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It may have seemed that way, but it’s not true. We blitzed on only 2 of the Rams 10 3rd/4th down plays in the second half. And only 1 time of the 6 attempts in the 4th quarter. We are the 3rd least blitzing team in the entire NFL this year. We dropped defensive linemen back into coverage (only rushing 3), almost as many times as we blitzed.

We get zero pressure on third down with a four man rush. And Babich/McD refuse to blitz on third down. So it’s the perfect storm - defensive backs have to cover for 5+ seconds and that’s just not possible.

I expect Hyde to be called up for Week 18.

It would be the same either way. If Bills lose, then Chiefs have nothing to play for.

Perhaps McDermott agreed with me.

I’ll just leave this right here.

He is the competition for the AFC East throne going forward.

Hated them.

100% fair to say about the past. But where did he get beat today? He was like white on rice with his receiver the whole game. His main problem is freaking out when he doesn’t know where the ball is. His fundamentals break down. It’s like a QB who is good until he is blitzed. The fundamentals are the first to go when you are scared. Thats why he started faceguarding his defender that led to him touching them and getting the PI’s. He loses track of the ball, even though he is right with the defender, and he gets scared. Know what helps all this though? More experience.

Gunner i'm flabbergasted that you are on the other side of this one. I won’t pretend that he was perfect today, but I have more hope for Elam after the last two games than I have ever had. He was lockstep with his target the vast majority of the game. He made some mistakes with becoming frantic when he lost track of the ball, but that sort of thing typically gets better the more you actually PLAY. What were you most disappointed with? I genuinely don’t see what made him so awful in many people’s eyes

Not controversial in my opinion. He was absolutely solid. Im actually shocked to see all the people denigrating him.

From your lips to Gods ears my friend.

I genuinely don’t understand how people think in this binary fashion. As if a W or L is the only indicator that matters. It’s like thinking “Drinking and driving must be okay, because I got home in one piece. W!” And don’t get me wrong - you’re not alone. Many people feel this way. But I certainly don’t. Because I know that W’s and L’s are binary results of a small subset (60 minutes) of data against 1 particular opponent. In other words, the W or the L is not indicative of how the team will play going forward. However… HOW they played in that W or L may be indicative of how the team will play going forward. Struggling to beat a 3 win team with a rookie head coach and rookie quarterback, while your best player hurts his hand, and his most reliable receiver drops and fumbles the whole game, and the ST’s coach craps the bad, and the defense struggles…. yeah that’s not binary. The team is awarded the W but how they played still matters from a standpoint of “is this team good enough to win a Super Bowl?”. To hide behind “got the W” is to live with blinders on.

I don’t think I could disagree more. I am more hopeful about Elam after the last two games than I have *ever* been. The mistakes he made today are fixable mistakes. They’re mistakes that come from NOT PLAYING ENOUGH. They are mistakes that can be resolved by being on the field more. But he was lockstep with their receivers for a lot of the game. The first TD was just a perfect throw and catch. There is not a cornerback in the league that was stopping that. I want the kid to play more.

He was something like 2/6 passing (last I checked) when we blitzed. He did well under pressure when we only sent 4. But during actual overloads? He crapped his pants. Like rookies do. He actually mentioned after the game that he needs to get better against the blitz.

I was impressed with Maye. I think he is our greatest competition division-wise going forward. But he still did the rookie thing at times and got jittery with 7 pass rushers coming at him. I also thought about you when I keyed in on Elam. Kid played pretty good overall. You said at the beginning of the season that you weren’t giving up on him yet and I thought you were a little too hopeful - I was wrong.

Shakir catches everything. Today he not only dropped multiple passes - he also fumbled. Love the guy, but he was a net negative today.

That game was miserable to watch. - Refs willed NE into the endzone multiple times. - Allen hurts his throwing hand - Shakir forgot how to catch - Our special teams sucks at EVERYTHING. They are bad at kickoff coverage, they can’t down a punt inside the five, and they nearly give up an onside kick for the second week in a row. - Every time we blitzed Maye, he folded like a cheap tent. He clearly could not handle the pressure. So what does Babich do in key moments? He rushes 4 and drops everyone back into a shell. WHY!? For fug sake, WHY? Make it make sense

just let Allen run around for 7 seconds.

Our special teams sucks in every phase. Its truly incredible.

Fire Babich. Ive seen enough. You blitz the ROOKIE QB for the last 5 plays and he is folding like a cheap tent. So what do you do? You drop every one back into a soft zone and don’t blitz. What the fug is wrong with you dude? Seriously?

Ditto

Better late than ever, but it’s amazing that we weren’t blitzing the ROOKIE QB all game.

I don’t mind the DPI… I just wish they called it on NE too.

What Babich just called … that blitz …. SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED ALL GAME.