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I think that he's probably just injury filler at this juncture. Sign somewhere during camp or after as a PS vet. Eventually either get called up or signed off the squad by another team.

Absolutely gashed in the run game in that one, and our run game was pathetic. 2 of our better run defenders leaving the game hurts a ton. Terrible travel plan. Terrible game plan. Terrible injury luck. Jax missed 1 tackle. Buffalo missed 18 per Pro football reference. Buffalo had 4 drops to their 2. Just everything about this game was letting it all slip through your fingers in some capacity.

He signed his deal in 2022 for 4 years. The last year has a massive base salary that essentially forces them to release him like a huge roster bonus, or forces them to restructure and extend. His thought is why wait to do that and give me some guarantees.

Even before Tua signs his deal. They are in a pickle moving forward. They paid Chubb. Picks and dollars for Ramsey. To a lesser extent Jackson Brooks and Sieler. Picked up the 5th year option for Phillips (this is a large cap hold going into the offseason that you may want to tag someone). They didn't pay Hunt and Wilkins. Cut Howard and eat 23M in dead space in 2025. I just don't see how they can keep Holland AND Phillips after this year. Oddly enough - this group is some of their best players from 2023. Hills cap hit in 2026 is 56M, which will require a major restructure - which is concerning when the player is 32. Armstead's cap hit increases to 22M in 2025 and he will be 34. The void years for decreasing those hits would be the same as Hill, so i suspect he is released next offseason. It's basically - you're married to this core, or you're ripping off several bandaid's at once.

He was williamsville north.

I think he was joking when he said it. The biggest challenges to playing time in the NBA (for rookies and actual basketball players) are spacing and defense. If you can't shoot well enough, or quick enough, your presence on the floor will clog up the interior. You're useless in a pick and roll because they will switch and double. Defensively, they'll pick on you every time up the floor if you are a minus in that regard. You'll pick up fouls, give up easy buckets, screw up rotations, and just generally the other team will score points when you are out there.

My biggest gripes with refs are the phantom calls and the inconsistency from crew to crew on things like defensive holding and illegal contact, and team to team on things like holding offensively. Ball spotting i guess can be an issue but it feels rarer and far less likely to have a big influence on the game results.

A laser doesn't fix issues with ball spotting so i tend to agree. It's like putting a chip in the ball - what use is it to know if the ball broke the plane if you can't determine possession, whether it was a catch, or whether their knee was down. I think a few extra camera's might be beneficial, and potentially some eye in the sky officials who can radio in calls a bit quicker. I also think the review process of having the ref run to the sideline with headphones is stupid. Why isn't there just a league office who can review and radio it in? Having played football... You look at that bullseye on like every play. It really isn't hard to see it.

It works in man quite well. See i liked them and i think it was just a check in the 3x1. If you have numbers to the sideline you can just throw a pass for an easy 5ish yards and stay on schedule. Break a tackle and its a first down. Diggs was actually quite terrible at them. Between drops, hesitation, and being one of the weaker blockers, he didn't offer much on in the bunch.

It helps having a winning culture, and a head coach who is among the better defensive coaches in football. Even losing a lot of snaps and leaders on that side of the ball, I'm fairly confident that the defense will still be good.

Prima donna was listed in all of his scouting reports from what i remember.

Coaches with super bowl championships - Reid - Best coach, coaching staff, GM, and QB in the league. It is going to be hard to win a super bowl with Allen. John Harbaugh - Won in 2013 - 3-6 in playoff games since McCarthy - Won in 2010 - 6-9 in playoff games since Payton - Won in 2009 - 5-7 in playoff games since Pederson - Won in 2017 - 2-3 in playoff games since and missed playoffs in 2/5 seasons McVay - Won in 2021 - Missed playoffs in 2022 and 0-1 in playoffs since Tomlin - Won in 2008 - 5-9 in playoffs since, hasn't won a playoff game since 2016-2017

He did lead the league in passing yards... 5th in TDs, 3rd in comp% for full season starters, top 5 in sack %, 2nd in NFL in Y/A, NY/A, ANY/A. Their offense was tops in the league in yards and 2nd in points. The other 2 guys in his class each received 50+ million. Burrow went to a super bowl yes, but he's actually missed more games than Tua, and makes 55M AAV. Herberts AAV is 52.5M on his new deal, he's also never won a playoff game, and the actual team has a losing record in games he's started.

I thought lewis and Johnson were more problematic that season.

All joking aside, he should absolutely hold out. History of concussions, and coming off a great season, on a 1 year deal. Herbert and Burrow got theirs, what gives?

Hamlin has more starts than both combined, and while he didn't do anything impressive, he wasn't the liability people claim him to be. Coming off a near death, and a circus offseason, i didn't expect him to contribute last season. But a year removed? I didn't see much from Lewis to elevate him, and I don't get very excited about a depth player who is on his 6th NFL team.

Yeah I think they're a good young team. Just a more competitive division than people are letting on, and there are some warning signs. Point differential is one, the home/away/indoor/outdoor splits, and turnover luck is probably the big one.

It should be hard for depth players to make the team. It's honestly something i appreciate a lot about beane. He fills out depth, he drafts depth, and lets them fight it out for spots. I personally think Hyde is brought back, and i also think he's still a starter here. I don't hate what they've done at the position in a transition year, i just think Hyde's still better than the players buffalo brought in. With Buffalo drafting a potential neal/nickel depth in hardy - who is also a returner - Cam lewis probably also plugs into that same S depth group. Bishop Rapp Edwards Delaney Hamlin Lewis

I don't remember him being THAT bad. He started 13 games for a top 10 defense.

They have a strong offensive line that helps. He also had a drop rate lower than Allen has ever had in his career. He also has some pretty massive home/away, and indoor/outdoor splits. Home and away is pretty normal, but as we've seen with Tua and the dolphins... crowd noise can disrupt a lot of timing on your offense. As for weather conditions - October games @ NE, GB, NYJ should be challenging. Not to mention KC on the road in December. In 5 games played outdoors regardless of condition: 2-3 record, 60.63% completions for 1109 yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT. Losses were to Baltimore, Carolina, and NYJ. Carolina and NYJ were some pretty pitiful passing lines. Anyway... 4 dollars a pound 🙂

Same thing happened to the jaguars last year. I think both offense and defense over achieved for Houston last season. Lots of good players, but they're very young across the board. Diggs will be a big upgrade over Woods and Noah Brown. Lots to like about what else they did with trades and free agency, and I think they have a solid coach. At the same time... Jaguars are not far off from them, Indy was right there with a backup QB last year, and Tennessee has had a pretty big roster makeover (Ridley, Pollard, Cushenberry, Boyd, Murray, Awuzie, Sneed).

It's partly why I'm predicting Houston to miss the playoffs, and why my Jax prediction last year was correct. Houston goes from uncommon opponents of - Jets, Broncos, Cardinals - to KC, Baltimore, Dallas. Jax had KC, Buffalo, SF last year and went 1-2 in those games and missed the playoffs by a single game.

THANK YOU! make it look like leather!

Thought I'd throw a list together of who I believe will make final roster - not necessarily a depth chart 2 - QB - Allen, Trubisky 4 - RB - Cook, Davis, Johnson, Gilliam 6 - WR - Coleman, Shakir, Samuel, MVS, Hollins, Hamler 3 - TE - Kincaid, Knox, Morris 9 - OL - Dawkins, Edwards, McGovern, Torrence, Brown, VPG, Van Demark, Anderson, Collins 10 - DL - Rousseau, Jones, Oliver, Epenesa, Miller, Carter, Johnson, Smoot, Solomon, Williams 6 - LB - Milano, Bernard, Williams, Spector, Ulofoshio, Jones 6 - CB - Douglas, Benford, Elam, Johnson, Hardy, Lovely (I like his name :)) 4 - S - Bishop, Edwards, Rapp, Lewis 3 - Specialists - Bass, Martin, Ferguson KR/PR - My guess is Hardy or Shakir. Johnson potentially. I bolded the players I'd say are most likely players to not make the roster. What say you?

See, i thought shavers was the guy they grabbed for special teams chops, but even so. Last year the depth chart was Diggs, Davis, Shakir, Harty, Sherfield. This season I'd say Ulofoshio has a shot in LB depth, they brought in morrow but i think that spot will be open competition to replace matakevich. Then Hardy in the 6th, who has potential to replace neal - and also potential to be primary return man. I wouldn't consider either of those to be amazing use of picks, but they have better odds to make the roster than a player who doesn't play special teams, or someone at a position with lots of competition. Considering the breadth of players I'd have to say that is how the team is lined up. It's like the same cost to keep anyone outside the top 3-4.