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That’s unfair, and bullshit. It just isn’t true.

You need to be clutch the whole game. Maybe then you don’t need the do or die stuff at the end so much. Which is nice to have and makes for great entertainment but you don’t want to live there. Everybody is doing ceiling and not really looking at the floor. The floor is the issue and really, has been. IMO. And is the better measure IMO. So I am saying don’t go all in without seeing progress where you know that floor is raised to a good solid level. There have been maybe 3 games this year that have had a pretty solid high high floor for 4 quarters. Dallas was one. Didn’t ask for a lot but it was there when called on. 4 qtrs. High floor. Atl and Rams were high floor. But there were places in both of those games that the floor dipped but it was short lived. It wasn’t allowed to continue. If a couple of those early losses had they had the high floor, maybe they are wins.

This will all change so much by the time the draft is upon us. Most interesting thing to me there is where he has us finishing.

If teams play us honestly and take that deep stuff away we may be able to operate good enough underneath to counter that. It is about time we started trying to force them to respect it. But I think people should enjoy the win for two weeks because what’s in front of us doesn’t scream playoffs to me. It would be shocking if we swept TB. They aren’t Atlanta. And even if we sweep there can be no let down. I saw the stat of our record coming off a loss. Pretty good. What would it be coming off a win lol? Without looking, it has to at least be pretty upside down (I count it to be 2-4).

You’ll have a day here and there where you do make a couple extra birdies and you hold the rest of it together and get a score out of your norm. But that isn’t every day or three out of every four days.

Without looking SCar seems a good bet. We have some Notre Dame guys. I would really be guessing after that. I lose.

If you look at what I said about those throws I said said they were great. Never denied them. I probably credited his execution and focus n that situation more than the qualitiy of the throw itself, which was good not really *that* difficult with good protection. He put the ball out there and the receivers went and got it just like they were supposed to. Not fuging it up when you have it right there is probably harder to ‘get’ than the throw itself. A bigger hurdle. That doesn’t denigrate anything it credits so you know I don’t feel like I denied anything except the characterization of the throw as different than what it was. That goes to the back and forth between the two sides

So I am clear, do we have a distinction between dart and dot?

Made so much money he bought his own island.

Maybe I have the wrong concept but I think of it (dot) as a dart. To a very specific point. Usually involving a small window the ball has to pass through. The touch passes allow some massaging of pace by the target, in the situation where he is between the defender and the catch point. He can adjust slightly to remain in stride on a well placed and timed throw. Like sandbag a little bit and then when you have it tracked you can accelerate into the catch if you need to. There you go. In full stride. It is okay to slow down a hair if you have position on the defender you can still catch it in stride - as long as it isn’t really underthrown. Then of course you have to break stride. Just seems like a different type of throw. It doesn’t have to be quite as perfect. Within a couple of feet not inches. But I am outdated.

I am not sure I know how to figure out how that applies to drops. And the point was probably supposed to be that players don’t seem to be critiqued even handedly. And definitely not a criticism against McMillan, I think he is doing a fine job for a rookie in the offensive ecosystem he finds himself in. I do see the flaws with Legette, some people just have it in for him and won’t cut him any slack whatsoever. I pointed out the drop numbers to illustrate a telling statistic. That apparently it’s okay with people for Tet to drop balls but not Legette the problem child. That’s all. Players we hate. With me it was Zavala year one, I just wanted him gone. I was pretty disappointed in Wallace year one. I haven’t come to love Zavala but have eased up on Wallace. Bryce I definitely never wanted. I seem to be easing up on him every other week. Which is better than he used to do but still not up to the consistency standards expected. slack

The point was it was exaggeration. If everyone agrees that little touch pass is dot I stand corrected. Not sure everyone agrees.

A crazy proficient on the younger side flat picker and I think he finger picks too.

Maybe run no matter what vs the Saints and don’t run enough vs the 49ers?

I said he had good protection on those throws. He did. Argue with yourself.

I think it took McCarthy getting hurt for Darnold to even get a shot.

That is an all timer there, for me. Kris Jenkins… beast. There was a guy named Pantherfan or Panthersfan whom posted back then that was at that game and was preserved in a photo of the blocked XP or FG. In a crowd in the stands reaction shot. He passed away maybe within a year or two, not that long after. That picture is kind of his tribute. Or memorial.

I mean, once I hear him say “his ample chest” referencing Rivera, it gets to a place I don’t want my announcers to take me.

Not sure what the spread means with this team. The spread in general seems as much based on driving action for both teams as for actually being predictive.

Definitely. And what a win. Double OT. And the next week AT the Eagles. Their old stadium with the jail cells in it lol. A couple early on, 1995 1996 were big surprises. Expansion teams up until then had been really bad for a long time. Mostly. I think the @Tampa game for that ‘03 season was legendary. We didn’t really expect to win.

Thieves Avenue. Which neither here nor there, for some reason that nickname wasn’t a home run with me. Compared to the great nicknames of the past. Legion of Boom was a really good one, I have to say. Doomsday defense. Fearsome Foursome. Steel Curtain (Cold War Iron Curtain reference, for the young people). Some others I am not remembering. Purple People Eaters was cool. Offbeat but cool. edit: seems like I like the ones with alliteration. Or maybe everybody likes it. and one OL group that I remember, The Hogs. Seems loike defenses get the names usually.

Protection on those throws was there. jeez I cant give him a compliment for making the plays, I have to hype it up by denying there was ample time to throw and good protection?

He threw one just like the two yesterday to XL a couple three weeks ago. Caught it in the EZ so no YAC but there would have been in the right part of the field. A lot of it is the protection has been very good.

We weren’t supposed to be winning the division and were picked last and third by just about everyone. Including the rational people here. We still have a chance at the division in December and will almost certainly finish second at worst. I am not unhappy about it. I will be unhappy with a 2nd place schedule next year.

Saints loss is what bit us. Deservedly so.