American football

Interesting that in a battle between Wentz and Pedersen, it looks like Wentz won out.

I liked them always going for it on 4th down

The math backs it up

https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/analysis/nfl-fourth-downs-eagles-doug-pederson/

https://youtu.be/Db0SQrn18Ro

A good couple of breakdowns of the performance by the Ravens D-line and by the Rams' Jalen Ramsey from the Wild Card games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7OVSHLSY8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExdTL0dfDEs

Athletic deep dive on why Alvin Kamara runs and moves the way he does..
behind a paywall but subscription to the athletic is worth it, there’s a ton of content on all the american sports
https://theathletic.com/2323117/2021/01/14/nfl-alvin-kamara-movement-saints/?source=user_shared_article

You might also enjoy this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg4K3gyPeoU

Thanks.

Didn’t know how invested I was in the bills until watching the highlights this morning and my stomach was clenching everytime Lamar Jackson had the ball. Defense did a good job of corralling him, not over pursuing and leaving lanes for him to burst through and then forcing him to throw. The pick 6 was a back breaker for Baltimore..

Nice to see the weather wreaking havoc on scoring again - too many indoor stadiums.

And I agree. Some of the Bills blitzing was really well schemed. Notice the safeties showing blitz, coming from deep and then stopping short to plug the running lanes. I think the league has cottoned onto the fact that if you force Jackson to beat you with his arm alone, well, he can't.

Yeah seeing Justin tucker (sp) missing two field goals, when he’s usually so reliable was a revelation.

Hoping the browns can stage a comeback but that turnover at the end of the 2nd quarter when they were on the verge of scoring a touchdown was a killer blow..
Currently not hopeful for a revival. Will see how this first drive of the 2nd half goes..

Edit: tyrann Matthieu with the interception of baker mayfield. So not well at all..

Think I’m going to call the chiefs win here. Can’t see the browns coming back from a 20pt deficit..

This looks like a blowout.

Browns dodged a bullet there with butker missing the field goal..

Fucking love Jarvis Landry and nick Chubb!
Jarvis for being as clutch as they come but primarily for this..
https://youtu.be/nDluZUVROlc

Ha! Maybe I spoke to soon...

Going to be an exciting last 10 mins for sure.

Cleveland going to rue the wasted timeout on challenging the Hill catch at the start of the half....

Yeah. Even if they can stop this drive, I think they’re going to run out of time

Haaaaa as if they've spotted that short.

As if Chad Henne rushed to ice the game.

Thought that was a bad spot until the other angle with the elbow!

Shame for the browns but at least they made it an interesting game

The stones on Andy Reid!

That 3rd quarter fumble by Cook seemed to have killed the Saints' momentum. They were on top until then. Bucs still won't beat Green Bay.

Interesting game of 2 halves in the Chiefs / Browns game. But only the Browns could conspire to fumble out of the back of the end zone for a touch back when trying to reduce their points deficit to a single score. The 4th quarter 4th and inches was great but the chaos inducing pre-snap motion on the 4th and inches in halfway through 3rd quarter was chef's kiss

I went to sleep just after the first Saints 3rd quarter touch down. I thought there was only going to be one winner! I only have a recent/passing interest in the NFL, but they seem to have been really good for a while, but also serial bottlers?

I always get to this point in the season where I can't tell if I am happy or sad about the tams making it. On the one hand, I'd have loved to see the Browns at the Super Bowl, but Mahomes v. Rogers (which it is obviously going to be), is also quite enticing.

Depends whether Mahomes gets out of concussion protocol. Not sure if he’ll be available for next weekends game. The hit he took didn’t look as dangerous or concussion inducing as some you see. But he was so wobbly when he tried to get up.
Was bemused by them asking whether he’d return to the game when it was obvious he wouldn’t be allowed back..

Bucs still won't beat Green Bay.

Fingers crossed. Missing out in 2016 and 19, I'm hoping for a SB Sunday I actually care about...