jletha

defense tends to be less consistent year over year than offense, there will likely be some level of regression. I dont think its realistic to just mentally plug AR onto last years team with last years defense.

Only positive spin: Josh likes to escape right and is dangerous when he does. So many rushers will be instructed to not go too aggressive and leave any running lanes on the right side. But yea..its a problem

i dont get what not showing up accomplishes though, towards improving effort in January

Theres more interviews today after practice. Josh is scheduled to speak.

So this is going to make McD, Josh, Dorsey, etc do what exactly? Oh Diggs caused drama at mini-camp, we better throw him the ball!

He did sign a new contract extension last season. He was re-structured this season.

I cant possibly understand what in the world Diggs could be protesting. He signed a new deal last year, hes on a top 3 offense with a top 3 QB. Whats the angle here? He wants to be traded...to where? He wants more money...based on what? Cut bait and sign Hopkins if this gets any uglier.

My thoughts too. Im not guaranteeing itll be better but I am more than happy to try something different.

Defense is pretty volatile year to year. The idea that youll just take the 2022 Jets and add a quality QB isnt fool proof. Teams change, development isnt linear all the time so itll be interesting to see how things go with Sauce and Gardner in year 2 plus the team chemistry with new additions. You can find lots of evidence where QBs changing teams didnt work (including a HoFer from GB to NYJ) but you can also look at Manning and Brady for success stories. Time will tell. As for the Dolphins, I would be a little bit worried about how Tua played down the stretch in addition to hit concussion history. Even when he played (except against us of course) he struggled from the Houston game onward. His averages from week 11-15 were 1-4, 54% comp%, 1.4:1 TD:Int, 85 QB Rating. So youve gotta hope McD has another trick up his sleeve because defense started to figure them out a bit. Im not too worried about the Pats. I think the Bills still win this division.

Hes now signed.

I think youre imagining people getting more excited than they are. This is just fun, and most people just treat it as that.

What is your preferred method of *rumors* to be started?

thats great. Really helps me feel better about this defense.

Dont let anyone tell you we cant sign someone because of the cap space. The cap is fake.

Interesting that this is a lateral move. By all accounts he was well liked in Buffalo. I wonder if he wanted out or if we werent overly interested in having him return. Either way maybe itll be a change for the good since our WR development was lacking last season.

Every once in a while these things turn out to be true. So take it with a heaping pile of salt but...

I cant figure out if these tiers are "all time" or "right now". Belichek I think has lost some shine right now but of course hes the GOAT. Why is Siriani a tier about Pederson? Pederson has won a SB (in Philly no less). I dont see how Tomlin is so low either, give his success over a very long period of time. FWIW I would remove 1B and make it all tier 2 and have McD there. I think hes on the same level as Harbaugh, just has gotten the SB yet. I know that wont be popular here but thats my thoughts.

The Bills are not clearly inferior to the Bengals and Chiefs. They played their worst game in 2 years at the worst time. Their lines are clearly inferior, specifically O-line. The D-line, while not great, was missing its two most important pieces in Jones & Miller. So I am willing to chalk it up to that and know that it should be better next year assuming they arent injured again. Evidence that we are not clearly inferior to the Chiefs is that we beat them at full strength this year. OF course its no guarantee we would beat them in January but to say we are *clearly* inferior is wrong. Same with the Bengals.

I think you have to give Ken another year and have to desperately improve the O-line. As for the defense I am sorta done with Frazier. A great regular season coordinator but the defenses do not show up in the playoffs. We also cant let Beane off the hook here. Its been 2-3 drafts in a row now without anyone game changing. Groot is invisible without Von on the other side, Elam is getting benched, Oliver is invisible, Epenesa stinks.

I think Josh needs to chill out when up in the 3rd quarter and you want to bleed some clock (Ben mentions this possession) but otherwise I will ride with his play every time. To me it is so obviously deliberate that Josh and Ken decided together to try to attack downfield, I dont think its just Josh. It has been an emphasis since Chi and continued into NE and then MIA. I expect to see a few against Cincy as well but I also expect to see a more balanced offense than we saw last week because I dont expect as many blitzes from Cincy AND I also expect more designed Josh runs.

Also were going to lose to the Patriots if not a fumble at the very end of the game. NE was moving the ball at will.

It means he wants to have a cooking competition with him lol I think chop it up is pretty well understood but for those that dont know it means to have a casual conversation or catch up. Like friends gets together to chop it up.

Im not sure exactly. I know there are different calculations for EPA based on website. The key to calculating would be how you want to calculate the chances of a TD/FG/punt in any situation for any given team. If you take a league wide average you lose a lot of nuance but you have more data. If you want to try to break it out by team youd have a lot less data but also any teams chances of scoring a TD in each situation are unique to that team. For example the Ravens will have a higher chance of FG conversionn that other teams at any given distance because of Tucker. But I doubt they go to that level.