Maine-iac

Don't forget Lofton.

Ranks up there with Stroud. I'm not sure if it was trade deadline or not but trades I hadn't thought of in some time.

What does Chase Young bring to the table that we don't already have?

Didn't realize Lenny caught so many passes. He caught more passes than anyone not named Diggs last year and by a country mile. Not that we throw to RB's a lot but if he can pass block, catch some passes, and run a little bit he's a great pick up.

I like Klein but vs Cinci he'd be a run answer and they'd just pass against him. With a run stopping DT you can play coverage personnel and hopefully contain the Bengals. Without a run stopping DT you try it and Mixon pounds out 100 yards and 2 TD's. At least Oliver is playing (he was out vs the Pats) and Phillips is still healthy and Ford has shown some signs. Settle is pretty useless. I'd love getting a good DT I just can't think of any that are getting shopped or are available.

What's Star doing now a days?

How come no one is talking about the 13 second esq drive to tie it. For the love of god even with the missed field goal how do you give up that many yards in 20 seconds with no timeouts.

If they could just play coverage they would probably give up some yards but might get a turnover or two with pressure. If Mixon gets off it will make it much harder.

In it's current configuration I don't see how we can stop Burrow and keep Mixon in check. Using Poyer at LB is a great idea and probably helps stop the coverage problems we were having from both Dodson and Williams. I don't think Rapp is very good in coverage but maybe he's still getting up to speed. Stopping the run is something no one is talking about and what I think will be the larger problem. If Mixon is gauging us out o the gate it will instantly make for an easy day for Burrow.

Edmunds might be fast but the guy isn't quick. I don't think it's too early to call Bernard an upgrade. I wish Milano was playing beside him.

Not sure if this was already in here .............. just saw Cousins tore his achilles.

When you almost get outplayed by a QB who isn't allowed to throw. Wilson vs Devito

Why even play Devito. Play another running back and just go full option offense.

Plenty of time to break that record ............

Zach Wilson sack fumble for a TD ..................

Barkley 40 carries and 10 catches by the end of the game.

Giants should have punted.

Daboll reliving 13 seconds ............

I thought Hamlin played pretty well least year when Hyde was injured. I'm not sure where he's at post injury this year because he hasn't been on the field much. That said to my eye Rapp has been terrible in coverage at times and Lewis is tiny so if we had an actual injury to Hyde or Poyer and Hamlin was still inactive I think that would be pretty telling.

Remember last year vs the Bengals when we had injuries and couldn't stop the run to start the game and then made adjustments and couldn't stop the pass the rest of the game ........... that's us with back up DT's. We have to scheme to stop the run and not the pass and all of a sudden guys are getting open and B list QB's are having good games. We were doing fine against Tua now we are almost losing to Tyrod and Mac Jones is balling out.

Was re watching the game earlier and as you mentioned this I was picturing cam lewis (#30) whiffing on Douglas on some sort of Jet sweep. I'd call it a broken tackle but Lewis literally got nothing.

Unfortunately it's not just a single player. This game it was Jones and Oliver. The drop off from Jones to Phillips or Oliver to Phillips is significant but he can play beside one or the other and we can still play our defense. Remove both Jones and Oliver and now you are starting Settle or Ford beside Phillips and neither of them have shown an ability to make the necessary plays in our defense. The way NE started out reminded me of Cinci last year. We couldn't stop the run and then once we were chasing our tail we couldn't stop anything. NE is no Cinci so we made a few plays but ultimately with a healthy roster I have no doubt we would have flogged NE.

Sure after the first the first two drives where they ran it down our throats and scored twice we adjusted to stop the run. Now ask me why Jones had open guys to throw to might have to do with us having to play the run.

If you DT's are not clogging the running lanes then you bring guys in to help stop the run. Then you have less coverage and the QB has throws available to him that he normally wouldn't and your DE's don't get there because the QB isn't holding the ball.