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Once Hoecht returns, I’d keep Bosa as a situational 3rd down pass rusher. A “closer” role. let Groot, AJ, Hoecht and even Walker handle edge on 1st and 2nd downs.

Fun topic. Depending on when guys retire there may be heated debates and snubs. Only 4-8 get in each year.

Copy and paste from last year. UP -Josh -running game -winning turnover battle DOWN -pass rush / 3rd down D -downfield passing. Fins down to their 7th corner and we only threw 1 pass more than 10 yards.

What play? 😉 I’d trade 3 Rousseau’s for Parsons in a heartbeat. Can find a run stuffing stiff for $5M anytime.

Yikes. 91 dumped him like a child. He’ll get ***** for that in film room.

Agree. Especially blocking on the perimeter on WR screens, end around, etc. He used to whiff on those but seems to be much better at engaging, staying in contact, blocking through the whistle, etc.

Should’ve never let him back in without a visor. Breaking is one thing. Multiple breaks can impact vision and breathing for weeks.

Did I miss when we peaked? We didn’t make anyone punt last year. Either scores or turnovers… which is not sustainable and won’t win championships. Sunday was more of the same.

Setting aside player vs. player comps, the Ravens O can score at will on the Bills D. 3 games in a row they could run on us like a high school team and have WRs running wide open through our secondary. Turnovers were our savior in Jan but that’s not reliable. The rookies, Bishop and PED guys will have to level up the D big time. Can the Bills O continuously score 30-40 on the Ravens? It looks hard and there’s no margin for error. Brady’s short yardage package has been figured out. The Chiefs stuffed or nearly stuffed us all game in Jan. The Ravens stuffed or nearly stuffed us all Sunday. Can’t lose situational football and win the big games.

what I gather from the rule below is that once you’re out, no matter how you got there, you can’t catch it… no matter if you’ve re-established. I don’t understand how it’s not an illegal contact penalty on the DB for shoving the WR out of bounds. Shouldn’t every DB do that in short fields? ARTICLE 6. INELIGIBLE RECEIVERS. All offensive players other than those identified in Article 5 above are ineligible to catch a legal or illegal forward pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage, including: (a) Players who are not on either end of their line or at least one yard behind it when the ball is snapped; (b) Players who fail to notify the Referee of being eligible as required by Article 5; (c) An eligible receiver who has been out of bounds prior to or during a pass, either by his own volition or by being legally forced out, even if he has reestablished himself inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands;

To the $47M is too much crowd, we’re spending that much on Von’s dead cap, our backup TE, our #3 DE, and our #4? WR who’s always injured. I know perfection isn’t realistic and crap happens, but Beane’s had too many wasted 1st-3rd picks and bad signings. I’d trade all the picks and cap space for an elite DE.

1. He’s better against the run than you think. 2. That cowboys team sucked. 3. It’s the GM & coaches job to get players and scheme to stop the run and complement Parsons because he’s an all world talent at pass rushing which is 1000x more important than an edge that plays the run.

These are the silliest takes. Like Deion Sanders was a bad tackler. Or Larry Bird was a bad defender. Who the F* cares?! They’re all ELITE at a thing that’s way more important. It’s the team’s job to build around that. that’d be like not dating Sydney Sweeney because she can’t make a good grilled cheese.

Any idea what that interaction was? Someone taking notes for a post game speech or presser? I assume that’s only a preseason interaction?

At what point does McD take responsibility for having a scheme that apparently requires 10k hours of practice and a football PHD to learn? Injuries happen. Roster turnover happens. Other coaches simplify coach to their players strengths. Rewatching last years playoffs it’s brutal to see how many wide open guys ran through our coverage. And how we were completely predictable on 3rd down at the same time. We’ve spent so much draft capital on D and the D stunk. Do all the players really stink? I’m thinking McD needs a mirror.

Ted Washington hadn’t seen 325 since 10th grade.

every case is different Tommy Doyle played the 4th quarter against the Fins on a torn ACL bc we were out of lineman. Tom Brady walked off with a torn ACL… which was actually badass. And I hate him. Couple recent NCAA wrestlers won Natty’s on torn ACLs (Nolf, Starocci, OTool placed 2nd)

That basically doesn’t work anymore if you want to win a Super Bowl. Super bowls require a portion of your roster delivering more value than their contract. That portion is usually going to come from 1st/2nd rounders on their first contract. if Keon plays great in year 4, he’ll be renegotiating, getting paid and will be a net neutral value.

What’s the outlook for Hardy? Was surprised he didn’t make the 53 after a strong camp last year. He’s small but has speed and was great covering the slot in college. might just be a bad scheme fit with McDermott basically wanting big slow DBs who come up and make sure tackles after giving up an easy 9 on 3rd and 7. hopefully drafting Hairston means he evolves from his 1996 cover 3 shell.

1st and 2nd round picks need to be year 1 starters or at least have high impact roles. 3rd round picks same by year 2. Looking at 2024 we would’ve won a SB if that were the case. That WAS the case for the Eagles. -Coleman, Bishop, Carter = zero impact in playoffs. total whiff. -Kincaid, Torrence, Williams. Playoffs = 1 strong starter and 2 replacement level players in Kincaid and Williams. -Elam, Cook, Bernard. 1 bust and two strong starters. so 9 top picks in last 3 years yielded 3 starters, 2 replacement level players and 4 zero impact players in last years playoffs. We’d have done better picking from Kiper’s best available list. fingers crossed there are big turnarounds for Kincaid, Coleman, Bishop and Carter. Though the Bills seem to have signed/drafted over Carter already.

I agree today’s game can be super formulaic and boring. But I’ll ask you to trust me that the Defenders are way better than previous eras. Great offense and lame officiating totally skews how you see Defense. And I grew up idolizing guys like Joe Dumars, John Starks, Gary Payton, etc. 1. With 3 pt shooting, 5 out, etc, you probably have to guard 25% more space and an extra 2 guys on the perimeter than before. This makes Defenses look worse. 2. Fouls are called much more closely now. Guys like Harden and SGA would’ve been all stars but not MVPs if more contact was allowed. 3. 6ft guards and 7ft stiffs used to start on every team. They get hunted off the floor and out of the league now. Pretty much every one is big and fast. 4. The pool of 6’6” guys that can move laterally, close out, run like a deer has doubled with globalization.

This is WAY off. Basketball talent is 1000x better than even 20 years ago. Played in high school and now involved in travel circuit through my teenage kids. The skill level is insane. Early specialization, way better coaching, YouTube, camp circuits, etc. That’s just US. The game has globalized and 25% of the NBA is now international. That number will hit 50% in the next 20 years.

Wasn’t part of the decision to draft Bishop because Kincaid said he was so tough to go against at Utah? Turns out Kincaid would’ve said the same thing about the blocking sled. (this topic based on a Zapruder pic is both ridiculous and too fun to pass up)

Obviously anything can happen, but Vegas win totals predict: -AFC East opponents are all 500 or worse. NE on the rise. Jets on the descent. Miami still Miami. -NFC South is a struggle fest with Tampa as a 9.5 win Division champ. -Steelers and Cleveland still in QB purgatory. -Home schedule is dynamite! Games against 4 predicted Division champs (Balt, KC, Philly, TB) plus Cincy who carves McD zones up like air. Hopefully home field advantage is huge and we close the old stadium with some massive wins. Vegas Win Totals in parentheses with my subjective Win/Loss/Toss-Up HOME: Baltimore Ravens (11.5, Loss) Cincinnati Bengals (9.5, Loss) Kansas City Chiefs (11.5, Toss Up) Miami Dolphins (8.5, Win) New England Patriots (7.5, Win) New Orleans Saints (6.5, Win) New York Jets (5.5, Win) Philadelphia Eagles (11.5, Toss Up) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9.5, Toss Up) AWAY: Atlanta Falcons (7.5, Win) Carolina Panthers (6.5, Win) Cleveland Browns (4.5, Win) Houston Texans (9.5, Toss Up) Miami Dolphins (8.5, Sept Liquid IV Game = Toss Up, Oct-Jan = Win) New England Patriots (7.5, Toss Up) New York Jets (5.5, Win) Pittsburgh Steelers (8.5, Win) I'm seeing 9 Wins, 2 Losses, 6 Toss Ups.

It's both. McD is super predictable. Beane reloads but with versions of the same guy every year. Big, slow, stiff DEs that don't have the bend or speed to create pressure when it counts (Epenesa, Basham, Rousseau, now Jackson). Small DTs that get swallowed by power run teams (Oliver, Carter, now Sanders). I'm sure it's partially because it's what McD wants for his scheme. But these prototypes range from busts to JAGs to 2nd contract but not pro-bowlers.