Touchdown Wire's Week 4 NFL preview podcast with Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield
It's time to get ready for Week 4 in the 2021 NFL season, and there's a lot more to this week than the Brady-Belichick game, though that's where Touchdown Wire's Doug Farrar and Mark Schofield start in this week's preview/matchup podcast. Using tape study and advanced metrics, here's what Doug and Mark discussed this week:
Why Mac Jones, and not Tom Brady, will be the difference in Brady's "revenge game;"Why Trevor Lawrence is better than you may think, but it's Joe Burrow who now has a full passing game to exploit;Why Washington's defense is struggling from front to back, and how even the Falcons (who rank dead last in Offensive DVOA this season) can make something of it;How the Lions can get their first win of the season against a Bears offense that should have Matt Nagy escorted right out of Halas Hall;Why the Panthers-Cowboys game might be the most interesting this week from a schematic perspective;How Patrick Mahomes has gone from consistency to randomness, though it may not matter, as the Eagles' offense has no identity;Why Kirk Cousins will not find Cleveland's new-look defense to be an easy test at all;How the Cardinals can keep up with a Sean McVay/Matthew Stafford offense that has weaponized both McVay's and Stafford's best traits;Why Pete Carroll had better throw the LOB out of his head and put a defensive game plan together for the players he actually has;How the AFC West became a total toss-up, and why Jon Gruden might be doing the best coaching of his career; And why the Steelers had better start thinking out loud about the game's most important position.
Why Mac Jones, and not Tom Brady, will be the difference in Brady's "revenge game;"Why Trevor Lawrence is better than you may think, but it's Joe Burrow who now has a full passing game to exploit;Why Washington's defense is struggling from front to back, and how even the Falcons (who rank dead last in Offensive DVOA this season) can make something of it;How the Lions can get their first win of the season against a Bears offense that should have Matt Nagy escorted right out of Halas Hall;Why the Panthers-Cowboys game might be the most interesting this week from a schematic perspective;How Patrick Mahomes has gone from consistency to randomness, though it may not matter, as the Eagles' offense has no identity;Why Kirk Cousins will not find Cleveland's new-look defense to be an easy test at all;How the Cardinals can keep up with a Sean McVay/Matthew Stafford offense that has weaponized both McVay's and Stafford's best traits;Why Pete Carroll had better throw the LOB out of his head and put a defensive game plan together for the players he actually has;How the AFC West became a total toss-up, and why Jon Gruden might be doing the best coaching of his career; And why the Steelers had better start thinking out loud about the game's most important position.