MasterStrategist

Directv? I'm watching on it right now. NFLNet or Fox, both have it

Diggs wasn't a #1 anymore, and he was battling injury/ego issues. Cooper coming in during season, creates challenges in of itself, then his wrist injury-and not even sure he's more than a #2 at this point either. I'm slightly concerned with the style of offense we ran, that it will be near impossible to replicate next year--- OL stayed almost perfectly healthy, 0 turnovers by skill players, Josh played most efficient I've ever seen. Can't argue with the results, but just felt like we were taking the ball out of Josh's hands too much. Understandably though, when our defense was so talent deficient and we wanted to eat clock. All that to say, I hope Beane can add more speed/"separation" ability to this offense. It's a missing piece that even 1 key addition could lead to a much more opened up offense. EDIT: I also find it alarming when we see Beane's top picks in past 2 drafts underwhelm this year. Plus, Samuel hobbled or not was a miss. And the Cooper trade never worked out as well as intended. Lots of variables. But I will say, Beane has missed alot on the draft at certain spots- rookie Josh contract allowed Beane to go after Beas/Brown/trade #1 for Diggs. Now, it gets tougher and he needs to start really hitting humeruns at DL/WR if we want to stay elite.

Thanks @GunnerBill, great job as always! I haven't started any player evals / draft board fits, but this has to be the year we hit the draft/FA hard on defense: DT, DE, CB (no particular order). Defense is slow, and often the coverage/rush never worked together because we lacked in both areas. Need more speed at CB, hopefully Bishop sees massive coverage improvement (talent is there). Rasul and Elam were liabilities in coverage. Safety play was slow, at least Bishop adds speed but he's out of position too often. WR to me, makes more sense via trade/FA. I'm a firm believer of mixing youth/vets, Keon is our youth at WR...Dalton as well as a big slot, we have 2 young guys in position to step up. Someone who can stretch the defense is still the top need at WR. Basically run it back, replacing Coop. Metcalf would be a dream come true.

That's every season, every team, every sport (for most part). Everyone gets dejected knowing how much went into the season. Any season is possible with Josh. We need to bolster the defense, but that's a conservation for another thread. March Madness, NHL, baseball starting back soon, etc. Lots of non-NFL opportunities, sports wise. Throw in FA, draft, etc and really not bad at all. Keep the hope for next year, we are as close as ever- and that's even sitting on a ton of dead cap, underwhelming play from DL, safety experiment gone bad, etc. in 2024. So I wouldn't say we had alot going our way.

Beane just isn't a Tier 1 GM IMO. Nothing wrong with that, he's doing what he promised which is build a competitive team each & every season, that has a chance to play in the SB. One eye in the now & one toward the future. Some day we'll look back and say Beane found us Josh, and a solid team ("good" players). Not great players, good players. And that folks is the concern --- it's not the "oh we drafted a bust in Elam in Rd 1" (that happens to every franchise). It's that we haven't drafted any great players, other than Josh. Beane has drafted some darn good ones, but again not great. In the era of Mahomes/Reid, "good" just won't cut it. Beane isn't going anywhere and I'm not advocating to fire him, but he does need to adjust his talent evaluation & find us "great". Cook is the closest thing in the past 4 years. All the hopes for Kincaid, drop aside, were being questioned most of this year. Knox outplayed him, because he's more physical & our offensive identity. We need to better mesh our "identify" and drafting, to start & find some top talent.

Some players regress for other reasons, isn't coaching IMO in this scenario. Elam has always been inconsistent, not sure we're seeing regression rather more inconsistency.

I'm not getting into your last comment, but there is "influence" and agree with that part in the concussion protocol. Not saying Buffalo pushed himself through it, there are many factors including what a player documents that can influence the decision to. You're not understanding, if you are making blanket statements that put Elam in Sauce/Joey Porter Jr playing level. Let's see what happens when Elam is gone and with another scheme. You act like it's a simple fact of letting Elam play aggressive/be himself ---- please call Coach's hotline immediately, we have a poster who thinks he has fixed Elam

By neuter, you mean they taught him that he can't pull/tug/grab on the WR and hold him throughout the route. Elam just doesn't have "it", to play NFL CB. Define "it" as many things with Elam -- confidence, footwork, technique, eye discipline, etc. He's a better true athlete, but looks lost on the field more often than not for a reason (and hint hint it's not because the coaching staff neutered his brain).

And this is why context matters --- Josh slid protection to his "left". He was fooled, credit to KC not showing it pre-snap/early, but that's why a free rusher came through.

For a coaching staff that has developed far less "pure talent", coaching isn't the problem. Elam has a slew of others problems, but on the field primarily it's his "handyiness". If anything, he needed those neutered.

If it was Keon Coleman or another draft pick, making those catches, except Mack Hollins would you be upset? Not saying Mack is the answer. But not sure how anyone comes away from this game saying that's the top need right now. I'll give Coleman a chance to grow. And add another couple playmakers for sure. But how do we need to "completely steamroll" competition to win? We have missed on too many defensive investments, got snake bitten by injuries that likely won't make the player the same (ie: Von, Milano now, Tre before). Again, we're sitting here needing a "solid" corner, and either Bishop becomes a very good S, or we are searching there too. Not to mention DL. We just lack in many spots. Wide receiver sure. But then we're back with what just happened. Eventually we need talent on defense to keep KC down. Everyone wants to say coaching, but it's mainly that we are aging out premier talent there and need to replace.

But not sure i call it outcoached. Outplayed? Yes. We have three players that you listed in the secondary: Hamlin, Elam, Douglas. Just not what beats a Patrick Mahomes led offense. Sounds like excuses to some, and we can point blame at why those are our options, but I still don't call it coaching. Outplayed, by better talent. This is a raw take, but it's so difficult with a great group of players/coaches, just thr talent gap is missing on defense. Razor thin difference between winning and losing, I think speed is something they'll evaluate on defense, likely offense too, and realize that we do need more.

Outcoached? Benford went down and killed us. This is a slow secondary. I see a massive change in general, we started with Bishop...gonna be more speed added next offseason. Coaching kept us in a season of $30m+ in dead cap. Our defensive coaching came out and stopped KC to 11 in 2nd half. Offense under Brady, plays were there. Josh missed a few. And when Mahomes misses literally zero, there was little wiggle room for error. Josh to Samuel, Josh 1st drive. I say Josh, not blaming him. But he came out jittery hence the 1st down designed run to him to calm his nerves. He played lights out, except the Samuel miss. Cook played possessed. OL played great. Sometimes you just lose to a team that is truly that good.

Need to go hard count then audible to the right.

Points on every drive, here on out.

We need to score every possession, and hope to hold a couple FGs or get some breaks our way.

They're good. We need to hold to a FG. Go after turnover instead of a FG attempt, is a major win. Just need to keep scoring.

Elam isn't Benford by any means, CB has had a fantastic year. But pls Elam, we are planning an aggressive man scheme this week, your timr to shine and show that talent we saw in Rd 1. 🙏

Sliver of silver lining, Elam has seenplenty of KC. He also had plenty of snaps and dressed for a reason today 🙏

Lattimore a genius for keeping it a 1 score game, lol. He needs to get under control

You haven't watched Washinyton much this year i take it.

Nothing being dropped. Let's review deductive reasoning: Benford was on the team flight yesterday >>> Hence he was cleared by Independent neurologist to fly>>>>>>>> Hence he is cleared to play>>>>>> You know what comes next

Main thing from the last time we played them: We converted, either due to yardage or defensive penalty, 5 of 10 3rd and 6+. 50% is unheard of and way above our season avg, most of these being in the 3rd and 8 or 9 range. Point is we need to do a better job getting into more manageable 3rd down situations this game. We played behind the sticks against Bmore and managed too, especially that 1st drive. But I'm hoping to see us get better on early downs this game. Hopefully can get the run game and quick passing executed early and often.

I know this is a while ago, won't help now. But in future, if you can afford it, do what the pros do. Find a mobile IV provider, they'll come to your house and hook you up/monitor you for about 45 minutes. Fluids, Vitamin C, Zinc, B vitamins, etc. Its not cheap, around 200-300 near me, but it drastically cuts down the severity and duration.

I don't know this for certain, but I think he has a hip pointer. The way he was injured, amount of pain, etc. Pain can be intense, my guess is they carted him for that reason and to rule out a fracture. Again a guess. Injecting a hip pointer with a steroid to reduce swelling/ pain mgt is definitely a possibility. We shall see, i think Coach is being honest with the day to day designation, and it's all about getting rest/therapy to see if he's good to go. If he's limited tomorrow, that'd be a good sign