Allen2Moulds

He got handsy a bit early, on a couple of occasions. Watched the game with my son, and we kept giving each other the big eye look, just waiting for a flag. That being said, Tre has been a lot better the last few games. I think early on in the season, he was not fully healthy and was a serious liability. He's at least been solid.

The entire defense has performed better with Shaq running the defense. He's been a visible force every game He's played.

Almost impossible to pass when teams know where your going, and you lack talent at WR. Brady and Beane are killing us.

I can't give Brady credit for the running game. To me, that's all Kromer. He's the difference maker their and our most valuable coach.

I like the idea of targeting the Rams organization. As for Slowik, he's at the very bottom of the list for me. It turns out that he's a fraud, or at least he was, aa the Texans OC. Going into year 2, Chris Simms on his unbuttoned podcast, basically said that this guy's knowledge consisted of knowing a playbook, but not an actual offense. He further said, now that teams have a year of film, he was curious how he would do year 2. If you don't know the actual rules of an offense, how are you going to get answers. As we all know, he got fired about 1/2 way through year 2. Slowik was under Shanahan in SF, who is close friends with Simms. This to me says a lot, about how they feel about him as a coach. Ironically enough, I'm starting to feel that way about Brady, running almost the same plays as last year's, and not having in game answers or counters for things.

It surprises me to see McDermott this high, given his resume. I was never part of the fire McDermott crowd and have been more critical of Beane's drafts picks. However, McDermott seems to get the most out of secondary talent, but the opposite might be true for the dline. Looking at both Poona, and Settle performing at a high level elsehwere, makes me think there's a big problem with his scheme. However, there's no Ben Johnson this year, or Sean Payton. For anyone wanting him fired, who do we replace him with, and is it a HC/GM package deal?

I know the word trust has been thrown around a lot, specifically with the WR position. 1. Can you (Josh) trust the guy to win his 1 on 1 matchup, if playing against man. 2. Can you (Josh) trust him to be in the right spot, against zone coverage. If there are issues here, too often with one or the other, or maybe both, you have to look for a more reliable replacement. I guess now we know what role Cooks will be filling, especially with Samuel being hurt all the time.

AFC is a toss up, but the way we are playing right now, especially with no pass rush, the Rams would steam roll us.

This same Texans defense held Josh to 9 for 30 last year. The only reason I don't agree, is because of Allen. I don't expect the oline to have another game like this one. That being said, it really sucks watching this team right now. They are painful to watch, at least every other week.

1. Horrible soft defense in the 1st half. To allow a struggling Texans offense to score 20 in the 1st half is inexcusable. 2. The offensive line played its worst game by far. Spencer Brown should of taken himself out a lot sooner. He really hurt the line the most. As soon as he took himself out, things improved quite a bit, but the damage was done. 3. Bernard had no business being out there. He should of dressed and played in emergency situations only. 4. Season is not over, even though it feels that way now. Maybe we need to be the underdog, since we obviously struggle as the league darling.

The safety faked towards Knox, and baited Allen into the throw. It was a great play by the defender, and given all the sacks tonight, Josh rushed it.

This soft zone vanilla defense is horrendous. Someone please make it stop.

Brady needs to delete that stupid WR screen play. It works once out of every 5 times, not a good ratio.

Honestly, he's starting to stack up so many good plays, that you start to miss some.

Sorry, I don't mean to rain on the parade, but the Bucs have a horrible coverage unit. I live in Tampa and watched the game with local diehard friends, and it's a known weakness on the team. Not saying we still can't be encouraged by some things, but I would temper expectations a little bit, unless we see it again Thurs.

For me it's simple and comes down to 2 things. 1. I need to erase that 9 for 30 performance. 2. Show me this offense, specifically the passing offense can get it done against an elite defense, and it will go a long way for my psyche, as it relates to Superbowl aspirations for this year.

As always, great writeup. I really appreciate your thoughts on the game, as you hit on all the key things. On the coaching thing, I couldn't help but think to myself, who is calling this defense? I know they showed McD with a playsheet, but Bobby is still in the booth, and I'm thinking that at the moment, both are involved. I would love to see Bobby on the sideline and erase all doubt. To me, the defensive calls felt a lot more like the 1st half against Atlanta. Specifically remember a 3rd and 12, where we chose to sit back and play soft coverage, and allow the conversion. It was a very vanilla look, no disguise, no pressure. I thought to myself, was that McD? McD is typically more aggressive in those situations. I don't think we'll ever truly know. They'll likely continue to say that it's a collaborate effort between the 2. As for the run D, it always starts with the D-line, but Bernard playing with a bad wheel, and both Milano, and Poyer not having any wheels at this point, all contributes. I was really surprised that Shaq Thompson was a full go at practice and was then inactive. I'm wondering if that has to do with the short turnaround, and Bernard already being banged up. Maybe McD sits Bernard this week, and gives him a full 2 weeks to rest that ankle. I would love to see a lot more of Shaq and Dorian. If Bernard could get fully Healthy, Ideally, I would like to see Shaq and Bernard, assuming Shaq is able to play Milano's WLB role.

No disagreement there. That's always been the biggest difference between Bernard over Tremaine.

As soon as Shaq is back, Bernard needs to sit and get healthy. I have to imagine he's playing hurt, with as slow as he looked.

He seems to be playing with a flat tire. Whatever injury he's been dealing with is obviously still there. Rewatch him trying to stop Baker on a few of the scrambles. He was in a perfect position, but couldn't catch up to Baker. Shaq needs to be in there when healthy.

This is 100% how I feel. Allen and the offense really feed off those big plays. Without them, it seems like Allen is dying a slow death.

I'm sorry, but Bernard looked awful to me. I think he's playing with a flat tire. Several times he had the jump on Baker, and Baksr easily outran him. Baker Mayfield is far from fast.

Bernard was god awful today, and has been bad must of the year. Coming from a guy that really liked Bernard coming into the season. He's definitely playing hurt. He should not be losing a foot race to Baker. How are you going to keep up with backs and TEs.

As much as I dislike Keon or his lack of separation, I'm not ready to completely bury him. He's still a kid, who hasn't matured. Let's hope this is a wakeup call, and is able to resurrect things for next year. Unfortunately it's over for him this year. He needs to spend the offseason working on becoming a Davante Adams level route technician. It's his only shot as becoming a successful WR.

Question for anyone. I have a close friend from Tampa who's coming up for the game. Is lot 2, where all the action typically happens?