I’d still have gone D or traded back given their needs, but yeah I don’t think those three particular players will keep them up at night. Saquon is already no worse than the 3rd best back in the league.
He has looked bad to me, but the coaching/offense/OL play has been a general trainwreck for them most of the season,so we’ll see.
@LesBowen 16m16 minutes ago
Evidently.
Huh? He had control when he was looking at the ref waiting for him to signal TD. Was sitting on his ass still in bounds.
Yup. And a serious injury to a guy like him basically means welcome to the rest of your life.
It's something like 3 out of 40, but like you, I can't remember the 3. Had to have been completely misplayed by the receiving team for them to work.
Interesting. I still argue that they should tweak the rules as follows: You can line up the old way and get a 5-yard running start, but if you do that, you HAVE to onside kick. If the ball travels more than, say, 20 yards, it's a penalty. So that makes lining up like that a dead giveaway, but in obvious onside kick situations, you're doing it regardless so who cares. Being successful like 7% of the time is almost essentially eliminating it from the game.
I think teams have to get away from the "high bounce and destroy the receiver" method and go back to putting the ball flat on the ground and blasting a grounder at someone. Its still an unlikely recovery, but the former method relies on a running start. A carom off a body needs it less.
