Simon

0-4 on XP's in a gale.

The Bills need a play with a cool name. I'm thinking a QB Waggle off of a fake Tush Push and we call it the Allen Wrench.

The Stillers reputation as a tough running team is more historical than it is a current reality, imo. The Bills have more rushing yards, a better rushing average, more rushing TD's, more first downs rushing, etc. I also think there is a certain level of wind which all but eliminates the Stillers passing attack, while only only somewhat hampering the Bills. Josh Allen can drive the ball through some winds that Mason Rudolph cannot. If there is a legitimate equalizer to fear, it is having 8" of snow on the field.

It's not mentioned there but there is actually some potential for a serious lake effect event next Sat/Sun as well.

I was going to start a thread on this exact same thing. He was useless in that role. They need a guy who is not too squeamish to grab ahold of those big 'ol hamhocks, and move them like he means it. I want to see handprints on both sides of Allen's asscrack.

He's made a couple plays here and there but he is generally the same limited athlete with questionable instincts who is the weak link in their secondary.

When they made the switch at OC and we all did our what changes we want to see thing, my #2 was to limit option routes by not running any to Davis and only allowing Diggs and Kincaid to make reads and adjustments on the fly. The miscommunications have been going on for at least two years and I cannot count the number of drives that have been killed by them not being on the same page on 3rd down. It's amazing I still have a full head of hair that hasn't been torn out. Gabe had that little shlt bullied halfway through the endzone and you're right that all he has to do is turn around and put his ass into him and it's 6. Sorry about the missed payday; sounds like a nice chunk that could have gone toward a Bills SB ticket.

He was on a dead sprint to his right on the deep INT. The INT in the red zone, he was backpedaling with 4 guys bearing down on him from multiple angles.

So if we assume that Allen did not make the wrong play on that pick. And that Gabe Davis made another mistake on the other pick. And that Torrence made the mistake that caused the fumble. We are down to the only bad mistake Allen really made all night was missing the deep shot to Diggs. And yet there are knuckleheads running around here yelling about how awful he was, how we should trade/bench him, he's his own worst enemy, etc. I swear as soon as I'm not the janitor, I'm going to put 647 people on ignore and only read about 75 posters.

He at least drew a bunch of doubles, kicked some runs out of his gap and forced a couple rushed, inaccurate throws. Von had literally zero impact on that game (unless he was one of the Ends that repeatedly lost his gap on Miami counters early; I guess that would be an impact)

The point I was trying to make with a bit of convoluted, overstretched humor was that for the first time as a Bill, Rapp just played a full game with his head up instead of down, and the results were spectacular.

That is definitely a potentially valid argument. But I think Allen saw the 'backer with Kincaid square in his sights and came off the read because he thought Kincaid would get stuck short of the sticks. After he came off the read, that backer then got caught up in the wash (Shakir driving the slot corner out of the flat, which I'm sure was a total accident;-) which gave the impression that Kincaid was open for the first, when in reality he may not have been. I have a hard time giving the QB grief for coming off an initial read that looked to be a dead end, particularly when that QB is among the best I've ever seen at making chicken salad. There's a better description of it with a pic posted by Einstein earlier in the thread. (Trying this link that might take you directly to the post)

He did, but he did it with his head up, which is the point I was trying to make (albeit poorly). A couple weeks ago he would have been barreling in there with his head down hunting a kill shot and either blindly blasted Benford or separated him from the ball. Last night his head stayed up the whole way in and as result he was able to initiate controlled contact limited to the the WR instead of being a bowling ball scattering pins and body parts all over the place.

I would only add that it took some time for the D-front to get their gap responsibilities and run fits squared away against all the counters and misdirection they don't see that often.

I hate hangovers so much in my 50's that now I either don't drink, or I have it plotted out where I can drink for 3-4 days, which means multiple days in a row of breakfast beers to smack down hangovers and then stopping around dinner on the last day so I sleep through the worst part of the butcher's bill. 👍

I saw you post when you were cracking your first shortly after lunch for a night game and started chuckling....

You could probably borrow it, but I'm guessing he'd want it back.

Absolutely, and by a lot, imo. Not only is it physically grueling, but you can only psyche yourself up to beat the begeesus out of yourself so many times before the burnout becomes real. So we're seeing a lot of games with a lot of checked out players, which waters down the fans viewing experience as well. You think about it and realize they start playing in August and keep going right through January and into February and that is 6 months of football. Trying to maintain that level of intensity and execution for a half a year is not realistic and isn't good for anybody except the guys making money off it.

It says it right in the post: "General consensus is Watt won't play this week vs. the Bills due to grade 2 MCL sprain suffered vs. Baltimore on Saturday." You need a siesta and a shot of joe.......Joe

More inane and time-consuming micro-officiating that reduces tension, kills momentum and is wrecking this league's viewing experience.

This is exactly how I saw it. Thanks for breaking it down with an image so others could recognize what happened.

It was 4th down, there was no throwing it away. He chucked a hail mary at the end zone and it was essentially a punt.

It's the very first item, in the very first post of the thread you just opened but couldn't be bothered to read.

Already got hammered by the symptoms last week. Only bothered testing because my wife started getting sick last night and insisted, otherwise I would have never even known. And I'm a little spooked by the Stiller game. We have some issues with 3-4 fronts and Pittsburgh has taken advantage of that in the past. Their rungame is also finding a bit of a groove which is the only good way for them to limit Josh Allen's touches and with their knack for making ugly games and then stealing them, there's some potential for some discomfort there. If weather becomes a factor it could exacerbate all these issues and there is also some potential for that to be the case as well. Regardless of any of it, we shall continue with style. 🤙

Weird situation for me. Was looking into grabbing a couple good seats and heading up for a playoff game for the first time in ages, but staying here and hanging out with all my Stiller fans and torturing them is too rare an opportunity to pass up. Then 5 minutes ago my wife and I just tested positive for Covid.