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Terrible is cook, Torrence, Epenesa? It started rough but those three should pull it to below average. 1st rounder Oliver Kincaid Rousseau is solid (are you expecting pro bowl from every 1st rounder?). Elam being your worst 1st rounder (consider these are almost all late firsts too) is not that bad.

Agree. On the upside there was a bit of skepticism on the brown pick and I think that has worked out. Interestingly they have similar contract extensions but brown is at the more premium spot. We may consider him better value if he continues to maul people and propel this offense like Humphrey does. Imagine that line (Dawkins, anyone, Humphrey, Torrence, Brown with Kromer). I’m getting a bit more upset now that I write it like that cause those other 3 were Bills picks (beane didn’t do Dawkins obviously)

That’s insane per target and per reception numbers (how do those stack up league wide?). And people say they don’t see WR1 traits for him. This is a small sample set (so maybe not representative) and it’s limited to what he does best. But wow does he crush it. He's too much for smaller DBs. If he figures out more parts of his game (why McD is grinding him so hard, to get that work in), he could be something very special.

This is the conclusion to the tour right? Dennard Wilson (Titans DC), Anthony Weaver (Dolphins DC), Ravens DC all with Ravens last year. Thats the 4 coaches Balt lost in a very short span.

Also found his warm-ups really interesting. As he was going through it with Fergie and Martin we started cheering with other fans. Dude has been a good kicker before and really the mental is all thats holding him back. Was great to hear that encouragement helped him. Hopefully he can keep it going cause thats the best resolution for this situation.

In the link it’s 32 ST snaps (20.51%). The 2 got moved. Threw me for a minute

You see it on the edge and that’s where it was made for. CBs were just going super low on big OL and hurting them in the process. I thought Taron got low but since first contact by TE was with helmet on tarons back then it should’ve been a no call. Taron has nowhere to maneuver and didn’t chop the blockers knees. Just got under him.

I think this can happen quickly as Cooper gets acclimated. I expect him to start as the lone WR in sets with 3 skills players to one side, and he wont have to time his routes off others (rubs and crosses are such a big part of Brady's offense). This type of formation has drawn middle of the field closed coverage and gets an opportunity outside the numbers (Bills WR havent really shown an ability to take advantage). I hope he can take advantage of these looks against the titans. But then as he quickly works in the offense you put him on the Trips side and then give Coleman the lone receiver role and let him get buckets, which he has shown a couple times the last two games). Agree simple routes. But to me thats lone receiver routes as described above. Ask the defense if you wanna give help coverage on him and if not let him get the ball. Simple play. But if you start to help there then we just run all over you. The "complex" routes in this offense seem to be the rubs and crosses with other receivers. He knows the routes but how to run them with the other WR could be hard so just give him all the space to eat.

After which he did 3 "Our Process" and 4 "hail complimentary football" for his sins of showing excitement.

Joe Marino mentioned in his snap count segment that Dion AND Brown were off the field on the kneel downs (iOL starters were in). Hope he doesn’t get the PFs but I love these two tackles. They set a tone!

Kyle Williams? Not as much of a premium position but he def played better (all pro and many pro bowls) for longer

So happy that they are looking to make a move. But its gotta be done carefully or else we just spin our wheels and get cap hit. The how do you onboard this person is interesting to me. I wonder if we would consider putting him on PS then do call ups as a real life tryout. Could even let bass come back after a few games to give him a final shot (having Bass work out is still the most favorable option that you need to give it every opportunity).

Bills call your raise

This is a reset year and we seem ahead of schedule. Is it perfect no, but there is something to the everything eats model (though concerns obviously when we NEED to pass). I expect them to continue to improve and go on one of the patented december runs (crazy our only two DEC losses since 2020 are the hurricane bowl and the almost comeback against TB the next game). At that point we will be having Milano back and I expect Josh to have mastered the offense that he seems to still be sorting through as a drop back passer. On the hail mary, coaching def got players in position. There were 4 guys around Lazard. And why no WR out there because there was 8 seconds left to start the play. Jets turned it into a hail mary on the fly. I think theres some merit to if youre rushing only 2 then why not more coverage players (Epenesa playing the flat aint doing anything for me), but that play is 100% on the players.

Agree and the sunday night production is better. The decision to focus on Gipson when it was 3rd down in the 4th quarter and he wasnt on the field was weird. "now lets talk about how Rodgers wants to use this one guy more who is not even on the field." Just want to force a narrative. It wasnt something to be talked about on this day sorry. Agree aikman was talking about how amazing rodgers was and everything josh did was cause of someone/thing else.

Players routinely get intentional grounding while being hit and throwing. I think youre trying to say that if youre arm gets hit then you should get some grace cause obviously that complicates getting it to an intended receiver (I agree). Where I think this should have been intentional grounding, if not a fumble, is his arm was not hit until the very end. If thats truly his release point, which they are saying cause its a pass, then he wasnt throwing to a player. there is probably language in the rule about contact affecting the throw but Josh has def gotten the short end of that stick many a time. Also would expect contact affecting the play to sorta launch the ball up if he was gonna throw. Sorta weird for getting hit back on the top of your body to cause you to spike it (legs sure but chest would push you back and up) so again either fumble cause wasnt throwing or int grounding cause he was trying to throw it to noone to save a sack.

Aikman literally called Rodgers int last night essentially a punt. so it def is talked about. agree punt is more net yards but its def not a new thing. If we were to try and prove how important Allens picks/TOs are then I think we should look at their EPA? If hes truly making arm punts then his EPA shouldnt be so bad. I suspect itll be pretty mid cause he had a bit of a rash of RZ TOs (after going clean for so long) and TOs near our EZ, but he does have a few tolerable ones that werent really in Bass's FG range (so no points off the board) and didnt give the ball to the opponent that close to the EZ. Would be an interesting stat. This link sorta has some info on the topic. Josh has -300 EPA, Pat -237, Burrow -230, Carr -277. Only Pat has better EPA (-4.3 versus -4.0) per turnover (burrow is super costly when he errs, though he doesnt do it as much). So yes TOs correlate with winning and Josh has cost us a lot of points cause of them over the past 4 years. Also yes Josh's TOs are not as bad as most players (would want more data). https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/how-significant-is-josh-allens-turnover-problem-digging-into-the-stats-of-bills-star-quarterback/ https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/most-turnovers-qb-last-4-years

he did add that context as he expanded upon the thought, but the first half bills were not gonna be denied on offense. NYJ did have more explosive plays on offense than most of the year. but converting a hail mary and still being down didnt scream huge offensive output to me. You can see it the receptions too. Jets have 4 pass catchers all game. Bills offense was having everyone eat against a good defense (7 pass catchers, i think all but coleman caught one in first half).

my favorite was aikman coming out of half saying both offenses playing great, and i was like yeah i guess jets are ok but 3 TDs in 4 drives is better than 2 TD in 5 drives with one being a hail mary. but then aikman doubles down and says "especially the Jets." thought that was indicative of how he handled commentary (including the QBs).

Also its reasonable to then not ding him for his "high" int numbers previous years. he has historically had a high conversion of int worthy plays to int (and also just wacky plays). This year its obviously low but last year they were catching almost everything that turnover worthy (whereas other QBs got a way with a lot)

He was so amped on that play. Sorta shocked they didnt give him a taunting penalty. then again i think they were mesmerized by the magic

The pick is pretty high but im surprised he isnt discussed more. I would be very happy to trade a 4th for him. His cap number this year is fine and 13 mil next year isnt unreasonable either. And he signed his extension under the previous coaching staff.

Couple reasons why i expect it to work. First he handled the dolphins receivers fine enough that I think we can he be deep middle. I really only fear him against one of their WR which brings me to. Second the ravens are not driving the ball down field so I don’t expect him to be tested. If they choose to try and push the ball I expect it to go poorly considering their OL issues (this is why they are not pushing the ball deep) going against the best DL they have seen.

Game 1 it was contain rush against Murray. Not sure how anyone can say he wasn’t a force in that Miami game. He set up the cook team by getting a TFL and sack on 3rd /4th down. Cook scampers to really put them in a hole next play. Last game the tackles were the weakness of the OL so they attacked outside. this game though has got me juicing for ed. Interior of that ravens line has some issues (though I like linderbaum but he’s got an injury) and penetration has been how McD has lowed Henry down in the past. I expect ed to have a great game. also expect us to drop a safety down and play more cover 3 this week. Let benford Douglas and a safety take care of the deep and create havoc in the middle and underneath by disguising where the zones are. Offensively it’s an interesting matchup cause their iOL is so good. Think we’ll need to stretch them wide if we want to run the ball. But realistically we probably play 11 more than we have to date and attack the middle of their coverage.

Lol the last game was very top of mind going into the Jags game cause it the whole situation was eerily similar (losing 2 straight away from home in frustrating fashion before an early season MNF game).