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I agree, but “the coach” then loses credibility by suggesting Diggs should have done this or that to influence the play when those things were impossible in the first place. The only D player Diggs could influence on that play was the CB lined up in man coverage, who also was too far from the play to matter.

I don’t think I suggested that players shouldn’t try their hardest every play, but if you’re gonna analyze a play to make the point like the “coach” in the video, it would be more credible to not suggest things the player could have done that simply aren’t possible during the play.

Right on time for the annual stories to leak out in the hopes that a top prospect might fall in the draft. Beane must really want Nabers something fierce. 😂

The play was half over before Diggs could have done most of what this guy said to he should do in the time he had to do it in order to impact the play in any meaningful way, especially the suggestion that he could have influenced the strong safety who was nearly 20 yards away from Diggs at the snap. I’m sure there are other plays to illustrate Diggs’s lack of commitment, but this wasn’t much of one.

The more north/south orientation and shallower depth means the prevailing wind can’t swoop in over the score board (west side) of the stadium into the bowl like it does now, where it smashes into the far tunnel end helping to create the swirl conditions we often have at the current stadium. That is straight from a structural wind engineer. And as you mentioned, the new higher structure fully enclosing the field will add to the wind mitigation as will the “wind confusing” screening built into the enclosure that will work in tandem with the the canopy design to steer winds up and out of the stadium. It will be night and day compared to what we have now and it will no longer be the worst stadium to pass and kick in when the November gales start blowing. Can’t wait.

Most of the wind problems at the current stadium will be mitigated by the more north/south orientation and much shallower bowl of the new stadium and that’s before any deliberate wind-lessening design elements are incorporated into the structure itself.

Precisely the point I was trying to make and why I loved watching Beasley play. He saw the game as a QB.

Interesting stuff. Imo, the biggest reason for the trend towards more zone schemes, is because there are so many more QBs that can hurt you with their running and you just can’t turn your back on them. Zones are also more challenging for offensive players to decipher, especially post snap, and your QB needs to be more patient. Not always an easy thing to do.

The only thing that would prevent him from being Beasley 2.0 is whether or not he understands the game on the same level as Beasley. IMO, not many receivers do as it really requires a QB’s depth of understanding, which is what Beasley had growing up with a coach for a dad, breaking down film from an early age, and playing the position in high school. Beasley had a keen understanding of the “why” of the defense and his pre and post snap reads allowed him to regularly find the open spots in coverage. All that said, I think your expectations for Khalil are reasonable.

I can’t agree with that at all. That era had a number of world class athletes playing the position, especially at CB.

Lofton was also a world class athlete who won the NCAA long jump championship at Stanford as well as posting a 20.5 two hundred meter time. Blazing fast with incredible hops.

Litigation of any kind should never take 19 years to complete. There’s just too much BS baked into the system and only available to very deep pocketed adversaries.

I’ve never seen a receiver run more coverage into route patterns by other receivers in my life. He just had ZERO concept of pass game design.

I’m having the exact same issue.

Wish him all the best. Except of course when we go out there next season.

Is Tre the only designated post June 1st cut?

I see you’re not acquainted with the concept of hyperbole as a literary tool to emphasize a point, which is to say he’s not as bad a player as some want to make him out to be. Especially the folks at PFF who two GMs personally told me it was all they could do to keep from laughing when a certain player and agent cited their “ratings” in negotiations. Well done, indeed.

The only way I can answer the question is that I put no stock in the PFF ratings. Were his grades based on his play at DE? Not that it matters, really. We’ve upgraded the depth at an important position in our defense by signing a guy with experience and position flexibility. He’s not an All Pro, but he fills a role better than anyone we had last year. And the fact there was little market for him is another reason I think it’s a sneaky good signing. We shall see.

He is not a DE, although he has played it in 34 alignments. He’s a solid backup to Jones with position versatility in a pinch. Given what we saw when Jones got injured last season, we’ve upgraded the depth at a critical spot.

It’s just an expression not to be taken literally. The point is that he has the potential to be a great addition, we were the team that landed him, and I suspect other teams a d their fans may not realize that.

Sneaky good signing.

His investment in the area and having his HQ in Olean for years suggests he does give a crap and that’s all I have to say on the matter.

So it’s a bad thing that he made commitments in the revitalization of Harbor Center with various construction projects and the hundreds of jobs that generated? He didn’t have to do that. But it makes good sense to invest in the community around which your teams are centered. I just don’t see the negative in that.