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I would be overly cautious on this one, and wait until next year.

Re the end of the game and OT, these guys need to move on offense. They let Judah get pressured to death, and no one is cutting or setting screens off the ball. They were all standing around and watching him.

I eat a lot of Chinese food, and never eat the fortune cookie.

Lions always play the early game. I believe that has been the case for the last approx 75 years.

Kugler was solid for us and then with the Steelers. I think his sons went onto play oline for some big division 1 programs.

Weirdly enough, he seems to have regressed as a receiver and route runner. Not sure what has happened.

when was the last time the Bills ran a successful RB screen? I would argue it has been more than 20 years ago. I don’t get it.

I don’t know. I went back and watched it again, and the defender is on McK so fast and at such a tight angle that he has no chance to cut it up. He also really had no chance to even extend the ball, given the other defender coming in. I think the play was probably designed to be a race to the corner, and it would have worked easily if Gilliam had tried to engage on his block.

Kirk Gibson HR in the World Series!

Great win. Really loved Bell looking for his shot. As much as JG Had a great game, ball needs to be in Judah’s hands down the stretch. I’d rather see him go to the rim than JG taking off balance contested 3’s. Had some bad shots down the stretch that almost burned us.

they have been back there together on a number of packages. The problem is they don’t give it to Hines!! what I would love to see are just basic check downs and screens to Hines.

they score to make it 22-10. If we go for 1, it is 23-10. If we score a FG on our next possession, it is 26-10– at that point it would require the browns to score 2 TDs and 2 2-pointers just to tie. Good luck with that. We are then really in the driver’s seat. what I don’t like about going for 2 early is the coaches hold the variable of your own team scoring constant. Why? There is a ton of game left. How we score on the next possession will dramatically impact the scoring differences down the stretch. Also, the going for 2 vs 1 rarely considers how your team is performing. We are really struggling lately on goal to go downs. So, if I were to say our chance of 1 is 100% and our chance of getting 2 is like 20%, wouldn’t it be a no-brainer to go for 1? The coaches rarely consider a weighted average in making that call. Maybe I am too risk averse— but against bad opponents, I just want guaranteed points anyway I can get them.

I heard they tried to give him a final severance check on the way out, but he dropped it.

Agreed. That hold call on Gilliam and the PI on Hamlin are as bad as it gets. The Saffold hold was horrendous too. Negated a 20-yard run. I knew this crew was shaky from the outset— never recall even seeing those guys out there before.

They actually played well yesterday. The coverage is there. The receivers are just making a lot of insane catches recently on insane throws. if there was a coverage lapse, it was at linebacker. I really don’t want to see Dodson and Bernard out there in coverage again.

A few comments about the 2-point conversion fail: 1) McKenzie was taking a lot of grief after the game for going to the corner, as opposed to Scooting upfield and kind of diving in. There is no chance for him to do it on this play. He had no angle other than the corner. 2) if you want to blame someone, blame Gilliam. Gilliam blocked the safety, but tried to just blow him up, as opposed to engaging him in a block. The safety just bounced off of him, and made it to the corner to get McKenzie. 3) Broader issue. I know the math said to go for 2, but in a game when you aren’t playing your best, you are playing an inferior opponent, and there is a full quarter and a half, why go for two? I would argue that you have to just keep accumulating points. the 2-point play is at 9-minute mark here:

I get that they changed the rules to 4 weeks. But why even that? This year across the league has shown that there has to be more flex on injuries.

I don’t even understand why we have these absurd IR rules. Why can’t they just put guys on “IR” on a weekly basis and use that roster spot, and then activate them if/when healthy?

can I claim a win?!

agree— but I still want no part of Mahomes.

I just hope someone else knocks off the chiefs in the playoffs. People forget, but the only reason the Steelers have their two recent SB wins is because another team beat New England in the playoffs. They never matched up well against them.

Kelce goes out and grabs the defender with his hands inside his numbers. if the defender grabs back, it’s a hold. If he doesn’t, Kelce pushes off and gets open. It’s absurd.

I agree. These refs were awful. I still can’t believe the Hamlin PI. And the Gilliam “hold” That wiped out a TD was a horrendous call. that said, there was at least one call that I think went our way. There was one RPO we ran where Allen hit Diggs with a really nice slant. I was re-watching that play, and the olinemen were like 5 yards down field when Allen threw it. It was a pretty obvious “illegal man down field” and totally missed.

there was one play last week where the ball was tipped in mid air, then the DB stuck his arm in at the catch and tipped it again, and Jefferson still caught it. I mean, what else can you do? I go back to maybe it’s time to just grab and hold more. Force these refs to call it. Our receivers are constantly getting grabbed, and we never get those calls.

The refs today truly don’t understand pass interference. I went back and watched the Diggs OPI (where he ran into the camera man). I am truly baffled. I have no idea what could be construed to be OPI on that play. I was baffled by the Hamlin PI later. And go back and watch some of the push offs against Dane today— some really sketchy no-calls.