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I'm back with another punting take! Imagine the Tom Brady of punters... Obsessive. Chip on his shoulder. Super into fitness and gives up pretty much everything else in life to be the NFL's greatest punter of all-time. Big difference is that he's super athletic to start with. He sets a goal: I want to play 30 years in the league. Play until he's 51-52, assuming he enters the league at age 21/22. Someone like that could possibly punt fairly effectively until he's 51-52, right? You almost never get hit, you even more rarely take any type of head shot. Basically it's a life of obsessive fitness and flexibility training where you punt a ball a few times on Sunday afternoons and make a few million bucks a year. You're never really under too much pressure, except for in your own end zone, so you're never winning or losing a game on a punt. Plus, once you hit 40, you'll have all that punting knowledge and experience to draw from. Downside... There's only so much glory a punter can have, but you could play a (small) part in winning a bunch of Super Bowls along the way, especially if you play 30 seasons. As I'm writing I'm realizing 30 seasons sounds insane, but Tom Brady is playing his 21st season right now at a position that takes a lot more punishment than a punter, and he looks better than he did 10 years ago.

I think he's in his own head. Trying to live up to the contract, be the QB who wins a Super Bowl here, all of that. IMO this is why he looked so great in preseason action. No pressure, no reason to be tight. That's my concern, because big goals= pressure situations.

It looks bad at the end, but that safety would have drifted back to the WR if Josh threw it to the end zone, IMO. Now, he might have been able to gun it in there, but I it wouldn't have looked so wide open had the ball not been thrown to the sideline.

True... I guess it would be like an option punt. Punt/Pass or punt/run. Then again, you're right that there's probably a good reason this hasn't been tried by some sleep deprived special teams coach who spent too many hours at the facility! LOL

He's plenty fast enough, and I've always loved his elusiveness, work ethic and attitude . He was great his rookie season, then had a bit of a down year last year when we didn't run anyway, and then he trained like a madman to get faster and its paying off. I'm happy to see it! His recent success is well-deserved.

the punting game is a place where we could see the next evolution... Imagine a punter who could take the snap and start running, then either pass, keep running past the line of scrimmage, or punt while on the run with accuracy.... That would be a PIA to defend

It was a textbook clean hit.

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Josh Allen went 20/26 for 194 yards and 2 TD vs the Packers in the final preseason game. So he's the same guy he was last season, except coverages and defenses have adjusted. Now the Bills need to counter. It's about being your best in February and winning a championship, so figure it out now and get some W's, then peak when the stakes are highest.

Josh Allen went 20/26 for 194 yards and 2 TD vs the Packers in the final preseason game. So he's still the same Josh Allen, it's just that defenses are scheming up ways to disrupt the Bills passing attack. You want the team to peak in January/December. This is glorified preseason right now. I saw this on a Patriots message board, and I though it was an interesting stat: In 6 super bowl winning seasons, the Patriots went: 2-0 twice 1-1 three times 0-2 once So the key is to bank these wins early, by any means necessary, then be hitting on all cylinders come December and January (and hopefully February!)

Lions imploding

He just basically said it's some type of adult beverage... Lol

Gentlemen, were tied for the #1 spot with KC and LV leads the west

Sweet run!

Nice way to bounce back on offense!

No comic book graphic for Knox?

Singletary got the Trent Dilfer shove from one of our coaches... Lol

It feels like the offense can hardly get a first down... 14 points is a blocked punt and one broken coverage

Allen is ***** awful today

Let's reward the special teams and defense here

Surprised!

He's down

It'll be reversed

Special teams!

This offense is a mess