Old Coot

I wish him well. Look on the bright side: he's not going to the Jets.

This is the correct way to say "I am a Berliner." Ich bin ein Berliner" = I am a jelly doughnut.

I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your defense. You have my deepest sympathy.

For the less tecnically inclined hack my dad watched the game with the sound off but the radio on and tuned to the Bills' game. The radio announcer's play by play is more informative. He has to be -- he's painting a picture in the listener's mind with words.. Try it; you'll like it.

I remember when free agency first came in in the 1990s. It was said to be the end of dynasties and, to some extent, I think it was. The pats were an outlier. They hit the trifecta as other have mentioned. To some extent so have the Chiefs but we'll see once Kelce retires. For all of Mahomes' greatness (and he is a great QB) Kelce distorts defenses making Mahomes' reads easier. On the other hand, the Chiefs aren't 9-0 on the strength of their offense. The last two years their D has been equal to the challenge. It will be interesting to see how TThe Chiefs' O performs against us.

Free agency changed all that. Before FA players were tethered to teams for their playing life (unless traded) so year after year animosities could develop / deepen. Now the guy opposite you may change from year to year plus it doesn't to piss off people you might be playing with in the future.

Agreed. As to why the Bills did not go after him, it may have been because he had back surgery while in college.

Not defending the guy, but he's battling turf toe. That's an injury that significantly affects a player's ability to cut.

Slim Pickens at WR this week. https://tenor.com/view/no-im-not-trump-weird-horse-dr-strangelove-1964comedy-peter-sellers-gif-14713516

Merriman could well be the highest paid Bills player ever. He got $1 million for 15 minutes work.

I think Poyer was trying to knock the ball out of the receiver's hands but got there late. He wasn't a dirty player here so it's unlikely he became one when he moved on to Miami.

Wish we'd had bass in Superbowl XXV.

Elam is a man cover CB. That's what he played in college. McD's use a lot of zone and even pattern recognition so one side of the D may morph to fit the patterms being run. It's possible that Elam has trouble with the more complex coverages.

I think in the Seattle game he was caught from behind twice. That's why I made my original post.

He will. Life is fleeting and not everyone is blessed with a long span of years. Ride on, Big John!