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Five fumbles lost so the impact is not so big.

Steven Carlson signed to the 53 man roster off the Brown's practice squad today. I'd say they plan on playing him vs. the Broncos because he would be their 3rd tight end due to Pharaoh Brown in concussion protocol.

This was pointed out awhile back that the question askers like it that way because they feel like it's "theirs." I have a hard time with that because it seems more like it's ultimately for the fans and hearing answers without the context of the questions is at the least, irritating.

FO, 538 and Sagarin will all have them middle of the pack or worse until they beat some team they consider to be good. Of the remaining games on their schedule that's the Ravens, Cowboys and Patriots. Beating the other teams does not move the needle much. The Eagles loss hurt their ranking way more than beating any of the next 4 will help so it won't change much anytime soon. Go ahead and get to 9 and 2 or 8 and 3, let the offense improve and see where this thing goes. I suggest we just enjoy the ride. Bebe Rexha Sings About the Ride

I left during the 8 minute drive after the Howard run for 15 or so. I felt confidant that a L was coming and I don't want to sit there and see my team fail. So, I missed the worst parts of his game and have a generally favorable opinion of how he played. 16/24 for 170 was not too bad in those challenging passing conditions. I also missed Josh's fumble because I was at a concession stand ordering a hot dog for my son and have yet to replay my DVR of the game. So, throw in that series of plays that got them fg shot at the end of the half and my eyes saw an A game from Josh.

That 9 and 7 team really any better than Marrone's or this year's? I like where they sit and think they are trending up but, objectively, they have not achieved much beyond Whaley's teams yet. And, if Josh doesn't have the capacity to keep progressing, they probably won't.

If you want to believe that McDermott's quote was a shot at Whaley then Schopp's point is fair. This Bills team has yet to distinguish itself beyond the teams Marrone and Ryan coached. Thus, the comment was taken as evidence of inappropriate feelings of superiority. I know, quite ironic.

Needed 7 from Boswell to win this week so I appreciate the Fitz strip sack fumble.

Never underestimate the karma of a tank. It could persist for years.

Not sure but they are in Bills tv territory so when Cleveland and Pittsburgh played and they had to show the Bills game, there was a majority that was upset. That's about all I know of it living in Jamestown area.

Erie PA Steelers fans or Erie PA Browns fans worse? I think I know.

How can they tell knee down vs a 1/2 inch off the turf? Can you see compression of the knee pad. Definitive that the knee was down?

When Fitz retires he should be someone's color commentator. MNF would be a good gig for him.

Nice punt.

The football version of Major League. Fitz has the Tom Berenger part.

Do you believe in Fitzmagic?

Kicks toward the tunnel had lots of juice. In the warmups, Hauschka kicked a 51 yarder (much like the one he later missed) that cleared the crossbar about 3/4 up the length of the uprights. I think the Eagles kicker put one throught the uprights on a kickoff. Then Bojorquez punts in the other direction, which apparently would have been into the same wind, but no, he catches an updraft or an upperlevel crossflow with a spiral and the thing sails. It would make a nice project for some UB aerodynamic engineering student to map the air currents in that stadium and how they change with wind direction. If it's out of the northwest it's probably rather straitforward. If it's from the the southwest it gets pretty funky as air redirects around and over the upper deck on the Bills sideline, comes twisting in from both endzones, around that big scoreboard, and somewhat blocked by the M and T clubzone seats. I wonder how much the Bills know about those wind currents since they don't practice very often there. When you see certain kinds of debris lifted straight up and out of there like a rocket shot, it really is a cause for curiosity about what the players are dealing with.

Those were tough conditions to judge a passing game. Wendt played pretty well but didn't really have a stellar day either. Screens, some 3rd down runs that extended drives, one nice sideline throw to Jeffries which appeared to be an underthrow. I thought the key would be which offense would have the better run game when moving toward the scoreboard end. That seemed to pan out especially if you lump the screens into that category.

Very, very cool story. "For many are invited, but few are chosen."

I like math and I think what you need to do is eliminate the effect of a single bad, possibly tanked season. So the Colts who sucked for Luck in the 2012 draft had win totals in the 3 seasons prior to the draft of 14, 10 and 2. So use those win totals but weight them as follows: W1/6 + W2/3 + W3/2. Thus, their draft order win total would be 14/6 + 20/6 + 6/6 = 40/6 = 6.67. I think that the team that had the worst 3 year stretch is most deserving of the #1 pick, no one would tank for 3 years straight because that gets them fired and their fans really pissed, and it dampens the effect of a single, abherrant season (like Manning's injury.) There, problem solved.

Seems like that was around the 25. Just checked, I was way off. That play started at the 15 and was recovered at the 11.

Another caveat: One of the failed RZ possessions would have been when Barkley took over against the Patriots and they failed on a 4th and goal attempt. So, Josh is apparently 11 of 14 in legit RZ TD conversions. Quick math makes that almost 79%, to pick nits. As much as Josh has had TO issues in his short career, very few have come in RZ situations.

Or maybe that Johnny Manziel actually played and failed in both the NFL and CFL.

Ok. But, the guys in the league with with domestic violence incidents in their pasts would seem to say otherwise. Many like Duke's story and he has traveled a similar path. Oh and Jameis Winston.

If this is 100% true, then Jim should be able to do the same for Casey, Zac, Dylan and any of his other nephews that are currently playing college football. He may have got the Colts to give Chad an invite to their rookie camp back in May but Chad had to take it from there. So, that can't be the only reason. I suppose Jim got Andrew Luck to retire too.