Davidson Deac II

This game today reminded me of the Eagles game last year. Defense dominated most of the game but weakened during the fourth. But we won this one because Darnold wasn't out there throwing it to the other team.

I'd pick Clausen over Darnold. Or Kyle Allen. Or Woodie Allen.

His performance hasn't been great, but Rex Ryan is about as poor a judge of qb talent as I have seen from an NFL coach.

Crowing - saying something in a tone of gloating satisfaction.

The Panther announcers in the Post game show called out the scheme as being different. Jake Delhomme mentioned it. More pressure on the runners and the qb.

They haven't? We have lost to a lot of sub 500 teams over the last three years or so. They have done fairly well against Jameis Winston.

On the post game show, it was stated that the focus was putting pressure on the runners and on Winston. Chinn was specifically called out as playing closer to the line than normal.

I think the offense could get better as the season rolls along. Right now they look out of sync, but they could get in sync. Our defense usually looks good against Jameis. And the Giants are one dimensional. If they can't run, they can't score much. We might end up the season a top ten defense, but I am not sure they can carry us. The offense is going to have to improve.

Baker Mayfield has more TD passes than Tom Brady.

I know its early in the season,, but Jalen Hurts is playing about as well as any qb in the NFL right now.

I think the context was the end of the bills dolphins game. I watched the last few seconds, and his oline was walking up to the line as time expired, when they needed to hurry up and snap it for a long fg try. Might be wrong though.

Sam Darnold would have thrown at least two picks today.

Yeah, I find the lack of use of Foreman baffling.

The more we use him, the more other teams will focus on him. Today, the Aints were focused on CMC and DJ. That is part of the reason Shenault burned them in the fourth qtr. It won't always be this easy for him. But maybe that will open things up more for the other receivers.

And to the running backs/offensive line (run blocking only) who had a good day against a good defense.

Fortunately, the other side had Jameis Winston.

So close and yet so far.

They have no timeouts, and if they get the ball back, it will be with around 35 seconds and no timeouts. Even a Matt Rhule coached team probably won't screw that up. Emphasis on probably.

Defense was bad on the first two plays, but that last one was just a heck of a catch.

It's going to come down to an onside kick.

If we get a first down here, it might be ball game.

We really just need a couple of first downs to dramatically improve our chances to win this one. But we are going to be predictable here. Didn't need the penalty.

Had a family lunch event today, so I was listening to the game on the radio. Delhomme didn't have an issue with scheme, but he said that the entire offense looks out of sync. Receivers and qb just aren't communicating well. And I agree with him. It could be a result of new qb and new coaching assistants, but if we don't fix it, its going to be a long season. Not every team we play is going to be as bad on offense as the Saints are.

Need to line Brown up at tight end. That was a heck of a catch.

Case in point, Joe Mixon of Cincy is only in for 73% of Bengal offensive snaps, but actually has almost 30 more actual snaps than CMC does. The numbers by the OP speak more to the inefficiency of our offense than the wear and tear on CMC.