Coach Tuesday

And (last weekend) being reliant on explosives/third and long completions, a la the Dorsey Era.

Yup. Never said he "stinks." He looked out of shape in August and played like it the first two months of the year.

100% I am in for that.

You are seriously underrating the Lions.

Said nobody.

Lol you mean The Athletic. The Atlantic isn't known for its sports section...

Selfishly I'd love another international game - London was a blast. As it now stands, next year's road schedule is lame, none of those cities looks like a fun place to go party for a weekend.

The Raiders are not at all competitive. They are not prepared, their schemes suck, they have little fight. Davis is in a tough spot because he keeps firing coaches but Pierce is not the answer.

Was mostly perfect in pass pro (saw 2-3 beats with the naked eye). Curious why they had so much trouble running the ball, though.

Crazy that it’s mid-November and already there are a ton of teams completely folding up the tent. There could be double-digit head coaching vacancies this offseason which will, in turn, affect more stable teams as coaches get interviewed during the playoffs, some coordinators end up getting poached, and new regimes want new players to match their program. Trying to tally up the likely openings as of today: Done Deals NY Jets New Orleans Saints All But Over Jacksonville Jaguars Chicago Bears Dallas Cowboys Very Possibly Over Las Vegas Raiders Carolina Panthers Indianapolis Colts New York Giants Possible Surprises Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Philadelphia Eagles That is 5 near-certainties, assume 2 out of 4 from the next category and one surprise as there almost always is and you’ve got anywhere from 8-10 openings potentially in play this offseason. Will make for a lot of turnover in the coaching world and a lot of free agents as players get jettisoned by incoming regimes. Will be fascinating.

Did the coaches also know Karlaftis would over-rush and break contain? Did the coaches intentionally call a ton of one-yard gains on first down yesterday? Some of these takes today are so over the top. The game was super close, a couple of plays away from an entirely different outcome. Both sets of coaches traded strategic body-blows all day. No one took anyone else to school. Allen made an insane individual play when it mattered most. Can’t that be enough? There is no deeper meaning here.

I think it’s a totally fair question given how much trouble they’ve had integrating other free agent receivers over the years. Maybe Samuel is an isolated event and it’s all injury-related or maybe there’s a bit of a disconnect between the Bills’ coaches and the personnel department that brought us Sherfield, Harty and Sanders.

He fixed it. Maybe he should consult with the Sabres about the goalie position.

Here is the Rotoworld blurb: Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said Gabe Davis (meniscus) is out for the season. Davis ends his first year in Jacksonville with nine starts, 20 catches, and 239 yards with two scores. He played at least 69 percent of the snaps in every game he finished and never had more than five catches in any game, settling for a one-catch game on four separate occasions. For the privilege, Davis got a $10 million signing bonus. One of Trent Baalke’s greatest follies yet — and that’s saying something — Davis will almost undoubtedly be brought back on a $6.7 million cap figure next year since cutting him would cost the Jaguars $13.6 million in cap space. In his absence, look for Tim Jones and Devin Duvernay to get more run. No Jaguars are truly fantasy viable while Mac Jones is leading the charge.

Exposed how? If Allen doesn’t turn into Superman and the Chiefs march downfield to kick the go-ahead field goal, did the Bills still “expose” them? Some of these takes today…

I think Warner gets that title no?

Not even top 8.

I am talking specifically about the multiple times yesterday when Mahomes extended the play with his legs and then found someone down the sideline. Not just the TD pass, there were several other "wow" passing plays from Mahomes - the same types of plays we see Allen make routinely (but not as much yesterday, because he didn't have to). And Allen definitely missed on a few throws that he usually makes. Don't get me wrong - Allen was the better overall player yesterday. But not the better passer IMO.

Meanwhile Gabe Davis is being shut down for the season after 20 catches.

This is just a ridiculous take. Mahomes was really good yesterday - made more plays with his arm than Allen.

Plus the missed XP yesterday looked like a terrible snap (and it looked like he made it?)...

It was an obvious catch.

The holding call on the next play was iffy - and made it the same spot it would’ve been had the catch been overturned. Nothing to dwell on. Refs called it mostly right today.

Was hilarious to see his mentor with an equally insane challenge later in the game. Gives me hope!