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Coaches had little to do with the failures here, imo. Multitude of players taking turns screwing up.

That first game was a logistics nightmare. Those 2-14 were not drawing big crowds and the Bills game day prep was subpar for this one. Bill Polian was supposedly somewhere in the mix directing traffic. I was stuck on Abbot Road in an NFTA bus and the driver would not let us out to walk to the stadium. Missed the whole first quarter.

He will turn 24 in September and that works against him. But, although he lost most of 2023 to injury, he was All-MAC in 2022 which says his play has been solid beyond just the last year. The lack of a senior all-star game and combine invitations is glaring. That seems almost like snubs with a message although I can't say for sure what it would be.

I'll weigh in. I think it went sort of like this and had similar consequences. The OL are the US Marines of the locker room. Not every human being is capable of being a marine no matter how they are "encouraged" to up their performance and playing mind games with people can go sideways. Martin was considered soft by the coaching staff and team and there was a concerted attempt to toughen him up. Call it constructive bullying. Who issued the Code Red? Wrong movie.

Ok. Missed that. Just turned from Fox.

If that's the shot I saw it was from Buffalo's Riverworks. Fun place.

Let's say Cole plays Kelce better than any previous Bills playoff defender. I wonder how much having brought Micah to the practice squad might have helped. That seems like the most tangible, hoped for benefit of bringing him in at that point of the season if they never intended on having him in a game.

That's it. He loves to mess with people, I assume it doesn't matter whether there is a camera there or not. Look for the video from when he did a live interview on a golf course with a local news reporter where he asked if it was a live feed and then pretended to freeze up or the video linked here. Wings at Room 40 at 1:06 Live Interview at American Century Golf

Josh takes a borderline hit and embellishes its effect on him so that the referee will feel the pressure to drop the flag. He will also hold the ball to the last possible moment where the hit is immanent but he can still release the ball cleanly, thus creating a borderline hit. Very rare for Josh to take a hit that he did not see coming but he chooses not to avoid many of them at the cost of missing the play. Mastering QB time and space.

QB chasing the ball carrier for 30 yards vs stationery in the pocket watching the play and getting lit up. Can't be the same.

Horrible to break the huddle that late on the road on such a crucial play. That's not on Stroud.

ESPN out before we even know the spot for first down

The hidden value of sack avoidance.

Got it. Makes sense now. Obviously the Bills lean on Cook and Josh to run it in when close. I think I hear people say that Lamar's EPA/play is higher. Maybe people are just puking out mangled facts

Yeah I get that but EPA is one that is frequently cited and according to the reference I found, Josh led in total EPA and EPA/play. So maybe consumers of football analytics can explain to me why this conflict of facts exists.