TheBrownBear

Not gonna lie. I would have punted there.

Love watching Taylor. He a beast.

I ain't gonna go that far, but there's a reason his coach only let him throw three friggin passes in 60 minutes.

First game I've enjoyed watching since Thanksgiving!

Well, this sucks. I'm sort of expecting more positives to roll in before kickoff on Sunday with the daily testing. This is everywhere now. It's not a Bills problem.

This could be great for the careers of Nathan Peterman, EJ Manuel and JP Losman (can he still throw a football?)

I hate Kelce, but damn, look at what a truly elite tight end can do

How does Reid defend that? Makes zero sense. I'm dumbfounded.

Wow. That looked really scary the way he left the field. Say a prayer for that cat. Also, before we personally bash and trash these guys for their performance, consider just what they are putting on the line every time they step on the field.

You're absolutely right. Upon zooming in, it's Dawkins who gets burned on that play and his rusher's knee clips Boettger's left leg causing him to bail out and collapse. It's wild how quickly all of this occurs in real time.

I love how Boettger loses his man and just decides to tackle Dion Dawkins instead.

Us older folks have pretty strong opinions on the trial itself, since the entire thing was televised (meaning you could watch every single second in the courtroom and not just the reiterations of talking heads). Beyond the shoeprints and gloves, there was a bunch of DNA evidence that tied OJ directly to the murder scene. After sitting through the trial, the only way anyone could ever find OJ "innocent" was if they believed that he was framed for the murder by the racist detective Mark Furman. The irony of which is that the LAPD loved OJ - seeing as how he was a Los Angeles hero from his time at SC, "backed the badge" and frequently invited them to hang and play tennis at his mansion.

Not guilty ≠ innocent. If someone doesn't understand that basic tenant of the American criminal justice system, then I'm okay calling them ignorant. According to who? According to the civil trial jury that found him responsible for the deaths of Ron and Nicole. The jury in the criminal trial found him "not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt". They didn't find him innocent. This has nothing to do with my own thoughts, feelings or beliefs on the OJ matter. I'm just reiterating the facts, brother. I agree I shouldn't have the final say in whether a person spends their life behind bars. That's why we are entitled to a trial before a jury of our peers - not a single guy behind a keyboard.

Thought so in the moment, but upon reflection I think it was the right call. We were out of timeouts, so if we were tackled short of the sticks (via sack or whatever) we would have risked not getting a field goal off. I guess you could have called a different type of passing play/route, but it had to be quick developing to avoid a sack. I'll take Diggs one-on-one against a middling corner 9 times out of 10 in that situation. And if the refs had done their job we would have won the game.

Geez there are some really ignorant folks here. Being found "not guilty" doesn't mean you didn't commit the crime (in this case murder), just that a jury didn't find you guilty of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. Let's not forget he was deemed responsible for the deaths of Ron and Nicole in the civil trial. He's by no means innocent. He just avoided life in prison thanks to some great lawyering. All that being said, I say keep him on the Wall and in the Hall. Guy was a great football player. He belongs there. And given what we now know about CTE and its effects on self-control, emotional stability and decision-making, it's not far fetched to think this may have played a part in some of OJ's violent and/or stupid behavior over the years.

This Omicron variant is going to really screw up some teams' seasons down the stretch (and possibly in the playoffs too).

And there are even others would say we lost because McDermott is bald.

Sorry Josh, but you know what needs to be done. https://youtu.be/Gt7nhSS9Adc?t=5

Not true. But I think the ref spotted the ball a good yard forward of where it was downed on the punt in order to give Brady the space to kneel. At least that was my recollection of the play. But maybe they're doing that now to protect QBs in that situation? I don't know. Yeah, I don't really blame the ref we can see in the replay, because his view seemed to be blocked by Diggs' body. But how could none of the other crew members come in and correct the situation?

Holy snot. I wish I hadn't gone into this thread to see all these stills and replays, because now I am extremely pissed off about that loss. And to the Dave McBride fella in here who keeps defending the refs and claiming the takedown of Diggs in the endzone wasn't a penalty, regardless of what type of handfighting occurred at the beginning of the route, once the ball is in the air, the defender cannot continue to tug and tackle the receiver to the ground. That is 100%, clear as day, defensive pass interference. Very good chance we win that game (though no guarantee given our redzone execution struggles) if that very clear and simple penalty call is made.

Yesterday's game was an outlier as we rarely ask Josh to pass that often. You'd think that based on that article and this thread, we'd lead the NFL in passing attempts. We are 6th in passing attempts (18th in rushing attempts). And our offense is still ranked in the top-10 overall (8th in yards, 4th in scoring). The two big issues we have is our inability to stop power rushing teams on D and an inability to score in the redzone. We are going through a rough patch these past two weeks and it seems as if the sky is falling, but we lost one score games to two of the top-4 or 5 teams in the entire league, almost entirely because of the two issues noted above. If we can make some tweaks and show some modest improvement in those areas over the soft schedule these next four weeks, we can enter the playoffs as a threat to make some noise. But yes, the O and D lines are serious issues from a personnel standpoint and we need to address them in the offseason.

The QB and receivers are fine, obviously. Our O-Line sucks, and on top of that, we don't have a dynamic running back who can make a play in tight space or serve as a real pass catching threat in the RZ. I think it's mostly those two issues at this point. Defenses are begging us to run the ball inside the 10, knowing damn well that we can't do it against their base 3 or 4 man fronts.

You can't see the defender clearly pulling the neckline of Diggs' jersey almost to the point of reaching his beltline? May need to invest in glasses or Lasik.

LJL at people who think Josh is part of the problem. He's the only thing keeping us from being the Jets or Texans.

Nah. It was the Jax game. They broke our will and our brains apparently. Couple dead cat bounceback wins against the Phins and Jets, but otherwise we've been a rotting corpse since Jacksonville.