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does Harrison Phillips though?

I’ll add coming out of a bye week can have erratic results until you have a good pulse on what your team needs. Some rest. Some practice. it’s kind of like week 1 all that said - it’s always easier to stomach a slow return to the field if you looked sharp before leaving it

I get it but that’s why I kind of said I’m curious about the coordinators direction pre play a few times now. You get such a random mish mash of guys on special teams making plays at the biggest moments. Some have little to no experience in those roles. the coordinator knowing the moment and aggressively messaging a simple outcome for it can be huge for a dude that’s been on three kick recoveries in his life and been on the team for 8 days. Hyde’s not that guy but he may have even benefited too.

I think the thing is that catching it and simply falling to the ground would have been more effective... he didn’t need to fall at the 2. He could’ve secured the ball and immediately gone down. it’s less scary being Hyde but say a backup or if Ray Ray gets called up you don’t want him overplaying the moment when it’s not actually helpful to score even if you make the highlights. Get 2 hands on it, wrap it up and get down should be an overwhelmingly direct message from the coordinator.

You do you but how does that gum ball one even work logistically?

someone pulled it off right but maybe I’m crossing up incidents. Though for the person saying it’s indicative of the era... the bills doing the best thing for the pats and the refs calling back our TD would somehow seem fitting

It’s an odd quirk. I don’t know the official rule but wouldn’t be shocked if it gets reclassified later a sweep for a loss is a TFL but if the runner holds the ball differently at some point before crossing the line it’s a sack? Though I guess a wild cat play is a TFL not a sack so I guess the person taking the snap isn’t defining.

and in games that require an elite passing attack it would be nice to know we have that in our repertoire. I don’t mind what week it happens in but it’d be reassuring to see it

Was it Fred that did that very thing - giving himself up before the end zone to seal the win?

Statistically speaking I’d guess it’s the wrong one... not that any decisions actually “bad” A flag on the bills would’ve helped them ensure the bills win ?

the issue isn’t risk of tackle it’s that you give the ball back with time on the clock. it’s all a long shot so picking nits but Miami is a lot less likely to score if they never touch the ball. Odds are they don’t score get the onside and score again either though. Yup. My bigger curiousity is whether our special teams coordinator gave the instruction pre play or not. While it wouldn’t much matter today, it’s the type of attention to detail I’d like to see, especially from a coordinator that deals with rotating casts of character like special teams

more fun to run but the right play to maximize odds of winning is to get down.

that’s not very common. slow maybe, but rare I hear long other than shorthand for the officials are taking too much time

I like that it’s become 62% accuracy instead of completions

meh. The right thing is likely issuing no statement and sticking to “we just coach players and our team doctors, along with independent medical experts, clear players.”

if his teammates or those they talk to around the league think they are screwing him it’s pretty much the only place that actually does matter

I mean, if trying to win the immediate twitter war, the agent striking first was solid I guess. but ultimately this might play very different in their own locker room

define necessary though- as that’s the part I’ve always wondered.

yea the only way it gets complicated seems to be if the jets are actually on the up and up with team doctor and second opinion. though I have often wondered where the line is on a player being able to dictate his treatment and ignoring the details of this case make a decision to get something fixed that he could feasibly play through

the things we’ve gotten used to as normal and often expect from players can be really terrible sometimes. that said, not every guy is on the up and up. This situation feels like it could be either or both sides being awful.

you can think it to death but it’s pretty much throwing darts blindfolded

im not betting my house on that setup in a big game but to turn a 2-1 across three weeks, very possible. this might end up the third time this year the chiefs defense holds a team under 14. They aren’t all bad. Mostly inconsistent and when teams come at you expecting a shootout it can be tough.

he doesn’t have to be good. Just distribute and avoid turnovers. He’s not great but he’s shown he can get by on par with backups

agreed. It seems very presumptuous to imply the the two injuries are linked, yet alone declare it certain as the post I quoted did. Any given drop back was likely higher risk than that play.

if he’s bad enough that you can’t call such a simple play- you have to ask if he should be out there at all. It’s not that risky. that said- I don’t know if it’s even related to the injury or simply a freak accident