DrDawkinstein

Bills 27-24

There is really no such thing as a "pull" medically speaking. It's either strained or sprained and there are severity levels of each of those. And yes, I've had them plenty. My left hammy has what feels like a missing section and then a knot from when I strained it in high school football. And I still kept playing. Because I'm not soft like Lamar. ( had to sneak that jab in) As far as the Drs clearing him over a lightly strained hammy... there are plenty of guys who have worse and get cleared to play every week, if they want to play. Josh with his broken hand. Cousins with his cracked ribs in 2023. Josh with his sprained elbow of his throwing arm. And those are just the ones we know off the top of the head. Side note, on the comparing us normies to pro athletes and still QB related, this cracked me up today. And Milton isnt even one of the top arms in the league. Imagine catching a fastball from Josh???

All 5 points you listed can be true-ish at the same time. That is the exact grey area the Ravens are using to help Lamar save face for being soft. It isnt black/white that he either has a horrible hamstring injury or he's 100% fine. They're using that grey area to maneuver and save face exactly like a few of us predicted. Go Bills! Reported.

the RAVENS are flip flopping around!

I think we need all hands on deck Sunday Night. A couple weeks ago I wouldve said rest them, but the way the Pats are playing, and it being a Divisional game which will always be tough, get everyone ready.

I'm more curious than ever as to what happened to Oliver. He danced around giving any info in his press conference until someone directly asked him "exactly what happened?", and even then his response was "What did they tell you happened?". The reporter answered "they said you got stepped on" and he said "then I got stepped on".

Not backtracking, the Ravens are. Every player, EVERY player, has dents, dings, bumps and bruises. The difference is, they're all playing through them, and Lamar uses them as an excuse to pull himself out of games when the going gets tough. No Ls necessary. All of us here are eating Ws because we have Josh. Just keep it in mind as you watch Lamar's career. He's soft and quits on his team.

That he was barely injured, certainly not enough to take him out of the Chiefs game, they made a bigger deal of his hammy to save face, and now they are slowly and surely walking it back. It wasnt pulled. There was something about you "taking an L" if he played this week, but I wont go that far. Lamar is SOFT

Here we go, @BillsFan130. The team is already backtracking and changing their story. "Lamar Jackson's hamstring injury is more "week-to-week" than 2-3 weeks, and he will try to play this week"

Ha, all good man. Just too used to folks thinking that's some major trump card to keeping coaches, if we cant name a guaranteed better replacement. They're out there. That's what the pros and consulting firms get paid the big bucks for.

Oh I agree figuring out 3rd down is absolute #1 priority.

I'd be more in favor of making Brady Head Coach to keep the offensive consistency and production and bringing in Schwartz who has enough experience to run his side of the ball without needing much from a HC. In fact, Schwartz seems like the type who doesnt want to hear much from the HC as it is. Seeing how he has that defense playing right now, this is a great combo, imo. The NFL is all about cycling through evolutions changes and re-evolutions. Currently, the "running game" is making a comeback. Both the Bills and Eagles, the only 2 undefeated teams, are running the ball a ton and not throwing much. Stopping the run in 2025 is CRUCIAL to having a successful year. This isnt the 2021 NFL.

Haha I thought of you and at least one other when I typed that. Should have said "no normal person" And yes, Frazier was in the right mold, but the problem was he was running McD's scheme. Need someone like him but with a new scheme.

Not my job to say, and it's the weakest cop out response to coaching change discussions if that's where you are going. Just like NO ONE here was mentioning Sean McDermott's name in January 2017. Depends on what HCs get fired and who is available. But it definitely shouldnt be an internal hire.

IMO, tackling at this point IS a coaching issue. I cannot accept that these guys made it through High School ball, College ball, and got drafted into the NFL without knowing how to breakdown and tackle. This is a scheme/attitude issue. I believe another big part of it is McD's notoriously soft practices. These guys dont tackle at all until the games start. Open field tackling is an art, and these guys are a bunch of preschool finger painters right now. Watch the tape of the Detroit Lions spies on Lamar. Amazing breakdown techniques and they tackled him in the open pretty much every time.

Firing just the DC and leaving McD in place will almost guarantee an internal promotion and running the same crappy scheme. So to answer your 2nd question first, yes its likely we promote Al Holcomb. To your first question... It absolutely shouldnt be Al Holcomb. It should be an outsider who can run their defense on their own, much like McD lets the OCs do their thing without a ton of influence. Need to find the next Spags/Fangio/Lebeau type of guy who had a crack at HC, but now just wants to punish Offenses until he retires.

This is very typical McBeane drafting. They love finding raw specimens in the 3rd round. Guys who might've gone earlier if not for a couple of small things that McBeane believes they can develop. Dawson Knox, didnt catch many passes at all at Ole Miss, had some issues his rookie season, developed into one of Josh's favorite safety valves. Bernard, looked small, didnt start right away, big question mark, developed into starter/Captain Spencer Brown, big raw OT, took a year or so to develop, now one of the best OTs in the NFL Dorian Williams, another small LB from a small school Beane loves 3rd round Project Players. Landon Jackson fits this perfectly. Raw DE who needs time to develop. Look for him to improve next year and then really come into his own in 2027, if he can pull it off.

I dont think he was supposed to, but McDaniel let the cat out of the bag in his press conference yesterday. Right off the bat says its a "major knee procedure on multiple ligaments" The actual quote is "um.. major.. um..knee procedure... um... on.. um.. multiple... um.. ligaments..."

Thought this was very interesting from Sunday... Josh with 22 passes Cook with 22 carries

Almost worse, no? We're actually blitzing a ton but folks cant even tell because they arent getting home or even past the LOS a lot of times. Whether it's the blitzes Babich is calling, the play design, or players not executing, there are big issues that the DC needs to address asap.

Yep. He's literally McDermott's main pet-project and protege. Telling.

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Who knows how long he'll keep up this charade as he collects his $260M! Next week being the Rams game? Because he's definitely missing the Texans game to prove his point. There's no telling. Like I've said, I believe he has a tweaked hammy. I just also believe that its an "injury that Josh, Mahomes, Cousins, Hurts, pretty much every other QB except maybe Richardson would play through. Everyone has dings and tweaks this time of year. No one else is pulling themselves out of games over them. I mean, the title of this thread is about comparing Lamar and Josh. The whole recent "injury" discussion is new and a tangent of this thread.

This is why. The defense was a mess regardless of what players were available. VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV