Doc Brown

Interesting piece from the Athletic on the Steelers anticipating that call...... Tomlin and his staff noticed the Bills ran several fullback dives during the preseason and figured a complement would be for them to pitch the ball outside to a speed back. They practiced that scenario, and it came to fruition at the most critical of times. “That is something that we anticipated,” Tomlin said. “They got in that formation a bunch, four or five times in the preseason. We figured the next phase of it would be to fake it to the fullback and flip that ball out to them. We talked about it, but you can’t take anything away from Cam Sutton for making that play.” “They put some fullback on tape early in the year, and recognizing the play, trying to get the speed guy out in space,” Sutton said.

Steelers defense just bullied us. Great game plan and execution on their part.

This is going to be a fun week.

Wow on Moss. Injury or healthy scratch?

Looks that way. I'd expect a lot of run blitzes early.

I can't sleep so here's some good news.

I haven't yet but it will be nice to finally be carded again at my age.

Fair enough with abortion as a lot of people have deeply held beliefs about it but both parties have found a way to weaponize it for political gain despite the obvious hypocrisy from both sides. As far as kneeling, the most powerful GOP politician during the whole debate said at a rally that an NFL player who kneels (a personal choice) should be fired. You personally may not agree with Trump in that respect but it definitely got a cheer. I've always viewed the "right to work" laws used by Republicans under the guise of freedom of choice as a clever way to weaken the protections that unions provide in order to keep wages low. Even if only 10% opt out it's a win. Less union money coming in undoubtedly weakens the bargaining positions of workers. Thus, it hurts the workers by suppressing their wages and protections. I guess this really isn't the right place for these debates so I'll shut up now.

Sal was wrong too. Bills dressed 47 with 7 o-lineman in last season's finale against Fins. Can a team save money activating 47 instead of 48?

Why not just cap it out at 47 with 8 o-lineman then? It makes no sense. I'm pretty sure you can dress 47 even if you only dress 7 o-linemen.

I thought you could dress 46 or 47 even if there was only 7 active o-lineman. 48 if you had 8 active o-lineman. Not positive though.

Excellent post and fascinating. Beats my story of me waiting for my instant oatmeal to cook in the faculty lounge when the second plane hit.

Oh please. That's such an overreaction. Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker, and Larry Tripplett say hi. I wish Dareus was a free agent signing so I could justify taking a shot at him in this thread. We were a top 5 defense in terms of yards allowed his first two seasons here despite an underwhelming offense.

What's the deal with Emmanuel Sanders?

Mac took his job because he allowed him the opportunity. Not getting vaccinated gave Mac five days to win the job.

I think star players have always gotten special treatment on a subconscious level by the refs. If they do call that you'd have people equally upset saying that Jerry has the refs on his payroll.

I don't trust Kittle's health. I expect at least one of those three to miss multiple weeks with an injury.

I don't buy it. It's a marketing ploy designed for NE and Bears fans to buy more jerseys.

Show me where I said it can't quickly change? Find another straw man.

So I didn't change your mind?

If they were allowed to challenge it would've it been overturned?

I won't change your mind but in general refs tend to bite their whistles late in games especially when it comes to pass interference calls.

They lost by two.

Dak throws for plus 400 and the Cowboys lose. Brady game winning drive with a blown ref call. Same as it ever was.