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You mean sort of like the Indy Defenses of old, built for an offense that can go toe to toe with anybody. Instead, we have whatever this is...

What if the speculation that Brady’s ego to prove that he can do it with BB is true? What better landing spot to do it than Buffalo, and play BB twice? Would you be willing to sit Josh for a year and learn behind the GOAT for a better shot at a Championship?

Zubaz for the pants. Pull over starter jackets as jerseys.

Color Rush! Drop the all reds

Also Harvey’s in Saratoga is a Bills Bar. The Loganberry Wheat by Artisinal at BBQSA is awesome, and I generally don’t like those beers. Puts Resurgence to shame.

It does, if it is accepted. If it is declined, there is no penalty, so the clock keeps running. Changing the rule would mean that teams could purposely commit a penalty to stop the clock. Maybe the solution is to cap declining penalties at 2 in a row on the same down. But even still... This whole thing is a non-issue. 99.9% of the time, accepting the penalty and stopping the clock is the correct decision. If you’re down by one and on defense, if the offense wants to jump Offside or miss the play clock, why wouldn’t you accept the yardage and stop the clock? If you’re down by one and the defense wants to jump the snap, you either get a free positive play, or you accept the penalty and stop the clock. This is more Gase being a dumb-dumb. It was stupid and pointless to decline twice. NE was punting, and wanted more room, so they took a delay of game to back up 5 yards. Gase declined because he was hoping for the touchback. Then BB basically did it again, and Gase declined again. Because the penalty was declined, it basically means there was none. So the clock kept wronging. Gase is an idiot.

I also don’t think BB’s thought there was to run out the clock. My guess is Gase declines, and BB was like “wait, what? You need the clock, I need the 5 yards. Let’s try this again Adam” then facepalm laughter ensued.

Meh... The inverse is a team can commit penalties to stop the clock. Gase could have just accepted as well. It wasn’t some loophole that existed in a vacuum or is an oddity like that wonky formation vs. the Ravens. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Jesus Christ. I forgot Todd Collins was playing still in 2010.

This is a bad take. Darnold deserved an F tonight. It’s not a pie. The Pats can play well and the QB can get a bad grade. Sam Darnold isn’t my QB. The standards are different. I think you know that already though...

My issues with JA are similar. Percentage is up. He’s been much more efficient. He’s always been able to make throws that make your jaw drop at times. I think he has to process the field quicker, and figure out how to control velocity. Those go hand in hand sometimes. I think he throws so many fast balls that are difficult to catch, because his anticipation isn’t great, and is late on his read. So he unleashes a bullet that is difficult to catch, after the DB has reacted. I’m concerned that this is fixable, because it’s nuanced. I’m also pleased with this seasons improvement. I think he’s correcting his need/want to play hero ball, but when he goes underneath he seems late to release and poorly placed. Both excited and concerned. Which is where I think most criticisms come from with his play.

That’s been one of my big knocks on Allen, is throwing “with touch” not necessarily “touch passes”. Look at Mahommes, they have nearly the same velocity at the combine, but he isn’t throwing nearly as many fast balls as Allen. He’s like Rick Vaughn our there sometimes. I think part of the problem is he is a little late with his reads, so has to chuck it in there to get it their on time. (Not just referring to deep passes)

I do? if you could enlighten me, that would be great! I understand that JA is a work in progress. I also understand that we need him to be the answer or there is a good chance we hit the reset button on the franchise, even though I like what we are doing over all. That said, I don’t think the current version of JA is good enough for sustained success against good teams. We’ve played 2 games against teams with top half defenses (via DVOA). We are 1-1. The one win required 4 missed field goals and 2 TD’s called back. I have been critical of Josh because I don’t think he’s been good enough yet. Not because I want him to fail.

I can get behind all of this. Good post. Defense was bad by our standards this year. But not as bad as some are making it out to be.

Via DVOA (just because there are so many def metrics) NYJ- 16- Average NYG- 23- Below average to bad. CIN- 31- Terrible NE-1- Great TEN- 10- Pretty Good but not great BUF- 3- Great

Do you think the offensive staff really put together a game plan to not maximize the amount of points the offense scores? Both McD and BB have been on record that the offense needs to be able to put up more points if they want to be a successful franchise. I like McD, and have questioned BB on a few roster moves. But one thing I respect and trust is if something is not working, BB will be quick to pull the trigger in finding a new solution. Low scoring is not by design.

That’s fair. Probably closer to 9 or 10 win team.

The kid throws a fastball 95% of the time. Only throwing 3 touch passes is the problem. Cole Beasley has talked to Allen about taking some heat off the ball. He’s like Rick Vaughn. Haha.

I would give him a D (below average) for the first half. He played much better in the 2nd half. All in all I probably give me a C. He played just well enough over 4 quarters for Buffalo to come away with a W. JA definitely has the ability to make plays. He’s super exciting to watch. His inability to put any kind of touch on his passes is wearing thin on me. Everything doesn’t need to be a rocket. Never seems like anything lands softly in the bread basket for JA.

He was something like 4/10, for less than 100 yards. Took a terrible sack on second down at the 2:00 mark that stalled the drive. Scored zero TD’s against the worst defense in football. That’s just off the top of my head.

Agreed. My take at the start of the season is that this team is an 8-10 win team. They haven’t done a whole lot to change my mind on that. Philly, Dallas, Baltimore, Cleveland all worry me. And if I had to bet my mortgage on NE in NE, and put it on BB. I need to see more of the Jets with Darnold to figure out who they are. Agreed, the offense needs to be able to dominate 4 quarters every once in a while.

I don’t think any team is ever designed to play up and down to its competition. That’s a terrible idea.

+2 turn overs 1 ST TD 21 points allowed. Losing with that stat line, will always be the offenses fault. Last year the line for W/L was right around 24 points. Over you should win. Under you should lose.

Anytime a defense holds a team under 20 points and gives your offense 2 additional possessions, you should win the game. BUF is 0-6 or 1-5 with an average defense like HOU or SEA. This is stupid. Bills won, I don’t think our QB played well enough today and sort of agree with some guy on Twitter. Now suddenly you’re arguing whether the defense is good enough.... I am bowing out of this

There is some hyperbole in my post. He was terrible in the first half. While completion percentage was good. I’m less than impressed with a QB who throws for about 100 yards in the second half, playing from behind. Let’s not forget, this Dolphins team is trending towards being one of the worst team in football history. Like I said, I think Josh has both poor ball placement and touch and that was on display today. JA was barely good enough today. Tre and Hyde bailed us out today on what very easily could have been a close loss to a very bad football team.