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Well then, we got our “talent infusion.” So we should be very good this year in the postseason, right

That's awesome! Reminded me of Cleveland's Dog Pound. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/417030-six-points-before-the-dawg-pound-was-neutered The most inventive smuggling in the history of the Pound may have been the dog house. Painted orange, brown and white to resemble a Browns helmet, it sat in the end zone on top of the hill in front of the Pound for years before security noticed it took six men to carry the dog house in and only two to carry it out. Every Sunday, the dog house was home to a keg of beer. The men who brought it in had lines running to their seats in Section 60.

WRs with the profile of Coleman and Boldin almost never succeed in the NFL. But on the rare occasions that they do, they are among the best in the league. Boldin was such a player IMO. Personally, I always loved watching him play and think he should have already been elected to the Football HoF. I hope he makes it this year. As for comparisons, Boldin has some abilities that we haven’t seen from Coleman yet. Boldin’s hands were phenomenal, even in contested catch situations. We’ve seen glimpses from Coleman, but overall there hasn’t been much to get excited about. He certainly doesn’t attack the ball like Boldin did. It’s early, but toughness is another area when they don’t compare. Boldin was legendary for his toughness. If you think that’s hyperbole, here’s an example: September 2008, during a Week 4 game against the Jets. After hauling in a pass between defenders, Boldin took a helmet-to-helmet shot from safety Eric Smith that left him with a fractured sinus membrane and required surgery and seven plates and 40 screws in his head. Boldin missed the Cardinals’ next two games; in his first three back, he scored five touchdowns. LINK That’s a short article worth reading. Now compare that to what happened with Coleman last season. Boldin is a Gold Standard for WRs with that profile. It would be amazing to see Coleman get anywhere near that ballpark, but he has a very, very long way to go. For those who look at his RAS and wonder why he isn’t more dominant, remember RAS only uses supplied data to calculate the score. If a player doesn’t do a drill, it doesn’t get counted in any way. So you can all probably guess how many players do a drill they won’t score well at. Coleman skipped a bunch of them. Where he did score well is with size and explosion. That’s not nothing. Beane & Co were looking for a WR that could run short routes and break tackles for YAC. He can do that. They also wanted that player to be able to win downfield with at least some contested catch ability. Not great returns there yet, but I’m sure that was the thinking. Many of us saw him as a Big Slot WR (Boldin played almost exclusively on the outside, with only 16% of snaps from the slot) and he’s proven that to be correct, so far at least. The book isn’t written on the kid, but he has a very long way to go. And slot on the Bills is already crowded.

Vic Fangio is a much better DC than Sean Desai. That is obvious. And Desai was definitely part of the regression between their very good D of 2022 and their bad D of 2023. So in that sense yes, of course Fangio made a difference. But the main thing that changed between 2022 and 2023 was their secondary collapsed they couldn't stop anyone in coverage. And the main thing that changed between 2023 and 2024 was they infused the pass D with talent. 3 new guys in the secondary and a coverage linebacker.

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This is a great football analysis on the evolution of the game from Reed's era to today. It makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info!

no player pays a guy to inject with substances of unknown composition. everyday player who has ever claimed this has lied The Bills didn't care about signing juicers. why would they?

It’s more because they both are limited athletically QBs that have had outrageous passing stats inflated by a Shanny system and surrounding by elite/HoF level talent, which allows them to get paid as elite QB’s which then causes the team to lose that talent they surrounded them with and that’s the end of the carousel ride.

Your writing styles and vocabulary are similar. And you both usually post at simiilar times. It’s almost as if you’re playing 2 opposing characters…

Oh great, now we have to deal with whether or not it’s aluminum or al-you-min-um. No thanks.

McConkey probably isn't a starting NFL player back in Reed's prime. It took defense's getting smaller, in response to running backs like Thurman Thomas destroying LB's in coverage, for the league to take the next step and go to smaller slot-only receivers. The slot receiver of today is the 3rd down back of Reed's era. Reed could play inside or out because he was a big, physical receiver even by todays standards and the outside CB's of his day tended to be smaller and less athletic than they are now. That's a whole "what happened to all the athletes who used to play RB" evolution story, but in short, Reed is not really an apples-apples comp.

I'm inclined that way myself, though I am admittedly biased in favor of UGA players -- unless Badol is right about Coleman's ceiling and he reaches that unlikely degree of greatness. It's true that Coleman had some reasonable early success, but he responded poorly to injury. Nothing to do but hope at this point.

Coleman's best position could very well be as a slot guy as well. He just doesn't have the separation ability to consistently win on the outside.

Does this same guy have the routes run % for Addonai Mitchell, Jalen McMilan or Ricky Pearsall (He played inside but also on the outside when they lost Aiyuk) as those would be better comparisons imo.

I was only a few months old in the 84 season But yeah the 2001 season was my first experience of a truly awful one. But even then they beat the Jets 2nd to last game of the year when they were trying to clinch a playoff spot. Still pretty funny

Purdy is better than Tua are creating off script I agree. But I don't think he is better from the pocket when his first read isn't there. I think he hesitates and ends up late on throws if he is going through progressions pretty consistently. If he moves in those situations he normally has better outcomes than when he stays in and tries to get to his 2nd or 3rd guy.

I’m not saying that talent doesn’t matter more than coaching. What I’m saying is that these teams HAD largely the same talent. This is obvious. Philly had the same DL. They had guys like Nakobe Dean and Nolan Smitn who were high draft picks that were unplayable prior to 2024. Virtually every Philly defender had a better 2024 than 2023. But it wasn’t because of coaching. Okay, sure.

https://www.si.com/nfl/only-one-nfl-team-currently-favored-17-games-next-season Its based on early sports betting lines for each week. They get the benefit of having balt, kc, philly, cincy, tb at home

The democrat party shoulders the entire blame here. Absent an historically horrific debate, his supporters would have dutifully lined up behind him and cast a vote for him the first time. In fact, if he stayed in the race, the likely outcome was the same. Maybe the solution is to just accept that we’re often deceived, and not just feign outrage when our preferred candidate loses.

I agree, I don't think he's just a slot, but regardless, even if he is, I'd rather have two high level slot receivers and ask the coaches to figure out how to get them on the field at the same time rather than have one high level slot guy plus an X receiver that I'm not sure can make it on the outside in the NFL.

This is interesting as I hear a lot of people say Purdy is a west coast Tua. I personally just don't see a ton of similiarities in their game If it's because they run a similar west coast offensive scheme that is based off of timing and accuracy? Ok sure But Purdy is WAY more off script than Tua- And has improved as a scrambler a lot over the last couple years. Tua= Better at accuracy and timing Purdy= Better at scrambling/going off script. JMO

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I could see why Biden thought George Clooney was Clark Gable.

I actually think Coleman's ceiling is high but not easily attainable. He has a lot of traits that remind me of Davante Adams. Adams has arguably ended up becoming the best WR to come out of that gifted 2014 class. Mike Evans is great and unbelievably consistent but he was never the best WR in the game like Adams was for several years in his prime. Once Adams caught up with Evans in 2017 he has been the better player and their career numbers are pretty close despite Adams struggling early due to lacking any one incredible natural trait to allow him to win matchups immediately as a pro. Coleman has that basketball level athleticism with size that you don't see a lot of in the NFL. That should allow him to develop the nuanced aspects of the position. He will have to work like Adams did(and prove as smart as Adams) to get that polished and that's probably not "likely" but he seems to be a good character guy so it's possible. Nothing I saw in 2024 has changed my mind despite his struggles. I was actually a bit surprised by the success he did have.