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In HS, basketball was my biggest passion as it was my best sport. I played varsity as a sophomore and when asked what my top 2 number choices were. My first choice was 42, for my favorite player James Worthy. My second choice was 44, for Hank Gathers. Just my luck, both were taken by upper class men and they defaulted me to 43. Epic fail and 43 has been 💩 to me ever since

Not a nascar fan, but Richard Petty was pretty cool

No doubt about it. The winner should be a top the power rankings

70 points with 8 minutes left with the ball… insane for sure. I just don’t consider Denver to be a true nfl team atm. especially without their only stud defensive player (Simmons was out). I don’t think a team has ever been ruined by a player like denver has been ruined by RW. I think the locker room is toast and they all hate that schmuck. Nothing will change until he’s gone. Unless Payton wants to draft Caleb Williams next year, they should go to stidham asap. Jmo

I think Miami has the best offense for sure. I’m just not sure if their defensive talents fit Fangios scheme. I think we should be able to move the ball on their O without much of an issue. I can’t say the same about the niner d. Bosa, Armstead, Hargrave, Jackson is a big problem. In order, I think SF, Miami and KC are the best to date, but I have a lot more confidence in the SF and KC defenses to create problems for their opposition. That said, Miami definitely may be the #1 team. Doesn’t seem as if any 3 of those teams have played much in terms of tough competition to date.

I was thinking about it, but I’m really hoping that he switches his number next year. 43 🤮

Well done, thanks. Discipline, discipline and more discipline. I’ve noticed that from our DL this year compared to last as well. The DTs have really been staying in their lanes for the most part and when they don’t, a DE is usually there to clean it up. Confusing the OL is a key for sure. edit: rewatching some of the defensive highlight, we rushed Milano or Bernard and dropped 50, 57 and 56 on several occasions. It’s so nice having Bernard in there instead of the robotic edmunds and his terrible pass rush. 43 has been a revelation. And we must give a lot of credit to Mcdermott and Babich.

Ok. I just rewatched it again. I had been looking for a leg trip. Didn’t think about him tripping him with his hand. He did grab and apply pressure to his inner thigh/knee. I stand corrected.

It does seem that way to me too, but in what way? We’re blitzing less than any team in the league (yet leading in sacks). At times he’s dropping back some DEs into coverage and bringing Bernard or Milano to take their rush spot. In general, it looks like Bernard has been playing an attacking style, trusting his instincts and being decisive, replacing the exact opposite in edmunds. I think a lot of it has to do with confusing the QBs with different coverages (and playing vs bad OL’s), but others could probably be more descriptive in how we’re getting it done. The addition of Floyd has had a lot to do with it as well. overall…..I’m very pleased with our D and mcdermott calling the plays. We seem to be playing very fast. But also….Zach Wilson, Slimmy G and Sam Howell. Sunday will tell us a lot. I’m not so much worried about them going over the top as I am breaking screens and runs for huge gains and TDs

No doubt. 9 in one game….. this % will change drastically as the games mount. Nothing against our pass rush…..it’s one of the best DL’s in the league, but we won’t maintain this pace. I’d be happy with 9 sacks over the next 3 games combined.

For sure. Our pass protection was amazing. I don’t think Josh got touched all game. Has anyone rewatched and found out how many times we used the TEs and RBs to help? Iirc, I think we used 6 offensive lineman on a handful of occasions as well. Get Josh ample protection and we should roll

Great post, thanks. I agree with everything you said…. except Tua getting sacked 9 times. 101 pass attempts he’s been sacked once. Their offense gets the ball out of his hand so quickly, I don’t think it’s possible to sack him more than 2-3 times unless McD can put together the perfect coverages and take away their looks in the first 2 seconds. Gonna be tough, but maybe McD is the man for the job. He’s been up to the task so far

I’d love him, but not for our first while he’s already getting paid. 2nd and other draft/player consideration, sure

Glad you went to the game, saw our boys kick *** and had blast 👍🏻 Latavious Is a beast of a blocker and a beast of a tackle breaker. He’s still fast “enough”. I love him as our 3rd down guy and hope he’s that guy all season. I definitely prefer him over Harris. One of my favorite Beane gems of the offseason. As of right now…. Beane looks to have had a GREAT offseason Lawson was also to blame. He hit the RT with an inside jab step then accelerated around the outside and was all over Howell pretty quickly.

Thanks. I haven’t rewatched the game in detail yet, so I can’t comment on his overall blocking. What did you make of the “trip”? I’d call it a great block.

Yeah those were money!

Can mcdermott disrupt the timing on their quick pass attack? Can our offense control the clock and run the ball effectively. if we can do both, I think we can hold them to 18-24. if we can do one, but not the other, 27-32 If we can’t do either, 35+

I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt atm. Yeah he played 36 snaps. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Lol….my bad. Thought you were talking about Kincaid being an idiot. yeah I agree. He’s made some really bone headed play calls in key situations. The 3rd and 12 screen to Diggs too….. 🤦🏻‍♂️

He wanted to get paid. No one was willing to pay him….maybe because there was a glut of vet pass rushers still available. Beane pounced at the right time. I’m ecstatic to have signed the guy, but I also feel bad for him in some respect. He deserved to get paid more than he did. He’s extremely undervalued league wide imo

Examples of being an idiot other than his illegal shift?

Little to no chance you win that bet…..as long as Dorsey isn’t an idiot

Thanks for not making a new thread on this. I wasn’t a believer after last season and was hoping we’d move on but didn’t think there was any chance of that. So far this season, he’s trending up but he’s susceptible to making really bad play calls in crucial situations. I’m feeling better about him after 3 weeks. I’ll probably be all in if he figures out how to best use Kincaid and Harty…..while keeping Josh under center the majority of the time

It’s not just you @Don Otreply. Looks like the website has been remodeled

For sure. He loves to play “I told you so” and to play that game, you sometimes have to make snap judgements. I’m also guilty of giving my opinion on players before they play a game, or after only - handful of games. I didn’t think Bernard was a good pick and didn’t think he could hold up vs the run in the NFL. He didn’t impress me in limited reps last season. After a handful of games, I look to be incorrect. And I’m very happy about that. He’s been fun to watch the last 2 weeks. I disliked the Elam pick. I thought he was a 2nd rd prospect and knew that he’d need time to adjust to zone. I was happy about his play last year and I haven’t given up on him yet. I wish we’d dress him over Dane, but he doesn’t play STs, so I understand why he doesn’t dress. Jury is out, but is trending towards bust than a good pick. G I thought Spencer Browns suck could put a kink in our title hopes the last couple seasons. I’ve been right about that to date….. but he’s shown some improvement this year. Let’s hope the improvement continues. I loved the Harty and Sherfield signings. So far, Harty has done nothing and it doesn’t seem like we can get him open (or he can get open). Maybe he needs that superdome turf to look super fast out there. He hasn’t looked nearly as fast in a bills uniform as he did in NO. I look to be wrong about his signing (so far anyway). Sherfield isn’t being used very much as a WR and I haven’t focused on him as a run blocker yet. Tough to tell if he’ll be a nice piece come playoffs, but he might. I said the Leonard Floyd signing was our best offseason signing (not including the draft picks). I was confidant that he’ll be a force…..and he is. I was very vocal about Kincaid being a future star and Torrance being a quality starting RG for a long time. Time will tell.