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Cook is obviously having another incredible season (and I think PFF's grades align with that too if I remember right), but some of the holes Cook was hitting this week were so big even you and I would have gained yards lol. Mentioned it earlier in the thread, but PFF probably punished him pretty hard for forcing his own fumble and aside from having insane volume, his numbers were pretty pedestrian; I wouldn't be surprised if things like his rushing yards over expected was pretty low, and PFF is really looking for the ability to create yards that aren't blocked for you by making difficult reads or forcing missed tackles and I know he didn't really do the latter this week.

I think Knox is more effective getting open in the passing game whereas Hawes is more using the blocking to leak out for passes here and there. But Knox's hands are so bad he's one of the guys that really tests my thesis about hands being maybe the least important part of being a pass catcher. And while Knox is an adequate blocker, Hawes is clearly among the best blocking TEs in the league already. I very much hope Knox is gone this off-season or if kept, is on a huge pay cut, but he's a fine player. Just more of a pretty good #2 TE.

I don't have PFF anymore, but I don't think that's true. Based on what I can see it seems like Ray Davis and Ty Johnson both received higher grades for the game than Cook did. Guessing due to the fumble, and in Davis' case, he was credited with the same number for missed tackles forced as Cook on 22 fewer carries.

I think I'd probably put Cook above Henry. Could argue Saquon too this season as I think Saquon has slowed down a little but the difference between the run blocking in Buffalo vs. Philly this year is pretty extreme so hard to say really. Cook has turned into an absolutely fantastic RB and also happens to be in an excellent situation for a RB. I think CMC and Taylor are still the top 2 though. Achane is a great call too; he's in a dreadful offense and has struggled to hold up injury-wise but he's a great player.

Against all odds, he went 4/9, as did Kiyan.

Was Hoecht or Ogunjobi the one that Beane knew about and signed anyways? The story was we knew one of them was getting suspended but not the other right?

Issue with the FT shooting is Kyle looks like he legitimately has never shot a basketball before. The fact that he's floating around 50% from the line feels like a miracle. JJ seems to have the yips; always a chance he snaps out of it and remembers how to shoot but I'll believe it when I see it. So that's two guys likely to have a decent number of free throws that will be lucky to hit 50%. Kiyan will almost certainly improve though; he's been a low 70s guy his entire life. Would be weird if he's suddenly an atrocious free throw shooter. But the only way I really see us turning into a good free throw shooting team is if guys like Kyle and JJ become so scared of shooting free throws that they just stop shooting the ball and risking getting fouled and that's obviously an even bigger problem. We really just have to hope we play well enough that the free throw shooting doesn't matter as much. Definitely prefer this over the Buddy Boeheim years though where we could hit free throws but couldn't defend to save our lives.

Yes he's in a walking boot

I haven't really heard anything but saw some buzz he may be out two weeks.

I don't think separation data is generally very good yet but Shakir has pretty much always been below average or downright bad in terms of YPRR vs. man. He's always been great against zone.

That doesn't change the fact that our team was 9th in the league in passing yards. Josh himself wasn't top 10 because he got pulled out of so many blowouts.

This hasn't changed. We're still #2 in the league in offensive yards and #5 in points this season. #2 and #3 in terms of points and yards on a per drive basis.

We've been top 10 in passing yards every season since 2020 including this year.

Where does this slow plodding offense fit into the fact that we are one of the highest scoring offenses every year? During our streak of division wins, we've gone from averaging 2:59 per drive to 3:02. Do you really think those 3 seconds are the difference between being up-tempo and trying to score score score vs. just trying to kill the clock? We're also averaging fewer plays per drive and more yards per drive than the 13 seconds season.

Completely different topic, but Shakir is a weird one for me because he's clearly the best WR we have right now, but winning from the slot is also the easiest role vs. what we've asked Palmer, Gabe, Keon, etc. to do and despite all the good things Shakir brings to the table, he's never been particularly good at winning against man coverage even with the advantages that playing out of the slot afford you. We have way bigger fish to fry on this offense but I don't think it would be all that difficult to find an upgrade to Shakir too even though he's a pretty good player and again, the best of our bunch.