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  • They literally got away with a false start but Tampa wasn’t going to stop the Chiefs anyway

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    • Going to OT is nice, but the longer you play the Chiefs they start solving you. Todd Bowles is aggressive as a defensive coordinator with his penchant for blitzes, but as a head coach he is too conservative.

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      • Mahomes is great in every aspect of the quarterback position, but he has the playground skill that no other quarterback does. Stuff you would do on the playground like the underhand toss. Throwing it left handed out of bounds to avoid the sack was a new one today. You just can't stop him on third down because of that. When you play him you have to drill in your defenders to not fall for the fakes, you cannot go off your man to tackle Mahomes. Let him run.

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        • Originally posted by froot loops View Post
          Going to OT is nice, but the longer you play the Chiefs they start solving you. Todd Bowles is aggressive as a defensive coordinator with his penchant for blitzes, but as a head coach he is too conservative.
          Bowles not going for 2 on the road against Mahomes was coaching malpractice. Sure maybe Mahomes them leads them to a FG in regulation. But if you have faith in your defense, have faith that they can hold up for 27seconds.

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          • So many coaches are afraid of being eviscerated if their choices directly lose a game. It's so much easier of them to "play it safe," and if they lose shrug it off with, "our guys didn't execute."

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            • That's exactly right. Back in the day when TMQ was a thing Easterbrook always wrote about this calling it blame shifting. It is a real thing, even now you can see it with Campbell. His aggressive calls get them extra points and win them games because of it. But if one of those aggressive calls backfires, the criticism fires up.







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              • Originally posted by chemiclord View Post
                So many coaches are afraid of being eviscerated if their choices directly lose a game. It's so much easier of them to "play it safe," and if they lose shrug it off with, "our guys didn't execute."
                Spot on

                If he makes the right decision to go for it and they don't convert, the game ends immediately and he knows he will be angrily criticized and questioned about it all week. If he kicks the extra point and loses in overtime, he can say "Patrick Mahomes beat me" and gets less criticism and less anger -- even though he really is more responsible for the loss with the bad decision.

                It takes cajones and good support from your front office to make the right call.

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                • I would have went for 2 and I believe Holmes would too but I don't have an issue with the call.
                  GO LIONS "24" !!

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                  • Hell, the entire screw job in Dallas last year stemmed from Campbell doing exactly that.

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                    • Wheels falling off the Bengals bus.
                      "Your division isn't going through Green Bay it's going through Detroit for the next five years" - Rex Ryan

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                      • Ravens look terrible. I wouldn’t say they have been solved but this is a classic divisional rival matchup

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                        • Their defense has been rotten all year, they better hope Hamilton's injury isn't long term. But this game isn't over. Their offense is really good

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                          • I see why the Ravens are 6-3 despite them having arguably the best offense in the league. Defense go be a problem if they are leaving WR’s wide open

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                            • Zac Taylor should be fired and left in Baltimore. Brutal way to get swept and lose

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                              • Friendly reminder for everyone not to miss the 2-7 Panthers vs 2-7 Giants 9:30am EST game in Germany. Sehr gut und aufregend.

                                As for the later games, it would be hilarious for the Bears to lose to the Patriots or the Vikings to the Mac Jones led Jags. Steelers at Washington is a legit good game. Also, the HARBAUGH led Michigan Chargers appear to be heading to 6-3 after their disastrous Brandon Staley years. Along with a sneaky good Jets vs Cards game IMO.

                                There’s the TV agenda with our game at night time.
                                AAL 2023 - Alim McNeill

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