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Tank

Hall of Famer
So I'll defer to FilmStudy for individual grades, but I'd say he's been pretty average the last 2 weeks. He was dreadful against Vegas (at RT) and then was pretty bad against Detroit. The other games I would say he was average as a LT, which is probably what we should expect. Last two weeks he's been fine.

It's pretty clear from looking at film and reading evaluations that the right side, namely Zeitler and Mekari, is the strength. Mekari has actually been pretty solid at RT, especially the last two weeks.

The head scratcher for me is Bozeman. He's not been good the last couple weeks. He was pretty good the first 3-4 games, so maybe it's just a short-term thing. But he'll need to play better going forward in order to earn an extension from us and to not have us explore other options at Center next year.
I think Bozeman has had some back issues(?).
 

JO_75

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Has Lamar ever beaten Ben?

Circrumstances played a huge part into that not happening yet. In 2018, Flacco started that game where he got the hip injury and Lamar finished the game, which was the second and final game against Pittsburgh that season. The next week against Cincy would be Lamar's first career start, then in 2019 Ben got hurt in the Seattle Game ending his season before we played them. Then we got swept by them last season making Lamar 0-2 against Ben in his career.
 

ndub

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Circrumstances played a huge part into that not happening yet. In 2018, Flacco started that game where he got the hip injury and Lamar finished the game, which was the second and final game against Pittsburgh that season. The next week against Cincy would be Lamar's first career start, then in 2019 Ben got hurt in the Seattle Game ending his season before we played them. Then we got swept by them last season making Lamar 0-2 against Ben in his career.

He went 0-1 in 2020 against him. The second game was a McSorely special
 

RavensMania

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So I'm a bigger Bozeman fan than most. That being said... I don't think very well is accurate.
I gave up my PFF membership, and maybe somebody else can provide here, but as far as I can tell, they've got Bozeman graded as a well below average Center. I believe he's like 25th in the league in their rankings.
If I read FilmStudy's reviews, he's given Bozeman poor grades for 3 straight weeks.
I'll copy his notes here:
Chargers:
Bozeman: Bradley had his 3rd consecutive difficult game. He allowed a full sack when beaten left by DT Joseph (Q2, 9:09). He otherwise had only 1 other shared pressure in an abbreviated game. All his 5 missed blocks were losses at the LoS. He was not assigned to pull and made 2 blocks in level 2, but did not have a pancake. His highlight was a combination block on DT Joseph then LB Nick Niemann in level 2 (Q2, 2:44).

Scoring: 43 plays, 36 blocks, 5 missed, 1/2 pressure, 1 sack, 29 points (.67 per play). That’s a high F after adjustment
Colts:
Bozeman: Bradley again struggled, particularly with his pulls. He allowed shares of 2 sacks (beaten right by DT Buckner after Zeitler dropped off, Q1, 14:15; bulled then shed by DE Tyquan Lewis on pull, Q3, 11:56). He was party to 3 other pressure events and allowed a full penetration when he whiffed on DE Kemoko Turay on a pull (Q2, 10:09). He also missed 6 blocks, 5 of which were losses at the LoS. He had 1 block in level 2 and delivered 1 pancake. On 5 total pulls, he netted -4.5 points. He had no highlight.

Scoring: 70 plays, 58 blocks, 6 missed, 1 penetration, 1.5 pressures, ½ QH, 1.17 (1/2 + 2/3) sacks, 44.5 points (.64 per play). That’s an F even after adjustment.
Broncos:
Bozeman: Bradley took a step back. He was party to 3 pressure events, including 2 full charges (beaten right by DT Harris, Q3, 13:39; bulled by NT Purcell, Q4, 2:12). He also missed 9 blocks, 7 of which came on run plays and 6 of which were losses at LoS. This was a game where he was on the ground a lot, including 3 plays where he slipped, tripped, or was shed as he was entering level 2. He had 2 blocks in level 2 but did not have a solo pancake or highlight. He was not assigned to pull.

Scoring: 70 plays, 58 blocks, 9 missed, 2.33 pressures, 53.33 points (.76 per play). That’s a D with adjustment.

Relatively short sample size, and acknowledging that both Indy and Denver have quality fronts that can make a lot of interior lineman look bad. And acknowledging that he got very high grades against both KC and Detroit. But he's been very subpar for the last three weeks according to the people that I trust the most when it comes to analyzing Olineman.

I've oftentimes debated the merits of going to PFF for these ratings instead of Ken, because Ken puts more emphasis on pass protection and most would say PFF overvalues run blocking, but I tend to agree that most of your higher leverage, more critical downs are in pass protection, and quite frankly, if you can't pass block on the Oline, you're probably not going to be starting very long, regardless of how great a run blocker you are.
Agree he's had 3 straight bad games in a row, but I'm a fan of Bozeman and feel he will be and should continue to be our center into next season. He's still only 6 games into his first season playing center in the NFL.

Now according to PFF, when you take into account centers that have taken atleast 50% of the snaps he is 10th in 13th in pass blocking. Overall this is the 9th best center in the league and definitely above average, but admittedly not as well as I expected due to the last few games.
 
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a) Ravens are good.
b) AFC North apparently also good!
 

rossihunter2

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a) Ravens are good.
b) AFC North apparently also good!

the one benefit of a 7 seed playoff structure is that 1 day there will be an entire division in the playoffs

and technically it's possible for the entire divisional round to be made up of in-division games under this new format (division winner would have to be the 1 seed and all the wildcards would have to win on the road)
 

rmcjacket23

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Kc will be there. Steelers or bengals wont.. maybe neither
Well for, me, its pretty clear that the AFC East and South are likely only getting one playoff team. I've not entirely written off the Colts, but I don't think the Patriots are a playoff team.

If that's the case, the AFC North is virtually guaranteed to get two playoff teams. Possibly three.
 

Deebo813

Hall of Famer
Well for, me, its pretty clear that the AFC East and South are likely only getting one playoff team. I've not entirely written off the Colts, but I don't think the Patriots are a playoff team.

If that's the case, the AFC North is virtually guaranteed to get two playoff teams. Possibly three.
I just looked at bengals schedule and youre correct, they likely will be there long as they keep it up..idk how long baker will be out so thay could possibly mess up their chances..
 

Simba

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We found our next project Pat



Interesting choice considering he actually played some pretty solid football the time we were forced to activate him. He's bounced from O to D quite a lot in his young career, so I guess the more you can do.
 

Ellicottraven

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Lol I didn’t know how much I hated the Titans until last nights game. I initially wanted Bills to lose so the Ravens can claim first place but just couldn’t root for the Titans. They’ve officially passed the Patriots for my 2nd most hated team just behind Pittsburgh.
Why would you hate the Pats anymore? If anything they're deserving of your pity.
 
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