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Well he was a rookie 2 years ago, and he coincidentally became healthy the week Von went down... soooo weird.

Benford at the time was starter because he had to be. Now he has to earn every bit of playing time. Hamlin ideally won't be in, poyer will be. Hyde is in over lewis. Bernard is currently the starter (i think), but dodson and now kirksey are waiting in the wings if he doesn't earn his spot.

I'm not sure how much edmunds can do there, hamlin was pushed off completely into dodson by jefferson. If you think edmunds is shooting that gap there i just doubt he could have got there. Benford just whiffed... i don't expect him to decleat the guy but can you at least get some hands on? Then you got lewis playing the other safety who just takes a terrible angle.

I just see Harvin 2.0 with Toney. He'll be missing games every year.

I mean you can say what you want about dodson and milano - who blocks who... But Benford had him dead to rights and whiffed on his tackle in his gap... Like to see harty and cook involved there too. Get those guys in some space and just keep the chains moving.

13 for 38 plus the 81 yard TD. Not saying take it out of his numbers, just that the context there is that he had a good game when outside of one play he really didn't do a whole lot.

If hes not starting in a couple weeks then hopefully that means one of the other guys is doing well 🙂 I think he'll still be on the roster in a couple of weeks either way though for depth.

I mean... Fields was sacked 91 times the last 2 years. Sack percentages of 11.8 and 14.7 which is in a word... bad. He clearly holds the ball longer than most. Before that it was some combination of Foles and Trubisky

I really thought we'd grab metcalf in the second. Just felt like something an ascending team would do - grab a big bodied downfield WR for our big armed QB. Especially considering zay jones had been a disappointment to that point (we traded him mid-season so clearly he wasn't someone likely considered a future piece). Veach hit pretty well in 2021, and 2022 looks good too. 2020 doesn't look bad even if CEH was probably a wasted pick in the first. They also spent firsts the last 2 years on pass rushers. So i think thats the same line of thinking as beane in that... you need some pass rushers on rookie deals because they rotate a decent amount, and its the only way to keep the costs down at the position.

The closest comparisons i could think of would be maybe Rivers and Ryan? Rivers only made the playoffs twice in his last 10 seasons with the chargers, a lot of it was on the defense there (as well as some chargers luck). Matt Ryan won an MVP, and made it to a super bowl, but they couldn't really build a defense there. As much as we want to complain about the missed picks, we've still fielded a solid defense pretty much the entirety of Allen's tenure here. I don't know what the future holds, but doubling down on OL and DL is likely the way to keep this train churning forward.

I remember him getting absolutely roasted by buffalo his rookie year. Then i never heard from him again.

True, davis isn't bad either. Honestly neither is diggs.

There are 2 more drafts and free agency rounds before then, so i wouldn't consider it a major concern. But I'm not loving what we've seen from some of our drafted DE's, and its one of the more overpriced FA positions.

Running backs are so cheap anyway... why even use draft capital? If there's a priority UDFA guy you can just draft them in the 7th too.

They're late round picks providing some quality depth. TJ is a good nickel back in a primary nickel league. Davis is a WR2, and will be paid as one next season. Benford jackson and hamlin played a ton of snaps last year and our defense finished 6th in yards and 2nd in points per game. But i'm sure none of them could start anywhere...

We'll see there - i know they like to pass short, but i suspect a lot of those shorter targets he was getting end up going to Waller (assuming he's healthy).

2019 you missed Knox at 96. If you go beyond those rounds too you'll see players like Taron Johnson, Siran Neal, Gabe Davis, Tyler Bass, Dane Jackson, Hamlin, Benford, and Shakir.

Moore too at pick 34. Vera-tucker was starting to play well and got hurt too. Their 3rd 1st rounder last year recorded 2.5 sacks too... but who's counting. Hall looks like he could be a good pick, but he blew out his knee and missed training camp so we'll see how that all goes.

Never really worked out either. Addison, Klein, Tolbert, Benjamin, Webb, Johnson...

I see a massive crash to earth from them this year. Tough division. Went 9-4-1 in 1 score games last year. 0-4 against dallas and philly.

QB - Eagles RBs - 49ers WR - Eagles - It's close though OL - Eagles DL - 49ers - Also very close LB - 49ers DB - Eagles Pretty close - gotta give eagles an edge with Hurts though.

They also used the 2nd overall pick on zach wilson the year before. So they got an all-pro corner, a NOT all-pro WR who looks to be a good player, and a worthless QB. With More draft capital than buffalo has had if you combine probably the last 3 seasons if not more.

Just a hair late a bunch of times... when you're in that cover 3 or 4, you have to play behind the WR and disrupt the catch point because if you try and jump it and don't get it you're giving up a ton of free yards.

Jackson's advanced stats are good, but i felt like when a team needed a 3rd and long they'd go at dane.

In that 7 years the AFC was represented by KC 3x and NE 3x. The Bengals did make it 2 years ago - but i don't think their roster in 2021-2022 was the reason, just peaked at the right time on defense, got takeaways and took care of the ball. The Chiefs have one of the best offensive minds in football history, and one of the best QBs in football history. Their GM and scouting is also top notch. It's going to be tough to get in. Before that you had Belichick and Brady finishing up their run as the greatest dynasty in NFL history. It's a tough ask to have multiple super bowl appearances in this window. Need some bounces, some help etc. Example: Mike Tomlin is 1-1 in the super bowl, he never beat Brady or Manning on his way to a super bowl. It's going to be tough to beat KC and Cincy in the same playoffs, maybe one or both gets bounced.