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UPennChem

UPennChem

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Bryan Edwards looks for real. Loved him in the draft. The raiders are not a bad team. They're probably a fringe playoff team.
 
Tyler

Tyler

Practice Squad
This is a super random thought lol, but does anyone know where to find the clip of John Harbaugh dancing in pregame warmups with Buck Allen? I’m trying to figure out the song and can’t find the clip anymore
 
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Deebo813

Hall of Famer
rmcjacket23 said:
Yeah I don't think so. I actually don't think Waller's impact on the game was that big, and a lot of analysts agree with me. He got a bunch of stats on 19 targets. 19. You can give Boykin 19 targets and he'll get you 80-100 yards easily. I did not think Darren Waller was uncoverable in that game by any stretch of the imagination, and I think people who think that didn't watch the game and desperately need to go back and watch film.

I think five years ago, I'd be beating the "Jimmy is critical" drum all day long.
But if I conceptualize...
In 2020, he missed five games, and I don't see any significant impact on the defense in those games. He was pretty limited from a snap count perspective in the second half of the year, and the only time he really plays a ton of snaps these days is if he's playing a team that throws the ball a ton (Buffalo), or injuries force him into the lineup.
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We had to game plan vs waller, we knew he was getting the ball and still couldnt stop him, we had to put hump on him and it still didnt work.. waller def impacted the game in a big way
 
JoeyFlex5

JoeyFlex5

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Deebo813 said:
We had to game plan vs waller, we knew he was getting the ball and still couldnt stop him, we had to put hump on him and it still didnt work.. waller def impacted the game in a big way
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We were extremely effective against Waller. The gameplan was to feed him with a firehose basically, and we held him to a stat line from what would be considered a good day with a regular target share, he had double what would be a regular target share

you can’t have 19 targets to a guy like Waller and expect to blank him. That’s a lot of wasted plays from them
 
RavensMania

RavensMania

Staff Member
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Deebo813 said:
We had to game plan vs waller, we knew he was getting the ball and still couldnt stop him, we had to put hump on him and it still didnt work.. waller def impacted the game in a big way
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19 targets with that amount of yards, we essentially stopped him
 
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Deebo813

Hall of Famer
rossihunter2 said:
by not catching half of his targets - show me a receiver with 19 targets who doesnt go over 100 yds...
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Its not about that.. saying he wasnt an impact is just all the way wrong though. Waller had to be accounted for every play regardless if he was getting the ball or not..
 
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Deebo813

Hall of Famer
JoeyFlex5 said:
We were extremely effective against Waller. The gameplan was to feed him with a firehose basically, and we held him to a stat line from what would be considered a good day with a regular target share, he had double what would be a regular target share

you can’t have 19 targets to a guy like Waller and expect to blank him. That’s a lot of wasted plays from them
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For me, it dnt matter if waller had 100 targets.. he still had an impact on the game..
 
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Deebo813

Hall of Famer
rossihunter2 said:
just like you would for any team's best weapon...
just like every team does for lamar...
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Exactly, so waller was in fact impactful. Not like dude was locked up. He didnt have a bad game at all. I didnt watch whole game so idk how many balls thrown to him where actually catchable but to say waller didnt have a big impact is actually wrong..
 
drjohnnyfever

drjohnnyfever

Pro Bowler
rossihunter2 said:
by not catching half of his targets - show me a receiver with 19 targets who doesnt go over 100 yds...
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Agree totally. Still makes me crazy he decided to play - "decently" - after being shown the door. But he's damaged goods. If he'd have panned out here, he and Andrews would be a crazy combo and we would not have been so fast to need to sign FA WR's...
 
rmcjacket23

rmcjacket23

Ravens Ring of Honor
Deebo813 said:
Exactly, so waller was in fact impactful. Not like dude was locked up. He didnt have a bad game at all. I didnt watch whole game so idk how many balls thrown to him where actually catchable but to say waller didnt have a big impact is actually wrong..
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He didn't have the impact media or fantasy owners think he did. Just because he was a target monster doesn't mean he was uncoverable.
 
JO_75

JO_75

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The last remaining undefeated teams in the AFC are the Raiders & Broncos. That's kinda crazy to think about.
 
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