I just feel like everyone is going to spend all week talking about Mahomes' ankle or Burrow being a Demigod or Chase against this young secondary or Lou Anarumo being a psychopath...and then in the end it's just going to Samaje Perine bludgeoning Bolton and Gay to death.
Originally Posted by JPH83:
OBJ will improve for them as he did for us, especially when he gets help. But the rest of their OL wasn't great either. I do think that Browns DL is elite, but it was still a beat down.I hated Eli Apple, but the rest of them are obnoxious too. Gonna be a team I enjoy watching lose
He didn't improve. About midway through the season the coaching staff widened his split out from Thuney and they helped him every passing play with at the least a chip. [Reply]
Originally Posted by wazu:
Okay, "lost" may be a bit too far. But it's the first time in the Mahomes era that I remember not having a single reliable target to throw to. Not that a few didn't make some plays, but the most memorable thing from that game was the plethora of drops, which was magnified by the knowledge that it was an unproven group.
The SB vs. Tampa was very similar to this game. It was just an outlier of a game. Perhaps they bounce back next week and look competent. Perhaps they'll just slowly improve as the timing and knowledge of the offense progress.
But with 11 drops we still only lost by 1 pt and that was with a gift 6 from Toney. [Reply]
Originally Posted by JPH83:
OBJ will improve for them as he did for us, especially when he gets help. But the rest of their OL wasn't great either. I do think that Browns DL is elite, but it was still a beat down.I hated Eli Apple, but the rest of them are obnoxious too. Gonna be a team I enjoy watching lose
Myles Garrett is as bad a motherfucker as there is. And I'm sure they fucking HATE the Bengals. Bengals will be better for sure.
As far as OBJ, I dunno. Burrow isn't Mahomes and Taylor isn't Reid. They're probably going to push harder to continue to do the shit that will let Chase, Higgins and Boyd stretch the defense. As well they should. If they have to help Brown on every passing down, that very much limits their capacity.
The OL was so bad that there wasn’t much talk about burrow not looking completely right. I think there was footage of him rolling his knee around on the sideline with a trainer. Those two in combo are not a great sign. If he was rushed back that really impacts his mobility and makes him an injury risk [Reply]
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
The OL was so bad that there wasn’t much talk about burrow not looking completely right. I think there was footage of him rolling his knee around on the sideline with a trainer. Those two in combo are not a great sign. If he was rushed back that really impacts his mobility and makes him an injury risk
He never tried to leave the pocket or run at all. If you weren’t paying attention it was easy to overlook it but he’s not right and not mobile. Gonna see a lot of blitzes I think z [Reply]
Originally Posted by Boxer_Chief:
He never tried to leave the pocket or run at all. If you weren’t paying attention it was easy to overlook it but he’s not right and not mobile. Gonna see a lot of blitzes I think z