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Sort of, yea...

👆👆👆 Exactly - I always gauge these situations by how nervous I feel in the moment. If Lynn took the quick FG and they were set up for an onside kick, I would have been nervous as hell. Then they're ONE play away from what happened in Arizona. But the way Lynn handled it, I was never nervous.

Am I giving too much credit or was the 3rd down sneak just to give Bass the right hash?

What a team effort. Love that an outsider would look at the box score and not recognize the names of any of our touchdown scorers (except Allen). And yet, Diggs and Brown still came up big, and Beasley had a few grabs as well. Love it.

Disagree. If we let them gash us for 8-12 yard runs combined with Wilson's passing game, their scoring drives will take 2-3 minutes. Seattle will score plenty of course, but we need for it to happen after much longer drives, meaning the defense must step it up.

I agree it's been a concern in previous years. This year, in Week 1 against the Jets we had 2 missed FGs in the 3rd quarter. And as others have pointed out, yesterday there were two 3rd down incompletions to Diggs that normally would be converted. Missing throws and kicks that you normally make can at least partially be chalked up to a lack of mental focus, so I put a lot of it on McD to have his team more focused coming out of the locker room at halftime.

So is somebody going to provide the guidelines around when it’s okay and isn’t okay to fake a kneel down? I.e., with less than a certain amount of time left on the clock, or with the score discrepancy being over a certain number of points, or being over a certain number of yards from scoring range? No, wait, let’s just create an equation to decide when it’s okay or not okay - then we can just leave it all to algorithms and analytics!!! OR.....and this may be a lil crazy, but hear me out..... Maybe we do none of that and just let professionals play the game fully within the bounds of the rules as was the case on Sunday.

To be a nerd, it's a poorly constructed poll. 4 of the 6 options suggest a tie or loss.

I feel like we should be a team that runs the ball on the expected running downs and then even on some downs where you would expect a pass. Instead, we often pass the ball on traditional “running downs” and always pass the ball on traditional “passing downs” - given the statistics, I think we’ve got it backwards.

Exactly. Every year we lose games we expect to win. In the past that has meant us being mediocre and losing to a bad team. This year it means us being good and losing to a mediocre team. But I guarantee one of those Ws that everyone chalks up will go down as a L. And that’s fine, I think we have the room for that to happen once, but maybe not twice.

Call me crazy, but my feeling is that we are in a much more comfortable winning scenario if JA throws between 200-300 yards. If he’s over 300, I’d guess that means we are in a close game. I’ll expect him to exceed 300 on Thanksgiving, but no need to blow your load on the Fish.

Call me out if I’m sounding like too much of a homer, but the first Jets TD was clearly flukey, and the borderline safety call (would have been upheld if not called) led to 10 points. The better team won.

"There’s a lot more variety in what I’m doing here." Translation: I'll be catching fewer passes.

Yea, but no. Because the Eagles aren't keeping him. How in the world is his contract relevant?

You could see Rivers ask the ref if he was good and the ref said yes.

That was a f-ing delay of game!!

Agree, I just saw some roster predictions that had both making it which seems like a wasted spot.

Is there really a reason to keep 2 punters (assuming that’s what they’re doing)? Can’t you always just sign one off the street?

As my Seahawks fan friend told me, Ryan can win games on his own. Enough said.

Gary's my best friend from growing up in CT. My fam's originally from Buffalo, so he had a ton of indoctrination through us. A bunch of us take a trip to a home game every year, and he's among the most loyal participants. Which is all to say, I'd have been pretty pissed if Gary hadn't picked the Bills in the wild card game!

Penalty was a blessing in disguise. No business going for it there.

Of course not. That's why McDermott punted. ? But on a personal note, I've been at tables with guys who do that crap and it makes me insane. Seriously though, if that's the analogy, this is a 16 against a face card. I think it was the right call and so did McDermott. Does it look bad if the Bills lose? Of course. Does it look bad if Tolbert slips and loses 3 yards on 4th and 1? Sure. No clear cut decision but I'm willing to bet the math was pretty close to 50/50 there.

This Adam Archuleta dude (color commentator) is a dim bulb. He had an instinctive reaction that the punt on 4th and 1 was the absolute wrong move (I agreed with the decision to punt, but reasonable minds can differ), but then couldn't articulate a single reason why it was wrong. I guess that's why he's on the C team for CBS, but seriously bad stuff. As far as the call itself - Joe Webb is your QB, you have a great defense, it's a blizzard and you can pin the COLTS deep in their own territory. This was not a bad decision or lucky in any respect. Fans always want the more aggressive decisions to be made because - let's be honest - its more fun to watch. McDermott made the correct call and it was reflected in the final score, which was not a fluke.

In Taylor's career, the Bills are 1-11 all-time when he throws 30 or more passes. Anything else?