dave mcbride

Please. They were top 10 in yards too. MOST importantly, though, they were in the top 10 in offensive DVOA (8th, as I recall) but finished 10th (still damn good) after the Jets debacle. Look it up on FO. The info is all there.

They were seventh in offense through 15 games. You should actually respond to Badol's post rather than offering a one-note reiteration of the usual.

From the REALLY broken record dept.: QBs don't win games, teams do (not saying that you're saying this here). Luck's last game before injury took him out: a 35-33 loss to TN. Hasselback's games: 16-13 win in OT against a 2-14 Jags team. A 27-20 win over Houston. (next 4 games with Luck starting: a 34-27 loss to AFC championship game loser NE; a 27-21 loss to NO, a 29-26 loss to 15-1 SB loser Carolina; and a 27-24 win over SB winner Denver) 24-21 win over ATL 25-12 win over TB 10-45 loss against Pitt 16-51 loss against Jax 10-16 loss against Houston, which started Brandon Weeden 18-12 win over Miami; Hasselback is 8-15 for 99 yards and 0 TDs

Good post. The one thing I'd say about that division is while it's not good, outside of the Colts the teams in it are usually pretty stacked on D (Houston, TN, and Jax). Houston and Jax in particular was stacked last year. Their offenses have been horrible, however. The accuracy has improved every year, btw, and in his last 2 healthy seasons he has averaged 7.7 and 7.8 ypa. 2015 shouldn't be included here.

He was on a trajectory toward elite before the injury issue the last couple of seasons. He was lights out in 2014, and last year he threw more TDs (31 in 15 games) than any Bills QB in franchise history. Statistically, he was very, very good last season. As Gunner mentions above, that franchise has legit 3-13 potential every year without him. They are horrible. PS - He has the same injury Brees had way back when (torn labrum). It can be bad, but obviously people come back from it (Brees).

Yup. Agreed.

Good post (I went to UCLA too).

Rivers had his chance at a SB ring. In 2006, if Marlon Freaking McRee knocks down that 4th down pass by Brady instead of picking it off, they may well have won the SB. People talk about the tuck rule game, but that Pats victory over that 13-3 SD team -- in a game in which SD vastly outplayed them -- is the most galling victory in Brady's entire tenure, in my opinion.

You know I respect your opinion, but he's better than you claim. He simply hasn't been healthy the last two seasons (really, going back to the season opener against Buffalo in 2015). 2015 was a wash for him - they went 2-5 with him in there and he simply wasn't right (broken rib). The last time he was truly healthy (2014), the team went 11-5 and he had a 40-16 TD/INT ratio. Last year, he had a 31-13 TD/INT ratio and 7.8 ypa. They went 8-7 with him in there, and overall the Colts have been 43-27 with him at the helm. The rest of team sucks. Grigson and Irsay are just horrible.

He's extremely good, but is stuck in a poor franchise.

Rosen's teams have won 58 percent of the games he's started in. Let's see how he does this season. As for the others: Winston: he played on a team that saw 18 players drafted in 2014 and 2015, and 8 of them went in the first two rounds. One of the most loaded teams in recent history. Mariota; Ditto. 28 Ducks were drafted by the NFL from 2009-2015, and 8 in the first 3 rounds from 2013-15 (the years Mariota started). Put Mariota on Cal and see what happens. Luck: Not quite ditto, but Stanford's program has been great. 4 guys from his final year there were drafted in the first 2 rounds. He is also the best prospect to come out in a long, long time. Rosen is not as good as him. Cousins: Good college player on a good college team with an excellent coach. He also was handing off to the best NFL running back in the game right now (Le'Veon Bell) and was backed by a very good defense. Carr: I like him, but Fresno State did not beat one good team in Carr's entire career there. They mostly play very weak teams, although the few times they played good teams, they lost every single time. The bottom line: football is the ultimate team sport.

You are preaching the choir about Mora.

QBs do not win games - teams do. That's an iron law of TBD discussion, at least in my opinion. No offense, but I tend to immediately discount people who invoke QB win-loss records, especially for college QBs. Jared Goff was on teams that went 14-23 in games he started, yet he was a phenomenal college QB. The point the article makes is that he has played well but was cursed by one of the worst rushing offenses in all of college football last season (115th out of 125 teams using advanced stats).

True.

I suggest reading this: https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/5/30/15704320/ucla-football-2017-preview-schedule-roster .

Sully???

The primary job of WR in the NFL is playing WR, not throwing blocks in the run game. It's not unimportant, but it's without a doubt secondary and arguably even tertiary.

This is all to make it look like Beane actually has juice here. I'm not saying he doesn't have any, but McDermott runs the show, not Beane. Of course they were showcasing him for the Rams to show he's healthy. That is freaking obvious. No, not in a situation like the Watkins one. LA wanted to see his patented explosiveness post-injury to see if the rumors of his recovery were true. That strikes me as blindingly obvious.

Don't believe anything you read about McDermott not being in the know about Watkins. It's patent BS.

He's certainly physical. He's good at beating the jam -- the most important "physical" component of being a WR in the NFL. great comp. I've been following training camp reports, and he is apparently the best player out there right now. This trade was so dumb ... Weak post.

I believe it was McDermott's idea, not Beane's. Watkins's option was declined before Beane was hired. And i think that the idea that mcdermott wasn't in the know despite force feeding the ball to Watkins in the first quarter is hilarious. Of course he knew, but saying that he didn't gives fans the illusion that beane is in control. I am by no means saying that the situation is promising. God, I hope not. Pegula is an utter moron about football, and I say that even though I like him for buying the Bills and keeping them here. I'm not even sure he likes football.

I think that structurally, coaches and GMs are incentivized very differently. Yes, they're close, but I guarantee you that McDermott is in the driver's seat. It's not like I don't think the Watkins trade was bad, by the way. I just think you're measuring them against the wrong teams. Measure them against current crews in which the HC drives the show. They may still fare poorly, but those are better benchmarks.

Jeff George is a ridiculous comparison. Seriously, stop with that.

Not even close. Rosen is genuinely smart, and his father is a surgeon. Jeff George got a 10 (not a misprint) on the Wonderlic.

Rosen is majoring in economics and wants to eventually get an MBA. I could see him staying in.