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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. 👍

I’d say a bit of the bye week hangover was evident. Gonna need a solid week of practice and intense focus for a good Jets defense next Sunday. And Josh knows that better than anyone.

Find a grip you’re comfortable with and don’t hold the ball flat against the palm. This will help the ball roll off the fingers for tight spirals.

What happened between yesterday and today to change your mind?

On what grounds? NFL teams aren’t obligated to sign anyone. The league doesn’t owe Araiza a living.

But the depth of the bowl will affect the flow and that’s what we are talking about; the deep 50 foot below grade field level. I assume your bowl is oval shaped like the stadium? Now, imagine if that funneled flow of water into that oval shaped bowl hits smack dab against the far wall of the bowl that’s directly perpendicular to it. What happens to that water after it hits that perpendicular side of the bowl?

With one end of the current stadium being perpendicular to the prevailing wind, more wind concentrates or “collects” and swirls when trapped within the bowl. A shallower bowl “collects” less wind. At least that’s how a couple engineers explained it to me.

I don’t have formal education or professional experience in the field. But I know people who do and I think what they say on the matter makes a lot of sense and they’ve said the issue with the field at Highmark being 50 feet below grade is that it causes the winds to swirl due to one end of the stadium being perpendicular to the prevailing wind. And if you’ve ever been on the sidelines during a very windy game, you can appreciate just how impactful that swirling wind can be. At times, the flags on top of the uprights which are only 28.5 feet above the field aren’t moving at all while those on the sideline are getting whipped by the swirling wind. A shallower bowl simply offers more room for the wind to exit. And as I mentioned previously, the more north/south orientation of the new stadium will eliminate one end of the field being perpendicular to the prevailing wind. The wind in Orchard Park will never have been so confused when the new stadium is built.

Good lord, did everyone not realize that “wind confusion” is an ongoing joke whenever a reference is made to any aspect of the new stadium construction? That said, the 50 feet below grade field level at Highmark has always been a contributor to the wind issues in the stadium and a shallower lower bowl should help a ton in that regard. As will the more north/south orientation of the structure itself.