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This. May have been intentional. Could easily have not been. Either way, crazier things have been done in a pile of humanity on the turf in the NFL. It's pretty much fair game down there so long as no one sees and no one saw. I'm sure guys have taken some cheap shots of their own on Josh and our players in similar situations and they didn't cry about it. Josh pissed off Heyward and got in his head?

Yeah, that's gonna happen when you're rolling out Backups at both bookend lineman against a stout Pass Rush. You don't want to make your Franchise QB spend much time in the pocket. Compounded by the fact that this is, quite possibly, the worst WR core at getting open that I've ever seen.

These f-cking false starts. They're out manned and playing scared.

That's gonna happen when you're down both starting Tackles and don't want to risk Josh in the pocket long and it's compounded by maybe the worst WR core at getting open that I've ever seen.

Cool - we'll take a look at the All 22 and see what his options were. This idea that Josh is playing like ***** and we have to call him out is ridiculous. He played perfect ball last season. That's why he won MVP. It's unfair to expect perfection every year (especially with what we're rolling out this year) and anything less than that is grounds for holding him to the fire. We've got Khalil Shakir blanketed by Jalen friggin' Ramsey out there bc our core is so bad, he's being keyed in on by CB1's. The options are run the ball every play (like we're pretty much doing), try and force passes, or throw it away (which in that case where we were on the field, a Punt wouldn't have been all that much different in terms of position on a likely touchback). And that's going to result in more picks. I'll take the picks trying to make something happen rather than playing Tyrod ball. Bc that ain't winning you games.

It's not excuses. The option is to force a pass that's risky and may result in the occasional pick or come off the field. Would you prefer that?

He's gotta force passes with this core. No one gets open. No one causes separation. And when you're forcing throws, you're gonna throw more picks.

Not at all surprising. That looked like at least a moderate hamstring injury. You aren't going to push those with a route runner. Generally if you think it's doing pretty good, you still give it another week to be safe. 3 weeks would have been pushing it. I always looked at it like Oliver's injury earlier in the season. You don't IR them bc of their importance and hope that you get them back for the 4th game - so you don't IR them. But it could very well be like Oliver where he misses the length of an IR anyways.

No real surprises. Kincaid and Palmer out, Coleman is active

Carnell Tate is a real possibility. Especially if the wheels come off for us down the stretch. More and more, it seems like Makai Lemon is going to go before Tate (and of course Jordyn Tyson will go before both of them). And he could be had in a 15-20 range. Things keep going the way they are and we may not even have to trade up.

1.) He's not eligible for the Draft until 2027. 2.) We won't be able to sniff him. He'll go in the first 2 or 3 picks. It's like when people talked about us trading up for Marvin Harrison Jr. last year. It's a fun fantasy to talk about. But that's what it is, a fantasy. When it comes to those kind of elite, generational talents (and that's what Smith is) - teams 9 times out of 10 aren't trading them away if they can get them. And if they do, they're requiring *way* more than the Trade Value chart says for that player AND not moving very far down the board (like this year with Cleveland and Jacksonville for Travis Hunter). If we're in a position to get Jeremiah Smith in the 2027 Draft, that means something went horribly, horribly wrong in 2026.

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that Brady is great. But putting it all on him is foolish. Watch the All 22 or go to a game and you can see, way more often than not (pretty much all season long) - *no one* is open for Josh. Khalil is included in this. If he were getting open, you'd be hearing analysts and fans alike saying "Khalil is open consistently and you're not going to him" instead of "Josh needs help and no one is getting open for him". We wouldn't be bringing in everyone from Brandin Cooks to Gabe Davis to Mecole Hardman to help out. Again, that has a lot to do with the fact that teams know he's the guy to watch out for and key in on him more than our other options. And as good of a Slot as he is, he's not a #1 that's going to overcome heavy coverage. Too many fans want to just say "it's all Brady's fault". But that's not the truth. It's a combination of a poor WR core that can't get separation and a poor Offensive Coordinator. Putting it all on one or the other is not being honest about the situation. Brady is not so dumb or lazy as to call up that low percentage play as often as he does and watch it fail as often as it does and keep doing it for no reason. The reason is Shakir can't get open consistently but he's dangerous with the ball in his hands. And that play is the only way to consistently get the ball in his hands with the little to no help he's getting to take attention away from him downfield.

A large part of the reason you're seeing that so often is Shakir's own fault. For as elusive as he is in space, he's not great at getting open (like most of our WR's). This is compounded by the fact that our core is trash - with teams identifying him as the top guy to roll coverage to. Because of his inability to separate from his man (or men) on routes and his playmaking ability - they run this play a lot just to get the ball in his hands often. Bc if they just relied on him getting open this season, he wouldn't get many touches.

And if it was - then we'd have just released Moore yesterday to make room for Davis instead of earlier in the week for Cooks. Two guys had to go either way to make room for Cooks and Davis.

I think it's more about what you typed in the second paragraph. And I don't think it's that they "didn't want him". Their season is over, they aren't going anywhere, he's 32 years old, and wanted to go to a contender. Specifically us, given his relationships with a number of people in the building and how much we need WR's. The Saints Drafted Cooks. And after touring the league, brought him back. They obviously like him as an organization and just wanted to help get to where he wanted to go. This isn't the first time someone's done this. It's not illegal. That said now that it's been done again, I'd imagine there will be rules put in place to prevent it.