That's No Moon

Basham had multiple sacks in the playoffs. Jackson's floor is lower than that.

I'm here. It's obviously nice to win. The things I'm worried about are still problems but it's good to win. Take the victory lap but if you're not still very concerned about the passing game you're not paying attention.

Take the points.

How'd they do in the game that mattered? How about the drive that mattered? No actually it wasn't good enough.

You didn't really have to though. Where do they keep the trophy for the winning percentage? Can I see it on the new $35 tour?

This is true, we will see how it goes.

Between a rookie that missed camp and one of Poyer, Cam Lewis, or another rookie that missed a ton of time at safety Andy Dalton looks poised to have a nice game.

It's become clear just how bad the defense is. It was bad when healthy and has only become worse after injuries. There isn't a path to improvement at safety which was a major red flag going into the season, was essentially unaddressed, and it's going to continue to be a major issue. The run defense is indescribably terrible despite massive investment into said defense in the off-season. The pass defense is making zero plays and often looks unprepared and out of position. Every other team seems to be able to cause chaos with blitzes. Ours are easily seen, picked up, and exploited most of the time. The offense, on the other hand, is either intentionally playing with one hand behind its back to manage load and keep things off tape or is run by a person who is hell bent on doing things for the sake of doing them (handing off to TEs/playing Elijah Moore at all/not having Cook on the field for any 3rd downs/force feeding Coleman/no 6 OL run sets, etc) or intentionally does not put his best players on the field or put them into the best positions to succeed. Essentially all of the things I was worried about coming into the year are showing themselves to be major problems and there are no solutions at this point in the year. They just need to deal with it. They'll probably make the playoffs but they won't beat anyone they need to beat in January. You mentioned the Colts. You don't think that Jonathan Taylor would run for like 200 yards and 4 TDs on this defense? They'd get worked by the Chiefs again. Hell, right now they can't beat New England reliably.

Players born today wont be ready for McDermotts defense in 2060.

And they have come up short every year. Having Josh Allen isn't a plan and frankly he looks disengaged and disinterested most of the time this year which is concerning. He's also starting to look older and a quarter step slower.

I'm skeptical that KA is willing to eat that error and also that Lord Terrance is willing to pay that contract in Rochester. Furthermore, if you waive him to Rochester who is the #1 in Rochester? Doesn't he then interfere with The Chosen One's minutes in Rochester? On top of that how much do you trust the tiny sample sizes of the other goalies? Lyon is performing well above his career numbers and Ellis has a total of one NHL game. The likelihood is that UPL will get several more starts at a minimum before they make any sort of decision and he will have to be epically terrible during those starts to end up the odd man out.

The defense has been bad and the offense has been overrated.

So...they could have gotten George Pickens for a song and chose not to. Why is this player better and worth more? That Jacksonville is willing to move on at this point sends up more red flags than the People's Republican Army.

The time was two years ago. It's past time.

I'm struggling to find good vibes about the rest of this season. I can abide a lot but a bad defense is not one of those things. Our defense stinks on ice and I don't see how it improves. Without massive massive improvement this entire season is a waste because they won't win anything playing this sort of defense. Playoffs maybe, hooray. Nothing important.