Quote:Alec Pierce, Indianapolis Colts (5%)
Look, we're not gonna try to convince you that Indy offers a particularly rich offensive environment. Matt Ryan can be, at times, a rough watch. But it's nice to see that he has enough faith in Pierce, a raw yet explosive second-round rookie, to lob deep 50/50 balls in his general direction...
Quote:Mike Boone, Denver Broncos (2%)
Boone is a former preseason legend, no doubt remembered by many of you for his dreadful face-plant performance back in Championship Week in 2019. He's about to see a serious uptick in usage for Denver after Javonte Williams unfortunately suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's loss. Boone gained 29 yards on four touches against the Raiders, though he also had a brutal drop and he's caught just two of five targets this season
So, Boone apparently can't catch and Melvin Gordon suddenly can't hold onto a football under any circumstances, which means the Broncos are gonna have some issues in the weeks ahead. Boone has been an efficient back over his five seasons (5.5 YPC), however, and he's clearly going to be relied upon moving forward. There's no reason to think this team will scrap its RBBC ways with Williams sidelined; if they did it with Javonte, they'll surely do it with anyone. Latavius Murray was added to the mix as well following an impressive performance for the Saints in London, but, with the Broncos playing on Thursday night, we can assume the team will roll primarily with Gordon and Boone. After Week 5, Denver gets the Chargers and Jets up next, so there are no stay-away matchups looming.
Did anyone catch Herbie's comments about the rook from Cincinnati - he didn't pronounce it CincinnATUH thank the Lord. Alec leads the team in receptions thus far with five. Way to represent!
The only two people who did anything offensively in the game were Bearcats...I'll take it. 681 total yards of offense and 166 of them were obtained by UC alums.
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Bearcats in the NFL-2022
