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There were 2 linemen in his direct point of view. 3 had the best view, and while his helmet moves, you can see his hand up around the shoulder pads and i guess what he thought he saw was shoulderpad. Since darnold was trying to spin out of the sack, it may have been interpreted as a "bob and weave" type tactic to avoid the sack. As i said before though, you can't hold the ball there. He WAS sacked, and the call only bails out the terrible playcall and execution. Shotgun 7 step drop in the end zone? You deserve to lose there.

Any years beyond 2 are there for show for a WR over 30. It'll be structured with guarantees as a 2 year deal, with roster bonuses that force you to release him before free agency in year 3. Restructure in year two to lower the cap hit, eat a dead hit in year 3.

Helps getting Kupp and Nacua back at the same time. Another away game against a team that tends to play LOADS better at home. They have the lions the week after who are also a lot better at home than on the road. Every team is - but i think the offensive guru guys like mcvay and johnson tend to scheme up better without crowd noise.

In any case... Darnold should have thrown the ball WAY sooner. Holding the ball in the end zone like that is certainly a choice. From the broadcast view i thought the player got his shoulder pad, but replays were pretty obvious that he had his facemask grabbed. It's like complaining when they don't throw a flag for PI at the end of the game, throw the ball and don't leave it in the refs hands.

Exactly - and why would a team give him any level of competitive advantage. I think the only thing you'd have concerns with is tampering but... there's some pretty steep sanctions for doing that. Dolphins lost a 2023 1st round pick for tampering with brady under contract. And it usually comes out because the team that had a player tampered with will find out and raise hell.

Its easy to say now, but... washington looks better. Philly even with their wrinkles, look like a potential contender. Dallas at 3-3, lots of problems defensively - still can turn it around. The giants on the other hand look like 4 wins this year. Maybe. I'm not sure how much patience you can have when the team your GM built is the least talented in the division in year 3, and your offensive coach has had a bottom 5 offense for 3 straight years now.

I think the thought is... media would give him access to players he shouldn't have etc. Opportunities to tamper. But If I'm him, i just avoid all of that stuff, watch some film instead, maybe walk around on the field during warm ups and chat players up. Make a cool 300 million to be fairly bad at my job and slowly buy more and more of the raiders.

I'd have to agree... the difference between 30 and 32 seems rather large these days. Hopkins ran a 4.57 at the combine, and Cooper ran a 4.42 - you don't usually improve much on that number when you hit 30.

Andy Reid's chiefs in 2014 had 0 TD passes to WRs. From a WR development standpoint i don't know how much worse you can do 🙂

Last year the ravens spent like 20M on beckham and agholor. Free agency is as much a crapshoot as the draft.

I think he made a valuable investment, and also somehow made his broadcasting job considerably easier. Don't have to go to practices or locker rooms. Gets out of lame production meetings. Just show up, rub elbows with the owners, and watch a game. He can probably have the raiders or NFL hire an assistant with him so he doesn't accidentally violate any of these, and help him with game prep.

I love traits as much as the next guy, and he had production in college. I do like what they got in keon specifically for josh though. Adding him and kincaid gave him traits guys in a different way - big bodies (punish defenders and break tackles as a way to create YAC), good hands (kincaids are massive, but both he and keon have plus hands - shakir also has big hands for his size), big catch radiuses (both have 32+ inch arm lengths, but its the ability to catch away from their bodies that is really impressive).

Jackson is the MVP through 7 weeks. His current pace 4400 yards passing 1100 yards rushing 36 Passing TDs 5 Rushing TDs 5 INTs Allen current pace 3600 yards passing 435 yards rushing 29 Passing TDs 7 Rushing TDs 0 INTs If he were to continue to play at this level - it'd be a historic year. We know he won't, because in a multitude of ways its unsustainable - Players will get hurt, weather will get worse, and occasionally you just don't play well or another team has a good gameplan. But right now that is an insane pace. Allen's stats are good, but 3 games under 200 yards passing - Miami game flow is one thing, but those baltimore and houston games look terrible when you're projecting 7 games across 17. Fun fact - the ravens have the highest YPC average with Henry, and the 2nd highest ypc average with lamar. 200+ carries at 6 yards per clip. Also... fairly unsustainable.

Well the issue i always see is, what makes mahomes and allen so dynamic is their ability to create time and space with their arm. Athletic enough to create space behind the LOS as much as hurt you with a scramble. Jones always just took off running - while also getting sacked a good 8-10% of the time. The throws down the field from out of structure never came. They have sucked on 3rd down the entire time Daboll and Jones have been there, which is why their offense has stunk the entire time. If you're completing 67% of your passes and among the leagues worst on 3rd down, you need to throw the ball further down the field.

I think the most alarming part to me was how dependent he was on his running stats, but i never found his athleticism jumping off the screen. Allen might not be the fastest dude ever but... his acceleration is good, he's a load to bring down, and he's incredibly shifty.

I mean... if brady left? sure, I'd consider it. I personally think Daboll needs to step back from calling plays for a bit though.

I don't know how they're going to get a QB though. If the coach/gm is on thin ice, why am i letting them mortgage the future and trade future 1sts to move up, on a QB when they felt like they could win with daniel jones?

Totally agree. They were given this "team on the rise" tag, and i think they won 8 1-score games that year. Very few turnovers and a last place schedule. They are 8-16 over the last 2 seasons which is enough games to know that this team is bad. The offense has been bottom 5 for 2 straight years with an offensive coach. The defense can get after the QB - but they have 1 interception through 7 weeks. They have forced 6 fumbles and recovered all 6, which is not sustainable. They've probably actually overachieved on defense all things considered. The team that they have built over 3 years - is really bad. I would fire pretty much everyone, and figure out a way to get a QB - maybe 2 tbh.

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.