WideNine

That's fair. He has so many of the "other" things you want in a TE, I am rooting for him to become that reliable receiving option every game. We need that, because when he is dialed in you can see what a positive impact he has on our ability to move the ball and score in the RZ.

Are we saying that Knox has arrived? He flashes great games then has games where the drops and concentration lapses are killers so I don't mind it if the team continues to look for competition and upgrades at that position. Knox has gotten better so I am not counting out that he will continue to develop more consistency. He did have a good game yesterday, that makes me want to see more of that same level of play from the position - this offense needs that. I don't believe in drafting positions in specific rounds, but if you go into a draft with positional needs you need to rate those players a bit higher - particularly if the draft is thin at that position or if there is a run on them. Beane has said that they stick with their board rankings and I tend to believe him. I like the Gopher center, I think he would be a great fit in this offense, but not sure what round he would go in or when a team should pull the trigger, but getting a solid C/G contributor on a rookie deal would beat out trying to pay the $ needed to plug that hole via FA. I think MItch signed a 2-year extension that is good through the 2024 season, so if he sticks around we could bring someone along slowly, or maybe on a rotation at guard and center so they could eventually start.

You don't think Boston fans have not gotten their pitchforks and torches out? In a humorous coincidence the last and exactly 100th page of their game thread of Patsfans.com has these beauties: "Blow it up Kraft" "Can we fire Bill now?" "On the bright side, we did not have to watch them lose in OT" "All of Belichick’s failures in one play!!! The most unclutch QB ever, trading a game changer like Chandler Jones for a bag of magic beans. Kraft should fire the entire coaching staff on the plane home" And no, I was not trolling their site

Watching the Pats struggling every week, and doing Billsy things to ruin any chance at winning - been a long time coming. Feels like Christmas every week they lose in original ways.

NE Game: That was a beautiful pass by Carr and that is a close call on the edge of the paint in the end zone. That above angle kind of sucks and all the other angles were behind the receiver - hard to reverse with just those angles.

81 from NE completely shoves a defender to the ground on his break in the EZ and no OPI. Then turns to the camera like he was so wronged for an Emmy. NE and Jones - not so good. 4th and goal going for it and Jones is giving his OC the business - again.

Not sure many on this board support that narrative, but yeah - I am sure there will be some that will spin it that way. The Chiefs are beatable.

Hate seeing Miami and NE still in the hunt for the Wild Card, but love seeing my Bills as the top seed.

Yeah celebrate you clowns way to beat the lowly Texans. That was pathetic.

You have to be flipping kidding me... hate it when QBs run with the ball like they stole a purse. Secure it already.

KC forced into OT by the Texans... Embarrassing.

...and Down goes Wilson!!

I can kind of get this take, but with how close the Jets and Miami have played us, I kind of like the idea of neither of them getting into the post season. Josh is NE's daddy so who cares about them.

Texans had 48 spying Mahomes and he inexplicably takes himself out of the play leaving nothing but green behind him for Mahomes to run free. And awesome job Detroit!!

I know right? Channeling his inner Knox on that play - hit him right in the hands and he was already thinking about turning up field before securing the catch.

I do have to say that the Chiefs execute the shovel pass gap run up the middle so well it irritates me. Not even sure if most of those are even passes as they completed behind the LOS, but they just have an arsenal of those plays with enough variations out of those personnel sets and motions to make them tough to defend in short yardage situations. I am going to have to watch that play they did for the 2 point conversion again because it ended up as a walk in up the middle. Not ball-washing KC, I just like to dig into well-executed plays and I am curious about how they are able to execute them so effectively.

CBS just had 2nd and 70 up on the screen for a second. Did anyone else see that in the Chiefs game. Awesome

He is not that shabby in protecting Allen chipping and picking up the occasional blitz either. I like Motor, he is not going to break free and outrun the second level of defenders, but what he does do he does pretty well and as folks say - unselfish.

I just think there are receivers that are more "catch with their hands" receivers and those are the only guys that can handle the kind of zip Allen and a few other QBs often put on the ball. For Allen it is all about finding receivers with great catch radius as his ball placement is not always spot on (for a lot of different reasons that are not all Allen before I suffer the slings and arrows), and who can handle the fast ball. That catch by Diggs last night where he reached and snagged that ball thrown behind him by the very tip of the ball with his hands shows just how talented a receover he is. Then again there a plenty of QBs with less arm out there that make a living out of floating well-timed softballs to areas their receivers can make a play on. Zay is probably fine playing with the right QB and gaining the confidence to become a more consistent player in this league and good for him.

That should never have been thrown and seemed to hang up there forever... That kind of luck seems like the complete opposite of the luck we have with fumble bounces - how many of those this year that we have forced have bounced right back into the opponent's hands?

They managed to hit on most of the defensive drafts though... I think the job is White's to lose at QB, pretty much when he kept playing when his ribs were crushed in Buffalo. He does not have a lot of games under his belt and looks like a QB you could build around with a solid defense.

Damn. Jets do have a stingy defense and have hit pay dirt on those DBs they drafted.

Alright Wilson! Air mails it right to a Detroit defender - that is what I like to see from our Jets.

Sadly, I have no problems envisioning that scenario.

Getting to play Houston... must be nice, but KC is making it look hard. Detroit keeps playing tough... not giving up a lot and the things they give up are usually contested. They are playing at a competitive level this season. Kudos to their coach for that course correction.