BrettFavre

Enjoy your weather posts, not a shot at you. It feels like WNY is losing its generational winter coping abilities since we don't get consistent snow anymore. And now a funny thing is happening where people think every storm is going to be a 5 footer. We used to get a foot or two all the time. Carpool if you don't have a snow vehicle, drive slow, don't spin your tires, pack some supplies and a shovel in case. It's not the end of the world. There will likely be 8-12 inches of fluffy lake effect snow in the stadium. Brush it off, trudge through it, toss a snowball at your buddy, bask in the glory of weather that only happens in a handful of places in the world.

Yep, Sherfield. Diggs should. Latavius is from Syracuse. Ty is from Cumberland, MD so basically West Virginia. Harty is from Baltimore. Gilliam is from Columbus. In coverage, Rasul is from NJ, Benford is Baltimore, Dane and Damarr are from Pittsburgh, Hyde is Ohio, Cam is Detroit. Pretty decent collection of cold weather skill guys.

Shady grew up playing snow football with Shane Gillis in Central PA. Lifelong experience with that kind of footing makes a huge difference. I love our southern boys, but there's nothing like a cold weather kid.

I imagine NYS and EC will have every piece of equipment available on hand to make sure roads in and around OP remain passable and a driving ban isn't necessary. It may be an issue of visibility however and not road condition. If there wasn't a driving ban during the 2 feet that fell from 12pm-5pm during that 2016 Colts game, not sure there will be one this time.

That's the minimum based on everything else out there. (Also that's for city of Buffalo I believe.)

We have the ultimate backyard football QB, impossible to drag down in the snow for the puny neighborhood kids. Josh was created in a lab for games like this, 100 yards rushing incoming. If our defense commits to rallying to the ball and wrap tackling, this should be a thorough win.

This is local warming... The second warmest December on record has the lake at 43° and primed for mid-January lake effect.

Football is an outdoor sport. Adaptability to conditions is a skill and a quality to be rewarded just as any other. Bring on the weather, it's fun and it's who we are. The Colts snow game six years ago is still one of the most incredible days of my life.

Elam can't tackle. If it indeed snows like it's forecasted to right now, we'll be playing the heaviest personnel we got to match Pittsburgh's jumbo sets.

??? This has the potential to be like the Colts snow game from 6 years ago. Aka not at all a normal game, little to no passing possible.

Not sure a CB who can't tackle who hasn't played in three months would be of any use in a game where the Steelers are going to run the ball 50 times...

Buffalo 14 Pittsburgh 0

I don't think Ty is a step down from Hines at all. He ran a 4.45 40 out of Maryland and can catch and all just fine. Plus he packs significantly more punch inside than Hines. Ty is the biggest injury story to me. He had the juice whenever he gets the ball for us and with this shaping up to be a snow game, we need a versatile RB2 to share the load.

2nd and 1 is the best down and distance in football. 3rd and 1 is also fantastic. If you're willing to sneak on 4th, you can attack and kill teams on the previous downs. Smart fans have been cheering 9 yard gains for years now.

Let's talk Josh Push. Miami put up the best resistance yet. They fully packed the middle and surged ferociously (Wilkins finally had a good game against us). But it's nearly unstoppable and I love that they're willing to do it twice in a row now and on our side of the field. It could win the Super Bowl if they continue to hone it. The jump version worked once late and then got stuffed on the crucial 4th. I don't love that version except to dunk on the goal line. I like the slight delay off guard version. Hear me out...we should supercharge the push with even heavier personnel (before they ban it this off-season). Look at the replay of the failed one - of the three guys in the backfield, Shakir and Lenny do nothing and Gilliam only gets a brief push (Wilkins blew this one up almost singlehandedly.) Put Ed, DaQuan, and David Edwards back there to push instead. 300 lbs more and I'd guess 4x the leg power. Everyone knows it's coming, so disguise doesn't matter. It would never be stopped. Be shameless with it. (Full disclosure: I'm a rugby player and have been stumping for stuff like the push forever. I also wanted us to train Marshawn to take QB sneak snaps, unstoppable.)

Leonard Floyd would like a word with you...the grass is always greener.

Agreed, but you don't think Josh could/should have put a little more air under it and "straightened it out" so whichever way Gabe turned he could have run under it? I still can't believe we missed that play, it's the only play I really care about from the game.

Ok and the got off the plane late? Missed numerous chances to run up the score in the first half, only got to 17 because the D gave it right back with a fumble recovery. The defense in the first half was the best phase of our game, no question. Dominated an elite unit. Second half was 2/5 scores, no idea where you're getting 5/7. MISSED FG TOUCHDOWN INTERCEPTION PUNT TOUCHDOWN

Maybe not an entire half, just the most important moments of the game.

The defense got a stop to get the ball back for our TD after the offense ***** the bed two straight possessions in the 4th. Teams always get a field goal try after a TD in scenarios like that. The fact that he made it was insane. I didn't like us wasting so much time on our TD drive because of the inevitability that we'd get the ball back, tied, like we did with only 20 left. People are acting like this was a shootout that went back and forth scoring every possession. The defense did more than enough to win in the first half and at points in the second. They were never going to shut down Hurts for an entire game. The offense leaving 20 points on the board was the killer.

None of what you wrote exists if Josh and Gabe hit the game-winning pass.

It was absolutely a scrambly setup still. Last play of the game FGs are almost always preceded by timeouts, so it's rare for them to have to run out and kick it in the 35 seconds of a play clock. Not a true "mayday," but the time McD gave them to settle and focus was unfathomably foolish.

I guess? The defense also forced a punt to give us the ball before our TD drive, after our offense went 4 and out and an interception the two drives before that. Games like that are won by offenses making winning plays. Defenses don't have much say in the end. Josh and Gabe missed their winning shot, simple as that.

They stepped up big the entire first half, dominating an elite offense on the road. The offense (Cook, Bass) ***** the bed and failed to build the lead that the defense deserved. So much focus on the end of the game reeks of recency bias and is unserious.

That game was playoff if not Super Bowl quality. We went punch for punch with a great team amidst one of the worst officiated games I can remember. One of the most extreme differences in potential post-game feeling I can remember. We win? 7-5 into the bye week after mostly dominating a Super Bowl favorite on the road and in great shape to make the playoffs. We're a win in KC away from maybe being the Super Bowl favorite ourselves, Josh being the MVP. We looked every bit of it to me yesterday. But we lost, so now we're almost surely out of the playoffs and having conversations about cleaning house, firing everyone, the window is closed. It's a cruel sport.