Maine-iac

Percy Harvin ruined me on speedy, veteran WR's, who have potential. I hope you are right.

I didn't find the choice perplexing at all. The 1st read was a TD and it was there. Blocking didn't hold up. No denying Diggs was open hot but the play was drawn up to score and the throw was there.

Didn't say it was a given but I don't think it's above reasonable expectations to think he could produce similarly but over 17 games. I dare say it's projecting in a vacuum to say he couldn't do it.

Considering "last years WR 3" was our best receiver over the last 10 games I'd say we're half way there.

I absolutely agree but when you don't have anyone who's good at slamming up in there for 3 yards and you drop to 5 and 5 in the middle of the season the gloves come off. Pretty sure neither Dorsey or Brady were drawing up game plans where Josh was running 3rd and short 10 plus times but you have to do what you have to do. What I'm getting at is the team saying they don't want Allen running is different than having a big back and actually being able to do something other than run Allen. I haven't seen them run short yardage well with anyone other than Allen. Singletary on 3rd down against Miami running out the clock is etched in my memory and that's about it. Would love to see it happen.

I don't know Davis well enough. In short yardage Allen might be one of the best. That said there is a certain amount of abuse he takes doing it. If Davis is that good at short yardage he'd certainly be able to carve out a role. Pretty sure that's what Murray and Harris were supposed to do last season.

I might be wrong but he got benched for not coming up and tackling in the Giants game. He looked like a more motivated run stopper when he got back in there vs the Steelers. He was taking his lumps covering Ridley. Still plenty of potential there. He seems to come up with splash plays with some frequency.

Stalky is great but 215 doesn't move guys on the goal line like 230 does. Singletary ran over people very well for his size and even scored a few TD's on the goal line when they gave him a chance. That said there's a reason that Josh runs so much in short yardage and that's because 240 pounds moves guys.

Already addressed that. I agree with you. As far as playing QB at a high level the Chiefs game might have been one of his best at taking the profit and keeping the offense on the field.

Unlike Edwards running the no huddle we've seen Brady's offense succeed and do it for the most part without much contribution from Diggs. So the hope that someone can replace that "production" is at least somewhat warranted. Leading up to the Broncos loss Allen had rushed 7, 7, and 8 times in the previous 3 games. We had already started selling out to win games and the pressure was already on for Allen to run before Brady took over. This was happening with Diggs on the roster. The difference maker we lack is a short yardage back. A lot of Allen's runs he's virtually untouched or sneaks out of the pocket and only faces a defender or two down the field. The repeated use in short yardage where he's taking big hits both on 3rd and 4th downs but also goal line is something I'd like to see get taken over by someone else.

Not Shakir related but looking at the roster just realized that Claypool is huge. He is literally as big as Kincaid. We have a lot of 6' 4" WR's but 238 lbs is a big guy on the outside.

As good a group of pass catchers as we had this January (maybe better) and we were a few defensive injuries and a struggling kicker away from beating the Chiefs. A team that speads the ball around is harder to stop. I'm with you on protecting Allen a little bit. I would like to see a decent short yardage back (someone over 220lbs) with some vision to make goal line less about Josh smashing it in.

I think Shakir might be the hardest receiver to stop in terms of game plan against us. He can play outside or slot so it's harder to just line up and jam him or put your best corner on him. If you are giving him that much attention that's where Kincaid and the other pass catchers have to win. I'm hoping he'll be Beasley with wheels. I'm also hoping they continue to run the ball like they did last year.

I apologize if I'm reposting stuff. Saw this and thought it was interesting. The guy isn't a Coleman fan and it's only mini camp but I like the video thought I'd share.

Haven't read through all 7 pages but if the theme is building a team like (or better than) the Panthers 2015 SB team then the last year has us closer than ever. That 2015 teams passing game ran through the TE which is where we seem to be headed. The Panthers were also a defensive driven team which is where luck/fate whatever you want to call it comes into play. I don't vividly remember injury situations from the 2015 Panthers but I don't think half their team was out for their SB run they had. No matter what team we build if half of them are on the bench or IR nursing injuries in Jan and Feb it's going to make things much harder. I'm not sure going down the roster tit for tat tells the real story of why we have or haven't advanced to a SB.