Miyagi-Do Karate

I think we can all agree that there are a lot of terrible football (and really sports) color commentators out there. I believe the NFL needs to change its hiring model. i think there was this belief that hiring former players and coaches as commentators would cause fans to like them or watch them more because of their popularity. I don’t think that assumption is right. I don’t know anyone who likes a commentator or his work just because he was liked or known as a player. There are now so many really brilliant content creators out there (media, podcasts, YouTube) who dissect film endlessly and would provide so much better and more astute analysis than the likes of Tiki Barber or Adam Archuletta Or Troy Ailman, or Brian Griese, or Mark Sanchez, etc. I would like to see the NFL shift away from the hiring of recently retired players and instead look at some of these “film nerds” as possible hires. As average football fans are getting smarter and more into the X’s and O’s, the current model of having former players trot out a bunch of vapid talking points is not working. Any thoughts?

That was exactly JA’s mindset. There were a lot more of those plays where Knox was just floating out there for an easy 5 yards and Josh ignored him. It was noticeable in real time all day. While I think the Falcons did some things to try to limit knox, I don’t think that was why he had a quiet game. Josh just didn’t feel like throwing it short a lot. I also think the combination of the Falcons doing some tricky things in coverage and the oline protecting Josh well caused him to basically avoid the checkdowns. He looked all around downfield for a while and if he couldn’t find someone, then he would run.

Pretty amazing to see him mature. When he first got here, he would commit like at least 2-3 super dumb penalties per game. Was a bit of a hot head. Seems like he really matured and became a true process guy. BTW, i saw Kelvin Sheppard the other day on TV— he is an assistant coach for the Lions.

How about these moves? One of my favorite Hughes moments. Broncos/Bills 2020 TD return: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBnCP1r7Y04

Given that he loses in the NFCCG every year, doesn’t he always boycott the super bowl?

Their D line is good. Quinnen Williams is better than any DT we have on our team. I think Saleh even has said it is the best D-line he has ever coached— high praise, considering who he had in San Fran. i don’t know all the jets problems, but given the talent they have in their front 7 really on D, seems weird they get gashed on the ground. I will be curious to see how we do against them running the ball.

jets are a weird team to figure out. They are elite on the D-line, yet still seem to get gashed in the run game.

you get no real weather advantage against opponents unless you practice some in the bad weather.

I feel bad for the jags. I was just reading up on this Shad Khan, and I think he is a cool story— came from nothing and is a self-made billionaire based on basically an automotive parts business (bumpers). so, now I am sort of rooting for the jags to get things on track.

or better yet:

that is just rude, man. Only 30% of my posts concern the weather. (The other 65% concern building a dome. And that leaves the mandatory 5% quota devoted to Antonio Williams).

I hate to be a Debby downer, but the weather (esp wind) is making this game look like a total crap shoot. I would expect some sort of 10-6 score type of weather game, with neither team doing much and a few bad miscues deciding who scores and wins. But I guess this is a “real football.”

Interesting. It sounds like they wanted the Athletic less for the content and more for its customers’ info.

Just a brutal loss to Miami. Sloppy second half.

Antonio Williams is back on the PS! i don’t quite understand why this isn’t front page news!!!

Weather is looking bad again during game time. Wind gusts in excess of 30 MPH.

Agreed. People forget how flukey that game was, and how it got away from us. Even Wentz’s miracle sack escape was a game changing play. I think it would be a lot different game if we played them again. Taylor always gets his yards, but I have faith that we can contain him better the second time around.

He looks good in practice. But just wait until the games start….

I watched that and all I could think was: “build a dome.” 😃 “The love you” stuff was great.

Agreed. i don’t buy the narrative that knox was bracketed. Maybe at times, but he was also literally wide open in front of Josh’s face like 5+ Times that I saw, and josh either chucked it down field or took off running.

All seattle RB’s blend together in my mind. They pretty much all are interchangeable injury prone guys that seem to run hard and have 1 good game every 2 years, but are out for such significant periods of time, that you can never remember who is who.

I really enjoy these. But I hear you— these recaps take a lot of time and effort. For my fantasy league, I used to do detailed predictions each week for years, and everyone loved them, but they took a ton of work. In the end, it became less fun (and I wasn’t even sure everyone still enjoyed them or read them as much), and so I stopped. I think I moved to doing them only for the playoffs, and then stopped altogether.

i am in a similar bind. Going to Disney world with the family that weekend. My best shot to watch it is a late game. the alternative for me is to get game pass, avoid media, and watch the game at like 11 PM at night.

i understand it is ageist— but, to be clear, it is not something I personally believe in. I firmly Believe that Leslie Frazier should be a head coach. In fact, I am in the minority I am sure, but I think the Broncos should keep 62-year old Vic Fangio, who I believe is an excellent coach. But I believe the newest NFL fad is that if you aren’t some young 30-year old, you aren’t innovative and you can’t coach. Have you noticed how obsessed the media is with Brandon Staley? He gives some ho-hum answer on why running the ball Is important, and the media thinks he is brilliant. The NFL is obsessed with the young whipper-snapper coaches.

don’t you love how consistently the worst window of weather every week in Buffalo is exactly during game time? BTW, wind gusts at game time are estimated to be around 30 MPH.