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That was certainly a deserved reputation for Knox his first two years in the league. In 2021, Knox had a catch % of 69% and a moderate drop rate of 5.6%. 2022, improved to 74% and drop rate stayed about the same. Has he missed making a couple tough catches he could have contested, probably, but not many with that catch %. Do you have specific recent examples of Knox "not being very dependable" to counter this? He did try to go up and get a pass probably intended for Diggs last week but they were ad-libbing so I can't fault him for that. I got on Gabe Davis last year for "not being very dependable", drops of near 10% and not being able to haul in the contested ball, rightly so IMO. But to be fair to Gabe, a certain amount of that was Allen throwing to Gabe when he was really well covered and the throw really should have gone somewhere else.

This. I don't know how Josh is being coached. I know Dorsey is more aggressive. He may be coaching Josh "take a shot on 1st down if you see one". Then the problem is what Josh perceives as a shot, and what other teams defenses perceive as Josh's known pattern when taking a shot, which is to focus on Knox and Davis in end zone. Because you're right, if there are 3 or 4 guys around Knox (or Davis last week), that means someone else has much less attention. I know Josh trusts those guys the most, but he's got to do whatever he needs to do to get over that. We can not afford to settle for FG or TOD against the top offensive teams.

Do we know yet who the officiating crew is?

The original question was "when has a McDermott defense been blown out?" (rare) not "when have the Bills been solidly defeated in a game they were never in, even if the score wasn't a blow out ?" (still rare, but has happened more often) The good news is they can not put both Hill and Waddle in motion and have them both running nearly top speed at the snap because that would be illegal. Either or, not Both.

Same. Same. I had the impression Bieniemy had a clever plan to use his knowledge of Milano's role and our defense, to send the play somewhere else and pick on the new guy. New Guy showed up.

Question: What do you think will happen with the Giants and Daboll? I think it was more that having been give personnel control, he took them from 8-8 to 4-12 McDaniel claimed he had no knowledge of it, the NFL fined him $50k, and if the team had won, they wouldn’t have made the Broncos fire him

Damned Straight. Not only McDaniels fired by Denver, but he was beyond atrocious as OC in St Louis. Spagnuolo has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that he is a fine and competent OC. 7-9 Bradford’s 1st season with Pat Shurmer as OC. I won’t say McDaniels single-handedly got Spagnuolo fired from the rams, but replacing Shurmer with McDaniels when Shurmer left to coach the Browns had a huge amount to do with it (2-14) I have no idea why teams still lined up to hire him after he burned the Colts.

Same As long as our DL keeps playing at a high level Bernard has a chance to keep looking good

You allude to a very valid point. Bernard has been able to play well because the DL is playing well and keeping the LBs clean. If Bernard were having to get off blocks from the OL every play he’d not be able to make the plays he’s making

Although I was laughing at Collinsworth opining how Wallace wasn’t trying to tackle the runner and just force him inside on the goal line. No, Collinsworth, he muffed it. But he does get to be the hero of the game

Second Wallace sighting!\

We did manage to lose to the Jaguars back in 2021 so …..any given Sunday

Najee Harris starts his runs like he’s stuck in molasses, and what’s with the stupid spin moves?

Canada’s notion of running Najee Harris up the middle when they really need a 1st down is Ugggh. Well! Pickett made the good read on a good call. I think that’s the game?

Pickett just can’t seem to throw accurately off platform I think that was DPI but Raiders looking like they have a chance

No apology owed, thanks for setting the record straight

Yo, Tomlin, can you stiffen up on D before you sna t c h defeat from the jaws of victory? LOL now that play design was a thing of beauty. Steelers caught with their pants on the ground

That was true last week, but the offense has actually moved the ball and scored this week

LOL Raiders OL holding and tackling like mad, and Garappolo still gets sacked. Steelers D playing soft or tired

Now this is true. Many other teams have more production out of later draft picks, so his ROI is poor.

Steelers defense either getting tired or scheming soft

I mean,I’m not a Harris fan. I agree they should start Wallace. But isn’t that true of many RBs:? A bunch of stuffs or short yardage and break a few plays a game?

I don’t think he eliminated Milano. But I do think Bieniemy thought he had a plan to put Milano into coverage (where Milano did Milano things) and pick on our linebacker “baby” Bernard. Bieniemy (and the rest of us) learned that Bernard had got his growth. Bye bye baby!!!! Only if he’s good at it

Has 14 carries for 55 yds 3.9 yds/carry tonight. It’s not brilliant, but it moves the chains.

The TD play was a Thing of Beauty. But when did these other huge catches occur? That was his only catch on 4 targets, one of which was the pick. Right now, trusting Gabe Davis seems to be Josh’s Achilles heel. And no, I’m not overlooking the drop. If he wants to be paid like a top receiver he’s got to catch the ball. Otherwise give Sherfield or Shakir or Harty or Kincaid a chance. Agree, and I will belly up to the bar for my personal helping of Bernard Crow Pie. I thought he was too small and based on last season, I thought he was gonna be Lost in Space. Looking good, kid, looking good. Keep looking good and I’ll gladly accept my 2nd helping of crow