Cray51

Both Allen and Mahomes “lost” one game for their team this season (Allen Jets and Mahomes Raiders) allen and Mahomes had very similar passing statistics this season, with Allen having a profoundly better rushing season. to your point, Mahomes amps up running in the postseason, but the MVP is a focus on the regular season. i agree that Lamar will win the MVP, but if Lamar doesn’t exist, Allen is likely top3 in MVP, Mahomes might not be top 10

Lamar is going to win with the worst MVP winning statistical season in 15+ years

I think it was more nuanced than just abandoning to launch deep shots. Dolphins came out running early, but ran the same scheme as they did against the Bills, who showed how you can stop it with single high. After a few drives of long third downs due to poor running on first and second, they started to abandon early down runs in favor of motion passing... which also didnt work. Then they obviously aren't running on a3rd and 10, so at that point the run game was taken out of the gameplan altogether. I agree, it was poor gameplan and their coach has shown to take out the run game if it isn't working quite quickly in the past. But he didn't decide to just start launching shots downfield because he wanted to. He wasn't getting any movement on early downs with the run game, so he overadjusted into this pass heavy offense that also didnt work.

The Dolphins ran the same concepts in the run game against the Chiefs as they did with us in Week 18. That scheme was solved by playing the single high and dropping a safety down. With the weather limiting the passing game, and Tua being completely unable to handle the pressure of the day, it was an easy decision. When the Bills ran the single high, I believe the Dolphins had 3 carries for 7 yards. Very easy to defend once identified. The Chiefs abused Kohou, who was AWFUL yet again for Miami. If Douglas and Benford go, I expect us to shield Rice quite well.

That's just factually not true. Knox is not a + catcher, but he isn't a 1 for 11 type of player. I believe he is at 60% catch rate for the season. Also, he is a ++ blocker, and is a necessity in this offense.

Travis has 2 years left after this one. Gives him a chance to continue to run with Mahomes, and will then peace out. Jason had a great career, will be interesting to see what other Eagles retire after their embarrassing effort yesterday.

Third time asking now, do you feel the same way about fake kneel downs and fake spikes? Are they as damaging to the game as a fake slide? Or are we selective in this logic?

I’d like to understand where “deception” or aspect of a fake limits apply in your logic. If the goal is to stop people from taking advantage of a rule where the result is a stoppage, do you want to remove fake spikes and fake kneel downs as well? Or does it only matter for a move that Allen pulled off today and benefited from?

Elam was the most important play, Allen’s was the most impressive. There are two QBs who take that run to the house, him and Lamar.

Eagles defense looks slow and wayyy too reactive

So why aren’t their penalties for fake spikes? or fake kneel downs

Dak just doesn’t do well once he is nervous

Dak just took a sack that Allen would be killed for. Took them out of field goal range

This guy Tua is a pro bowler over Allen? Give me a break

McDaniel doesn’t run an offense built for the playoffs

Bills don’t have nearly as poor a DB as Kohou, I don’t think Rice is nearly as effective against the Bills

Kohou is AWFUL. He is the targeted DB every time they bring the cover 0 blitz

They can scheme Rice and Kelce open when they have the entire field to work with. When it gets tight, harder to find windows for those guys

Dolphins only chance at winning was to play so physical the chiefs got off their game. they have been the opposite

Dolphins don’t want to hit, have no interest in the physicality

Tyreek is about to make Tua get PAID. with how the wind is impacting deep balls, I’m throwing every single man coverage up and telling my receivers to draw contact

What?

I believe Poyer mentioned they moved from two high to single high after the first half in an effort to stop the run. McDaniel has great ability to scheme a gameplan on offense, but I dont think he adjusts well. In the second half, we saw the exact same concepts and formations from the first half, and then once it was stopped a few times he just abandoned it entirely. There have also been metrics that show the Dolphins get worse and worse in efficiency as games go on. It's exactly what you said, if you stop them early, your chances of winning go up and up as the game goes on. McD gets flak, but he did a great job handling Miami's offense. It reminded me of his ability to stop the Ravens as well. He really forces teams to win in secondary manners. He wont let you run your offense over and over again.

Dion, Rapp are for sure will plays id guess Douglas will play too Gabe and Dodson I think won’t. Dodson we just don’t know anything yet

I’m hoping he can play. My guess is he tweaked his knee in that collision, and now it comes down to fluidity with movement. my guess is he plays, but may get pulled if he has any effects