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I don't think it's hyperbole to say Bass's missed kick was the worst for any kicker in the NFL this season, even considering the conditions. Both kickers playing on that slip-n-slide field in Brazil week1 did better in worse conditions. They went 5/6 with the 1 miss hitting the upright. Bass hasn't made a 51+ yarder since week 4 last season. McD won't even let him attempt 55+

Bass hasn't made a 51+ yard FG since week 4 last season

For anyone that's curious: ARTICLE 2. PROHIBITED ACTS BY BOTH TEAMS WHILE THE BALL IS IN THE AIR Acts that are pass interference include, but are not limited to: (a) Contact by a player who is not playing the ball that restricts the opponent’s opportunity to make the catch; (b) Playing through the back of an opponent in an attempt to make a play on the ball;

The Dolphins defender that did the 'tipped ball' gesture was nowhere near it. I think he assumed it had to be tipped based on the awful trajectory of the kick. Watching the replay I'm not convinced Bass slipped on the turf. His plant foot moved as part of the kicking motion, but I don't think it was the turf. It looks like he had a lousy approach and misplaced his left foot. Then as he kicks it he was so out of position his left foot lifts up and he does an awkward jump skip to compensate. Tough to tell without slow-mo though. I'm just spamming the pause/play button on the one angle Amazon gave us

It was so off target I understand why people thought it was tipped. I just watched a replay and it was 100% not tipped. Bass shanked the F out of it

Flores is a better coach? Dude was a straight up clown that nearly destroyed Tua's career by benching him repeatedly for a washed up Fitzmagic. Miami's DEF was certainly better under Flores, but the overall team is better under McDaniel (who I'll agree is not a good head coach).

I kinda thought they would give it to Tyreek with a statement about how he persevered against discrimination barf

As a huge Von hater I was pleasantly surprised that he made a great play and got a sack. Wayyyyy too early to be eating crow though. OP can bump this thread when Von makes it to 10+ sacks and/or dominates playoff game(s)

Why on earth did we sign Brown to this extension when he still had a season left on his rookie deal? Way too much for a guy that's only had one decent season. Said it earlier in this thread, but this is going to be Dawson Knox 2.0

The defender hit Allen in the facemask before latching on to his collar and whipping him around to the ground. The hit to the facemask makes it a RTP. Weak call, but at least it wasn't a phantom call like the one on Murray

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln? Special teams gets an A+ for the day without the kick return for TD and kickoff out of bounds. Factoring in those 2 plays it's probably a D for them.

Sorry, but I hate this. Brown has had injury concerns (back problems with his height is not a good combo). His first 2 seasons he was awful, like worst starting RT in the league awful. 3rd season was solid, but he was getting a lot of help from TE/RB chipping. Why would we rush into a contract extension when he still had another left on his rookie deal? This is going to be Dawson Knox all over again.

I agree with you on Worthy, but what the heck does Bishop have to do with this discussion? We drafted Bishop in the 2nd round with our original pick. No trades required.

Cards 27 Bills 17 The Bills tend to start out sloppy in week 1 under McD. I think that trend continues this year

64 million in dead cap Milano already out most of the season I'm thinking 9 wins

Darn, I was just going to bring this up. It'll be easier to scapegoat Babich when he's the one calling plays.

I can't say McD is the ONLY reason we haven't won a SB, but I do think he's the primary reason. In the last 4 years, with a top-5 roster (at worst), we've had 2 playoff losses where the team looked unprepared for the moment (first Chiefs game, Bengals game). We've had an epic coaching meltdown (13 seconds) and we've had 5 games where our DEF looked pathetic (Chiefsx3, Bengals, and Colts). For a defensive minded head coach that's just not acceptable.

McD is the one that took the offense off the field for the 4th down to go for the most telegraphed fake punt in history with Damar 'make a wish' Hamlin. Going for it was the right decision, but going for it with a fake punt was lunacy. McD doesn't get nearly enough criticism for that choice on here. The DEF got stops on the 3rd and 2nd to last possessions. We could have forced a 3 and out on the Chiefs last possession to get the offense the ball back, but they did not.

Playoffs are a small sample size and unfortunately our excellent regular season DEF gets TORCHED by KC in the playoffs. Is it simply bad luck? Does McD get too tight and that trickles down to the players? Is our team at a disadvantage in the 'let them play' style in playoff games where refs are too scared to call penalties? In our last 4 playoff losses our opponents have been called for 8 total penalties.

We've been the top scoring offense and a great red zone offense over the past 3 years. Being bad at passing ONLY (not running) inside the 3 is random happenstance caused by a small sample size. Sharp's tweet had 7 plays over the last 3 years

YOU LIKE THAT? Personally I enjoyed RG3 as an analyst. He was articulate, intelligent, and charismatic. Could be insufferable at times, but for the most part was less annoying than others in the biz

Since 2020 we've been 12th, 1st, 9th, and 4th in red zone TD percentage. Sharp is singling out PASSING plays inside the 3 yard line because we are randomly very bad at it. It's such a narrow stat that a few bad possessions really skew the data. Completely meaningless IMO

Sam Martin had a couple of awful punts (and a couple of really good ones). I want consistency from punters and he is not it

For anyone wondering.... please read the 'assault allegations' on Jim Brown's wikipedia page. TLDR: arrested 7+ times for assault - mainly against women. Never found guilty of anything major...BUT neither was OJ.

You did make some good points here, but I wanted to throw out a few more stats. In 2022 with Dorsey as OC Josh averaged 7.75 carries per game and was our leading rusher in 9 out of 16 regular season games. None of those were really desperate must win games considering our worst record at any point in the season was 6-3. In 2023 in the Dorsey games that decreased to 4.8 carries per game and Josh was only our leading rusher in 2 out of 10 games (4 carries for 14 yards vs Jags and 8 carries for 44 yards vs Bengals). Even in the Daboll years it felt like we had a 'in case of emergency break glass' button and call some designed Josh runs if the offense was struggling. That safety valve was turned off for Dorsey in 2023 and I have to imagine that was a McBeane decision. I think McD had a coming to Jesus moment when he fired Dorsey and realized that shackling the OC/Josh was a bad decision and gave Brady the green-light to run Josh as much as he wanted. As you pointed out once Brady was OC we were in must-win mode, but I'd call the Broncos game under Dorsey a must-win as well and Josh only had 4 carries that game. 4 carries for Josh is fewer than any game under Brady