7 hours ago, Senhorcook said:

So you are the coach….who (starters) rests next two weeks:

I have the following:

Dickerson

Lane Johnson

Jeurgens

Barkley

Hurts

AJ Brown

Devontae Smith

Geodert

Dean

Carter

Mitchell

Dejean

Blank

Baun

Smith

Especially for the cheap shots i expect will happen in the final game. Rest ALL starters for that one.

You can't rest those guys without resting Mailata

6 hours ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

2023 and this season are nothing alike though… 2023 we were on a massive losing streak what like 1-6 in the final stretch just trying to get back on track and only got worse then injuries

Now we just won our last 2(albeit against bad teams) but we look like we have some things figured out on O. But I don’t think we can just sit our starters for 2 weeks and expect them to be good to go in the playoffs either…. So what is the balance?

Obviously think final game none of the starters will play against the commanders…. But will we play them against the Bills? Will they play the entire game? Maybe just half? At this point what do we really have to play for we can’t get the #1 seed can we?

Plus 2003 we were playing for possible division win and a home game.

5 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

What are you talking about? Can you pull up and show what you mean? You sound really dumb.

Page 2631... the 7th comment down...GB's 3rd post on the page.. where he quoted me.. I replied right afterwards...but it only quoted my post that GB replied to... but didn't quote his reply.

So it looked like i was just replying to myself ...and not GB.

Was weird that his reply wasn't quoted? I tried again and it still just only quoted me and not him. So nobody else can reply to that post anymore lol. It's lost in the black hole of the message board...lol

5 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

What are you talking about? Can you pull up and show what you mean? You sound really dumb.

See...39 seconds of a reply and no insults and explained fully. Try it sometime

4 hours ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Playing the half type mentality proved to be a real problem. Can’t go into it with that kind of thinking. Either playing or not. (Now the coach could be thinking pull the guys…but dangerous if the players are thinking it)

I just give them the rest during the week. No practice and just hit the weights... it's more than just the games...it's practice as well when getting rest.

You do all the stretching, yoga, lifting, cardio... all the stuff that builds the body up... none of the wearing pads and stuff that takes s toll during the week.

4 hours ago, Senhorcook said:

Steen is a borderline backup in my opinion. He needs the reps!

Mailata probably should be on my list too. I imagine some starters will have to play.

No no no... nobody needs " reps" this time of year...his play will get better being fresh. He isn't going to learn from reps in a game that they don't care about. Come on now. Plus he is fine mentally... solid player....he just isn't a guy that wins physically. Reps aren't going to make him physically stronger. Come on now.

4 hours ago, Senhorcook said:

He’s not injured. He got thrown out of the game for his stupidity! He needs the reps!

Nope

9 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

See...39 seconds of a reply and no insults and explained fully. Try it sometime

Can you explain what you’re talking about?

4 hours ago, Senhorcook said:

Oh boy. Their defense is absolutely stellar. I mean stellar! Lots of Bronco fans where I live! I don’t trust Nix for 3 PLAYOFF games…..and I don’t like the donkeys anyway. 😁

They sucked today though right?

1 hour ago, Bleedinggreen93 said:

Nobody is talking about the players it’s obviously going to be coaching decision again the question is the same what is the decision they decide to make?

Do you play the entire game against the Bills do you look to pull guys after a couple series or half time?

Do you even let Lane and Carter play or just keep them shut down until the playoffs.

Where is the line at? resting 2 weeks likely isn’t a good decision but how much risk do you put them in against the Bills a meaningless game essentially

They rested 2 weeks plus a bye week in 2004...dominated the playoff games going into the Superbowl. Absolutely rest the guys that need it.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

2023 proved that we did need to differentiate between coaches and players…previously that assumption would have been mostly obvious..elsewhere.

But everything I’m hearing is we aren’t hesitating at all about playing full go ball this next to last game.

It’s a go!

2023 we could have won the division the last week

4 minutes ago, cunninghamtheman said:

Can you explain what you’re talking about?

15 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Page 2631... the 7th comment down...GB's 3rd post on the page.. where he quoted me.. I replied right afterwards...but it only quoted my post that GB replied to... but didn't quote his reply.

So it looked like i was just replying to myself ...and not GB.

Was weird that his reply wasn't quoted? I tried again and it still just only quoted me and not him. So nobody else can reply to that post anymore lol. It's lost in the black hole of the message board...lol

There it is again....full detail. No problem.

1 hour ago, cunninghamtheman said:

There is validity to your statement about playing and proving you have things fixed. But also the opposite of keeping things very tight to the vest. Nobody knows and sees some new wrinkles…or adjustments….until the postseason win or go home games.

Excellent post. I say fix the issues at practices... but the problem with that is...GB and all the fans complaining about things don't see it. Those fans won't be satisfied until they see it. Which i find ironic being that in the same breathe tjis first game vs Washington didn't satisfy him, but fixing it in 2 weeks vs same team would?

Not showing anyone any new wrinkles or putting any " fixes" on film is probably more of a better mental strategy. On top of not putting the players at risk. And I don't mean even the serious injuries...im talking about just a slight one that could make any player less effective during the playoffs.

34 minutes ago, joemas6 said:

Excellent post. I say fix the issues at practices... but the problem with that is...GB and all the fans complaining about things don't see it. Those fans won't be satisfied until they see it. Which i find ironic being that in the same breathe tjis first game vs Washington didn't satisfy him, but fixing it in 2 weeks vs same team would?

Not showing anyone any new wrinkles or putting any " fixes" on film is probably more of a better mental strategy. On top of not putting the players at risk. And I don't mean even the serious injuries...im talking about just a slight one that could make any player less effective during the playoffs.

I have Ham on ignore. I'm not worried about game 2 vs the wuss. I'm wanting to know if things are fixed vs BUFFALO. There is only 1 way to know. Whatever issues we had 5-6 weeks ago(since our last WIN vs a decent team) are still unknown playing crap teams. We lost 3 in a row to good teams, we have 1 good team remaining. They don't need to play the whole game. A 1/4 or a 1/2 you'd see if you are effective vs them or not. I could care less about the final game. Being effective vs the wuss & Raiders doesn't impress me. I want to know if we can play vs Buffalo

Drake Maye is impressing me right now, really spreading the ball around to everyone

8 minutes ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I have Ham on ignore. I'm not worried about game 2 vs the wuss. I'm wanting to know if things are fixed vs BUFFALO. There is only 1 way to know. Whatever issues we had 5-6 weeks ago(since our last WIN vs a decent team) are still unknown playing crap teams. We lost 3 in a row to good teams, we have 1 good team remaining. They don't need to play the whole game. A 1/4 or a 1/2 you'd see if you are effective vs them or not. I could care less about the final game. Being effective vs the wuss & Raiders doesn't impress me. I want to know if we can play vs Buffalo

I don’t hate the idea of playing all in vs Buffalo and then resting all starters the final week.

I’m afraid THIS team is one and done come playoff time no matter what. The offense is just too iffy.

1 hour ago, joemas6 said:

They sucked today though right?

Actually not really. The Jags made some outstanding plays to beat them. They designed some great pass concepts and then executed them to perfection. Hats off to the Jags offense today.

Just now, Senhorcook said:

I don’t hate the idea of playing all in vs Buffalo and then resting all starters the final week.

I’m afraid THIS team is one and done come playoff time no matter what. The offense is just too iffy.

Well some on your list DO need to stay out. But I agree, yeah very iffy. So we can coast the last 2 and not know until we play post season, or we can play a 1/2 and see if we will be competitive. I understand both angles. IDK that the fans who buy tix and spend money would be thrilled with tanking 2 games in a row LOL.

You can rest the D, we know they can play, but the O is up in the air and 2 wins vs bad teams doesn't tell me much

Maye super smart. Dropped before he scored a TD. Burn that time off

1 hour ago, GreenbleedinNC said:

I have Ham on ignore. I'm not worried about game 2 vs the wuss. I'm wanting to know if things are fixed vs BUFFALO. There is only 1 way to know. Whatever issues we had 5-6 weeks ago(since our last WIN vs a decent team) are still unknown playing crap teams. We lost 3 in a row to good teams, we have 1 good team remaining. They don't need to play the whole game. A 1/4 or a 1/2 you'd see if you are effective vs them or not. I could care less about the final game. Being effective vs the wuss & Raiders doesn't impress me. I want to know if we can play vs Buffalo

But why put stuff on film? Do you or any one outside the organization need to know any fixes?

The fix i want to see will happen with a healthy OL getting push and run blocking. I don't think they need to show it. I think it comes with better health. I've seen it for years with Dickerson and Cam was pro bowl ... I need to see them healthy, that's the fix

1 hour ago, Senhorcook said:

I don’t hate the idea of playing all in vs Buffalo and then resting all starters the final week.

I’m afraid THIS team is one and done come playoff time no matter what. The offense is just too iffy.

The iffy is the run blocking. Why so difficult to understand when you can't run block it puts the entire offense at a disadvantage.

It's changed EVERYTHING this year. Even the tush push... not getting push. It's a physical thing, that we need to get more physical. That comes with better health. Then the game changes. The pass game opens up. The QB keeper becomes more effective. The defense stays off the field.

Our game last year was controlling the line of scrimmage. Which controlled the clock, which limited the opportunities for the opposing offense. They pressed and made mistakes.

All a chain reaction starting with our OL play.

1 hour ago, Senhorcook said:

Actually not really. The Jags made some outstanding plays to beat them. They designed some great pass concepts and then executed them to perfection. Hats off to the Jags offense today.

So the defense wasn't good. That's players vs players they got beat. Pretty bad. The concepts always look good when players win the battles

6 hours ago, joemas6 said:

There it is again....full detail. No problem.

Why didn’t you just post it right away when it happened?