MarlinTheMagician

Can Slay get open as a WR?

Those are not bad stats either. On Defense: I think the points against is in part on the offense due to turnovers. Clean those up and the points against will improve. Whether the D to date is judged based on being eighth in yards or twelfth in points - both stats are describing a similar defense. If the defense can be a top 10 unit in both yards and points -- a true top 10 that passes the eye test -- we may be on to something. The comments about "which team shows up" being important I think are spot on - we need to be consistent on defense and fix the offensive mistakes and develop a passing philosophy that works given our limitations at WR (more to the backs, more to TEs - especially once Kincaid is back). Loved seeing Cook and Ty Johnson in the backfield at the same time. Defense seems to be coming together a bit.

Dude is now and has always been a bag - never understood the enthusiasm when we signed him. Best way to use him? Ball boy.

Was surprised to see FoxSports rankings based on yards after this week. We are 2nd in offense and 8th in defense?! It has not looked nearly that good to me under the "eye test", but if the D can really be a true top 10 unit and the offense can get it together - we could have something with that kind of balance. Lotta season left.

Agree pass D has not looked good on the whole. But with Poyer organizing the back-end (spelled by Hancock), Benford trending up, Bishop emerging, Milano recovering, and Max Hairston back I think it could be pretty decent (At least until we have to put all of them in the box to stop the run!)

Did you see Tre White try to tackle Washington (kind of)? Business decision! I don't blame Tre one bit, but I respect Bishop for taking him on. Defense maybe can be solidly mediocre, which might be enough if the offense gets it together.

Why not work him out? Keep signing guys until someone gets open!

From the TV view, seemed he was a force tonight. I like the combo of him and Shaq. Would love to hear what the view is after people break down the All-22, but I thought he looked quick, violent, and very additive to our defense tonight. Him and Shaq playing well together could be a difference maker for the D. Who would have thought our D would carry us in any games this year after the way they have played to date. Great showing tonight, won the game for us.

I wanted to like Brady, but I think he needs to go, and maybe right now. Things I did not like: 1. Overdoing the tush-push against KC in the playoffs; 2. Not giving help to the Oline against Houston, which was clearly being beaten by 4 rushers; 3. Not getting plays in timely for Josh to make adjustments; 4. Overdoing the lateral screen to Shakir/Dalton/Ty (worked for a while); 5. Getting too cute too often; 6. Not scheming the running backs into the passing game more consistently; 7. Running Cook 4x in a row in one series vs Houston; 8. Not scheming enough quick hitters where the ball comes out early when we are facing pressure. Our wide receivers are not good, but they were worse when Josh started in 2018. People got open. And if no WR is ever open, put two backs in the game and get them matched up on LBs, use TEs other than Kincaid more. There are answers, I believe, and it seems he is not finding them.

I have been critical of many of Beane's picks (Coleman and Elam especially), but one counterpoint - drafting last or near it for six straight years makes it hard to stay on top. The Texans got 50 draft picks for Watson, they should have some players.

They were bad, Brown hurt of course. But a quick separator would have helped a lot. We have no one that bails him out.

With Hoecht back, assuming he is healthy, I think our pass rush could be okay, but we have a hard time getting anybody behind the sticks because we can't stop the run. It is so annoying!

They clearly need a safety to play with Bishop and an LB that can fill. Can't stand watching our LBs get washed - the game has turned to running the ball more. And we are going to get Josh killed if we don't get two wideout options that make sense - one being a clear #1 even if not a "Top 10" guy. Do we have enough to do that if we cut all the dead wood?

The kind that sets franchises back. Like taking Elam - jump up and get McDuffie, take Ladd McConkey. Two moves, how different would our team look?

And leave aside what I wrote above about Ladd McConkey - seems almost too obvious now. Then, I much would have rather had either Troy Franklin or Roman Wilson. Both are really emerging and will, I believe, have much better careers than Keon Sloeman.