Fleury and the RB room need a get right game. This Broncos run defense is a good opportunity for them all to prove to MM that they can make the adjustments needed to be relied upon. Success is no turnovers and taking what what's given. Follow the play design. Follow your blocks. Fall forward. None of you have earned the right to improvise or fight for an extra yard. Just do your job and we win this game with our defense.
I don't know what exactly I think about the kickoff rules in general, but the idea that you have to tell the other team you're going to do an onside kick and you can only do it under some certain circumstances is beyond annoying.
Kickoffs were changed for safety reasons. That being said ......
-Identify the problem with the kickoffs game with objective data
-Break down the problem
-Identify the cause with objective data
-Break down the cause
-identify the desired outcomes
-Identify the solution(s) to achieve desired outcomes with objective data
-consistently monitor implemented solutions to ensure they're meeting intended outcomes with objective data
-reassess and adjust as necessary
-continue to monitor outcomes with objective data
I would like to know if the new kickoff rules are producing the desired outcomes and how exactly they are doing that. Once that's known, a reassessment of the kickoff can be made and adjusted as necessary. However, like with most things that are public facing, sometimes feel-good measures are put in place more to satisfy the appearance of a solution than an actual solution. I'm undecided if this is the case with kickoffs thus far and I don't think an honest evaluation could be made for several more years, unfortunately.
Over the offseason they made adjustments to the already new kickoff format. Even though the Bills had a 70 yard return last night, their returner was still very hesitant on many of the 2nd half returns. It reminds me of Seattle on the kickoff and the return.
When kicking offs it doesn’t seem like the tacklers are making decisive downfield patterns like they did last year, where they were constantly trying to funnel returners a specific direction. This year it feels like they are trying to read and react.
On the return, it has seemed like Shaheed has been more confident as of late. So will continue to monitor. But at the beginning of the year, he didn’t seem to be that decisive on his cuts and lane choices.
No idea what you do to kick-offs whilst still protecting players. Nor can I see how you make it harder for kickers.
I think, ultimately, it's just up to teams to adapt. It's not an NFL specific phenomenon. All sports are seeing the edges or normal pushed stretched and broken. The fun is in watching the smartest and the best find out how to live with that and find new counters.
Too easy for teams to go 25yds and kick? Get better at defence. Get better at offence so one kick doesn't matter.
It's all the articles about "the ravens broke football" but just running the ball in OT. It's not broken, it's smart! Get better at defending the run!
Seahawks. Get better at protecting the football, and the kicker kick-off question won't matter. Fix yourselves first, then the sport.
Charles Cross for OPG. I hope he shuts down Bonitto. Maybe he won't be able to win OPG even if he does well against Nick if Lucas can't effectively protect against Cooper on the right though.
I quote KHammarling: "The fun is in watching the smartest and the best find out how to live with that and find new counters."
And yet we hate Bill Bellichek and the Pat's for doing that exact thing.
Fleury and the RB room need a get right game. This Broncos run defense is a good opportunity for them all to prove to MM that they can make the adjustments needed to be relied upon. Success is no turnovers and taking what what's given. Follow the play design. Follow your blocks. Fall forward. None of you have earned the right to improvise or fight for an extra yard. Just do your job and we win this game with our defense.
I don't know what exactly I think about the kickoff rules in general, but the idea that you have to tell the other team you're going to do an onside kick and you can only do it under some certain circumstances is beyond annoying.
Kickoffs were changed for safety reasons. That being said ......
-Identify the problem with the kickoffs game with objective data
-Break down the problem
-Identify the cause with objective data
-Break down the cause
-identify the desired outcomes
-Identify the solution(s) to achieve desired outcomes with objective data
-consistently monitor implemented solutions to ensure they're meeting intended outcomes with objective data
-reassess and adjust as necessary
-continue to monitor outcomes with objective data
I would like to know if the new kickoff rules are producing the desired outcomes and how exactly they are doing that. Once that's known, a reassessment of the kickoff can be made and adjusted as necessary. However, like with most things that are public facing, sometimes feel-good measures are put in place more to satisfy the appearance of a solution than an actual solution. I'm undecided if this is the case with kickoffs thus far and I don't think an honest evaluation could be made for several more years, unfortunately.
Over the offseason they made adjustments to the already new kickoff format. Even though the Bills had a 70 yard return last night, their returner was still very hesitant on many of the 2nd half returns. It reminds me of Seattle on the kickoff and the return.
When kicking offs it doesn’t seem like the tacklers are making decisive downfield patterns like they did last year, where they were constantly trying to funnel returners a specific direction. This year it feels like they are trying to read and react.
On the return, it has seemed like Shaheed has been more confident as of late. So will continue to monitor. But at the beginning of the year, he didn’t seem to be that decisive on his cuts and lane choices.
No idea what you do to kick-offs whilst still protecting players. Nor can I see how you make it harder for kickers.
I think, ultimately, it's just up to teams to adapt. It's not an NFL specific phenomenon. All sports are seeing the edges or normal pushed stretched and broken. The fun is in watching the smartest and the best find out how to live with that and find new counters.
Too easy for teams to go 25yds and kick? Get better at defence. Get better at offence so one kick doesn't matter.
It's all the articles about "the ravens broke football" but just running the ball in OT. It's not broken, it's smart! Get better at defending the run!
Seahawks. Get better at protecting the football, and the kicker kick-off question won't matter. Fix yourselves first, then the sport.
Charles Cross for OPG. I hope he shuts down Bonitto. Maybe he won't be able to win OPG even if he does well against Nick if Lucas can't effectively protect against Cooper on the right though.