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This is crazy:

Unfortunately that isn't how it works. If Kincaid was Allen's 1st or 2nd read and he liked the matchup, he has to throw the ball to him, especially with pressure getting there. He isn't quickly checking to see if Davis is wide open, he's already starting to prepare his body to throw to Kincaid and would never have gotten to Davis next. If Allen misread the read pre-snap that's one thing but no one other than him or Brady know if that's true.

The stats indicate what a lot of us have been seeing. Most alarming is that in the last 4 games he has a NEGATIVE EPA per target. A 9.7% drop rate which rivals even Davis's worst stretches. He has not played like a #1 WR for several weeks now IMO. Here's the full text of that tweet for those who can't see it:

I will pardon Brady somewhat because I thought our WRs and our OL were both dreadful in this game. It's tough to do anything on offense when you're up against that kind of vulnerability. I agree that his biggest failing was abandoning the run game and passes to Cook in the 2nd half. I don't really understand what he was thinking there but hopefully he learned something.

I'm feeling much better about this now. We don't even need to beat the Cowboys to have a good chance at the division. Dolphins lose 2 of 3 to the Jets, Cowboys, and Ravens, we win our last 3 games. That gives us the division.

Spagnuolo badly out coached him in the 2nd half, but Spagnuolo is probably the best defensive mind in the league. So far this year only Matt Lafleur has straight up out coached him. If we want an offensive mind that can match up against him it will have to come from the top because OCs that good don't remain OCs for long. Alternatively we can actually just try to build an elite offensive supporting cast around Allen, and that will trump coaching every time.

Yeah and that's @FilthyBeast tucked into the front of his pants

I think it's actually pretty likely at this point that we can lose to the Cowboys and win our remaining games after that and still come away with the division win. In fact the final game against Miami might be win and you're in, lose and you're out for both teams. Buckle up...

Because that wild point differential chart is a representation of our close game failures. And head coaches make their money in close games. We are talented enough with an elite QB that we have the luxury of being able to blow out several teams. Other wildcard contenders don't have that luxury but still have the same record as us because their coaching staffs are winning in high leverage moments.

Tua added a whopping 0 TDs to his "best AFC East QB" campaign tonight.

DeAndre Hopkins though ☹️

The very first game of the year predicted how the entire season would go. Can't wait to see Tommy Devito raising the Lombardi.

This has to be the unlikeliest loss of the year, right?

McDaniel deserves a ton of criticism for this loss. 14 point lead with like 4 minutes left against a rookie QB, and he blew it.

See you on the other side of DVR!

Some of the ridiculous almost on accident catches other teams make, it's insane.

I turned the game off after the last Dolphins TD. How the hell did this happen??

Can you imagine playing your heart out against a superior team for 50 minutes, nothing to play for other than pride and love of the game, and then two completely boneheaded plays take all the air out of your chances in 60 seconds flat?

I was gonna say teams never do stupid crap like that against the Bills but then I remembered Kadarius Toney

Meh. Holding Miami to 20 seemed extremely impressive at first but now everyone is doing it. A WLB, even an elite one, should not be the difference. Yesterday it didn't feel like we really stopped KC with our defensive scheme all that much. Individual great plays by Epenesa and Benford caued huge turnovers. KC pass catchers screwed up a bunch. None of the criticisms against McDermott's defensive play calling got answered IMO.

There is some truth to this. It didn't feel like we really earned the win yesterday. Then again it didn't feel like KC really earned it, so 🤷‍♂️ What frustrates me most about McDermott is that for a defensive head coach we don't get as big an advantage on defense as you'd hope. Spagnuolo is pretty clearly a better defensive schemer and the Chiefs get him as just a coordinator. All of our blitzes are telegraphed and easily diagnosed and picked up by the opposing OL. He's a fine defensive mind, just not an elite one. So what advantage are we getting from him as a head coach?

I no longer feel good about this line of mockery 😥

The only thing I don't understand is why McDaniel tries Hill on so many goalline fares. That isn't his strength as a player at all.