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I hope we get the down Fitz rather than the up Fitz
"Nah, he got the upside, I got the downside. See there's two sides to every Schwartz."
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I just use this thread as an exercise to fend off senility, test my memory, and reinforce my cognitive skills. Based on a few of the comments, I have failed on all three. .Damn impressive, Ken. I'm jealous. Just what the hell kind of brain supplements are you taking? Every week I get more senile while you seem to be just hitting your prime. I think I'll re-read your post and see if I can jump start some of my dormant brain cells....
On this particular play, I think there was a LB dropping, but the other receivers routes were designed to keep most of the coverage wide, so when the crosser gets into the route the QB can make his throw once the receiver clears that middle underneath cover guy.Ken, I'm starting to think the Pats zone issue is a combination of both the safety and LB play. I think you're right on the safeties' reading and closing ability. I haven't been looking specifically, but has anyone else noticed how the LBs are dropping into the intermediate area - are they getting deep enough to force higher throws and smaller completion windows to facilitate the safeties doing just what you describe successfully or are they getting "stuck" too shallow allowing the WRs to flatten out their routes below the zone look for easier completions?
Sorry if I offended you with my White comments. I really don't mean to hate on him. In some respects he's been an ideal player in that he is very dependable guy who has maximized his strengths, and to some degree, improved on his weaknesses. How can you hate an over achiever.I think I'm done reading these until you grow up and stop hating on James White. He's broken a lot of tackles and gained almost all of his yards after the catch.
How can I trust your analysis is worth salt when you're wrong about James White week after week?
PS: Lewis is not faster than White. Lewis is just better at changing directions, which we didn't need on the two point conversion attempt.
Sanders was 4.6 guy in the 40 IIRC. Great RB's aren't really about the speed, its more about the ACCELERATION. What made Sanders so great was that he could go from zero to maximum faster than anyone I can remember. When you watch great RB's now and see how they get by people and make them miss, its all about the acceleration coming out of the cut.Brady is going for the all QB wins record in 30 fewer games than Manning), don't think BB is unaware of this, though he won't risk an injury, Brady will play.
SO the jump cut Lewis made yesterday against the Jets, was reminiscent of Barry Sanders. Barry didn't have overwhelming straight line speed (check his combine 40 time) but had great change of direction and 'game speed'. Lewis is an injury prone poor man Barry Sanders. Bring his along slowly he is a game changer in the playoffs with the cold weather. I would love to see him healthy in the playoffs.
I loved Mitchell's comments after the game where he took ownership for missing a tough catch in the end zone rather than taking credit for the game winning TD catch.
Sanders was 4.6 guy in the 40 IIRC. Great RB's aren't really about the speed, its more about the ACCELERATION. What made Sanders so great was that he could go from zero to maximum faster than anyone I can remember. When you watch great RB's now and see how they get by people and make them miss, its all about the acceleration coming out of the cut.
Now I don't want the secondary to all of a sudden become risk takers in the Assante Samuel vein. I just want them to tighten it up a bit more, so instead of 100% surity no one will get deep. Believe what your eyes are telling you and lower to 85%.
Good performance by the defense today. Kept the team in the game while the offense was inept. Though the poor offensive performance was to be expected, given the injuries to Brady and Gronk.
Yes, but the key is the ball never crossed the plane before his foot went out of bounds. Here's the still again:
I was responding to the Hurley post above that appeared to suggest that the ball did not need to cross the plane if the player stepped into the endzone. The ball needed to cross the plane if the player was airborne (i.e. a pylon play).
Yes, but the key is the ball never crossed the plane before his foot went out of bounds. Here's the still again:
It's not off by very much since the pylon is almost completely in line with the goalline.That seems conclusive, but the camera also appears to be left of the goal line (which could skew the ball position). If it was wisely set up on the goal line then it would be conclusive.
Glad it didn't decide the game
I personally would be okay with the number 2 seed if it meant Oakland getting #1 and keeping Denver out.
But his weakness as a RB is obvious to anyone, and, for the most part, his catches and runs end when the first guy gets to him. And while he is better than in his first few years, its still not good. And given what we know about him and the fact Lewis was available, it seemed odd that he was player they went to on that 2 point conversion attempt.
Maybe the defense would have been more wary and stuffed him at the LOS, as they did a couple of times earlier in the game.