With each poor call, money is subtracted. So if there is a terrible call that is completely unfounded, said ref is withheld 20k at the end of the year. Each call is weighted depending on severity of the call and impact on the game.

I believe clay ran a post in the middle of the field and found a soft spot in the zone on that play. TT chose the McCoy throw. Or possibly didn't see Clay.

When he talks about the "timing" and "being late", I think he's referring to he isn't seeing Sammy beat his guy early. He releases the ball after the WR has steps of separation. It's just another way of pointing out TT's issue with progressions.

I also think part of the problem is Peyton no longer runs the offense. It's his greatest strength. At this point in his career, most if not all he has to offer is between the ears. Mean while Kubiak is calling for naked QB roll outs and taking away Peyton's control at the line. I don't think he would be the same Manning by any stretch but I think we'd get better performances from him.

Trent actually did have a tell. He would tap his helmet at the line every passing down

I like TT but he does need to be able to read te field a bit better/quicker. Even without the scramble he isn't seeing the field well and needs to do better looking for the intermediate routes. It seems it's one of 3 throws, check down, go route, or where ever Clay is.

This! Another poster with access to the premium stats on PFF, posted that TT has the longest TT throw in the league. Two things will/can happen with that. 1. OL holds, because 3+ seconds is a really long time to hold off a rusher 2. TT is scrambling which means the rusher now has his back to the play, giving him a free chase. OL holds or gives up the blocker. Hughes leads the team with penalties, 5, but Glenn is close behind with 4 holding calls.

Or say, when the first 5-10 years in the league were predicated on knowing exactly what the defenses are going to do. When a kid has all the test questions for the SAT in grade 8, don't be surprised when he aces the PSAT a few years later. This is the largest part f all the cheating for me. Would Brady have been great without all the help? We don't know, but imagine how quickly a TT or an EJ would have gone if they had the answers. Carson Palmer? Hell, Luck makes a ton of mistakes, how many would he be making if he knew the defense, and how great would he be at reading defenses given the "curve"

Wait and see how the Jags progress this season. I heard their OL coach used to be a HC. He might have the title as associate HC.

Terrorism?

Only if you put him below sea level. Above will take longer. Source: masters final paper on altitude training

I watch the all-22 every week. Your statement about wide open receivers is totally false. The dude stood in the pocket strong, and delivered a number of balls with a shoulder in the gut. Gander at the all-22 those "open" receivers generally aren't open, but in zone coverage/being closed in on or appear open because the defender pulled off the receiver to pursue the play as EJ is delivering the ball elsewhere. He doesn't get a pass for the game, but the guy played gutsy with some terrible protection. I'm an EJ fan. I'm happy with TT. Not calling for a switch at all. But he deserves lots of criticism for this game against the pats. Here's to TT progressing into our franchise guy. I'm pro bills not pro any guy on the roster, and we need a franchise guy bad! I agree with most of this in principle. I'm really just trying to take an honest inventory for improvement. I used to be a career coach, so I'm constantly looking for ways to improve, not trying to be critical if that makes sense. I'd agree with the defensive part against any other QB other than Brady. You go 3 and out 5 times in a row, and give him the ball on 3 turnovers, you're in a shoot out, and you'd be hard pressed to have even the 85 Bears help you stay dominant in a game like that. Now if we are playing Jax, that happens on offense, I expect the D to step up for us. Penalties cost us huge, right up there with the offensive play. But haven't the last few Super Bowl teams been really high up on the list of penalties taken...one can dream right? Ha. But in all seriousness we have to get those under control.

Watching the All-22 TT gets happy feet, takes off laterally, hanging his tackle out to dry, also means he can't look down field, or at least halves it. He needs to do a better job of climbing the pocket vertically, which many times he could have done, but chose not to too quickly.

Generally I would agree that scoring 32 points should win you any game, and the D has to do their job. BUT when you go 3 and out 5 times in a row, and give the ball back to Brady 3 times, be prepared to lose. You give Brady that many extra possessions you've put yourself in a position to get into a shoot out. I think we gave away 10 points off turnovers (could be wrong), but that makes it 30-32.

Woods ran around uncovered quite a bit yesterday. TT is not seeing the field well. I noticed while at both games. It's either go route or screen with him the past two weeks. Not sure how much of that is by design, but I can attest there are WR running intermediate routes that are being missed.

Am I the only one not throwing the D under the bus yesterday. While I don't give them a free pass, we turned the ball over 3 times and went 3 and out 5 times in a row at one point on the other side of the ball. Historically you give Brady 3 extra possessions he's going to tear you apart and hang 500 yards on you. I was more upset with offensive play than defensive play yesterday.

How about a tomahawk cheeeaaaater cheeeeeeater cheeeeeater, every time Brady takes the field.

In statistics you take out outliers all the time. So they are less of an if, and more of an anomaly. Take out the longest and shortest if you like. But the offense lacked consistency in being able to run the ball.

My largest complaint was that if you took out the long runs by McCoy and Williams, our yards per carry were right around or under 2. Also with 3 turnovers we basically tied ToP. Obviously this is linked to above and being able to run the ball consistently.

Excited about what he's done during preseason, but 60% is unremarkable at best in college.

Because speculation has no place on message boards. Say he commands 10-12 per year. Which isn't all that high. Is that an affordable resign! Assuming we resign the players above. Onviously of he plays out his mind we will lose a guy on that list. But say he plays like the 15th best QB in the league, what's the play?

I know TT has an option to void his contract if he plays X (50%?) games. Given that we want to resign Gilmore, Dareus, and Bradham at the very least, plus maybe Glenn. Can we afford to pay starter money to TT, with (hopefully) one year of productivity? What is his estimated worth at the end of the season based on his current production in PS? Also is it possible he is a "stop gap" and the staff sees something in EJ and we replaces his production with somebody on the roster next year? I know it's way early to talk about this. Cary before the horse and all, just curious though. It's a valid thought when thinking about the future. Perfect world he plays out of his mind, and we sign him long term and he continues to produce.

Unless to cheat on that exam you pay your flunky friend to go and steal the exam from the professors office. In which case you've opened up quite the can of worms.

Maybe I am over simplistic with this, but the way I view the league and employment is akin to McDonalds, ie a franchise. While team owners fit the bill, the athletes are employed by the greater NFL. They are free to participate in the free market, but to be employed by the NFL you must abide by NFL policy, practices, and employment procedures (ie the draft). The arguement would also imply that each team is a team for sale to compete in any league. As far as I know, no sport works this way (soccer maybe), and would operate under it's own bylaws. I understand what you are saying here. I just don't see the real world application for it. I guess they could go the ND route and be independent, but not sure how this works. The NCAA is a mess and isn't a true governing body (nor can it be). These schools act independently of eachother, something that can't and won't happen without dissolving the shield.