Ray_T

well, we all knew this was an issue for the team. I fully expect an OL to be drafted in round 1 of the next draft or a top notch free agent to be signed in the offseason. (possibly both)

agreed. which is why Kittle has been exceptionally good since CMC came to the team. CMC is by far the bigger threat, so he draws the safety coverage. there are some LB's who have the speed to cover kittle but most of the time you need a DB/safety on him as well. This (primarily) is the reason this offense is as successful as it is. this setup causes mismatches all over the field. if you cover those two with a safety/DB then you likely need a LB covering a WR. so your #3 WR puts up better numbers than you would normally expect. and if you note, when the starting QB got injured the backup came in and the offense was equally effective. That is because the effectiveness of the offense is based on the system and personell. not on the QB. so long as the QB is capable of playing within the system, the offense will still run effectively. this setup likely results in a lot more zone defense play calls because if you play man D you get beaten on the mismatch I spoke to earlier in this note. Its really quite a nice setup. I dont like shanny. I need to be honest about that, but I have to respect what hes been able to accomplish with this team.

that was one of the things that NEEDED to happen if they were gonna win. if it turns into a shootout, I'd like Herberts chances of winning that kind of game.

I think the mistake is that teams are having a LB covering him out of the backfield and a LB isnt fast enough to cover him. its a guaranteed mismatch. the only solution is a safety. most safetys have the speed to cover a guy like him. shouldnt be wasting anyones time having a LB cover CMC.

37 years old and 9 years out of football? I dont think anybody is knocking on the door. what I cant believe is that people are still talking about this? if he was gonna get a shot it would have been once that lawsuit was settled. there was some noise at that time, but in the end, no takers.

damn, that guy is always getting injured. Timing on this one couldnt possibly be worse. if they wanna beat Philly they need that guy.

fact. that was a poor performance by the kicker. in fact, if he makes one of those, then the Pack only need a FG on the final drive. not a TD. Nice performance by Caleb. he really lit it up at the end when he needed to. this seems to be a theme with this guy. hes showing signs of figuring things out at the NFL level. if this progresses, he could be a scary qb within a year or two.

another last minute comeback. nice job by Josh Allen. Clutch drive at the end

the legal standard is different for criminal and civil cases as well. for a criminal case, you are convicted if you are considered 100% without a doubt guilty. then you go to jail. in a civil case if the odds are better than 50-50 that you were a victim you likely get a settlement. its possible. these things are so hard to determine with the amount of info we have at our fingertips. we likely have no more than 20% of the info that the authorities have to comb through on the matter. how much of this is on Rashee I dont know. in cases like this..... sometimes its a case where the guy is innocent but keeps putting himself in situations that look bad with a person who is morally questionable. sometimes it is a case where he is guilty and tries to make it look that way its very hard for someone on the sideline like us to make a call on this. but I'd bet money that someone close to the situation knows. but they likely are not talking.

I have mentioned in posts going back at least 2 or 3 years. I have mentioned that San Fran seems to have more than their fair share of injuries. I always assumed that the quality of the turf or the trainers/coaches were likely to blame. it is possible they still bear some of this burden, but this validates my claim to some degree. if you go back 5 years, San Fran on average is one of the more injured teams (on average) I ran the numbers a couple of years ago and they were top 5 in I think it was 4 out of the prior 5 or 6 years (I forget) but they do get injured more than average. I'll stand by that for sure.

yes, and the ownership likes to meddle. so when a GM/coach make a call thats best for team ownership will occasionally override it. lots of teams have that problem not just Vegas..... Dallas being one..... but like it or not......at least jerry Jones actually has some actual knowledge of football so when his people try to talk sense into him it will work sometimes. but this team has been mismanaged for decades. Not sure that is likely to change anytime soon.

I was a bit surprised they got him in the first place. hes older, and his style of building a team would take a couple of years. Raiders management is impatient, so I figured he wouldnt last. I was just reasonably sure that that was not the type of marriage that would work. No slight against Carroll.

my largest concern with him was all the crap that goes on off the field. its a bit of a gong show. I was less concered about what he actually brings on the field. And the fact he slid in the draft likely actually made him more likely to make it as a pro. if he was a first round pick the guys ego would have been almost unbearable. so he had a kick in his complacency (arguably) at the time he needed it the most. I dont bear the kid any ill will. but If I was a coach I dont know that Id want his old man questioning my coaching decisions with respect to his son. (which feels like a very real possibility for whoever coaches this kid) but talent wise, I had him rated as a 2nd round player (which likely means as a QB that he should go in the last half of round 1) but that's not the way it played out. Likely due to the off field thing and perhaps some of the arrogance shown in the interviews. To me, that likely meant he actually deserved that slide in the draft. but he owned it and has performed at a level where he could be a viable pro. its still too early to say but based on what I have seen, the potential is there. its up to him to make the most of it. whether he has what it takes remains to be seen but if I had him on my roster in a dynasty league, I'd likely find a way to hold him just to see if he pans out as a player.

so far it looks like the boys have stacked the box to discourage the run, and force Johnson to throw a lot. good strategy. if they stop the run, then it becomes Dak vs Johnson and thats a battle Dak should win every time. Deebo looking good tonight. and Johnson not looking bad. Id suggest hes looked better than what i've seen of Mariota so far. admittedly the sample size of plays I've watched has been small. but he just has a better presence. seems more dangerous as a passer than Mariota.

he had a subpar rookie season, but I mentioned that there are things I saw that I liked. one is that he looks after the football better than a lot of your typical busts. he still has things to work on but its now starting to look like the game is slowing down for him a bit. I think next year we will see a statistical jump for him.