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They don't have a particularly strong oline or run game to lean on either. Every game for them will end up being tight. They will lose a game or two that they shouldn't. And I think buffalo will beat them. Rookie qb will struggle with a pressure defense every time too. I think Miami is fairly similar to buffalo probably in the good not great tier. But the rookie qb and bottom tier offense is going to hold them back.

Poor throw. Why not loft that up towards the sideline?

I think part of it is - kingsbury will scheme up a short passing game if you let him. So you have to play more aggressive than a traditional quarters/cover 3 McD defense. They've had some success with the zone blitz last week, as well as playing around with some 46 bear concepts. Murray hasn't been a particularly efficient 3rd down passer, but his legs definitely can hurt you. I'd probably rather have him passing short of the sticks than running around causing problems. So my guess would be pressure looks on early downs to try and stop the run, and try get into 3rd and long type situations. On those situations - sit on the routes at the sticks and spy murray. Doing all this will result in a couple big plays - likely screens or 50/50 balls to hopkins. But it helps prevent teams just running it down our throats as they have all season.

One was the last play of the rams game where they threw the ball all over the place. The forced fumble from the jets game on herndon + the INT darnold threw up to milano. 2nd Jets game jackson had the nice play on the darnold deep corner route, and the deflected one that bounced right to hughes at the end of the game. Kelce fumbled before half in the KC game. Jefferson sack fumble on carr after the norman punch. So only 1 really falls in the doesn't really matter/count column.

If they improved on early downs and kept teams in 3rd and long they'd go a long way to getting off the field more. Their 3rd down defense is bad... but they also have way too many 3rd and shorts this year.

Agreed. Free first on a sack. Then a huge hold gets missed on the next play. Refs like the titans tonight

and 2 1sts and another 2nd.

Especially because the compensation was essentially nothing. Bennetts trade compensation was considerable.

There were 5 new HCs in 2020 - the only minority was rivera. So i doubt they get compensation for firing him anyway. I think the last one would've been Flores in 2019. Before that was Wilks in 2018. Not to get totally off topic - but i wonder if McD would bring Wilks in in some capacity?

Regarding 1 - How many current Offensive coordinators in the NFL are black? Maybe 2? How many Defensive? Frasier, Joseph, Bowles, Norton? I'm sure i missed someone in there - but if the candidate pool for black head coaches is 6 (3 of which have already been fired as HC's before) then the next few years is likely pretty bleak. I think there are currently 2 black GMs? The list of "up and comers" for GM, is also another list of white guys (Ed Dodds, Horitz, Borgonzi). 2 - I'm not basing my head coaching search on a couple of 3rd round picks. If the guy is right, it won't matter. Plus they're comp picks, its not like you lose anything hiring him. 3 - I doubt it changes anything. Just a box checked. Regarding Bieniemy - Someone will take a chance on him I think. It's been long enough since his incidents that he's probably alright.

Winning games when you have under 10 first downs, under 150 yards, and 2 turnovers is incredibly rare. Much like buffalo winning week 1 last year when turning it over 4 times - you can't count on that type of bailout. An average to poor offense puts up - lets say 360 yards. Miami has been below that threshold in 5 of 8 games. They're 4-1 when having below 350 yards, and almost all the games where they put up good yardage, fitz was the one who was dealin. Can't run, not great passing - 3 d/st TDs and a 17/17 kicker (10/10 from 40+).

Yeah, can't imagine him getting much more than 1 per year without proving he can return punts/kicks. He's an interesting gadget player, and he has pretty good hands... But no ones breaking the bank for 5'8 WRs.

Lol... and looking back. WOW was everyone wrong on that front.

After TP bought the team, Russ still had a role here. But after the rex hire, I don't think he was really in charge of hiring anymore. At ralphs advanced age, Russ was defacto owner in many ways. I think Russ would've continued doing what he normally did - splash hirings to generate money.

probably right. I just remember people being like - he's a distraction etc so i assumed it was during a year when buffalo was competitive.

He cheated on her too. Remember all that drama last year? Shes got over a million instagram followers. She'll be just fine

Can't say I blame the guy. First stint with Cleveland didn't go so well, and you don't keep getting HC chances. He signed on to be a coordinator under parcells, parcells retired. Most teams at least... interview candidates (which he wouldve likely declined to do) - they didnt. They had some sketchy clause in there that promotes him somehow. Good for him just forcing his way out. He likely called his agent to say "what can i do to get out of this?" and his reply was... quit publicly 😄 Marrone actually quit under similar circumstances (ownership change).

They dont turn it over and are borderline a lock to put up 400 yards. Their defense has held their own and is currently 6th in points, 13th in yards, and 11th in takeaways. That is always going to be a tough team to beat.

I feel like false starts are down due to a lack of crowd noise.

I mentioned it above, but the only sports content I'd probably pay for at this point would be something regional. Regional networks currently air old games and random radio shows throughout the offseasons of the respective sports. They don't have budget or bandwidth to stream all that content, and their original content is usually garbage. Just let me watch live sports online - thats all i want! someone figure this out, it shouldn't be this hard!

I'd like to see them try and do something around regional sports somehow. But I know its impossible because of all the revenue streams and sharing. But like ESPN WNY instead of MSG WNY - You pay for a higher tier of ESPN+ and you can access the local networks. I'd pay for that. I just know I'm not paying an extra 25 a month for MSG so i can watch maybe 30 sabres games. I can probably go to 15 games at that rate. I know MSG and PSE have some kinda co-ownership of that, but i'm waiting for a sport to just jump in with 2 feet into streaming their games online exclusively. NHL center ice doesn't let me watch games in my market, or on national tv. NFL you have to have direct TV which - i think only exists because of sunday ticket. NBA has a league pass. MLB TV is probably the worst one - I live in buffalo and i can't watch tribe games because i'm in market. Haven't watched in years. They do some live sports, and they do a lot better than fox and NBC there. But their original content has been lacking - and they're putting more and more stuff behind the ESPN+ paywall.

Defense needs to build off of this game. Much like disappointing efforts against Philly/Cleveland in 2019 - they need to move passed the games against TN and KC. You aren't going to always keep teams from scoring tons of points. But getting the ball back, and getting key stops - that was a huge step for them. The run defense as well - much better without having to fully sell out to stop it. A lot of that was just better gap integrity from edmunds/klein/TJ. I know on some of the reads they had edmunds or Klein lined up wide instead of in the middle. Created some confusion on pass plays, but also has them plugged right into the gap.

So... basically Cam newtons best season. With considerably more yards. It's Wilson, Mahomes, Rodgers at the moment. The Chiefs defense is considerably better than both seattle and GB though - so i feel like the QBs for those teams are basically the only reason they are any good. The chiefs look head and shoulders above the rest of the league at the moment. Hopefully someone can beat them in the playoffs.

I just watched Jurassic Park yesterday, and that came out in 1993. Honestly though, the dinosaurs still look better than some CGI today.

We need to stop being afraid of wind and elements. You can't pass as well, but you can pass.