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Today, 02:18 PM | #4111 | |
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Today, 02:20 PM | #4112 | |
Suupraa Geniuuusss
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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For what it's worth, I completely agree. The idea that they can just have Josh cure their RZ ills by running and taking a bunch of hits over 18 weeks seems . . . irrational. But I guess they're in a cap corner, and don't have much of a choice? Of course their draft/offseason moves didn't help them much in that regard either. I still think they'll get to the playoffs, but I doubt they'll be nearly as dominant over their Division. |
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Today, 02:28 PM | #4113 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
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We'll see how long Allen can hold up under the type of rushing load the Bills put on him last year. |
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Today, 02:34 PM | #4114 | |
Suupraa Geniuuusss
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Last season Josh actually ran about 12 fewer times than he did in the previous two seasons 111 vs. 124/122). But I think it's when/where they had him run, which looks like a lot in the RZ. Lot of bodies in a small space. Probably going to take a lot of hits trying to cross the EZ line. |
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Today, 02:35 PM | #4115 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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You have this guy who's job it is to run with the football. The name immediately escapes me but I'm fairly certain 'run' is somewhere in the job description. Give THAT dude the ball. They're cheap and disposable. You break him and find another one just like him. Nobody really expects you to pay him and everyone knows that this is a transactional relationship. "You run the ball, destroy your body, and we'll give you like $5 million bucks over the course of 3-4 years. Cool?" And everyone is seemingly okay with this. So do THAT. Don't take the guy you're giving $50 million/season to and who's face is on your media guides and expose him to unnecessary punishment. "Hey, who needs a hammer to drive this nail? I have my laptop sitting here and it weighs about the same amount. And so long as every time I hit a nail with it I hit it at juuuuust the right angle, it'll kinda drive the nail and probably won't break the screen. Oh that hammer in my pocket? Eh - I'm saving it to smash ants with so I don't wanna use it to drive nails..." It's just so very, very dumb. |
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Today, 02:40 PM | #4116 | |
Suupraa Geniuuusss
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Well, yeah, you'd think. Apparently though, they weren't having the success they wanted/needed just by handing it off. Or, I guess maybe Josh just decided he was going to run it himself around the mid-way point of the season? Whatever. If Allen runs it a ton in the RZ, he's going to get beat up, that much we know. |
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Today, 02:48 PM | #4117 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
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And I guess they made the playoffs by the skin of their teeth last year so maybe the standings dictated their usage of him. When they essentially needed to win out to get to the playoffs, 4 of their 5 wins were be a score or less. Average margin of victory in those games was 4.5 points and Allen ran for 5 scores in those 4 games. So they needed everything he had to offer. But when they beat Washington 37-3, why does he have a rushing TD? Miami 48-20? Dallas 31-10? If it's situational use, why not save it for when you need it? And I guess the response is "Hey, he ran for 8 TDs in the last 6 games of the regular season when every score counted..." but fellas, this is gonna come back to get you sooner or later. You probably wanna avoid starting 6-6 this year. |
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Today, 02:51 PM | #4118 |
Mindful Taoist German
Join Date: Aug 2000
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Today, 02:57 PM | #4119 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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They’ve been a stat padding team for years. It’s why their point differential has no predictive value on how good they actually are in the postseason. |
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Today, 03:03 PM | #4120 | |
Suupraa Geniuuusss
Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Yah. It's all over their stats. Diggs' targets and yds/gm dropped significantly (yds/gm nearly in half), Allen's rushing TDs doubled, Allen's rushing yds before contact cut nearly in half, etc. Their interim OC basically said, 'screw it, in the RZ, Josh run whenever it seems like you can.' |
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Today, 03:08 PM | #4121 | |
Three-Pat
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Colorado Springs
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I get playing in an era of greatness, but since KC drafted Mahomes and Buffalo drafted Allen I can think of only one season where Buffalo legitimately could have won the SB and that was the :13 second year. |
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Today, 04:17 PM | #4122 | |
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