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Definitely felt like holding was down across the board this year. Usually the refs go flag crazy in the preseason to reinforce any changes, but with no preseason i think the directive was get the flag numbers down.

So far he signed a HOF QB and squeezed all he could out of him. So I'm surprised he didn't go after rivers/brady (or maybe they felt there wasn't enough there to win it in a year or two). If Rivers retires, it makes too much sense for Reich to go after Wentz - but that could be an option. They may also consider Jimmy G, or Darnold. There's also veteran wildcards like Ryan and Stafford where everyones like... noooo they wouldnt do that. But new coach/GMs might see it as teardown time. GM might want a young QB, but Elway seems to always be a win now guy.

I'd assume... people who live there?

Skipped over Allen for Chubb - but even this offseason too. Couldn't or didn't make an offer work with brady. Winston and Dalton got paid pennies and they showed no interest. You just gave the keys to Lock without letting him earn anything.

His drafting resume at QB: Osweiler in the 2nd Dysert in the 7th Siemien in the 7th Lynch in the 1st Kelly in the 7th Lock in the 2nd Free agent QB resume: Manning for 4 years Case Keenum for 2 years 36M - Traded with a 7th for a 6th after 1 year. Was an overpay for sure, but he may have been the 2nd best QB to suit up for denver in Elways tenure. Flacco - Traded a 4th for Flacco, paid him like 20 million, and he was totally washed. So about 40 million over 2 years for keenum and flacco...

Basically - I'm the new owner.

The hole for the one TD was so massive I feel any running back could have scored.

Sure - but the offense was 9th in yards and 18th in scoring. They couldn't run the ball (Bottom 5 in YPC), so they'd pass as an extension of the run. They also were a full yard per play behind KC. Even with mahomes contract I'd take him over Herbert every time. He elevates the players around him, Herbert's numbers suggest the opposite.

Just going the ozzie newsome route and doing less day to day. But like newsome, i expect elway to continue to be involved in football decisions in some capacity.

Air yards isn't indicative of success as an offense - look at ben and brees this year, they were both very low and had successful offenses. Just saying - he threw a ton behind the LOS and within 5-10 yards. A lot of teams do this, he did it more than most. You won't put up Mahomes numbers playing that way either.

He didn't play at all as a rookie. Just saying - almost 2/3 of Herberts targets had an average depth of target shorter than 8 yards. His intended air yards per attempt was 7.

I was a big mckenzie proponent all offseason and everyone expected him to be cut, so its nice to see someone else notice him 😄. He showed some talent with the gadget plays, but he's a lot tougher and generally a better WR than people give him credit for. TD pass, 5 TD catches, and a PR TD on like 40 total touches. I like roberts as a returner, but if I can only keep one I'd roll with Mckenzie.

Someone posted it on twitter but on that play, at the snap, miami had 11 players within 5 yards of the LOS. Running it there is basically just kneeling it.

Seems like a way to prevent the cap from collapsing too.

I'd say considerably better. Mahomes career YPA is over a yard higher than Herbert. Same with Mahomes NY/A and ANY/A. Sure - he has Kelce and Hill (occaisionally watkins too). But Herbert has Allen (best slot WR in the NFL), Hunter Henry (top 5 TE), and one of the best receiving backs in the NFL in Ekeler. Mahomes is an MVP winner, Super bowl MVP, and Super bowl winner. The guy slings it all over the field, has a cannon, and plays his best football in crunch time. Herbert had moments this year, however his top 3 targets (henry, allen, ekeler) all had aDOTs under 8 yards. He also had about 150 RB targets where they all had a sub 0 aDOT. Thats basically if 2/3 targets went to cole beasley and singletary. Not to say that he can't make downfield throws, because he did - just trying to say that he did not attack down field as much, or as often.

True - but you don't typically take a job for immediate success. They need a GM as well. If said GM is say - Caserio from NE. There's some history there, and the goal is to build a multi-year contender. You do that with a franchise QB, which they already have.

I mean - LA... Good relationship with GM... Solid QB... Good pieces sprinkled across the roster. Ingram, Henry, Pouncey come off the books so there's some cap space there as well. Could continue to build along the oline, get some young talent there. Could also see them invest in cornerbacks this offseason.

Ingame management issues were definitely there. Twitter called him out on the end of the bills game when herbert ran a sneak - I don't think Lynn called that or would've told him that it was smart to do so. Bad timeouts, etc. Those are hallmarks of a new coach, and he isn't a new coach so thats fair to say.

😄 - Turner missed a ton of time too. Essentially they spent tons of money on oline and they all got hurt.

Thats a bit unfair. They missed starters in quite a few games James missed the season. Pouncey also didn't play all season. Harris missed 8 weeks. Ekeler missed 6 weeks. Ingram missed 9 weeks. Bosa missed 4 weeks. Bulaga played 38% of snaps. Allen/Williams/Henry all missed time this year. There were weeks where they were on their 4th string back. It's not an excuse of course - but I'm going to assume they regress next season. I agree on the special teams part - but its hard to make a coaching adjustment like that mid-season. Top 10 in offense and defense yardage wise to me seems like neither unit could get it done in the 4th quarter.

It always depends who owns the rights in these negotiations. While selling the show nets you profit, improving the peacock subscription rate will inevitably also boost profit. As cord cutting becomes more and more prevalent, you almost have to maintain a space in the subscription market. If you don't move the office to your platform, you're almost without a platform. This can work, but it results in you needing to either A - Pick a partner like netflix for all of your shows, or B - sell shows to the highest bidder. But as long as broadcasting still exists, you harm your ratings by making new shows available immediately on someone else's platform. You share ad revenue, and it becomes more of a challenge to show shareholders how you are growing.

I always like to look at it as who they've worked with in the past. Jim Bob Cooter comes to mind as a former OC. Chad O'Shea worked with him in NE for years. Dan Campbell is another. All 3 would be looking to improve their positioning at HC jobs in the future. Taking dorsey would be a challenge - assuming Dorsey has been promised the job here it goes from Allen/Diggs and playcalling to - ??? and not calling plays... Which sets you up better to be a future HC? I could see Crennel as DC assuming Daboll doesn't end up in Houston. Other options might be babich or washington from Buffalo. Matt Patricia could also get a look there.

I just kept reading about how dangerous this defense was. And either they rolled over after the PR TD, or they are not very good. Buffalo scored in like 40 seconds in the 2 minute drill. The 3 TDs in the 4th quarter were when the game was basically out of reach, but honestly the drive to make it 28-6 vs 21-6 really just ended it. As for coach of the year - its a tough year. Payton is deserving. Carroll is deserving. Lafleur and Reid. Stefanski. Hell - even Ron Rivera.

What about Houston?

Any other season they would play for a bye week, and get a week off. I don't think sharpness is an issue. Buffalo came out of the bye week very strong this year. I'd probably rest the same players, as well as any linemen who are banged up. With less receiver talent out there it becomes much more of a TE heavy running attack with play action. If Barkley or webb starts too it doesn't make sense to try and run the josh allen offense.