Terrible game...just awful. A freakin rookie QB carving up our defense to come back from 14 down with just a few minutes left. Defense looked gassed, likely because the offense couldn't sustain a drive to save their lives.
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For me, I'd rather have 2 SB wins in the last 3 years and perennial (hopfully not this year) trips to the AFC championship game every year since 2018 and an embarrassing sideline meltdown with a double-down of ref-blaming on the podium one Sunday after the WR corps loses them at least their 2nd last-second loss of the season. In no way do I condone what he did. And, I want my cake & eat i
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The #1 seed not only gives that team the only bye in the conference, but a guarantee of playing no higher than the #5 seed after that week of rest. You're 2 home wins away from the SB. It's an absolutely HUGE advantage, and we're in the driver's seat for now.
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I'm guessing that's what he meant. If he's like me, it's been so long since we've won the AFC East it's tough to even think about winning the whole conference :-)
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My son & I watch the games together just about every week, and I've told him this defense is like the one we had in the late 90's/early 2000's with Zach, JT, Madison, Surtain, etc. Only this season our offense is 2nd in the league in rushing and 2nd in passing.
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Gotta take care of business as we should Monday and the following Sunday. I genuinely believe we're more talented and more capable of winning every game left on our schedule than any opponent. Sadly, the one that's most important is the one I'm least confident in...Baltimore. But, with our best vs. their best, I think we beat them.
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I agree that Ramsey has completely changed the defense for the much, much better. He may have been the difference in the Buffalo game where Kohou was picked on in the passing game, and that was a big part of the game just getting out of hand. In the Philly game, I think the #1 reason we lost was the officiating. If we'd had Ramsey and fair officiating, we certainly don't lose by 14 and may hav
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Ogbah likely gone this upcoming offseason. I figured Baker would be gone even w/o the injury, so I think that makes it even more likely. These 2 moves essentially get us to the 2024 cap. There are a couple of other moves that could free up a bit more (e.g. Keion Crossen for $3M. The 2 big moves that could free up sizeable chunks: - I think Howard will be let go next offseason as a post Ju
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If Jackson continues to play at this level and on a trajectory of getting better, it's a good contract. OT is generally more valuable than OG, which makes me wonder if the trade-off on the OL is Hunt not being resigned. I freakin' love Hunt and hope he can stay. The fact that the Jackson signing isn't incredibly expensive relative to OL contracts league-wide gives me some hope that maybe we ca
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Not news to anyone on this board, but having stability with the right combination of management, coaching and QB is a huge part of being able to make the right player personnel decisions. We've had dysfunction in that mix for so many years that, in my opinion, has resulted in not maximizing the talent on our roster. For example, we've for so long been the team where quite often free agents come
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Man, the DT market went crazy the latter part of last offseason...he'll definitely be more expensive to keep than he would have been 8 months ago. There will have to be some tough decisions and we'll lose some players we'd like to have kept. In my opinion, you'd want to keep as many true blue-chip players as you can...the "math changers" as some call them. A couple of things that a
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I don't have access to all-22 film or anything, but it's tough for me to say with the camera angles on the broadcast and highlights. On both, Tyreek was wide open. On the first, even watching it live because the camera panned out, I could tell it was going to be a TD when he threw it...shouted "yes!" during live play when I saw it leave his hand. Tyreek even had to slow a bit to ca
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I know it's a low-quality opponent (though all teams are manned by paid professionals), but I was impressed by several things in this game: - no head-scratcher throws by Tua...while being relatively aggressive - Tua's movement in the pocket creating time/lanes - the long 7:50 drive almost entirely runs to end the game (impressive, but I think the 'Skins were simply ready to end the game so
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Indeed - Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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Both of us were, of course, different teams. But, we swept the Jets in 2020 & 2021. We are clearly the better team than any of the next 4 on our schedule, and we should run the table. But, even great teams (and I'm not claiming we are one) stumble. Super Bowl contending teams have a habit of taking advantage of the breaks that come their way as they 'heat up' for the playoff run. We'
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Definitely the OL is at its best when all starters are healthy. There's also the notion that the different units' effectiveness within the system is interdependent. The OL benefits from Tua getting the ball out quickly. Pass blocking benefits from a strong running game and play action. I know I'm not telling anyone anything they don't know. I think the next evolution in this is actually
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Man, the only way the bye weekend could have been better for us is if Green Bay would have beaten Pittsburgh. But, man, what a fortuitous weekend. We've got to take advantage of what others have gifted us.
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Agreed it's a team game, and I think we have the most complete team we've had in decades. And, I agree that we have some real "it" guys and would add Ramsey to that list. I'm loving those things. I truly don't know if he has "IT", but he plays the position that has outsized importance overall...so having "IT" as QB has an outsized impact. All that said, I'm n
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I think the definition of "IT" is succeeding when the pressure's high and others around you aren't rising to the occasion. For me, I thought he had "IT" at his time of drafting based upon what he did w/Alabama and specifically the 2nd half of the national championship game. I currently genuinely don't know if he actually does or not...and have even thought about the concept
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I'm not among those who are blaming Tua. There's plenty of blame to go around. But, in the last 2 plays with the game on the line at the Chiefs 31 (as you outline in your post): - he threw a pass 8 yards behind Wilson when Wilson was 3+ yards in front of the defender for an easy TD. - he mishandled a snap that was off target but he probably handles it 80% of the time...it wasn't that bad a
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Damnit I'm bummed. We were the more talented team on the field yesterday. We were nearly at full health. I sincerely hope that their ability to win against quality opponents isn't in any way tied to my belief that they can. I'm not sure when I'll be a believer at this point. We have 8 games left in the rest of the season and I think we have more talent than any remaining team on the schedu
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McD's playcalling wasn't near perfect, but the on-field execution from beginning to end was our greatest failing. You can't flutter a pass like that on 3rd & 10 and then mishandle a bad snap on the final play. When the stakes were the highest, Tua pooped the bed.
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Sounds like we're getting some key pieces back healthy potentially in time for the KC game. Specifically, Armstead, Williams, Howard, Holland. All, in my opinion, top 10 players at their position. Balancing the importance of the KC game vs. the potential for aggravating/allowing extra rest time with the bye, I'm just about 50/50 in terms of whether they should play. I'm lumping them all toget
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We gotta prove we can win big games as they come along, but I agree with the prevailing sentiments about this one in particular. 1. the officiating was criminally one-sided 2. we were playing without so much of our top-shelf talent. We can beat the teams we have without a relatively healthy roster. But, 3/5 of our starting OL was out. Both our top CBs (yeah, I'm at the point of counting
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I thought our pass pressure was decent both this week and last with the BIG caveat that we were playing two teams struggling with pass protection. We (along with most of the league, really) struggle with elite throwers and we especially struggle with mobile QBS (not telling anyone on this board anything we don't all know already). I watched the Philly game and the Jets D was super-stout again
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He'd, of course, be better than anything we have at TE now. Though, I'm not disappointed in what we have and how they fit into the offense. He'd also be another - along with Tyreek and Ramsey - player who has starred on a SB-winning team and brings that knowledge and experience.
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Our offense was so balanced that Tua threw 2 TD with his left hand and 2 with his right
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Unbelievable. We used to take 4+ games to score 70.
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Reminding myself that we played this game without 3 of our best players: legit blue-chip players in Armstead & Ramsey and Phillips with the potential to become one in short order.
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AVG obviously stepped in & stepped up really well. And, props to Chubb for how he stepped up. I've been disappointed in his production relative to pay, but last night he was hustling every play and consistently disrupting. On the snaps issue, I think some are Conner and some Tua. Frankly, they just need to get it the F worked out. That's 101, and we have the talent across the roster to
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