1 game sample, but unimpressed w Kevin Patullo after this one. Had essentially 2x halftimes to adjust to DAL defensive gameplan and didn’t do anything to unlock the explosive passing or (RB) running game. Also super low motion %.
Even if we buy that AJB’s hammy led to him being rusty or on decoy duty, that’s exactly why you’ve got a #2 like Smith who can take advantage of those secondary matchups.
Brian Johnson 2023 vibes: former highly-efficient OC (Steichen/Moore) takes an HC job, try to fill the vacancy in-house w a team guy who may be able to copy/paste plays and build a gameplan, but not experienced/adaptive when defenses start taking concepts away.
Hurts had time to throw - there was not much pressure on Hurts until towards the end of the game. You could just see him glance down the field and give up and off to Geodert or just run the ball himself.
Came here ASAP to see what to think about Blue, as part of my thesis for drafting him in a number of leagues over players like Tuten was that he would get early season looks. I hear what you are saying about holding, but it's going to be tough. Just have to hope he is more like Achane than Vidal...
I was excited for the season to start. After reading this I'm even more amped for the rest of the wk1 games. Thanks for highlighting some things to look for.
Hey Ben, I need to pick 2 between pollard, egbuka, and trev Henderson in .5 PPR. I’m already taking a big fat 0 from Xavier worthy and can’t decide if I should keep egbuka or hendy in the flex. What do you think? 👀 thanks man
2 legs covered and 44 points with 8 minutes left in the 3rd I need just 4 more points to win the parley - Weather delay! I knew at that point that my wager was going South
That was the end of the scoring - 23 minutes of scoreless football.
also - I have 12 leagues and some exposure to Hurts and CeeDee Lamb - none of my draft slots lined up to where I could get AJ Brown or DeVonta Smith or Pickens (I never really tried hard for any of them either) I also have a lot of Geodert in TE required leagues (essentially a free pick) - getting 11 points from last pick of the draft was excellent.
1 game sample, but unimpressed w Kevin Patullo after this one. Had essentially 2x halftimes to adjust to DAL defensive gameplan and didn’t do anything to unlock the explosive passing or (RB) running game. Also super low motion %.
Even if we buy that AJB’s hammy led to him being rusty or on decoy duty, that’s exactly why you’ve got a #2 like Smith who can take advantage of those secondary matchups.
Brian Johnson 2023 vibes: former highly-efficient OC (Steichen/Moore) takes an HC job, try to fill the vacancy in-house w a team guy who may be able to copy/paste plays and build a gameplan, but not experienced/adaptive when defenses start taking concepts away.
love these notes
Hurts had time to throw - there was not much pressure on Hurts until towards the end of the game. You could just see him glance down the field and give up and off to Geodert or just run the ball himself.
This will be season 4 with stealing signals this year all the way from the UK! Can’t wait for the late Sunday nights watching in the fall.
Came here ASAP to see what to think about Blue, as part of my thesis for drafting him in a number of leagues over players like Tuten was that he would get early season looks. I hear what you are saying about holding, but it's going to be tough. Just have to hope he is more like Achane than Vidal...
I was excited for the season to start. After reading this I'm even more amped for the rest of the wk1 games. Thanks for highlighting some things to look for.
Hey Ben, I need to pick 2 between pollard, egbuka, and trev Henderson in .5 PPR. I’m already taking a big fat 0 from Xavier worthy and can’t decide if I should keep egbuka or hendy in the flex. What do you think? 👀 thanks man
and so it goes - my parley
Cowboys - Eagles - over 47.5
Cowboys - over 9.5 first quarter
Cowboys - over 19.5 for the game
2 legs covered and 44 points with 8 minutes left in the 3rd I need just 4 more points to win the parley - Weather delay! I knew at that point that my wager was going South
That was the end of the scoring - 23 minutes of scoreless football.
also - I have 12 leagues and some exposure to Hurts and CeeDee Lamb - none of my draft slots lined up to where I could get AJ Brown or DeVonta Smith or Pickens (I never really tried hard for any of them either) I also have a lot of Geodert in TE required leagues (essentially a free pick) - getting 11 points from last pick of the draft was excellent.