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This is assuming the ref accepts the team's spot of the ball. If Dak "knows he's going to come in and touch the ball" he and his teammates should make it easy for the ref, not force the ref to shove him aside. Maybe that's how it always was for McCarthy, but other teams do have the refs approving the spot of the ball and adjusting as necessary. https://www.espn.com/nfl/recap?gameId=401326629 SB nation did a good piece about it. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/the-cowboys-chaotic-final-play-can-be-blamed-on-everything-but-the-refs/ar-AASRqXa

Was Mongo in as an extra- extra- OLman? All the starters but Morse got 100% of the snaps, and Morse got 95% and only came out when Josh Allen did. But Feliciano played 9% (2 more than that) and Doyle played 20% (11). Even Cody Ford got a few snaps.

Yeah, that was incredibly unaware play from Dak, not realizing that the official MUST place the ball.

Right, it's not unknown in those circumstances for a defensive player to lie down on the runner and "struggle" to get to his feet. Edit: yes I know it's the QB and the defensive player can't just throw himself on him, it has to be more subtle. But it can still be done.

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True, but we did have Zimmer in our previous matchup with KC, whose speed on DL made a difference. My bottom line is I believe in us if we Grind and if our coaches don't coach scared. But there's no "expecting", it's going to be a knife fight.

1) The Chiefs were playing us without Chris Jones (DT) and Charvarius Ward (CB). Jones is a monster for them when used correctly 2) The Chiefs made adjustments to how they were playing defense, most notably moving Chris Jones back to the interior, where he thrives. 3) Chiefs traded for Melvin Ingram from the Steelers. If ever Karma came calling on a team, that team would be sad on the flight back to Pittsburgh Solak wrote an article about it: https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/12/10/22827358/kansas-city-chiefs-defense-steve-spagnuolo-turn-around Meanwhile, the KC offense has apparently fixed itself and is clicking on all cylinders. I can nitpick both those viewpoints and perhaps I will - for example, one could ask "in the latter half of the season, what's happened when the Chiefs have played a top offense or a top defense?" They've played the Broncos (2x), the Steelers (2x), the Raiders, Chargers (OT) and Bengals (L). The Broncos have a good defense (#3 for points) but #16 in NY/A on passing. The Steelers have the #20 defense on points. Raiders #26, Chargers #30, Cincinnati #17. One could also ask the question: since we lost Tre' Day in week 12, have we really faced a top, dangerous passing offense? We've played the Pats (3x), the Bucs (gained 351 pass yards and won), the Panthers, the Falcons and the Jets. So the only dangerous passing offense we faced gained 351 yds and won, although we made it close and took them to OT.

Bengals and Titans have opinions on that

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Good to know that at least one announcer recognized it Heaps and heaps of grilled sardines are being served. I don’t have to follow that sentence with anything relevant but I do like Pizza

They justify it by saying they were bad then but they’re good now Has not aged well

His mechanics are off sometimes when he’s pressured or on the move - but that’s true of every QB

OK, but outside social media? LIke media pundits during todays WC games?

Power of narrative. Rewatching the game on Gamepass. Noticed the announcers second-guessing Josh on a pass he missed early to Diggs and one that was catchable but difficult for Gabe Davis: "he just needs to pause a moment, get his mechanics in order, then he can hit that throw for a completion" Noticed the announcers were NOT doing that in the SF-Cowboys game. Wonder if Kurt Warner has decided Josh Allen makes enough of the gimme throws yet:

NO! Bite your tongue!! EVERYWHERE that guy signs as as the backup QB, the starter gets hurt. EVERYWHERE. But what if it didn't? Take No Unnecessary Chances with the Franchise, I say.

He is liable to get a bunch of ribbing for that one, yes.

That would be "No. Not at This Time." And if it were so, doubt Obada would have been inactive last night with the DE rotation involving Hughes, Addison, Epenesa, Rousseau, and Basham. You guys know when in the game/which play this happened?

Bingo. He was "throwing it away" in the sense of he didn't have a receiver he was targeting and expected to catch it when he made the throw But he put it in a place where it was catchable "by Knox or no one" using their scramble rules, not "not catchable by no one, no way"

Me too - for values of "love" = "despise and loathe"

Especially bitter in a 7 point game

Did the Bills catch some breaks, sure. Every break? Nah. We had 2 PATs blocked. Pats WR made a couple circus catches they could have dropped. Bills WR (Davis and Diggs) dropped I believe there was a handoff that Jones was lucky to make and not have fumbled. I'm not sure I entirely believe Allen that he was trying to throw the ball away and Knox caught it. I think Knox caught it because their "scramble rules" for that play put him back into that corner. I think Allen thought he put it too far back in the EZ for that. The biggest break for the Bills was Hyde's perfectly timed interception on Jones. the Pats WR had a step on Wallace, and if Hyde hadn't gotten over there it would have been 7-7. I'd say "lucky" but players make a lot of their own luck on plays like that.

Only when playing the Pats tho

Try this link, it's the actual Patriots youtube channel and has better audio

At least he did give us props in his presser: "we couldn't keep up with them tonight" "well coached, well executed" "they deserved to win tonight" Edit: I think this is wrong gouge. You can't see the hands being shaken, but that's McD with his back to us, they met up for a moment and exchanged a few words.