That's the thing.....we are a PASSING team!!!!
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See -- this is my frustration with narratives.

Look at those 2 posts from Kopp.

He criticizes Humphries for 'getting beat inside' and flushing Wentz to his left and then in his praise of Thuney, in the very first clip in his video, Thuney gets beat and flushes Mahomes to his left.

He goes on to ding Humphries for the hold call when Humphries flat dominated that rep. That's as soft a hold as they come - by any reasonable definition that's a good rep from a guy in a wide stance who tried to get across his face, he changed his aim point, took him inside and then fucking pancaked his ass.

Meanwhile Thuney gets absolutely owned on the last play of Kopps clip and Kopp responds with 'he stayed in contact and delivered a last shove...'

What!?!? If that were Humphries and the exact same rep, Kopp would've murdered him for getting torched up the arc. That's a terrible rep that's on par with all but that one Bonitto rep that Humphries had.

In virtually identical situations -- both guys against premier 3-4 OLBs lined up really wide -- Humphries had the better rep. He took Bonitto inside and buried him while Thuney got beat up the arc and fucking fell down. And Kopp criticizes the former and applauds the latter.

Kopp clearly had his mind made up when he went into that game and then built his narrative around the clips he had.

That's an absolutely ridiculous 'analysis' on his part. There are reasonable things to say in criticizing Humphries and in supporting Thuney.

Kopp, however, didn't manage it there.
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You spelled Frank Clark wrong...:-)
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I'm about a hundred posts behind but seriously. When has Nate been right about anything?
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Wasn't a free agent.

Otherwise the leagues best coverage Edge would absolutely be near the top of the list...
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Yeah, when it comes to opinion, few are ever as routinely wrong as Nate Taylor.

I appreciate his access and think he occasionally uses that to bring some interesting information to the table.

But when he's just offering 'I think' or other such opinions, I find him to be almost completely useless.
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There's some really good snaps in there as well, and Bonito is about as fast of pass rusher as we will see in the playoffs.
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:-)
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Sneed. He called the Titans trade like a week before it happened
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Everybody agrees the best case scenario is Thuney at guard and a LT that can play up to Thuney’s play the last two games. The problem is whether the team has a LT on the roster who can do that for a complete game. So far we haven’t seen it all season. So, it’s bite the bullet with a competent Thuney and bad guard play, or take the risk that DJ can get in shape in two weeks and be effective for more than 20 plays.
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Also the first to report a definite timeline for Hollywood Brown.
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I thought Matt Derrick had it first I may be wrong. I may have just listened to 41 is the mic first. I'm audio only.
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In the Thuney/Steelers clip with the same formation as the humphries clip, Thuney gets the benefit of Pacheco running that way and to me it looks like the rusher stays in tight to Thuney because of it. Humphries just had open space.
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Yeah - he gets some intel (and I'm guessing that was the case with Sneed)

I just don't think he knows shit about the actual sport. Didn't he get his start in basketball?

I think he's a writer that's learned about football. I don't think he's a football guy who took up writing.

And when he starts offering opinions, it shows.
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If Humphries gets the start at LT, at least we have Thuney in reserve and if Humphries starts sucking or gets winded/exhausted they will just move Thuney over. If Thuney gets injured we are screwed and Pat is a dead man walking. Just like last year with the WR depth issues, this year LT depth issues is purely on the front office. While we ARE winning Superbowls, and I greatly appreciate that, there is still lots and lots of room for improvement for Veach and his staff.
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