NoSaint

the expectations for mahomes have gone crazy too. Nearly 300 yards 3 TD and an int would be a breakout game here and it’s getting called an egg there

it’s not even that interesting. We are playing the nfc east

or simply matchups, some luck in play calls or any given Sunday are all factors.

I’m not sure ground and pound with great defense is what comes to mind for houston. I didn’t see today’s game yet though.

I enjoy that page 1 included both that WRs are a dime a dozen in the draft and that Duke might preclude us from adding a top prospect (how fast the Foster lesson is forgotten)

it’s one thing to worry about the particular player/injury but globally it’s a strategy we should pursue

Now is the only time you can make those moves. Once you are paying him $35m a year you can’t anymore. that is the entire point. but that’s the entire point, again. You are looking for 3 year type of deals that come off the books when you have to pay Allen, tre, etc...

says the bills fan

please calculate for other teams so it has context

Any team has trouble if both a starter and backup go down hopefully singletary would be healthy but underscores the need for a variety and depth of weapons on offense. Especially before your qb is an established distributor of the ball. no one carries 20 a game these days. That’s 320 carries. zeke barely broke 300 and was like 40 carries over saquon. Only like 7-8 guys even hit 240 (ie 15 per carry)

You should take better care of your feet

At this point it ultimately comes down to a simple question do you believe the refs should hold their flags unless it’s an egregious violation and “let em play” or do you think the flag comes out on anything borderline

can we just sign their top wr for league minimum annually and solve all our problems?!?

If he’s doing multiple nights keep an eye out for a juke joint concert at some point. Bar none, hands down, by a wide margin the coolest event I’ve been to.

It did move up 5 yards since then but I swear kickers have like 10 yards more range these days too

I think any play but the final of the game they likely throw a flag. That’s not saying I think it was illegal- honestly I’ve waffled- but I think the optics get a flag in the second quarter of a game in September. In january with the game ending play I think short of it being OBVIOUS the refs decided to let a team make a play there. And one team decided to make good on the opportunity while the other did decidedly the opposite.

Kicking out of the end zone was far less common. Kickers have come very far in the last 20-30 years.

So you think he’s among the fastest wide receivers (really fastest players) in the league with 4.3 speed?

From 2018 week 1 to 2019 week 1 the Pats turned over 22 roster spots. If you pull Brady that’s 22 gone and 30 remain around him just a year later (over 42% turnover) one of the articles that really stuck with me like 10 years ago was a deep dive in their roster building. Essentially Brady plus 3(?) cornerstone players. The elite guys at their positions that act as glue and they actually resign. The Seymours, wilforks, and gronks. In that article I believe it was quite literally Brady plus 3 that were the only guys on the roster 4 years prior.

If josh is the guy - he gets paid in 3-4 years and that short term piece comes off the books. We are in a cap situation where we can buy proven talent instead of hoping for unproven. It’s an incredible privilege that a lot of folks seem scared of. Can’t repeat these points enough times. It constantly amazes me how many people seem scared of ruining our shot 5 years from now.

I get it- but also think words matter on that one and he’s in a situation where the only thing he shouldn’t do is play hero ball, so it stands out when someone says he had to do it. I get it’s shooting off a quick note on a message board so not trying to single you out or anything - just an important distinction in the narrative that I think as a collective we often take for granted. Especially when hoping the young QB is the guy.

Yup. We are still missing a serious matchup challenge. We have a lot of the good filler but are still missing the guy that keeps a coordinator up at night because he takes more defenders than you can dedicate to him play in and play out. Allen’s big arms and legs may be the closest, but he needs a big time playmaker still. Especially while he learns to distribute the ball efficiently and maximize his stress on a defense instead of them stressing him If brown was a #2 and beasley taking on nickel backs we’d be a much more potent team.

To be fair, he never really HAS to make hero throws. Hes chosen to make them. He’s made some bad choices under stress. It happens. Especially when the games still moving fast for you. But outside of exceptional late game circumstances he never really has to.

Given turnover in the nfl - we saw a lot of moving parts but I’m not sure it’s insane. You have to be ready to play with new teammates, systems, coaches, terminology etc... and we flipped a lot of players but also josh kept a lot of other stability in his coach, playbook etc. Continuity counts for something but I think the bigger issue is young QB growing pains.

dysfunction gets ignored when you win too. Plenty of dysfunctional winners out there