Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs get high marks on Colin's AFC Report Cards | NFL | THE HERD

okay today we'll do the AFC tomorrow we'll do the NFC we'll call it Gridiron grades we're almost a month into the season we're heading into week four jmac you give me the team I'll give you the

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card for almost a month wait okay why Why don't we start with the Miami Dolphins? Colin, uh, 3-0, good start to the season, how would you rate it so far? One drawback, I feel like they got a little lucky with Buffalo, but Mike. McDermott has beaten Belichick Harbaugh and Sean McDermott, that's a good start, two, it's precision, they're leaning into that, they're explosive, they can play from behind or from in front, one minus, okay, uh, Buffalo Bills, they They were supposed to be Super Bowl champions coming into the season you helped them get through three fewer games, they still don't have a consistent running game outside of Josh Allen and it's all seven possession games in one dating back to last year, so I can't trust them, I trust Miami. in a close game more than over Buffalo in a close game and Miami has a rookie head coach and Tua, so they're not A plus here, they need to get their running game more layered than Josh Allen.

I think we're going to have our first disagreement here, how do you score in three games? The New England Patriots, uh, plus four giveaways against the Ravens. Mac Jones leads the NFL in picks. They are averaging 16 points per game. Listen, the one thing they never did in New England was. give the ball away, that's fine, they weren't always dynamic, now they're not dynamic and they're giving the ball away, that's a disaster, now it's a team with six wins. I thought they would win eight. I'm down to six, we're going to bypass the Jets and go to the AFC West call and the Kansas City Chiefs, three games, how do you rate them?

It's only two and one, but it should be 3-0, yes, minus special teams. collapse against the Colts they have the best sack differential in the league next to the Ravens and Lions have the most touchdowns there is no reason to nitpick like Buffalo's special teams are a collapse it's not ideal but they are great uh the Denver Broncos Nathaniel Hackett and Russell Wilson, you can't do a minus here, no, it's c, plus they have a winning record, but they're one of seven in the Red Zone, they power the worst red zone offense in the league, you can't Overcome that they are also the most penalized team, so what they are is bad situationally and heavily penalized and burned in timeouts.

I think I would give Russell a b the coach at D and it turns out to be a c-plus d is generous Colin uh I think you're going to give your first F here the LA Chargers Brandon Staley first of all I'm going to give him a c and here's why what here's one they've been missing Keenan Allen Corey Lindsley J.C Jackson they've had stars now they're missing Rashawn Slater and Joey Bosa got hurt during last week's game. They have had 11 big plays this season. They're a big-play offense, it's just that the Cowboys have had fewer of them.

So what's the problem here? They are a big-play offense. They're not getting big plays. It's not good and I'll be honest, I think they might have to make a change at the coordinator position. They don't look creative, they don't look multiple. I am aesthetically concerned with what I see when I watch the Chargers. boring, not smart, yeah okay let's get to Owen's season three Vegas Raiders on the line this week, how do you rate his season so far? C minus, but Derek cardinal, let's be fair, the three losses by seven points or less Derek Carr has had 13 what.

They call big plays this season which is tied for the most in the league. Derek Carr has been good. His problem is that they have lost close. I think one of those could have been a victory. Let's not overdo it. They are at home against Denver. I think I'll play significantly better, there's a real urgency to c minus. I see some hope that the Raiders will be more violent. I wish I had you in eighth grade, uh, science, as my teacher. How would you rate the Baltimore Ravens this season? University, um, from to to less. I mean, they lost the Miami game because they're secondary on the back end, it's a problem, but Lamar Jackson leads the NFL and the passer rating of touchdown passes, total touchdowns, are tremendously explosive, that's after losing to Hollywood Brown, their best receiver, by the way, Mark Andrews.

He's not underrated because we all know tight end Mark Andrews is great, that guy in the red zone is a nightmare as is he and Lamar are on the same page Baltimore unless uh the defending AFC champions Cincinnati Bengals a win over My Jets, there's no way you're going to give them an A or a B. No, I'm giving them a B plus because I think they did well. Remember Joe Burrow didn't practice or play preseason due to surgery, so I gave them week one. It was an exhibition game in the last six quarters. Like, they're averaging four and a half yards per play now, which is dead last in the NFL, so what happened?

They're not running the ball, they're not making those big running plays that they made last time. year with Joe Mixon, but again I think they're right, I think they beat Miami on Thursday, that's my favorite play of the week outside of the Jets getting points in Pittsburgh, I got the Bengals getting a B and that's okay, let's get to the Jacksonville Jaguars big time. game this week in Philadelphia with the

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est rating at a plus wow, the best turnover differential, yeah I mean, they have a second year quarterback with a new coach, they are not turning him over, their defense leads the NFL in taking the ball, they have a great pass rush. um, I think they're, I think they're the best team in that division, um, they're protecting Trevor Lawrence better than he thought.

I think when you look at them, they use everyone's seven or eight different targets as receivers. I like what I see. with Jacksonville it's a plus and let's end up with Maddie Ice and the Indianapolis Colts coach in the hot seat, the quarterback looks washed out, but we come in here, they beat the Chiefs, so they're back in B territory, but it's b-less first of all Matt Ryan. they got more picks than touchdowns they're not even even with Indy it was special teams that won for the Colts so I have problems with this offense Matt Ryan is a little old he looks really old uh I don't think they're getting core after Pitman has reliable players, they don't have much pop offensively, this is an average hunting division, Jacksonville right now looks like the better team so they just aren't dynamic enough to lose to Jacksonville 24, nothing. you're sure there's a B minus and not a D minus, well, they beat the Chiefs, they found a way to win.

They are arguably the best franchise in the league. You get a lot of points for beating Andy Reid and Mahomes. Hello everyone, thanks for watching, subscribe here. Get the latest from the show and be sure to check out more of the pack's best clips or check out some segments from other shows on FS1.