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You dont think Josh Allen out played his 14th highest QB salary? So you don't think any QB is worth a salary investment? Also Cook is on a rookie contract. You don't think he outplayed his contract?

I find the idea that our OL isnt tough enough hilarious. Anderson and Spencer Brown are just nasty individuals. Wanna say our DL gets pushed around? sure. But the OL is a nasty group of dudes.

I think its trying to say youngest with 100 tackles THIS 2024 season.

its ~13% for 4th and 15. I dont thinks thats terrible. Yes some bad calls will be made but refs deal with these end of game long shot calls all the time and they get the majority correct. We just remember the wrong ones cause they all happen to the Chiefs benefit (lol).

Im sure there will be some DPI's that arent great that get called but I dont think itll be too bad. It should be the same as many late game situation the refs currently have to handle with some regularity. Whats the diff between a Hail Mary and a 4th and 15 that is proposed? Hail Mary's are mostly cause time is limited (as in last play of the game). Trying to retain the ball post score does not necessarily have to be the last play of the game and so you can run a "normal" play (obviously its likely limited to a slower developing play because of down and distance).

Officiating is by far the biggest hurdle but i think 4th and 15 from the 30 is way more exciting than super unlikely onside kick. I would rather see the best players with opportunities to make the biggest plays. Onside kick is so niche, but a 4th and 15 is a executing a tough offensive play which should be very exciting. Additionally, punts seem like better return opportunities than place kicks if you dont onside.

I used to do NCAA first and second round games with my dad. One of my favs was duke losing to Mercer in Raleigh in a noon game. Little kids were melting in the stadium and Mercer fans were out of their minds.

Joe Marino was the one I heard mentioning it.

Thoughts on Grable to guard. Grable is tall but his arms are an inch shorter than dawkins. I sorta wanna see him on the field and guard seems easier to get time than tackle and I feel comfortable with RVD as a swing.

Do you have any metrics that say were not a great blitzing team? I went looking but couldnt find any articles (I think Cover 1 videos have mentioned our efficiency). I was under the impression we are efficient when we blitz, but we choose not to.

Not just minimal other injuries, the primary backup (Bishop) has had a ton of run and seemingly getting more acquainted with the position. Though the Chiefs in the playoffs are a test like none other.

youre providing commentary about this forum. your status as newb here is pretty pertinent. talk some x's and o's and youll do fine.

Just wanna reiterate some of the comments above for why i donated. Andrews is a great player/person that I always like and its absolute sucks that hes getting this treatment. This is a way to make a crappy situation have some upside. Then there is stuff bigger than football. Hoping we can play each other in the AFCCG next year after one of us (or another team in the WC) takes out KC.

I think they were trying to get their main 3 a couple snaps off before a potential goal line stand. Agree it back fired, but all the primary DL were on the field for the 2pt conversion (not that it mattered). Odd mirror did fail against lamar as he did a good job of taking his time and avoiding rushers. It should be noted that Mahomes is who they developed the odd mirror rush for and it has worked effectively against him (2+ picks). I do expect more Von in this game. I believe Marino wasnt saying prevent shell but that when we blitzed versus when we didnt (not all of these should be considered prevent).

That would be me. But arcane is def the right adjective. Knew I was missing something

I maybe be missing something but yeah cover 2 man is usually a problem because you rush 4, 5 coverage players play man, and 2 deep to protect. Thus noone accounts for the QB and you have to contain rush. Obviously thats a problem with Mahomes, but with odd mirror you sacrifice one of the primary rushers and spy the QB to be a second wave rusher.

I love what odd mirror (not mentioned here but thats the name of the front) enables from a coverage perspective too. We have run cover 2 man on the back side of this rush. Typically that defense suffers because theres noone accounting for the QB, and with Mahomes or Lamar youre gonna get roasted. However, with a QB spy you feel a lot better about running cover 2 man. That defense is so powerful because you can get into a trail technique and jump under routes knowing there are 2 deep defenders that got your back. I expect to see a ton of it this weekend.

He exemplifies the "Be you with us" mantra better than anyone else i can think of. He certainly is being himself.

Thanks. I was referring to when Bills/Chiefs played earlier. Against the Texans Kelce had a big day cause Al Shaair could/would not stay with him. Conversely when we played KC, TB was leaving his coverage responsibilities at times to guard Kelce. TB's focus on Kelce is why Gray had a fair bit of impact (2 first down catches, 2 TDs on 5 targets). Will be interesting to see what happens this coming week.

I got 4 for 23 with 2 TDs and 2 more first downs from pro football reference (care to link yours). “Big Day” was maybe hyperbolic but he was important to them maintaining and finishing drives. Worthy seemed to be focus of their explosive plays.

I've been yelling at my TV the last few games. Turns out NFL doesnt care. Glad we were ahead of the trend and are ready. Certain everyone will PULL their weight https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-wont-instruct-officials-to-throw-flags-for-pulling-runners Agree. best way to avoid the KC devil magic is to blow it out of the water. Sorta what happened last game. Josh blew it up with that run; else we know it wouldve been a stupid final drive. TB >> Al Shaair. Al Shaair is fun but was leaving Kelce open all day. The diving TD by Mahomes is a great example. Kelce just shuffles behind Al Shaair and is wide open to catch a ball that wasnt zipped in there. If you look at the film from the first game TB was seemingly breaking coverage assignment to go cover Kelce. Think to some degree thats why Gray had such a big day.

Ruled as doubtful. If he plays he ain’t doing much and we probably can still play man.

If he doesn’t score on the 60 yarder and then we stuff him for next 14 carries for 0 yards we would hit 4.0 ypc that he said is so bad. I could totally live with that line. I still contend median is more valuable than average.

Love the talk of mindset. I agree bills are getting a considerable edge and it started from the beginning of the week. Biggest comparison was how Josh and Lamar answered questions about playing each other and being buddies. Lamar said he doesn’t hang out cause he’s trying to beat Josh which fine and totally reasonable. Josh gets a similar question and says he doesn’t play against Lamar but rather plays against the ravens defense. Ravens are great but Buffalo feels laser focused on the task.

or... maybe 4.0 yards per carry is not a winning strategy and those teams had to rely on their QBs cause they got behind in games. Bears as a case study. They rushed more than they passed on 1st and 10. They averaged 3.8 yards per rush. Then on 2nd and 4-6 they rushed 46% of the time and got 4.0 yards per carry. Then on on 3rd and 1-3 they rushed it 46% of the time and averaged and got 2.6 yards per carry. That resulted in just over a 50% success rate on 3rd down (14/26). Its not sustainable to go keep a drive going this way. The YPC is inflated by the 3rd and long carries that dont get the yardage. Youre essentially saying that 29 teams have a good rushing attack. If you think the league should run more then I think youre gonna have a long discussion with some analytics people. yards per rush versus yard per pass attempt is pretty decisively in favor of yards per pass attempt.