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Maybe but he will have to be able to play it to be able to be an every down back in the NFL.

That was a pretty pass.

Well they finally had Allen and Melusi in the backfield.

Passing game is coming together in this game.

They played better last week in the 2nd half though that was against an inferior team than they are playing now. Other than the two fumbles the passing game looks better than last week. Still have a QB problem but the WR’s have looked better this week.

The first fumble was his fault he held onto the ball too long but that second one is all on the OL.

Decent is the key word here. The running game can sometimes be a work in progress when the other team is basically focusing on that. The lanes haven’t been open for the RB’s to make a long gain. Other than that last series the offense has looked decent.

A stop that is progress I guess.

My prediction for tomorrow’s game Bears 12 Packers 3. An absolute snoozer of a game.

On the positive side the offense has looked decent. It is also nice to see the team not completely fold after getting down early.

Defense playing zone 5-yard buffer again…… This defense is not good at all maybe one of the worst in awhile.

More than likely because it is the Yankees. I don't think Boone has really cost them that much this year. It has been mostly the players. Stanton looks cooked and not the same player he was even two years ago. Pitching wise Cole has looked good this year and Schmidt hasn't been all that bad. Rodon has been injured most of the year. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Yankees at 90+ wins next year. They have the talent on their team to be better than what they have been.

I thought the Cubs were yet again supposed to be in first place in the NL Central after this weekend? This is like three weekends in a row where the Brewers were supposed to be looking up at the Cubs.......

They have been dead and then alive and then dead and then alive and now dead again throughout this whole season. They were playing well in the early part of the season and then Judge got hurt and they sucked for awhile and then Judge came back and they looked solid again to only fall flat on their face again. Not sure it is a manager problem but more of a veteran team that can't stay healthy mixed in with some growing pains of some younger players.

Depending on who your carrier is they should have an app if you have a smart phone where you can block numbers or have them be silent. I know AT&T and T-Mobile have this and I am fairly confident that Verizon does also. The smaller carriers probably not.

LOL NO

Those were some lucky hits or unlucky if you are the Yankees.

I wouldn’t mind if it rotated to Indy, Minnesota, Vegas and maybe Chicago if the Bears get a retractable roof with their new stadium. I also wouldn’t be against the Rose Bowl hosting either.

Apparently there are rumors that the B1G Ten football championship game may move to Las Vegas? The B1G Ten has also denied this but there still isn't an agreement of where the game will be played after the 2024 season.

Will stop complaining about the umpires when you stop complaining about the Brewers. Deal?

Pretty sure this is the only song that is played at Packers games......

Mordecai moved himself out of the pocket by moving into pressure. A lot of the issues Trubisky had Mordecai has. His footwork is just bad right now. He basically sacks himself without the defense providing pressure. It is like he doesn’t trust the offensive line and is moving before he has to. Hopefully he improves a bit as he didn’t look good at all other than checking down to the RB’s.

One he threw behind the receiver and the other he got happy feet and threw to the linebacker near the line of scrimmage. Both interceptions were 100% his fault.

The first half was absolutely horrible. It was bad both offensively and defensively. Good: Second half defense came to play. The adjustments that were made on how they were running their coverage was amazing. The switch from a mainly zone coverage to a more press coverage was a huge scheme change that impacted the game. The zone coverage killed the defense a lot last year and it was one of the things I hated with Leonhard last year. He wouldn't change the defense even if the other team was taking advantage of what he was doing. It is one of the criticisms and things that Leonhard needs to work on if he is ever to become a head coach. He was like PC in that regard where he was to stubborn to make the obvious changes to their game plans. Mellusi finally looks healthy and he showed it in the game. He has the speed and ability to make cuts again. He is finally looking like that NFL like running back that he showed glimpses of before the injuries. Allen looked good catching the ball. I think that will give some teams trouble with him catching the ball. Unfortunately this doesn't really fit into the strengths for Allen as he is more of a north south runner then he is an east west runner. Allen isn't really all that good in space and needs to be able to get some speed built up. Allen is more like Emmit Smith though Emmit did have some east west movement. I think throwing a screen to Allen would be a better use of his skills than throwing to him in space. Though it is tempting to have Allen going up against a DB that is like half his size to get a 5-yard gain. I would like to see more sets where Allen and Mellusi are in the backfield together. On pass plays this could work out really well as Allen is an exceptional pass blocker. I think Mellusi out in space catching balls that Allen was catching would be a better option. The speed and agility of Mellusi is just far more dangerous. Having them both in the backfield would cause issues for most defenses. Do you stack the box and try to take lanes away from Allen or do you try and cover a possible pitch out or pass to Mellusi on the edge? Giving defenses dilemmas instead of problems should be the goal. Problems have solutions dilemmas cause defenses to pick which one they are going to deal with. The only WR that looked good in the game was Pauling. If he were taller I think he would be a legitimate threat in the passing game but at 5'10" it is hard to be an impact player in the passing game. Pauling looks to be the only sure handed receiver in the group. The others really didn't get much of a chance. Offensive line is better than last year though grading them on this game is difficult as Buffalo's defensive line wasn't all that imposing or threatening. Neutral: Defensive line looked better than last year but was still not making much of a push. They were able to stand their ground on a few fourth and 1 situations. Though I think if Buffalo actually runs the ball and doesn't do a QB sneak on one of the plays they would have gotten the 1st down. Offensive play calling. This is a huge improvement from the previous years under PC. They actually made adjustments and fixed some things that were not working. They still tried a few things that were not working in the first half but it is an improvement that they didn't double down on it like PC would do every time. I liked some of the schemes of getting the TE in open space and spreading out the WR from time to time. Still not enough motion before the snap. Bad: QB play was absolutely horrible. Mordecai looked worse than Mertz on the field. Mertz actually had a better game the Mordecai did against a better team in Utah. Mordecai has really bad mechanics with his feet they are worse than Trubisky's. When Mordecai is not dancing around in the pocket he looks like a good QB. His feet got him into more trouble causing either a bad throw or unnecessary pressure. WR play again was lackluster other than Pauling. There was no separation and when there was separation that one time down the field Bell dropped the ball. The WR are probably going to be one of the reasons why the offensive scheme is not going to be all that different from previous years. Defensive scheme in the 1st half was absolutely horrible. The Leonhard style of defense of playing too much zone and playing it at the wrong time killed the defense in the 1st half. On a 3rd and 5 you don't want to be giving a WR a 5 yard cushion and allow them to get the 1st down. This happened a few times in the first half and extended possessions unnecessarily. If they would have played a more press defense in the first half on those short to mid yards to gain I think the defense would have been better. They did make the change in the second half but Buffalo never made an adjustment to this and kept on running the same plays. The redzone defense looked to be more confused on what they were supposed to be doing and who had who. On the two TD passes the DB's looked confused on who was supposed to be where and who was supposed to be covering who. This needs some more discipline. Incomplete: TE's were mostly missing in the game with only Ashcraft getting a few receptions. This maybe more of a game plan issue or there just weren't all that many plays drawn up for the TE's. Linebackers looked good and made some plays when they had to but very little pass rush from the LB's in this game. There were a few blitzes and they were caught in a pass blitz a few times when Buffalo was running the ball. Hard to grade the linebackers when they were not all that involved in the game.

This is weird I am watching the game on Fox but the game sound is louder than the announcers. Not that I am complaining as Smoltz and whoever else is in the booth are rather horrible normally.