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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.

For college QBs, sacks and the lost yardage count as rush attempts so that 5.5 ypc average is likely closer to 7 on actual runs/scrambles.

QBs holding the ball with their back turned to the D is a bit of a gamble. If there is a defender in his grill when he turns his head around it could go poorly. Josh getting depth and sprinting out would create extra space between him and any edge defender who did not take the bait and Josh with a little extra time and space is very dangerous. If needed, he then could juke, stiff arm and/or pump fake and keep rolling to then either run or throw. I feel like any RZ possession where the Bills failed to get the TD and Josh did not run the ball or use boot/waggle action was not a serious attempt to score.

I can't see the article because of ad blocks but I would think that NFL Ticket Exchange policy would be unaffected. Private sales requiring transfer are the only ones affected?

Guys play hurt all the time, often with whatever relief modern medicine can offer. Guys try to play injured too, and then play like crap and it hurts their team and their reputation. It's almost no win for them. Try and fail and you suck, don't try and the team loses then you were weak, not tough enough, slacking, selfish or whatever.

I think Nantz/Romo have done all of 4 Bills games since Josh became QB1. 2018 vs. Vikings, 2019 vs. Cowboys Thanksgiving, 2021 AFC Championship and this season vs. Tampa Bay. Maybe I am missing some. I'd say the reason for this is because they are usually in higher viewership 4 to 7 window. They have been largely entertained by what they have seen and fair with their commentary, imo. They talk like they have seen some of the Bill's games above and beyond the ones they covered. Others talk like they are seeing the Bills play for the first time and are basing play descriptions solely on hearsay/reputation.

I have taken the opportunity to mention how I think he could/would out do Tony Romo as a color analyst. He knows just as much football, has more humor/personality, has played for 9 different NFL franchises and coaching staffs, has more relationships throughout the NFL world and likely has more league wide good will than any other human being on the planet. He could make Romo kind of money doing that job which would trump the money he made as a QB.

That has him for 61 games which would be the number of career regular season games in which he has appeared.

This is tough everywhere. I spent some time in the Charlotte/Matthews area for work on 3 occasions and had trouble finding anything open to watch the TNF games. Best I could do was a Buffalo Wild Wings. Depending on which direction you head, this may be an option. It is SouthWest of the stadium and the traffic is much less than in most any other direction. You could get there. denny's hamburg.pdf

Actually, this posts reminds me that for the Bills preseason game vs. Packers on 8/28 it was 91F which I remember hearing was their hottest home game on record. Our seats were in the shade but those in the direct sun were suffering and that side of the stadium soon cleared out. Some were taken out on stretchers. I said to those around me that we should remember this day come December when we are here all bundled up and trying to get through the game.

Having a 5th home game since the start of December is crazy, stupid scheduling. I have an extra pair one section over from where I sit with my brother. They have been used by other family or me 5 times, resold twice, and never sold twice including at 80% of face value for the Patriots MNF game. I tried to list them for this game at $40 but it autocorrected to $45. The resale market has been weak and shrinking all season due to the factors already discussed. Making a profit has not been on the radar this year. Trying and failing to break even has me thinking twice about reupping for next year.

I watched some of the end-of-season season presser he had along with Joe Douglas. I like his demeanor. He seems like a trust the process kind of leader. In the 3 games he faced the Bills (2020 with SF) he got fully immersed in all the problems the Bills can create for an opponent. His answer makes total sense to me based on those 3 games alone.

I want to see the day when the NFL decides to embed a GPS chip at both ends of the ball or maybe the TV networks can just track it the same way they do for baseball and golf. Launch angle, launch velocity, RPMs, time of flight, the wind effects on flight, etc, I'd like to know the numbers from one direction to another, one QB, P or Pk to the next. At the very least, they probably could do a much better job at marking the ball for first downs and TDs. For windy days, shallow crossing routes with picks/rubs, screen passes and QB scramble runs are great ways to get 1st downs. Unfortunately, the Bills don't do these things much for whatever reason. In extreme cold, hard throws should ideally be to the body and touch throws should be on routes where the receiver can have eyes on the ball as early as possible to track and adjust to the flight of the ball.