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I'd agree. Just doesn't seem detail oriented enough to be a good coordinator there. We're probably among the worst teams adjusting to the new kickoff rules. Punt coverage is.. i'd say average but it feels below average. We've fully commited to kicking it out of the end zone because we have no confidence in our unit. Return units have been alright, but how much of that has been covington just being shifty and fast vs. effective plays by the unit as a whole. FGs and Punts have been blocked in his tenure. What are we even doing right?

Definitely wasn't the 8 turnovers.

I was with you til that part. You weren't there, you don't know what happened, so I think its unfair to victim blame. Lets not act like he's a choir boy who was unfairly caught up in this. Or whatever happened that night was completely legal, consensual, and generally OK. To just say - oh well i left so its not my problem is such a cop out as a human being. I don't feel bad for him, and i don't blame buffalo for getting rid of a PR nightmare. I thought the one at the end of the first half was playable inside the 5, but the one gunner didn't get around on it.

I guess they don't "have" to, but they will to some extent. You can't run the same play action pass a bunch of times, your QB is going to get lit up on a naked bootleg one of those times. They schemed open a bunch of short play action stuff, and some good zone beaters. But again, you see that same lineup and they run the same route concepts you are opening yourself up to a play, not to mention the more you keep throwing short the more the safeties creep.

I think they need to dictate more, create more negative plays. Be it blitzing, or doing something differently than - reacting to their motion, reacting to their protections, etc. You run the risk of giving up big plays, but game scripts lately have been very similar in that they use motion to one side and run to the other, or PA one side and roll to the other.

They tried it in the red zone but the DB slipped around the knox pick. He still almost caught it and it was not a very good pass.

Breaking tackles in different ways. Cook being able to make those cuts inside and outside can generate a ton of extra yards, and davis just has very good contact balance to go with his straight line style.

They seemed to struggle a lot with stunts and blitz pickups that 2 week stretch. One thing i noticed on the road was occasionally running a no-huddle play after a successful play just to force a team into a base defense, get them off snap count at 1, and make it easier for the offensive line. Pass pro was never COT's strong suit, but he's showing some improvement there. I think you have to be able to run it in buffalo/pittsburgh/NY/NE. The weather will occaisionally hit you, and we ideally want to play at home.

I think the challenge for them is they just finished up on the easier parts of their schedule. Still have Buffalo, Houston, GB on the road. Cleveland and the jets on the road in december and january is not good for their speed type offense. 49ers too. I just don't see them winning enough of those games to make it out of the hole they dug. Phillips being gone is a killer, Chubb coming off a late season ACL (we all kinda saw how von looked in similar scenario). Their defense has played well so far in limiting yards but i think schedule and game flow has had an effect there.

I always found it to be more of a talk show than something like sportscenter.

Some execution issues.. 3rd down drop on the first drive. Penalty on the 2nd drive put htem in 3rd and long - I thought he had kincaid who can get the sideline and maybe the first. Third drive was a hollins route that..... I think a better WR might catch it... and i just don't see hollins getting as many 3rd down snaps as the season goes on with the cooper addition. I thought they did a good job accounting for the fact that they were struggling to run the ball at times.

Every time i've been to elmos during the day its a ghost town so you can probably mash some tables together. NYBP brunch is really good too. Place is always mobbed but its legit. I just went to the orchard park location and that place is ridiculous.

Look at nick folk... he's made 37 of his last 38 field goals since going to Tennessee. He was 6/11 in tampa in 2017 and didn't even make a roster in 2018. He made less than 80% for 4 consecutive years from 09-12.

Isn't taron johnson playing the taron johnson role?

I don't mind having 2 sideline guys there to prevent much in the way of gains - with 8 seconds they can potentially get a decent chunk for the field goal attempt. but with that and rushing 3 you still have 6 guys deep to cover 5 max. I don't like bernard... spying or delayed blitzing. Just rush 3. And put coleman or hollins (or both) in the middle to get some height and jumping.

The baker one was underthrown. The underneath guy was looking for a tip deflection.

They do run the ball occaisionally, and a 2 TE formation is probably more often run than not, and then you factor in that you will occasionally use a TE in pass protection, I'm not even sure how many routes knox has even run.

Wasn't this guy hurt for like the most important 2 months of practice? They practice now, but its specific install for the week. Missing that much training camp in a competition is a death sentence, especially for a rookie. He's resting and rehabbing while Hamlin and Rapp are practicing together.

I would assume he's going to practice a couple of times before they say much of anything. Whether he plays much vs. dress vs. start is probably completely unknown.

He seems to overcompensate in the wind sometimes, but it also seems like when he pulls it left he occaisionally (frequently it seems) kicks it absolutely terribly. It's the lack of consistency in kicking period thats becoming a concern. The miss from 48? Thats going to happen, its windy. The XP was another just, ugly kick that is unacceptable.

270 on the ground against the best rush offense in the league... with spector and lewis starting, and rapp left the game after 16 snaps.

Easier to move a 3rd when you have the extra 2nd. 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 6, 6, 6. If comp picks hold another 4 and 5 for davis and floyd. There's also the potential of a 2026 comp pick should cooper get paid.

Look at it like a 30m cap hit for cooper? does that make it better?

Still got 5 picks in the first 4 rounds, 8 picks total. There's also value to be had with the extra 2nd and 4th to move around in the draft.

I mean... the ravens game kinda messes with the math (Henry averaged 8 ypc on 25 carries with an 87 yarder really propping up that average). You also had 2 of the best running QBs in jackson and murray who both broke some contain and combined for about 100 yards on 10 carries.