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I see no reason why Singletary has to be let go, either. But it’s not gonna be up to us as he’s an UFA after the season. If he asks for the moon, I can see Beane being reluctant to meet his demands.

And Singletary will never be a receiving matchup problem for defenses, something Hines is very good at. So it’s a complimentary relationship.

I suspect Cook doesn’t have a firm enough grasp of several aspects of the game at this point otherwise we probably would see him more. It takes a while. Especially understanding coverage schemes, protection schemes, hot routes, etc. Dorsey has been wanting this type of RB since free agency. Looking forward to seeing what he comes up with.

We have no RB who can do what he does as a receiver from every receiver position and present the matchup problems as a result.

You will when you see him split out wide and in the types of routes he runs from out there, out of the backfield, or out of the slot. Motor and Cook don’t have his speed or route running ability and neither can be that kind of matchup nightmare as a result. Dorsey has been wanting this kind of weapon for a while.

Dorsey finally got his RB wide receiver. Looking forward to Hines split out wide and seeing how defenses decide to defend him because he’s gonna be a matchup problem for LBs or safeties and Dorsey is gonna love catching defenses in unfavorable sub packages as a result. I see a lot of up tempo in the near future.

Josh is flat out a better QB in every respect, so yeah, I think he’d adjust much better to the loss of his top two receivers.

He’s doing what he’s asked to do consistently from what little I’ve seen of him this season while avoiding the mistakes. I’m sure his coaches and teammates are more than happy about that, too. And that’s all that really matters when it comes down to it. Look, I’ve hated Miami forever and they will always be my most hated rival team, but that’s never blinded me to the reality that opponents, no matter how much I hate them, can have good players playing well.

Big plays, turnovers, etc. are certainly important big factors and great analytical indicators of the winning team in a given game. But they are usually caused when defenses force offenses into unmanageable down/distance situations, what the kid coaches like to refer to as “behind schedule” in today’s parlance. And defenses that dictate the game situation consistently are those defenses that are stingy on a play to play basis over the course of a game and season.

I’m not saying he’s the perfect or even a great QB, but he’s doing something right. It’s not all in spite of Tua.

Feel free to say it’s all about Hill and Waddle because it certainly is to a large degree, but someone is hitting them often enough for them to dominate opponents, regardless of ball placement. Seems we are quibbling when we need to argue ball placement though. There aren’t too many Drew Brees type QBs and I can recall the same kind of criticisms of a certain QB we’ve all known and loved for five seasons now.

Well, I haven’t watched his every game so I can only comment on what I’ve actually seen and that hasn’t been very much poor play when I’ve watched him. I’m not saying he’s a first ballot HOFer, just that he’s looked better when I’ve watched him than the weak armed, bad QB I read about in these parts.

That’s all well and good and I’ll hope the bad weather challenges him, especially when we see them again. But I can’t pretend he isn’t playing great for them so far this season. It’s as if we all just want to ignore what he’s done so far.

That weak arm is doing everything it’s being asked to do so far this season. Weak arm or not, Tua is getting the ball to the right people, on time, and is consistently moving the ball downfield.

Because I’ve been around enough of them and have compiled enough film edits for them to know. They wanted to know yards per play given up defensively by opponents both overall and in each category separately for better context and then see if the film matched the numbers and why. Granted, that was decades ago in another life, but I think that still holds true. As to the counterpoint, I don’t recall off the top of my head any great defenses whose stats wouldn’t move the chains if those averages are strictly applied to three or four downs. The 1985 Bears is considered the best defense in history and even their per play averages both running and passing “would move the chains.” But we both know football isn’t played like that.

Cap numbers are a mirage as teams just restructure themselves out of trouble, especially as the cap rises. Hill will do the same.

Defensively, the stats that matter most to coaches are YPC rushing and YPA passing. The Jets currently rank 2nd (3.8 ypc) and 5th (5.8 ypa) in the league, respectively, in those categories. Those numbers are off the NFL.com league defensive stats page. https://www.nfl.com/stats/team-stats/defense/rushing/2022/reg/all

Their defense is very much for real.

Jets D is for real and they’re a division opponent that knows us well and they’re at home. That spread borders on ludicrous.

Yep. 1st in ‘88 and 1st and 2nd in ‘89. So glad it wasn’t the second in ‘88.

High expectations are good so I won’t say they’re too high. I will say they are often dismissive though.

Would he be a better safety than slot corner?

Because it was ruled an incomplete pass on the field and coaches can’t challenge in the final two minutes.

I see what you did there. 👍