I believe I did say "halfway decent" at least lol
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I believe I did say "halfway decent" at least lol
JoeyFlex5
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Tyus bowser. Idk if you’ve done a deep dive on him, but if you haven’t, I have a feeling you’ll be pleasantly surprised in what you see. Every time I go back and re watch a game from the past 2 years I always feel like bowser is jumping off the film
JoeyFlex5
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I’m cool with the idea of ricard at TE3. He’s shown to have viable hands when uncovered, which he likely will be fairly often, athletically he’s really not that far off from Boyle, he gives us an undersized OT essentially making every snap he plays in-line a jumbo package, but that jumbo blocker can get out in space and move well with LBs and can even get wide to the nickel or corner, then he helps with the problem of replacing Hayden hurst because he frequently moved from inline to FB for moving block assignments.
essentially ricard at TE3 gives us what we would have if we replaced Hurst last year with another Boyle. It should give us much better trench play up front while still keeping those more exotic blocking schemes an option. And we would just be hoping that more andrews, Hollywood, and Boykin can replace the receiving loss we took with hurst, which honestly is how we should’ve approached it anyway, leaning on 3 TEs to carry the skill position group was almost gimmicky and wasn’t going to last.
essentially ricard at TE3 gives us what we would have if we replaced Hurst last year with another Boyle. It should give us much better trench play up front while still keeping those more exotic blocking schemes an option. And we would just be hoping that more andrews, Hollywood, and Boykin can replace the receiving loss we took with hurst, which honestly is how we should’ve approached it anyway, leaning on 3 TEs to carry the skill position group was almost gimmicky and wasn’t going to last.
4th and 12, but who's counting
sorry - 4th and 9 was the chiefs game
for sure - very interested in going back and watching more tyus - seemed to turn the corner at the end of last year - not necessarily as a pass rusher but for sure as a 3rd down puzzle piece
damn - in harbs speak that means his season is over lol
i mean im kidding but that's still worrying that he's week to week and not day-to-day
So with Orlando back it looks like this is today's starting OL (at least for individual workouts)
Stanley, Mekari, Bozeman, Phillips, Orlando
...with fluker holding the pad for Orlando at RT
that's at least most of a week now with Phillips practicing with the 1s at RG and Fluker getting work at tackle (or at least repping as if at tackle)
mekari, bozeman and skura seem nailed on for 2 of the 3 IOL spots at LG and C just not sure which way round it will be
but RG seems to be a 2-horse race with only 2 guys getting reps at that spot all camp - maybe im getting my hopes up too high but Phillips now has been practicing with the 1s even with Fluker at practice and chemistry is going to be super important for this OL so if they were going with Fluker (and knew it already) you'd have to think he'd be repping there with the 1s to help build that chemistry with Orlando and the rest of the line...
Stanley, Mekari, Bozeman, Phillips, Orlando
...with fluker holding the pad for Orlando at RT
that's at least most of a week now with Phillips practicing with the 1s at RG and Fluker getting work at tackle (or at least repping as if at tackle)
mekari, bozeman and skura seem nailed on for 2 of the 3 IOL spots at LG and C just not sure which way round it will be
but RG seems to be a 2-horse race with only 2 guys getting reps at that spot all camp - maybe im getting my hopes up too high but Phillips now has been practicing with the 1s even with Fluker at practice and chemistry is going to be super important for this OL so if they were going with Fluker (and knew it already) you'd have to think he'd be repping there with the 1s to help build that chemistry with Orlando and the rest of the line...
I think this is the week where Harbaugh wants his OL settled, so it could be a last ditch effort to see if they have better options. Mekari, Bozeman, and Skura flopping back and forth between spots might be the bigger example of that, though. Gotta think Phillips and Fluker are both in contention with maybe Phillips having the leg up right now.
yeah this is the last week - you gotta expect that they have it settled by cutdown day so they get a full week of practice as a unit
atleast that game didn't knock us out of the playoffs. Still it would have been nice to beat the Chiefs in their house and shut some people up.
I think I'm going to start hating the Chiefs as much as I hated them when I rooted for Kenny Stabler back in the day. He's my all time favorite player. Of course I was a kid when he was with the Raiders.
@JoeyFlex5 - next vid is definitely gonna be on bowser - just getting to the end of the texans game and lots to talk about with bowser already
but just while watching noticed yet another play where earl just gave up (completely opposite to deshon saving a TD against the browns i think where he had no right to stop the td - and it didnt matter in the end because the browns scored the next play but they might not have)
but this is more egregious than the chubb one to me - i defended him on the chubb one because he was never gonna catch chubb but he legitimately had a great shot to get hyde on his td run and literally as soon as hyde puts the open field cut on him he stops chasing when i think he could/should have got him
for bowser think im gonna watch the bengals (week 6), seattle and 49ers games also
but just while watching noticed yet another play where earl just gave up (completely opposite to deshon saving a TD against the browns i think where he had no right to stop the td - and it didnt matter in the end because the browns scored the next play but they might not have)
but this is more egregious than the chubb one to me - i defended him on the chubb one because he was never gonna catch chubb but he legitimately had a great shot to get hyde on his td run and literally as soon as hyde puts the open field cut on him he stops chasing when i think he could/should have got him
for bowser think im gonna watch the bengals (week 6), seattle and 49ers games also
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JoeyFlex5
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Lol I’ve been tryna tell people all offseason, bowser is the guy I keep coming back to every single game it feels like, that’s dating back to the 2018 late season games, seems that from that regular season chargers game a light started to come on, he’s not getting home too frequently but he is really wowing you with some excellent snaps and doing it often.
still dont think he's that great a pass rusher from what ive seen - still not fluent getting hands off him but he's a 2nd and 3rd down weapon because of the things he offers and the tools he has
gonna watch more film tomorrow to see if im seeing the same thing
zrebiec mentions it in his 53 man prediction article but i didnt realise that if a player is i/r'd after making the 53 they can return as early as week 4 this year
that certainly makes it more likely that skura or madubuike might make the 53 and then go on i/r albeit we might also decide to carry them both and save the return designations for other guys
that certainly makes it more likely that skura or madubuike might make the 53 and then go on i/r albeit we might also decide to carry them both and save the return designations for other guys
Unlimited returns from IR this year as well, I believe
rmcjacket23
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My understanding is there's really no longer "return designations" for 2020. Any team can play an unlimited number of players on IR for a minimum of 3 weeks, and an unlimited number can return. I don't believe there's a limit.
This also generally EXCLUDES COVID-19 positive tests. Those players that test positive for COVID go on the Commissioners Exempt list, get fully paid, and there's no minimum or maximum stay on the list. You get a roster exemption for certain periods that you're on the list. It could be for one week or the whole season...there's no minimum requirement.
Basically 2020 is almost an open book for roster flexibility. The only "strategy" seemingly is if you have somebody with a 1-2 week injury, what do you do with them? All of these guys that end up with like 2-4 week injuries (high ankle sprains, etc.) are going to go on IR, and they can stay for as long as they want and then come back.
I think you're going to see a pretty decent size group of guys get sent to IR end of this week or this weekend, which means the 53 man roster will probably look different than we've all been expecting. You'll see constant roster shake-ups mid-season.