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You're going to take lumps against him, but jam him at the line every play. Play the pass on every RPO, and throw of Tua's rhythm, double him if they motion. I assume this won't cost him any games until 2024 at the earliest.

It's hard to judge based on a year when everyone was injured at some point in time. I don't think anybody made it through the season playing in every game, and a lot of times those injuries can linger all season long.

Basically if McD is unable to coach a game - Wash takes the headset as the HC for the game.

He made about 55M, between crohns and knee and foot issues he had a good career.

I'd say the seat isn't hot yet. We won 13 games last year, with the most injured roster we've had in recent memory. The playoffs are obviously a different breed, but the players also need to step up come playoff time. IE there isn't really a defensive call that works when your front 4 is getting no push.

They didn't add any years or extension so i suppose its possible? Why would anyone complain about getting paid up front?

Watch it be like... Diarrhea or something embarrasing.

He has to sign it as its a restructure of his contract and how he is paid.

All they're doing is taking salary and turning it into a bonus - thus guaranteeing future earnings.

Hurts and Lamar ran the most RPOs in 2022 per PFR. Tua would probably be up there too if he didn't miss time.

i don't see how this is reasonably enforceable.

When i read a long one like that with all the different stuff he did... I always wonder what other stuff he did that didn't make the cut.

I feel like thats how they want the team to look at James Cook. I think those singletary carries will be divided among the entire group. Harris, Cook, Hines, and maybe Murray. Allen also had 124 carries which i would assume they would like to scale back - at the very least some of the designed runs.

How about the bears having 80 yards rushing with the #1 rush offense in the league? Browns had 80 yards with the #6 rush offense in the league. Titans had 80 yards, Lions had sub 100 yards. Miami had 2 sub-50 yard rushing games against buffalo. There's going to be ebbs and flows to a season, and the biggest rush plays in that KC game were Mahomes scrambles and a hardman reverse. I don't think teams are going to look at Buffalo's defense and think that we can just run all over you and beat you. It's not the best rush defense, but it is also not a bad unit.

No - it demonstrates that one player getting a similar amount of touches and targets vs. two players sharing those same touches and targets doesn't really affect the yards you get from the running back position.

67 of the mostert yards came on one play.

I feel like there were definitely more big plays given up than previous years. The dalvin cook 81 yarder definitely pads that minnesota number. Jets had that 4th quarter (FIELD GOAL) drive in the first jets game, I think Mostert had a big one in Miami 2. Green bay was down 3 scores in the 2nd half and padded some run stats in that one. I'd say Cincy was probably the big outlier (and the most recent bills game), and DQ being out was a killer in that one. I think Ford and a healthy DQ definitely helps at the 1T with stopping that run game, and potentially pushing the pocket some.

I think its fairly clear that you don't "need" that either.

Mostert and Wilson: 1579 yards from scrimmage and 9 TDs, Wilson was only there for 8 games too. Wilson had 1045 scrimmage yards last year across SF and Miami. Does adding Cook get them more yards? what about more wins? What is the cost to adding him?

I felt like Rousseau was banged up towards the end of the year too. I don't see him as this quick twitch pass rusher who nails double digit sacks, but I do like him to maybe kick inside on 3rd and longs. If Miller doesn't get hurt in Detroit, I wonder if Rousseau is eased back in slower coming off of a high ankle sprain.

I don't know that he is back and healthy. Running and cutting is a lot different than playing football. Could also be what Rodgers wants as the guy running the show there.

I try not to confuse usage of a running back with ability. He has good hands, has experience, and is probably a solid fit in their offense. A good #1 running back in an era where most teams don't really leverage a single player in a role like that. At the same time, how much better is he going to be than the trio of Wilson/Mostert/Achane? Is that a good use of money/cap space? Does it help you win any more games than you did before? Or just put another name on paper for the media to love on?

I expect his snaps to cut knoxs a bit from the 75% down a bit in some of the more spread looks. I also expect him, Shakir, Sherfield, and harty to split the Mckenzie (555)/Shakir (275)/morris (281) snaps. Sherfield is the best blocker and a core special teamer, Kincaid is probably the best for catching in traffic and soft spots in zone, Shakir probably has the best man coverage chops, and then harty is a burner with some shiftiness. They all have attributes that should get them on the field in different roles. I don't expect much to change from the davis and diggs snap counts barring injury.

You can add multiple void years, but it all hits the cap the same year the guy leaves the roster. You're basically paying them a bonus, and spreading it over 3 years (I don't know all the rules but there are limits to how much of a deal can be bonus, and how much can be spread across multiple years). But the second the player is not on the roster? The cap hits for all the bonus money that was paid out in the initial signing. Multiple "years" is just to allow you to pay them a higher bonus, while lowering the initial cap impact.

He also has 1 sack in 3 career playoff games. As though perhaps... he might be a bit more banged up at the end of the year and thus less effective.