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Bills Patriots 12/17/2000 35 degrees, rainy, and high winds. Once that rain soaks through your layers you're done. The wind made it unbearable. Vinateri missed a 27 yard FG at the end of regulation. Christie missed a 30 yard FG in OT. We left after that missed kick and the stadium must've been about 10% full by then.

Elam was in classic DPI positioning for the 2nd call (didn't even attempt to turn his head and was between the WR and the throw). However, it was a terrible throw and I don't think their was enough contact by Elam on the WR to say that Elam materially restricted the WR chance to catch the ball. The WR jumps as he's moving towards the back of the endzone and his own momentum is taking him away from the ball. Elam barely contacts him. If the WR had stopped and jumped towards the ball (into Elam) then it's 100% a DPI.

Stefon Diggs was doing moderately well in HOU before he was injured Ray Ray McCloud is having a career year in ATL

The odds are gonna shift a little, but it's still overwhelming for Josh to win it. Too bad that arm punt counts as an INT. The drops by Shakir and Cooper hurt too.

Sure there are some non-starters on there, but trying to downplay the extent of their injuries is crazy. Hutchinson had 7.5 sacks in 5 games. If he was the only Lion on IR it would still be a significant loss. McNeill and Davenport are other significant losses on their D-Line. Anzalone, Barnes, Rodriguez, and Reeves-Maybin are 4 of their top 5 LBs. Cominsky, Melifonwu, and Davis were starters or valuable depth. Decimated is the only way to describe that defense.

Looks pretty decimated to me Lions injuries 2024: Defensive players on injured reserve *Indicates expected to be out for season. *DE Aidan Hutchinson (broken leg). *DT Alim McNeill (knee, ACL). *DT Kyle Peko (pectoral). *DE Marcus Davenport (triceps). DE John Cominsky (knee, MCL). DT Mekhi Wingo (knee). *DE Nate Lynn (shoulder). *DT David Bada (Achilles). LB Alex Anzalone (broken arm). *LB Derrick Barnes (knee, PCL and MCL). LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin (shoulder). *LB Malcolm Rodriguez (knee, ACL). CB Carlton Davis (fractured jaw). CB Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (hamstring). *CB Khalil Dorsey (ankle). S Ifeatu Melifonwu (broken finger).

It's funny, all the way back in week 2 we had that ridiculous Bears vs Texans game. The Kickers in that game combined to go 5/5 on 50+ yard kicks. I think league wide there had only been 1 missed kick of 50+ through the first 2 weeks. Kickers really fell off a cliff after that. I feel like there's been more blocked kicks than normal too, but I have no stats to back that up

I think the top 4 are in their own tier and pretty interchangeable. Bills, Lions, Eagles, and Chiefs. Obviously we're the only team with victories over the Chiefs and Lions, but we do have the most losses. Now, if someone were to rank us outside the top 4 I'd have some fighting words for them. But I won't be upset at being ranked #4

Dan Quinn is up there too. Turning around a terrible franchise in year 1, with a rookie QB, and making the playoffs (not clinched yet I guess, but looking good). The award is all about which team exceeds preseason expectations the most. It's why McD and Reid will likely never win it in BUF or KC. When you have a top 3 QB the expectation is to be one of the best teams in the league

Missed a 27 yarder against the Steelers in the playoffs

I couldn't find the record for most total TDs in a calendar month. For passing TDs only the record is Tom Brady with 20 in October 2007 in 5 games played. Peyton Manning had 19 passing TDs in November 2004 in only 4 games played.

To go on a bit of a tangent.... why didn't we use our timeouts prior to the 2 minute warning on the Rams last TD drive? Had we used our 3 timeouts on the 3 plays after the 4th down conversion we get the ball back with ~3:30 left and still have the 2 minute warning stoppage

We hired someone to advise McD on coaches challenges, and we still suck at those. I don't think a clock specialist would be useful. A Head Coach has a LOT going on between plays, are they supposed to delay the entire process waiting to hear from the clock specialist if they should use a timeout or not? Is the clock specialist going to chime in and say whether or not we can run the ball? No passes unless it's guaranteed the receiver can get out of bounds? Logistically I just don't see the value there.

I know when you're down by 14 in the 4th Q and you score a TD the math says to go for 2. If you convert the 2 pt you can now win the game with a stop and another TD with a PAT. If you don't convert you can still tie the game with another TD and 2 pt conversion. That math doesn't really work out when you're down by 17. Requiring multiple 2 pt conversions in a row to gain an advantage is not a sound strategy. If we're talking aggressive coaching tactics, why didn't we go for it on 4th and 2 from our 41 with 1 minute left in the 1st half?

I don't think anyone has mentioned him by name yet, but AJE was laughably bad. He gave up multiple TDs where he was unblocked and bit on action while the Rams ran straight by him.

Is it more likely that we recover an onside kick? Or that our DEF, with how they had played that game, force a 3 and out (or turnover)? Personally I'll take the 3% chance at an onside kick.

Refs had such a ridiculous standard for DPI in this game. Multiple garbage calls against the Bills. Then they pick up the DPI flag on the deep ball to Cooper where the DB had a fistful of jersey for 5+ yards. The late DPI on Rams in the endzone was garbage as well.

Full disclosure: I wanted McD fired after the 13 seconds game. I really don't think the timeout today was a problem. Under no circumstances should we have been kicking the ball off deep with <1 minute to play and rely on our DEF to force a 3 and out. The DEF that allowed 38 points and forced 1 punt the entire game. I'll take my chances with the on-side kick and using the timeout immediately gives the offense more time if we did miraculously recover the kick.

Aren't we all football nerds? We spend our spare time posting on a message board 😂 And yes, I do bring up that OJ was the only 2k rushing season in a 14 game season. Barkley deserves an asterisk if he squeaks by Dickerson's record with the extra 17th game this season.

Could've been Jeudy too. 9 catches for 235 yards and a TD

Hate it. There's a reason no other team in the NFL signed Hyde this season. Why is this org so obsessed with bringing back old, washed-up former Bills players after they've been sitting on their couch for most of the season? Didn't work when we brought Cole Beasley back. Didn't work when we brought John Brown back. Didn't work when we brought AJ Klein back. Those guys had no business being on the field in playoff games and were an active detriment to the team. I still have PTSD from watching Klein try to cover Kelce.

Yea, this deserves an asterisk. McD's streak has come with the 17 game regular season, and 2 of the 11+ win seasons he's reached the 11th win in the extra game (2021 and 2023)

Always tough to judge how much is the roster (QB) and how much is coaching. Personally I think Allen has significantly more to do with our success than McD. My opinion of McD hasn't changed this year, I still think he's a slightly above average coach in the top 15-10 range. Winning a SB is really the only way to change that. 13 seconds was a fire-able offense. So was not making a SB with Josh Allen on a rookie contract.

I've seen the 'late slide' comment thrown around (including from the HOU coach) but I really don't see it. Lawrence was short of the 1st down line and ~4 yards from the defender when he started the slide. It might've been difficult for Al-Shaair to avoid all contact, but he made the choice to launch forearm first at Trevor's head. 3 game suspension is well deserved IMO

Not sure that head first slides would help. If QB slides head first and defender launches head first at him could have catastrophic neck/head injuries. For this particular hit I have to agree it's a really dirty hit. The defender is almost 5 yards away from T-law when he starts his slide. He could've easily avoided the diving fore-arm shiver to the head.