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I guess I’m a moron? I broke my ankle once, backpacking in the White Mountains. It was on an established trail. I viewed it as just one of those freak things, a fraternity brother sustained a similar break stepping off the entranceway to our dorm. Stuff happens, I just stepped off a rock instead of a step. It was just rather more complicated to get me to the hospital. We weren’t in trouble - we had food, and sleeping bags, and tarps and were all tucked in for the night when the rescue squad got to us. Our plan was to try to splint up my ankle in the morning, divvy up my pack, and try to help me hobble out (though it was a ***** steep trail for the next half mile, people whose experience is hiking out west have no idea what NE trails are like). But I was glad to be spared that.

No D snaps. 1 ST snap. I guess Frazier isn't swayed by the input of the TBD experts who feel Jackson is part of a contest for which Bills player sucked worst

Ya know their QB was rocking 59.6% completions, and not all of those were throw aways (Allen was 59.2%) They were

I could always be wrong, but I think Brady and Belicheck got a divorce before Brady moved to Tampa

Ouch

Dane Jackson sucks and should be benched. No, he should be cut! Isaiah McKenzie drops more balls than he catches. Stupid coaches can't tell that Khalil Shakir is a better choice

Wait, Wat? Diggs is injured?

Banged up Bills explains the variety of things "chest injury" could mean Meanwhile, Tre Day isn't back to his all-pro form:

Don't Trust a Mammal Dolphins Signed Justin Zimmer They have all our Calls

Tre Wingo talks over the Bills "ugly" win with Andre Reed Fun fact that came out: That was the 8th straight game where the Jets D did not allow 100 yd rusher OR 100 yd receiver. Jets D is legit. Consistent, and Legit.

I think that 2nd link doesn't include yesterdays game. At least, it shows Diggs and Davis both with 6, which, I'm pretty sure, was the case before Sunday. Pro-football-reference has now updated and shows them both with 7 Point made earlier (sorry don't remember by whom) that # drops doesn't tell a complete story, since (for example) Diggs has more than twice as many targets as Davis. looks as though they just updated it to include Week 14. You Sure About That? This site says "through week 14" https://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/advanced-stats-qb.php Looks like Tampa and GB 1st This site looks like it just updated to include week 14 and calculates drop %, which I think is fair. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2022/advanced.htm Bills seem to be #6, right after....the Dolphins Straight numbers has Bills #3, again tied with Dolphins, Green Bay #1

Shouldn't we wear all white if it's a snowstorm? Make us harder to see? Or are we wanting our WR to stand out so Josh can find them?

Tua got married Got mad the reporters learned Just thought that was weird

Don't tell me let me guess - they're describing this as "wide open" and "a ball he should have caught"? Despite this happening?

Couple of Baldy's Breakdowns

Be nice if "Lord_of_Jord" gave the source for his stats Enquiring minds wish to know: is it also a problem for the Miami Dolphins (tied with the Bills at 23) and the KC Chiefs (1 fewer drop, 22)? In his postgame presser, McDermott was asked about that play call and said "we had a good play call there and liked it, just got to execute a little bit better right there". He seemed very matter of fact and not like he was covering something up, so he does not appear to agree with you.

OK, I'll add in a bit more detail here and say on the all-22 plays I've watched, our receivers actually did win eventually and come open. In fact on one play I watched 2 out of 3 came open. But you're absolutely correct, by the time that happened, the OL had broken down and Josh had to take a checkdown to Cook. I'm rolling off the top of my head here, but IIRC at the point where the WR came open on their relatively deep routes, 3.3 or 3.4 seconds had elapsed and Josh needed to throw at 2.5 or 2.6 seconds. It's the problem I see with Dorsey's "deep routes or checkdowns" play designs.

I don't wanna rain on your parade, here, but Mike White completed 28 of 47 passes and the 19 that didn't wind up in the WR hands were not all throw-aways. Do you really think the difference between 28/47 (59.6%) and 16/27 (59.2%) is where you want to run up your flag for "show(ing) him how it's done"?

I agree that McKenzie should be focused on improving and stepping up, but if it's a contest and clearly for "fun", I don't think goofing around with fans for an hour or two on his evening off indicates lack of focus or interferes with that. But again, it has to be managed carefully to avoid being a bad look, like excuse making.

I'll put this a step further. You can usually tell something about how teams view guys by looking at their contracts. Crowder signed a 1 yr contract for $2M: $1.12M salary, $795k signing plus workout bonus. McKenzie signed a 2 yr contract with guarantees only this season, $1.35M salary, $700k signing plus workout - it's really a 1 yr contract with the team's option to hang onto him for a second season if they wish. They really signed for about the same $$. That says to me that the team did not view either Crowder or McKenzie as the starter going into camp; the team wanted them to compete and either platoon them, or "best man win".

I agree with you, but I'll wait and see how it comes across. In the past at Mister's Isaiah has kept it pretty real and sometimes hands-on, from salsa-dancing to demonstrating with his hands why catching a hard thrown ball is painful on the thumbs after a while. He may not make it a personal spat. If it is, I do agree with you it's not a good look. If McKenzie comes across as making excuses for what McDermott regards as "a need to be better with fundamentals" on the offense (not calling out McK specifically), he's gonna find himself in the dog house.

I hate to say it and there are reasons behind it, but yeah - especially in the first half, the OL had a huge impact on the game. I'll cross reference this here. There was a declined penalty on the 2ndary, but basically all of our 5 accepted penalties were on the OL, and a couple of additional penalties were declined because the result of the play was bad enough that the loss of down was more significant. That's 5 penalties for 35 yds, and put us consistently in x "and long", mostly in the first half.

Correct. Dawkins was flagged 1x for false start and 3x for offensive holding yesterday (once was 3D and declined). 3 of them were in the 1st half. No penalties in the 4Q. That's 3 of the Bills 5 accepted penalties right there. The other two were on Mitch Morse or Josh Allen (ineligible downfield) and Rodger Saffold (false start). There were a couple of other declined penalties on the OL - offensive holding on Saffold was one. I don't know what 'regressing' means to you, but there's not a mystery as to what was going on. Dawkins is playing on a high ankle sprain, and isn't as mobile as he normally is - against what's quite possibly the best DL in the league, certainly one of the best 3 or 4. He's not doing it because he loves to play on a high ankle sprain, he's doing it because he and the coaches believe he's a better option to protect Josh than Quessenberry, also playing on an injured ankle. I don't think that's regressing, I think that's playing hurt.

Oh, wow, OK. So since the bye week, with this Jets game being an exception, the Bills have had 6 straight games above the league average 120 rush yds per game. Prior to the bye, we were just under the league average with 118 per game; after the bye, average of 148 (including yesterday's below-average rushing). Allen averaged 7.8 rush attempts per game prior to the bye, and 7.4 after the bye, so the improvement is not Josh running more. That usually means improved OL play. I think it's a point that Josh has been taking more sacks (1.7 before the bye, 2.7 afterwards). I'm not sure that's entirely on the OL - someone has stats on the time Josh holds the ball, and I think he's been doubting himself over pulling the trigger trying to avoid interceptions, and maybe not trusting that the ball will go exactly where he wants if he doesn't have time to set and throw, instead of feeling confident he can sling it on the run. Bottom line, with a big exception of last game with Quessenberry in at LT and this game with Dawkins gimping into the locker room pre game and playing on a high ankle, I'm not sure the OL is really playing worse and where they are, I'm not sure it's "regressing" and not playing hurt.