BADOLBILZ

Daboll wasn't getting thru to him so well when they were 6-5 at one point in 2021, including losing to the winless, worst team in football, was he? Enough with the ridiculous "Daboll was the key" narrative. It's total bullish!t.

They weren't going to smash-mouth the Jets, dave. Not sure what game you watched. Wasn't going to happen at the level of execution they are at as an offensive line at this point. Break out those inside gap runs versus the Raiders at home........not in the Jets game. They needed to keep the chains moving and the options were there to do it all game. 3 runs and a punt *might* have gotten the job done but it leaves you vulnerable to one mistake on defense. If Benford doesn't make that great hustle play the Jets would have had the lead a lot longer.

I am critical of what Dorsey did on Monday. I had an All-22 aspect of the entire game from my upper end zone seat and I saw a different game than you, apparently. IMO Dorsey's biggest problem is that he doesn't take the aspects out of the offense that encourage poor performance. Like calling inside runs that require a high level of execution.........against a great defensive front.........on opening night in a raucous stadium when the starting offense has hardly played together. Color me stunned that those blocks just weren't getting fully executed. Those were utterly wasted downs and thankfully there WEREN'T more of them. Wanting more of those makes no sense. The game plan had flaws like that, but it's true that it was good enough to win..........Allen just didn't take the open man in the quick game. Maybe Dorsey isn't right for him because he is just drawing up game plans that *should* work if Allen plays intelligent football when he should instead gameplan around his relative lack of in-play intelligence/poise. If Dorsey wants to take the next step he needs to do a better job of taking more of the bad options out of the offense.

This is the answer, IMO. The reason is two-fold............it makes the offense less predictable when he's not out there...........and it takes away the temptation for Allen to make those throws to Davis which resulted in an inordinate amount of his worst decisions last year. The offense Dorsey is running is fine...........it should work even if there are weaknesses in terms of offensive weapons. The step he needs to take as an OC is to eliminate the aspects of the game plan that invite poor execution. Like having Gabe out there too often. Or like the run game choices on Monday.

He was practically the same QB in 2022 as 2021. The problems began with Daboll and the 5 losses in the first 11 games of 2021. Allen had a hot couple games in the playoffs after the 2021 season but we were still talking about him not taking what the defense gave him enough and taking too many hits late in the 2021 season in home games against inferior opponents like Carolina and Atlanta. And he had the finale against the Jets where he targeted Gabe Davis 14 times with just 3 completions. The issues today were the same in 2021 under Daboll.

Correct, I meant HS and earlier levels.

In fairness........and correct me if I am wrong..........at the amateur levels the % of African American players is much closer to the general population splits. I think 12% was the number in 2021. And the thing about football is that very often the best coaches could never play anywhere near a pro level. Guys like Belichick or Reid never sniffed the NFL. The answer to the diversity issue is probably much closer to the 12% than the 56% of NFL players in 2022(not sure where you got 75% but even 56% is admittedly a remarkable spread from the overall involvement numbers at the amateur levels).

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Yeah I was just trying to clarify for those attending. You highlighted and asterisked the need to pre-purchase a parking pass..........which seemed to imply that you couldn't just pay for parking at the gate. I don't think that's the case but I can see why the wording on the Jets website could make one think that.

Did it say the same on the site last year? The way what you quoted is worded it seems to be intentionally misleading so that people pre-purchase and print their passes out. We passed on the pre-paid parking pass last year and it was $77 cash at the entrance. We will do it again most likely. Also we have a 15 passenger bus and for those coming with a big vehicle, if you have that size vehicle the Jets will suggest you park in the bus lot, which costs significantly more, but there are lots of vehicles this size in Lot 26.

Why did you purchase the parking passes ahead? We just roll into lot 26 and pay for parking on site.

No they do not.

But the top producing RB rooms nowadays tend to be those that also have a QB who is a threat to run. Not saying the Jets running game won't be much better than it was..........but for comparison purposes.........the Bills unheralded RB's lead the NFL in yards per rush last season.

The NY media really cut him some slack last year...........his "we're keeping receipts" to the media and later, after losing in Buffalo, his declaration that they would meet the Bills in the playoffs..........he wrote a lot of checks with his mouth and got away with it because of EXCUSES. No more excuses, Sa-la.

Everything you've complained about could have been said in a pm............but you want to play out your bruised ego on here and selfishly ruin @eball's thread. You really should ask @3rdand12 if he will be your sponsor in your quest for zen if you want to be the person you feel compelled to tell us you are.

I root for the Ticats but it's not their year(again). It's been an entertaining game today and love seeing that sun splashed field in Hamilton.

Yeah but it was the hottest combination of offense's to ever meet in a playoff game........never been anything like that with 2 teams entering the game coming off 40 point games. The 2020 AFCCG and the loss to KC and the Bengals playoff loss are less excusable performances defensively. Exhaustion wasn't a factor in either of those meltdowns and the Bengals were even playing a rag-tag offensive line. That game rightfully was the last for Leslie.

Agree.........people forget that for about 58 minutes they had kept the Chiefs in relative check. The narrative is that the defense was just horrendous that day..........but the more accurate explanation is that the Chiefs ended up with 2 extra offensive possessions by virtue of the flip of a coin.........that doesn't happen very often.........and in the end that was the biggest factor in the Bills defeat.

That.........or I am providing NFL and real life context and getting back feigned ignorance. I was actually going to suggest he get in touch with you because he wants to be perceived on the board like you..........but he wants to persist with the snarkasm. Doesn't work that way @Sierra Foothills..........you gotta' let go of that easily bruised ego if you want to be zen.

Worse than the home playoff loss to the Bengals? Like, the literal last real game? Big, if true.

Yeah, I suspect you knew exactly what I was getting at and are just being disingenuous........because it wasn't in the least bit subjective or complicated. But since you are playing dumb about it I will give you the benefit of the doubt for just being dumb.

I'm sorry you've missed the obvious point. (sorry as in "you are an idiot" not as in apologetic, to clarify what I was getting at by the last sentence) Anyone who has followed the game for any extended period of time has been told over and over that NFL coaches invest very large amounts of time into their work. In related news, most very highly sought after/desirable professions have such drawbacks.

Well........I think that is probably the tally because he is the only pro QB one of those, isn't he? If your issue is not wanting to hear about him then why are you creating content in a thread about him? I think the answer is at the bottom of that bottle(or box if you are drinking wine).

Agree that it won't be pennies...........but I have said it before......I suspect he will be back in Buffalo and after 2 years his dead cap figure gets very low while his base salary gets quite high. I think the idea that he was ascending and would continue to do so wherever he went will likely turn to "maybe he was best utilized" in Buffalo. And if it happens it will still, of course, be for a lot less than he is making in Chicago. Hopefully they find a stud playmaking MLB with little investment in the meantime instead.........but I could very easily see him back in the middle in 2025 while Dorian Williams or other replaces a would-be 32 year old Matt Milano outside.

Umm........yeah, that's just what NFL coaches do. It's not 1980's and early 1990's Joe Gibbs being the best HC in the NFL, being able to win SB's with several different non-HOF QB's by basically never going home, sleeping just a few hours each night in his office and not having any idea what else is going on in the world around him...........but the job still absolutely requires a lot of work.........it's an ultra-competitive labor of love industry. If you've ever had the pleasure of loving the job you have and not wanting to be somewhere else instead.........then you'd understand that it's not even work.