Mikie2times

Bengals?

100%. Which is why I called Josh out as a reason. Which is so contested on this site. Which I get because we would have no chance of being here without Josh. On a macro level I don’t think you could ask for a better QB. He will get more wins by himself than just about anybody who has ever played the game. But no OT wins in his career. Two gotta have it drives in B2B seasons and nothing to show for it. Which tends to get offset here by the critical drops, and that is true. It could have went the other way and his teammates did let him down. But on a micro level I don’t think his game translates at the level it does otherwise. Micro, singular drives, is when efficiency is everything. I just don’t see that in his game. He is not inevitable in the ways the greats were. What Josh does is hard, what the all timers did was easy. It was the exact same way for Favre and he got one, but he got 3x as many MVP’s and failed countless times in the postseason. So many other issues exist to talk about outside of this. It’s like blaming a piece of friend chicken for a heart attack with a life long smoker. But is it part of the conversation? Sure, but good luck having anybody here acknowledge it.

They played more man in the first matchup than they did all season. Maybe they should have saved those looks?

I think something is to be said for just where we are vs where they’re. When you reach a Patriot level, that’s all you care about. The bones are in place. Winning is almost secondary to situational execution. If I have a degree of hope I think McD will know we are going to get to the playoffs. We will be in position. What this team needs to focus on is execution in critical situations. What are the 4th and short calls, the final drive defensive calls, the final drive calls. We are at the point where that’s what matters more than anything else.

I get it man. I used to throw some shade at Allen about this. I actually throwed so much shade at him I had to apologize to a few on here. I changed my view over time. I still don’t think he will ever be a guy that throws with anticipation and I don’t think that’s good. But his talent and ability to stretch plays is so rare. So he ends up completing balls that just outside the scope of reality. Nobody is like him and I’m not sure anybody will ever be like him. It’s an interesting conversation if people can keep the feels out of it.

I have thought Josh is more of a see it guy for a long time. Usually people shred my a$$ for saying such things. But I still feel that way. I used to think it put a ceiling on him, maybe it does, but it’s not an easy equation. He bails from the pocket so quickly which prevents sacks and leads to the defense breaking down. Then he’s one of the best of all time taking advantage of it. Josh is just not normal. He truly is a one of kind type QB and MVP level player. So I’ve tried not to hyper analyze how he makes that happen.

Interesting perspective. I’m inclined to agree. Bryce Paup or Ted come to mind. But that was a long time ago.

Mason Graham is just an animal

Since 2020 they have played 16 playoff games and scored 28+ 5 times. 3 have been verse us. The other they scored 27. So is it fair to shift the question away from can we win with scheme to is this the optimal scheme vs KC?

His open field tackle on Hunt in the first half was impressive. It was near the right sideline. Looked like Hunt was going to score and Bishop just made a great play on him. Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s significantly better next year.

Any more so than if you asked this any year before the playoffs started?

I will live to hate another day my friend 🤣

Even after they ruled it on the field Gene had time to get his dime piece off his lap and say he thought he got it.

Jomboy is the best in the business and this just makes you sick

Don't kid, that's next years run

Milano is a good addition here. Most people thought he was washed as late as the Wild Card round and then boom.

Miller KO'ed...This time it was Von Miller on the ground and not,,,,, Too soon and Too old, Sorry V Dog

He will be on the team again and it won't be at any of the numbers being discussed in this thread

I don't have even a remote interest in debating this team with you. You balance arrogance with inaccuracy at a rate that would make Nick Wright blush.

That's rich. Do you recall tagging me like 4 times in this game thread to proclaim how right you were about the Texans defense sucking? Tell me, are we playing in the Super Bowl if we had the Texans defense? Your opinions have aged about as well as an old mans dick.

I don't think it's as malicious as you make it. All of us have jobs and many of us have have had a boss who gave us the ownership to live and die by the ideas we had. Which really empowers you to create and be innovative. It gives you ownership and passion towards the results. Then many of us have had a boss who made sure we CC'ed them on every email. Who made us consult them on every decision. Which eventually just makes you feel like you have no authority to make decisions and eventually removes ownership. The difference in those two people is how they're wired. Just because your boss is one way or another doesn't make them a prick or not talented. But one approach leads to innovation and another leads to the status quo. The status quo can be fine if you're Bill Belichick or Andy Reid, but it can also not be fine if your level of ingenuity isn't at that level. Which very few ever will reach while also being able to be the HC of a team. McD is clearly the boss you CC on every email. Which means we will only be as innovative as he is. Which as I said earlier sort of kills his best asset as a potentially great CEO.

No he is not and I'm not even trying to pick on the guy at this point. Our draft picks are cookie cutter selections for his system. You can't blame the talent and not draw a line back to him. He is an elite CEO who got to that place as an individual contributor. As one of his larger antagonists I firmly believe if he would truly let go of his individual contributor ideology he could be one of the greats. That is often the hardest thing for any coach to do and the hardest thing for any person to do in the role they have. To step back and say, maybe I don't know best. Maybe I have to trust others. Very few coaches ever get to the point of an agnostic system. If he could impart his wisdom with the up and coming ideas an outside entity could bring then he could become one of the greats. If he clings to what he knows and never hires outside the organization he won't grow and neither will we.