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This makes it even more puzzling as to why the Bills would make him a first round draft pick. I admit that I'm a McDermott homie but I'll bet Beane would not have drafted him in the 1st without strong McD support.

A hell of a running back but a deeply flawed human being. He's number 8 on the list of most rushing yards in a season but all the guys above him did it in 16 games. He ran for 2003 yards in 14 games. For comparison, Eric Dickerson holds the rushing title at 2105 yards in 16 games. That's an average of about 130 yards per game. Very good but OJ's average was 143 yards per game. And he did it on a mediocre team when the D knew they'd hand the ball to him. Props to his O line -- the Electric Company -- because they would turn on the Juice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Company_(football)

The guy does well in straight man coverage but he screws up in zone and when he has to make adjustments. Maybe he'll eventually learn but at this point he'd only have value to a team that plays straight man as a base D. This is the NFL so I doubt there are any teams that do that. He wasn't a first round pick. What mystifies me is why his shortcomings weren't apparent from film or scouting. Any thoughts?

In other news the Washington Redskins announced today that they are changing their name to the Washington Commanders.

and it must be in the 4th quarter and tried by the trailing team.

But it's only greed when the other guy does it.

I just love the concept of void years. Haven't we all had a few years of our lives that we wished we could void?

Rasul listed as a "salary conversion." What does that mean?

Cap casualties. Bills looking to get down under the cap.

Bills to cut Deonte Hardy per NBC Sports

How are opponents selected for each team (outside of its division)? Is it random or is there a method for calculation a team's opponents?

Well said!

Let's try a counterfactual: (that means I know this trade would never happen but let's assume that it's on offer) Mahomes for Allen trade, straight up one for one. You are the Bills' GM, do you do the trade? Why or why not?

There is only one solution for this -- fire McDermott!!

Wilks had KC's number in the first half: KC scored zero points. Maybe the firing is related to the fact that Wilks' called D on the last play did not account for KC's Corndog / Tom & Jerry play. KC had shown thta play earlier in the game & the 49ers defensed it well.

The thing that makes the back and forth motion effective is that the motion man is ofren "hidden" behind the bunch or in the case of Shakir he's hidden behind Josh when he makes his turn so the man cover loses Shakir in the crowd. That and the bunch receivers are in a position to get in the way of the man or zone cover man.

Interesting. The NFL is indeed a copycat league.

Interesting analysis of the play in which KC scored its winning TD. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/anatomy-of-a-play-how-the-chiefs-won-super-bowl-lviii-with-tom-and-jerry/ar-BB1iampP The play originally was called "Corndog" and later "Tom & Jerry" KC scored 2 TDs in a previous Super Bowl win and the winning TD on Sunday with the play concept. If you look at the links to the three plays in the above link here's what you see: The WR who eventually gets the ball starts from the outside of a bunch. Here moves laterally to ward the center of the formation for about three steps and then does a quick 180 degree turn and moves laterally in the opposite direction to until he gets to the bunch at which point the ball is hiked. Kelsey (who is in the bunch) takes his man inside or up into the end zone. The man in motion runs to the flat and is wide open. An excellent example of Reid scheming a guy open. This is an interesting concept and one that the Bills should incorporate in their Red Zone offense.

No

Trade Josh for a bag of donuts. Not the jelly kind -- he's not Mahomes

Paint It, Black:

Love Hurts:

I don't know. Football is a quintessential team sport, unlike baseball or basketball. The QBs success is heavily dependent on his OL and skill players and the D, scheme, coaching and execution by other players. This is why Dan Marino, one of the purest passing QBs I ever saw. He had Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, two first class WRs to throw to. He reached the Super Bowl in his second year only to lose to the 49ers. He never returned to the Super Bowl. Think about that: Dan Marino has zero Super Bowl rings. And Marino is only one example. Some others: Jim Kelly, Warren Moon, Dan Fouts, Daryl Lamonica.

That's a good point. Kelce is a beast to cover. He has that technique where he uses the covering player's technique against him: He takes a step or two in the direction of the D's technique getting the D to turn his hips and then does a quick 180 degree turn to get open. He's very quick for a man of his size. Against the 9ers he reminded me of Beasley running his whip route.