That's No Moon

Maybe Dion Dawkins should have done something to not end up in the hospital this summer which clearly and obviously has led him to not be ready to play the type of football he is capable of playing. He needs to sit until he's ready. He was Bobby Hart bad today.

Haack didn't catch the ball cleanly

And he stutter stepped on top of it today

The second half of the colts game they did nothing and almost yakked up the game, the Ravens and Chiefs games they were awful. Today the offense was more of the same. Can't block, can't move the ball, can't score touchdowns to finish drives. That's 14 quarters of bad offensive football for a team that is built to rely on its offense.

Our offense has been dog**** for the last 14 consecutive quarters against playoff caliber defenses.

Not sure what game you watched. Pass rush was terrible, particularly in the second half, and particularly when they needed it to do something.

Bingo my rear, the offensive line got steamrolled all day long and the quarterback couldn't hit the broadside of a barn. Add a horrid gameplan, a lack of halftime adjustment to that horrible plan, and baffling decisions in game. Chalking this up to a handful of single plays let's a whole lot of people who did a real crappy job off the hook. They weren't ready to play football today in all three phases.

Every one of the offensive holds they called was legit and they could have called several more. Dawkins, Williams, and Feliciano in particular were terrible today.

That's not why they lost the game, but ok

They didn't address any of their areas of weakness from last year and people are surprised that the line still can't block, CB2 still can't cover, and the D line can't get to the quarterback.

It's an extension of last year.

Anybody still want to argue with me about the punts coming out slow?

The interior offensive line is getting exposed. Again. Or is it still?

Yes. The line has been hot garbage all around though.

He hurt his shoulder in the preseason and when he signaled fair catch it probably popped out and went back in. Took him to the room to put a harness on it

Let's understand something. If Josh got out of the car people would carry him to the stadium like the Ark of the Covenant.

Dunno what he's asking for. Also have to remember that as a vested veteran his whole salary is guaranteed if he's on the roster week 1. That's a turnoff for lots of teams. Waiting a week gives them a lot more flexibility.

I think most people's angst is built around administration's apparent commitment to the player via his salary and their inability or refusal to acquire a sufficient replacement or backup given his apparent importance with respect to his lengthy period of absence and current unavailabilty. In short, he makes a crap ton of money, there is a large difference in perceived value between the club and the fanbase, he has been unavailable for more than a year, and they haven't chosen to fill the hole that he creates either through his absence, his lack of ability, or both.

Not disagreeing. Would you say that excessive empathy is a problem our world currently has? I would not.

Unfortunately the myriad of people who don't actually have that have ruined people's empathy for those that do.

What, he didn't eat enough of them?

"I prefer more meat in my buns"

Basketball yeah they could be but football pays all the bills and that's what will drive that train. If they dropped football they could go to a bigger basketball conference right now.

That's not how that works and you know that. It's about getting the game televised in that market. The Big 10 couldn't care less if anyone in NYC actually cares about Rutgers. It is a vehicle for their other schools to show recruits that they will be on TV in their home area. It's also a way to pump up the TV contract knowing that the largest market in the country is within the broadcast area. It's why they will never kick Northwestern out even though Northwestern isn't like any of the other Big10 schools. It's the Chicago market.

Rutgers in the Big10 has been an absolute disaster for Rutgers in terms of being competitive. The Big10 wants them in because it gives them the NYC media market and, frankly, that's the only reason they are there. Rutgers has been a doormat the vast majority of their time in the conference because they haven't been able to compete at that level. They haven't been able to consistently recruit for squat and NJ gets raided for talent all the time. One other thing we haven't spoken about a lot is what conferences are looking for when adding schools. It's not always about the school or quality of competition they would bring, it's very often about what TV and media markets do those teams bring because that it what drives the big money for the conferences. I'm going to leave the Big 10 alone because it's not worth discussing any time soon. Let's stick with the AAC. They will lose Houston, Orlando, and Cincinnati. That's, in order, the #8, #17, and #36 media markets in the US. Buffalo is #53. That's a major downgrade when teams like UNC Charlotte (#22), UNLV (#40), Florida Atlantic (#18 and #39), Rice (#8), UT San Antonio (#31), San Diego St (#27), Air Force (#16 and #82 + a nationwide following to add to Navy), Army (#1 + a nationwide following to add to Navy) are all out there to be recruited. If you want to talk about an upcoming program who would be looking to move up who has made a MASSIVE commitment to athletics across the board recently it would be Liberty. Their market size is smaller at #71 so, again, they wouldn't be top choice, but if they could snag UNC Charlotte to go along with them and add to East Carolina it would make a lot of sense.