Davidson Deac II

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2024/passing_advanced.htm There is a column for balls batted down at or behind the los. FYI, Baker Mayfield still gets a lot of them batted down. He had 20 last year. I think that was highest in the league.

If Vrabel is a hot commodity, no way he goes to New Orleans I think. He would want to go to someone with a young talented qb, so it seems either Chicago or New England would be a more desired target.

I will never understand the "he didn't beat x team" mantra. Wins and losses are a team stat, not an individual stat.

I said Penix seems to be. He made some great plays. He made some not so great ones. To small of a sample size to be sure though. But if I were a Falcon fan, I would be hopeful at least. Did they keep Morris or was he a new hire? I thought they hired him after firing Smith in Jan of last year. Might be misremembering though.

Don't think we can afford him. Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up in Cowboy land, if they can swing it cap wise.

Raheem probably gets a reprieve because Penix seems to be a good qb. The Falcons seem to be in the same boat as us, the offensive pieces are set, just need to upgrade the defense.

Yeah, but I wonder if that means he is just a yes man. The Giants are keeping Daboll. That surprises me more than any other move or non move.

Pedersen was let go today.

I think there is going to be significant turnover defensively in the offseason. So I doubt anyone they would hire, will be coaching "this set".

Fwiw, I am glad the Panthers won't be taking him. Don't want the drama that would be associated with taking Sanders junior. But in fairness, its never a given that any draft pick will be a good decision.

Its almost a given that Sanders will go in the top 10. Probably top five.

This means Vikings vs Tampa next week I think. The battle of the former Panther qb's.

He might leave. Doubt he goes to Jacksonville though.

Vikings should have kicked the field goal. Lions have owned them in the Red Zone to much to take that risk.

That is why I said relatively limited. We might make one splash signing and that is about it. For the defense to improve significantly, we will need to hit on several picks and hope our better players (mainly Brown/Horne) stay healthy.

Seven goal to go plays, 1 run and 6 incomplete passes.

Our biggest free agent signings were the two offensive linemen. Defensively, I don't think we made any big splash signings. Got a few players who might have been good backups if Shaq and Brown hadn't gotten injured.

So far, Darnold is looking like our Darnold instead of the Darnold that has looked so good this year. Of course, its early.

In fairness to us, most teams and evaluators are bad at evaluation because its an incredibly difficult thing to do. The number of players drafted to high or to low every year is large. Just look at the Bears and Cardinals.

I do wonder if Sanders drops a little bit and then someone makes a move up to grab him. Although with all the qb needy teams, I don't see either him or Ward dropping below 4.

We could have had Jordan Love and Rashawn Slater in those same drafts without losing more games. Which would give us a top 10 qb and Lt. Perhaps we just need to scout and analyze better.

I think we have a qb we can win with. Beyond that, I don't know.

And spend our relatively limited cap space on mostly defensive free agents.

Most important thing to me In his last 8 games, three interceptions. And 2 of those came in one game. And during those games, he was throwing the ball down the field more. Four game winning drives in those 8 games. And a couple of others, he lead drives that might have won the game had others done their jobs. The kid has been money in close games. These are the things that make winning qb's imo. Don't get me wrong, he still has some areas he needs to improve upon. But I feel much better than I did after the Chargers game.

They are both winning, currently.