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Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!

Greg Cosell 100% knows his football. On the other hand, he watches 32 teams and he doesn't have his finger on the pulse of the injury report for each of them. We lack playmakers on defense because Oliver and Hoecht and guys we hoped for help from like Carter and Strong are on IR and because playmakers like Bosa, Bishop, and Bernard are injured and it's been a freakin' revolving door all season. Kincaid is a playmaker who has missed a lot of time on offense. He's completely right about the very poor WR core and Kaiir being a WR3. There's also the saying, "you can't measure heart".

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGG! We can't have nice things.

I forget who, but last year when I commented on Keon getting outplayed by Mack Hollins because of Hollins blocking, I was told that I was mistaken and Keon was an excellent blocker

What does the "still ashy as hell" text at the end mean?

I saw that. Now I do grant that the LA Rams won a Superbowl playing 2 year retired Eric Weddle at Safety. But Phillip Rivers was not particularly mobile at any point in his career, and he was statuesque at the point where he retired.

I feel like someone could yell to Higgins and the UNC: "You Lied! You All Lied!" https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-monday-dec-8 INJURIES WR Tee Higgins is in the league's concussion protocol after reporting symptoms after Sunday's loss to the Bills head coach Zac Taylor told reporters. The NFL and NFL Players Association released a joint statement obtained by NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe regarding Higgins' evaluation Sunday: "Tee Higgins was evaluated twice in game and cleared to return. After the game, in discussion with club medical personnel as part of a postgame evaluation, he notified the team he was experiencing symptoms and was immediately placed in the concussion protocol."

Amazing throw. Thank you for finding this and pointing it out. I'd like to call out the role of Josh's OL in continuing the play and enabling the throw, as well. Notice how Torrence hustles over and screens off Josh from the incoming 99, giving Josh just that extra moment to plant and release. We also have to believe that the run threat Josh represents enables that play. Why doesn't 92 commit and launch a tackle to try to bring Josh down? I would think he was coached that he had to maintain contain, if he launches himself to tackle Josh before another defender is in position to back him up, Josh could evade him and be halfway to the endzone.

What concerns me are the fumbles. Especially the fumble near the goal line. Homie, You Can't Do That. Factually, Kincaid saw 63% of the snaps in 2023, 57% of the snaps in 2024, and 41% of the snaps this season. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KincDa00.htm In 2024, he was running 65.7% prior to his week 10 injury, and then 34-51% after he returned (but 24% the week he returned) This season, he was running 49% of the snaps prior to his week 5 injury, 22% the week he returned, then trending up until injured again.

I didn't think they use either snowplows or shovels on the field of play itself. Too much risk they would damage the playing surface. They do snowblow, though, and it isn't just at halftime if the hash marks and the yard lines are becoming obscured.

Kurt Warner talks about every QB as though every QB still has to prove he is a good player or something. Ya gotta understand, when you go from Arena Ball to the Superbowl with "Mad Mike" Martz, you have to be able to survive hard coaching. And in that offense, given the defense pre-snap there were maybe 2 choices and an outlet, then post-snap, there was one best place to go with the ball every play. It was based on rhythm and getting the ball to the right place at the right time, or the QB was Wrong. It took Warner years to warm up to the reality that Josh could do things he (Warner) never could, and they were sometimes good things. So he gives Josh his propers now. But he still breaks down tape through that lens of "one best place every play". If a fan isn't all fluffed up and indignant at anything critical, IMHO he's a very interesting watch and an interesting perspective. Remember, he is the guy that announced Allen for MVP. He knows he's a great player. He just wants him to be even better.

If the NFLPA was worth anything, they would put a stop to that.

Nah. You got fans like myself, never played a snap of football. And I do love me some stats. But I also love the game of football - the chess match, trying to understand the way roles and responsibilities on the defense change depending on how the play develops post snap. And I understand that I'm always going to be struggling to decode stuff that everyone who's played or coached at the college level grew up on. And I don't do fantasy football. That makes a huge difference these days. The other factor is PFF. They do a good job of some things. They don't do a good job with line play - OL or DL - and sometimes with front 7 D - because their metrics can't really account for what the actual assignment was on the play. They're guessing, and it's closer to a guess from someone like me than a guess from someone like @HoofHearted To roll with your analogy: if I were an accountant from Raleigh looking to buy a tractor, the first thing I'd do is find me some farmers to chat up and find out what's important to them in a tractor. Then that's what I'd look for.

I thought the problem with Tottenham was that the NFL doesn't get to play on the normal surface. They take it out and replace it with astroturf rolled over concrete. Just what I heard.

Top 51 is just for the off-season