dave mcbride

But the difference is staggering. The Bills have just 3 players in this category, and 20 teams have 10 or more (and 25 eight or more).

After the first td, he had fantastic coverage on two subsequent deep sideline throws in which he basically ran the receiver's route and gave Maye no chance.

Thank you.

Do you really trust your kicker to make a 50 yard fg on a day in which his kickoffs can’t reach the end zone?

It was 3rd and 16 and they were punting anyway.

Best arm punt of his career.

The scheme looks very solvable.

You simply can’t compare. What I recommend is looking at his Rate+ and Cmp+ stats, where 100 is average. He was literally above average in rate+ every year of his career except for his very bad final season, when he was a shell of himself due to accumulated injuries and some hard living. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KellJi00.htm Hardly any qbs had the sorts of completion percentages back then compared to what you see today. He was above average — and sometimes well above average — in completion percentage every year except 1995.

Kelly ruptured his bursa sac in his throwing arm late in the 1992 regular season and was never the same after that, arm strength-wise. Before that, he had a gun. As for lack of mobility, that is true late in his career, but not early on. He went to Miami because Penn State recruited him to play linebacker and he wanted to play qb.

There are many quotes from executives on other teams as well. And this TOTALLY tracks with Johnson's MO over the last 25 years. He makes Dolan look like the Rooney family. And @Gregg is absolutely right about Rodgers.

Btw, this whole story is incredible. Gobsmacking.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6005172/2024/12/19/woody-johnson-jets-madden-sons/ ‘Woody Johnson decided to do his own research. The New York Jets’ owner was at his house in Palm Beach, Fla., last February, discussing potential offseason acquisitions with team decision-makers as they watched game tape. Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, a former Denver Broncos first-round pick, flashed on the screen. Jets general manager Joe Douglas expressed interest, according to someone familiar with the meeting. Johnson took out his phone and started typing. A few weeks later, Douglas and his Broncos counterpart, George Paton, were deep in negotiations for a trade that would have sent Jeudy to the Jets and given future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers another potential playmaker. The Broncos felt a deal was near. Then, abruptly, it all fell apart. In Denver’s executive offices, they couldn’t believe the reason why. Douglas told the Broncos that Johnson didn’t want to make the trade because the owner felt Jeudy’s player rating in “Madden NFL,” the popular video game, wasn’t high enough, according to multiple league sources. The Broncos ultimately traded the receiver to the Cleveland Browns. Last Sunday, Jeudy crossed the 1,000-yard receiving mark for the first time in his career.’

3 year contract.

To quote @Beast, the book ain’t closed at all. Still early days.