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Cole Bishop isn't in shape and can't continue.

You aren't wrong. It's also on Josh for taking the hit. The play call sucked though.

Nice kick. That was the best 3rd down play we could come up with after burning a timeout? I know, let's run a bunch of basic ass routes with no picks or motion, have Josh scramble to buy extra time, still no one gets open, and then let's expose Josh to the biggest hit he's going to take on the year. And break.

No three and outs. No more 50 yard bombs.

Intentional grounding!!

Get a TD here and game over

That was some shenanigans right there. NFL was considering ***** us

Playing against Josh must be the most annoying thing in the world. He makes you look stupid and you're not allowed to hit him.

Ed Oliver having himself a game today.

Bass made a kick yay

min and a half before the half. Expect the softest McD zone you ever saw.

*****

Is it just me or has there been several horrible, game changing calls that have gone against us this half?

Lions going kitchen sink

This is a big defensive series. We hold them here and I don't think Lions will recover.

Anyone notice we didn't just come out in a cover 2 shell? Eight guys in the box on at least one of those runs, Benford inside corner blitz, five or more rushers on most downs so far.

On Ed Oliver Romo says, "and he's been playing really well Jim..."

Lol Elam. That's one way to tackle.

I'm sure he's using it as that but no way McD holds out Hamlin unless he's actually too hurt to play.

Wow. Glad those three are finally getting their shots but all at the same time could be interesting.

Bet we see revenge of our D and a convincing Bills W. Come at me.

Agree with a lot of this though my point about saving bullets was speaking more to the idea of Dline stunts, using a spy or stacking the box vs. certain teams, creative blitz packages, etc. I like your All-DE rush concept if we could ever generate a 3rd and long. McD would try this stuff in the RS in prior years, and it would lead to wins. Now it feels like he's banking on the talent to win games, and we just don't have much of that on the defensive side of the ball anymore. My theory is McD wants everything to look the same pre-snap. Give them as few different looks as possible, and save the best stuff for the playoffs. The problem is you still have all that tape from prior years, and you may wind up having to use your best stuff on the road because you lost winnable games trying not to show your cards. I've often heard coaches talk about not using your best stuff out of the gate because if it doesn't work you're screwed - you've already made your adjustment. But there's something to be said about not letting them get a rhythm to begin with. You know Stafford excels vs. zone. You know Lamar/Henry present added challenges in the run game. You know healthy Kyler can beat you with his legs once he gets out of the pocket. You know Tua makes quick decisions if you give him space. Why let these people do what they do best and gain confidence before making any adjustments? You're just playing with fire, needlessly. I'll happily eat my words if McD's theoretical plan works in the postseason, but I'm not holding my beath.

NFL offenses have been much more run oriented this season as a league-wide strategy to counter all the defensive coverages used to slow down passing attacks the last few years. Ed has been a casualty of that imo. Also, it feels like we're practically daring teams to run more. In season's past, McD would sell out to stop the run vs. certain opponents. That's not happening this year.

Yeah, you can definitely see him trying to avoid it. I'm trying not to get too attached with Rapp given the theoretical upside with Bishop, but he's been one of our more consistent defenders/tacklers this year. Ingram is yet another example of why we shouldn't draft DBs day 1/2 ever as long as McD is here. I still like Elam for his man coverage but Ingram probably gets the starting nod next week. He's just solid all over the field, a lot like Benford in that way.

I'd love to see the official figure because you're probably not that far off. But who cares about facts when we can just blame the pass rush every week.