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SageAgainstTheMachine

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  1. Honestly if we lose some fluke 10-9 game in a blizzard I'm not overhauling the organization over that.  You make changes because you're moving onto something better, not just to appease an appetite for change.

     

    But if it's more ideal conditions and we get outplayed by an inferior opponent like things happened a few times this regular season...yeah.  It gets harder to have faith heading into next season.  But that's an enormous "if" because I just don't see it happening.  We're gonna toast em.

  2. I’d say he’s getting prime Beasley looks.  Different skill set in that he’s not quite the same magician in finding space in the middle of the field but a better occasional deep threat.

     

    Which is all to say it really has no bearing on eating up Gabe’s snaps.  He plays a different position and we still need a WR2 but Shakir is capable of 800-900 yards a season.

  3. 1 hour ago, BananaB said:

    I watched a few of them go on about the first INT, “what the hell was he throwing at?” Not even acknowledging that if Gabe just turned around the ball hits him in the numbers. 
     

    Then I heard a few more saying the second pick on 3rd and 2 and he shouldn’t be heaving it to the endzone…. No it was on 4th and 2 so it isn’t a bad decision at all. The only bad decision there was not taking his first read. 

     

    I always have to laugh at this.  Like sure, let's pretend the QB who can put the ball in a one foot window from 30 yards away just missed his target by 5 yards laterally rather than that the WR did something wrong.

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  4. I say this not as a critique of anyone but just as a reality - winning just cures everything.  A lot of this board was putting stock in those takes and if the season had circled the drain and we finished 8-9 it would be taken by many as sacrosanct truth and further evidence for a firing.  

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  5. I always wonder about this because you almost never see it...on those 4th down situations with a desperation heave why are DBs not just knocking the ball down to gain field position?  Seems like you always see them go for the INT?  In a league where no stone goes unturned is this not something that's taught?

  6. As others have pointed out I don't think there was any world in which that game was going to OT. 

     

    But let's say it had and your scenario played itself out.  

     

    I think if they were like, on their own 45 yard line, they might realistically just run out the clock with the matchup in mind.  If they were in actual FG range like on the Bills 35 they would have kicked to win it.  Within the culture of the NFL you can't be seen to be not trying to win a game.  It's bad for the product and puts a target on your back from the team you're slighting, not just for your upcoming game but for years to come.  Just bad form and I think McDaniel, for all his goofiness, is a guy who would get that.

  7. 1 minute ago, Drew21PA said:

    I actually see the Miami and KC gsme being a toss up

     

    miami May pull it out 

     

    I don't see that happening.  Their whole track star routine has sputtered against every quality opponent, they're injured, going into a notoriously difficult road playoff environment against a team whose strength is getting pressure with 4 rushers.

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  8. 27 minutes ago, Real McClappy said:

    I know it's not in title but Shakir friggin tore it up tonight. I think he is our new #2 honestly. 

     

    He played a game that was reminiscent of Beasley's best ones.

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  9. Benford - INT, handled Hill well

    Rapp - Game sealing INT

    Hyde - Punch out on Hill to force incompletion and punt

    Poyer - Lays the lumber to set up a 3rd down

    Jackson - Huge tackle on Berrios to force punt, good coverage in spot duty

    T. Johnson - Big TFL, great in run support

     

    The Harty TD was the turning point and Josh won the game in the 4th quarter but man it was this veteran secondary that gave Tua fits when our pressure wasn't even getting home.  Miami ran 17 plays in the second half total and got two first downs.  Two!

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  10. 2 minutes ago, Success said:

    Watching these games - there is so much bad coaching in the league.

     

    I started a thread saying that I wanted to move on from McD - it was either after Philly or Denver.  But I was wrong.  He's a very solid coach, and that's good to have in this league.

     

     

    I have a theory that 32 teams is just too many.  There aren't 32 starting caliber QBs in the league.  There aren't 32 HC caliber guys in the league.  Hell, there aren't even 32 starting caliber punters in the league.  If it weren't for sports betting and fantasy football you'd have tons and tons of unwatchable NFL games.

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