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He has a presser at 12:30 in advance of the Steelers joint practice.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I've heard it's bad and likely a long term injury. I don't know exact details though.

He really didn't though. MVS was a bust of a signing and was roundly hated by Chiefs fans for his laughably bad hands. Toney was a net negative on the team whenever he was on the field. Sky Moore has been a bust. It's a total myth that QBs transform WRs into someone they're not. Elite QBs can elevate the production of a WR but they can't make them better than they are.

Sounds like potentially a high ankle sprain.

Sure, why not.

Looks like Addison is fine.

Jesus...

The tweet is talking about pass plays only... It wouldn't include any Allen runs or even scrambles. No surprise at all that we rank low in that hyper specific scenario with I would assume a very low sample size. We don't have Andy Reid drawing up easy button shovel passes and we didn't have any contested catch specialists last year. FWIW we ranked 4th in red zone TD% last year at 63.89% (KC ranked 19th at 51.25%). Boiling that down to just within 3 yards of the goalline and just on pass plays is going to create some funky results.

Out for the season: Feel really bad for the kid. Not to make light of it but this should help increase our 2nd round pick from the Vikings.

8.5 when you remove kneeldowns.

FWIW Kyle Trimble (Banged Up Bills) considers Thigh Doctor to be a hack who relies on baseless speculation more than true medical reasoning. His whole thing is putting out the most extreme worst case scenarios and profiting off of the views. I wouldn't take him too seriously. Banged Up Bills is the reliable account.

Despite the eyeroll reactions you're not wrong. Especially at LB. We should expect Milano and/or Bernard to miss time, it's part and parcel of their body type. IMO keeping 6 LBs is a must. Can't have a situation like the divisional round arise again. Milano, Bernard, Williams, Spector, and Ulofoshio are essentially locks, but I would 100% keep whoever looks better between Morrow and Jones too.

It's time to hit the panic button on Bass. Over the last few reports he's hitting like 70% of his kicks. Not remotely good enough. Also growing more concerned by the day about Cook. His drop issues are getting worse, not better. He had a bad showing against the Bears too. Needs to get his head screwed on right.

There was practice today, media was there but closed to fans obviously. Updates from the day:

I posted this in the other preseason thread too, but here's video analysis he did for his all-22 review: Offense: Defense:

Same thing but for the defense: Little more of a grab bag than the first video. Things that stood out are - Austin Johnson showing up on a few plays, looking like a good depth signing. On the first 3rd and long conversion Carter and Johnson rush the same gap, whoops. Dorian Williams bites hard on play action which directly leads to a big completion. Run defense overall looks very sound.

Joe Marino did an all-22 breakdown of the offense. Very good watch: Early issues he blames on timing kinks with the OL and a couple mistakes by Cook. He shows that Coleman's route running technique needs work in the red zone. He likes what SVPG and Grable showed.

I have been concerned about the Edwards/McGovern combo in the run game for a while now. Their preseason reps didn't create a new concern, it added fuel to a previously existing concern. That concern is compounded by the fact we are likely to be a ball control offense, and ball control is a tough style to win with when you can't consistently run inside.

Ah... shows you what I know.

That's not really a good example of Coleman having an issue with separation. He actually does manage to get leverage and create a window, albeit a tight window. A better throw and he would have had a chance. Their feet got tangled up so maybe it wouldn't have mattered. Anyways there's too much analysis over a single rep. That's Jaylon Johnson, one of the elite CBs. There is no shame at all in Coleman not getting yards of separation in the tightest area of the field against an elite CB in his first ever live action. Clown Football is an appropriate name for that account.

Good: Shakir - Picked up where he left off as a dependable slot option that always manages to pick up sneaky YAC. Solomon - He showed flashes including as a run defender which was supposed to be an area weakness. Ray Davis - There wasn't a lot of space to be had in the run game but as a pass catcher I thought he looked right at home. The contact balance showed up. Samuel - Really just the one play but it was good to immediately see the juice he adds to the offense. Explosive plays downfield will be hard to come by this year, we need his YAC skills to show up. Bad: Trubisky - Every ball he throws is half a second or more late. Even the 4th down conversion to Shakir, he was standing wide open for a while and it took Trubisky forever to find him. He airmailed a TD pass to Morris and forced the ball to Coleman twice in the endzone. The interior OL - Pretty much all of our runs were dead on arrival no matter which string was on the field. I'm especially worried about Edwards/McGovern. We're trying to be a ball control offense but we can't open holes in the run game. It's concerning. Even depth players who looked good last year - namely Anderson, Vandemark, and Gouraige - looked worse today. Cook - He went down on first contact every time and was directly responsible for Edmunds getting in Allen's face on a blitz. All the camp reports on him have been negative, hopefully it is all a mirage once the real season starts. MVS - He gets my c'mon man award of the day. The one player you don't want to see drop the ball and he does it on the easiest catch opportunity you'll ever see. I have PTSD from some of the ridiculous drops Allen has dealt with throughout his career, I don't have the stomach for anymore.

Did you enjoy watching another team's full preseason game? I really respect your commitment to the game of football.

MVS... starting to wonder if he's going to be too frustrating to be worth a role.