deadbeef

What did he tell them? Paraphrasing here: get a 3and out to open the third quarter then get back on the gas and build a dominant lead. The message was throw a beat down and don’t let them crawl back.

Opinions on the cheerleaders?

Challenge: Find a drink that goes with these uniforms! Maybe a glass of mercury + vodka.

Can someone throw some ketchup on the players? These are some fugly uniforms.

Substitute wingsauce for tomato juice

The long snapper appears to be cut.

This is a fluke, weak QB year. The number of teams looking for a QB is not decreasing. QB is the most important position and it seems like only 1-2 per draft turn into solid starters. And most drafts don’t produce a pro bowl caliber one.

There are a few ways to lose in the 13 seconds. One is a kickoff gadget play and the long kickoff eliminated that. Another is giving Mahomes too much time to throw and letting him complete a bomb. Rushing 4 generally eliminates that. I don't know who they had on the field but you could put 4 DE out there or 3DE + Oliver and have some speed to hurry up Mahomes. Blitz was an option to rush a throw, but Mahomes can pick you apart with that. I think the general strategy was fine, but you have to execute a D that doesn't give up two chunk plays as was stated. Upgrading the pass rush is much needed.

Any team at +90 points in week 4 is properly at #1. They legitimately have a top O and top D. Yes their wins were against mediocre or bad teams but those teams still had talent on defense and we dropped plenty of points. I don’t care how bad an O they played, the number of 4th down stops shows the D is championship caliber. Defense wins championships. Look at last years superbowl or the giants in 2007.

We should offer to trade Bruce Smith to Atlanta. He might fetch one heck if a draft pick!

I looked at some of the teams the Patriots beat in years past and they beat some phenomenal offenses with good D. Look at their first win in 2001. They held the greatest show on turf to under 20 points. That was a HOF RB, QB and 2 HOF caliber receivers. Ditto what they did to the chargers in AFC championship games when they had LT, Rivers, Gates. The 2008 patriots were beat by a great D and great pass rush of the giants. yes, a prolific O can win but only until it gets shutdown. We can’t win shootouts everytime. We win if we keep KC under 20 points. A RB doesn’t fix that. DE might.

Good points, but Sammy Watkins comes to mind. There are a lot of high picks that don’t live up to expectations, particularly on WR and RB. Don’t forget, Ladanian Tomlinson never played in a super bowl. I think the worst thing we can do is use a 1st rounder on a RB. An upgrade at RB would help but they can be obtained in other ways. Invest a high pick on D.

A better run game would not have beat the chiefs. The problem is the chiefs scored too many points. They punted once. Defence wins championships.

Another challenge for Tennessee: I think their long snapper is sick and they can’t practice. Special teams will be a mess.

They have several sick players and likely more will get sick in the next few days. Most likely none of them will be ready to play us. They will be shorthanded. I see nothing good for Tennessee in this situation. They can’t practice yet.