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Speaking of Mingo, he's been MIA these first four weeks. What's the story with him?
There's a reason he was available...
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Speaking of Mingo, he's been MIA these first four weeks. What's the story with him?
There's a reason he was available...
Could still be working him in to his best fit.
They need to do better on that, yes. But they also only gave up 16 and a lot of people are acting like it's the 2011 D out there. If they hold everyone under 20, they shouldn't lose again. No pressure, 'courseIf they tackle like they did last week this game is going to be close.
**** all this nervous hedging around the Browns.
We have Brady back and -- on paper -- a better team than in the last few years. If we can't win convincingly against the Browns there is no point in taking about playoffs or homefield advantage.
We will win by 2+ scores.
If they hold everyone under 20, they shouldn't lose again.
I actually agree with everything you said, but if they lost this game by 40 this website would explode. Whether it would be funny, sad, or disturbing...well, I don't think I'm going to have to worry about it but OMG. Giving up a 1st down (which is generally obviously avoidable to every poster here via gameplanning, better roster construction, better coaching, or simply a "better play call") is reason for a meltdown.I don't see anyone in here nervous that's for sure, just level headed assessments of a football game.
"On paper", that means two things in football: Jack and Sh*t.
We would all love a two score win, but predicting it as a lock is a fool's errand. Also, they could lose this game by 40 and it would not shake my confidence in them as a playoff contender. Remember Kansas City 2014?
Right, and I'm not the first person here to point out that there's a lot of concern over the "horrific" defense and poor calling/planning/****ty players in a game where they gave up 16 pts. 16 pts is a win, almost every week, when you have one of the best and most reliable offenses in the NFL (but only for the last. like, 11 years).Well, sure, because that would automatically place them in the top few/several scoring defenses in the entire league. For comparison's sake, the Denver Broncos gave up an average of 18.5 PPG last season.
I actually agree with everything you said, but if they lost this game by 40 this website would explode. Whether it would be funny, sad, or disturbing...well, I don't think I'm going to have to worry about it but OMG. Giving up a 1st down (which is generally obviously avoidable to every poster here via gameplanning, better roster construction, better coaching, or simply a "better play call") is reason for a meltdown.
Been seeing lots of st snaps. More solo tackles than Bolden, Ebner, and Slater.Speaking of Mingo, he's been MIA these first four weeks. What's the story with him?
If they tackle like they did last week this game is going to be close.
Right, and I'm not the first person here to point out that there's a lot of concern over the "horrific" defense and poor calling/planning/****ty players in a game where they gave up 16 pts. 16 pts is a win, almost every week, when you have one of the best and most reliable offenses in the NFL (but only for the last. like, 11 years).
I don't think it's about the 16 points against - it's about mistakes they can correct/adjust whatever in terms of gameplay, but if they'd lost that game 16-14 instead of getting shutout there wouldn't be anything substantially different about how the season proceeds from here. And there's lot of talk about the D being ****, and being exposed, and it's insane.
I don't see anyone in here nervous that's for sure, just level headed assessments of a football game.
"On paper", that means two things in football: Jack and Sh*t.
We would all love a two score win, but predicting it as a lock is a fool's errand. Also, they could lose this game by 40 and it would not shake my confidence in them as a playoff contender. Remember Kansas City 2014?
They need to do better on that, yes. But they also only gave up 16 and a lot of people are acting like it's the 2011 D out there. If they hold everyone under 20, they shouldn't lose again. No pressure, 'course
I don't see anyone in here nervous that's for sure, just level headed assessments of a football game.
"On paper", that means two things in football: Jack and Sh*t.
We would all love a two score win, but predicting it as a lock is a fool's errand.
Also, they could lose this game by 40 and it would not shake my confidence in them as a playoff contender. Remember Kansas City 2014?