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Just never seemed to develop much at the position. Slow to get his head around in man, has some ball skills but those tend to show when he's in zone and has eyes on QB. Minus tackler. Takes penalties. My assumption is his speed made recovering much easier at the college level to get in position, and NFL talent around speed and separation is too good.

They scored 20 on their first 4 drives though. and 30 across 7. They had the turnover but other than that field position wasn't amazing. Just long drives. It probably would've been more of a beat down if knox pulls in a couple of those.

They have clear visors now. Also they are far enough away that they aren't really reading your eye but probably the stripe on the top of your helmet.

I think winning the turnover battle and controlling TOP results in more wins vs. passing more. The 403 yards would have been a top 3 average yardage total in the NFL last year. 30 PPG would also be a top 3 average. The defense played lights out, negative plays, snagged a turnover. Love to see it. But the offense grinded this one to a halt and in the 2nd half the D really didn't have to do much.

He doesn't see the field well enough to be a starter imo. There's too many throws he can't make with touch and timing. They aren't good whether he starts or not, and its not a long-term deal so i would assume they just play out the season and move on. PROS - Arm strength, athleticism, read-option to expand your rushing playbook CONS - Accuracy over the middle is bad, Accuracy while running is a bit scattershot, Sack magnet, and ball security. For an athlete too i don't think he operates that well out of structure.

While fields is an athlete, and a threat to run in read-option plays, he doesn't have the same throwing ability as LJ. Fields has a good arm, but is a bit more scattershot in his throws, isn't as accurate on the move, and his release is slower. He (like a young josh) struggles to throw people open, and will sail some. His pocket presence has been a weakness as well. As for hall, he's not derrick henry. Which is a good thing. Same as us - when your teams banged up in camp you tend to have lighter practice loads for guys and lots of guys skip padded days. Week 1 happens and i feel like the game-to-game preparation and practices ramp up a bit.

I mean... You can't not touch the guy on the edge either so It wouldn't shock me if it wasn't walkers fault.

Football is meant to be played outdoors.

He looked slower than Poyer, and his aggressiveness was again borderline reckless.

I think they will get better as the season goes on. The entire defense struggled with run fits, so its hard to blame any one position group. I thought rapp played worse than bishop tbh, and bernard and milano were pretty much invisible.

My issue with Burrow is sacks. Sacks tend to lead to more turnovers and injuries than any other hit, and they're drive killers. It also gets left off all the end of season QB stats comparisons they do - not factored into completion percentage, yards, anything really. Lamar (24) and Josh (14) combined for fewer sacks than burrow (48) in 2024. He's not like Rob Johnson bad, but it's a challenge to ignore.

Last year buffalo played the first ravens game without Bernard, Rapp, Milano, and Taron Johnson. It seemed to make a difference in the playoff game.

You're definitely given some lee-way on where you line up as a corner. But usually that far off the LOS is either - over man without help like a single high or blitz, or cover 3 and cover 4 where you're expected to find the deep crossers. It isn't a bad thing to line up off as well, playing press man for an entire game is a recipe for big plays which.. most teams try to avoid. If i know i need to stay deep behind a player whos faster than me... why would i line up closer to him?

The entire defense couldn't tackle or shed for long stretches of that game. I also feel like the eagles got away with a number of holds on Hurts scrambles. They did get a few TFLs in there that definitely made things more challenging for philly and got some punts. The turnover in the red zone and Lamb's several drops were the difference more than the defense. Just giving a physical team that amount of momentum is a killer.

Usually means they're in some kind of cover 3 or 4 scenario where they cover over the top and underneath is nickel and LBs.