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Beane has had an issue evaluating the trenches as well as WRs, so I don’t know. Don’t have a ton of hope to be honest, but all I can do is ride it out with everyone else. There was definitely some home cooking going on, but the inverse happened last week. Bills got hit with all sorts of penalties (some I didn’t think were legit), while the Bengals and their makeshift OL got away scott free. Do I think it would’ve made a difference on the scoreboard if the officiating felt more equal last week? No. It was simply the Bengals’ night, aided by terrible game plans. But it definitely would’ve made a difference in the KC game if it was officiated more fairly.

I didn’t ask that question. Mahomes has a lot more cred (awards, MVPs, championships) than Allen, so I can’t pretend like I don’t see what most other football analysts and fans see. Allen isn’t on Mahomes’ level yet, but let’s see if that changes when he’s given a credible OL and WRs who bail him out rather than drop passes.

The elbow was an issue for sure, but it was halftime of that Packers game where he started to look like a different QB. The game that next week against the Jets was extremely rough long before he injured the elbow. And then the MIN game… nevermind. Anyway, the elbow hindered his arm, but he was still making questionable decisions, pre and post injury. The Packers game is seemingly where it started to derail and he never fully recaptured the magic from earlier in the year IMO. All QBs have drops, but yes, Josh had some brutal ones.

Odd because those weren’t the numbers that person had posted! Also odd that Mahomes would have a QBR of 35 vs Seattle with a 106.8 rating and a 68 against LV with a rating of 110. I know QBR takes into account actual game play more than the stats, but I don’t know how they reached those statistics. Perhaps it was rating, not QBR, that person had posted. EDIT: Burrow had a 96 rating to go with his 18 QBR and Josh had a 46.8 rating to go with his 63.9 QBR, so I’m assuming it was the ratings that were posted.

There’s 30 other QBs in the league… I remember a TD the Dolphins had against us after their play clock had already hit 0. Thought it should’ve been a penalty then and still think it should’ve been one now.

It’s also consistency. Someone posted Allen’s 3 lowest QBRs from the season and posted Mahomes and Burrows for comparison’s sake. Allen was far behind the other two, meaning when he’s been bad, he's been really bad. Of course it isn’t all on him, doesn’t help when his receivers are dropping passes, or when Saffold is allowing pressure in less than a second, but it is what it is. Allen’s ceiling is as high as any QB in the league, but his floor is lower than the other two and needs to be raised.

No one argued that the OL needs to be improved. Of course a QB needs protection. If you’re insinuating that Allen isn’t throwing to the shorter options because his OL isn’t giving him protection, then I disagree.

What does that have to do with Allen not taking what’s available? Or the speculation he isn’t being coached to do so?

I have defensive coordinator envy.

Mahomes seemingly never has a down game. He’ll have a half where he’s trash, but never a full game. The SB against the Bucs wasn’t on him.

I thought it was where the ball is when the player is ruled down. This isnt the endzone.

Burrow throws such a catchable ball. More “who dey?!” chants!

I’m more rooting for the Bengals HC than I am the team or the players. But then I’ll root for PHI to win it all.

This was KC’s retool year, they weren’t supposed to be this good. Go Bengals!

Greenlaw went after Vosean Joseph too.

I’d probably lean PHI ina. KC vs PHI SB, but KC will have the best player on the field, to go with an aggressive DC, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if KC wins easy.

Not totally sure about that one. I remember his HC in college complaining because Allen wasn’t throwing to the intended receiver. Allen’s response was something like “Brett Favre throws TDs, coach.” For all we know Dorsey is encouraging Allen to take the short stuff, but Josh isn’t doing it. Since none of us are in these meetings we can only speculate either way.

Can’t stand Pacheco. Take your slip n slide *** back to the huddle!

The irony is that the Chiefs almost never get to Burrow. Their DL is dominating right now, let’s see if they keep it up.

Toney has been a revelation for the Chiefs.

Mahomes is getting worse with the tongue between the teeth on every throw thing.

Only Milano. But he wasn’t Beane’s draft pick.

I actually wanted Lloyd in the first as well. Even though we weren’t starving for a LB, I thought at that point he was far and away the BPA. If I were GM, I’d be a shrewd one. After I had drafted Lloyd, I would’ve worked the phones to see if there was interest in Edmunds as a 2nd round pick, that way I avoid his looming contract and already have another heralded LB in his place. For the first half of the season Lloyd was on the DROY train, but fell off as the season wore on, but I still like the move in hindsight.

I don’t know if he’s “horrible,” but he’s missed on some players I thought would be stars at the NFL level and they have been. He and his scouts have access to more resources than I could ever imagine, so for me to know who the better player would be in the draft is kinda damning. It’s like he’s outsmarting himself. This year I don’t want to see any double down picks unless it’s OL. Also don’t want to see him trading up and burning picks either.

This is assuming Beane were to hit on the picks. As we’ve seen thus far, his evaluation of the trenches (and WRs) leaves a lot to be desired.