Brand J

NFL is definitely a week to week league.

Right, the “can’t get open” is so overplayed and has taken a life of its own. “Open” in the NFL is having a step or two on the defender. Not every QB gets to throw to college open players like Lamar Jackson. Whether it’s passing game design or Allen not pulling the trigger, the receivers in this offense, Brady’s offense, are not the best versions of themselves. It’s also no coincidence Diggs’ numbers plummeted once he took over for Dorsey.

I thought we were moving towards a youth movement and speed in the secondary? Why did Hancock only get 10 defensive snaps to Poyer’s 43? Hairston started the game and played every snap; if Benford comes back and McD splits time between Hairston and White again I’ll be at the point where I truly want McD gone at the end of the year.

This is why I keep coming back to scheme and passing design more than personnel. You can have different receivers running those same routes, but if the play calls are just as predictable it won’t matter. WRs in Brady’s offense aren’t the best versions of themselves and we have years of data that proves it.

Neither group of receivers are outstanding and they have Daniel Jones throwing the ball. Imagine if that same coordinator was calling plays for Josh Allen and the Bills. I think you’d see all positions elevate their level of play with more competent game plans. If Josh was throwing to Tyler Warren, Alec Pierce, Josh Downs, and Michael Pittman Jr, with Joe Brady calling plays, it’d be much of the same.

He hasn’t been utilized as a superstar QB this season, nor is he consistently playing like one. I’m all for a shakeup offensively. You think the Colts have better pieces on offense than we do? I don’t, yet they’re putting up numbers under Steichen. Get a coordinator in here who excels in the passing game and watch the offense elevate to higher ground.

This is the right answer. WRs come to this offense to die. Shakir has 4.4 speed and great shiftiness, but you’d never know it because he runs bubble screens seemingly half the time. It’s not an aggressive passing scheme, nor does it utilize rub routes and pick plays. Doesn’t even try to confuse the opposition with motion. Brady is mostly at fault, 75%.

Looks like Jones is wearing lipstick. Wipe your mouth, dude.

The Falcons are a pretender.

Is that “do good, be good, god bless, go Bills”?

People are saying if it was murder or a vehicular accident, police reports would be out there. A wellness check was ordered at his apartment last night but Kneeland wasn’t home. Take from that what you will.

I like the receiver who plays angry and with emotion, ala Nabors, but with that usually comes a bit of diva (Diggs). BTJ and Coleman don’t play that way, but if they were the quiet producer like Jefferson (or Fitzgerald), no one could say they didn’t have that dawg in them.

Dorian Williams? He definitely will be. Carter probably gets cut at cutdown day and Strong retires. The OL also won’t be returning all 5 starters through 2029-2030. The two tackles are the only givens IMO.

Four including the OP. Guess it felt like many more 😅

I would’ve loved to see the reactions of those calling for a punt if it was blocked and returned for a TD. Methinks they’d be singing an entirely different tune. It’s the 36 yard line, guys, it’s FG or go for it. No coach is punting 20-25 yards there.

NOBODY punts from the freaking 36 yard line, nor should they.

I don’t know why anyone would opt for fusion over a replacement disc!

Actually I’d wager that Landon Jackson is much more athletic than Michael Hoecht, but he plays much stiffer and less fluid, so his test numbers haven’t seemed to translate to the field yet. We need him to step his game up in the worst way. Maybe he’ll get another opportunity and the light will come on. Remember, he’s not a bum, he was highly productive in the SEC and whipped some good tackle prospects, including the 4th overall pick in the draft. EDIT: just looked up Hoecht’s RAS, it was 0.05 better than Jackson, a 9.93, so I would’ve lost that wager.

Erik Turner highlighted another where Bishop communicated a change in coverage - Benford got the memo, Ingram ended up covering grass as his man ran for 20 on a 2nd and 16. I counted at least 3 breakdowns with him in the lineup. The 3rd and 10 “pick play” was another that shouldn’t have happened in that down and distance.

Sounds like an underlying issue that may have been discovered after whatever happened at that particular practice. Sucks for the guy and the Bills. He looked promising.

Is this something that could have happened in one practice? Or could it have been a degenerative issue, unknown by team doctors at the time he was drafted?

First Things First was discussing this. Hairston and Bishop both spilled film study “tells” they found while scouting the Chiefs. Nick and everybody else said they should’ve sat on that information until after the season (I agree).

I remember Lawrence Taylor saying when he wasn’t sure about something, whether it was his responsibility in the playcall or something else, he would just go 100 miles an hour to blow up whatever he could. Said if you’re going to make a mistake, play fast while you’re doing it, not tentatively. Bosa could’ve used that advice there.

So Strong and Sanders were severely hurt in practice, while Daquan Jones was hurt during warmups (not to mention Oliver’s first injury occurred in practice). The defense is snake-bit this year.

A lot of the break downs came with him in there too, not that that’s unexpected.