Justin Herbert's pocket navigation and toughness are absurd. Strike after strike from a muddy pocket.

This is as rough as it's been for Dan Campbell. Has abanonded the Lions core principles in the passing game. Has stuck with the dropback game while rotating centers and down (another) guard. Some of the draft arrogance is coming back to bite -- the roster is incredibly thin

"My words don't matter," the Lions fan told Freep... come on, now

The front row giving the stink eye to Blue Wig. Seems telling.

DK Metcalf punched a Lions fan

It's beautiful. Herbert was pressured on 39% of his dropbacks, which must feel like nothing after the past couple of months

Ye Gods

Is Kenny Clark really known as "the violator"? Might want to rework that one

Jonathan Vilma is wrong about almost everything he says, even circling things he was wrong about. But he says it with such conviction. You almost have to admire it.

Chris Oladokun on Christmas night against the Broncos front! A Netflix miracle!

three weeks out, talked about what coaching changes to expect and the best candidates in this cycle with @ollieconnolly.bsky.social Ravens and Colts could be two of the surprises depending on how the final 3 weeks go: 🎧: landing.podtrac.com/nfldaily 📺: youtu.be/NDZGHU78hII?...

I wrote about Sean Payton rediscovering his mojo. How he broke his own tendencies, set up the Packers early, and used those tendencies to rip off chunk scores. It was a play-calling masterclass on Sunday. www.readoptional.com/p/the-art-of...

I wrote about Sean Payton rediscovering his mojo. How he broke his own tendencies, set up the Packers early, and used those tendencies to rip off chunk scores. It was a play-calling masterclass on Sunday. www.readoptional.com/p/the-art-of...

This is the good stuff. Sean Payton ran the highest volume of 3x1, FIB in his time with the Broncos against the Packers. You can see him, in real-time, gather the intel he needs (does the nickel travel or not?). Then he saves the best stuff for pay-off TDs www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTHd...

Johnson and the Bears will return to this in the RZ. Looked like Williams alerted to the run from the designed PA. Taking the best of the best from Greg Roman's run game, with smart augmentations, is pretty damn brilliant

Some nice adjustments in-game from Chris Shula today. The Lions came out with all the quarters beaters and shredded the Rams quarters looks -- LA was in a split-safety looks on 70% of dropbacks. In the 2H, Shula shifted to 54% single-high looks, and the pass-rush picked up

Philip Rivers coming out of retirement for one final Charger-ing. You’ve got to respect it

My heart skipped a beat

Brady just said piss missile on national TV. Credit to Fox, they've got him to a point where he feels like he's hanging out with friends talking ball. He is much, much, much better than he was even at the start of this season Brady The Announcer >>>>> Brady The Owner

Lou Anarumo is completely in Sam Darnold's head right now. Blitzing every under-center drop, hurrying his preferred process. On third downs, he's showing and dropping with some wonky rotations. Darnold isn't trusting what he's initially seeing and letting it fly

Funniest sack of the season: Rivers gives himself up... no one sacks him... forces him to scramble and then give himself up again

The ball is SIZZLING out of his hand

The first dropback for Philip Rivers. You can hear the creaking

Gardner Minshew against Vance Joseph on Christmas night.

In the second half of games this year, the Bills are: - 1st in offensive EPA/Play - 2nd in offensive success rate - 10th in defensive EPA/Play - 6th in defensive success rate - 5th in pressure rate If they could sustain for a full game, they would be a complete wagon

The Mahomes injury

Jefferson now ejected for an illegal hit

QB1 (somehow)

Drake Maye out there hustling to throw a block and pop a huge TD run. Absolute gamer

Tony Jefferson with a VICIOUS legal hit on Rashee Rice

Look at the clearout route from Michael Wilson down 30-7. All-out effort. How can you not get emotional about this sport?!?

CALEB DOTS!

Trevor Lawrence on intermediate throws today: 8/9, 118 YDs, 3 TDs, 0 INTs, 158.3 passer rating. It's the Jets -- and their linebackers do not seem to care about playing anymore -- but Lawrence is shredding

The Bills remade their defense to be faster and more versatile on passing downs against the best of the best in must-have-it games. They had zero pressures in the first half against the Patriots. Oh, and they also cannot stop the run anymore

Is it 2007?

Cole Bishop continues to take the worst run entry paths from depth you will ever see. Just a disaster-class every single week. (He has, to his credit, improved tremendously in coverage)

This is Ben Johnson at his best, and what it means to layer an offense. Pulling out the old Greg Roman "Reptile" package: A full-house pistol set with split-flow action. The bluff for the arrow route is already built in for an easy RZ change-up. Or you can get to some deeper shots in the fringe.

Oh, look: another day where the Jets linebackers look completely disinterested. Lawrence is going to cook

Underrated part about the Raiders stanktasticness is that Brady was super-duper confident that he would land Ben Johnson AND Stafford. Things... would be different

Matthew Stafford on throws over 10 yards against the Cardinals: 8/11, 174 yards, three touchdowns, 0 INTS, 154.4 passer rating... +56.3(!!!) CPOE

Another reminder that Jordan Love is the best QB in the league against the blitz -- and that the Bears have the most ineffective blitzing defense in the league, despite going hog-wild with pressures because of how slow their four-man group is

Jonathan Gannon ain't surviving this. Prepare for the Lou Anarumo As Head Coach Experience, Cardinals fans

Baker Mayfield was pressured on only 22% of his dropbacks today. When *not pressured* he finished: 12/25; 95 yards; 0 TDs; 1 INT. The Bucs downfield passing game has vanished. They cannot connect at the intermediate level (1/10 today!). Drops + poor decisions + dumb shit undoing them

Parsons is just built differently. Yeah, he's a dominant one-on-one winner, with everything in the bag that an all-time pass-rusher needs. But he plays with a blend of tenacity and violence, while willing to subsume himself to the team construct, so that everyone feasts. Run or pass, btw

Why would you ever throw a screen in the general direction of Van Ginkel anymore?

Jones is now ruled out with an Achilles injury. He knew it immediately. He now has a broken leg and (presumably) a torn Achilles. Worst imaginable luck and devastating to the Colts season and medium-term timeline

This is really not good for Daniel Jones. Looks like he knows he's done-done. Grabbed his knee, then calf/Achilles

Daniel Jones grabbed his knee, then his Achilles and then repeatedly slammed his helmet on the ground... not good