Half-time adjustments? How about how well they executed as a whole? The narrative was always Belichick teams don't beat themselves, and that was true for most of my adult life. Their two minute drills, the forced fumbles (they were able to execute so consistently), the rules they manipulated to gain that extra advantage, the penalties they didn't take... And then you watched out teams fail so consistently to meet they same standard. Our two minute drills were a joke compared to New England's. And there was always that last minute holding penalty to take the Bills from a third and short situation to a seemingly impossible 3rd and 13.
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Half-time adjustments? How about how well they executed as a whole? The narrative was always Belichick teams don't beat themselves, and that was true for most of my adult life. Their two minute drills, the forced fumbles (they were able to execute so consistently), the rules they manipulated to gain that extra advantage, the penalties they didn't take... And then you watched out teams fail so consistently to meet they same standard. Our two minute drills were a joke compared to New England's. And there was always that last minute holding penalty to take the Bills from a third and short situation to a seemingly impossible 3rd and 13.
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Uhh, where's James Cook? Don't like that at all (especially because I dropped Latavius this AM).
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Hard to pass up Cousins, that game could be 41-38, those D's are playing like ass.
Excused for the birth of his child.
HOOats
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Ah, good for him. Strange that none of our beat reporters had that information.
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Trevon Diggs torn acl in practice
wgr talking like Knox will be out
wgr talking like Knox will be out
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I know nothing about euroball but I'm chuffed to watch this bloke Flying Pig; having a podcast spares him wandering the pub with a pipe in hand.
(Imagine that Dolphins livecaster with Tourette's and a thesaurus)
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I still wonder what Beane meant when he said "They took the other one" when Dallas took Overshown then Beane took Williams next. McD had a look of dread on his face.
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So, I’ve liked Bienemy for a while. If Dorsey isn’t the answer McDermott should find a way to bring him in as the associate HC and OC.
He gets a bad rap for just being successful because of Andy Reid. I don’t buy it.
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I mean they're still in the honeymoon period, but so far all of the Washington media guys have been raving about him.
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I think Jones being out in the playoffs against Cincinnati was a huge loss that barely anyone talked about. In all the post-mortem from that game...Jones impact on the D definitely did not get the air time it deserved.
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A 4th round pick isn’t worth an $11M dead cap hit this year.
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It’s not very realistic to move on from Elam until after 2024.
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Trading Elam right now would result in dead cap hits of 1.78 million this year (1.33 savings) and 3.57 million in 2024 (basically breaking even).A 4th round pick isn’t worth an $11M dead cap hit this year.
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It’s not very realistic to move on from Elam until after 2024.
That said, I wouldn't do it. Probably not for a third and definitely not for a fourth, much less the Cowboys fourth which will be very late.
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Edmunds wasn't good at shedding blocks? That's news to me.
Agree with the wingspan point.
Edmunds was absolutely capable of shedding blocks, though. He may not have been always willing to do so, but he is a different model than Bernard.
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He definitely is average. I just think that we're going to look back on the current shift in the league from lets say 2018-2030 and see there are teams that have certain guys who go above and beyond average in a way that they can shape an entire game.
Burrow is the outlier here as I don't understand how he keeps popping up into big games because I don't think he's particularly athletic or creative...but maybe I'm mistaken.
If I'm guessing, I assume the next four Super Bowls go to a guy named Mahomes, Allen, Prescott, or Burrow.
These are guys who can play below average, but also have a ceiling that a Mac Jones or Kenny Pickett will not achieve.
I think I'm over the Herbert roller-coaster as it seems he isn't really interested in playing above and beyond and his coaching is subpar.
Purdy will be the one who proves me wrong smh.
Burrow has the X factor. Call it mental, call it a processor, call it clutch... Whatever it is - he's got it. That's why he's so good without having the physical traits of an Allen or a Mahomes.
I think Purdy is generally under rated. He's looked like a potential stud whenever I've watched him. But let's not pretend that a percentage of their success isn't down to coaching/scheme.
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*call it Chase, Higgins, and Boyd
How often does a QB have a 1a, 1b, and a 2?
Burrow is a good QB, I’m just not convinced he is any better than Cousins.
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Burrow's pocket presence is great, and his ball placement is top notch. He reads defenses at a high level, too. But I honestly think his weapons elevate his play. An elite #1 in Chase, another #1 in Higgins, and a topnotch slot guy in Boyd. I think that's the best 3 weapons you can have on the field at once. Tua probably has the best 1-2 punch in Hill and Waddle, but I think I'd take Cincy's 3 weapons over Tua's 3 weapons.
I'm still waiting to see Burrow's 'X factor' come to light in the playoffs. It will happen, but he hasn't come close to the heights of Mahomes and Allen, which is a very, very tough height to reach.
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Up until last season, one of the biggest complaints of Edmunds was that he would get swallowed up by OL.
The Bills sign DQ Jones and that isn't a complaint last year because he kept Edmunds clean for the most part.
Edmunds is a 1 of 1 player with his length and range. But, that shows up way more in playing zone against the pass than it ever did in taking on blockers, shedding them, and filling against the run. That has never been one of Edmunds's strengths.
Completely agree. Add in that Philips was playing hurt and the DT position was Oliver and not much else. That made it a lot easier on the Cincy OL than it would have been had the Bills been healthier.
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