Mikie2times

Horrible take. We perform well defensively against Mac Jones, Skyler Thompson, Mason Rudolph, Bo Nix etc. QB’s in the wild card round. We fail against any offense that has a pulse. Bengals, Colts, Ravens, Chiefs. It’s not just a Chiefs issue.

I’m in my early 40’s, also played from a very young age thru high school. Doing fine, but I would agree, it’s not like I haven’t thought about it a few times. I had 3 concussions, but just the nature of practice back then. How many times would get lined up 5-8 yards apart and just go full steam. That was just normal.

I would be inclined to agree. You hit your head thousands of times over ten years of youth and high school ball. I’m sure most have some evidence of it.

Don’t know enough about how the studies were conducted to say these things. What are you basing this on? I agree it seems to like everybody has CTE, but it also seems a bit crazy to think the NFL would be held hostage this effectively by a bunch of claims that had zero validity.

Its a bit scary that kids who never even played college ball are showing some signs of this. Is it reasonable to think a high % of people who played 10+ years from youth on have some evidence of this? I really don't know. I don't know if we could ever know that. But I don't think it's outside the realm of possibilities.

They ALL do it. Some do it better and in more sophisticated ways. Teams like the Patriots and Michigan got caught and went thru detailed investigations of everything they did. It looked really bad. I'm also pretty sure most of these other teams would also look REALLY bad if looked at with a magnifying glass. It's part of the game. It will never go away. Some will do it more effectively and with more sophistication. Just as everything else in life is pursued that way. We should be doing the same things.

I mean, Bill had to go deeper, consistently. Literally, ALL of the positive stats on our playoff defense are from the Wild Card round facing the likes of Skyler Thompson, Mason Rudolph, etc. Our PPG is fairly horrific outside of the wild card round. We, like Bill, also have the best quarterback. Unlike Bill, it just doesn't matter.

I like just the straight name. Honey, can you bring James Cook over here 😂

I’m going to name my bong after him

This was a photo taken while he was opening his birthday gifts

If you kick the ball a couple centimeters above the midline, it will truly knuckle. That is what the Rams did to the Eagles last week and they could barely cross the 15.

I think plenty of room exists to feel as I do and largely agree with this.

I get that KC looks like they're on the decline. Just wait until Worthy and Rice come back and we make the turn in the back half of the season. Baltimore might be better, but they're just not a clutch high leverage team. KC is the epitome of that. So I would prefer KC keeps on stacking up L's.

It is entirely possible to have executed the the QB position with flying colors and not the rest of the roster. Why we are here has a lot of opinions. Some people think the whole thing becomes unraveled without McD. Some people feel like the roster itself is just as much a result of the success as Allen. Then some people are in my camp, feeling like Allen has just masked a ton of warts for both McD and Beane. I don't think we have much here without Josh, even with an above average QB as his replacement. That is the only hypothetical I really need to land on to feel like the opinion I have is valid. I just don't think the roster construction can support average QB play.

I get why people feel as they do on both sides. I feel like above everything else we have a very competent leadership team. They aren't going to screw the pooch or make critical mistakes. That obviously matters a lot and puts them at least in the middle. Where people slot them from that point is fairly dug in for each side unless new information comes available.

I didn't say I was smarter than other people but it does appear like I have thicker skin.

When the Bengals window was open they accomplished more, including taking us to the woodshed multiple times. Nobody is saying our FO is terrible or mediocre. Is it possible they're average with an all time QB leading the way? Look at what has happened in New York to the direct disciples of this regime. Yes. It's very possible, IMO probable.

The Bengals have played several years without Burrow and have advanced further than the Bills despite that. We have essentially been in a state where competent defensive play would have gotten us at least to how far the Bengals have been. But we haven't been able to be competent against higher competition. You see what our offspring in New York is doing without Allen. I don't think it's inarguable at all. I think it's extremely overstated how effective our roster building is.

I think what we can say about Josh is he is responsible for more offense than anybody else to ever play the game. Guys have been more accomplished, more efficient, but nobody has ever created more offense than Josh. With that, no matter how much you like Joe Brady, I would never sign him to be my HC. Same with Daboll or anybody else associated with Allen. Josh makes it very difficult to determine how players and coaches would perform outside of him.

We haven't been fine in the playoffs to this point and I don't know that I echo the taking a chance on a game winning drive to win in the playoffs until we execute on such a drive. I wasn't trying to give you a hard time, I just don't think what we have seen thus far really tells us a heck of a lot either way. I don't feel any worse and I don't feel any better. We will learn a lot more as the season progresses.

We are down 1 starting DT and a starting LB that has barely played the last two years. But lets not focus on that. It sounds like from your view we can go ahead and check the playoff ready box?

If you met the two, which one would you give the endorsement? It's a not a knock on Lamar, nobody in the NFL is beating Josh. His image is flawless, he's a good looking dude, articulate, and easy for normal people to relate with.

They can easily have a rookie come in and throw jump balls in the end zone. No idea why they’re waiting. Even Winston can catch fire and give you a chance.

I don’t think these are best examples OP, just because they’re in the moment plays. But I do think we will start to see teams throwing more when a team has two or three timeouts. Run, Run, Pass, is how the Ravens ultimately lost (many things but that was one). It’s how the Cardinals lost today. Run your damn offense. 3rd and long with your opponent short two timeouts is not a victory in that situation. It’s exactly what the defense wants.