stevewin

They should have a guy stand next to mckittrick on returns to fair catch or catch and hand it off it him 😛

Groot dropped in coverage that play

This - they could have been called for at least two more horrible holds/tackles that drive - not a good series by the OL

Esp given the holds they didn't call this drive

Can't believe they didn;t call the hold there

That was the toughest 5 yd catch you'll ever see

Who came in on the kick - he looked untouched

That sucks - he is one of the best IMO. I've always respected the effort and thought he puts into a lot of his stories. Even when he was a beat reporter, instead of just regurgitating press conference comments like the majority of reporters do - a lot of times he makes the effort to look for an angle - and actually does the legwork to track down people in the orbit of a story (an old coach, teammate, relative etc) and get their perspective and put it together with different insight/viewpoints.

There's multiple things I ike in this clip - Josh's quick combination - How Josh quickly gets down on a knee like a kid who's been caught, while Diggs doesn't GAF - The player and trainer at the end who look behind at them with no reaction at all "Oh it's just Josh and Diggs rolling around on the ground together again"

I wonder if it was the end of the playoff drought that turned his two-year old self

Was this at Dave and Buster's?

My first thought was to treat his prediction like a home run ball caught from the opposing team - just throw it back

Yeah - as Simon would say - phrasing

Been taking my son since he was young like 7yrs old, but I'll never forget my daughter's first game. She went with us one time was like 10 yrs old, Raiders game on a dark overcast morning. I'll never forget walking through the satellite lots and with the dreary backdrop and fires burning and all manner of loud lubed up characters and the occasional painted Raider fan it probably seemed to her like some hellscape from a Mad Max movie - I saw her eyes get very wide and she sidled over to get right next to me for the rest of the walk in 😛

Only 6' 5"

and Tim Anderson

Did he get a lunch pail and high motor for gifts

Maybe Wawrow and Buehler have a contact and can break the story

Wasn't sure if he meant less than or greater than 😛

Out of my brain on the train

Are you saying Jones made 6 ST stops all season? I might use that as more evidence to say he's expendable 😛 Getting off Kumerow specifically (who no doubt will have more than 1 catch this year), I do think there are multiple positions where having an extra position player for depth in case of injury/circustance is more useful. I also think if a single gunner doesn't make a coverage tackle on a good STs unit, comeone else will - and this year the actual number of returned kicks/game is potentially going to be very low. Don't think either of us are going to convince the other at this point - Peace

Comparing the importance of gunner vs kicker is obviously not a great comparison. Kickoffs/FGs/EPs vs one of 11 on coverage for maybe 3-4 plays (returnable kicks) a game - and realistically the gunner isn't even involved in the tackle for all of those.

Not sure I agree about Kumerow in your example - I get your point, but to me it's more about having a depth player at some other position avail depending on injuries, gameplan etc

Agree - I don't understand why so many associate not wanting to waste a spot on a single gunner who contributes nothing else to the team to saying that ST are not important. These are the reasons to me why the team does not fall apart if Jones is not on it - Bass kickoffs into endzone = less kickoff returns - Bills punted least in the NFL last year - an average of 2.6 times/game - this could even be less this year with better offense - Haack is excellent in punts downed inside the 20 (114 of 307 kicks in career - 37%!) = even less punt returns to cover - Taiwan Jones does not make every tackle on STs - other players make coverage tackles too! - Bills emphasize acquiring/drafting/developing/coaching players with ST ability - a well coached ST unit (stay in your lanes!) with many talented ST players should be able to cover (the handful of) kicks effectively regardless of whether Taiwan Jones is on the field