dave mcbride

London was out past week when Cousins played.

Yet Rodgers up to this point has been the best player on the team!

I feel like QBR has gotten to be a more reliable stat over time. When I look at the leaders at the end of the season and the overall pecking order, it rings true. I strongly suspect they've tweaked the algorithm over time so that it doesn't end up with the crazy results it had in the first 1-2 years of its existence. Sort by QBR on this page for the 2024 season and you'll see what I mean: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2024/passing.htm.

More than solid - that healthy Ravens team was a top-five team in the NFL. They were decimated by injuries in subsequent games to the point where it became tragicomic.

One of the best WRs of this century, in my view. Definitely took him some time, though. As I've said elsewhere, I really wish the Bills traded for him last season. Maybe it was implausible contract wise, but I'm of a mind that everything can be maneuvered in that realm to make it work.

That video link of Elam's play this season is pretty wow. Man, he is terrible. Just terrible.

That's not true regarding awareness on the first play. Smith argues and shows that Coleman never looks at where the DB is, and the way he catches it illuminates this. This is a play that arguably could have gone for more yards if he catches it with his hands and turns upfield immediately rather than hugging it and slowing down. Maybe he's gunshy because of the fumble vs NE, but that's not elite (or even good) receiver-level play. As for the other one, it was a piss poor effort. I don't think that's debatable. During the game thread, commenters thought so too. He doesn't come back for the ball at all but just stands there. Maybe it wasn't a great route combination, but you gotta do better than that.

He's on pace for 1,008 yards and is clearly playing well.

This is brutal. But I cannot disagree.

As @Kirby Jackson so aptly put it, Meyers is the final boss of the JAGs.

Love this! Thanks for the link.

There was a breakdown of his game on video in the offseason. He is a terrible route runner who takes way too many steps, presumably trying to juke people. It slows him down and makes it very easy to cover him. He is just not good at the running and getting open part of football.

The price should in theory go down, though, if a team gets the player for fewer games. Maybe not, though.

Tell that to Von Miller!

The reffing in that game was pretty terrible. It cost the Bills.