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The Broncos run too much on first down.

I think it was called because the defender could have stopped and hit Allen anyway. I've also seen our guys get flagged worse.

The bills loss is one that I kind of get. They lost way too many offensive lineman during the game and it looked like a team with a bunch of guys that hadn't played together and came up short because of it. With the chargers injuries are playing a huge role there too. La was basically down five pro bowlers during the game yesterday and didn't have a very good showing. I also don't think the chargers are particularly well coached this season. I mean I think San Francisco and Vegas took the roughest losses yesterday.

Chargers are dealing with a bunch of defensive starters injured.

The only thing I can take from this game is that I get why they were conservative with some of the injuries calls here. This is a week where Buffalo didn't win the war of attrition, and hopefully all the guys cramping get healthy now that we got a normal week.

Hackett looks like the worst coach so far this year to me, but IDK after 2 weeks. Miami looked good, but Baltimore had 3 corners on the injury report. I still think almost everyone still looks like they're in preseason form somewhat. It isn't enough time to know who's really good, but a lot of teams look bad to mediocre.

I agree here. I'm not doing long term implications after 2 weeks, but some things I saw: The alarming thing about the Chargers is that through 2 games, they can't run the ball and their receivers don't get separation. I get the struggle with Allen being out, but it looked the same as last week when he was in there. Herbert makes such a living throwing contested passes that he's bound to get picked off. Injuries to their offensive line affected the passing game for them as the game went on, too. On the whole, LA was too sloppy on offense. Their defense played really well though. With Kansas City I think the single best attribute that I see this year is just how refined they look early in the year. I'm sitting in a place for after two games I think their defense is a little bit better than people think, and spangolo is a really good coach there. I think that offensively they have stuff to figure out with the vertical passing game and with their running game, at the offensive line is really good and they don't make really big mistakes so that plus having Patrick bombs means that they're still going to be a really good team.

The Chargers shouldn't have put Herbert back in After the first hit.

That's one Herbert should have ran for.

KCs defensive backfield has been holding every play.

Where's the quick developing pass plays for Dallas?

Dak forced that but I don't like the route combination there for Dallas. Tampa sent everyone behind the sticks and rushed 4. You can leak out a running back there and pick up the 10 yards.

Von is here for the postseason. I don't care what he does in games 1-17.

Offensively for both teams this looks a little bit like preseason football, which makes sense given the lack of preseason time the teams get. Buffalo's defensive line is really encouraging. You can already see the impact of von Miller and having Jordan Phillips back, and the reset on that unit makes it look like a physically dominant Force at this point. The run defense in particular looks pretty good as does the pass rush. Allen looks really really good. The interception where he targeted Crowder isn't one that he should throw. I think in the second half that they'll move Diggs to the inside a little bit more so he can be the security blanket in the middle. They can also use Dawson Knox in there a little bit more, but this is an issue that we knew was going to be there when Beasley was let go. The offense has to figure out who the players going to be that steps up and takes that receiver spot on the inside. They seem to be playing a lot of different players on offense and I think as the season goes on we will see the guys who are the best get more time and some of the guys who aren't as good play less. I already want to see more of Devin singletary and less of the other running backs.

Yeah try living near LA. I could essentially fly to Buffalo and go to a game there for less than what the Rams want for a nosebleed seat.

I have said similar things about Buffalo's run game. Buffalo in particular struggles to run against light boxes and has rebuilt their offensive line and changed offensive line coaches in order to address that. The underrated aspect of this comment is discussing quarterback philosophies. A lot of the league is adjusting and moving toward heavy investment in wide receivers, but Green Bay and Kansas City are moving toward a different philosophy where the best things you can give your quarterback are a good run game and a good defense. The entire logic behind the hill trade is that Kansas City wants to be more diverse on offense and better on defense, and they think it's worth the cost of the explosiveness that Hill provided. Where I like Buffalo's approach for buffalo is that as it stands, Nebraska currently doesn't have a lot of room for developmental players at a lot of positions. What Buffalo did, at least with the first three picks, is Target players at positions are with skill sets that they want to put on the field and that fit their philosophy. In this particular draft for their particular construction, it makes a lot of sense to use the draft this way.

I thought Stafford played pretty well. He gets credited with a couple of interceptions, but one was essentially a punt and the other hit his receiver right in hands. It's a little bit of a disjointed game, but I think it shows that the idea that coaching in the short term can overcome an area of your team that's significantly worse is a little bit overblown. With the Rams offense, the attrition battle was front and center. They were missing three of their top four skill position players and it showed, especially after Beckham went out and The Bengals we're basically able to change the way they were defending. On the other side, the Bengals had a bad offensive line, everyone knew it, they continue to be unable to be the basic stunt when the Rams started running it.

Those are penalties that have to be called so I don't understand why people are saying Cincy is getting screwed here.

The Bengals line looks like the Bills line did when three starters were out.

That's as good as a punt. Against a three man rush, he directed the receiver over the top and tried to throw it there. Stafford can't really run for that, and the alternative is check down and punt anyway, so I don't hate that call by Stafford.

That pick is basically a punt for the Rams.

Rams will never do this.

Same.

It's all checkdowns against zones so far.

Going for that is the correct call, but both teams were way too conservative early.