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Most people would refer to what Orlovsky is talking about as ”being a professional”. GTFO of here with the high school “fun” bs.

The problem is that I don’t know that we have a third LB I’d want on the field.

I’d guess that he didn’t realize it until it was too late. Beyond that I have no idea how much is on the players versus him. I’d think more on the players unless they were coached to line up incorrectly (which is not likely).

I’ve got $1000 that says James Cook could break a Sam Martin tackle.

Please do not jinx this.

Regarding point 1, you mean they took Tauron Johnson off the field and put Rapp on? They would be a true Big Nickel package. That’s better than a standard Nickel, but still light going against 13 personnel. So I agree, a base 4-3 would be as light as I’d want to see.

I will feel better when I see that things got fixed. Also I disagree that is was some great test. It wasn’t. It was relatively easy to win this game with Rodgers out and Zach Wilson in. All it would have taken was Allen just playing smart and taking what the Jets defense gave him. We’d have won easily, if unspectacularly. It would have been a boring, low scoring game with few highlight plays. And the Jets would not have had a chance to win it.

The regular season is about a tacking Ws and getting the team where it needs to be for a SB run in the playoffs. Hopefully they start doing both very soon.

Well, the Raiders are trash so we will likely beat them and that might make some people feel better.

Legit thought this was a political post. I was thinking “Yikes! Not the day for that!”

People are arguing the impact of penalties on this game? SMDH Anyone notice the head shot on Zach Wilson that didn’t get called and would have extended a drive? I didn’t think so. With very rare exception (Saints), it’s ridiculous. It’s a loser’s mentality.

He’s trying to be the hero in a win rather than just trying to win. He’s taking unnecessary risks to make highlight reel plays rather than focusing on making the correct/smart plays. He is hurdling defenders on first down, throwing deep into coverage and bailing on clean pockets instead of sliding, making safe underneath throws and getting the ball out on time to shorter patterns. Then, when that hasn’t worked, he finally panics and fumbles, throws a pick or just plain misfires on his throws. What a freaking waste.

That’s the issue here. What we need is a coach with the brass to ****ing bench him. One that gives him specific instructions and then sits him when he ignores them. Allen has to understand that he will hurt the team and himself by ignoring the coaches’ directives. The real issues are that they didn’t nip it in the bud a year ago and that the OC is his bro and second fiddle to him. Daboll would not have stood for it, but what’s Dorsey going to do? So now it’s on McDermott to handle it, but he won’t. He doesn’t have the brass for it and he’s off with his head in the sand coordinating the defense anyway.

Awhile back I heard an interview with a former GM. He was talking about going to the SB and how going in they thought they had it won. Their focus was on their QB having a spectacular day and being elevated among his peers. They took their eyes off the ball and it cost them a championship. Obviously they only realized what they did after the fact, not at the time. I get the same feel here with Allen. It isn’t enough just to win, but he feels he has to ball out every game with big numbers and highlight reel plays. That pressing and extra pressure results in what we’ve seen. I do not think it’s the play calling or other players either. This is on him. The exception on the coaching side is that they have not held him accountable. For that McDermott and Dorsey are culpable.

Good point. That penalty was uncharacteristically stupid of Milano.

It’s fair to say that things aren’t as bad as they seem at the moment. But it also seems like they are not going to get anywhere near where we hoped this year.

I think that’s the case. Why revive this now? Was something said or leaked?

I just hate the strategy of taking a QB like Bryce Young who has such a low ceiling. If everything works out for the best, then he’s what? Kirk Cousins? Dak Prescott? And you will be stuck with that kind of QB long term unless you have the brass - and ownership buy in - to move on from that. Give me the high upside guy who can potentially help win a SB. If not, they flame out a you move on.

Dawand Jones news. RT Jack Conklin of the Browns got his knee blown out in the first half yesterday. Dawand Jones took over and is expected to start the rest of the season. He did well against the Bengals Sam Hubbard in sloppy conditions. Big challenges for him in upcoming weeks though. It starts with TJ Watt on MNF next week. He will also see David Ojabo and Nick Bosa in the next 4 weeks.

Mac Jones with his first TD pass of the year!

I believe the wording of the antiquated rule is now being scrutinized. It used to be that guaranteed money had to be put in escrow - and some owners used that to their advantage when negotiating. But now with the increasing amount of guaranteed money in some of the huge contracts everyone is looking much more closely into what is really required. I don’t know where that has landed (or will land). Edited to add: This is one reason why you now see “fully guaranteed” and “total guaranteed” in the breakdown of contracts. Some big contracts have rolling guarantees that are effectively fully guaranteed, but they are not officially guaranteed until a later date. That way the money doesn’t have to be escrowed until that later date.

I love football. I’ll watch them all. I’m just not into histrionics.

Either way, it’s just week 1. The Bills stomped the SB champion Rams in week one last year. It’s just one game.

For all of Edmunds athleticism he was an awful blitzer. It never made sense, but that’s how it was.

I saw the Onion AFC & NFC articles last night. Hilarious across the board.