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I dunno where the Burrows lack of respect comes from, but it should be noted that while he's not a major contributor to the Bengals running game, he's far from a statue. He has 5 rushing TDs this year He mostly runs to extend plays, but just when the D mistakes him for a guy who takes the LOS for the Berlin wall, he will scamper across it for a first down. I can't quickly turn up the data on 1Ds, but his 5 runs vs. KC in the AFCCG last year contributed to their win and his willingness to run contributed to their W against KC this year as well. The Bills have to contain him on 3D if they can't get him down.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/lesean-mccoy-bills-fans-playoffs If anyone wants to revisit. It's really touching.

Are they trying to bring in Rodgers? 'Cuz if that works, then maybe Otherwise, poor Mike White and whoever else sits in their QB room.

He went hard, including in 2017 when we had very little around him. He did everything he possibly could to play on an injured ankle in the playoffs and give us our best chance. Yeah, he initially pouted when he was traded, but I can't blame him for that. You have to understand that in Philly from his 2nd year on, he WAS the franchise. The offense was designed and built around his skill set, not the skill set of the QB. In a very real way that was "his team" So being traded totally blindsided him. He didn't see it coming, and Philly apparently didn't talk to him at all about it before it went down (which I think most decent teams at least try to do, especially for their big stars - it wasn't a shock to Alex Smith to get slung out the door to Washington, he knew it was coming). And of course, for a grown-ass man who's a millionaire and can control every other aspect of his life, to have no say over where he works, has got to be harsh to deal with. You can say it's a known aspect of the business which makes them their money, but the reality is still hard to take. But he regrouped and recovered, went hard, by all accounts was a great teammate, and never said a harsh word about Buffalo in the press.

Thanks. The principle seems very straightforward. Here's what I don't get from that explanation: is it something that you (or they) could give me a database and a formula and I could calculate for myself, just based on down and distance and so forth? Or is it a "Frankenstat" like DVOA where the previous record of the specific opponent we're facing, our previous record etc etc all play into it or worse yet, "total QBR" where it's calculated with so many lines of code no one can explain exactly what goes into it or what it means?

Poyer's not just a good teammate, he's a DAWG. Epitomizes the "Gladiator Mindset" and we got a little peek at what he goes through to get on the field in that "Jordan Poyer Contrast Treatment" card you could see above Damar. About Hyde, though, you'd need to know when he told McCoy that. It could have been just before his practice window opened. Unless it was recent, I wouldn't get excited over it; Hyde has been open all along that it's not up to him, but rather up to the doctors.

Can you explain EPA in detail, please? How has it fared as a predictive model in the last, oh, 3-5 championships? Has the team whose QB had the highest EPA won?

You've done a very workmanlike job of laying out your arguments In the end, though, I don't buy it. I think we've mostly gotten away with a negative turnover differential against not-very-good teams like the Rams and Bears, or incomplete teams like the Dolphins we just faced. Against a playoff team like the Vikings, it bit us in the ass to turn the ball over 4x vs 2 takeaways. Against a top-tier D like the Jets, we couldn't generate enough points to overcome it. I think it's something we need to address, particularly when we're in our own territory and a strip-sack can mean 6 points in a couple of plays.

Am I misremembering, or does it seem there was some kind of scuffle at the end. Was that why? As far as we know. Wouldn't bet on that not having happened during one or another sack/tackle

I hadn't thought about it, but it's a significant point that the Bills don't have anyone near to the size and speed of Tee Higgins on their practice squad, so yeah, that's an immediate need that Gentry can't fill. You may be onto something as far as Higgins. But the other guy is a DT so. The other thing about Patmon is that in principle, he could be a faster Isaiah Hodgins type we could develop. He spent his rookie year on IR, so this past season was his first practices.

Of course it was intentional

Josh has not lacked viable options to check down On the Beasley INT: He had Diggs open on the opposite side of the field, only about 3-4 yds beyond the LOS but with enough room to gain at least 5-6 yds and quite likely more (being Diggs) if Josh had thrown it promptly. (I put up a screen shot of this elsewhere). It was 2nd and 10. On the John Brown deep shot on 1st and 10, Josh had Morris over the middle wide open. The passing lane may be tricky, though I think Morris comes into one in a few steps. But Josh has made up his mind. There's another receiver going out as well (you can see his feet) not sure who that is or whether he was open. Edit: here's a 2nd clip as the play is developing, you can see Singletary has slipped out to serve as a checkdown option and Morris is moving into a passing lane. Edit 2: and here's an all-22-ish view of the play. It was actually a fairly cool play design making use of the diverse skill sets on the Bills receivers. The Bills showed a max-protect/heavy look with 22 personnel (John Brown as the only receiver, Gilliam, Morris, and Knox). Then they sent Gilliam and Knox out on 'intermediate' routes while Brown scooted deep, and Morris ran the shallow crosser as a checkdown option. You can't quite see it yet but Singletary leaks out as a checkdown option as well. The bottom line is Josh had all kinds of options.

Dunno. Think it's true we do less trickery dickery We had that Knox under center play vs. the Jets in December, that saw CJ Mosely doing his "I believe I can fly!" routine

It's still defined as a penalty in the rule book

He was on the roster when Crowder broke his leg. Hodgins was signed immediately to the 53 man roster and played in 2 games for us, stayed on the roster for a month vs. Pittsburgh, he had 4 receptions on 6 targets for 45 yds. It was after we had to open a roster spot and chose to cut him (a month later) that the Giants poached him off waivers.

I have no opinion on whether or what he was vaping I think McDaniel is a sneaky good coach, and the players are generally going hard for him. I know no evil of him; regarding Tua, he may well have been trusting his doctors and his INC I can't shake my unsubstantiated impression that he's an untrustworthy weasel of a guy Plus this. Take a guy who improves the QB's confidence and gets him functioning better (first step towards a better W record), and who says follow me I'll make you winners - players will for sure take that as they find it.

Kk, we saw things differently. All good

Oh - we released a defender and a WR, and signed 2 WR? For a while, I thought maybe we signed a REAL "big body" WR Broughton was on the Bills practice squad earlier https://buffalonews.com/sports/bills/bills-add-defensive-tackle-broughton-wide-receiver-patmon-to-practice-squad/article_90476666-9699-11ed-958a-0370b067623a.html Cortez Broughton draft profile. 2019 7th round pick of the Chargers. Spent a couple years with the Chargers, waived in 2021. Signed to the Chiefs practice squad in 2021. Waived by them after he failed a physical at the start of training camp, signed to their PS in Sept, cut in Oct. We brought him in to our PS Dec 6th then cut him Jan 14th. Slow down, Beane, I can't Keep Up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortez_Broughton Sounds like he's seen as having potential, but is fighting some kind of injury or lifestyle problem. Dezmon Patton draft profile. 4.48 40-time, 6'4" with a 36" vertical and 10 1/4" hands. 2020 6th round pick of the Colts, spent 2020 on IR, bounced between PS and roster. Interesting to me that we're moving on from Tanner Gentry at this point. I guess if we need to bring up a 2nd PS WR, Beane and Dorsey have decided it won't be Gentry. I've often wondered if he had a role as a trusted confidant/steadying influence on Josh, and maybe at this point Beasley is filling that role.

I don't know that I agree with that. He showed a talent (IMO) for using his body to box out defenders and make contested catches. On the other hand, I'm not sure how much scope for that we have in our offense, and I don't think he was particularly good at gaining a clean release off the line.

Their feet did not make contact. Andrews was pushed from behind You can see the Bengals player and Andrews feet are not entangled, he reaches out and gives him a shove. Then he raises his arms like "what, lil ol me, I didn't shove him in the back" OK, you want to read the actual rule book. Here ya go; which part of the rule book do you believe makes this not a foul? https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2022-nfl-rulebook/#article-3.-illegal-block-by-offensive-player

That was a penalty. The refs were keeping their laundry in their pockets a lot.

Well, he coulda been a big body guy for us. He's 6'4" But basically, I think Josh Allen's eyes scan the field and mentally remove anyone who is short of the sticks from pass reception consideration so not sure it matters. Now the 10,000 question we released Tanner Gentry from practice squad today Do the Giants sign him?

It was reported in error then, because he was on the active roster and claimed when he was cut and went through waivers. The difference is, when you're waived and claimed thru waivers, you have no choice - the team with the highest priorty that puts in a claim is your new team. When you're on the practice squad and a team offers to sign you, you can say "Yes" or you can say "No" https://www.buffalobills.com/team/transactions/2022 look at Nov 1 https://www.giants.com/team/transactions/2022 look at Nov 2 https://www.giants.com/news/isaiah-hodgins-claimed-waivers-buffalo-bills-oregon-state-beavers-brian-daboll

I hate to say it, but this must makes me SMH all the more at the PFF grading. Not that the defense wasn't very effective, it was But sorry, you throw 2 picks and fumble twice, that is NOT great offense.