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My guess is tomorrow during the Year End Press Conference - we're going to hear that Diggs was playing through something for most of the end of the year. You don't go from playing like he did in the first half of the year to playing like he did in the last half and being targeted that little for really any other reason. I'd bet the foot thing that has intermittently been popping up on the Injury Report was a broken bone in there that's been really hampering him. This caused him to be used less in the game plan to at least keep him on the field as a threat. They downplayed it bc they wanted teams to game plan for him, double him, and fear him. But the pain and infrequent usage caused him to mentally be off. This idea that he just hit a wall and went from a Top 5 WR in the league to "done" in a matter of weeks is crazy talk. If it isn't an injury, then I don't know what's going on mentally that has him off. But he's not done. You don't fall off a cliff that quickly.

Bass is 26/34 between the regular season and Post Season this year. That's 76% - basically one miss in every 4. He was an abysmal 2/5 in the Postseason, including a miss from 27 yards. One of two needed end of the game playoff clutch kicks that he choked on in back to back weeks (luckily we were bailed out by the Defense last week). This is not an overreaction. Kickers have lost their jobs for a lot less.

Yeah, I wouldn't be so sure about that. Beane's surely got a number of different things lined up to get us out from under our cap situation. Kicker is a relatively cheap position. Especially if we Draft a guy. You can't keep rolling out a Kicker as unreliable as he's been down the stretch just because of the money. It's not like other positions where you can say "well, we're stuck with him, but that doesn't mean we have to start him".

Your preferred headline isn't going to happen. McDermott and Beane aren't going anywhere.

Geesh - guilty conscience much? I wasn't specifically calling you out. You would have been far from the only one. And I don't recall saying Hopkins would be a waste of money. On the contrary, I said I'd be interested at his TEN contract. As for the Davis thing, I also never said he'd finish the year as a top #2. Just that at the time you and the others were calling him out, his numbers were among the top for all WR's.

It led to zero points scored by the Chiefs via a Turnover. Crisis averted. Weird thing to be hung up on.

Amen. We put 182 yards on the Ground. Outgained them in yards 368-361. 27 first downs to their 21. Controlled the time of possession 37 minutes to 23 - with a game plan to control the ball and not force things down field against a strong pass Defense. I refuse to sit here and let the takeaway of this game be the Offense wasn't enough. It was an already decimated Defense using reserves that weren't 100% themselves against a top QB and offense playing their best ball.

And to think, there were more posters on here than not that wanted him cut for Andy Isabella. Goes to show Pre-Season football means nothing.

I think Poyer will be back. Hyde may retire. He's not remotely the same player following the neck injuries and I think he knows it.

I agree. If by DeAndre Hopkins, you mean Matt Milano, Terrel Bernard, and Christian Benford. We possessed the ball 8 times. We scored on 4 and would have scored on 5 if Bass hadn't missed. Josh Allen played with his hair on fire. Guys like Shakir, Kincaid, and Cook were making plays when called upon. Diggs made some plays and had some drops. It wasn't lack of offense that did us in. Josh was an absolute monster. It was a decimated Defense. Many of the reserves clearly playing injured. Douglas couldn't follow guys downfield. The simplest move in the open field, even by Mahomes and he was lost. Dodson played hurt, went down again, and kept playing. Klein rolled his ankle and kept playing on it. The Special Teams was an albatross. Martin was clearly still hurt, giving them short fields when he did have to punt. And Bass? Well.... I don't want to talk about that. Even if he made that kick, it's clear that the Defense would have folded again as they were driving with no issue before the kneel down. Simply didn't have the Defensive personnel to stop Mahomes and company on the field. I don't think 1 player was going to put more than 10 more points on the board.

Oh, I don't blame Bass entirely for the loss. But he contributed to it. And it should be the final nail in his coffin.

I mean, it's going to happen regardless. Diggs, Shakir, Harty (who has an out in his contract after this year that we can exercise), and Shorter (who didn't even play this year) are the only WR's under contract.

If you're expecting or even hoping for that... you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Gonna be some changes. Bass is gone. There will be players coming in and going out. But Brady, McDermott, and Beane are safe. No question.

Bass is done.

Holy crap - that's a nasty hit to the head on Shakir. F-ck!

God I hope I'm wrong bc it would be a game changer - but that's gonna be a "call on the field stands" type of play. If they called it a fumble, it would stand. Calling it down by contact, that will stand.

Put Elam in at CB. Douglas isn't ready. Send more blitzes - middle of the field is being eaten alive regardless. Punch at the ball every opportunity you get.

Douglas is playing, but he's clearly still hampered. He's not keeping up with anyone and missing anyone who makes a move on him.

So, so many posters wanted Shakir cut for Isabella.

Might as well just start blitzing on every down. There's no one covering the intermediate area anyways.

How in the blue hell is Travis Kelce running down the field wide open with no one around him?

I feel like we shouldn't count our chickens before they hatch. Cautiously optimistic though, fingers crossed 🤞

Not specifically. But if the Doctor he sees is under the feeling that 6 days is too soon, they can be overly critical of symptoms and fail them simply because they aren't comfortable being the one to make the call and put themselves on the line for a quick turnaround that could potentially lead to another head injury in quick succession. Especially following what happened to Tua and the fact that Taron has a long history of head injuries. Again, I want him to play. I think he will. I'm hopeful he will. But I feel like a lot of posters are setting themselves up for disappointment by refusing to see any possibility that he isn't cleared. It's literally coming down to the wire.

Neither do I. But it would be unwise to think that it's impossible that league PR isn't also in play. Clearing a guy of a head injury in less than a week and then he takes another head injury that causes damage and they'd come under fire for clearing him so quickly. Again, I'm all for optimism and I have my fingers crossed he's cleared. But it's coming down to a decision by a doctor within hours of kickoff - regarding clearing a guy of Concussion Protocol in less than a Week. So cautious optimism is as far as I'm willing to go.

I've seen that. And I've seen the quotes from him. But all it takes is one concussion specialist for the League to say "I'm sorry, but 6 days isn't enough time" and all of that doesn't matter. Again, I'm very optimistic and i'm really, REALLY hopeful he gets cleared. But it's not a sure thing until it is and there's things at play that can supercede everything we've seen and heard.