colin

with those contract numbers, if garrett is actually available, i'd just pay what it cost. a couple of firsts, maybe a couple of 2nds. if we have him for 3 years (including this one) for basically minimum, we can move stuff around to keep cooper if we want. its early to say, but coleman does things with the ball in his hands that we have simply not gotten out of players. him along w coop and shakir and the backs and tight ends gives us a mix of talent on O that legit exceeds anything we have had with allen on the team. 2020/2021 was nice w brown and beaz and diggs, but the oline was much worse than it is now, and our backs and tes were not a threat in anyway. a super star dline is what mcd needs more than anything. we've all talked about how he can make a secondary better than it really is, and it seems like we've been able to do that at LB as well. our corners are actually a really good trio. i'll say it again, garrett, miller, groot and oliver is not getting blocked at all on 3rd and long, we'd be able to get mahomes in the playoffs off of his super efficient streak vs our d, and lamar would have 3+ turnovers. burrow would likely get hurt. those are the 3 teams we have to beat to get to a super bowl, and it's hard to think of one additional player to add to the team that would get us there more than garrett.

Baltimore's O is sick, but that d kinda sucks. Only Brady doing his best Hackett (bills era Hackett) impression has made them look good this season

our d got trucked badly vs baltimore, but bmore has pure cheeks pass d. not being able to get a single thing on passing the ball really shows our corches were out to lunch in a sad and big way that game. yes, we didn't have cooper etc etc, but we can't just get pantsed every time an opposing coach changes a single thing.

2 firsts and elam or whatever and maybe lower value picks too if the contract can be structured in a way that works w the cap (basically we can pay chunks of what is getting burned on samuel, knox, milano, miller, diggs and other dead cap as it comes off). that guy would make this d line go from really good at times and zilch at other times to really good almost all the time and disgusting nasty some of the time. garret, oliver, miller and groot is a shocking nascar package on 3rd and long. no oline in the nfl would block that effectively and the intimidation factor would be off the charts. also, it means w aj, miller, groot and garret, you'd never be without one edge matchup that you can win as you rotate. if anything makes mcd's d work it's a sick four man rush, and that would be about the best in the nfl.

given how nasty baltimore and kc are, and how we've managed to lose two consecutive years at home in the playoffs, i think home field advantage is a like 8% or lower probability thing now and not as crucial as we all thought it was after the 13 seconds game, so winning the division is kinda close as makes no difference to the best likely outcome of the regular season (obv being healthy is so HUGE). also, kc won two on the road last season to win the chip, no excuses we just have to ball in the post season. because of that, while i will panic and black pill in the game day thread, if we just keep our division lead we are kinda in the best place we can likely be this year. we play NE twice in 3 weeks near the end of the season, as long as they don't figure it out late and pose a challenge, we are prolly gonna be in about where we can be for the remainder.

davis hit the hole way harder and with less delay. cook sets stuff up w better vision and moves better and is faster, but smaller. this o would do much better if brady figured out the rhythm of the running game a bit better. way too many of our plays get swallowed up or blown up in the back field because of delaying stuff that the D is looking for. imo that delayed stuff works better when the quick hitters have been working. those delayed runs by cook and allen in the redzone were disgusting. the smash stuff was dominating. the runs vs the jets, especially early, were killing it. it seems like brady is playing madden at times just dialing up plays and seeing what might work.

the clowns who sell constant nfl coverage have to give narratives and the guys with the most endorsements and highest profile get the most attention. allen and mahomes are two of the faces of the entire league, so they sell it that way. it's plainly obvious that coaching and the roster and the entire team is what matters but that's not what drives clicks and views and sales of crap they sell. because of this, i just don't consume nfl or sports media any more really. i'll check out podcasts and stuff w analysis and numbers, but holy crap hearing morons talk about allen's turnovers or how mahomes finds a way to win or whatever is just stupefying.

whatever it is on the coaches side, it is clearly impacting the players too. josh was wound up tight to start, the backs (cook really) was slow to get going out of the hole, cooper dropped a 3rd down conversion (first JA pass ever, so maybe that's not really an issue). on d, it generally looks like the d line not getting anything going (i presume it's because of blocking scheme vs our rush, because they are all fresh) and our lbs and dbs just tend to bite on underneath stuff. the big pass to nico vs houston and the run by henry vs baltimore are great examples. one was early and bishop blew his assignment and it was just so easy for their o, and w the henry run, they had a perfect play called and we lined up like suckers and let it go for nearly 90 and 6! i think the solution involves getting the players better prepared -- they are thinking too much and it causes hesitation to start, and i think there needs to be a little more creativity on both sides of the ball. instead of disguising or whatever all the time on D, maybe show some different alignments, and on o i think we need a script with some creative audibles (other teams always seem to have them). one extra stop early and maybe one extra good drive on o would make these games a lot less stressful, and would have us at 6-1 with our loss vs baltimore prolly looking less disgusting.

They stank to start but then woke up. Best thing to see was the d adjustment. Seems like they had a will Levis game plan to start, and then switched to a nuke the Rudolph plan in the second.

Glass cannons

Lol, they are trying to give the cover and the over some action

That was close but no catch, but how about the db with a full hand of cloth? Are these blind men ever gonna call those in the end zone?

Like, what are they thinking? The D will drop back deep and allow Allen a lane? It's at the flipping 3

We have had some just awful run plays. Slow to develop, blocks are trash, no one is fooled. Why can't we line up power and just slam it in like we did w 22 last week?

That is such a a catch

We have a fragile linebacker problem. If we are gonna be small at lb, we need some size on the line to protect them

That was way too much contact for Knox not to get a call there

Bro, semi work wheel swing or screen is a paradigm shift compared to what we are used to

We never saw a replay on the pass intro, was that legit?

Those ads are insulting. Who watches that trash?

Woo hoo!

Lol, maybe Tennessee just realized how bad they are!

The offense just has to figure it out, get back to what was effective earlier in the year. The d is trash, MCD just isnt much of a coach. The jets and Tenn are lighting us up.

This team stinks.

Poor ball security by the retune man doesn't seem like smart coaching