Bob in STL

Sometimes yes. It’s not common here to refer to snack food as side pieces, although I knew what you meant by the context. I have spent a lot of time in the UK. Mostly from 2002 to 2005. Can’t wait to go back someday. A side piece could easily refer to having a woman on the side that is not your wife/ girlfriend. Or maybe a even weapon that you carry.

I’m a good cook but lately keeping it simple is also rewarding. A couple of fresh fried eggs cooked over-easy. Two strips of thick slab bacon cooked very slow. Nice Italian bread toasted. Coffee regular. That’s it’s. Nothing fancy today although I admire you guys that get creative with breakfast.

Kroft will play TE and Bates will be the blocking TE. Duke will play limited snaps with 4 wide outs.

No even close. Klein was known to be better against the run. Lorenzo was less stout at the run but far better in pass coverage plus he could get to the QB plus he was a fantastic leader plus he was a special teams star.

I said 2-2. I don’t like it but I’m being realistic. I don’t like the front 7 at all this year. None of the players acquired are playing better than ones they replaced. Lorenzo and Star have left big holes. I think our hopes for a division title hang with Josh becoming a star and carrying the team.

Ike and Winters at guard is a big drop from last year with Spain and Cody/Feliciano. The Jets may stink but they have a strong DL. If our Defense continues to struggle we are going to have to score a lot. The guards are critical. I can see the Jets trying to take away the run and make Josh throw. I can see Josh being flushed out of the pocket by inside pressure. We don’t have a FB and we don’t have RB’s that consistently chip block in pass protection (like Thurman and Freddy did so well). Our offense is basically Josh stretching the field with Brown and Diggs. Brown is out. This is game were Josh has to play great. I can see him being our leading rusher in this one.

I don’t know if Lorax can come back now and play right away. I miss him a lot. We need another LB that can cover and rush the passer. Milano injuries are bad enough but we never replaced Lorenzo.

Next man up has never been truer. Unfortunately, we replaced Lorenzo, Phillips, Star, and now Spain with lesser players and our depth at CB and LB was not good to start the season. Beane needs to improve both sides of the trenches.

You do if you play in the AFC East.

I think the problems start up front with the DL and then permeates through the layers. 1. They have no DT like Star to eat up blockers and space, making the LBs job harder. Oliver is playing below Jordan’s Phillips level last year. 2. The edge rush is not good enough. Hughes got old. Addison‘s sack production would be ok for the #3 guy, not the 1. Murphy disappeared and Epenesa had no camp, no preseason, and is not ready. 3. Milano is always hurt. Edmunds misses Star and he too is hurt. They never replaced Lorenzo’s leadership, coverage, and pass rush skills. 4. They need help at #2CB and at Nickel. Star, Phillips, and Alexander were not adequately replaced. Depth has not improved, it appears to be worse.

He has the right job for him. He gets a lot of respect for his work too.

Bills - 38 Jets - 24 Edit: I just read about the injuries. Bills - 34 Jets - 31

Deacon Jones could transform this defense.

Yup. I would rather play Duck than Mahomes.

I would think: 1. It’s great to win 2. We were fortunate (not lucky) 3. It’s a sign of a good team to win games you did not play well in by making the plays you had to make

Murphy is 29. Marion Addison is 33, Jerry Hughes is 32. We gave up 250 yards on the ground. Yes it was. It was a desperate move that failed.

D. Very inaccurate and impatient once again. Missed open guys early and often. He ran well, played hard, had one good drive in 4Q. Otherwise it’s an F.

Yes. The Titans and Chief did the same thing to us. Only difference is that our OL cannot run block and Josh lacked patience and accuracy to take the short stuff consistently.

There is nothing out there that will make a significant improvement. Those moves are made post season.

Benching Phillips and Murphy was ridiculous. Especially with Milano out.

Not so sure. We can play 8 in the box and shut down the run and have to worry about Mahommes throwing to very fast receivers. The Pats* are not as good as KC.

He said that last week. Two weeks in a row he gets beat by zone coverage. He did not consistently take what was given underneath. He missed easy throws to Singletary, Diggs, and Beasley - all on 3rd down and all drive killers. Teams are forcing him to be patient and accurate and he is not getting it done. He had no running game to help him either. He is the best running threat we have.

Mahomes was 21 of 25. He took everything we gave him. He didn’t miss any throws. He scrambled for first downs numerous times. Any time you can run all day long you do.

He was 21 of 26 and he wasn’t even the biggest factor. Their OL kicked our DL all over the field, and they were playing back ups too.

You might think we hold KC to 26 and we can win. Instead we played another miserable 3Q and we fall way behind. McD and his staff have been terrible at halftime adjustments. Andy Reid didn’t even do anything different. They did the same things only better. KC won in the trenches. They have more talent and they have the best player in the league in Mahommes.