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It is scary how similar it was to the AFCCG.

This offensive line is solid. PFF had them ranked 10th last year, and 14th going into the season. They are good enough against most teams, but then need some help with better schemes and protection help against your elite defensive fronts. Daboll doesn't seem to get this-- the game plan against PIT required a TE and probably a RB in the backfield all game to help on protection, run the ball more, and leak out to catch some dump offs. Instead, we go 5 wide, and expect our tackles to block Watt 1 on 1, and our guards to block Hayward 1 on 1. Didn't he watch the last two years when heyward ate us up inside when left 1 on 1? Gotta double team that dude all game.

Dang-- you beat me to it!

I suspect the Breida experiment is over. I also wonder if Singletary‘s two fumbles (both out of bounds, thankfully) has spooked the staff into going back to Moss.

Agreed. I think there is a real benefit to committing to the run against a team Like the Steelers. Even getting 2 or 3 yards has other benefits. Just the threat of a run game, opens up more options in the passing game, slows their pass rush, forces them to change their coverages. Instead, they rushed hard their front 4 and dropped the rest into a comfortable zone coverage like every play. being intentionally one-dimensional is a big mistake, IMO.

Can someone explain to me why suddenly in our last scoring drive we were able to run Singletary so well? Was that not there more during the game?

I recalled it immediately too and posted the video in another thread on here. it only worked on the Seattle game because Seattle sold out to stop the sneak. The Steelers didn’t and couldn’t because we were at like 4th and almost 2— they stayed disciplined in case we ran the ball. So, I think it is a good play, but was not run in the right scenario today for it to work.

that 4th down play is partially on Josh. He is a big boy now and should have recognized the D and audibled or called a TO. There were like 4 defenders just sitting out there on the side waiting to blow up that play. That play only Works if the D is selling out on the sneak, but they weren’t because the distance was too long to credibly sneak it.

In 2004, the Bills ran this exact same play for a TD by Willis McGahee. Check out the video at 45 seconds:

i feel Bad suggesting that Haack is the main problem. It was a jail Break today— but to My untrained eye, it seems like Haack takes longer than most.

exactly. I don’t mind the scrambles when he had to. But the designed runs just look like an injury waiting to happen.

I think the stats may not show any blocked punt that technically travels forward. This article recounts a game when the pats “blocked” two of his punts, but went forward. (I thought the same happened last year against us, but I may instead be remembering his shank). https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/20181213/why-miami-dolphins-had-two-punts-blocked-by-patriots%3ftemplate=ampart

Haack also seems to take an extra step Back there, or is just slow. Didn’t help that the Steelers broke up the middle, but he had to speed up. We blocked one of his punts last year, and I think the pats blocked two of his in a different game.

actually mularkey called that exact play against Seattle and it went for like a 40-yard McGahee TD. Seriously.

Good: 1) Defense (including Wallace— thought he had an okay game outside of the PI call). Bad 1) Going empty all game. That allows those steeler rushers to pin their ears back. 2) designed Josh Allen runs— just stop.

The Haack punt block is a problem. Was worried about it all preseason. He has a super slow release.

Bad move to have Moss inactive, IMO. DS gets dinged up and I am not loving Breida as a workhorse back there. sort of forget, but when we beat the Steelers last year, Moss ran the ball down their throats to basically ice the last 10 minutes of the game.

oh great. They need to build a dome for this team. I hate being on "wind watch" every week.

agreed. Wonder if it’s more of him still getting back to full speed after the injury?

why have I never eaten Hawaiian fried rice? This is sheer brilliance. I started making this Hawaiian dish pretty recently and it is ridiculous: loco moco. Delectable beef patty on rice with lots of gravy and green onions and a fried egg on top.

Yes. I am already ashamed of my future self.

Tre Edmonds mega extension?

agreed. And totally agree re the Zimmer comp. I actually may have referred to Zimmer as Bannan before (though maybe because they have the same first name).

Bannan was found guilty. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/former-nfl-defensive-lineman-justin-040614903.html

I think I am just still operating under 1998 ticket prices. I feel like $60 is a solid deal!