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He's not a bell cow back, but I will say the more touches he gets in a game... especially late...the more effective he seems to be. He's due for a long TD run, I think he gets it this week tbh.

AJE has definitely flashed at times. He was the right guy to keep over Boogie and he's shown improvement as a pass rusher each year in the league IMO. Teams need guys like him that can step in and give you some snaps a game. That all said, I'd still like to see him improve in the run game at setting the edge. But as far as a backup DE he's good.

I don't know that I 100% agree with this. Certainly, I can see your train of thinking and it is valid. I can also see the other side of the topic as well. Yes KC was without 2 key players. So, they get a pass? For being outplayed on their home field but a decent yet not on their level team? Meanwhile, Buffalo's loss wasn't even so much the Jets winning it was Buffalo giving the game away. I can see both losses looking worse in different ways. I do think blaming losses on missing a couple key players is something that is a crutch in arguments. The "does it deserve an asterisk" argument. Did anyone give the Bills a pass for losing in the playoffs because we were down Von and Micah and Jones? Nope. You play with the guys on the field. Kansas City had time to plan for Jones not being there. Kelce missing was more short notice...but Andy is an offensive genius...so that could have been circumvented as well.

From everything that was mentioned when they officially placed him on PUP, he was close. How much of that is true and how much was talk remains to be seen. But if he really was close and had no setbacks I would expect him to come off PUP next week. Spend the week practicing. I expect he will travel to London as well (because he's not missing a free trip to London😂) but not be active. He'll be on the field the following week with limited snaps count IMO.

Neither did Buffalo. The difference was Dak remained patient and took what was given the entire game. Josh did not.

That's a valid point. Except the Bills lost to the Jets who have a Super Bowl caliber defense. Not Zach Wilson. Wins...still not a QB stat.

I don't get the overwhelming majority putting the Chiefs ahead of the Bills. Week 1: We both lost. I would say Kelce/Jones had a hand in their loss but they were also at home in a banner drop game. We were on the road against a top defense. Week 2: Both won. Buffalo dominated a bottom 10 team. Chiefs won against a Jag team...I can't get a handle on. And they struggled. Week:: Both won. Buffalo won their game on the road against a middle of the pack to mediocre team. Chiefs motorboat the worst team in football, in a week their DC re-signs, on their own home turf. First impression of this version of the Chiefs is they are vulnerable. Buffalo and/or Miami could easily pass them by.

Neal tried the Ko Simpson defense🤣🤣

Makes a lot of sense. I feel somewhat nlike the extra chips possibly were gameplan specific to help against Crosby and help our 5th best OLman against a strong front 4. Should be interesting to see going forward if he's left on an island a bit more against other guys or of this is just what they have to do to set him up better. Again, thank you for your work in these threads. Always good to learn!

Thank you for doing this. It is always informative. I am a bit confused by the part I bolded. Maybe I'm missing something. I likely am. In the above you said you counted 7 times that a RB or TE was asked to chip in this game. And a few of those were to help Dawkins, not Brown. So that would be 5 chips to help Brown? Allen threw 32 passes. That would be roughly 21% (15% of pass plays to help Brown) of the time either Kincaid, Knox or a RB had to chip. Is this considered needing help on a regular basis? I'd be curious to see what a league average is on it.

How does getting Spencer Brown a vasectomy help this offense?

Guy is such a goofball. Perfect fit for this town😂

Josh.....

Well deserved. Now, can the guy get a haircut? His style is too close to the Mahomes cut.

I was in the "wait and see" camp. So far from what I'm seeing..."meh" Don't get me wrong, I like the guy a lot. Good worker, good teammate and all that. Other than the possibility of an occasional "where did THAT come?!?!" game a season...he's maybe the baseline for average NFL WR. Don't want to pay him like a superstar. Honestly, if he continues to show as he has for the first 3 games, I personally would let him walk. The WR draft class looks deep as does the WR FA market. And yes, some of those guys will re-sign before FA, but my move would be to sign one, draft one and possibly re-up Sherfield.

No, but he doesn't have to. Roman has deficiencies as an OC, for sure. But he's got a solid track record of getting good play out of QBs with Fields skillset, IMO. Fields could do well in the Lamar offense.

Buy: Sean McDermott the DC. Simply put this is a huge test for him to see where he fits with his defensive knowledge these days. Will he bring pressure? Drop 7 or 8 into passing lanes? How will he make up for the lack of speed we have on defense vs basically the US 4X100 track team? Maybe I'm too optimistic, however by Monday next week I think the talk around the NFL will be how McDermott laid a blueprint to slow (not completely stop) the blazing Dolphin offense. Sell: Christian Benford. It's not that Benford has played bad. He hasn't. This just may not be a matchup that suits what he does on defense. This week may be rough on him. Hold: Dawson Knox. He's been asked to do a fair amount of blocking so far especially the last 2 weeks. Feels like he's due for a solid outing. And this feel like a spot traditionally where he steps up with that 6 or 7 catch game with a TD or 2. But, he could also be asked to help the RT again. I'm willing to see how Dorsey plays it with him.

Sounds like he has completed his coursework at Jay Cutler QB School. He really doesn't care anymore. I think what we see with Fields is that the coaching staff isn't letting him be him. He's not a great passer. He's an exceptional threat as a running QB that can complete a big pass play here and there. I don't see him having a long career playing the style they want him to. IMO, If I'm the Bears I bring in Greg Roman and let him do his thing.

I think a fair question to ask in this case is was he better under Daboll...or healthier and physically able to do more under Daboll? That's something I think we will be able to tell as time goes on. Sample size of Allen under Dorsey is small...but remember before the elbow injury Allen was on fire early in the season.

I don't think it's Harty's speed that's the issue. It's the usage. I totally get wanting to get him the ball in space. But he should be used as a field stretcher as well. One thought I do have. Perhaps these early season screens and end arounds to him are setting up using him deeper later in the season. Sort of lull the defense into thinking it's a screen and it allows him to hit a deep ball. That's my hope anyway. I'm willing to see if Dorsey has that in his plans.

"Not taking anything away from Tre" Then proceed to talk what he did down in every possible way. You play who lines up across from you. And his play on the field was extremely good. You do realize that one reason WHY Howell had to hold the ball for a long time is....ready... BECAUSE White was doing great in coverage. And Washington has some good WRs that can get open. But they didn't often on Tre.

"At the end of the game the team with the most points on the board is going to win." -John Madden Thanks Coach!

Colin Kaepernick applied for the job. Honestly, it's a very well constructed letter. But 6 years inactive is a loooooooong time.

Great. Good to know. That however, wasn't the topic. Let's recap so you can catch up. I'll type slow. -You presented the regular season rush rankings of the last few Super Bowl winners. - I said that had nothing to do with how teams approach running back usage in the post season. -I provided a detailed breakdown of every Super Bowl winner's primary RB usage in every playoff game and Super Bowl they played in that season to back up my claim. -Your presented something in the general direction of that for the Bills only with zero context or sticking to the same format. Then tried moving the goalposts. -I gave the same RB breakdown for the Bills under the same conditions. - You ignored and moved the goal posts. At this point I'm just going to move on from this topic with you. Can lead a horse to water and all...but hey, have a great day and if you have any further input...eh, I won't be reading it anyway.

The difference is I didn't add the Rams and Chiefs yardage into the equation as the topic was RB play. Nor did I add WRs who gained yards on runs. It was all about the RB as per the original topic of conversation. As far as Moss's "goose eggs", IIRC, he was injured after the first playoff game. Didn't even play in the next 2 and TJ Yeldon was active. Yet again, context is very important when discussing stats.