Maine-iac

Coaching makes such a difference. If Gailey had Schwartz as his DC or if Pettine had been the DC while Rex was here with Greg Roman. There were a number of years between 2010 and the arrival of McDermott where we were a decent defense away from making the playoffs. You either need a mistake eraser at QB or defense and we had neither many years. Bledsoe was a Willie Parker away from making the playoffs if I remember right. Unfortunately Fast Willie pooped all over our playoff hopes.

Right or wrong I feel like I should pick one side of the fence or the other on Bosa. Will he be effective and productive or not? I'm going to pick the unpopular notion that he's going to stay healthy and have a good year for us. Everyone else (minus the rookies) will be what we've already seen that they are. I'm thinking Bosa, Rousseau, and AJ will get a lot of playing time. I'm hoping that with the snaps they get that Jackson and Solomon getting some sacks will leave us feeling like they have bright futures rushing QB's giving us options with keeping (or not) Bosa and AJ in the future. Bosa 14 sacks Rousseau 8 sacks AJ 6 sacks Jackson 4 sacks Solomon 4 sacks

I see Coleman's ceiling as a better Gabe Davis. That said Davis was good for 40 to 50 catches. I feel like Kincaid has a much higher ceiling than what we've even seen but I'd be lying if I said I have confidence in him hitting it. Like you I'd guess that if they both had good seasons they'd be right there but I'm (reluctantly) pessimistic they'll do it. I'll bet they both have up and down games and look like they could do it some weeks but over the course of the season I think we continue to run the ball and let everyone eat and they come up short. Coleman 44 receptions Kincaid 63 receptions

Suggested this before. Started started playing it in 23 when we had to basically win out to get into the playoffs.

I haven't researched it but I've been told the Eagles played a lot of coverage we play, they just did it better. I'm really hoping as much for our additions in the secondary as I am for additions on the line.

Your also leaving out over 300 yards of rushing so almost 700 yards of offense total but I'll give you that shootout might be a little bit of a stretch. When two teams score over 50 points and should of had more it certainly wasn't a defensive battle.

Wait what? I must have missed some context on this one. So we wouldn't have won a shootout with the team that we beat in a shootout? I agree but for the sake of slowing down a pass rush running more the 3 times in a half will help your QB more than hurt. Part of our problem pass rushing is that we play so light in the box that our Dline comes off the line looking for the run and never gets to the QB. When we run on teams it makes Allen's job easier.

I think running the ball is a key contributor to Allen turning the ball over less and not running the ball certainly didn't do Mahommes any favors vs the Eagles. I'm not looking it up but I think they only gave the RB's 3 carries the whole first half so the Eagles just came after Mahommes and he made mistakes.

The Broncos were number 1 in EPA and we hung 30 on them and Cook ran all over them. Remove the one awful Bengals game and the offense is averaging 26 points in our playoff losses and we're losing by less than a TD even though the defense is giving up over 30 in those games. It's your opinion and your entitled to it but I'll stand by my opinion that the offense is capable of keeping us in any game. Maybe I'm getting bad info but I thought the Ravens were 8th overall and 2 spots better than the Eagles vs the run.

Eagles run defense wasn't better than the Chiefs. Eagles, Chiefs, and Ravens all would have given us similar problems. Enough defense to make it hard to break it open and a run game that would keep our pass rush in check leaving our secondary that couldn't cover. We had enough offense and just enough defense to beat Lamar. We had almost enough offense and not enough defense in a winnable game vs the Mahommes. If I had to guess we would have been in another close game where we would need to pull something out to win if we had ended up playing the Eagles. I certainly think the offense is ready to win a championship. The defense has to find some playoff swagger somewhere. Even the years with pretty decent talent when the game is on the line we don't make the stops we need in the playoffs. They certainly are trying to infuse the defense with difference makers so I can't say they're not trying.

Not sure about Mt Rushmore but Easley was a pretty good ST player in his time here.

This sums it up well. I might add that in my opinion Lawrence has been more manic in that his best season was better than any of Murray's and his worst season is worse than Murray's but overall I can't think of anyone year in and year out who is better at losing in November and December than Murray. Murry is 12 and 25 in November and December. If there's a chance the Cards make the playoffs they blow it down the stretch almost every year.

Haven't read every page but if Kyler Murray hasn't been discussed for this award he should be in the running. In contrast Baker took Cleveland to the playoffs and won and that alone should mean something. Lost to the Chiefs. Later beat the Eagles in the playoffs with a different team. Baker has been to the playoffs and won a few. Not saying he's the greatest but he certainly isn't the worst.

Hopefully they are all playoff games!

Anyone remember Tommy Sweeney? Flying home from the Bills vs Miami game on Halloween (2021?) I was seated next to his mother. Actually one of his better games. His mom was pumped. Lots of BC stories and parent stories about him and his sister who I think was a swimmer or something like that. When his father stood up and helped my wife get her over head bag down I could see where they were related. Good people. Kinda rooted for Sweeney while he was in Buffalo just because his parents were nice.