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3 minutes ago, TigerJ said:
"Forward progress" is one of the more subjective deceision referees have to make. In theory, I imagine sometimes in the circumstances that led to the Edelman TD, officials could blow the play dead citing forward progress. They didn't. Conversely, on some plays similar to the Foster catch where the whistle blew, another referee might have let the play continue a bit longer. I'm not thrilled with the level of subjectivity in the officiating of football, but I don't see a viable alternative.
If Foster had not been ruled stoppped (forward progress) and a fumble was forced there would have been a riot here on TSW with complaining that his forward progress was stopped.
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Just now, The Frankish Reich said:
Well, where do I go now? You've pulled out the boldface! That's an argument winner right there, particularly combined with the "IMO."
Look ... Chris Ivory: 3.4 avg this year. 3.4 last year with Jax, where Fournette averaged 3.9. Crude seat of the pants inferences: (1) 3.9 ain't great. Maybe Fournette's not that good, maybe JAX's offense (including QB) is just bad and he isn't reaching his potential. (2) even so, he's clearly better than Ivory. So dig a little deeper and look at how they were used - was Ivory more often used in short yardage situations? Did the bulk of his playing time come against better defenses (when subbing for Fournette?) (3) Ivory this year = Ivory last year = McCoy this year. Hmm. I don't know what to say yet. McCoy is finished? He's now no better than Ivory? (4) add a CJ Anderson. He runs for 3.4 y/c. My best guess? I would agree with you! That's what our offense can sustain. But then ... why keep McCoy? Or ... he runs for 4.5 y/c. Maybe the problem was the RBs after all! (Or at least a part of the problem)
But nevermind. I've been told that in one random fan's opinion it makes no difference ....
Express your opinion all you'd like and it's interesting. I just have nothing further to add to what I already expressed.
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Just now, thebandit27 said:
Why on earth would you make such an outlandish claim?
Ball washing Belichick and the Patriots.
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Just now, The Frankish Reich said:
Well ... do you KNOW that? Again, adding a proven producer who is not on the wrong side of 30 would give any coaching staff another data point for talent evaluation/needs assessment going forward. Maybe our line is no good, AND our RBs are all trash. Look, it's not a huge deal. But since we have absolutely no keepers at RB (and I include McCoy in that), what harm would there have been in adding a CJ Anderson?
Repeated: Anderson, IMO, makes no difference.
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1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said:
Well, correct, but ...
... with Ivory, Murphy, and now Ford being the only guys other than McCoy who've run the football this year, aren't you a little bit curious about what a proven/not old ordinary NFL starting RB would have been able to do? I mean, the problem with evaluating whether McCoy has anything left is that we really don't have any benchmark this year. CJ is a career 4.5 y/c guy who gained 1,000 yards last year (4.1 avg) behind a poor Broncos O line.
I'm not. The OL is sometimes okay in pass pro, but I think they are absolutely horrid in the run game. Anderson, IMO, makes no difference.
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1 minute ago, zow2 said:
True. But they are close with that organization and know some front office personnel. I suspect they have a very close eye on what the Panthers are doing and who they release. With each passing year of course their interest w that organization will diminish.
Anderson would be running behind the same lousy OL as the other RBs. At any rate, the run game problems will not be remedied until the offseason.
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2 minutes ago, zow2 said:
C.J. Anderson had a helluva day filling in for Gurley yesterday.
Seems like the Carolina connection, McBeane, could’ve snagged him between Nov. 12 -Dec. 4. Then again in mid December when he was on the streets. The guy is a bull and would’ve helped the sorry running game here.
They have no previous connection to Anderson who never played for Carolina prior to this season.
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They have $90M in cap room for 2019. This is not an issue.
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While Allen topped 200 passing yards and threw a touchdown pass, a lot of his passing yards – and his touchdown – came late in the game during garbage time. Overall, Allen struggled against the Patriots, as he was inaccurate on a lot of his throws and also turned the ball over twice when he forced throws into tight coverage.
The Bills’ pass-catchers did not really help Allen on this afternoon. While the unit was also marred by a couple injuries, they also dropped multiple passes and failed to make contested catches in close coverage.
Bills edge defender Lorenzo Alexander had a solid outing, as he was all over the field against the Patriots. Alexander kept making plays against the run, as he also had success rushing the passer. In addition, he also picked off Brady in the second quarter.
With the exception of Alexander, the Buffalo edge defenders struggled on the afternoon, especially against the run. The Bills defenders couldn’t consistently set the edge on run defense, which proved to be costly against New England’s outside zone runs, a scheme the Patriots used frequently in this game.
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Allen did not have a good enough day to beat the Patriots and was unable to provide a spark with his legs, either.
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Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
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Just now, CincyBillsFan said:
I get that but by using them he's telling me that he buys into them.
Look the stat we're interested in seeing IMO are how many catchable balls are not being caught. Sure dropping the ball is the easiest part of that to define but yesterday we saw two examples of VERY catchable balls not being caught for TD's. Throw in Fosters misplay at the goal line on the 4th & 4 throw and we're talking about 3 potential TD's being left on the field.
But my biggest problem with a lot of these stats are that they don't do a good job of capturing what is happening on the field. It's like praising a RB for having a 5 YPC average in a game where he carried the ball 16 times for 80 years with one of the plays being an 80 yard run. I just don't think Football lends itself to analytics in the same way that baseball does.
That was not a good throw and Allen took a risk by checking to that play without delivering a good pass.
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2 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:
If this is how they keep that stat then it's a completely worthless stat. If the ONLY definition of a drop is a chest high ball that goes off the hands then this is not the NFL but HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Guys like Rodak fall in love with their metrics while completely ignoring what goes on in the game.
So out of curiosity what would you call the Foster sun blinding? Sure it's not a classic drop but come on. Or how is the pass that went right through the hands of Thomas at the goal line NOT a drop? This is why I don't trust analytics in football. They suck in accurately describing what's going on.
These are not his stats. Foster never touched the ball and I don't believe Thomas did either.
Both were excellent throws by Allen.
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4 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:
Werent they’re top 5 before yesterday?
of all the issues with this team, people pick Frazier to criticize? Weird.
I heard the Bills' defensive players talking about the Patriots took advantage of Ramon Humber's intimate knowledge of the schemes and any potential adjusments in the run game.
You add in Matt Milano and Taron Johnson missing from the lineup with Corey Thompson making mistakes you have a bad result.
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6 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
Another meaningless week 17 Bills game.?
Another? Last year's week 17 game was anything but.
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McDermott.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Sounds like a call I heard this afternoon into One Bills Live.