That's No Moon

my fantasy team appreciates every single one. Also Joe Flacco. Thank you, Joe Flacco.

He re-established both feet before touching it.

I can understand Denver moving on. He was a 2nd round pick that never really moved the needle for them and didn't seem like he was going to come back from his injury. They would have had to give him a new contract and decided to look elsewhere. Sort of like the Bills moving on from Zach Moss. He had some success after he left but nothing Earth shattering. Even this year, he's been decent for Dallas but I'd argue Rico Dowdle has been the better player that Dallas let walk.

he got hurt and was slow to come back

Thank you for triggering my PTSD in November rather than January.

Dude has made 170 million in the NFL so far. In the current NIL world any QB you draft in the first two rounds is already a millionaire and could still be if they played on a winning team. Stetson Bennett was a millionaire coming out of Georgia and really wasn't very good there nor was he a big NFL prospect.

He got paid way more playing football. You get paid as a mediocre NFL QB. If he doesn't hit, he doesn't make it out of AA baseball.

Donors usually foot the bill for big chunks of that stuff. They pay, you get, but yes you are right the stadium and facilities in general are a problem for growth of the programs.

they know their defense sucks

Fair, but can we count on Dallas' defense to stop a strong breeze?

I was thinking Calais Campbell. At least it keeps him out of Baltimore again.

Unfortunately this game is going to keep some pieces in Arizona.

Good. The more it's used by adults the sooner it will be uncool and go away.

I'm going to guess Alan Lazard (with a retain) and Riq Woolen Though, now that I say that, Woolen feels way more like a Jerruh move.

He had a sack in both 2021 and 2022 playoffs. One against New England and another against Miami. 11 total tackles, 2 sacks in 4 playoff games. 4.5 career regular season sacks in two years. Meanwhile, Jackson doesn't dress. I assure you, his floor can be lower than Boogie Basham.

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.