Old Coot

Josh screwed the pooch in the second half. If you saw his end of game interview he knows it. That's refreshing so maybe he'll learn from it. He shotputted some of his throws rather than lazering the ball in there.

Ralph originally wanted a franchise in Miami to be called the Seahawks but the stadium (the Orange Bowl I think) was tied up to U Miami. A Bufflo sports writer suggested Buffalo and the rest is history. The Detroit Lions won the NFL title in 1957 and were Ralph's favorite team so the Bills colors for the first season or so were the Lions' colors: Honolulu Blue and Silver. Buffal had a team in the ols All American Football League from 1946-49. The first year the team was called the Bisons, the traditional name for Buffalo sports teams. Ther team then ran a contest and "Bills" emerged the winner (after Buffalo Bill). The AAFL folded after the 1949 season and the NFL took in some of the AAFL teams (including the Cleveland Browns). Buffalo's application to join the NFL was not accepted.

According to NFL Rule 10 Article 1 Item 1: "Item 1. Contact with Receiver. It is interference if a player of the kicking team contacts the receiver, or causes a passive player of either team to contact the receiver, before or simultaneous to the receiver touching the ball." Presumably when the Charger in front of the kick returner attempts to block, he's no longer a passive player. Hence he can be pushed into the kick returner in a fair catch situation and not be called for interference.

Man, These teams are so evenly matched. It's a shame that only one can be in teh Super Bowl

Why should Belichick say one way or the other. Uncertainty keeps his opponents guessing.

Classic Dead:

Don't cut off your leg to get tickets. You'll need it to get to the game. Sell a kidney instead -- you've got two. Save the other one for Bill's SB tickets.

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He took a wicked lick in the Dolphins game. The LB blind-sided him with a helmet to helmet hit. I'm surprised the refs did not call a penalty.

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Boy, you had a soft coach. In my day for a bell rung you rubbed some dirt on it & got back in the game -- broken bone, have some smelling salts & get back in. Head torn off -- tape it back on and get back in.

Could be the weather in Miami. That weather is said to have contributed to our first Super Bowl loss against the Giants (Wide Right). WE had to slow the pace of our no huddle offense to avoid exhausting the players.

The offense played "stall" ball; that is, short passes, because Miami was blitzing and Josh was playing behind a make-shift OL for most of the game. He mostly did not have time to wait for deep passing routes to develop. The offensive game play was good but as a result of other factors (mosyly the beastly hot & humid weather) the offense could not get it done.

You have to catch, control, two feet AND a move common to the game. He didn't have the last bit. This is the rule for non-TD catches. Does it apply to TD catches? If so how are those toe drag TD catches with the receiver making the catch while leaning out of bounds ruled catches. There is a catch, control and two feet in but where's the "move common to the game?"

This was a one off game. One cannot draw sound conclusions about the team given all the injuries and heat-related effects.

Simmer down there, young man.

We guys are lucky you dont live in Warsaw. At the Warsaw Sportspalast no matter where you sit you're behind a Pole.

Soon they'll be renaming it HOA -- Hall of Adequate

I agree heartily and applaud this decision. The announcers said that Josh had taken 683 hits in his career. Can that be correct? In a 4 years career that's 171 hits per year or about 10 a game.

Cover 1's film analysis is excellent. The RB here executes what is known as a "look-out" block, as in yelling to the QB "look out!!"

"Brownies" is an old term referring to elf-like creatures who lived in tree trunks. When I was a boy my mother game me a book on Brownies. It was full of illustrations of these elves in elaborate tree trunk houses. It's adoption as a mascot by the then Browns owner followed. The Browns, BTW, were named after their original coach HOFer Paul Brown.

The Rams got some good licks on Josh. I'll bet he's feeling it today. Over the season those hits add up and can shorten a player's career. I hope the reason for running Josh so much was to give opponent's defensive coordinators nightmares. Hopefully we dial Josh's running back ober the season.

Lat night Von was wearing a black triangle on the back of his head. What's up with that?

Three crucial mistakes make this game close so far: Davis' non-catch leading to an interception; Cook's fumble looks to have been self-caused; Bass' KO out of bounds.