
The Frankish Reich
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No. I mean, I don't think so. The dreaded PFF grades this year for our Guards: Feliciano 59.7 Boettger 59.8 Ford 47.4 Bates 64 I didn't include Williams because it looks like the only score I have access to blends his snaps at T and G. But FYI he's at 67.5. I use PFF because it's readily available, not because it's authoritative in any way. But this basically agrees with the eye test. We found a guy playing at an adequate level (Bates) - kind of a B-/C+ type level of PFF's scale - who filled in for guys playing at a replacement (D) or sub-replacement (F) level. That makes you better right away. It doesn't mean it makes you set for the future. EDIT: I guess I should say that you can't be above average everywhere and still under the cap. If Morse retires, Bates could move to C. I don't know what to say about his skills as a C, but if he can handle that move he'd be perfectly adequate. Dawkins got stronger/better as the season went on, Brown got much better as he got a little experience, and Williams looks better suited to play at RG than RT. So maybe, just maybe you've got 4 good performers coming back with Feliciano as a perfectly acceptable C/G backup. If you can sign/draft one plus performer that's a pretty good O line after all. And who knows, Doyle may be more than an offensive lineman reporting as eligible ...
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Tua and Hurts will never get to the promised land
The Frankish Reich replied to ProcessTruster's topic in The Stadium Wall
I'm watching Jimmy G., who came damn close to winning a SB. Tua and maybe Mac strike me as being on that level. NOTE: we would've killed to have had a young QB "on that level" at any time between 2005 and 2017. -
Boogie Basham quietly starting to emerge...
The Frankish Reich replied to Hebert19's topic in The Stadium Wall
From the wiki page for Amon: Amun (US: /ˈɑːmən/; also Amon, Ammon, Amen; Ancient Egyptian: jmn, reconstructed as /jaˈmaːnuw/ (Old Egyptian and early Middle Egyptian) → /ʔaˈmaːnəʔ/ (later Middle Egyptian) → /ʔaˈmoːn/ (Late Egyptian); Coptic: ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ; Greek Ἄμμων Ámmōn, Ἅμμων Hámmōn) was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. With the 11th Dynasty (c. 21st century BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.[1] After the rebellion of Thebes against the Hyksos and with the rule of Ahmose I (16th century BC), Amun acquired national importance, expressed in his fusion with the Sun god, Ra, as Amun-Ra (alternatively spelled Amon-Ra or Amun-Re). Yep. You can't beat the fusion of Amon and the Sun God. Equanimeous, take a back seat to your brother. -
You mean it's too late to sign/activate Shaq Lawson? Actually I kind of wish they'd got that done now.
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The blabbering Boston media thread
The Frankish Reich replied to Motorin''s topic in The Stadium Wall
Driving home listening to the national post-game radio broadcast: analysts mention at least 3 times that the Patriots need to get "younger and faster," particularly on defense. I haven't tried to check for the offense and defense separately, but the "need to be younger" thing doesn't seem to pan out. Average age of the Bills 53 man at the start of the season: 26.3 Of the Patriots: 26.5 Maybe they just need to get better (rather than younger or faster) -
1. Offensive line play is something that can typically be fixed during the course of a season. Sometimes it's new personnel (Bates), new blocking schemes, and/or new offensive strategy in general; typically it's a combination of all of the above. 2. Coaches tend to overvalue mediocre/replacement level players.* Feliciano, Ford, Boettger: all poor performers this year. The value of continuity is often less than the value of improved individual performance. Daboll was kind of dragged into trying new personnel by injuries. Not surprisingly, the result was better play. *As a kind of test, I've been informally tracking the performance of classic replacement-level QBs - guys signed off the street and forced into action due to injury/COVID, etc. We've seen a few this year (Josh Johnson, Garrett Gilbert) and of course many over the last decade or so (Thad Lewis anyone?). Typically there either is no clear drop-off in performance from the nominal starter, or not much of a drop-off. Small sample, but highly suggestive of my proposition: we overvalue mediocrity.
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The official Let’s go Steelers vs KC Thread…
The Frankish Reich replied to bills6969's topic in The Stadium Wall
Kansas City weather next weekend: mid 30s highs, hi teens lows. No snow. Winds 10-12 mph. (Sorry, I had to do it 😜) -
History was Made Tonight; Check This Out
The Frankish Reich replied to Nextmanup's topic in The Stadium Wall
In the pregame threads someone joked about our weak link, Matt Haack, and how he'd not be a factor because we'd never have to punt. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to really happen. Just as close to a perfect offensive performance as a team can have. There should be a QB rating thing for offense overall so we could have that 158.3 rating. -
And you know this ... how? What happens if they breach that door? Are they going to politely request that he step aside and allow them to proceed to the Speaker of the House? And he knew this ... how? He knew what was in her backpack? You know, the one she didn't send through security like she was supposed to? And why limit it to whether he was under immediate, personal danger. His job is to protect the Capitol and our representatives/staff lawfully conducting business inside of it. In fact, in hindsight (since you seem to want to play that game) it looks like she - even if not personally armed - was part of a group planning to overthrow the election by any means necessary: the day before the assault on the Capitol, Babbitt retweeted: "Nothing can stop us....they can try and try but the storm is here and it is descending upon DC in less than 24 hours....dark to light...." All that moronic QAnon crap - crap that didn't exactly preach all sweetness and light when it comes to how those devilish child-eaters like Pelosi were supposed to be dealt with. He did the right thing under the circumstances. There's a lot of this "whataboutism" in this thread and in society in general - an attempt to change the topic because these January 6 attackers were absolutely as "low class" (Trump's words) and violent as advertised. I am the recipient of the stock response, "yeah, well then why do you have a problem with the cop shooting Jacob Blake?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jacob_Blake I'm consistent here. That was a justified shooting too. Are you guys consistent?
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A Psychoanalysis of the Flawed(?) Bills
The Frankish Reich replied to theRalph's topic in The Stadium Wall
At least it isn't mozz sticks with white sauce.