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It worked for Merlin Olsen. Coaches work way too many hours and by contrast, a TV gig is hardly a full time job. He can still be a checked in dad and husband and maybe make more money than he did playing QB. Just my thoughts.

The OT rule as per me. Team A scores a TD on first OT possession and must kick their XP. Team B gets the ball and must score a TD and if so they must go for 2 pt conversion assuming Team A made their kick. If Team A missed their XP then Team B has the option to kick for the win. Would the team winning the coin toss elect to play defense first? I think so because the second team to possess the ball has the advantage of knowing what they need and the availability of 4th downs to sustain their drive. All other scoring rules stay the same. If there is a weather effect on the game that favors one direction over the other, then there is an additional bonus to playing defense first. In the case of matching FGs by each team, next score wins the game. Team A gets the advantage of winning the game on their 2nd possession with a score of any kind. B does not get a second chance. Now what does the winner of the coin toss do? I still think they would play defense and choose the EZ they defend.

I mention this every chance I get because I am trying to speak it into existence. Fitz can do what Aikman and Romo have done and be better at it. He's funnier, smarter, has a more engaging personality than any other person connected to the NFL that I have witnessed. He has played for 9 different NFL franchises and likely has connections to more owners, FOs, players and coaches than any other person in the league.

The CFL rule seems good to me. No fair catch allowed. No coverage allowed within 5 yards of the returner. Give the returner a chance to see the coverage and force it to slow down. Gone is the play where the returner gets blown up just as he made the catch. Gone is the need to judge how much time and space he needs to protect himself as he is concentrating on catching the ball. Should be more yards to be gained on returns and less benefit to punting. All of a sudden, playmaking returners become more valuable. Or the safe play becomes to make the catch and get to the ground. I might add that the returning team can no longer double team the gunner. Let them beat the block and get down field to the 5 yard away position, ready to make a play on the returner.

I get the sense that Murray does not handle criticism well. When your team struggles on or off the field, it's great to have leaders that are accountable and can rally their team. If one of those leaders is not their QB then that's a problem. QBs that stand up and take the heat whether it was truly their fault or not, buy more team wide credibility. It is wise to do it. Fitz did that. Josh does that. Kyler?

There was a story a couple of years ago about how McDermott had gotten in Matt Fairburn's face about his reporting on the pregame messages he'd seen posted around the Bills facility and about the Bills practicing a fake punt. The story was presented in a way that made McDermott look like a jerk. It did not come from Fairburn as he probably did not want to make it a big deal which would make it even worse. At the time, I thought that is the way McDermott is. He is the anti-Rex in that way and that's what I think a team needs from their head coach. Someone obsessed over details because you can never know which detail will get you beat. The whole "for want of a nail the kingdom was lost" thinking. People obsessed with details can come off looking like jerks to the rest of the unobsessed world. Given that, Sean has to be sick about some of the losses the Bills took this last season starting with the blocked punt vs, the Steelers and ending with the 13 second meltdown. He has to see it as a stain to his record and the way he sees as his way of leading the team. I bet he will make some changes to the way he does his business as a result.

3rd and 14. Punt into end zone = the int. Gave his guy a chance to make a play.

Seemed like the only contact on Chase was before the catch was made. Should have been more yards?

I think the delayed cheering reaction of the gallery seems to indicate that they eventually saw the ball land and stick on the green. But, I'd like to know for sure, too.

I accidentally saw an all 22 from the endzone behind Mahomes and it looked to me like Milano got caught looking to the trips formation to the defensive left and missed the snap of the ball. Thus, he was late to react to seam route by Kelce. It's like they wanted them to throw the seam and Milano was supposed to buzz that route at the snap to either break it up or make the tackle without any YAC. His eyes were in the wrong place and he got a slow start. That's what I thought I saw but I can't watch any more at this time to confirm. Too much wallowing in disappointment and I have no stomach at present.

Numbers are nice to talk about and I like data more than most. But any metric of QB performance that doesn't attempt to quantify the effect of weather, most specifically wind, is a flawed metric. And, as far as I know, none of them do, thus they are all biased towards QBs in domes or otherwise great weather. I think the Bills offense will try to incorporate more YAC opportunities and his numbers could go up as a result.

The other weird thing Kurt criticizes is Josh's footwork on those sidearm throws he makes. That's the whole point is to quickly hit a window before it closes and to not waste time resetting his feet. It's the kind of throw a second baseman might make to start a double play. Quick, accurate sidearm release without resetting his feet. Josh does this very well. The classic is the goal line throw to John Brown vs. the Raiders. Brown is doubled and approaching the sideline. Time and space are compressed and Josh just sidearms it to the spot faster than any other QB can match. Should have been ruled a TD.

It seems like Joe Licatta added to the staff is having a big impact on recruiting locals. I say this just from the Twitter posts that I come across of the kids and their visits. At least those recruited from the local talent and that show some success might be more likely to stay for the full duration of their scholarship rather than seek a transfer.

Don't know what to think of that. As it was, none of the 5 close losses were like this one with the D on the field, protecting a lead as regulation time was running down. Yeah, they needed to be in prevent defense with 13 seconds to go, KC with 3 to's and at the ball at the 25. But they played the wrong kind of prevent. I don't think that they had repped a situation like that in live action the entire season. Did they call the wrong type of D or did they call it right and the players messed it up? Do their options even have nuance to protect against a FG with 3 opponent tos vs. a TD with no tos? They should options but maybe it didn't. McDermott won't say what the problem was but he is protecting someone's reputation. That's a very football thing. In every other major sport it's pretty easy to see the person(s) that owns the mistakes. Frazier's makes the most sense since he is trying to get a HC gig and it would be very bad timing to have him take the blame.

As Van used to say "Fasten your seatbelts!"

Was thinking the same. Any pocket movement to buy extra time? Any forward movement to mitigate yards lost? Make a defender miss? Throw the ball away? Nope. He will learn.

On the other hand, nice tackle by Tannehill. Ran it down well.

He has not learned good pocket movement yet. Can throw it well for sure.

Has Burrow even thrown to the end zone? All those yards but I don't think he has.

Boomer calling Joe Burrow as calm in the pocket as Brady. Holy hyperbolic misanalysis.

Why not reach with the ball?

Yes. Too close to his blocker.

Kern is good.

We are watching 2 QBs that don't do much to help their OL. That's how most of the NFL operates and Josh has helped us forget that.

I like the all whites for night games. There is an extra glow associated with them. Road game, national audience, darkness at the fringes of the stadium, time to shine boys.