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No one anywhere, ever, yelled "ground and pound take CJ Spiller" Even people who actually followed college ball and wanted CJ Spiller understood that "ground and pound" wasn't his game.

Yes. Kincaid played 80% or 55 of the snaps Week 1, when we rushed on 22 of the ~63 offensive snaps. So I guarantee he was in on more than 6 rushing snaps, because Maths. Kincaid played only 60% (42) of the 78 offensive snaps Week 2. This number is lower largely because we were resting some starters for ~12-15% of the snaps. But we rushed 35 times, so I'm pretty sure he was in on more than 6 of those (can't prove it with Math though). The same arithmetic about taking out starters last week. We took out starters for the last ~14-16% of the 68 offensive snaps, so Kincaid's 51% of the snaps (35 snaps) reflect this. Sherfield got 46% of the snaps (31), though, so clearly he was in there about 30% of the time, 20 snaps, when we weren't resting starters. He is a better run blocker than Kincaid at this point, so it makes sense to put him in on run plays. But he also can catch pretty nicely, so it would be worth asking how many of the 20 "starter" plays Sherfield was in on, were pass plays? If they ONLY put Sherfield in on run plays, that would be a big tell.

FWIW, and I didn't watch all-22 or do my own scoring, @Bocephuz has been doing a breakdown of pass protection, and said "1/3 of the pass plays". There were 32 pass attempts plus at least one scramble on busted protection, so that would mean ~11

He's referring to himself as one of "several others invited by the Bills to return and be honored as a "Legend of the Game" Since that's a bit ponderous, he abbreviated it as "several other legends"; really should not be interpreted as self-aggrandizement in this context.

I could be mistaken, but I do believe the Raiders wanted to run on us. Now it could be they can't run on anyone right now, and that's a big problem for them because their offense is built to work around the run game. Against Denver, 29 rush attempts to 20 pass attempts. Against us, even split between run and pass. Against the Stillers, they could taste that come from behind victory so they started to pass more at the end. But the "want to run on" was there.

Right it was like....how can we catch them by surprise? I know, we'll use the receiver they'd least expect to see used on that play...the guy with the least quickness. I mean why not just use Kincaid or Knox?

Nah, not every catch he ever had, but basically, Harty had One Good Year. I thought he legit looked good in that One Good Year, but I had big-ass concerns about that Best Ability, Availability. The Bills training staff said to be very good, wonder if they are keeping him on the field through some injury and that's why he doesn't look as fast.

It's the second hit searching Youtube for Deonte Harty. 2021 highlights. 20 min 22 sec. He legit had a good 2021. But there was always the question was that a fluke, and would he hold up.

What would those personal reasons be? I think you may be confusing Raiders coach Josh McDaniels, who once coached for Denver and got fired for good reason, with Mike McDaniel , who got his first break when he was hired as a Denver Broncos intern back in 2005 under Shanahan, got to see how a Conference contending 13-3 team operates, and successfully parlayed that into offensive assistant jobs ending in being a young head coach. Denver gave him his start, no reason for ill feelings. Now Fangio, the DC....he may have had some receipts. It's a McDermott trademark, I'm afraid, to give up a couple big plays per game on D. Question is can we avoid putting ourselves in a hole, can we answer, and can we balance it out with a few big plays of our own. Agree on the latter. I think he's unintelligible in pressers, but he seems to communicate just fine with his players so who cares.

Speaking of the Pats, who just played the Jetsies....they legit have the personnel to have a top defense. Had one last season. Pats converted almost half their 3rd downs, and Jones only had 5 QB hits and 0 sacks. What's up with that? They just demoralized by the lack of offense?

Oh, true, There are the pass plays which get blown up, or where Josh evades, or where he gets hit. I didn't say almost every play - I said almost every pass play. I give Spencer Brown his propers - he's a mauler in run blocking.

I don't think we should have All-pro caliber guys at every position. But needing to have a TE chip or assign an RB to help almost every pass play, does limit our offense. #facts

Thats...contradictory, isn't it? I'll put it out there...I'm pretty sure @Simon has forgotten more ball than I know, and it's not his habit to participate in the annual whipping boy contest. If he sees Spencer Brown as still a problem and still receiving help in pass pro to the extent that it limits our offense, that's probably what's going down.

Already offered to munch crow over Bernard. Pining for the opportunity to keep munching all season long. Harty is currently #17 in the league for punt yards/return. So we're getting some use out of him as a punt returner. Which puts him one slot behind former Bill Ray ray McCloud ($2M/yr cap hit) and nine slots behind former Bill Isaiah McKenzie ($1.232M cap hit) 😈 'Course, having reliable abilities to track the ball and bring it in when the winds grow tough will be part of the picture.

Don't forget the fumble

I mean, the man had a good game against the Commanders. Can't he get props for that?

All I have to say is, Time will Tell Good test coming this week

What Took Them So Long My guess would be the decent well known respected sports agencies aren't urging their client's case in the media

I'd like to see him put on some muscle, but it took several years for Milano to build up. He looked slow and tentative last season, but now it appears that was just learning our defense and learning the NFL game. The other thing - I was noticing watching some other teams, that a guy who is tackling, is tackling alone. The Bills "flow to the ball" so much, that it usually doesn't matter if Bernard is too light to bring a guy down, he's just slowing him up until Ed Oliver or Milano or Poyer land on him. I still have concerns but so far, Looking Good. I think Christian Kirksey pressing the "eject" button says as much about how players and coaches view him, as anything.

When being a Grammar Nazi isn't enough for a guy.... I think when you start a thread on a football forum about the spelling of a commentator's last name, you look like that thing you mention Could be just me

Well now it must be like we hear in the mic'd up sessions "Good ***** man good *****!"

Educate me. What did Kyle Brandt say about Trevor Lawrence? I think you can make a good argument for SF as the best team right now, though it’s early days. We just finished Week 3 of 18 so we really haven’t had a month yet. Dolphins didn’t exactly “boat race” the Chargers since they won by 2 points.

I can't see what Jones did to Sauce from that. But I can readily believe Mac Jones is a douche and I hope he gets his own nuts ripped off.

Can't disagree with your real point. I'm a bit unsure if that's on Josh, on Dorsey, or on a hellish amalgam of the two.

Lawson is playing like a hungry man who wants dinner. He only got 37% of the snaps last week vs 60% the week before (presumably to help stuff the Raiders run), but he did well with them with 2 QB hits in 20 snaps.