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That Forrest Gump running style goes away when he is carrying a football. Should have run the combine 40 that way.

Things I remember about Cribbs. 1) Played at Auburn in a backfield with James Brooks and William Andrews who were decent NFL backs as well. 2) Left the Bills to play in the USFL for the Birmingham Stallions. 3) The mattress commercial was pretty funny. 4) The Chuck Knox era of Bills football was the first one that I could appreciate as a fan. Those were fun teams for a brief time. Something I did not know. Pro Football Reference credits him with 28 fumbles in his first two years. That number seems impossibly high and I can't believe Chuck Knox would have put up with it. It's a wonder that he made it to year 3 and that it didn't stain his legacy as a RB. In general, there were many more fumbles back then but Cribbs rookie year total of 16 is the record.

I have wondered if the article Dunne published last year after the Eagles game made any sort of change in the way Sean does his job. Some of those incidents described within it made Sean look like a jerk and I doubt Sean wants to present himself that way. But, imo, those obsessed with winning and that are stressed about every little detail that could get them beat, truly do look like jerks to the normal world. He might have seen the reflection in the mirror and decided to change some of the things he saw.

To refine the bolded since math may be different here in the US: Lamar = 9/1074 = .00838 TO/snap or 119.3 snaps / TO Josh = 8/968 = .00826 TO/snap or 121.0 snaps / TO which truly is practically the same thing.

One play of note, he had a chance to get a scrambling Milton in the open field short of a first down and gave him a glancing blow that allowed him another 6 yards or so before he went down. But, Milton has a very Josh Allen like athletic profile and we know that Josh usually beats the LB in that situation too.

That was Aaron Schatz formerly of Football Outsiders. Josh led in DVOA and was near to Dak Prescott and he is the creator of that metric. He went so far as to say that the impact of Josh's ints was atypically less than the raw number would indicate due to the context of where and when they happened. He took some crap last for his lone vote and, in a manner of being consistent which I can respect, I would suggest that he will probably vote for Lamar this year.

I liked the discussion as well but I have no prior opinion about Mayes and Classon's work. The part I can buy into is the discussion about the sacks. I think sack avoidance is an underrated part of Josh's game. Something that is of an elite level especially given his tendency to hold the ball. One of those two called it Peyton Manning level of sack avoidance.

Certainly the best of all. My sense is that Josh is somewhat disdainful of the Pro Bowl. This might be due to previous snubs, or the lingering disappointment of a playoff loss and needing to step away from football or a having a beat up body that wants nothing more demanding to do than swinging a golf club at the Pro/Am. We have discussed this before at TBD so I know I am not the only one that thinks this. TBD topic/253065-josh-allen-not-in-pro-bowl-because-of-pebble-beach-tee-time-minshew-going-as-alternate

Josh Allen playing dodgeball would be must see TV but I suspect he comes up with a reason to opt out.

If the Bills aren't in the Super Bowl, I think Josh would rather play golf that week.

I agree with you. The streak is not nothing. I think about Andrew Luck and his early retirement. Seemed to be that he grew weary of the constant cycle of injury, pain, rehab and the effect it had on the quality of his life. I think about Brett Favre's 321 consecutive games and his addiction to pain medications that helped make it possible but also could have killed him. The NFL version of football is brutal to the human body which, paraphrasing Doug Whaley, it wasn't designed to play. I would not begrudge Josh one bit for taking pride in his streak because we have no clue what he has gone through to make his 120 consecutive starts so there is no reason to trivialize his not not wanting to just arbitrarily end it. He plays like he is indestructible but we know that can't be true.🤞

voting ends days after the season. Results announced before Super Bowl.

I don't care whether a TD is by running or passing but the NFL's passer rating formula cares. Total QBR is a better measure, imo, and they have been trading places at the top of that ranking all season long. Elo, DVOA whatever. I would expect Aaron Schatz to vote for Lamar though as that would be consistent with his lone vote for Josh last year.

This is right. Prime Cam Newton did not last long and Josh will have many more seasons on par with that. They do similarly rare things but Josh is slightly to solidly better at almost all QB things.

I picked the throw to Cook. Some QBs would need to come to more of a stop and square their hips to make that throw to even a stationary target. That lets the pursuing defender close and maybe affect the play. Josh makes that throw without slowing down, side arms it like a shortstop to first base but Cook is moving to the right and Josh hits him in his chest. Don't see many throws like that even attempted.

Add ball security to the mix.

No point to doing that unless they were to keep 3 QBs on the 53. No late round rookie is going to be Josh's primary backup, imo.

Except if there is a strong prevailing wind and you want it for the fourth quarter.

Rookie year @ Minnesota vibes.

So many times a great player is capable of doing something that a defender can't anticipate. It was an overthrow for most all NFL WRs. A DB with eyes on the ball would not even read Jefferson getting a hand to it. It's like all those defenders taking bad angles on Josh and whiffing on the tackle. They misread the threat.

Watch Mack Hollins on the play. Looks like he is calling a TD when Josh hits the 15.

Both recent losses to the Bengals were more about their defense, imo.

A classic from other years: Tua needs an "n" to make his name aquatic squish the Tuna fish Now an attempted rework: Tua needs an "h" to give his name more meaning Bills ballhawk Tuah

Ok. Entering the draft as a premium talent and play well in your rookie NFL season in a major sports media market vs. being an under the radar, day 2 or 3 pick that makes the starting lineup in year 2 or 3. Which brings to mind the Mark Twain quote often used by Marv Levy:

Sorry, but this is right up there with "the Bills need to lose more often to NFC teams" to improve their playoff seeding.