The inability to play smart, complimentary football for four whole quarters is unfortunately the defining flaw of this year’s team. It’s a real bummer.
Hurts faced one of the easiest schedules in the league, don’t forget. And Allen had to overcome the playcalling much of the time, while Mahomes benefitted from a premier offensive mind.
DVOA, basically, measures situational performance versus a replacement-level baseline. How does your team compare to how your average team would do against that same opponent, in that same down-and-distance.
Correct, but for cap planning purposes I think they have to make the call now - I mean I suppose they could franchise Edmunds and kick the decision down the road but I'd be very surprised if they're wiling to do that.
They are gonna likely have to choose between Edmunds and Oliver. First half of the season I would have given the edge to Oliver, but he's faded down the stretch and Edmunds has stepped up. I wonder if they can trade Oliver.
Oh I agree completely. This front office has been generating media likes for years but has yet to find a SINGLE free agent value signing. Mike Brown’s accountant’s nephew or whomever is running the Bengals’ skeletal pro personnel department is running laps around them. Cook has had a few nice games to close the season but beyond that they got close to zero production out of the 2022 draft which is a bad sign with Allen’s monster cap hit looming. This front office needs to start cashing the checks its been writing for the past four years.