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I love the idea of platooning Hairston in. That will give him reps to grow but also keep Tre if we do need him for the playoffs. He’ll be fresh that way.

OMFG i was looking at age on PFR. Thanks!

I think i see 23 which would be dorian strong.

The depth of the draft at DT also didnt hep him. He was DT13 with guys like CJ West and Josh Farmer going after him. Feel like all of them are better than DT10 in most drafts.

Liked most of what you said but benford has played 15 games the past two seasons. It’s just that he’s missed the elimination game every year. I wouldn’t consider him injury prone (not what you said but what you implied).

I wonder how much gate keeping holds back the evolution of the game. I get genetics matter for on the field performance so having familial connections is logical. But off the field should seemingly be more open and yet feels just as insular. Barrier to entry is tricky cause it takes years to learn the nuances and the relationship of coaches would get that for free. As football becomes more accessible from video review online I’m excited to see what new approaches people previously unable to learn can bring.

Plenty of schemed up deep balls in this video. Note Franklin was like blown coverage wide open on the Bo Nix TD. Josh has plenty of better deep throws that are in scheme. If the point is he did worse at these types of throw this past year, then I agree. However, Josh has now shown he can fix whatever problem he focuses on (best historical season of % negative plays!!!!) including in 2020 when he originally fixed his deep ball issues.

First i saw his name. I looked at highlights quickly. Saw him line up inside the tackle a lot. I sorta got the Duane Smoot vibe from him. Agree seems like a solid practice squad player if he doesnt make too much noise in preseason

Are you implying Laviska Shenault is ahead of Coleman on the depth chart? Who is this 3rd veteran WR that indicates Coleman is off? I (as well as like everyone) will be shocked if Coleman isnt on this team. He got challenged by Beane and McD at the end of the year but there were favorable quotes about his growth at OTAs. And that challenge was specifically how he returned from injury. I think they were pleased with him pre-injury.

Just a term from video games. A code you enter to make things easier (Contra has a famous one that gave 30 extra lives). As to scoring on Spag's defense thats just the beauty of Josh Allen to me. Sometimes it took him a minute to figure out a DC but he has balled out against a lot of them (Bellicheck, Spags, Salah, Flores off the top of my head). Occasionally they would do well later and he would struggle for a game but always got them back.

Get more passing reps in while hog mollies go pound each other somewhere else. Basically take the pass rush part of the play out of the equation and look at just coverage and routes (obviously favors the offense a lot).

I was also concerned with him on the right after TC in 2023. Think many were cause he got smoked by steelers iirc. I thought he was very serviceable last year against KC. Though in hind sight Karlaftis got 4 pressures and a QB hit so not great, but I still think serviceable as a swing tackle (was worried in 2023 he couldnt do the right at all).

Spags with KC has been their cheat code imo.

Which is nuts cause i was very happy with Van Demark coming out of 2023 and Van Demark played well against KC in the reg season last year. Feel like we might be trading an OL for a late round pick this year. Hoping we can get as high as a 5th rounder

Even crazier, when he was injured, his back up Van Demark even played well against the Chiefs. In Kromer I trust forever. He can throw all the beach chairs he wants.

Joe Marino has continued to mention that Grable has the same measureables as David Edwards. Lots of people have mentioned how strong he played last camp. He def seems like a potential replacement.

Its his saints stint where he was a DL coach that gives hope. He got the most out of Cam Jordan and developed Trey Hendrickson into a double digit guy before he left for Cinci. Those defenses (starting in 2017 through 2022) generated a lot of sacks (42-50 per year). When he went to ATL they did improve their pass rush, and Jax last year was a super hot mess.

Nielsen started as DL coach for saints in 2017. Had 42 sacks that year. Peaked with 50 a couple years later (we only got 37 last year with an extra game). Got the best out of cam Jordan and developed Trey Hendrickson to get his first 10+ sack season. He did flame out as a DC (though jags last year were a mess) but has demonstrated an ability as a DL coach (ATL doubled sacks too). Happy to see him cook up some new rush packages (stunts have been a focus of his I saw reported). Yeah I’m hoping they didn’t want to demote west after one year and that’s why the titles stayed the same. Joe Marino was the one mentioning that he’s teach technique from all the OTA videos. Will be a thing to watch for on hard knocks. God I love that we get that look inside this year.

Worth noting we brought in Ryan Nielsen this year, and he seems to be the de facto DL coach from all the videos posted of OTAs.

Significantly better than his 2023 season with 4.24 average (lower than his college average of 4.36). Hope the bengals just botched this one. https://atozsports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-news/roster-breakdown-brad-robbins-2024-nfl/

I guess what do you mean pissing away money? Playing but not being worth the contract is different than being a health scratch. Im not gonna disagree that LO could suck and its a wasted contract. But i would be shocked if hes a health scratch for > 33% of his available games (not counting the playoffs which could make it as high as 50%). It sorta doesnt make sense to sign him to a multiyear deal if you have him behind Carter is my thought. The only example i could find of a health scratch UFA DT was Poona Ford. Everyone else they pay they do play, but not gonna disagree that there performance has been lack luster. Thanks for explaining btw. I dont see him as a healthy scratch but if you think he could suck then I wouldnt try to dispell you of that.

That’s a lot of coin for a guy that’s gonna be a healthy scratch. So you have dewayne Carter ahead of him on the depth chart? Carter had flashes and I’m hopeful but I certainly don’t think he’s ahead of LO. Larry has at least shown high level play in the NFL (2021 with cinc). I think the question for LO is if his diminished performance was related to being old (needing PEDs) versus or pitts scheme.

This brings up a few questions. He doesnt have an injury history so why do you think hell start now. Also you dont see us in the playoffs or you think he has a season ending injury just after thanksgiving?

I think its just one christian benford and we win. let alone the 3-4 more elite players that he was talking about.

There tape reveals a very different style of play. Having a few inches but the same weight indicates hes less dense which is why Hawes is considered the blocking tight end. Watch his blocking film, its super fun and reminds me of Spencer Brown a lot (hence the confusion by multiple podcasters between the two). Couple of quick videos highlighting it below. Dude is mean.