dave mcbride

The big problem is that defenses are more exhausted in OT than offenses are because they have to react. Why does every team take one position and not the other in an ostensibly 50-50 situation? Please answer me that. Don’t obfuscate either. Elaborate on your answer. No quips.

LOL. Tell me this: why is that every team defers in regular time, but — with the current OT rules — previsely zero teams have deferred in OT? The colege rules are fine but the the nfl should improve upon those rules and not count ot stats toward regular stats. It’s a very easy fix. Just set up an OT stats category.

Coin flip winners (ie, the luckier folks) have a distintive advantage, and it ain’t even remotely arguable. It is straight-up BS.

I am actually intermittently impressed by Gase, especially his offensive playcalling, which is often pretty impressive. He’s kiced a lot of guys with talent off the team in the service of “culture,” so in a sense he’s kinda like the offensive version of McDermott.

No way could tannehill have come close the end zone given where they were

Take off the homer glasses. Darnold was money late in the game and extremely accurate. Allen should have had 3 picks, all of them bad.

I like allen, but darnold was the better player today.

Darnold was very impressive. Nice accuracy.

Update: it is indeed his other foot. The current injury is with the right foot (via espn), and the earlier one, which resulted in surgery, was in the left foot.

He's not overrated and actually played reasonably well last night. He is a jerk, however.

It's terrible, but his career is in all likelihood over. He's likable, so I'm bummed for him. He actually did have a good career, and teams he QB'd for went 75-35 since 2011.

I expect Hughes to play with his hair on fire this week given the altercation with the ref.

White is a very good player. Hughes has had his best season ever, though, and he's incredibly disruptive. He has an absolutely ridiculous number of pressures this season and goes all out on every play. He's in fifth in the NFL in the combined category of pressures, QB hits, and sacks. I really can't say who is better this season. Both play centrally important positions and both are playing at elite levels. I'm happy both are on the team.

PFF says Hughes is, and by a country mile. But both are good players.

Would have been even funnier if you referred to him as "Charles Barkley."

Not even remotely misleading if you've been on this board for even a little while (year-plus).

See my posts above.

I'm not 100 percent sure of that, but I do recall reading that (or hearing about it) somewhere.

Just to clarify, it's the other foot this time as I understand it.

A little thing called a foot injury.

It's less about the stats than watching when he plays for KC. When healthy (a MAJOR qualifier, to be sure), he's just so damn explosive, and his hands are as strong as those of any receiver in the league. He doesn't lose hand battles (unlike a certain receiver who just departed the Bills). He has essentially played in 8 games this season (he played in two other games for 1 play because of injuries). In those 8 games, he has 515 yards on 39 catches, which prorates to 78 catches for 1,030 yards. That is a LOT in an offense that spreads the ball around so much. But the feet are of course a problem with him.

It's a different foot, however, and it looks like Watkins' season is pretty much toast (although he may be a spot player in the last couple of games; who knows). The issue might actually be that he has chronic, congenital foot problems, which might explain why teams like LA and Buffalo didn't try to retain him. There's a ton of medical info we are not privy too.

Holmes had a bad penalty on special teams on Sunday, and it wasn't his first. I think this is a ST replacement.

He's been playing very well when healthy, but the feet may just be a chronic issue with him. I will not be surprised if he has the same injury as the one he had with the other foot. It's correctable, but he probably won't be 100 percent until around September of next year if he has the surgery.

The Browns were forced to spend nutsily last year. It's why they took on the Osweiler contract.