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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.

Many have mentioned Hamburg and I have to agree. Not too developed and has a smaller town appeal. Stay away if you do not like traffic circles, though. It's closer to Chautauqua County so it has that going for it. Eden gets you more rural and even closer. I could be wrong about the daily commuting, but the traffic approaches to the city seem much more reasonable from the southtowns. That is certainly true of the post game traffic anyways. Dunkirk, home of the Chautauqua County fair, to Hamburg, home of the Erie County Fair. Some kind of symmetry there.

That closed border is stupid. Much respect for our Candian Mafiosi. Did you give back all your tickets or just on a game by game basis?

Tyler Dunne is a good writer. In 9 days, when it's 3rd down and the crowd gets extra loud to help the defense make a play, we should all cheer extra loud if it's Efe who made it. Because making that play will be extra important to him.

I remember his interview on OBL from back in June. I enjoyed his enthusiasm and somehow the British accent makes it more fun.

Reputations can be strange things. As Marv said "If you get a reputation as an early riser you can sleep 'til noon." Similar to first impressions are lasting ones. Meaning once people believe something, they are reluctant to give it up. In a year marred by a concussion, COVID and a calf injury, he managed to finish the 2nd half of the year well. TEs are a slow to develop position and I think 2021 will be a big year for him.

Searching Hollister's name on Twitter, there seem to be some TE needy teams out there, some due to some recent injuries or trades. Fans connecting him to the Giants, Jets, Vikings, Seahawks, Jags. I think he may get a better offer than the wait in the parking lot offer he may have gotten from the Bills.

The view from the outside is that the Steelers are weak at corner and OL. If this is true, that is a bad combination to match up with the Bills.

If the defense plays better there will be less need to score late in games. Miami(1), LA Rams, LVR, Arizona, Seattle, etc. were games where the offense created big leads early and the defense gave up some 2nd half scores to close the gap. If the defense gets after the other offense more when leading by more than one possession the Bills offense can play more often in kill the clock mode.

The results of NFL preseason games have little meaning but.............the AFC is currently 32-8-1 vs, the NFC with Jax leading the Cowboys. Last year's regular season record was 35-28-1 in favor of the AFC. I did these numbers without benefit of writing anything on paper so I might be a little off but I think this might be a meaningful trend, That interconference record is going to tilt even more to the AFC this year.

I was thinking of that too. With QBs off limits to defensive player hits during training camp, ball security during the car wreck forces of NFL hits is impossible to simulate. On the other hand, Josh had two fumbles vs. the Jets in the 2019 opener as well. Not likely that a series or two in the last preseason game will remind him of what he needs to do to protect the ball while being hit.

LOL. Ok. Maybe when the gout clears out of my feet. I posted this back thread but here is Bashem launching into Josh's helmet after the ball was out. Camera work is fuzzy, but this was a launch. Feet off the ground, legs parallel like Eddie the Eagle ski jumping. Near as I could tell there was not a fine.

Thanks for the quote. .................leaves both feet prior to contact.............The side of Smith's helmet did hit Smith's facemask after the initial impact. Yes, penalty. Launch no. Dirty no. But, different opinions make for a more interesting discussion. It happens often enough where the hit will be waist high and the impact and/or QBs' own movement will drive him backwards and the defender slides down toward the QB's knee area by the time they land. Penalty. Get used to them. We will see a bunch of them.