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My biggest gripes with refs are the phantom calls and the inconsistency from crew to crew on things like defensive holding and illegal contact, and team to team on things like holding offensively. Ball spotting i guess can be an issue but it feels rarer and far less likely to have a big influence on the game results.

A laser doesn't fix issues with ball spotting so i tend to agree. It's like putting a chip in the ball - what use is it to know if the ball broke the plane if you can't determine possession, whether it was a catch, or whether their knee was down. I think a few extra camera's might be beneficial, and potentially some eye in the sky officials who can radio in calls a bit quicker. I also think the review process of having the ref run to the sideline with headphones is stupid. Why isn't there just a league office who can review and radio it in? Having played football... You look at that bullseye on like every play. It really isn't hard to see it.

It works in man quite well. See i liked them and i think it was just a check in the 3x1. If you have numbers to the sideline you can just throw a pass for an easy 5ish yards and stay on schedule. Break a tackle and its a first down. Diggs was actually quite terrible at them. Between drops, hesitation, and being one of the weaker blockers, he didn't offer much on in the bunch.

It helps having a winning culture, and a head coach who is among the better defensive coaches in football. Even losing a lot of snaps and leaders on that side of the ball, I'm fairly confident that the defense will still be good.

Prima donna was listed in all of his scouting reports from what i remember.

Coaches with super bowl championships - Reid - Best coach, coaching staff, GM, and QB in the league. It is going to be hard to win a super bowl with Allen. John Harbaugh - Won in 2013 - 3-6 in playoff games since McCarthy - Won in 2010 - 6-9 in playoff games since Payton - Won in 2009 - 5-7 in playoff games since Pederson - Won in 2017 - 2-3 in playoff games since and missed playoffs in 2/5 seasons McVay - Won in 2021 - Missed playoffs in 2022 and 0-1 in playoffs since Tomlin - Won in 2008 - 5-9 in playoffs since, hasn't won a playoff game since 2016-2017

He did lead the league in passing yards... 5th in TDs, 3rd in comp% for full season starters, top 5 in sack %, 2nd in NFL in Y/A, NY/A, ANY/A. Their offense was tops in the league in yards and 2nd in points. The other 2 guys in his class each received 50+ million. Burrow went to a super bowl yes, but he's actually missed more games than Tua, and makes 55M AAV. Herberts AAV is 52.5M on his new deal, he's also never won a playoff game, and the actual team has a losing record in games he's started.

I thought lewis and Johnson were more problematic that season.

All joking aside, he should absolutely hold out. History of concussions, and coming off a great season, on a 1 year deal. Herbert and Burrow got theirs, what gives?

Hamlin has more starts than both combined, and while he didn't do anything impressive, he wasn't the liability people claim him to be. Coming off a near death, and a circus offseason, i didn't expect him to contribute last season. But a year removed? I didn't see much from Lewis to elevate him, and I don't get very excited about a depth player who is on his 6th NFL team.

Yeah I think they're a good young team. Just a more competitive division than people are letting on, and there are some warning signs. Point differential is one, the home/away/indoor/outdoor splits, and turnover luck is probably the big one.

It should be hard for depth players to make the team. It's honestly something i appreciate a lot about beane. He fills out depth, he drafts depth, and lets them fight it out for spots. I personally think Hyde is brought back, and i also think he's still a starter here. I don't hate what they've done at the position in a transition year, i just think Hyde's still better than the players buffalo brought in. With Buffalo drafting a potential neal/nickel depth in hardy - who is also a returner - Cam lewis probably also plugs into that same S depth group. Bishop Rapp Edwards Delaney Hamlin Lewis

I don't remember him being THAT bad. He started 13 games for a top 10 defense.

They have a strong offensive line that helps. He also had a drop rate lower than Allen has ever had in his career. He also has some pretty massive home/away, and indoor/outdoor splits. Home and away is pretty normal, but as we've seen with Tua and the dolphins... crowd noise can disrupt a lot of timing on your offense. As for weather conditions - October games @ NE, GB, NYJ should be challenging. Not to mention KC on the road in December. In 5 games played outdoors regardless of condition: 2-3 record, 60.63% completions for 1109 yards, 3 TDs and 1 INT. Losses were to Baltimore, Carolina, and NYJ. Carolina and NYJ were some pretty pitiful passing lines. Anyway... 4 dollars a pound 🙂

Same thing happened to the jaguars last year. I think both offense and defense over achieved for Houston last season. Lots of good players, but they're very young across the board. Diggs will be a big upgrade over Woods and Noah Brown. Lots to like about what else they did with trades and free agency, and I think they have a solid coach. At the same time... Jaguars are not far off from them, Indy was right there with a backup QB last year, and Tennessee has had a pretty big roster makeover (Ridley, Pollard, Cushenberry, Boyd, Murray, Awuzie, Sneed).

It's partly why I'm predicting Houston to miss the playoffs, and why my Jax prediction last year was correct. Houston goes from uncommon opponents of - Jets, Broncos, Cardinals - to KC, Baltimore, Dallas. Jax had KC, Buffalo, SF last year and went 1-2 in those games and missed the playoffs by a single game.

THANK YOU! make it look like leather!

Thought I'd throw a list together of who I believe will make final roster - not necessarily a depth chart 2 - QB - Allen, Trubisky 4 - RB - Cook, Davis, Johnson, Gilliam 6 - WR - Coleman, Shakir, Samuel, MVS, Hollins, Hamler 3 - TE - Kincaid, Knox, Morris 9 - OL - Dawkins, Edwards, McGovern, Torrence, Brown, VPG, Van Demark, Anderson, Collins 10 - DL - Rousseau, Jones, Oliver, Epenesa, Miller, Carter, Johnson, Smoot, Solomon, Williams 6 - LB - Milano, Bernard, Williams, Spector, Ulofoshio, Jones 6 - CB - Douglas, Benford, Elam, Johnson, Hardy, Lovely (I like his name :)) 4 - S - Bishop, Edwards, Rapp, Lewis 3 - Specialists - Bass, Martin, Ferguson KR/PR - My guess is Hardy or Shakir. Johnson potentially. I bolded the players I'd say are most likely players to not make the roster. What say you?

See, i thought shavers was the guy they grabbed for special teams chops, but even so. Last year the depth chart was Diggs, Davis, Shakir, Harty, Sherfield. This season I'd say Ulofoshio has a shot in LB depth, they brought in morrow but i think that spot will be open competition to replace matakevich. Then Hardy in the 6th, who has potential to replace neal - and also potential to be primary return man. I wouldn't consider either of those to be amazing use of picks, but they have better odds to make the roster than a player who doesn't play special teams, or someone at a position with lots of competition. Considering the breadth of players I'd have to say that is how the team is lined up. It's like the same cost to keep anyone outside the top 3-4.

I mean... Richardson wasn't exactly joe montana. Pearsall went in the first 1 year later and had similar numbers to shorter in 2022.

He lead the team with 365 special teams snaps. Next two were Matakevich (special teams captain) and Neal - who are gone. I expect buffalo to keep 4 backs, 1 to be inactive (probably johnson unless he is made a primary returner), and Gilliam to be active for special teams. He plays FB which... you probably use fullback formations 5x per game maybe? Probably more when you factor in some of the crappy weather games we've had in recent years. He's also played TE before so you have him there at emergency depth. 3rd string and 4th string players don't play anywhere but special teams, and he's pretty good at it from what I remember. Keeping a 7th WR to be inactive in lieu of a special teams ace doesn't make sense in the scheme of constructing a football roster.

Only thing that would've given me a semblance of hope was the clock. They were gashing us in the run game (which they can't use much inside 2 minutes even with timeouts), and buffalo had stopped them their last drive. I just feel like we would've lost the coin toss and thus the game in OT.

I always look at WR specifically and say - all the guys from last year who didn't play are 1 year older and thus forgotten. Hamler and Isabella are like 4 years older and completely forgotten. There were 30+ new WRs added this year in the draft alone, plus additional UDFA's. When i look at column 2 of this list: https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchartpos/wr , I'm having a hard time finding players that would be cut for someone like Shorter. Obviously injuries can change a lot of things.

Justin shorter sat a season as a 5th rounder. I don't think teams are lining up to poach him. I assume they want at least one vet in the bottom 3. I'd have to assume MVS fits that bill. Hollins plays special teams, but so does a player like shavers who also has the advantage of having played here for a season.

These back of roster guys have such a low salary that the replacement player is actually cheaper, so I don't see the guaranteed money as much of anything. May the best man/men winnnn. Hollins Cap hit - 2.48M Shavers Cap hit - 1.1M Hollins + .8 = 1.9M Cephus Cap hit - 1.1M Hollins + 1.055 = 2.155M Shorter Cap hit - 1.1M Hollins + .875 = 1.98M Hamler Cap hit - 1.1M Hollins + 1.055 = 2.155M Claypool Cap hit - 1.1M Hollins + 1.055 = 2.155M