Old Coot

For those who blame Dorsey's playcalling I urge you to look at the Cover 1 breakdown of key pass plays in the Jets game. The route combos are sound. Now we don't know the reads (long to short; short to long; key on the DB being attacked) but again the concepts are sound and there were open guys that Josh missed. It seems to be a problem of execution and not playcalling. Since he began playing QB I've noticed that Josh holds onto the ball longer than most QBs. Someone on the board said that Daboll put Josh in the shotgun because it gives Josh a better view of the field so it may be that Josh takes longer to process what he sees. From the Cover 1 breakdown it seems that Josh is better on plays when the concept is to high-low a CB so that no matter what the DB does he's wrong. Those are crisp bang-bang reads (if the DB takes the deeper WR you hit the underneath guy; if he takes the shallower guy you hit the deeper guy). Every time Josh breaks the pocket the route structure and timing is ruined. It becomes backyard ball.

I agree with this but he needs to get his head out of ass and focus on football. He can't just wing it. D's are now used to his high velocity throws and react accordingly. He needs to be more disciplined both on and off the field. His lack of film study is worrying. More study would mean that over time he will be quicked to recognize post snap what the D is doing. Josh might have a problem seeing the field. It is said that Daboll (and Dorsey) use the shotgun because it helps Josh see the field. Again, more film study will pay dividends over time. My 2 cents.

I basically agree with your take but maybe Josh isn't panicking. Maybe it's because in the past he's been able to make plays by leaving the pocket and making time for someone to get open. In any event he needs to be more disciplined in his pocket presence and his reads.

I think you are onto something here. During camp Allen made a statement about how he needs to work on his eyes being in the right place. Any thoughts on why Allen would not go through his reads? Not enough time? Misreading the D? Looking for the homerun ball? Other?

The wrist band may have more to do with how the OC calls the plays (e.g. no. 23 audible to no. 34 if 2 high safeties) than Josh's knowledge of the playbook. What does concern me is that Josh is not a a video junkie studying the other teams defenses. He says that's because he'll see something different when they play the team. But its rare that a team will completely abandon their base defense. They may add wrinkles or disguises but it's still their base D. Also, intensive film study allows quicker reaction time not just the next time but down the road for the team studied but also for faster recognition of similar D's by other teams. Thoughts?

Perhaps Bucky is basing his opinion on the fact that JA is on the cover of Madden '24. Remember the "Madden Curse"? Who doesn't believe in curses? (Fingers crossed)

Josh Allentown! I love it.

We finally won an NFL championship. I'll drink to that!

Read the story here; https://www.yahoo.com/news/sports/chad-kelly-jim-kellys-nephew-152120320.html

The unkindest cut of all: Jags coach Doug Pederson cut his own son!

Good breakdown of why the Chiefs' offense uses the 1-4 set (4 receivers to one side) and how they use it:

Glad to see the starters played well this game. BUT to put it in context, the Bears' OL was missing 3 starters and their D was missing both starting safeties.

I agree. Bruce was great -- better than great -- but someone will come along and break his record. Some records that seemed unbreakable at the time: Unitas' record of passing for a TD in 47 straight games set in 1956-60 broken by Brees 50 years later and then by Brady. OJ's season russing yardage of 2003 yards set in 1973 and broken by Dickerson in 1984 (OJ is now 8th on the list but that's because there are 2-3 more games in a season). Brady's career passing mark of 89,214 yards broken by Josh Allen in 2043. The quick passing game existed when Bruce played -- the West Coast offense; the Run and Shoot.

This. Belichick would have the team practice hard counts every day until the Offside stopped.

Then the Del Vikings will sign him.

I think this was a simple disagreement over the utility of foreign exchange arbitrage as a hedging strategy.

I agree with this but how do we not have an adequate replacement for MLB. Some of the players are good against runs but not against the pass. Some are decent against the pass but not so good on runs. You'd think that Beane & McD would have had better proscpects to replace Edmunds.

Beanes not an unintelligent guy so how does he decide to go into this year without a good replacement for Edmunds? Don't get me wrong, Edmunds was not perfect but he was capable of occupying a good deal of space in the center of the field. We have no one who is close to being able to do waht Edmunds did in pass defense and that will significantly affect how the back 7 will play. So how does Beane get us into this mess at MLB?

Pass protection for a RB is a learned skill. It will take some time before he becomes proficient.

They miss Edmunds. There was a lot of gree grass over the middle of the field.

maybe but you can't see that from the 62 yd TD run. Poyer is pursuing laterally and he hesitates for a moment and that enables the RB to get by him on the outside. If he doesn't hesitate and contunues laterally the RB cuts back and takes it to the house behind Poyer.

That's Poyer; he doesn't giv up. He goes 100% on every play. Poyer may have lost a step but remember he's a safety and they don't have the speed of a DB.

Reminds me of when helmets and goalie masks became required equipment. Gump Worsley was the last NHL goalie to play mask-less (and helment-less) in 1974. Craig MacTavish was the last NHL player to play without a helmet. He retired in 1997.

I'll withhold judgment until I hear the Tuohys side of the story