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Doesn’t matter if the defender caught the ball - or even tried to catch it. Whether or not it’s DPI or “no call” rests on whether the refs think the defender was playing the ball or not. The DB got his hand on the ball so it would be tough for me to say he wasn’t playing the ball.

When a QB is out of the pocket and a defender is playing the ball, a receiver is not protected from contact.

Allen was out of the pocket. Once the QB leaves the pocket receivers are no longer protected from being contacted by defenders who are playing the ball. The Pats DB played the ball. No call was correct. Had Allen stayed in the pocket, then DPI would have been the correct call.

I guess I wasn’t clear. I do not mean that Allen should be expected to do more to get us to a championship. It would be more a matter of getting lucky with who we play, opponent’s injuries, etc. Again, it’s unlikely but within the realm of possibility.

Lotta people saying this, but Allen was out of the pocket. Once that the quarterback is out of the pocket, receivers are no longer protected from being contacted by defenders who are playing the ball. The Pats DB played the ball. No call was correct.

Or ever.

Agreed. Maye made his 17th NFL start yesterday. Lotta room to grow. He didn’t look like all that in the first half, but he was elite in the second. If he can consistently play at that level, then he’s a top tier QB.

Really an excellent point here. I’d go further and say that the team’s talent is part of it. They’re great at QB and very good or good everywhere else.

Josh Allen is good enough to overcome McDermott and win it all, but it’s a very narrow path. His teammates believe in him 100% and that’s invaluable. I don’t think they have the same belief in McD and the coaches. So it’s possible, but unlikely.

It was the team/league looking to sell some cold front jerseys. Gotta get those incremental sales. Incidentally Penn State also had a whiteout and lost, which isn’t unusual. They have a lot of whiteout games and their record in those games is not impressive. Personally, I think it’s a stupid look. White flags are for surrendering. They are the polar opposite of intimidating.

Exactly. Teams that are -2 in turnovers in a game only win 16% of the time. Last night the Bills were the better team in a lot of ways, but the Pats did a great job taking the ball away.

My understanding is that teams only discuss their own cap figures directly with the league. That is by sending contracts to the league for approval. Virtually all of the important contract information is in the public space via the NFLPA, agents and media which filters into sites like OTC and Spotrac. Teams would prefer to have their own contract info confidential so agents would not know what they have to spend - and the cheaper franchises don’t want their fans to know they’re not spending. But players and agents want it all out in the public sphere so they can squeeze more out of teams. Teams also want to see what every other team is doing so they know where the market is. So it pretty much all comes out. I also suspect that the league doesn’t want to be responsible for sending out every team’s financial/cap info to every other team.

I think you misread that. The 69 year old man told police that he smelled alcohol on Sanchez’s breath. Notably the 69 year old man has not been charged with anything, but Sanchez has been arrested for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.

Over the cap has us at about $2.3M in space. They are consistently more accurate than Spotrac and are the site NFL teams utilize for info on other teams.

Wife’s best friend’s family had a place on the water in Van Buren Bay for many years. Had some good times up there.

Agree that’s the case now. I don’t remember if it was a known concern when he came out though. Can’t imagine it was or taking him #1 overall was an even worse mistake than I thought.

Thank you for posting. It is an excellent article. I’m gonna have to watch some Seahawks games.

Agreed. The Browns have their defense set. in addition to a QB, they also need a lot of OL help and another quality starting WR, but they can do that in one offseason - especially with two first round picks next draft. If they did find their QB in Gabriel then they’re a year away IMO.

When I saw Gabriel play at Oregon I checked his height because there had to be a reason he wasn’t in early first round consideration. 5’11”. So third round makes a lot of sense. Murray is 5’10-1/8”. Even with his running ability I didn’t understand Arizona spending the first overall pick on him.

Some more info is out. Reportedly, the delivery driver is 69 years old. So self defense with pepper spray and then a knife seems very appropriate (to say the least) if he was attacked by a 38 year old former NFL player as alleged.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6689578/2025/10/04/mark-sanchez-news-injury-stabbed-indianapolis/?source=user_shared_article Quote from The Athletic. The article mentions that police has reviewed video footage of the incident: Sanchez is accused of battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication. Police said they arrested Sanchez at the hospital, where he remains. He has not been booked into jail, and the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office will make the final charging decision, according to police.

Fair to say that we should wait to hear both sides before leaping to any conclusions - myself included. Even the part about Sanchez being non cooperative with police could have to do with him having been stabbed. I’m sure the cops did toxicology tests on both parties.

And let’s remember that we’re talking about a Door Dash driver who was trying to make a delivery, not some drunk troublemaker. The worst thing he did prior to Sanchez approaching him was possibly parking in the wrong spot for what would’ve been a minute or two.

Both have developed their own versions of the Mike Shanahan offense. At least that’s what they both said in the podcast series I mentioned.

It’s MIKE Shanahan’s offense. Both Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay are part of his tree and run their own versions of his offense. Many others do as well. It’s not some exclusive club where these two are the only members. NFL coaches know what their schemes are about and some do well defending them. They do have a healthy rivalry and beating the other does seem personal. I highly recommend Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic’s podcast series on them and the other “piss boys” (aka Mike Shanahan disciples of their time). It’s called “The Playcallers” and is free.