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Allen's throws are tough to adjust to based on shear time. Soft tosses with lots of air are easy to adjust to and make the throw seem accurate. Derrick Burroughs. That's where it started.

I thought so too. Might still have had his feet in.

I would make the argument differently than TPBF but have much the same opinion about Duke. He has traits that others in the WR corps lack. That deep ball to Foster that some wanted a challenge for PI? Duke does not get easily bumped out of position and then used like a pommel horse by the db. On that post by Brown Duke could lean into the db just prior to the break with a bump and then his wider body prevents the db from getting to the catch point to get the pbu. Anyways, a bigger bodied wr has ways to win a play that others do not.

Lofting deep throws on a windy day is not a recipe for success. A lower trajectory, power throw can be better placed but it makes for a tougher over the shoulder catch -- the Knox catch and Beasley drop. The blitz happy Buddy Ryan Eagles came to then Rich stadium and the theme was short throws with big YAC. Slants and shallow cross with rubs. That's a windy day offense against pressure.

In general, I do not like the idea of our Smurfy receivers playing against a physical secondary. I think it wears on them to the point of not being able to perform and the drops have something to do with that. Not calling them unwilling just not able to matchup physically for a whole game. I do like the idea of Duke Williams in this and I wonder why the Bills do not see the value of having a wide bodied, strong handed, tough to move, fight for the ball target in their offense.

I have a hard time squaring two thoughts. When you read his RB RAS as around 1 but then watch him make moves that leave tacklers stumbling and wrapping up air you wonder how both can be true. I would have thought either you are a quick twitch, extremely agile, freakish athlete or not. Hopefully he gives us many years as a Bill to ponder it.

I would wonder if there is any value to playing the final 7 minutes with the knowledge that your team is down just one score vs. two. Would the defense play with a different level of intensity down 8 vs. 9? Would they feel more invested in getting the ball back to the offense knowing they could potentially get them to tied with just one score? Failing at the 2 point conversion with 7 minutes to play could have a deflating psychological effect...........maybe. Just a thought.

Or turning it into a Bletchley Park operation that employed multiple people, databases, special communications, etc. Excerpt from Wikipedia: 2015 ESPN report[edit] In a report for ESPN, Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham contend that commissioner Roger Goodell's handling of Deflategate was influenced by his hasty and incomplete handling of the Spygate incident.[4] Van Natta Jr. and Wickersham argue that the true extent of the Spygate scandal was covered up by Goodell and the National Football League in order to protect the image of the NFL and as a favor to New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft, who was in part responsible for Goodell's promotion to commissioner.[4] The report alleges a highly complex system in which opposing teams' signals were recorded, decoded, and relayed to Patriots coaches and players on the field during games spanning at least 40 games between 2000 and 2007.[4]. This system also included a personal assistant to Bellichick who had a photographic memory and had the official title "Football Research Director", the only person with such a title in the NFL, he told congress stories about sneaking behind opponents benches and filming their huddles. According to the article a scout team would go out to future Patriot opponents and film signs and plays. They would then make a spreadsheet of all the signs and corresponding plays, Patriot staffers would then hand off the spreadsheets to the "football Research Director" who would match signals to the plays. The Patriots would also sometimes bring in former players of the team they were playing ask them if they accurately had recorded the signals, they would later cut the player.[4] The article goes on to quote a former Patriots assistant as saying "things got out of control," in reference to the entire system of covert taping and signal decoding. Maybe to communicate within the 15 seconds of the play clock when the radio comm goes silent?

Ok. The only time I paid attention to McDermott talking with SL official was after this play: Ravens player signals fair catch and vacates the area of the ball. Bills player catches the ball and it is marked at the 8. Ravens are penalized because their return man had made a block after the fair catch signal. The ball gets spotted at the 6. Huh? 8 divided by 2 = 6? Anyone got a better explanation for what happened? It seemed coach was upset with that too but not vein poppingly so.

I thought the DB saw the ball on the ground and dove for it. I haven't watched the broadcast yet so I may change my opinion.

Josh seems to think he can take on DBs near the line to gain. Minus a head shot he is probably right. The TD run in Dallas looked like it would go that way but Brown's block was too good. Being so tall with an upright running style does leave the ball exposed as does using a stiff arm. Legal shots to his torso are not worrisome but shots to his head or knees I find concerning. In general, I think he has taken bigger hits in the pocket than outside it.

These type of passes would be problem for any QB. The question is who relies on them more? I hope it's the Ravens based on your observation. The shallow cross on a rub route with lots of YAC potential should sustain drives. QB scrambles are more important too.

I like the Firebaugh HS baseball nickname, Tortuga! Through steady, unrelenting personal growth this tortuga is beating all the hares in the race. He needed to leave that school to help raise his recruiting profile but he chose to bloom where he was planted. It fits his story.

I do not respect this list much. Did the protection hold up or fail? Did it involve a stunt and did the protection block it? Last year's o-line was worthless against a line stunt. Did the blitz result in a sack, sack/fumble or a throwaway? The NFL passer rating only accounts for the latter outcome which is better than the prior two which are not accounted for. Did the QB break the pocket and run for a score or first down? This time great outcomes that are not accounted for in the passer rating formula. Passer rating ignores some of the best and worst outcomes that actually translate into winning football games.

Lets hope we can make an SAT analogy question of them. Darnold, Rosen and Mayfield are to 2018 as Blackledge, Eason and O'Brien are to 1983.

Had to leave enough time to get onside kick and 1 play after. How many of those were wins we can all wonder.

If the Cowboys get the ball back again it's likely Prescott gets over 300 again.

Trubisky with less than 100 rush yards all year before this game? Dual threat QBs that do not run aren't much of any kind of threat at all.

Dallas has been top 10 in DVOA all year and Prescott is Football Outsiders #1 QB. Not very good advertisements for their metrics.

Next game with winds from the South ! gusting to 30 mph will wreak havok on the passing and kicking games and in ways that are head scratchingly unpredictable. But the Josh is inaccurate narrative will likely fire up again.

The #1 reason for all this is the lifting of the blackout rule. Gameday attendance is not everyone's favorite way to view their team but often it was the only way to see them. There are plenty of reasons to prefer to enjoy your favorite team in the comfort of your own living room or at a prime watch location. This seems to be true all over the league as it is pretty easy for Bills fans to get tickets and make the trip when so inclined. I have an extra pair that I usually sell on the ticket exchange but not this week because my regular seat is not available and I am still looking for someone to bring with me. The pair got me $225, $243, $14O, $126, $36 and $45 which means I have almost broke even. In a year like this, that does say that the gameday weather is a big factor in demand.

I think 538 has them at tied at #10 with the Rams and gives them a 36% chance to win vs. the Ravens.

Tell me why any Bills fan should care whether TDs result from a throw or a run, either from him or by any other Bills player. Points on the board are what matter (and limiting scoring chances by the opponents) and those are trending up.

Quick look at standings shows the AFC/NFC at net zero. So all the "NFC clearly better" talk has gotten weaker.

And beat NO in playoff game where Marshawn went on his signature Beastmode run.