Motorin'

Stars drive ratings in the playoffs more than markets.

Never underestimate the greed of the NFL! Lol....

Ratings, and ratings pay the bills.

Lawrence has to stop playing scared. They can still lean on ETN in the run game. But they have to drive for a TD soon.

KC called a what looked like a 30 sec TO. He went to the bench to get taped. And then just said f it and ran off the bench to go back in the game.

Ankle injury. He refused to come out at first, was limping while trying to hand the ball off. Then got sent to the locker room for testing. Questionable to return.

Their online is that good that an average QB can step in and succeed behind it.

The Jags are going to have to beat the refs today too.

He stopped his arm's forward motion but never started to tuck or even pull the ball back towards him. By the letter of the rule that's an incomplete pass.

If he can't move in the pocket, Jax is going to get home. And that's only going to hurt him more.

They hit Mahomes a few times. Keep that up. And here's a tip, if Kelce starts blocking you use that as an opportunity to take him out of the play. Cause he'll likely on a delayed route, and you can never assume he's not going to be a threat.

They can use ETN and stay in the game. Take the pressure off Lawrence on this next drive.

That's such a pretty drive... Any other time of the year. Lol

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I have a thread on this coming. I think Josh may have inadvertently let out why he plays more chaotically during 1pm games. On this week's Kyle Brandt cast, they got into the weeds on Josh's pre-game throwing up habit. To the point where Kyle asked him what his puke looked like. And Josh said he doesn't eat before 1pm games. Josh said "hungry warriors fight harder." I can't help but wonder if his mental processing is sharper in late games bc he's not playing on an empty stomach? Dude better eat before the 3pm game this weekend dammit!

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For a wr that has the deepest average targets in the league, he's going to have a lower catch % than short route running receivers. And I don't disagree that he needs to be more consistent. I think he needs to catch 10-15 more passes per season based on 100 targets. I don't know how difficult of an improvement that is, and how challenging it would be for him to maintain that level of improvement season to season. But I'm not ready to write him off.

Gabe's tied at 15th this year in TD receptions with Tyreek Hill, Tee Higgins and Devonta Smith. He's around 30th yards, in the Cortland Sutton, Mark Andrews neck of the woods... What metrics are you using to determining what constitutes a good #2? I think he needs to catch 10-15% more of his passes, which amounts to about 1 more catch per game to have a respectable catch %. He was targeted 83 times this year. How many targets should a #2 have?

Pace yourself!

Yeah, but that means paying a 3-3 nickel with Klein on the edge. I'd like to see it, but I don't see the Bills sitting their LDE to do so.

Imo bc they are committed to 4 down lineman. I think Klein could play strong side edge against the run and drop into coverage on passing downs. The Bills haven't really used a hybrid OLB/DE since Lorenzo Alexander. The Ravens run a 3-4, so it's much easier personnel wise to drop their OLB's into coverage than asking a 4-3 DE to cover consistently... Do you want Groot covering the flats or rushing the passer?

I think @Big Turk has a really interesting thread on turnovers. And I think there's something it. Because the Bills punt so much less than most teams, and have the highest 3rd down conversation rate, and go for it on 4th down... they steal about as many more possessions as they turn the ball over. And then when you add the turnovers the Bills force, the problem is mitigated. Sure zero turnovers is ideal, but they make up for it in ways that aren't usually accounted for.

That game doesn't carry over to this game. Those were all scripted plays.

It was impossible not to roll into Josh Allen's legs. And had it not been for JA17's tree trunks, Hendricks may have rolled right off the edge of the earth. Hendrickson may owe Josh for saving his life!

There was no way on earth he could have stopped himself from rolling. Reminds me of this: