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Well.... we can't fix it midseason. The options are not great. I do think they'll bring in some competition again though

Stupid press conference question. If you had an interview? Maybe... but in a press conference talking about either the cleveland game or miami game it has no place. He isn't on any of these teams.

Screen got blown up, singletary doesn't get out of bounds, substitute for some odd reason and just throw a back shoulder to JB anyway. Burn the timeout trying to get them to jump Offside... Not great. Singletary really messed it up. If the screen pass got through we may have won though. Play calls are whatever. Call the timeout after 2nd down once they started winding the clock. It's 3rd down, need to talk to my QB and get a good play and plan to get yards. Make sure it's a completion, get up and clock it. Gives u chances to A get closer, and B take end zone shots. We played under the assumption of the fg make, and didn't want to give the ball back with time, it's chicken-s--t

I dunno. Do nothing with coins. Prioritize adding a WR in the draft, a mid-late round QB, and Andy Dalton. 1- WR can help our team and Allen and is a need this off-season. I prefer draft to FA since our 2 top WRs are already 30 2- plans for the future if Allen isn't it. Seeing teams win games with minshew and Kyle Allen makes me think it's something where you should constantly be drafting. 3- have an upgraded backup if Allen fails. It may put extra pressure and shorten the leash, but Id want a backup who can possibly help get us back to the playoffs If drafted QB looks good preseason? Wonderful, carry on the 53 and stop carrying a fullback or extra lineman or whatever.

Yeah - it's a tough call. You don't have time to motion or do much of anything. he took 2 seconds to point at JB and say... something that means back shoulder... JB nodded and that was the play. It's the best you can do there. If we hadn't bunched they probably don't give that look. Either way... wish we had another timeout. Wish we just rushed to the line and ran whatever play is in the book there so you get a chance to think at the LOS - instead of having coach calling a play and in your ear. Yeah - he was lined up super tight and had a ton of boundary space but he should know that that ball is going to the sideline.

He did alright on the crack toss - and i get why you run it... but it felt like... what are we doing here? There's no chance you're getting more than 3 yards.

I just hope they don't try some west coast thing - square peg round hole.

Its not like we clocked it - we ran a play. I think a timeout might have been smart though. Think through what you want to do, and execute. Can use the middle of the field and clock it and assume 20 seconds off. From there you can run either sidelines or EZ plays, or a single over the middle type play to get you to the preferred hash, and maybe tack on 5-10 more yards and clock it for the kick.

NOPE ?

I'd be willing to bring in Dalton on a reasonable contract. I know what he is - and i think that is better than barkley.

I mean - Seattle made it at 7-9 and won a WC game: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sea/2010.htm Same with Denver in 2011: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/den/2011.htm. Denver wasn't even good - buffalo blew them out 2 weeks before. Ravens in 2012 actually won it all... nothing about that team screamed special. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rav/2012.htm I guess the reasoning is - you can't win a playoff game if you don't make the playoffs. Win 1, and who knows what happens.

None of the teams they're playing are that bad. Their Defense is playing lights out at the moment, but as we've seen the last few weeks with our vaunted d... teams adjust. I could see anyone on that schedule other than cincy beat them. Just like anyone on our schedule can beat us. Neither team has enough O to be penciling in W's on their schedule. Colts, Titans, Jags, Raiders are all still in it too. All kind of flawed teams too, much like buffalo

I remember a fumbled snap against the jets, and i think he got blind side hit as he was throwing. One against the bengals he legit tripped, fumbled, picked it up and completed it... so that ones kind of just a mess.

Does anyone know what each was? Like how many are rushing vs. blindside vs. messed up snaps etc.

Clocks running too - He didn't panic, didn't burn a timeout, and got the ball to the boundary where his receiver should've made a play on it.

Yep - take that last play. I know if NE is there last year... the defense gives you that same look that ball is going to the guy in JB's spot - the difference? That guy is Rob Gronkowski and brady looks like a genius for throwing it.

We had 3 holding penalties on rushing plays, and 1 on an allen scramble FWIW.

Not having the extra timeout was crucial, and singletary needs to get out of bounds. Those are facts. 50+ is not an easy kick - but the guy can't make them at all. That's a tad alarming since ya know... every other kicker has shown the ability to make them. Even Vinateri has and he's like 50 years old. The mis-read on the last play sucks... but he also read JB properly and got a boundary pass to the 15 yard line that should've been complete. I thought he did a nice job at the end of both halves putting his team in position to score points.

I see what you're saying but its hard to tell who's blitzing there - and if you guess wrong you could be screwed. The fact that the clock was running (McD burning a timeout on D, and singletary not getting OOB) makes it worse because you just have to make a gut call.

I like the placement, brown had almost half the field to work over there - he didn't look for the ball until it was too late.

No way of knowing whats going to happen pre-snap at the LOS. 9 guys lined up there and 3 to the left. Blitz will most definitely come from the right. Can't set pass pro, can't hard count. If the blitzer on the left drops into coverage you lose the beasley play and you are trying to buy time - which he wouldn't have had.

The last play of the game they crowded the LOS with 9 guys in a pretty clear cover 0 look. Really smart when you think about it though - clocks running, no time to adjust anything like protections or try and hard count to slow rush/identify rusher. You know they're blitzing but with your bunch on the left you have to assume its coming right and people will drop into coverage in the passing lanes. Quick check to a deep throw to JB and it falls incomplete, but i honestly kind of blame JB. Its where it needs to be, he is not. 2 seconds was about as long as he had to get that ball up in the air - its at the sidelines and catchable.. he just didn't get there or have his head turned around quickly enough.

To be fair - rex fired him. He has no relationship with any of the coaches or GMs here so I'm not sure why anyone would expect us to have brought him in. I think the screen game issue has a lot to do with allens athleticism. Teams are employing spies, and adjusting rush angles to try and prevent him from breaking contain. By doing that they're also muddying up the screen game it seems. Look at the last play on 3rd and 4. Clock running, checks to a cover 0 beater with john brown and throws it towards the sideline and gives his guy a chance. Now take that same play and employ gronkowski... that's gotta be like a 90% completion/PI play. Talent would help tremendously.

We spread the field quite a bit and seemed to want to pass on first down for a lot of the game. Offense is just constantly hurting themselves. Penalties, Missed throws, drops. Everyone is making mistakes here or there. 9 new starters on O, but they are taking a long time to gel and its becoming more and more of a problem.

Off-season. At this point the kicker market is awful