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At the end of the season, all teams are equal except for 1. I don’t care about playoffs. I care about Super Bowls. Everyone makes mistakes. Some forget to take the garbage out. And others accidentally set their house on fire. There are degrees to mistakes.

Yes. And i’ve seen numerous and repeated gameday mistakes, each and every year.

Did you watch the last 13 seconds of last Sundays game?

Olson actually withdrew to become the Rams QB’s coach. Which is even more insulting. Now that i’ve edited out the “rah rah”, let’s focus on reality. Just like any other position on earth, the very best are already employed and under contract. There may be endless people who want the job, but can not have it due to contractual obligations. That leaves: 1) Former OC’s without a job - Which makes you question WHY they are without a job. 2) People who have never been an OC, and they will be learning on the job. ….

I fear that we all may learn that the grass isn’t always 525nm of wavelength on the other side.

It’s not about who “wants” to coach Josh Allen. Of course there will be dozens. Its about who is available. Coaches can’t just leave contracts. And the best OC’s are already employed.

Forget speed. Im more concerned that McDermott has not given the players any explanation for what occurred on Sunday. That is deeply disappointing.

Really like Josh Allen. But Dolphin fans like Marino too. Zero trophies. I want Allen. And the Trophies.

You're missing the point. You can "take up space" with players that are more equipped to be in pass coverage. Like more DB's, or LB's. It makes no sense to drop 4 DL back when you could simply put 8 DB and 3 LB's on the field with 0 DL.

Kelce and the WR's are faster than every D-Linemen we have. Dropping them back would accomplish very little and would put them into posiitons that they are not equipped for. There are 13 seconds left. There is no element of surprise here. Mahomes needs to get rid of the ball as soon as possible.

This is exactly right - In my opinion. I broke down a similar concept in this thread below:

Dropping 4 defensive lineman is putting them into positions that they are not equipped for. You might as well skip the 4 linemen and go 8 DB, 3 LB.

Your chances of scoring on any given drive nearly TRIPLE when you start on your opponents 45 yard line. In addition to this, the way your opponent plays defense also changes once you pass mid-field in a sudden death scenario. With only 45 yards to the endzone, there is a legitimate chance of scoring on every play. The defense must play a soft shell or cover 2/3 defense to protect the endzone. This leaves the short to intermediate range more susceptible. And none of this even touches on the psychological component of your defense walking onto a field knowing theyre only 45 yards away from losing.

Scoring is irrelevant in terms of potential to score. The more drives you have, the more potential you have to score. Whether you do so or not. Quote

I agree. This was only a tiny factor, but one I thought interesting none-the-less. Probably very little, and here is why. Most teams do not have the offensive firepower of Kansas City. If you gave the Lions an extra 2 possessions per game, there is a very likely chance that they score nothing with those two possessions. Same goes for probably a dozen other teams. So when looking at an overall aggregate, you are likely to see very little difference. BUT, when you give an offensive juggernaut 2 extra possessions - like KC, or Buffalo - You are much more likely to get another score (and perhaps a win) out of the additional attempts. .

Scoring is irrelevant in terms of potential to score. The more drives you have, the more potential you have to score. Whether you do so or not.

Of course. I never said it was unfair.

Much of the media is focusing on the inequality of OT due to a coin toss that allows one team to win without the other touching the ball. However, I hypothesize that both coin tosses are of similar blame. To be clear, I do not contend that the original (before game) coin toss rules are unfair or need to be changed. This is not a complaint post or an excuse post. It's simply something I find interesting. Coin Toss 2: When you win the coin toss in OT, you are awarded not only the ball but also an opportunity to “steal” an entire possession from your opponent. That is, with a TD, your opponent never touches the ball. This is Minus-1 drive for the coin toss loser. Coin Toss 1: The pre-game coin toss also comes with the potential to gain an extra possession. When you win the coin toss before regulation, you are not only awarded the choice to receive or defer, but you are also awarded an opportunity to “steal” a possession from your opponent if you play it right. This happens when you defer, then possess the ball last in the 2nd quarter, and receive it again during the 3rd quarter kickoff. This is also Minus-1 drive for the coin toss loser. Because the Chiefs won BOTH coin tosses, they were able to “steal” TWO entire possessions from the Bills. The Chiefs ended up with 11 Drives/Possessions, and the Bills ended up with 9 Drives/Possessions. Because there were no turnovers on either side, the balance stayed at 2 stolen possessions. The Chiefs scored 42 points on 11 possessions and the Bills scored 36 points on 9 Possessions. Summary: The Bills actually scored more per possession than the Chiefs. But the opponent simply had two entire extra drives in which to score with. PS, I took a look at every playoff game over the past 3 years in the NFL, and on average the winner of the coin toss had close to 1.5 more minutes of possession. The average possession in the NFL is about 2.5 minutes. Which tells me that the winner of the coin toss is a stealing a possession in about 2 of every 3 games. Ish. .

If you lose the coin toss, you’re probably going to lose the game. If you lose the onside kick attempt, you’re definitely going to lose the game. I’ll take “probably” over “definitely”.

No they didn’t. Here is before and after the timout. They never showed 0 blitz. They showed the exact same alignment on both plays, and on both plays Poyer moved back into Cover 2 post snap. Before Timeout After Timeout

Correct. And the term has evolved into broader usage as an idiom that describes anything that is no longer interesting, useful, as designed, or smart. In other words, something that is on the decline. I realize that this is the internet and therefore everyone wants to argue semantics, but this is a bit ridiculous.

You make a good point and I thought about that as well. You may very well be right, but my rational was to keep two players on the DL to get their hands into passing lanes.

Kelce and Mahomes seems to think they did… Rush two.

Good point. I actually just made a thread about this topic:

I need to do some homework to determine whether my gut matches actual statistical output (reality), but it certainly feels that McDermott’s defensive timeouts often precede a successful play by the opposing offense. To that point, Mahomes’ admitted that the Bills defensive timeout gave the Chiefs time to talk about changing Kelce’s route to take advantage of the defense: “The play to Travis, he wasn’t necessarily supposed to do that, but after the timeout we got a look at what the defense was doing, and he said it to me, ‘If they do it again, I’m going to take it up the middle between both the guys guarding me,'” - Patrick Mahomes 1) My hypothesis is that defensive timeouts in key situations are not helping the team. 2) Why would you take a defensive timeout only to roll out in the same coverage?