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Stinger by the look of it.

I am 99% correct. Choose the ball at the start after winning the toss. NE chooses the direction of the kick. At the start of the 2nd half NE has choice and 99+% of the time would take the ball rather than kick and effectively give up a possession. The Bills then decide on which direction their offense moves in the 4th quarter.

In college football OT, coaches choose to play defense first. It is powerful to play offense knowing what you need to tie or win the game. If you need a desperate 4th down play to get what's needed, it's there to use. Having the wind in the 4th quarter is much the same. Whether throwing or kicking, it's best to have the advantage when you know what you need for the win/tie. I have not seen the replay of the throw to Diggs that hit him in the arm for what should have been a TD. That throw was not even possible going the other way. Moving with the wind allows many more options to be available when the game is on the line.

A Anytime the Bills fail in the RZ and Josh did not run even once, that seems like a mistake to me.

Much like seasons in general, it matters way more how things end than how they begin. Wanting that advantage in the 1st quarter rather than the 4th quarter is short sighted and, frankly, foolish.

No coach willingly leaves time on the clock for the opponent to do whatever weird things they might have practiced for such a situation. The Bills were also out of times out so it think a blocked kick recovery or botched snap would require that they somehow lineup and spike the ball after the mayhem of a botched play and recovering the ball. I do not think that they get another chance and it was nothing to plan for.

Good point. Sitting in section 228, it was noted among our group how odd it was that the Bills would kick short to the Saints in a dome but not even attempt that during a home game in cold and windy conditions.

I have been in a bit of Bills news time warp since attending the Monday game as I flew out of Buffalo at 5:30AM the following morning and worked long hours at a company facility all week. So, while maybe it was discussed in the GDT or post game conversation but as a main take-a-way from this game I do not know if as much was made of this as I think it deserves. It's as big of a mistake as Wade Phillips' decision to kick a field goal for the lead, on first down at the 23 with 20 seconds on the clock. The Bills won the coin toss and DEFERRED as if nothing was going to be different about this game. But everyone knew it would be different and we knew it all week. Watching pregame warmups, kicks toward the scoreboard were driven short and to the right from even a modest distance of 40 yards. Kicks toward the tunnel had a range of 65+ yards leaving me to wonder if we might witness a new NFL record FG. A close game was reasonable to expect and close games get decided in the 4th quarter. With timeout usage, the two minute warning and clock stoppage for out-of-bounds in the last 5 minutes of the game, more plays from scrimmage usually occur in the 4th quarter than in any of the other three. By deferring, Sean McDermott left the decision of whether the Bills would have the wind advantage in the 4th quarter in the hands of Bill Belichick. I 'd bet when the Bills deferred, Bill might have even laughed out loud knowing that everything the Bills might attempt to do in the 4th quarter of a normal game would now become either more difficult to even impossible. I count this as one of Sean's biggest in game coaching blunders and right up there with Wade's. On to Tampa Bay, where giving your opponent the option to decide which direction to kickoff in the 3rd quarter is of little consequence.

I believe the rule speaks of movement not position. Moving toward own end zone or parallel to line of scrimmage.

Agree. Blocker was not moving. Through shoulder to the chest. He just hit him too hard.

1986 game vs Steelers. Marv Levy's and Steve Tasker's first game with Bills vs. Steelers. Robb Riddick grinding out yards moving into the wind was a key to a win. Bills 16 and Steelers 12 This game was dry but wind was 30+ mph and neither team could throw moving toward the scoreboard end. Robb could get yards vs. a stacked defense and thereby burn the clock and avoid having to punt into the wind. I would pick Moss to do something similar for monday's game. Short crossing routes with picks/rubs for big YAC (Phil Rivers of perfect weather SD Chargers in 2014) and 3rd down QB scrambles and RB screens (Carson Wentz in 2019) were successful strategies opponents used to beat the Bills in past wind affected games. If you are a betting type, my advice is to play the under.

There are separate issues for the players vs. the fans. Wind has the bigger effect on how the game plays out assuming the footing is not an issue. The two games vs. the Pats last year are good examples. A close, run heavy game in Buffalo vs. a pass heavy blowout win in Foxboro. For fans, 38F and rain is much worse than 28F and snow. As bad as this one was for the players (the worst I can remember) it was worse for the fans. Hypothermia is a serious thing. Bills vs. Cardinals 1990

You are correct. Despite Collinsworth's inability or unwillingness to acknowledge the obvious, Clark lifted JA's hips and when Josh had hit the ground, he drove his shoulder into Josh's rib cage. It's called "stuffing" and QBs are vulnerable to separated shoulders and cracked ribs (ala Epenesa on Tua) because of them. That's why they are illegal now.

Bass with the short, high kicjs6 so they can cover. They haven't got close to the 25 yet.

I suspect Riggs took his route too deep.

Why run the clock after Sanders catch. Never touched.

Snap was too early.

Watching at home, both the camera and I have problems following the ball when Josh does these fakes from under center which is a sign that he is pretty good at them.

Who would have thought that Las Vegas would not be an NFL destination where players could go to be the best versions of themselves?

Guys that whiff on the block most likely to recover the strip sack fumble.

Game winners vs Steelers and Rams. Not bad considering how little he played.

He was gone way before Bills picked. Not sure what you mean. Moore was a nice idea for the Bills.

I am watching. Taylor in my fantasy lineup with Hines on my bench. It looks like they will run for 200+.

Sometimes the inference is that this is the sole result of superior pass protection. That's not the story that my eyes tell me. Pressure due to one player is rarely enough to get him sacked. He beats that kind of pressure all the time.

There has always been an inherent bias in comparing the raw passing statistics of a team that plays half it's games in an open air stadium at the eastern end of Lake Erie to teams that play in Florida, Southern California, Arizona or in a dome. The home game weather has not been very good this year. At the very least it has added an extra degree of difficulty to deep shots and touch passes. Any metric that ignores that reality is flawed. I have read that Josh is the least sacked QB in the NFL when pressured. That agrees with what my eyes see and I do not know how any rating properly accounts for it. Certainly not the NFL passer rating formula which ignores sacks completely and penalizes throwaways. If the Bills get the #1 seed and beat the Tampa Bay Bradies in the process, I think Josh wins the MVP.