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They didn’t when we played them I don’t see how that’s relevant when they lose aj brown Julio jones and Derrick Henry after we play them. They lost to the jets and got absolutely smoked by NE without those guys so you could play this ‘how they performed against other teams’ game in both directions. I wouldn’t say we’re overrated at all I think we’ve got potential to put it together but I’d say right now the product on the field most people see is a fringe playoff team which matches the record

Right I said some of the hits 😂 a lot of these times he might be calling his own number too it’s hard to say. But there’s gotta be some sweet spot for the ‘correct’ amount of qb runs to still be efficient on offense especially since they can’t run block for sh*t this year. Without that extra dimension they had absolutely no chance in quite a few games this season. I’m sure it was a focal point last week because that bucs run d is ferocious you don’t see a lot of handoffs to rbs against them no matter who they are playing Haha right at some point you are giving up on a season where sure we’re not playing well at the moment but the roster is pretty win now..to protect a qbs long term health. There’s gotta be a sweet spot and it’s funny coming from arians with a 40+ year old slow ass qb behind one of the best offensive lines in the nfl ‘oh I wouldn’t do that’ they scooped up Mitch trubisky to give them a chance in a worst case scenario

I guess it depends on the definition of survive…if we’re talking about beating up on bad teams im sure trubisky could come in and win a game. If we are talking about potential playoff success I don’t give the titans any chance without Derrick Henry. At least josh isn’t a sitting duck on designed qb runs like he is on a passing play behind that oline. He kind of gets to control some of the hits I think that’s what the ravens coaching staff says about Lamar as well. This is a bit coulda shoulda woulda but they are literal inches on josh Allen scrambles away from 9-4 sitting in the 1 seed right now so it’s gotta be give and take I guess…sometimes fighting for a couple inches is the difference in a whole season

If we win next week and NE wins two in a row we are up around 70 % to make the playoffs still. Problem is if the colts win we really cannot afford losing to NE but it gives us a shot at the division…that would turn it into a tossup where we need a decent amount of help…I hate to say it but I wouldn’t mind NE winning next week. All the afc contenders have pretty brutal schedules incoming so I still like our chances. Us upsetting NE seems a lot more likely than some of these teams beating kc or gb or arizona

Yea could that could definitely be the case…although the bucs softer defense was specifically supposed to prevent allowing quick scores and how did that go. They kind of reminded me of the falcons in that super bowl vs NE where they came out with their hair on fire and completely gassed out down the stretch. I think the opposing coach has done some really questionable stuff and we were a play away of making them look like fools both games 🤣 that belichick gameplan against us has really soured on me now that the shock of running the ball 4000 times and winning the game has worn off Have we had a first and goal on the 1 ever this season? I can’t think of one offhand. Denying a sneak is pretty difficult within a yard Yea it’s a fair point and I have argued that as well but at the end of the day it doesn’t count as anything more than a moral victory if you believe in such things. A Brady-led team is not gonna lose on a call like that regardless of how unfair it is…I’ve watched three or four bucs games start to finish the last two years and the bucs got a game saving call/no call in every single one

Haha this is actually kind of new for us in my opinion…we are the underperforming team that could maybe go on a run if we get our sh*t together. We are certainly battle tested this year and have had to adapt to all kinds of terrible situations…it felt like we were on cruise control last season until the playoffs then the colts were dangerously close to bouncing us in the first round

Na we are the tremaine edmunds of football teams this year…tons of potential and we could turn it on at any moment but it has not happened against a great team for 60 minutes outside of the chiefs game and may never happen.

Yep I feel like there’s an optimistic side you can look at or a pessimistic side after this most recent loss. It dilutes the colts game where we were absolutely stomped for 60 minutes and that looks more like an outlier than we can’t compete against good teams. Flip side is that these have been almost all close losses and there are no moral victories…close loss in the playoffs gets you nothing

Yea that is truly a shame but what can you do…also josh going out of bounds by like an inch on the previous play. Just feels like that kind of stuff keeps happening to us and our luck is gonna change. If he’s got smaller feet we likely have 2 more wins this season 😂

Hurts our wildcard chances though lol that is truly a strange game for us rooting interest wise

I have a funny feeling that that’s the case as well but it could be just wishful thinking…those are two pretty similar teams on paper. Teams I thought we were well built to compete with though and we lost to NE so what do I know lol seems like we like to run a lot of nickel and these well balanced teams that aren’t really transcendental running the football really struggle against our defense. Hoping that NE loss was wind related but it’s also very possible the pats offense gets much more effective in good conditions also when mac can mix in some throws and play action Also a fair point if the season ended today…I feel like we’re going to start connecting on some of these big plays but that’s based on almost nothing 😂

Haha I’m in the same boat as you and I’m too sad to rewatch any games usually 😂 but strictly from the eye test it seems like moss is our only rb that can block It’s interesting to me that Knox has emerged as a big target pass catching threat (NE game aside) and we have gotten even worse in the red zone lol

Yea depending on where you’re looking they’re using some algorithm to predict each individual game and we’re probably a pretty decently sized underdog to lose in foxborough. That colts/pats game is extremely strange I think for strictly making the playoffs we want the pats to win

Yea that play was upsetting because Levi did such a great job avoiding the penalty in a very difficult situation Lol he could be right you never know…I have absolutely no clue what’s gonna happen down the stretch. I’m still not very sure it the wind really hurt us a lot more than the pats…guess we’ll find out…unless it’s windy again 🤣

That pass in the pats game felt pretty unlucky…really a lot of these losses do. Josh threw a perfect ball but to account for the wind the ball ended up in a spot where it was difficult for diggs to track. Hoping our luck changes going forward we are just snakebit and can’t make one more play a game despite numerous opportunities. bucs and titans games we probably win both if Josh’s shoe is a half size smaller 😂 Steelers receivers just made every play in tight coverage against us it was absurd. Colts and jaguars losses were bad news and pretty unforgivable. Playoffs are a whole new ballgame if we make it there I think we’re capable of anything

We seem to be better on the road than at home…it would be pretty comical if we get the 6 or 7 seed and see the Derrick Henry-less titans in the first round. I’d much prefer that to a home game against the colts. Then I don’t hate our chances against NE in round 2…the afc playoffs are truly a fresh start I could see absolutely anyone winning any game what would not be comical is missing the playoffs 😂 Yea that bengals game was scary last week

That’s a fair point so far. If the season ended today I’d say he miscalculated focusing on beating up mahomes. The chiefs are even winning with tough defense these days so they will likely give our offense problems.

It’s still goin let’s let them finish it out first lol if they miss the playoffs I’m with you gene but the narrative is starting to shift a little bit in my mind at least and right now I’d say we’re a really tough out in the playoffs with a chance to do something special. Colts game seems like a bit of a statistical outlier now that we’ve played a lot of great teams tough right down to the wire home or away. (Granted we’ve come up short in almost all of those games so you could definitely be right on about the negative outlook) Maybe I’m dramatizing the pats dismantling of us in the Brady days but welker and Edelman looked darn near uncoverable for a majority of their careers. They were the perfect scheme fit for that offense

Bruce Arians would never let them run according to his press conference 😂 what a clown…imagine telling Lamar Jackson ‘hey man stay in the pocket you might get hurt’ even after he comes back from his injury he wouldn’t be listening to that By definition of what the mvp SHOULD be I think there’s no question it’s josh. What a gutsy season from him hopefully he gets a chance to do something special in the playoffs. Will it actually be him though most likely not It’s all pretty relative…look at the titans their whole offense runs through a rb and Derrick Henry got hurt. Josh’s qb carries got us right back into a huge game and we were literally an inch away from chasing you guys down for the division lol now it’s a very long shot. Crazy they lost the titans and bucs games by literal inches both those games felt very similar

Haha I don’t mean to put words in peoples mouth but people misuse the word scripted 🤣 if something shady is going on it’s the refs favoring certain teams in a questionable call situation…there isn’t some script of what each player on the field is supposed to do lol that would be insane especially because these guys entire careers/livelihoods depend on their stats.

Yea he did as nice as job on Gronk as anybody we’ve had…he had that one holding call on him which I object to given the bucs were called for 0 of them 😂 Hahaha I have a cowboys fan friend who I have talked about that play with for weeks and I’m so happy you brought that up because I’ve been saying the same thing. Clear penalty and the refs didn’t want to get involved…Godwin shoved him with both hands at the top of his route and pushed the db like 5 yards downfield making himself laughably open. Bucs win the game. Wasn’t even a questionable OPI that was 100% OPI but the refs swallow their whistles

It might come at a sizable discount since he’s still mostly a ‘might have potential guy’ and just doesn’t have the results on the field consistently. Mcdermott asks a lot of his linebackers they are kind of on an island out there so even if we bring in someone new that looks good they might struggle too

On the other side speaking of 3 scores…idk how the bucs don’t take that 3 points late in the game. I feel like the past two weeks the coaching on the other sideline has been doing some really questionable stuff but we are making them look like geniuses because we can’t make that one big play. Tons of hoopla about belichick running the ball 600 times but I think he miscalculated us being able to pass the ball into the wind and was really sweatin at the end of that game 🤣. Just goes to show you winning is really the only thing people care about when they start digging into coaching decisions lol

Yea I really wouldn’t be shocked if they started putting it together down the stretch…outside of the colts game,which seems like a bit of an outlier where neither the offense or the defense could play, we have been a real tough out and the plays are there to be made we just haven’t been executing with normally reliable guys

I feel like singletary is a bit underrated around these parts at least running the football…this guy has had some real tough runs without many holes to speak of. I think we were better without sanders tbh…he’s a good player and an upgrade from John brown but gabe Davis seems to consistently make big plays when he’s on the field