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This just in: Lehner blows. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Scot McCloughlan is right.

Rudolph is scheduled to attend the Senior Bowl. Did something happen to prevent this? EDIT: just saw the article about his food injury. I agree it’s a lost opportunity for him.

Agitating story, no matter how you try to spin it.

When you say, “draft qb analysis”, does that mean there is a final qb analysis forthcoming? And if the draft is excellent, how much better can the final version really be?

The idea being that the refs wouldn’t possibly call illegal contact on every play so let the DBs have at it, kinda like holding calls against offensive linemen. Understandable strategy especially if the infraction doesn’t have any impact on the play it won’t get called. But Ty Law’s muggings in that playoff game against the Colts brought the most scrutiny since the chuck rule change to that point, anyway.

While true that the chuck rule barred bump and run coverage downfield in 1978, the league paid lip service to its enforcement until Ty Law was seen mugging Marvin Harrison up and down the field, play after play in the playoffs on national TV that they got serious about it.

Great read. Thanks for posting this. It’s amazing that Steve Belichick was doing, alone and in real time back then, what a cadre of scouts and coaches do after the fact via video today.

Not in the least. Can't follow the logic suggesting it.

Perfectly understandable. I mean who isn’t forgettable if not Dave Wannstedt?

Mario had his fridge before Marrone got here.

When you have your playoff hopes dashed in a flash at the last second after coming from behind to take the lead; when you are so sure a victorious outcome is in the bag and it’s ripped away in such a cruel and sudden fashion, none of the particulars matter because the heartbreak is the same, regardless. I would take no solace in one set of circumstances over the other given that my heart can’t tell the difference. The Minnesota and Music City miracles both leave a mark on the vanquished.

Not in general, no, of course not. I'm just surprised at this particular comparison and argument.

Seriously, what's the larger point you're trying to make here? Sounds like you're saying Bills fans have more of a right to be pissed off about the respective outcomes of the game; that Bills fans' level of heartbreak is somehow more legitimate given the plays that led to those outcomes. Ultimately, it doesn't matter at all how a fan's heart gets broken because the heartbreak is there, regardless. But if it helps you cope by assigning degrees of legitimacy to heartbreak, I understand.

I thought it was 13 reasons why.

It certainly was to the Saints' fan base. That's the only comparison that matters, really. I'm surprised people want to compare and argue about the actual plays themselves. Kinda misses the point.

Disgusting take. Pitiful, really. Sad for someone to hate where he's from to this degree.

Sorry, didn't realize the discussion was confined to his time under McD.

Dareus has played the 0,1,3, and 5 techniques at one time or another as a pro.

Be nice to see a QB that can execute a 2018 passing offense.

I wish him nothing but the best moving forward. He played well yesterday; his best game as a Jag from what I've been told. Was used on more passing downs, too. But like you, I'm not convinced that he can maintain a high level moving forward; just too many markers that indicate otherwise. Hope we are wrong about that.

It would have been great to see those three QBs playing in the era of liberalized rules favoring QBs and the passing game. Conversely, I strongly doubt Brady, Brees, Manning, and other QBs who thrived after those rules changes would amass the kinds of numbers in that previous era.

Absolutely. The combination of negatives all added up and his contract was probably the least of it. If none of the other negatives are present and there was no slip in his play, the contract is a total non factor as the expectation was that he would continue to play at the level that earned him that deal in the first place. I heard that he didn't adhere to his prescribed off-season conditioning plan and didn't meet his expected reporting weight. He never gave himself a chance with a new staff that was establishing a new culture and demanding accountability from everyone else and they wouldn't make an exception for him as had been done in the past. This idea of being disrespected is a two way street.

Catching some of the Amerks game on MSG and all I have to say is I hope the Sabres will hire their play by play guy when Rick hangs it up for good. Dunleavey is terrible, especially over the radio.