Mango

I think it’s two fold. Deebo is talented. Super talented. You also have to have the cast to draw the respect away. Kittle and CMC are no joke. Diggs isn’t Deebo, but I always feel like Diggs and co are talented enough to open up the screen better than we do. Part of the problem is proving to the defense that we’ll throw the ball to anybody at anytime.

That feels like a safety to me.

Smart kid. Very quick release. Enough arm to do just about whatever he wants.

It felt like there were 10-15 free yards for the taking on that return as long as he didn’t….run directly into the effing gunner for no reason what so ever.

Danny terrified of the 49’ers. It’s not just taking what the defense gives you. Reminds me of some Bills eras, a drop on first down haunts you because you can’t do anything but 3-4 yards at a time.

He knew it, immediately popped up but just stood there. Ref checked in. But if the ref checks in I feel like that should automatically trigger a professional to take a look at him.

Robinson looked noodley getting up from that third down pass.

Good Guys - 27 Bad Guys - 9

I am personally a big fan of the 1994 Bronco @ Los Angeles

Does he have kids? Could his kid be involved in something?

Drugs it is then? Maybe he is depressed so he has schlepping mushrooms or LSD? Pain, He has fentanyl for that! Narcolepsy? A little bump never hurt anybody!

This is fair I think. As a fan I think the season is more fun to go through 17 weeks as like the 10th ranked team in the league. Being thought of as the best or second best team means that you are trying to live up to these really high expectation. And more often than not the best team in the league doesn't necessarily play the best football in the league that week. Last season I felt like a prisoner of expectations. Unless we were lights out we weren't the best. And if we weren't the best we failed. It is kind of like the Olympics, most bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists. Silver medalists generally think a lot of "well what if....then I could have won". Bronze medalists think "Woah, look what I did. That was sweet".

It feels like it has gone from the "Hall of Fame" to the "Hall of "Hey I remember their name after like 10 years"".

He played a great game and made great decisions. I don’t want to take too much away from this week because he was light out. But as the season progresses I’d like to see a quicker release, hit that back foot and fire. If we can consistently put that stuff together as needed, Josh and the team will be unstoppable.

I think Chargers/Vikings is compelling because we think both teams might be good, but we think they might also be kinda bad. It is an exciting game because we aren't sure.

The overall match ups this week have to be some of the worst in recent memory. Outside of rooting for your home team the most compelling match ups are: New England/ NYJ - Two good defenses and nobody to play QB. Indianapolis/Baltimore - You get both the Richardson(Q) and Lamar. Without AR this game is stupid. LAC/Minnesota - I have no idea who either of these teams are. Are they great? Are they bad? Total wild card between two similar maybe wildcard teams come January.

2.9 Seconds. 21st quickest or 11th slowest last week. Being decisive (and correct) with the ball is something I still wish he would be better at. None the less, much much better game. I am glad the sky isn't falling on me this week and we have steadied the QB play a bit. https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/passing/2023/REG/2#average-time-to-throw

The last two weeks are the total spectrum of the Josh Allen experience. What a ride!

This is sort of what I was eluding to. It sort of breaks down to “If you’re real enough we will accept you. But if we don’t accept you it’s because you’re too superficial and there is something wrong with you. Be better and you too can be one of us”

I don’t mean to rain on the parade, but as somebody from Buffalo who was born here, left and come back a few times, I find Buffalo less friendly than other places. I think if you’re a lifer it’s great. And even if you transplant yourself here it’s good. But I my experience even for transplants there’s an undertone. You’re never just “John”. You’re introduced to Buffalo bred friend groups as “This is my friend John from Tampa”. And in that group you’re referred to as “Mango’s friend, John, from Tampa”. There is a separation there. It’s an odd sort of gate keeping. Sort of harkens back to coming home for the holidays and on a random Wednesday I can find the same group of guys in the same corner of Coles, doing the same thing we were doing in HS, and their first words to me are “Did you see Canisius beat St. Joes twice in football this year?”…No…No I didn’t. I also find that transplants tend to conglomerate together more in Buffalo than other places. In other places I’ve lived in MA, NJ, OK, I am just Mango and my friend group has been pretty diverse. Just a few things I’ve picked up on in my comings and goings as well as some stuff I’ve noticed and talked about dating transplants in the city. Buffalo is a great town, I just wish it would be more confident in who they are today and where they are going, rather than rallying around the past.

The Browns wish they were getting 2023 Wilson production for Deshaun Watson money. I guess they’ll just have to settle for Watson production.

I think the most hilarious part of Deshaun Watson’s play/contract is that there isn’t another good comparable. Cleveland is in a tough spot, they aren’t getting enough production out of the QB position given the cost. Their biggest problem is they’re paying for Deshaun Watson results for Deshaun Watson pay.

He’s smashed expectations so I think that’s part of it. To your point, right in front of me during the Jets game he got absolutely embarrassed by an OL. Like blocked so hard his body went boneless and he back flipped. It was actually hilarious. That said he’s been pretty decent. When expectations are a JuCo player, it’s ok to be excited with “pretty decent”.

Defenses can’t do everything. My big criticism with Josh when he’s at his lows is he tries to complete the plays he wants to complete rather than the plays he should. It’s a nothing burger. If Josh sticks to this style, teams will start to cheat on some things here and there. At that point he’ll have some more room to run and favorable match ups deeper down field. I am sure he’ll go off on the ground at some point.

I think part of it is maybe a resolution issue? But funny enough I think the smaller NO/CAR game is the one in 16:9. Agreed it’s terrible.