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Jets defense is better than the Steelers. They gave our offense fits last year.

Forget it. Just play dime all game.

Week 1 may not be pretty. The Jets have an incredible defense. I wish we had a bit of a softer opening game.

If by made the block, you mean he got rocked into a different universe, then yes.

It has nothing to do with performance. It is the playcall. 3rd and 4 wasn't Frazier. It was McDermott.

I have mentioned this throughout the offseason, but the defense we have witnessed under Frazier for the past several seasons is Sean McDermott's defense. Perhaps it becomes slightly more aggressive, but fans are not going to see the change that many believe is coming. A buddy of mine is a Panthers fan and told me bluntly not to expect much difference. The defense we had in Buffalo under Frazier is very similar to what they had in Carolina under McDermott. These two pictures say a thousand words. The first is the famous 3rd & 4 from the Bengals game where "Frazier" had our defensive backs play several yards back. The next picture is McDermott's defense from Carolina, in a similar situation, in the redzone, on 3rd and 2. Notice the defense...

No, I didn't. I pointed out that Andy Reid was once known for assembling subpar offensive lines, but this changed when he recognized the need to protect Mahomes after the LV SB. I noted that the inadequacy of his lines could be observed through PFF's evaluations. You countered by arguing that if Andy Reid chose the linemen, the PFF grades were irrelevant. According to your perspective, Reid's decision must be correct. I responded by emphasizing that even great teams make mistakes in signing players. For example, Marv Levy, a Hall-of-Fame coach, signed Derrick Dockery to a contract worth nearly $50 million. Dockery's performance was so disappointing that he was released just two years into a seven-year contract. Even a coach with the credentials of Levy can make a wrong decision, and it doesn't make it right simply because of his reputation. Or if you don't like the Marv Levy example, let's draw an example from Andy Reid himself. In 2009, Reid's Eagles signed Stacy Andrews (RT) to a massive (at the time) 6 year, $40M contract. He was so bad, and so depressed, and so injured that that he only played 2 games - yes, two games - out of his six year contract. He was released a year later. And this was not the only player that Reid failed to adequately judge prior to signing. To quote Bleacher Report, "Reid's inability to make his free-agent acquisitions pay off in the past few seasons ultimately led to the end of his tenure in Philadelphia." link Your mischaracterization of the discussion, and your blatantly false quote, is not surprising.

This could potentially be a bit misleading because we have a QB that can evade sacks. Allen often turns what would be a sack for many QB’s, into a positive play. For example, Dawkins only allowed 3 sacks last year, but he also allowed 30 hurries and 37 QB pressures. That’s a total of 70 sacks/hurries/pressures. This chart shows how Allen’s sack rate is among the lowest in the NFL despite being pressured often: https://x.com/sharpfootball/status/1692899902039187468?s=46

Six seasons.

Nicknames are lame

More like the LB made the block on him.

0:50 into the video you can see Spencer Brown get absolutely obliterated by a linebacker. But yes, Torrence played well. I am excited about him. He is the first piece in rebuilding this o-line. We will need a new Center, RT and LT in the next year or two.

Hard to imagine that when he has been playing poorly since he turned 28.

This didn't happen.

Chiefs made protecting their franchise QB a priority. - They signed Joe Thuney, a very good G, to an $80M deal in Free Agency. - They signed Jawaan Taylor in free agency to an $80M deal. - They signed Donovan Smith in free agency to a $9M deal. - They drafted Trey Smith. Bills took Rachad Wildgoose several picks before that, instead. - They drafted Creed Humphrey, who is now the best C in the league. Bills took Carlos Basham two slots before that. It's clear that one team has made an effort to put money and draft picks into their o-line. The other hasn't. Now the Chiefs have a line where Mahomes complains about not being able to get hit, and we have a line where Allen will likely have to run around to not get hit.

Yeah I think this is a big part of it.

Understandable. But we are not talking about All-Pro quality talent. We don’t even have starting level talent at several of the o-line positions.

Agree on that. Allen bailed for absolutely no reason.

That was the rankings for 2 years ago. Last year, PFF had Saffold with one of the worst OL grades in the entire NFL.

Agreed. Brown got called for holding on the long Gabe Davis catch but holding could have easily been called on Dion too. They were both holding on the play. Pretty sad state of affairs when BOTH of your tackles are holding just to give the QB a couple seconds to throw.

I genuinely do not understand how McBeane thought we were set at middle linebacker.

Bad luck is what happens when unpreparedness meets adversity. Relying on an old linemen that was fighting for the 3rd string RT position, and Tommy Doyle, who was awful in the little he has played so far, is unpreparedness.

My opinion on McGlinchy is that he is an excellent run blocker, which is something we desperately need. He is a bulldozer. This made him a great fit for the 49ers and their strong run game. He is huge (6’8) and is essentially a better Spencer Brown. He is not a great pass blocker but he is significantly better than Brown. My opinion on Oliver is that he is an average DT that has flashes of greatness but can never sustain those flashes. When he isn’t battling injuries, and isn’t flashing greatness for short bursts, he is being pushed around by larger, stronger offensive linemen. He rarely makes key moment stops and never makes game changing plays. He is a slightly above average player that I have never been able to understand fans fascination with.

I completely disagree. Independent graders (such as PFF), also disagree with that assertion.

@LabattBlue this thread may interest you, considering your current topic of Von Miller vs OL cap dollars.