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It does seem that one pass rush win is not enough to wreck a play. Josh beats that all the time. When multiple rushers win maybe they ruin the play but not always. I think of Josh fighting off 3 Rams or making 3 Broncos whiff. He handles free rushers so well that we almost think nothing of it.

Texans +16.5 for week 4. Could that go higher?

Of the 15% of season and single game tickets once held by Canadians who still can't cross the border and the thousands likely held by never vaxxers who will likely lose money to hold onto their seats, the resale market prices have dropped and it has become and will remain a buyer's market. That's my read of what's been going on over the last month and how it will affect the numbers for resale and their prices going forward. There is now a big portion of those normally wanting to attend who are now out of the ticket buying market.

His hand and knees were off the ground when he landed on top of him but were soon in contact thereafter. This is the best I can find but, once again, it's tough to put in sequence although I doubt AJ is getting up at this point.

OK. I do not normally see things the same way but this time Gugny has a point. When AJ lands on Tua his arms and knees are off the ground, effectively full body weight chest to chest. What is different is that AJ is "Tee-d off" as his lower body swung to the side which isn't the normal position that draws the flag. His arms were wrapped behind but he pulls them out before impact with the ground. Knees are off the ground too but it was not the classic "body surfing" position that usually draws the flag. I know the Bills coaches were teaching a "gator roll" after the initial hit so the defender's body would land beside the QB's. AJ did not do that move. I hate to say it, but Gugny has a point. A rushing defender is prohibited from committing such intimidating and punishing acts as “stuffing” a passer into the ground or unnecessarily wrestling or driving him down after the passer has thrown the ball, even if the rusher makes his initial contact with the passer within the one-step limitation provided for in (a) above. When tackling a passer who is in a defenseless posture (e.g., during or just after throwing a pass), a defensive player must not unnecessarily or violently throw him down or land on top of him with all or most of the defender’s weight. Instead, the defensive player must strive to wrap up the passer with the defensive player’s arms and not land on the passer with all or most of his body weight.

I suspect that would enter their thinking if they were not up by 5 possessions. A lead that big alters almost all normal game concerns.

OK, for our collective education, McCourty, who caught him at the goal line, ran a 4.3 at his pro day in 2009. Rookie Jevon Holland ran a 4.47 at his pro day and he did not gain any ground on Devin. I do not know how much running with a football would slow him down but he seems objectively faster than his 4.66 time at the combine. It's odd to me that all the combine and pro day testing we hear about at draft time is such a big story but we never hear of it again during the rest of their NFL careers. Do the Bills have guys like Devin and AJ retest to see how their off season work has affected their athletic testing? Wouldn't they want to monitor their progress? We never hear any chatter of it so it's likely they do not do it. I asked Joe Marino about that for his pod and he said that he never hears anything of that sort either.

Good point. The visuals may or may not look bad but the audio may be what cross the line. Although Josh's stare down and ball spin vs. the Chargers needed no verbal communication.

Hey BB I reposted your Haiku in the Miami Haiku thread. I thought it needed to see the light of day again as it was very creative.

Buffalo Billies and I collaborated on one back on August 11 and I was waiting to bring it back at the right time. Tua needs an "n" To make his name aquatic Squish the Tuna Fish

Oof! That was based on an AFc vs. NFC thing. Try again next year.

The question is provocative but the results they got based on formation are facts. They chose to do more of something they were worse at in that game and less of something they were better at. My own bias is that I do not like 4-5 wides as the base of an offense. That goes back to the days of the run and shoot and watching it fail in some spectacular ways. I am ok with the designed QB runs because standing still in the pocket is a riskier thing to do and has produced some of the worst QB injuries we have seen. His best argument is that this is not a 1 game trend but 3 going back to last year. Have another good game against the Dolphins and this goes away.

I think the article was fair and largely positive but lacked the historical perspective you have provided here. It's an A+ point.

They got greedy on the 4th and 1 and wanted to hit for a chunk play. We all would have been happy with a new set of downs but tried for a home run. Posts correctly point out that the motion brought Sutton into a spot where Gilliam could not make the block instead of following him. I wonder if that should have killed the play call and Josh missed it. The Steelers were in the right spot to blow it up and the Bills coaxed them there.

Those complaining about ball location on throws 20+ yards down field will not get your point. No. A touch pass by any QB lacks power thus any QB can throw them. Even by the wannabes in the parking lot. But you can't really control ball placement of a touch pass on a day with a steady ~20 mph wind therefore we saw very few in the game. I believe that was 34-78-83's point. Ben tried 2 downfield that were of the touch variety and got a jump ball win by Claypool and a DPI call on Wallace that was severely under thrown. Neither were located well. Josh tried ripping 6x? and only got 1 completion. Over throws to Diggs and Sanders, a nice back shoulder splitting two defenders to Davis, the flea flicker to Diggs that was a last instant PBU, 1 to Sanders hands that was not secured prior to the defensive hit. Even the one he completed to Davis was not in a spot where Davis could get RAC yards.

He has had 2 fumbles in every season opener for the last 3 years. Maybe a direct result of having the ball in his hands so much and never being hit in preseason work. Mindset of taking hits and protecting the ball comes with failing and then doing it over and over. It really can't be simulated.

Moss did not allow a sack in pass protection. Maybe one pressure? I value that.

Too much time left.

if a Cowboy breaks through to the open field they should go down short of the goal.

Looked like grounding to me.

Don't think playing in preseason games does much for conditioning.

I must say it wasn't easy to find at the team's website. Had to click on a "..." menu choice and then "fans." Bills Website "Bills Backers"

He does but one big difference is he records and edits before letting it out. A live recording might not be so stellar.

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With our Canadian Bills Mafiosi unable to cross the border, I think that released a bunch of season tickets to the market place and there are likely to be even more Steelers fans present than there would have been otherwise.