Pete Dougherty: Salutations to all, let us immediately commence. Alexander’s health has to be a concern because during the last two and a half seasons, he has missed twenty-one of forty-six games. However, they’re already there because they’ve already committed a significant amount of cap money to restructuring him over the previous two years. He would have $27.5 million in dead cap in 24 if they cut him after this season, which is obviously not going to happen. Next year, he will make a good but not particularly large $15.3 million. Nevertheless, he must recover and remain healthy, or else he will become one of those talented athletes whose career was nearly destroyed by injury. However, they already have dead money because they offered him a sizable bonus.
over the course of the agreement, and gave him a few different roles. All together, that’s a sizable sum of money already pushed towards future ceilings. Whether they wind up reorganising him this offseason is the question. If not, they can move on and that dead money won’t be as severe in subsequent years. After this season, perhaps he stays relatively healthy and plays with them for a few more years. Alternatively, sometimes the wounds worsen and they split off in 25 or 26. He is not yet old; in February he turns 27.
Pete Dougherty: A few days ago, it was exactly what was on my mind. He wasn’t among the top five possibilities for coach of the year, according to the odds I saw. The top five favourites, in my opinion, were Nick Sirianni, Shane Steichen, Mike McDaniel, DeMeco Ryans, and Dan Campbell. However, winning ten games with a new quarterback and such a young team, as well as turning things around midseason in a year that was expected to be a rebuilding year, has to make him a major contender if the Packers win.
Pete Dougherty: Although it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if they lost this game, I’m inclined not to think so. Because the young men in the important roles you mention might not know enough to fall into the trap, I’m assuming that this is probably not a trap game. They’re just getting started, so I think it’s less likely that they’ll become complacent for a week because they’re battling for playing time (at receiver and defensive back, for example), to establish themselves as NFL players, and all that. I am aware that LaFleur began setting the foundation on Sunday night following the loss and on Monday at his press conference. I also promise that he has mentioned in team meetings that the NFL has the ability to swiftly bring someone low.
Pete Dougherty: I’m also thinking they’ll need to play a lot of five-man fronts, they absolutely can’t let Saquan Barkley beat them, especially with Tommy DeVito at quarterback. So I’m thinking we’ll see a lot of base defense (five-man front plus two inside linebackers) and their biggest nickel (five-man front, one inside linebacker and five DBs). Whether it works is another matter. They’re still shaky against the run. Isiah Pacheco had a big game (18 carries, 6.1-yard average) last week, so it’s not like they’ve solved all their run-stopping issues.
Pete Dougherty: I’m pretty sure there should have been a 10-second runoff. The tackle was in-bounds, so the clock would have kept running without the fumble and review. After the review overturned the fumble and then the referee announced the penalty, he spotted the ball and the clock didn’t start until the snap. So from what I can tell, there should have been a runoff. The NFL’s website lists the triggers for a 10-second runoff, and one of them reads, “There is a 10-secondParticularly if, following the two-minute warning, a replay review of a play renders the on-field decision incorrect and the clock would not have stopped. That’s precisely what happened on that play; the clock would have continued to run if the play had been called correctly, but the review reversed the call. Thus, it seems likely that there ought to have been a runoff between the remaining 50 and 40 seconds of the game.
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