Old Coot

If you look at the overhead replay of the play I think it was designed for Josh to go off left tackle but Sweeney's block on the outside LB was late. That;\'s the crucial block and Sweeney's a sub so I'll bet he did not get any reps in practice on this play.

QB should go straight ahead as soon as the ball is hiked. Josh danced to his left and then tried to go in. hard to say what this play was designed to do; maybe Josh off left tackle but Sweeney's block is late.

On 4th & goal why not try a hard count?

I should clarify. His first season with the Bills he was injured at the start of his first practice and played not a down for the Bills that season. I believe that he subsequently signed another contract and played the 15 games under the new contract.

Highest priced free agent has to be Shawn Merriman. The Bills paid him $1 million for 15 mintues. He injured his achilles tendon during his first practice with the Bills.

Jack Kemp (if he counts as a free agent) we claimed him off waivers How about Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist

Good analysis. I'd add that in McDermott's 2 deep base defense there can be a hole in the middle of the field between the safeties. It's Edmunds primary job to fill that hole and, as the analysis shows, he does a good job at that.

Well done, son. Excellent analysis.

I expect that the Chiefs' D will try to confuse Josh so he hangs onto the ball giving the pass rush more time to get to him. The DL may even try stunting or twisting to confuse the blocking on our O line. On our D we almost are required to double Hill. Our pass rush is better than last years so Mahomes hopefully will have less time to throw. How to cover Kelce? I'd start by chucking him at the line and having cover over the top of him maybe by Edwards who has the height and wingspan to defense Kelce when the ball gets there. My 2 cents (make that 4 cents to account for inflation)

Reminds me of the Hells Angel om acid in the Stones' Gimmie Shelter documentary. See here at the mark 1:21:44

"Robert Kraft calls Bill Belichick the 'biggest f***ing a**hole in my life" Yes, but he's Kraft's arsehole. How many of you would put up with an arsehole coach/ GM in return for one Superbowl win, much less 6?

The Jets are so bad they couldn't even beat themselves

No John Mackey?

I agree. The OL needs to execute better.

I'm of the opinion that the O & D played well -- just not well enough to overcome the occasional mistakes -- e.g. blocked punt, the three or so holding penalties on 73, ther Keystone Kops play on 4th & 1 and (and this is a big and) Josh's inability to hit any of his deep throws. We put up 350 yards on a D that thpically allows less that 300 and we limited their O to about 250 yards. Our execution (particularly on O) needs improvement. As for the empty backfield formation, one of the broadcast commentators said this formation made it easier for Josh to identify potential blitzes. I also note that when we ran it was a power run game rather than a zone run game. My 2 cents

It is an intricate dance. This is why coaches study and classify tendencies by down, distance and location. They then design plays to take advantage of what the opponent is likely to call. For example, n offense might design a pass play so that the routes on one side will work if its cover 4 and the routes on the other side if cover 2. Alternatively the receivers may have read routes so they are reading what their man does and reacting accordingly. But wait, there's more. The DB's are also reading the receivers. This is one reason that defenses usually are built conservatively -- so they won't get beaten deep.

Read somewhere that being hit by a blitzing LB is like being hit by a car doing 5 mph.

First team offense looked sharp today which is good but remember they played Packers' 2d & 3d team stringers

Meh. Nothing to see here. Just a frank discussion over the pros & cons of investing in collateralized debt obligations.

Overall a good writeup. I have a question about the run blocking scheme against Detroit. Was it zone or power. I think power because, as you, say, Devin hit the hole quickly. In a zone scheme the RB takes the hole that develops.

"Why does the national media act as if Brady was never in New England?" Same reason that the messes in Puerto Rico and the southern border must have been cleaned up. It's yesterday's news and the media have moved on.

How about a minor league sports franchise. The Sabres would do nicely.

Shrewd paln. What could possibly go wrong.

Cover 1 Guys analyze Sanders' ability to get open vs Zone or man coverage: