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I would go for it on every 4th down. Don't risk physical injury to Sam Martin or psychological injury to Bass

The commentary in this game is hilarious, they're just putting up random stats on the screen because there's nothing else to talk about

Oh poor Ingram was in hell on that route

It's preseason scheme on both sides

Alright get Cook out of there, what is this? If he loses more yards he'll be below 1K again

Grable - Anderson - SVPG - Clapp - RVD

They were out of the playoffs weeks ago so I guess Maye should have been sitting the whole time if that's their reasoning.

Backup OL has looked pretty good although it's hard to tell what kind of motivation level they're facing

I don't really understand Maye not getting more than a series in this game. They don't want their potential franchise QB to get reps?

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Yeah we have to prirotize an X WR over anything else, whether that's re-signing Cooper or adding someone through trade. If extending Cook wouldn't get in the way of that, and wouldn't get in the way of extending Rousseau and Benford, I really couldn't complain. It's probably not what I would do but it's not a franchise altering mistake either. Cook still has relatively low career mileage and has taken his game to another level this year. He still has room to grow as a pass catcher too so there is some upside.

The thing is Cook is NOT Barkley or Henry, obviously. We mostly take him off the field on 3rd downs because a guy we picked up off the waiver wire has a better 3rd down skill set. I don't mean that as an insult to Cook, I love his skill set and fit in our offense, I'm just saying he is not a permanent fixure of the offense the way the truly elite backs are. 17 TDs is hard to ignore though. I'm not in favor of paying RBs but I can't sit here and pretend that all of those TDs would be scored by any random RB. And I think about all the free agency money Beane has spent on complete busts and I wonder how much it would really hurt our team if we gave Cook a decent extension. Give him the money instead of the next Curtis Samuel for example.

It's going to be Denver and we should all be very satisfied with that outcome.

Patriots 17 Bills 9

I'm hoping to see Grable get the start at LT for the entire game. He looked great in the preseason so I'd like to see where he's at. His physical traits with Kromer's coaching give me hope we may have hit the jackpot. I could see him being our starting LT in two years, Dawkins will be 32 and it might be a perfect time to move him to LG.

Total QB yards (passing + rushing + receiving) / total offensive yards

And by the way I'm not denigrating Lamar (I know you're not saying that I am). I agree he has had a special season that usually would be an MVP year. Just like Allen in 2020 would usually have been MVP but got edged out by Rodgers having a truly special regular season. This year Allen is having that truly special season and it deserves to be recognized as such. The historical heights he's taken this offense to, the records he's broken, the negative plays he's avoided, all with what neutral observers consider to be an average at best supporting cast; it's one of the all-time best QB seasons IMO. Not in total production for a number of reasons, but in value added.

You know what I made the mistake of trusting a video I watched and not checking my work. Lamar is responsible for 70.8% of his team's production, Allen is responsible for 73.0% of his. A small difference but not enough to matter. Like I said it is two MVP type performances. I still stand by everything else I said about their respective supporting cast and the value they add to their team.

I mean this logic seems pretty flimsy when you consider that there have been two teams this millennium that have dominated the Super Bowl conversation in their respective eras. I don't think the Patriots and Chiefs just happened to win more coin flips. Personally I think it boils down to elite coaching and elite QB play in high-leverage moments. The formula for a dynasty is established. The problem is that we only have half of that formula.

Yeah but that's why I mentioned snap counts specifically. If he's on the field a lot and doesn't get a ton of targets because his presence opens up the rest of the passing offense, I'm good with that. The weird part is that he's been on the field significantly less than Hollins or Coleman in recent games.

I only see that take on here. Every analyst I've seen discuss the MVP race has conceded that Allen doesn't have the same caliber of supporting cast. By the way TE is not debatable. Look at Baltimore's roster again. I'll agree we have the better OL. Offensive coaching I'll call a wash because it's too hard to separate the coaching from the QB play on both sides. Every other measure of supporting cast goes to Baltimore - RB, TE, WR. I am certain almost every GM in the league would agree with me. Lamar is responsible for 68% of his offense's production. Allen is responsible for 80% of his. It's two incredible MVP type performances, there are just too many factors going slightly in Allen's direction to not call him the clear winner.

Actually QBR likely graded that play extremely high because it adjusts for opponent quality, down/distance, and game situation (score differential, time left in the game, etc.), and it includes QB scrambles as part of the calculation. So I would bet that play approaches the ceiling of what a single play could calculate out to in QBR.

The run blocking thing is the only reason I can come up. It's just extremely unusual to divy up WR snap counts based on run blocking. Like I said I've never seen anything like it before. And I guess it's hard to argue with the results, but the offense has been somewhat clunky the past two games. It certainly hasn't been the dominant score at will offense that I think we'll need to make a Super Bowl run. Shakir has been MIA. Coleman as we can see is still learning the technical nuances and isn't reliable as an on schedule option. So I think it's time we get our best pass catcher involved as a featured option especially in the vertical game. I mean at least put him on the field, that's the part that doesn't make sense.

Also the Titans game. And those are the two games where we fell behind early. So it's like Brady knows he is our go-to passing weapon when we need one, but he's only funneling him the ball when absolutely necessary. I've never seen anything like it before.