Mikie2times

He's a guy Brady needs in his offense. Somebody that you can run those screens with, elite YAC. Always keep ahead of the sticks. I would argue his "skill" is so required in our offense his impact is at a level much higher than his actual value or talent as a WR.

All I remember about that game was screens for days and it was so pretty. Packers power sweep like execution. We did it better than anybody.

We have not been a fundamentally sound run defense in years. We depend on leads and gambling with run blitzes to prevent teams from running. Which works against the scrubs we play in the regular season but that's where it ends. We are 13-14 when we allow 130 yards+ since 2020 in the regular season. We allowed 447 yards rushing to Baltimore in two games last year These are the outputs we have allowed in the playoffs: 2020: 163, 150, 114 (L) 2021: 89, 182 (L) 2022: 42, 172 (L) 2023: 106, 146 (L) 2024: 79, 176, 135 (L) So do the math. 13-14 in the regular season when we allow 130+. We have allowed 130+ in 7 of 12 playoff games. In 4 out of 5 of our playoff losses.

Disagree with the 3T / 1T. For our system, it can make all the difference in the world. If you can get a good 1 tech Bernard will become a Pro Bowl LB. We want that guy for the playoffs so teams can't run on us. Regular season it isn't as critical because we always play with a lead. But against good teams stopping the run matters.

One this is for certain, we will or we won’t, and that goes for either way.

High motors

He thought we walking into Econ 101 and it ended up being English 101. New words can be exciting to use.

Oligrachy....you fool. Your handler is the same as what you think your enemy is. He just sold the sellable.

We want a trickling demise. Like the urinary flow transitioning from a young man to an old man. We want Miami to slowly and methodically inch closer to permanent flaccidness. While nobody is any wiser for several years. "Tua" Tank if you will.

Some things in life show how disconnected you're from what is real and what is not real (I understand you MAGA's claim to be the experts at this). If your point here was to show how his approval rate increased among the demographic more likely to have voted for him or using methodology that is subject to sample size problems then so be it. I can't help if one person declares something and another repeats it. But if you ACTUALLY believe his nationwide polling numbers are better you have transcended into another level of bias idiocy that I didn't think was capable of being reached.

It’s Lee Evan’s. Diggs already showed us what a Moulds/Reed style WR could do with Allen. Not to imply they’re the same. But bigger body types. All around great athletes. Polished. I don’t see any of the three bringing something massively different. High end number 1 style play is what all three would bring. What we have never seen with Allen is a WR he can’t over throw. Evan’s was probably the only one in my lifetime who played here I felt that way about. Maybe Lofton as well, but he was a bit more aged by the time he came here. For the type of guy we saw while they played here, it’s Evan’s. Moulds would be second (my opinion).

Josh Reed or Roscoe

Points allowed per game Bill defenses / Miami defenses 1990: 6th / 4th 1991: 19th / 24th 1992: 14th / 11th 1993: 5th / 24th Not exactly some massive edge towards Miami. Nor was saying our WR core was vastly superior to Duper and Clayton. We had Reed and a declining Lofton (who was clearly till very strong a few of those years). I can't say Beebe is what turns the tide. Now our run game and Thurman, that was a serious advantage. But does Miami even use Thurman remotely the same as we did? Probably not. The idea that Marino would have somehow gave us all these Super Bowls and Kelly sucks is laughable to be honest. Sure Marino had one of the prettiest balls we have ever seen, best releases on top of it. He was a god QB for just passing. But something was missing that Jim had over him. Call it moxie, call it leadership, grit, whatever. Dan never had it and Jim was it.

Huge sleeper off his injury

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_yds_career.htm Factoring in era, it would be very hard to not put Kelly in the Top 20. I would even say top 15. Obviously this list is saturated by more modern QB’s taking advantage of rule changes. But Kelly still ranks at 32 and it is VERY easy to disqualify at least half the player ahead of him on obvious grounds. Now if we want to start getting into the Otto Grahams of the world, sure, but I don’t know how you can compare those guys. But would I take Jim over say, Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, Phil Simms, Esiason, Fouts, Rivers, on it goes. The point is even not being in the class of Marino and Elways still leaves plenty of room to be in the top 15. At which point how overrated can he be?

You mean he tried to convince himself that he still had a future with millions of dollars involved vs a direct path to jail? Given he killed himself it doesn't appear like he was managing his thoughts on the subject in a very healthy way.

Jackmerius Tacktheritrix

He drove like an idiot. Then left the scene while not knowing the extent of the damage he caused. A massive amount of people could have shared his fate that likely don't even rise to the level of "woman beater" in the scheme of scum bags. Its horrible somebody lost there life in this accident. Also horrible that now two lives are lost.

I don't know that it's right and I don't know that its wrong. But it's fairly common for people around here to know and to know to a certainty. To me, it's way more complicated.

I agree with this. Not that those guys aren't good players, but by pulling the trigger on the extension you basically lock that position up for a very long time. So do these players meet a standard in which we shouldn't be looking to improve further? No. They don't. To me it's pretty obvious most are B level. Further, when we extend this early while we gain some cap savings, we also make decisions without all the information available. Like paying Knox #1 TE money not knowing we would draft a TE right around the corner. We extend Diggs not knowing he will go off the deep end and then get crushed by dead cap. For anybody that says the strategy Beane is using is "correct" they're completely full of crap. I don't know that it's incorrect either, but to come to any conclusion you would have to study the make up of all the NFL rosters and have some method of evaluating if acquisition via trade or FA leads to worse result. Just look at the Eagles all pros from this year: RB Saquon Barkley= Free Agent LB Zack Baun = Free Agent WR A.J. Brown = Trade DT Jalen Carter = Draft T Lane Johnson = Draft T Jordan Mailata = Draft Now does this tell us anything even remotely conclusive? Hell no. But to think our infatuation with internal signings somehow is correct is not right either.

Thank you. We have a literal unicorn. Josh is Buffalo. In a ridiculous way we have had two QB's in my lifetime with Kelly (who we talked about upthread) that literally became the city. I'm not from there, but for us out of area fans it was the identity of the team that made us so loyal. The city and fans are that identity. Some guys like Josh and Jim just connect with our team at the same level. The identity matches what they think makes sense in the world. This is a special time to be a fan but it doesn't mean Josh or the team is beyond critique. I'm more negative about our leadership than most here, but for all the horrendous things our defense has done, injuries, refs, WR/DT malpractice, we still had the ball with a chance to advance for two straight years. We didn't do it. So Josh has to own some that and I'm sure he does. I have no doubt he owns ALL of it. That's who he is.

Got it, Josh was perfect on those game winning drives. It was only the external forces working against him that held him down. He has no responsibility for any of those failures. You have watched the tape and despite multiple neutral parties citing missed opportunities he bares no responsibility. Anybody who doesn’t see it this way has an agenda to attack Josh. Like I said, Homer. Which at this point is getting complimentary.

I really don't see a distinction in a hypothetical that didn't go our way and analyzing situations that did (at complete random) go our way. It's a balanced way to evaluate the nuance. But like I said, sort of sick of the nuance. We faced a game winning drive in the playoffs 4 times and only one of them did we get it done. If you don't think the hall of fame QB should own at least some of that I don't know what to tell you. We just aren't aligned here, which is fine. That's why we debate our thoughts on the site. In the end I don't see many scenarios where we win it all that won't put this conversation to bed. So hopefully we have nothing to talk about in the near future. But as far as support for Josh, mine is at the highest levels.

I’m pretty sure that’s what you started with taking about Kincaid should have done x. Your entire argument is based on an alternate universe. The one I’m talking about is what actually happened. Stop being so offended. I love Allen, it’s the offseason asking for unpopular takes and you got so grossly offended it became laughable. Who the hell is an “Allen hater” around here? My god. The drama.

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