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Rams were desperate. Stafford injured (again).

KC did make some bonehead moves but by and large I thought Denver played well. Divisional games are so tough.

He really is. He's not the talent he was in Seattle but the dude is playing solid and smart. The defense is playing better as well of late Buffalo, however hasn't lost at home (London isn't "home") and this should be a game that they can pull off.

You kind of prove my point here, Bubba. Every play is second guessed from the Podcast OCs. It's always "If". Look at the other post I quoted here as well. He reads the play to Davis. He's not open when he's looking so he progresses his reads. If he stays locked onto Davis now the narrative is "Allen is staring down his receivers". Literally the only thing Allen did wrong here was not complete the pass. All22 is a fun watch but seeing plays broken down at slower speed and not from the QBs POV is often times (not always) ridiculous.

Let's flip the page. Onto the Broncos. They started out historically bad this year. But of course they are figuring things out. Denver will be coming off a bye week after beating the Kansas City Chiefs in their last outing.

This is one thing I hate about the "Twitter OCs" that do game review. If the play doesn't work he's criticized either way. So, he should have bypassed single coverage deep in this situation to hit the small ball play. If he tosses it to Gabe here the review would like have been "yeah he picked up 7, but he had Harty single coverage deep and if he hits it, that's 6. Gotta take a chance when it's there. Bad Josh." Good read. Bad pass.

Pretty much this...

It's possible. It's also becoming an issue that Allen and Davis aren't on the same page. The "intentional grounding" call is an example. There have been a few plays this year that Davis hasn't gone where Allen expected him to on the option routes. He's not seeing the play the same as Allen and makes him a risk.

I have 2 teenagers. A boy and a girl. The boy is no exaggerating a genius. The girl is closer to typical for the age. He doesn't crack a book at night. Doesn't study. Still gets almost straight As. She is up in her room every night just killing it. Studies 4-6 hours a night. Takes on extra assignments. She is a B student. Guess which effort I am prouder of? Point being, imagine with all his physical gifts and one of a kind ability if Allen put in the work of a Burrow. Imagine if Allen applied himself like that what we would see. Imagine the results bon the field. That's the frustrating part for me. He's great...but he could be so much more.

I think it's got something to do with it. Think the foot issue is kind of put him in no man's land. It's not bad enough to miss time but not healed enough to let him get off the line fast. He's still doing well against the run game to my eye.

They decided that Ken Dorsey won the Halloween costume contest for his Dwight Schrute costume. It was supposed to be a Dahmer costume but Ken couldn't pull it off.

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I'm wondering if the one that the board went nuts on was the tripping that they hit Kincaid with that he came up limping from. I know the board had a lot to say about that one...but don't remember anything about Hendrickson. Hard to keep up with all the dirty plays the Bengals try.

I blame Tremaine Edmunds. He has been a ghost all year.

Follow up: "Sean, what other styles of offense did you want to move to?" "Inept. Um. Complimentary. Look, we saw some of the Bengals defense get upset after our first TD so we helped them be the best version of themselves. We embrace growth mindset for all. Sure, there's some plays I'd love to have back but I have confidence in Ken. " *Clap clap clap*

If they win tonight, they are still closer to the division lead than the Bills, period.

Maybe you haven't seen the Jets win/loss record, the fact they currently have a head to head win over us or OUR offense. Oh look, maybe I did have a few crayons after all.

I don't think Harty has the speed that we thought he had. They said he looked fast inTC, but in retrospect that could have been him running against Hyde or Poyer. Shakir seems to play quicker on the field.

As it sits right this second the Jets are in second place in the AFCE and the Bills are in 3rd. If you need to have it explained to you why you should root for the Chargers tonight I don't have the time or crayons to explain it to you.

And Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.

Contrary to popular belief, the Bills could really open a lot of Salary next year. Yes, they are deep in the red right now for next year. But I expect to see several cap casualties in the off season no matter how this year plays out. Nyheim Hines would save about 5M. Morse is possibly in his last year here. That 8M-ish. I believe Rasul Douglas will get re-signed if he shows well and that may lower his cap. Then you have the "usual moves". Restructure Allen for 25M-ish. And there are others. And just mentioning (NOT ADVOCATING FOR THE MOVE) a post June 1st trade of Stefon Diggs leaves nearly 9M in dead cap...but also clears 19M in space and the expected FA WR class looks stacked at the moment. I think we need a nice re-tool. Lots of directions for Beane to go.

I am so tired of hearing the narrative..."But in 2021....".

This is the 4th time in 9 weeks people are told to "get a grip". We have already lost more games this year than last year and STILL have road games against both Super Bowl participants from last year (who are still winning a lot this year) and against Miami who, despite not beating a team with a winning record is leading the division. Oh as it sits right now...we are behind the Jets as well. Whatever grip there is is slipping FAST.

This. This right here. Here's what's been driving me crazy. We have a defensive minded HC, right? He makes darn good money because he was proficient at running a defense. But it seems like his defense can't work unless it's filled with Pro Bowl or All Pro level talent. In our game against the Patriots...they were missing Judon and Uche. Still got really nice pressure all game. Why? They schemed around it. It happens every week. Look at the Bengals. Sorry, but they have NO WHERE near the talent on defense that the Bills do. They are still stopping teams. Why? Scheme and gameplan. I get it, we lost 3 VERY good players on defense. But a talented defensive mind should have the ability to make up for that. Instead we had to use what little cap space we had to replace White and Jones because McDermott can't figure out how to adapt his defense to what he has in hand. Who knows, perhaps maybe if he could have figured out how to get Elam on the field we wouldn't have had to make the move for a CB and could have spent that money (and draft capital) on a WR or another weapon to help an offense that can't seem to function.

There are a lot of things that factor into being an elite QB. One of which (and maybe the most important) is the COMMITMENT to being elite. I panned people last off season for making too much of Josh's schedule after the season ended. Be it making 100 commercials, vacations, celebrity golf tournaments, public appearances with the celebrity new girlfriend...we sure saw a LOT of Josh. You know what I don't remember seeing? The yearly photos and videos of him working with Jordan Palmer. Any workouts being hosted by our QB with the receivers. You know, football stuff. I'm starting to feel there's something to all that. Flip the script, and look at Burrow. Never left town after the Bengals playoff loss. Didn't go on vacation, as a matter of fact was in the facility the next day. Worked all off season. Doesn't spend his time in front of cameras selling Pepsi. And as a young QB, already in one Super Bowl and baby faced looks...you KNOW companies would kill to have him as a spokesperson. Now I don't begrudge Allen for any of his choices. It's his life, you only get one and you should do what you want. But don't be shocked when those that put in the work supersede you. They earned it.