I’m sorry, who are you?

I’ve been getting back into my Washington fandom roots (don’t worry, I’m still with Chiefs Kingdom as well), and I can assure you that Miami is going to bury the Commies. Maybe it’s a higher-scoring game than expected with Jaelan Phillips out, which means Sam Howell is safer in the pocket, but that’s really not saying a whole lot. Also the Commies defense is non-existent, which I don’t think is due to a lack of talent because they have great defensive tackles and some underrated pieces in their secondary, but even with JaQ Del Rio fired, I don’t think the coaching will be there to limit anything Mike McDaniel is capable of. And linebackers? What linebackers? Pfft, Raheem Mostert’s gonna be fine.

Game threads are not good for your sanity. And yeah, we definitely had our issues last year. Lest we forget, we lost to the Bengals because, whaddya know, Kelce fumbled the ball (among other things of course, but had he not fumbled, we likely could’ve won that game)

I’ve read a lot of idiotic posts on this sub, but this might be the worst.

I think it could be a really good game. Jordan Love played terrific on Thursday, and he and the team overall are on the right trajectory. People wrote Love off WAY too early.

Get Kyle Pitts outta Atlanta and away from that dimwitted fuck Arthur Smith.

I am once again asking our receivers to be prepubescent boys.

Don’t drop your balls.

many times it looks like mahomes doesnt even look to him

And there’s a reason for that. If defenders are set up to converge on the throw, then he’s not really open.

Okay I think it’s fine to criticize a coach who is a lock for the HoF, but it just seems to you like Andy can do no right in your eyes lol.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m impatient too and I’d like to see Andy evolve his philosophy while we’re at this crossroads offensively, but I also believe he’s earned enough benefit of the doubt for me to be patient with him.

The way I see it, from watching this video, two things can be true at once:

1. Rashee absolutely has to get better at creating separation and cutting away from zone that will allow him to get easily bracketed. If he can avoid tackles after the catch, he can definitely create separation to get targets. It’ll take time and practice, which he definitely needs, but I believe he can get it done.
2. He’s on a very limited route tree, and that seems to be a symptom of our offense all around in general this season. It feels like we’re asking all of our receivers to be Kelce, even when they’re lined up wide for some reason. While I understand the reluctance to get any of them to stretch the defense because… well, we saw what happened with MVS, I really think we need to expand our play calling.

Okay I’m critical of how Veach has built this WR group, but tell me you don’t understand football without telling me you don’t understand football.

Veach deserves a ton of credit for our defensive roster. We’re in a transitional period now, you can’t have every season be dominant. Patriots went through this for MANY years with Brady.

I’m not saying he’s bad, but I don’t think he’s a starting TE who can quite fill Kelce’s shoes, at least in the receiving game. He’s made some good plays, but he’s still not been a big presence thus far.

Believe it or not, FAU’s average pressure rate this season, which I calculated as the ratio of total pressures to total pass rush snaps, is 7.6%, which isn’t that far behind Karlaftis’ average pressure rate last season of 9.3%. Now Karlaftis is at 16%, which probably explains in part why FAU hasn’t been on the field a whole lot, but while I probably agree that FAU didn’t need to go in the first round, I can see him getting to the next level like Karlaftis did.

What I would like to know is the yardage that would’ve been gained without those drops, as well as the missed third down conversions or touchdowns, and how that compares between this season and last. Also what is the efficiency in route running in terms of how much those routes translate to catches?

Your calculations are correct, but I don’t think this is a complete analysis.

I would’ve loved to have LaPorta on this team. Maybe the coaches thought Noah Gray could step up, but that just hasn’t happened.

I mean, he’s on pace to match Tyreek Hill’s rookie season in yards and TDs, if not exceed those numbers. Granted, Tyreek started before Mahomes, and as a rookie he returned a lot of punts, but look where he’s gotten now.

Rice hasn’t gotten as many targets as I’d like, but if you watch some of his catches, he clearly has some of the best route running chops of the receiver corps. I suppose that’s not saying a whole lot, but as I mentioned, the way he managed to find space for that TD catch against the chargers while staying in bounds showed a ton of sharpness for any rookie. There are several other film analysts who have a lot of faith in him to take the next step as well, so I don’t think it’s just fans like myself wishcasting. I feel like he’s picking up Big Red’s system much faster than the other guys, and unlike Kadarius Toney, he can actually stay on the field.

I agree he has a long way to go, but you can say that about any rookie skill player. If he gets more reps and more targets, he’ll develop faster. Andy just has to have more trust in that happening.

Oh I already think he’s a top 10 quarterback in the league, if not top 5. Regardless of how stacked the team is around him, he’s playing at an extremely high level, and just because of his ability to process things while being athletic enough. Granted, I’d say the most valuable player on the offense for them is Trent Williams, and if we are talking skilled positions, it’s easily Christian McCaffrey. But none of that diminishes what Purdy’s been able to accomplish, especially given where he was drafted.

As bad as our offense has been, we could be worse.

Seattle is in a horrible place now. Meanwhile Russell Wilson is cooking. Not to the level he was before, but he’s still playing well and it’s clear that Nathaniel Hackett was a huge liability for him. It must absolutely suck to be a Seahawks fan seeing their team and the Broncos be so close in record.

Much as I admire his chops, I have noticed that he struggles more when Trent Williams is out, which I believe was that three loss streak they had. When he’s in, Purdy can stay in the pocket and throw quickly, or he can roll over to his left for a bootleg pass.

Huh, imagine having a stud left tackle.

Except he isn’t? If he calls a play that has Mahomes throwing somewhere he expects his receivers to be, only for them to not get there, that’s absolutely on the receivers and not on the coach. If it were a bad play call, sure, and that hasn’t been perfect this season. But execution has been by far the biggest problem for this offense across the board. Same with turnovers and penalties.