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His route running is nothing special, but to be fair, nobody could move well on that field yesterday. It wasn't an epic mess like the Washington-San Fran game was, but players were slipping and sliding all over the place. For a guy that already isn't great at changing direction, he had no chance at it yesterday. And even with relatively sloppy route running, I don't think he's easy to cover at all, and I think that's what defenses have found out so far this year. His size/speed combo puts pressure on the defense on every snap. It's honestly amazing. Lamar is hovering around 5th-10th in the MVP race right now and people are actually still trying to say he can't play QB in the NFL. If Josh was playing nearly as well as Lamar has this season, we might be viewed as one of the favorites to win the Super Bowl this year with the defense we have.

Oh sorry, I could have sworn it said Winston, Mariota, and Fitzpatrick before for some reason lol. Anywho, you're right, they clearly don't think Baker has been bad. It's debatable whether or he actually has been bad. I think PFF would argue that a lot of his INTs were due to his WRs rather than himself and I know he's fared very well in categories such as big time throws that PFF values a lot. The other two they clearly think have been bad; they're only a handful of spots ahead of Allen. Edit: And PFF isn't basing their grades on numbers per se; at least not in the way that people seem to think where the grades are based off of stats. On the contrary, they're watching and grading each play and then those things basically feed into some of the other metrics that they're able to provide after the fact.

Yeah, probably the last time we ever see a QB sneak

I was wondering if someone was going to reply to my thread about that after this lol. Hilarious timing.

Just to be clear, you realize that PFF says those three are bad as well, right?

I think the main point is that people shouldn't freak out so much about a QB that runs. It's likely safer health-wise than them throwing the ball.

Yeah I responded to the author on Twitter to see if kneel downs for example are included in the designed runs. I assume QB sneaks are but they're at least getting hit on those so it's defensible. Kneel downs should obviously be filtered out but I'm not sure if they would be or not. That's the point of the other numbers there. You're far more likely to get hurt getting hit in the pocket than you are on the run. Of course you're less likely to get hurt if you're making the throw without getting hit at all so that needs to be taken into account as well, but I think even if you adjust for the % of plays your QB is kept completely clean in the pocket, you'd still end up arriving at running plays being safer.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/injury-proneness-running-qbs-russell-wilson-lamar-jackson/opdkjdfw91001uuwfzt4rm82s According to Sports Info Solutions, QBs are injured: Every 236 designed QB runs Every 91.7 scrambles Every 92.5 sacks Every 67.3 knockdowns after throwing

All we know so far is Kenny Young. There was a rumor of a Day 3 pick in addition to Young, but that hasn't been officially reported yet. Even if Peters is overrated, this is a win for Baltimore.

Even if he were a one-trick pony, his one trick is very good and super valuable. And he's also not a one-trick pony. Pretty much every NFL team screwed up on their evaluation of him. Edit: I also still like Cody Ford btw, but I made it pretty clear before the draft how much I liked Metcalf and he's pretty consistently proven himself each week so far this year.

It got pulled down now to update after the Packers win but the site I was looking at was Sportsbook.ag

that’s all fair, though I would argue they were pretty much all bad last season with the exception of Baker. I probably would say Lamar was 2nd best last season too and easily the best this season. As you mentioned though, it’s still early for all of these guys.

He’s literally in the 5-10 range according to Vegas. Edit: Currently tied for 5th best odds.

Lamar is a second tier MVP candidate right now. None of the others are remotely in the discussion.

Yep. This draft class has panned out pretty much exactly as I thought it would so far.

Johnny laid out what I would imagine is the most likely scenario, but there's other potential guys that could transfer/leave for other opportunities as well. We wouldn't be trying to bring in 3 if we weren't confident we could take 3.

It won't be a problem.

Threw together a Google Doc to track the games that Buffalo is scouting (based on what Yolo has posted in here as well as a BuffaloRumblings post) and as a result, highlight prospects that play for those teams that appear in Matt Miller's rankings. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EGcKt-3OhHND7shQmY9LREGwBxtnUcFwQtQDz2U-3tk/edit?usp=sharing TLDR, Buffalo has been on hand for the following (emphasis mine): QB: 4/10 RB: 3/15 WR: 6/15 TE: 3/13 OT: 5/12 OG: 5/12 OC: 1/11 DL: 4/13 Edge: 7/15 LB: 4/15 CB: 5/14 S: 3/10

My feelings remain nearly unchanged: The wild card spots appear poised to come down to Buffalo, AFC South #2 (my guess is Indy wins the division so this is Houston), and Cleveland in my opinion. I had recently given the Chargers an outside chance at making a run...I think I might replace them with the Raiders at this point but ultimately I think it's the first three I mentioned fighting it out.

Not sure if this was included in this thread already, but came across this today: I understand the argument that you should always tip well. It makes a lot of sense if you assume the fact that customers are responsible for paying an employer's workers makes sense in the first place. I think the entire idea of tipping is stupid though.

No. Edit: That doesn't mean Isaiah is coming btw, just means that Richmond's likely commitment doesn't impact Isaiah.

Vs. Miami - Win Vs. Philly - Loss Vs. Washington - Win @ Cleveland - Loss @ Miami - Win Vs. Denver - Win @ Dallas - Loss Vs. Baltimore - Loss @ Pittsburgh - Win @ New England - Loss Vs. NY Jets - Win 10-6 regular season. I think we end up at 9 or 10 wins but I'll go with 10 for my official projection. Playoffs depends on matchup but I would guess a wild-card loss.

I'd be pretty surprised if Edmunds made it unless he picks his play up by a pretty large amount. Generally speaking, you need to be among the league leaders in one of two categories to make the All-Pro team as a linebacker: tackles or sacks. The only exceptions are guys that are like top 20ish in tackles and also among the league leaders in pass breakups. Edmunds currently ranks 49th in tackles (if we add in a 6th game at his current average, that still only gets him up to 32nd) and he has 0 sacks and 0 pass breakups. He's been good this season but he just isn't putting up the type of numbers that have been required to make one of the All-Pro teams in recent history. Maybe the NFL rewards Buffalo's defense and gives it someone with relatively underwhelming numbers, but I would guess it's more likely to be one of the safeties or corners at the moment.

Then he probably doesn't know the rule or just doesn't know what he saw. I doubt his view was any better than the one video that someone else posted where it's pretty much perfectly angled.

Wychek's foot was on the 25. The ball was not released anywhere near the 25. Where the ball was released is the important part. The only logical reason that people can think it was a forwards pass is if they simply don't know what the rule is.