jletha

No metric is perfect, especially on a week-to-week basis. But for the total season so far this is the leaderboard in QBR: Which seems mostly fair. You can argue about the order, but overall thats not a bad list of top 11

It wasnt his best day by any stretch but anyone who watched knows we won because of Josh and not despite. When a QB posts a rating of 17 and 3 ints thats not usually the case. btw, while his QB Rating was 17, his QBR (the ESPN stat, which encompasses running and situation) was 11th overall for the week amongst all QBs. Which feels more correct.

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Sure it wasnt his best day compared to what weve become used to. But it was you that said a few times that it was his worst performance ever and I just dont think thats true.

But the rushes were very useful. Many went for long gains, and he had two TDs off of them. How can you overrate rushes, especially ones that turn into scores? Are they any worse than passes? If you turned every JA running play into a pass with the same result in yards and scores he had a pretty good game. I dont think a 61 QBR is ridiculous but maybe its a bit high.He was dominant, it just wasnt through the air.

I think that QBR is more fair. Obvi Josh didnt play great but I really didnt think he played the worst game of his career. For the first three drives he was on point throwing until it was goal to go. He racked up so many incompletes at the goal line before he just ran it in. Many balls went right off of players hands. Sure than can be on him but also he was putting the ball where it needed to be at least. Then two tipped pass ints and we basically abandoned the pass all together. After that he was dominant as a rusher. Usually a 17 rating with 3 ints means you won despite your QB play. But I dont think we win that game without JA.

McDs track record against rookie QBs is pretty good. I trust theyll be able to sufficiently confuse him and keep it close by whatever means necessary. Now the offense has to pull their weight and score. Putting more pressure on Mac

It was the same as this. Win and basically guarantee your spot in the playoffs. Lose and youve still got a chance but you need to win the rest and may need some help. IF we lose to NE it isnt "or else". Almost every predictor says if we lose to NE but beat ATL and NYJ we are 85% to get into the playoffs still

In 2019 we went into Pittsburgh where a win (at the time) meant playoff certainty and won.

Obviously its an old stadium, so not a direct comparison, but Soldier Field is at 61,500. Chicago is one of the largest markets in the country. Also Allegient in LV, just built last year, is 65k. 60k in Buffalo seems like a good number. More seats means a large stadium which just either increases costs and/or makes the seats that are there that much worse. I think having a better experience for 60k fans is preferred to having a worse experience for 68k and 2k empty seats. Just IMO

Lots factors into this. 1) our capacity compared to market size was always high but our market has shrunk. Going to 60k brings us close to league average for market size. 2) ticket sale sused to be a huge money maker for teams. Now the money is dominated by broadcast rights so you dont NEED large stadiums with high capacity 3) demand for being in the stadium has dwindled because the home-watching experience has gotten so good. Gone are the days of crowding around a 16in CRT. Now the at home experience is much better than in the stadium in terms of watching the game. Didnt used to be that way when the Ralph was built.

Maybe they figured were already part of Canada. Lions arent there either.

we arent there haha

bad execution in the RZ is our primary issue but to be 0-5 in once score games is such bad luck. To be even 2-3 would mean a world of difference on how we all feel about this team. Last year we had the Rams game and the Patriots game 1 where we won games on some luck. This year we have the the opposite in the Titans game and the Buccs game where some bad luck lost it for us.

I saw they were released from the COVID list but not that they practiced.

I think this just signals out bad our depth is. Any time we have an injury our performance stinks. Brown, Star, Edmunds, Knox. If 2 of them are out we have no way to compensate. But when healthy we can be best in the league.

I think it should help us.

Even if a storm is inevitable, its very hard to predict precise timing. Something could shift and push it to Monday at midnight or something.

The exchange at 3:30 is interesting. Seems like Chad has seen Josh not trust the play at times... hence the repeated "Just F***ing trust it"

I think a difference is that 1) they havent had a really ugly loss. Theyre losses are mostly close to good teams (besides week 1). 2) They are rolling without any hiccups. If they had won 4 of 5 with a head scratcher in the mix Id feel different. But they come out ready to play week after week. Mac Jones isnt really stellar but is playing well and the defense is just flat out good.

Not in the wine sense haha

IMO the biggest factor to limited Taylor will be the offense. Get a lead early, and force them to throw more. This is exactly what we didnt do against Tenn which cost us. I think we figured some stuff out last week and I expect us to score. The Indy D isnt anything special.

Correct. I am only inferring that "Nobody has been ruled out yet" But maybe they mean players with traditional injuries. Or maybe hes just being vague. We will find out soon enough.