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I'm surprised KC is running the ball so much. They're mostly terrible at it.

This is the kind of crap that makes people suspicious about the NFL's integrity.

Herbert is more of a traditional pocket passer. He can't escape pressure as well as Allen.

Anybody who pays more than cursory attention to football knows that you don't blitz Mahomes. They blitzed him on 54% of snaps... It might be the worst defensive game plan I've ever seen.

They lost a game against the Chiefs last year because they wouldn't kick field goals. No need to try and win the game in the 1st quarter. They invested in their defense for a reason.

This is an impressive rep from the rookie:

The way I look at it is that his absolute ceiling is Kirk Cousins and he's currently not anywhere near his ceiling. His optimistic upside is Jimmy Garrappolo. Currently he's a physically limited one-read QB which is barely even backup level.

So all the former players that have publicly criticized him are flailing? I don't know what we're even arguing about anymore.

Favre is your example? Everyone knows he was and still is a ****. That article is a teammate of his criticizing him just like Wilson's teammates have criticized him. The point is that he isn't a leader and is a legend in his own mind.

@FireChans @GoBills808 Normal behavior for a professional athlete, right?

Players with less than 15 snaps don't get graded at all. But like you said there were ton of players graded between B- and B+, so Brown's ranking is more about the quality play of others rather than his own failures. He didn't talk too much about the OL but he mentions that Bates was dominated in his matchup against Donald. It's obviously a tough matchup for even the best guards, but Joe doesn't grade it on a curve.

As usual I will post snippets but not the whole article. Top 5 grades: 1) Josh Allen (A) 2) Jordan Phillips (A-) 3) Von Miller (A-) 4) Stefon Diggs (A-) 5) Dion Dawkins (A-) Bottom 5 grades: 1) Ryan Bates (D+) 2) Kaiir Elam (C) 3) Rodger Saffold (C+) 4) Zack Moss (B-) 5) Spencer Brown (B-)

Here's the man himself discussing the late 4th quarter run:

The way this game played out is why I care a lot less about OL than most of this board as long as Allen is here. A weak OL is the easiest weakness to hide when you have a smart QB with mobility and a quick passing scheme. Donald had his way with Bates the whole game and it didn't matter. Last year it took us 3/4 of the season before we stopped banging our heads against the wall with long developing pass plays and as soon as we transitioned away from that our offense blew up. I expect our offense to look like that all year long.

I'll be rooting for this. The Ravens are the bigger threat. The more losses they take the better.

I love how non-chalantly he points out that we have the best QB and best pass rusher in the game. We're so lucky to have Josh Allen and Jordan Phillips leading the charge.

It goes both ways. Any offensive coach that works with Allen will get a career boost, but also good offensive coaches will want to be a part of this offense. The reports from the offseason were that Dorsey had plenty of offers and wasn't going to just go anywhere. If Dorsey eventually gets hired away to be a head coach we will have no issues finding a more than capable replacement. That's the elite QB effect.

Here's what professional athlete Mitchell Schwartz has to say about it:

Early in his career he wasn't the same person he is now. I genuinely think stardom infected his brain, as it does for so many others, and it clearly didn't sit right with some of his teammates. He's still a good QB. But I don't think winning is the most important thing to him anymore. Case in point here he is practicing high fiving his imaginary teammates as he runs out of an imaginary tunnel: That is not normal behavior.

It's week 1 and there's less preseason action from starters than ever before. The Broncos will finish with a much better record than the Seahawks. It took multiple flukey plays and an all-time bad coaching series for them to lose this game.

Seems like a lot of ex-Seahawks really don't like Russell Wilson. I think it's a classic case of a guy who's a superstar in his own mind and likes bright lights more than he likes winning.

I know everyone is, deservedly, calling out Hackett's decision making, but don't let Russ off the hook. He dropped the ball without being touched, then threw the ball behind the LOS on 3rd and 14 within 2 seconds of the snap. Choke job.

Hackett is the guy that calls shot clock fouls in pick up basketball games.