NFL - Random Opinions

Good read Torgo. The roughing call did suck. Still, the Falcons are better than almost everyone said they would be so you've got to be happy there.

 

Indeed, I'm loving it. Not just because they're exceeding expectations, but also because they're demonstrating a theory of mine about roster building.

Since this is the Random Opinion thread, it's the perfect place to inflict it upon those who haven't read it before. The idea is that when you're building or rebuilding a roster, it's better to focus on weaknesses rather than strengths. It's better to have every position group be middle-of-the-pack instead of a few stars and a few glaring weaknesses.

That goes for players within position groups as well. I claim you're better off with four WR#2 / WR#3 caliber guys than if your receiver group is Cooper Kupp And The Pips. If you have an All Galaxy stud at left tackle but human turnstiles in the middle of your line, your offense is in deep trouble. And you could spend megabucks to sign Deion Sanders at his Prime Time peak to be one starting cornerback, but if your other cornerback is Clarabelle The Clown then you'll have one of the worst pass defenses in NFL history. So don't focus on trying to sign Deion or Kupp. Instead, do everything you can to get enough ordinary but competent players so that you don't have to put The Pips or Clarabelle on the field.

This is exactly how Atlanta's front office went about retooling the roster this season. They didn't have a choice, as the cap mess left behind by the previous regime gave them a budget of $12 and six box tops to spend in free agency. But the front office did their best to hit every single position group and bring in enough guys to get all of those units up to middle-of-the-pack status.

And... it's working.

Nothing ever goes exactly as planned. They lost a bunch of defensive linemen in training camp and preseason, ended up short a RB in the season opener, and they had injuries stack up in the secondary in weeks 5-7 so badly that they actually did play Clarabelle The Clown (they had a practice squad guy start) in weeks 7-8. They've also been playing a lot of younger prospects, and the kids are going through their growing pains. But for the most part, they've had enough competence on the field that it's hard to exploit weaknesses against them on either side of the line of scrimmage.

 

I thought about it when you said the practice squad cb played one week. Just couldn’t help but think about the Steelers lone win without Watt had a practice squad cb starting and another with significant playing time in the game. Tampa Bradies was the team. How come our starters can’t stop shit but this group without the use of Fitzpatrick on top of it could beat the goat?

 

When Pittsburgh played Tampa, Jerome Boger wasn't the referee ...

 

Dameon Pierce - OROY

148 ATT 678 YDS 4.6 AVG, Through 8 games

 

Still feel like Kenny Pickett is in the running. /s

 

Oh ya... Anything can happen and we are only about half way there. Pickett is a good one... could be superstar material if he aint already.

 

Breece doesn't get hurt and he likely runs away with it

 

Pickens would have been in the running had the Packers taken him rather than Watson

 

Well,

You've seen the last of my Power Rankings for this season.

My PC crashed and I lost the file that contains all of the data.

 

Sorry to hear this... thanks tho! Good to see you around too.

 

Sorry to hear that. You were doing a good job with it.

 

That sucks, I really enjoyed these posts. Lyman is REALLY a part of the Cleveland culture now... "Wait till next year"

 

Well Lyman, sorry to hear that. Let me help.

32. Steelers

 

F the falcons lol

 

Reality check: Saints are now on a 4 game scoring skid where they scored 34, 24, 13 and now 10. They did manage to win when they scored 24. Their total yards has also dropped from 494, 367, 243 and now 186. So all the Steelers defense did was beat up on team that made might be in a worse offensive funk than the Steelers. I know many in Steelers nation will want to run with this as proof the Steelers are going to turn things around but in truth they were just the better bad team in a game of two bad teams.

 

Yeah. They're not good. What did they give up yesterday. 6 sacks?. They're going to have to do much better in the trenches.

T Plus that, the red zone O isn't good at all.

 

Watching the CIN/PIT game. Those Bengal's uniforms? Is anyone else reminded of Ziegfeld and Roy's tigers?

 

I watched the Eagles for the first time last night. SHIT O DEAR!!!! I thought the season was going to come down to whoever wins the Chiefs/Bills play-off game against the survivor of the NFC. I don't think that anymore.

 

We've reached the point in the 2022 season where folks start talking about Running Backs and Receivers having 1,000 yard seasons,

Food for thought:

When did a 1,000 yard season become the standard? Answer: Way back when the season consisted of 12 games.

Now that the season is 17 games, should the standard be upped?