2020 Our Year For Sure

With Benford out, Dane Jackson playing is a huge deal. That will change some of the defensive calls and allow Derm/Frazier to play it as they like.

Absolutely! In the stadium it looked like a sure touchdown, I practically gave up on the play. I still don't know how he got there that fast! Incredible.

We don't?

He was not listed as day to day. McDermott said in a press conference that he was "taking it day by day," in other words "taking his rehab one day at a time," in other words he wasn't actually saying anything at all.

Joe Marino read out his split stats when he releases in 2.5 seconds or less vs. over 2.5 seconds and the splits were very sharp. The numbers are sparkling when it's under 2.5 and I believe it was worst in the NFL when over 2.5 seconds.

The big one to me is Hyde. We could more easily replace Poyer than Hyde because Johnson seems like a pretty good box safety but I'm not sure who can play deep the way Hyde does. You especially want him out there against Hill and Waddle. That's the one I'm watching for.

Bryant looked great in preseason.

Lovie wouldn't have won 6 chips. One or two, like McCarthy with Rodgers. That's the difference the elite coach made. He supported Brady and allowed him to make run after run after run. It was a dynasty because they had both.

A pure RB is an offensive weapon.

Epenesa. They don't need 9 D-linemen on gameday.

I may well play the Rams in a teaser.

Yeah that was a sweet rep by Diggs, short touchdown. That was a wild game I think the Bills went up 28-3 and the Rams came all the way back before we won.

Raheem Morris is their DC and goes back to the Tampa 2 in Tampa and worked under Quinn in Atlanta so probably safe to assume they play a lot of zone.

Seems like people are high on Miami every year.

You very obviously have a point here. If you could play the postseason scenario out 1000 times would the Rams win the Superbowl every time, of course not. Maybe they would win with the highest frequency, maybe not. Winning the Superbowl does not prove you are the best team. Again: winning the Superbowl does not prove you are the best team. It is a combination of skill and luck. GunnerBill thinks like a coach and their job is to disregard luck because there's no value in thinking about that. Good coaches and players focus all their energy on the parts of it that are in their control.

Has it been said Giles-Harris was cut? I've had them keeping him.

Getting a 5th rounder for Ford is a good return. Ford did not become a bust this week, he's been a bust the whole time. The trade itself is a small positive.

Probably would have kept Ford if they knew. Unfortunate. Potentially puts Bobby Hart in line for a roster spot?

My first thought was Brad Butler.

Defensive backs should get more leeway with illegal contact like they did in the 90s before they started emphasizing that in the first place. You can't cover a WR without even touching them. Let these guys play good football. I want a good balanced game, not necessarily more points more points more points.

Atta boy

That's heavy.

I'm with you that I wish they had prioritized stocking up at WR more than they did but "they'd be middling with Case Keenum playing all year" is a weird way to go about saying that. Case Keenum at QB is a crappy situation. To say they'd be average with a low-end starting quarterback is a huge compliment to everyone involved. In your scenario everyone around Keenum is so good that they elevate him. In the modern NFL you're supposed to lose when the other team has better quarterback play. QB is really, really important.