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i didn’t watch DeBeer specifically.. maybe if i rewatch again ill keep an eye on him

It was definitely an impressive debut.. hopefully he can build on it

he was borderline dominant.. deserves reps against ones no doubt

good to know he is a cool guy as well. After watching his tape he was blowing up guys left and right... he definitely has a Richie kind of edge to his game. Here's one of the GIFs from my article showing him knocking a DE on his ass

My breakdown of Wyatt Teller 2nd quarter Car film https://buildingherd.com/2018/08/14/breaking-down-rookie-lg-wyatt-tellers-2nd-quarter-preseason-vs-carolina-gifs-included/ - summary: - Based on this performance he should get some reps with the ones sooner rather than later Anyone else have an opinion on Teller?

I focused on either Ducasse and Miller on every snap they were in (because Im a dork and love watching o line play I guess). Miller was generally solid in both pass protect and run block.. nothing really stood out either way. More often than not .. Ducasse was off balance or or losing his one on one battle. Ducasse also seemed to get a lot of double team help from Dawkins. Once the second unit came in I focused mainly on Wyatt Teller. As a caveat.. yes he was playing against 2nd and 3rd stringers .. however... more often than not he DOMINATED his assignment. There was one pass play in the first half where he literally threw the DE aside on his butt like he was throwing a hay bale. There were several times where they had Teller pulling on run plays and not only did he get to his spot quickly.. but he popped the defender nicely to seal off the hole. I also recall a short yardage play where they called a run to his hole and he got some nice movement to pave the way for a first down. I don't see how the coaching staff could not reward him with several reps with the ones this week during practice and hopefully in the Cleveland game. Pretty cool to see a rookie dominate .. even if it was 2nd and 3rd stringers.

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i chose random games. i general i tried to watch 2 against top competition and 1 against not so top

see my chart for specifics. The 3 games I watched for Jackson were very underwhelming as far as passing goes

idk what happened to Falk. i remember being impressed watching his 2016 tape and this year big dropoff. he’s gunshy for some reason Falk is really good throwing across the middle.. there’s something good buried there.. it may be buried too deep though Mayfield had no trouble getting to any part of the field with zip. Allen of course has stronger arm but Allen is a freak hah... not often. they both get a little reckless running

3 games is all i have time for .. Darnold has great potential no doubt... IMO he needs a lot of coaching up to get to be an above average NFL qb. Whereas Mayfield and Rosen are much more polished i can see that... much more mobile though surprises - Mayfield’s height was almost a non factor. Very few if any batted down balls - Allen is much more mobile than what I expected for a guy that big.

- POSITIVES - excellent athlete, surprisingly good runner, strong arm, good in red zone NEGATIVES sloppy footwork.. mechanics.. relies on natural arm strenght too much makes several poor decisions per game. Saw multiple bad INTS.. trying to make too much happen ( Rosen and Mayfield had very few poor decisions) At times he throws on time and rhythm .... but not anywhere close to as smooth as Mayfield and Rosen - POSITIVES - excellent athlete, surprisingly good runner, strong arm, good in red zone NEGATIVES sloppy footwork.. mechanics.. relies on natural arm strenght too much makes several poor decisions per game. Saw multiple bad INTS.. trying to make too much happen ( Rosen and Mayfield had very few poor decisions) At times he throws on time and rhythm .... but not anywhere close to as smooth as Mayfield and Rosen

certainly.. haven't been able to post much as my new job is a time suck.. but this was too important to not dig into

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I watched 3 games each of the top 6 prospects. See chart below for my rankings. My scoring system is weighted... for example... decision making has a weighting of 3x... under center experience has a 1.5x weighting My 3 general takeaways are this - Mayfield and Rosen are on their own elite level - Darnold is not worth a top 10 pick - Rudolph could be a serviceable starter.. not a high ceiling.. but could be Tannehill Flame away:) Click on the image below to bring up the chart in viewable size.

according to Spotrac Eli's cap hit is ~$13 mil in 2018 and 2019 has an out clause. that is certainly affordable...i'd be up to trade Tyrod in for Eli as the place holder vet for next couple years. question is... what will NYG ask in trade for him? would they release him? I would not give up more than a 2nd for Eli personally and playing Geno first over Davis Webb is a dumb move. Davis Webb was my favorite qb prospect the year he was drafted.. I think he has solid potential.. way more than Geno

yep.. that is sort of our scheme.. keep the guy in front of you and make the tackle. Hopefully that'll eliminate guys like Ginn getting behind the D for big plays. I think it all boils down to our run game getting going early. If we can establish the threat of the run a backup safety would likely be very vulnerable to biting on the play action. I really hope Clay is back to playing shape this game. I think he'll be the key this week.

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Hi .. thanks. My view is that Thursday night games are abborations and not useful indicatiors of a team's true identity. In that light.. I think the O lIne was beat up against the Jets (especially Glenn and Incognito) and the short week really contributed to their poor play. Hopefully the extra few days rest allows the O Line to put their best foot forward. I'm also hoping for bad weather (that certainly helped in the Raiders game) to be our friend. The forecast keeps changing.. yesterday it called for 70% chance of rain.. and now today I see it's calling for mostly cloudy 20% chance of rain.

I've taken a few minutes to look at Pro Football Focus and see where the mismatches may be. Below are a few matchups to watch with PFF grades sprinkled in. ( yes I realize PFF ratings are not perfect but they are directionally useful) SAINTS OFFENSE VS. BILLS D Ted Ginn (79.8 PFF grade) vs. S. Wright (56.6) or EJ Gaines (fully healthy) or Micah Hyde / Poyer Ginn is still very fast and Brees will look to go deep to him at any time. Shareece Wright is susceptible to double moves and is not really that fast Gaines will likely not be 100% if he does play PLAY NOTES: NO is backed up 3 and 8 at their own 13. Do they play it safe ... no they are going for it all even though they are inside their own 20 Looks like TB shows Cover 4 but is actually Cover 3 here.. which should theoretically prevent the deep ball the CB plays way too wide and the Safety inexplicably gets caught peeking in the backfield Ginn is wide open for what should have been an easy 87 yd TD but fortunately for TB Brees overthrows him. PLAY NOTES TB appears to be in Cover 4 here below.. which again.. should theoretically prevent the deep ball S Play Action makes S #21 peek in backfield for extra second Ted Ginn makes nice feint move to outside faking flag route turning #21 hips and then goes back inside on the go route Result wide open Ted Ginn easy 36 yd TD SUMMARY - Our CBs and Safeties need to forget about INTs and getting too caught up in making big plays. Instead they should focus on keeping the play in front of them and focusing solely on their man. If they get caught peeking in the backfield or trying to be too aggressive thinking that they've sniffed out a play they will most certainly get burned by Ginn/Brees and company. Fortunately our defense is built on zone play, keeping guy in front of you and making the tackle.. so if the Bills secondary can stay disciplined and avoid the big play they should be able to keep NO in the 20's. Brees is going to get his completions.. there is really no stopping that.. just need to eliminate the big plays. Kyle Williams vs. LG Peat (44.7) or C Unger (38.4) Brees may be short.. but he truly is a classic pocket passer. Our best chance to rattle him is to bring pressure up the middle in his face Both Unger and Peat are rated very poorly. Meatball is still very quick off the snap and in this D he is full steam ahead on getting penetration If KW can get pressure on his own.. or if the Bills can have some successful A B gap or zero blitzes up the gut we should be able to rattle Brees BILLS OFFENSE VS. SAINTS D TE O'Leary / Clay vs. S K. Vaccaro / LB AJ Klein Per PFF .. the weak links are S K. Vaccaro ( 41.1 rating) and LB A. J. Klein ( 36.5) The Saints CBs are both very highly rated as is their D Line. The soft spot appears to be the short/middle spot where Klein and Vaccaro spend a lot of time. If the Bills can implement a game plan similar to Denver and the Jets where the run is established and play action can be used.. these TEs should be able to move the chains and make plays vs. these poorly rated second level players. OT Jordan Mills vs. DE Cam Jordan ( 90.7) Cam Jordan has 7 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Jordan Mills has had ups and downs this year in pass protect. He was solid against Khalil Mack but in other games he has been embarrased by the pass rusher in front of him. The Bills will likely need to give Mills some help in the form of FB or TE chipping his man.. or maybe running at him early and then using play action to put him on his heels If the Bills get into a situation where they are down by a few scores and are in obvious passing downs then Cam Jordan could end up having a big day

The unforced error bailing the pocket in the end zone was borderline. The potential throw to Clay had a high degree of difficulty. You could argue that not throwing there was good situational football. My point on that play is that there was no need to drift out of the pocket. It looked a lot like other times when he drifted out early and there were legitimate open guys he missed on

Yes.. i think of them as 1 person McBeane... so Yes .. good job Mickey D I agree there would be growing pains switchting to RT but I think it would be worth it in the long run (assuming Cordy can get healthy)

If TT takes a hair off that K Clay throw and Zay catches his deep ball TT's stat line would have looked much different. I feel so relieved that bombs away is back. Bengals will be watching that film and will have to respect that deep ball. I expect Shady to see lighter boxes and have a big day