mannc

Are you joking?

It’s also fair to say that the Pats’ defense is better than the Rams’ defense...so there’s that...

Lots of guys “want it more than anything.” He’s succeeding because he has tremendous talent.

The past two years they have used their first draft picks—including number 8 overall—on front 7 players who were supposedly great pass rushers. How much more draft capital do they have to use there?

Every football person knows that a coach like Gase needs at least four years for his offensive schemes to really take hold and start bearing fruit. Gotta stay patient...

I don’t know...none of this really makes sense to me. These guys all know how to tackle, and it’s almost entirely instinctual anyway. I think the most compelling explanation is simply that it’s a continuation of the trend of passing attacks getting better all the time and teams learning how to exploit the rule changes. It just seems like all the best athletes are on offense these days...so many outstanding WRs and TEs, it’s almost impossible to list them...

We’ve jumped out to big leads in all three games...Maybe the problem is with the style of prevent defense we’re playing. Also, the offense is scoring much faster this year, resulting in more possessions for the other team. Things to think about...

It’s not THAT bad. Dallas is a pretty good team. They lost two close games on the road against good teams and they get to feast on the other scrubs in the NFCE. I’d say they finish 9-7 at the very worst.

I think this, plus the lack of crowd noise are the biggest factors. It’s also possible that the lack of exhibition games somehow affects the defense more, but I’m not sure why that would be the case.

This makes no sense whatsoever, even if You believe in “momentum” in a football game.

Brees is on a ventilator.

It’s a league-wide trend. I can’t think of a single defense that shutting other teams down. In the first week, offensive holding calls were down 78%. Haven’t seen the stats since, but I’m not seeing many of those called.

It was five times worse than the one called on Kroft.

The.Worst.Ever.

That might be the worst spot I’ve ever seen. He wasn’t within two yards of 1st down. Incredible.

Where the hell was the offensive PI?

Can someone post a link with a replay of the “interception”?

Wow

4-down territory

Anyone think this team can beat New England?

Second Half for Jared Goff: Garbage time!

Joe Burrow taken out with a dirty hit. Last thing this league needs.

Barely

I don’t think Newton is any more likely to get hurt than JA. They have a similar running style and I think will be used in similar ways in their offenses. Both have been so effective from the pocket, that I don’t expect to see either run very much except in the red zone. Murphy reminds me of Flutie and R Wilson...he just never seems to take a hit. As you point out, very different from Cam and JA, who seem to relish contact...

Umm, I’d say Cam’s performance Sunday against Seattle was great. I did not see him against Miami.