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I find it extremely disappointing that he's taken multiple false start penalties this year, including one yesterday. Shows a complete lack of focus

Allen starts pointing downfield and turns to the sideline, he doesn't do a full spin like Lamar did. Allen turns his head to look straight at Kincaid when he catches it That's after Allen pump faked to juke an unblocked defender, draws in another defender with his legs as he runs to the line of scrimmage, and then makes a ridiculous 10 yard shovel pass to the endzone. Truly a "one of one" play. Such a shame it was called back on a bogus penalty.

The broadcast reaction to this play drove me insane. The announcer actually said Lamar is "one of one" for making that throw. Literally 30+ starting QBs would have a TD on this play. The O-line gave him perfect protection while he threw to a stationary WR that didn't have a defender within 10 yards of him. It's hard to imagine an easier throw. Lamar's little spin-o-rama to celebrate before his guy caught it is unique I'll give him that. Absolutely no bearing on the play though. Going off on a tangent, but it's too bad failed 4th downs don't count as a turnover. Lamar was 0/3 on 4th downs last night. Including the last play of the 1st half where he was too cowardly to throw a hail mary and risk his precious QB rating

Looks to me like it meets the spirit of the crackback block rule although not the literal definition. Article 6. Crackback Block Item 1. Definition. It is an illegal crackback block if the following conditions are fulfilled: The block occurs within an area five yards on either side of the line of scrimmage, including within close-line play, by an offensive player who is moving toward the position from which the ball was snapped; and (a) the offensive player was in a set position and aligned more than two yards outside an offensive tackle (flexed) when the ball was snapped; (b)the offensive player was in a backfield position when the ball was snapped and moved to a position more than two yards outside an offensive tackle; or (c)the offensive player was in a backfield position and in motion when the ball was snapped. Dawkins clearly meets the first part of the rule, but doesn't quite meet part A or B. Maybe you could argue for part B with how far back tackles are allowed to lineup nowadays haha

I'm firmly in the 'let him walk for a comp pick' camp. The week Cook was injured (1st Jets game) we didn't miss a beat with Davis as RB1. 20 carries for 97 yards and 3 catches for 55 yards. Now, if he wants to sign for a hefty discount (let's say 6mm per) I'd be fine keeping him. Not sure he'd want to sign for that little though

If he wanted this incentive maybe he shouldn't have choked out his pregnant fiancee and gotten himself suspended for 4 games

Cole Bishop is on that list

The draft is a crapshoot anyway. The 2022 Texans won their meaningless week 18 game 32-31 after converting a 4th and 20 for a TD with <1 minute left and succeeded on a 2 point conversion. That cost them the #1 overall pick. They ended up with CJ Stroud at #2 instead of Bryce Young at #1...

I'm not concerned about any potential team we could see in the wild card round other than the Bengals (and there's almost no chance they make the playoffs). I just can't see us losing to any of the Colts/Dolphins/Steelers/Chargers/Broncos. Any given Sunday and all that, but I'd say we have a 75-90% chance to beat any of those teams. Bengals would be a coin flip even with their DEF looking like trash The Ravens are terrifying. Their offense has been good to great for pretty much the whole season. Their run DEF has been #1 the whole year. Their pass DEF was trash for the first half of the season, but they've really turned a corner in the last ~6 weeks or so. The only thing against them is the history of Lamar choking in the playoffs. The Chiefs are the modern day dynasty even though they have a ton of lucky wins this season. Their DEF looks great and their offense has been a lot better the 2nd half of the season. I think we'd have a 40-45% chance of beating either the Ravens or the Chiefs. Our DEF has looked awful down the stretch, and we've had 4 straight seasons of the DEF pooping the bed in the playoffs.

Bills Patriots 12/17/2000 35 degrees, rainy, and high winds. Once that rain soaks through your layers you're done. The wind made it unbearable. Vinateri missed a 27 yard FG at the end of regulation. Christie missed a 30 yard FG in OT. We left after that missed kick and the stadium must've been about 10% full by then.

Elam was in classic DPI positioning for the 2nd call (didn't even attempt to turn his head and was between the WR and the throw). However, it was a terrible throw and I don't think their was enough contact by Elam on the WR to say that Elam materially restricted the WR chance to catch the ball. The WR jumps as he's moving towards the back of the endzone and his own momentum is taking him away from the ball. Elam barely contacts him. If the WR had stopped and jumped towards the ball (into Elam) then it's 100% a DPI.

Stefon Diggs was doing moderately well in HOU before he was injured Ray Ray McCloud is having a career year in ATL

The odds are gonna shift a little, but it's still overwhelming for Josh to win it. Too bad that arm punt counts as an INT. The drops by Shakir and Cooper hurt too.

Sure there are some non-starters on there, but trying to downplay the extent of their injuries is crazy. Hutchinson had 7.5 sacks in 5 games. If he was the only Lion on IR it would still be a significant loss. McNeill and Davenport are other significant losses on their D-Line. Anzalone, Barnes, Rodriguez, and Reeves-Maybin are 4 of their top 5 LBs. Cominsky, Melifonwu, and Davis were starters or valuable depth. Decimated is the only way to describe that defense.

Looks pretty decimated to me Lions injuries 2024: Defensive players on injured reserve *Indicates expected to be out for season. *DE Aidan Hutchinson (broken leg). *DT Alim McNeill (knee, ACL). *DT Kyle Peko (pectoral). *DE Marcus Davenport (triceps). DE John Cominsky (knee, MCL). DT Mekhi Wingo (knee). *DE Nate Lynn (shoulder). *DT David Bada (Achilles). LB Alex Anzalone (broken arm). *LB Derrick Barnes (knee, PCL and MCL). LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin (shoulder). *LB Malcolm Rodriguez (knee, ACL). CB Carlton Davis (fractured jaw). CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (hamstring). *CB Khalil Dorsey (ankle). S Ifeatu Melifonwu (broken finger).

It's funny, all the way back in week 2 we had that ridiculous Bears vs Texans game. The Kickers in that game combined to go 5/5 on 50+ yard kicks. I think league wide there had only been 1 missed kick of 50+ through the first 2 weeks. Kickers really fell off a cliff after that. I feel like there's been more blocked kicks than normal too, but I have no stats to back that up

I think the top 4 are in their own tier and pretty interchangeable. Bills, Lions, Eagles, and Chiefs. Obviously we're the only team with victories over the Chiefs and Lions, but we do have the most losses. Now, if someone were to rank us outside the top 4 I'd have some fighting words for them. But I won't be upset at being ranked #4

Dan Quinn is up there too. Turning around a terrible franchise in year 1, with a rookie QB, and making the playoffs (not clinched yet I guess, but looking good). The award is all about which team exceeds preseason expectations the most. It's why McD and Reid will likely never win it in BUF or KC. When you have a top 3 QB the expectation is to be one of the best teams in the league

Missed a 27 yarder against the Steelers in the playoffs

I couldn't find the record for most total TDs in a calendar month. For passing TDs only the record is Tom Brady with 20 in October 2007 in 5 games played. Peyton Manning had 19 passing TDs in November 2004 in only 4 games played.

To go on a bit of a tangent.... why didn't we use our timeouts prior to the 2 minute warning on the Rams last TD drive? Had we used our 3 timeouts on the 3 plays after the 4th down conversion we get the ball back with ~3:30 left and still have the 2 minute warning stoppage

We hired someone to advise McD on coaches challenges, and we still suck at those. I don't think a clock specialist would be useful. A Head Coach has a LOT going on between plays, are they supposed to delay the entire process waiting to hear from the clock specialist if they should use a timeout or not? Is the clock specialist going to chime in and say whether or not we can run the ball? No passes unless it's guaranteed the receiver can get out of bounds? Logistically I just don't see the value there.

I know when you're down by 14 in the 4th Q and you score a TD the math says to go for 2. If you convert the 2 pt you can now win the game with a stop and another TD with a PAT. If you don't convert you can still tie the game with another TD and 2 pt conversion. That math doesn't really work out when you're down by 17. Requiring multiple 2 pt conversions in a row to gain an advantage is not a sound strategy. If we're talking aggressive coaching tactics, why didn't we go for it on 4th and 2 from our 41 with 1 minute left in the 1st half?

I don't think anyone has mentioned him by name yet, but AJE was laughably bad. He gave up multiple TDs where he was unblocked and bit on action while the Rams ran straight by him.