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This news hit me hard. In another life long ago, the company I worked for also owned the Denver Nuggets and Dikembe would often visit corporate back east for various reasons as well as to see his brother who worked for us. We’d just sit around and shoot the breeze. Whenever I entertained customers in the suite in Denver, he always offered to have them come to the morning shoot arounds and spend a couple minutes. He was the most personable, down to earth person; totally unaffected by his great success. And his was a brilliant mind that could riff on a myriad of subjects. And in several languages to boot. Dikembe was a difference maker in this world and we lost a good man when good men are needed most. Travel well, friend.

Did he tweak a hammy Sunday or was it something else? Any local news on that?

Williams abandoned his gap when he bit on the fake. That’s not to say the schematic was correct and the coaches are in no way part of the problem, but in watching Williams since his first snap in the league, he too often bites on play action and run action fakes. We will have to agree to disagree that he plays his position well. Given his athletic chops he has his moments, but he is simply not very good yet imo.

Watch the A22 of the Henry run and you’ll see Dorian Williams is lined up in line with his gap a step to right of Henry before the snap and he proceeded to take himself out of the play post snap. He bit hard on the Picard blocking motion and made it easy for him to get swallowed up by the OLman. Williams often bites too easily on these kinds of fakes and guesses wrong.

Glad he made the point about max protect and the corresponding 2-3 receivers left to face 6-7 defenders playing coverage. I don't care who the the receivers are, you are NOT gonna get separation on any consistent basis.

You don't say. 😅

Relax. We were down 20 zip in Baltimore a couple years ago and we came back to win.

Getting exposed big time tonight. Dorian Williams especially.

Getting exposed big time tonight.

I'll have to see it again, but it looked like Williams guessed wrong initially, got sucked in, and walled off.

The Henry run is the reason Williams has a long way to go before he's Milano caliber.

Is MM comes back, the assumption is that he will be 100% healthy before doing so and there is zero doubt that a healthy MM is simply a superior player.

Howard Ballard IUP

I didn't ask a question, but yours is certainly worth considering. That said, I think some are blinded by the 3-0 start and DW's decent play to date, but the talent level between the two is much wider than they think. A healthy MM is a playmaker and understands the "why" of what offenses seek to do. I hope DW gets there eventually, but he is stiil too easily fooled and too often takes poor angles and that cancels out his great athleticism.

I like the kid and he's progressing, but he is far from what a healthy Milano brings.

John Brown Fisk

Freddy Jackson. The Citadel

Dart matches, too.

Plugging and playing is much easier to do with players who've been in the system multiple years and who know it well.

Yeah, it's obvious there's an issue with his hand. Won't be a problem as long as someone doesn't target that hand with a cheap shot, which has been known to happen at times in this league

Trepidicious. Three in a row on the road is a challenge regardless of the quality of the opponent, let alone the three good teams they'll be facing. I'm thrilled as hell with our impressive 3-0 start, but we've seen dominating starts in the past. As the saying goes, it's a week to week league. We need to go 1-0 next Sunday.

I was never concerned about his athleticism as he's always demonstrated that when healthy. My big concerns were his raw inexperience and health. This is the first time his back hasn't been an issue for him. And Kromer is the best coach for him as well