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Seattle signed him to start. He is simply starting on the PS so they don’t have to release a player. He will elevated to the 53.

I’m glad you posted this, because I thought I was the only one. I used to count down the days until the season started. This year? Meh. Don’t get me wrong - Once the game starts, i’m amped. But prior to that… nothing like last year or really any other year. In some ways, it feels like last season broke me. I’m hoping they can turn things around and I can regain my mojo.

I know Warren Sharp stated that but I have no idea where he got his information from. PFF has Allen being pressured close to 50% of his dropbacks.

I look forward to seeing Cook against any defense that isn’t the Jets. They are so fast and so good and I think Cook actually played fairly well considering Singletary averaged 3.0 yards per carry against the Jets in the first game last season. Cook averaged 3.8 last night.

Perhaps we don’t have 3 full time linebackers. But if Dodson is so bad that he can’t come on the field for just 5 or 10 snaps a game when an opponents offense is in 13 personnel then I question why he has a spot on the roster.

Offense Allen: 100% Dawkins: 100% McGovern: 100% Morse: 100% Torrence: 100% Brown: 100% Gabe: 94.2% Diggs: 84% Knox: 84% Kincaid: 80% (!!!) Cook: 59.4% Murray: 23.2% Harty: 21.7% Sherfield: 15.9% Harris: 13% Shakir: 10% Morris: 8.7% Gilliam: 5.8% Defense Bernard: 100% Milano: 100% Benford: 100% Tre: 100% Poyer: 100% Hyde: 98.2% Oliver: 70.4% (!!! - his highest percentage ever I believe) Taron: 68.5% Rousseau: 64.8% Floyd: 51.2% Daquan: 51.2% Lawson: 48.2% Epenesa: 35.2% Rapp: 33.3% Phillips: 31.5% Settle: 27.8% Poona: 18.5%

I'm confident that he will have many sacks this year. I was concerned about him as a draft pick, but he looks primed for an excellent season.

Sure. If you have an account, you can sort it here: https://premium.pff.com/nfl/positions/2023/REG/defense-run?position=LB "AVDT" is average depth of tackle. For those who don't have a subscription:

Correct. Rapp played big nickel against 13 personnel.

It is when the QB is accounting for 26% of the pressure. Therefore, the line accounted for 74%. An equal pressure rate per linemen would be 14.8% - Or 30% for two of them. 47% is highly disproportionate.

We have done a wonderful job covering Allen, Dorsey, Cook, etc. Here are a few different items: 1) When the Jets went 13 personnel, McDermott put Rapp into game as a nickel CB to essentially play a LB role. This often resulted in our DB's getting easily blocked and once the Jets rusher made it past the d-line, it was chunks of yardage. The Jets led the league in Week 1 in EPA/rush while in 13 personnel as a result Thoughts on this strategy? Seems... not ideal. Shouldn't we be matching 13 personnel with 3 LB's - especially with an aging defensive backfield of Hyde (32), Poyer (32), and Tre (turning 29 this season)? 2) According to PFF, the RT (Spencer Brown) and LG (McGovern) accounted for a combined 47.4% of the pressures Allen faced. Nearly half of the pressures came from these two positions. Josh Allen accounted for 26.3% of his own pressures. Brown, McGovern and Allen were responsible for iover 70% of the pressure. The other 3 players on the line faired very well. 3) Bernard was better than many (including myself) thought. His average depth of run-tackle was only 1 yard. Same as Milano. 4) Lastly, just for fun, how do you feel the game would have unfolded if Rodgers hadn't been injured? Do we lose by multiple scores? Do we perhaps do better, knowing that we have to be more careful?

I agree. I fully recognize that it sounds ridiculous and there is little (or perhaps zero) precedence for it, but we should have let McDermott go and kept Daboll.

I'm not really certain what the "process" is anymore. We have gone through 5 different coordinators (3 OC, 1 DC, 1 ST) and the high point is still getting blown out in the AFC Championship Game 3 years ago.

Yeah, if true, there is no way to spin this.

I agree with you that signing Daniel Jones to that large contract was a very poor idea and may end up being what dooms Brian Daboll’s tenure in New York (eventually). But back to Daboll as an offensive coordinator, he excelled at finding a way to scheme wide receivers open. He gave Allen easy decisions. Dorsey seems to struggle with this. Think back to our time with Daboll. Do you recall the amount of times that Josh had an easy read, with an open receiver? It was quite often. We rarely ever see this now Instead, we see Alan having to fit balls into extremely tight windows far more often than was done under Daboll.

Equating it to the Bills, I think the Giants are in their 2018 season. Last season they overachieved (like the 2017 Bills), this year they regress, and next year they go for a deep playoff run.

It can be more than one thing. And coaching is definitely part of the problem. We played 2 LB’s against 13 personnel last night. We had Rapp playing pseudo LB lined up as a nickel. I mean… no wonder they were gashing us in the run.

Thank you for correcting to me. I thought the first two were to Steph.

He doesn’t cite where he came up with that number, but anyone watching the game could see that Allen was pressured on more than 20% of his dropbacks. I trust PFF’s number of 43%~.

A lot of blame is (rightfully so) being put on Josh. However, I believe there are several layers to this onion: - Allen’s offensive line has him shook, and has had him shook for about a year now. Allen started the game something like 9 of 10 passing before Spencer Brown was bench pressed into his lap. Then Morse got embarrassingly beat by Quinnen Williams on the deep seam interception which rushed Allen’s throw/decision making. Allen was under pressure close to 50% of his dropbacks (stat below). That is unacceptable. - I believe that there is one mind he respected and trusted in the Bills coaching staff, and that mind is now on the Giants payroll. - My hypothesis is that Diggs emotions, desire to win and desire get the ball has put pressure on Josh that is not conducive to him playing well. It often feels like Josh is forcing the ball to Diggs. - Coaching in general has been poor. Why do we only have 2 linebackers on the field when the Jets are playing 13 personnel? We really want a safety playing pseudo-LB?

It WAS our pick. The one we traded to Minnesota for Diggs.

I think Diggs is a contributing factor (though not the only one) of Allen’s slump. I do not think it’s any coincidence that 2 of Allen’s 3 interceptions came while forcing the ball to Diggs. It doesn’t excuse them, but it does make me wonder if Allen is attempting to appease. Edit: A few posters pointed out that one of the interceptions I thought was intended for Diggs was actually intended for Hardy.

2 of Allen’s 3 interceptions came while forcing the ball to Diggs downfield. Of course Allen has to know not to do that, but I can’t help but wonder if Diggs non-stop chirping has led to Allen feeling like he must feed him. I know hindsight is 20/20 and i’m sure this opinion won’t be popular, but I believe it’s clear that we should have kept our first round pick and used it on Jefferson, rather than trading for Diggs.

The Bengals, in my opinion. They were steamrolled by a remarkably average (though solid) Browns team. We lost to the best defense in the NFL because our QB switched brains with Nathan Peterman.