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The argument could be made that all running backs are replacement level in today’s NFL.

Absolutely brutal. Almost kind of seriously considered turning it off after the Epenesa roughing call.

If only we had Andy Reid running our O instead of Joe Brady don't forget the HOF Tight End and 1st team All-Pro Center and LG

Dropping a TD pass in a clutch moment? (sorry, just trying to laugh through the pain)

Yeah, but like, if Bishop hadn't gotten burned then Nico Collins wound't have pulled a hammy, and then the game definitely wouldn't have been close. It was a 4D chess-move by Bishop.

Is this secretly a Tyrell Shavers thread?

I feel like Josh bails early when he doesn't trust what he is seeing from the defense. I've kind of started to think it doesn't really have anything to do with pressure. When he doesn't recognize what the defense is doing, he bails, because it's easier for him to improvise from outside of the pocket. And sometimes — as in the Ravens and Texans games — this creates pressure when there may not have been if he had hung in the pocket. I don't think it's better or worse this year. I think he's always been like this.

You're thinking of Robert Salve, not Robert Salah.

Wait, you guys got trophies? I haven't received mine yet. Is there a number I should call about that?

Yeah, they're called my Fantasy Football teams... and they have made me a lottttt of money over the years

They had a whole spring and summer to adjust how they wanted to use CS1. Oh, for sure. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to absolve anyone here. The whole situation is a failure. Also, I don't think Curtis Samuel has done enough to warrant a cool nickname like CS1.

It might be important to remember that Diggs was still on the roster when Samuel was signed. I don't think they were planning on trading Diggs when they signed Samuel. And then, they had to trade Diggs, or at least felt like they had to. And now Samuel isn't being setup for success at all because, ya know, it's a WR room full of slot guys.

Ugh. I hate football season.

The Bills were blown out by Derrick Henry and the Titans in 2020 and Jonathan Taylor and the Colts in 2021. But we mostly just remember that those teams were incredibly close to the Super Bowl. So, I'll be keeping my guts inside my body for the time being.

It felt like Josh never really had a solid command of what the Ravens were doing defensively — something that became increasingly problematic as the deficit increased. And I think because Josh wasn't able to fully predict what the defense was doing, he wasn't always able to get the protection aligned how it needed to be. The Ravens delayed blitzes really caused problems. I know Torrence has had his struggles but I remember one play where he had a DT driving to his left and then a blitzing linebacker shooting the gap that had opened up to his right. Not a really a winnable situation for Torrence. I also feel like Josh has a tendency to bail early when he doesn't quite know what he's seeing, because he knows if he can get outside the pocket he has a chance to create through improv. It often works, but sometimes it also creates more pressure than if he would have just stayed in the pocket. And I think the latter was the case throughout much of the 2nd half of the Ravens game.

Mack Hollins seems to do so much in the passing game that doesn’t involve getting the ball. He seems to excel at rub routes that help everyone else get open. Is Mack Hollins the most important WR on the roster? Maybe? What a time to be alive.

I've really liked what I've seen out of him this year. The Ravens offense will challenge our LBs more than any team so far. So, if he balls out this weekend, I'm ready to anoint him the future.

Oh wait, this is just my inner monologue before every Bills game.

"It's fine. It's fine. It's just football. It's fine. Whatever. It's just a stupid game. It doesn't even matter. It's fine."

I don't even think this is Worthy of conversation anymore.

In Sauce's Gardner's defense, it is nearly impossible to intercept a pass while simultaneously using both hands to hold onto the WR.

I worked at Old Dominion University when Taylor Heinicke played there. He really helped that program gain some momentum while it was still in it's early years. His career has been really interesting to follow. He's kind of like a worse Ryan Fitzpatrick, but he plays with a ton of heart.

FWIW, my wife consistently wears sweatshirts and long pants in the house, even when the air is set to 75 degrees or higher. If I put it lower, she puts on a winter jacket. She is literally cold all the time. I don't understand it. Maybe McDaniel is also just cold all the time? Low iron? I don't know. This thread is funny.

As opposed to Daboll, who looked like the kind of guy to eat the entire tray of deviled eggs at a party before anyone else got to taste them. This is a good reply. Deviled eggs are so good, can you blame him? This is also a good reply.

Honestly, I don't see Brady or Babich as poached eggs kind of guys. Brady looks like he prefers a classic scramble while Babich looks more like the raw egg in a glass type.