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My understanding is that running the option at a good pass rusher can slow them down. so i think that is what they are trying to do with targeting Bosa (otherwise why would you run this at Bosa). Either way I agree Josh messed up on this read here (he has struggled with this at times).

Bosa is the conflict defender for the option run and isnt supposed to be blocked. Allen is reading him (hes staring right at him). Allen thought Bosa was crashing down, but he wasnt (or was athletic enough to recover).

Does Kumerow and his special team abilities make Tyler Matakevich and his 3.35 mil cap savings expendable in 2021?

@Hapless Bills Fan good discussion. I think looking at stills is a very tough way to go about this exercise. To me these are just examples of the defense disguising effectively against Josh. You seem to be saying "What is he thinking?" but to me if youre thinking then youre doing it wrong. He is reacting to what he expects the coverage to be and what he gets. I think he has always been able to go through his progressions, but the story this year is he is doing that more consistently this year. But as for why is he not hitting so and so on this play; its because he is reading the coverage and targeting receivers based on his reads. His read could be wrong but I think he should still trust it (learn to read better rather than not trust your eyes). This is exactly what happens on the pass interference at the start of the game. He think he has cover 3 but he gets quarters, he decides to not look for a check down and goes for Diggs. All of this works better when he gets time. When youre in a scramble getting away seems to be the first priority and then second you get your eyes down field. Your progressions sorta go out the window. Note all this is my opinion i dont know much of anything about the QB position other than what i take in from free content.

Good assessment on the Pats. I see it similarly. I would give the nod to Miami over the Jets as best set up for long term success (besides us). Neither has a QB for sure imo but Miami has more pieces in place while still having a lot of draft capital. Yes Flores owns a 0.444 record currently, but that Dolphins team last year was hot trash and clearly he is better than Gase. My assessment involves Coach, QB, rest of roster. I start with where they are currently and then i noted draft capital (best place to get difference makers). Order of strength in AFC East and how much they could grow: Bills have all three (hard to improve, but you have all three) Miami has rest of roster, decent coach, and maybe a QB (probably could improve if they sell out for a QB again, but will likely pick up pieces to fill an already stacked roster > resulting in losing those pieces in ~3-4 years) Pats have Coach and a bit of the rest of roster (agree not sure how they improve with expected middling performance going forward) Jets have nothing (definitely should improve but a long ways to go)

That one to Diggs last week really wasnt drawn up though. It looks to be a cover 3 beater and they got quarters coverage. Josh just saw the match up and wanted to throw the deep match up of Diggs versus Safety versus check down to Singeltary. The deep go routes are great against man coverage which noone wants to play on us anymore. When they do we tend to run the mesh concepts rather than the go. I think the exception is the Gabe Davis go route from the Chargers game on teh free play.

Thanks for the write up btw. good topic.

Gonna disagree on the Jets being the best HC spot. I think the Chargers are the most desirable HC spot. They have talent and a QB already.

Oh yeah definitely. Hap was just asking about why they protected the PS players they did. The thing that struck me was the Kumerow was not on the list which meant he might get put on the active roster. PS protections have seemed to be about emergency needs in response to Covid for which he could still be called up even if hes out of his 2 elevations (right?).

I think I told you this might be coming when you asked about protected players. Sorry not sure where I gloat.

He probably shouldn’t call it a rule but a guide. I don’t think 6-5 is that close to 8-3 especially when you consider the nature of the loss and the schedule down the stretch for the cards.

I think it was still nickel (3 DL and 3 LB). Zo just went back to his roots of being a DT. Still blows my mind that’s how he entered the league. What a body transformation.

They have protected Harrison several weeks. Lee at least the last week. Not sure about Cox but he’s been there a couple times. Maybe they are gonna give Kumerow a spot?

I agree my hope is week 17 matters for seeding but not the division. We would probably still come out hard in that scenario

That play is tough cause it looks like McKenzie was open for 6 if they make the exchange (a bit hard to tell exactly what the safety was gonna do).

Yes I also saw it. Really incredible especially considering those weeks included Wilson, Murray, and Herbert lead offenses.

Titans versus KC sounds hilarious to me. Let those team go at it. Gladly play the steelers in round 2 over those other 2. Lots of good teams in the AFC maybe if KC is the 1 seed, the 2 WC we dont play could upset. That would also be great cause 2 home games!!!

does anyone have this compiled week to week? Or at least our averages and not our rankings. Wondering how our defense has gotten better.

Jets let him go cause they were paying him too much. I am also confused he’s playing so much but have been happy to have him with all the injuries.

I thought this play was very different. Wasn’t he the flat defender in cover 2 for that pick. There were two receivers on his side and he got depth cause he knew it was 3 rd and long. This looks like cover 3 and he’s got a deep third. Cause of the motion away and then Allen running a crosser he gets to roam. I guess he was free to roam in both picks but very different coverages imo

Give me Bam over Murphy. Johnson covered the flat against ekeler really well.

I agree with the OP. Something feels different to me. No longer wide eyed kids new to the game. They feel hungry. The defense walking off the field at the end of the yesterday had some swagger. I feel we are closer to a deep playoff run than a first round bounce.

I get it. I can understand Vedvik cause he can do both but I wouldnt want to use multiple spots on the PS. We have used those players a good bit this season. Do we know how many other teams are keeping a kicker on the PS for this? Do we think itll change after the broncos situation?

To a degree its the nature of the business. We could take away all the shower mats?

Def a concern. My biggest hope is that coaching staff has emphasized how important it is to take care of self outside the building like with nutrition.