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Need to get up by two scores and start unleashing these linebackers on the other Allen.

Gonna be a tough conversion

I never said anything about the story being undoubtedly true.

Hmmmm.... How prescient of Sullivan.

Right. The way I see it, there are other outlets to rectify this situation outside of physical intimidation. Access to what Fairburn saw is a privilege that can be revoked at any time afaik. If the Bills didn't like how/what was reported, take away his press credentials and/or inform him of where you draw the lines (assuming it's completely within their power to do so).

In reference to the state of investigative journalism: "One of the problems with having so much out there, so much Netflix, so many sports sites, is that something has to suffer. And I think people are just ignoring the government and news around them." In reference to right-wing conspiracy theorists that are becoming more prevalent: "People are getting their information from all these places and some of it is just sinister forces putting it out there... and they believe it!" In reference to limitation to access of diverse opinion from journalists: "McDermott got in his [Matt Fairburn's] face and said 'aren't you on the team?!'... He [McDermott] should know better than that, shouldn't he?" In reference to the above altercation: "No one wants to make it about me [the reporter]. If you make it about the media, there's an element of people out there who are gonna jump all over you and go, 'you're the problem!'." I stopped listening after that because I don't care for hockey.

Who ends up making this decision? Does anyone know?

Von Miller will destroy Ford at times during Sunday's game, and people will be grabbing their pitchforks without realizing that he makes most tackles look like fools. Overreactions aside, it's still something that concerns me considering what we've seen from Ford so far. I do think he will get better but he's not there yet imo.

He can't throw a laser 50+ yards but he still has some gas left in that arm. I see another year at the very least.

McTimeout

Excellent.

Agreed. For what it’s worth he does it a lot more in the first half. At least he’s smart enough to realize that. Seemed to work out this time though. Props I guess.

McD does this defensive timeout thing once a game it feels like.

Atta boy Ed.

Best way to dislodge a hand is with a swift kick in the balls. Always does the trick. Just knocks it right outta those helmets.

As I said in the other thread, DeCastro was definitely a fat kid growing up because that's classic fat kid stuff right there.

It wasn't a late hit. Garrett never got flagged for one and never would have. First person to do something wrong and escalate was Rudolph. I'm not excusing Garrett's use of the helmet at all. He deserves to be out the rest of the year at minimum. But that doesn't excuse Rudolph at all imo.

I have a feeling anything else will be fine related and that this press release was specifically for the players worthy of a suspension in the league's eyes. I was referring to a suspension not a fine, but maybe more suspensions are forthcoming. I think Rudolph deserves a 1 gamer.

I hope Garrett can walk the straight and narrow and prove he belongs in the league at his reinstatement hearings. I'm a little surprised Rudolph got nothing. He was being an ass the whole time. For example if that was Josh getting sacked, that fight at the end never breaks out imo.

Not gonna read through 20 pages, but my initial reaction after watching in slow motion was that Rudolph got salty that Garrett tried to take him down at the end of the game and so he tried going after Garrett's helmet. Garrett didn't like that and proceeded to dominate Rudolph in response. But Garrett took it too far when he used the helmet as a weapon on a helmetless person's head. O-linemen were just doing what they were supposed to but imo DeCastro did the smart thing by just laying on Garrett until he cools off (he must have been a fat kid all his life because that's a bread and butter move for fat kids). Pouncey also took it too far with the kicks and punches, but not to the extent that Garrett did. It sucks because I can see based on the chain of events why Garrett got so heated, and I know how he felt in that moment, but he still went too far. And clearly everyone involved on the field had some serious adrenaline pumping. It was hilarious to see Rudolph so upset, because in a 1 on 1 Garrett would kill him with his bare hands. Feisty little guy.

Dunno if this was said yet, but a rule of thumb when being blitzed is "pass towards the blitz, run away from the blitz". Two extra rushers came from Allen's right, one extra came from Allen's left. According to that rule of thumb in this situation, throwing to the right is usually better (since more potential coverage defenders have left that area to blitz the QB). Could be that Allen went with that rule of thumb, but that rule of thumb doesn't account for completely blown coverages on the other side of the field aka Beasley being open.

What a loss...

Damn

Not feeling it.

Very gutsy final drive by the Browns.