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Against all odds, he went 4/9, as did Kiyan.

Was Hoecht or Ogunjobi the one that Beane knew about and signed anyways? The story was we knew one of them was getting suspended but not the other right?

Issue with the FT shooting is Kyle looks like he legitimately has never shot a basketball before. The fact that he's floating around 50% from the line feels like a miracle. JJ seems to have the yips; always a chance he snaps out of it and remembers how to shoot but I'll believe it when I see it. So that's two guys likely to have a decent number of free throws that will be lucky to hit 50%. Kiyan will almost certainly improve though; he's been a low 70s guy his entire life. Would be weird if he's suddenly an atrocious free throw shooter. But the only way I really see us turning into a good free throw shooting team is if guys like Kyle and JJ become so scared of shooting free throws that they just stop shooting the ball and risking getting fouled and that's obviously an even bigger problem. We really just have to hope we play well enough that the free throw shooting doesn't matter as much. Definitely prefer this over the Buddy Boeheim years though where we could hit free throws but couldn't defend to save our lives.

Yes he's in a walking boot

I haven't really heard anything but saw some buzz he may be out two weeks.

I don't think separation data is generally very good yet but Shakir has pretty much always been below average or downright bad in terms of YPRR vs. man. He's always been great against zone.

That doesn't change the fact that our team was 9th in the league in passing yards. Josh himself wasn't top 10 because he got pulled out of so many blowouts.

This hasn't changed. We're still #2 in the league in offensive yards and #5 in points this season. #2 and #3 in terms of points and yards on a per drive basis.

We've been top 10 in passing yards every season since 2020 including this year.

Where does this slow plodding offense fit into the fact that we are one of the highest scoring offenses every year? During our streak of division wins, we've gone from averaging 2:59 per drive to 3:02. Do you really think those 3 seconds are the difference between being up-tempo and trying to score score score vs. just trying to kill the clock? We're also averaging fewer plays per drive and more yards per drive than the 13 seconds season.

Completely different topic, but Shakir is a weird one for me because he's clearly the best WR we have right now, but winning from the slot is also the easiest role vs. what we've asked Palmer, Gabe, Keon, etc. to do and despite all the good things Shakir brings to the table, he's never been particularly good at winning against man coverage even with the advantages that playing out of the slot afford you. We have way bigger fish to fry on this offense but I don't think it would be all that difficult to find an upgrade to Shakir too even though he's a pretty good player and again, the best of our bunch.

Well I assume they watched him in college rather than just looking at the stats lol. He was always this player and has only gotten better at rushing the passer in the NFL. It was a very well known part of his scouting report in college that he mostly feasted off of the pressures that his teammates generated (and was legitimately good at rushing the passer when he lined up as the DT on 3rd downs but that's not what we drafted him for). Again, it's a valuable skill set to have, but he's never been a guy you expected to just go out and win on the edge.

Okay I feel less crazy now. Despite our horrendous run defense, Rousseau has been the bright spot there IMO. In terms of pass rushing, he is what he's always been; he sets the edge and generally does a good job of seeing how the QB slides up or out of the pocket and then he reacts and finishes the play. Even dating back to college, basically all of his sacks were plays where someone else got the initial pressure and Rousseau finished the play. It's a valuable skill to have but not really the kind of skill that will dominate games and put fear in the QB. He's a good player, but his skillset is one that lends itself to him being dependent on his teammates to really shine and as we've lost guys like Oliver, Hoecht, etc., and Bosa's play has slipped, that's eroded Rousseau's ability to be a difference maker too.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but man, the optics of firing a guy that's generally considered a top 10-15 coach to hire someone who just got fired from one of the most patient but inept organizations in the league for underperforming and generally being a nightmare to work with would really be something lol. I suspect if McDermott is gone, Beane is too and we're bringing in a brand new voice rather than someone from the old regime. There will be other, better options out there.

I know it's cool to hate McDermott right now, but I promise you he did not watch our offense hang 40 points in a win and pull Brady aside to chastise him for scoring too much lol. Houston is just a lot better defensively than Tampa is and both of our tackles seemed to be playing hurt.