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JT who? 😏 For what it’s worth (coming from him not much) but he also lumped Odunze’s lax effort for that same play.

Sticking with the theme of reading body language etc and correlating that to which side of the ball needs more attention, I’d agree it’s the D. I think several here will agree that Jaylon Johnson has not been the player we saw that one year he signed for a big deal. He’s essentially a body filling the roster at this point. And aside from the one takeaway earlier this year, what has Stevenson done for us lately? You wanna talk about taking plays off? I’m sure we all clearly remember his infamous lolly gag moment while Washington stole a victory away from us last year. Never mind the lack of pass rush from our front 7. These two guys alone haven’t done much this year despite the new regime and attitude adjustment our team has adopted. Id say the offense is overall good for now. The focus really needs to be on the defense as a whole.

Well said. Couldn’t agree more. In something like this you can easily forget some of the good he has done too. Just in this game alone he made an incredible catch (a few actually) that got the team out of the deep end of the field. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19aoiABCpW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I think it was a collection of things. I think he started the game with an injury of some sort. And after he landed on his head about 3 quarters in he went to the medical tent. Then after coming back out he did it again. Maybe it was a combination of fatigue, dizziness and lingering muscle injury. Add in the cold and he’s sorta behind the curve. After that last catch against GB it was pretty evident he was pretty wiped. I can’t fault the guy. In my opinion he’s been a warrior more than he hasn’t. He’s essentially been ‘the guy’ not just for us these last few years but also when he was with Carolina. The way he plays as a receiver, after the catch, isn’t traditional play you see from receivers. He’s taken some hits because of his refusal to go down on first contact. I think the toll of it all is catching up to him. And as I said before the way Burden plays you’ve already got his replacement in a younger and less expensive version.

If you say so. I have more questions now after seeing the clips you provided but for the sake of letting sleeping dogs lie and not beating the dead horse any longer, I'll move along. Onto April. And for the sake of my daughter, Go Hawks.

Dolphins hiring Packers DC Hafley as their next HC. Good chance with GB looking for a new DC their strong candidate is Al Harris. I hope not but we shall see. Bears Coach Emerges as Logical Option if Packers Lose Hafley

Crazy to add Sean McDermott to the list. https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/bills-fire-head-coach-sean-mcdermott-after-9-seasons-promote-gm-brandon-beane-142034495.html And Nagy left outside looking in with Titans snubbing him and his replacement in KC already hired back. https://arrowheadaddict.com/matt-nagy-just-lost-dream-nfl-job-kansas-city-chiefs-arent-saving-him-01kfdavvp2kv

Nagy was a strong contender for the Titans job but apparently they’re suddenly smitten with Robert Saleh. Doubtful Nagy won’t come out without getting some new gig. Bienemy tried to make a name for himself by going to the Commanders and after things didn’t work out there went to UCLA where he was their OC for a year. After flaming out there he came back to the NFL as a RB coach for the beloved.

Watching the pass rushers on Miami tonight makes me think one of them (Bain or Messidor) maybe should end up a Bear?

You ain’t kidding. I was thinking the same thing. Understand he went out for a concussion(?). I had just asked my wife why they hadn’t been using Kmet minutes before he caught that last minute TD. Think he had just caught a catch a little before that and converted(?). His less involvement concerns me with his longevity on the team.

You’re probably right. I personally think the “writing on the wall” was when they drafted Burden and he pretty much did what DJ can do.

Technically (to his credit) Caleb said there was a “miscommunication”. He thought he was going to run underneath and DJ didn’t. We could ask what DJ thought he was supposed to do but at this point I guess it doesn’t matter. And no disrespect to either TO or Warner but neither of them was in the huddle. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Still, the same questions apply (especially with hindsight being 20/20). Why call a play where your key receiver has been injured and not playing well late in the game? And if Caleb had as much time in the backfield as he did, why not try another reciever? He had Odunze with single coverage -Curl had vacated the middle of the field to go right. And with Curl on that side of the field there were three defenders within close proximity.

I’ll borrow a quote from a social media post I saw earlier and I’ll paraphrase while doing so. ‘This is an observation. Had it occurred to anyone that Moore was injured in the game (after landing in his head a couple of times). And that evidently Odunze was wide open (inside seam) on that last play?’ (Now for “Skip’s take): To some of this I would agree. We know he was injured in this game - Went to the medical tent about halfway in the game, before landing on his head again later in the game. And we can’t say without certainty he wasn’t even injured to begin with. Many here speculated as much after the game against GB. If for nothing else we saw how exhausted he was after catching that game winning TD against them. Maybe his age alone is enough to move on from him, along with the fact Burden is essentially the same player in younger form. If Moore was so beat up and tuckered out, why design a play where he’s your primary receiver in a play so crucial, if that is in fact as Chase Daniel pointed out? If you can see the field and see he’s lagging behind his coverage why throw it in front of him where the defender was headed to help with Burden(?). As it turns out there were three defenders in that immediate area anyhow (can be seen from the back view Daniel provided). Sure they probably called the play in the huddle but everyone to a person said they didn’t appear to be on the same page . How could that be? And as others have mentioned here, why are we throwing so deep when shorter chunk passes would’ve and had worked? You still had a pretty capable Kmet on the field for short underneath plays. Heck if memory serves the RB was running a short route to the left that may have just as easily been converted.

So any reason Thuney couldn’t stay LT - if needed? I mean sure it was one game but he and McFadden did a pretty bang up job last night. Rarely did Caleb have to scramble and this was against one of the best defensive front out there.

Two horrible calls that last series. One to the throw attempt at Benedet and not throwing on the 3rd down near the goal line. They had everyone on the line and nothing but open endzone. Ugh.