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Lmao

I assume he was keeping the animals as an additional food source.

They both put a lot of pressure on the CBs, but Rob really takes that to the extreme. Those CBs are on islands in man coverage. And if it's not working he leaves them there. Totally inflexible. Rex does it a lot too, but not like that.

It's similar to how young QBs should be brought along. The only better comparison is the offense Denver ran with Tim Tebow. Running the QB wasn't an important part of the offenses with Roethlisberger and Brady, but was with Tebow and is with Taylor. Honestly, when I watch Taylor I see a much better version of Tebow. Looking at his stats and watching him play it easy to see who Taylor is now: A QB who has been very efficient in a role with relatively limited passing and who is asked to run the ball regularly. He's also a guy who runs from the pocket a lot - either to buy time or gain yards. What I haven't seen a lot of is multiple read progressions and that's a concern. I've seen some of it and I've seen him look off on screens, but usually he buys time rolling to the side of field he's watching and goes from there. Where he needs to develop is properly getting through his progressions across the whole field. Hopefully he develops that skill because sooner or later he'll be called upon to be a bigger part of the offense with his passing. It's a lot to ask for that to happen overnight, but he's going to need to show he can do it before he really gets paid.

It's complicated, or at least it can be. Division records would only ever factor into tiebreakers between teams within the same division. Tiebreaking procedures: http://www.nfl.com/standings/tiebreakingprocedures

Some guys just get promoted above their ceiling. Rob Ryan seems to have been a good position coach, although the deserves an asterisk since that was under Belichick. He will get another job, but "quality NFL coordinator" seems to be beyond his skill set. I don't want him here.

Please, God, no! Rob Ryan is horrible.

Yeah, the Bills have a tougher road ahead than their competition. Fivethirtyeight had their playoff odds jump up to 42% after TNF, but fell back to 36% after Sunday. I was surprised it wasn't higher due to where they sit now (6th spot) until I started looking at schedules. A tough, but not insurmountable, task. http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/

Sunday to Thursday is a shorter week than Monday night to Sunday, but both are short. Having to travel twice makes it tougher. What's the typical schedule after a MNF game away? Do teams fly back the following day or red eye it back? Either way they aren't practicing on Tuesday and they'll be traveling on Saturday too. Not the end of the world, but it isn't going to help.

I don't think people around here know what "math" is.

The Chefs beat down of the Donkeys really hurts. I'm not liking having to play the Cheatriots in Foxboro on Monday night followed by the Chefs in KC on a short week.

Yup. And until the record's a bit better.

http://www.uni-watch.com/2015/02/01/uniform-histories-of-the-patriots-and-seahawks/ Not sure if they ever wore the red pants with the red jerseys, but they had both. And white helmets with an emblem.

It's called tetrachromacy. Here's the wiki link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrachromacy And here is an article about an artist who is a tetrachromat along with some of her work. http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/this-is-what-its-like-to-have-superhuman-vision--bkEVqgCSbx

Yeah, I don't blame players for using marijuana. Far less addictive than the pain meds typically prescribed to them. I'm surprised that testing for marijuana wasn't negotiated out in the last CBA. The NBA doesn't test for it and that's a less physical game.

Wow.

Said the same thing about the Bills looking like they were wearing Patriots uniforms from the late 70s.

Favorite unit related comments of the night: "This is what it looks like when the elves play at the North Pole." "The Bills should have added a Rudolph nose to the buffalo on the helmet."

The last two wins have doubled the Bills playoff chances from 21% to 42% according to fivethirtyeight's prediction model. They are now right in the thick of it: http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2015-nfl-predictions/ The Bills should get some help this weekend as well. Cleveland might lose out so I'm not counting on them, but Denver, Cincy and the Vikes (w/Bridgewater) should do us some favors.

In the days of b&w tv there was still a light vs. dark contrast. The problem for colorblind fans (including two of my close friends) on this one was that there was little contrast so they looked nearly identical. The problem for the rest of us, of course, was that we could actually see that red-and-green monstrosity. Thank god the Bills held on and made it worthwhile.

Season saving win. The Bills had their backs against the wall and stepped up. Hats off to them.

I don't think that's what CSBill is saying. I think he's saying that wrapping up Glenn now - before Incognito or anyone else - is the smart move simply because he plays LT and that's a position that's likely to get overpaid on the open market. I agree in general although the LT position has come down in importance and value over the past few years while the other OL positions, including OG, have increased. There is one specific issue with the AFCE however. The DTs in this division are brutal so quality interior line play is of premium importance compared to most. The other factor that we don't know is how willing Glenn and Incognito are to extend. I'd suspect Glenn would be more likely to want to test free agency due to the league-wide value of LTs. Incognito is going to be looking for a deal that sees him until retirement and, while he will also want to make as much as possible, he will also have to be realistic. He's not getting a contract in line with his performance because of his past issues and he'll have to accept clauses that protect the team he plays for in the event of suspension. Due to his baggage there is also going to be a lot more uncertainty of what he will fetch on the market. That alone should make him much more willing to get a deal done early. Additionally the Bills have a great need at OG due to lack of other talent there and divisional strength at DT, they're familiar with each other and it is certain Incognito fits the scheme very well. They're a great match and he's probably worth more to the Bills than just about any other team, so why not get it done? So if all else was equal I'd get the LT locked up before the RG. In this case I touch base with Glenn and see where they stand. If he seems eager to do a reasonable deal I get that done. As that's unlikely I let them know that since we are so far apart I'm moving on to Incognito and that I'll be back in touch. It seems like the first part of that has happened so I'd like to see Incognito locked up. The real question is, how much and how long? Probably a 4-5 year deal that is more of a 3 (or maybe 4) year deal in reality. I don't see the $3M-$3.5M range getting it done, but I'm still thinking about how his I'd go. Here is what RGs make: http://overthecap.com/position/right-guard/

Ed's son. Not kidding. He has had some issues in the past few years, but Ed Hochuli is a damn fine referee.

Honestly, Incognito has created problems everywhere he's been. That includes college. The lone exception is Buffalo where he hasn't done it..........yet. So let's look at this without emotion. We have a guy who's currently an excellent OG and either he's going to fall back into his old pattern and screw up again royally or he's learned his lesson (or at least knows he has to lay low while he's employed) and he won't. So what's a good GM to do? The answer is simply to try to sign him to a deal that pays him well if he's a good player on the field and stays out of trouble off of it, but allows the team to cut ties without any major cap implications if he doesn't. If he's adamant about getting a deal that would leave a team exposed, then that's a deal he can try to get elsewhere. My opinion of him when the Bills signed him was that they likely wouldn't have trouble with him. Not that he's a changed man or anything, just that by now he's got to understand that this is his last chance and that he's got to cool it for a few years until he's retired. I wasn't sure if he'd come back to form or not, but he sure has. Good for him. That's Going to earn him some real money. The Bills would be smart to pay it to him, but in a structure that protects them.

I agree with that. The Bills will be seen as an also-ran until they change that perception. Thursday is a chance for a good start toward that.