DapperCam

Every drive is college football OT rules.

All touchbacks putting the ball at the 35 is insane. It’s almost the same as the penalty for kicking out of bounds now! You only need 25 yards to be in FG range for a good kicker.

I don’t like the tush push, and I don’t really like those downfield scrums where the RB is pinned between defenders and olinemen pushing downfield. It would be easy to enforce too. No player on the offensive team can push the ball carrier forward. Not much of a judgement call.

I meant the "we won't trade him after we pay his bonus" is BS.

These guys are full of it. This is a fake self-imposed deadline that was leaked to light a fire under interested teams. SF will absolutely trade him after the bonus is paid if the deal is right.

I was going to be okay with Benford playing out his final year and seeing where he stands then (and possibly franchising him at that point). But this is a good enough price, that I'm cool with it.

Part of it as a player is locking in generational wealth as soon as possible. These guys know they are one play away from their career being over. If Beane comes along and offers you $32m guaranteed (what Shakir got), it is hard to say "I'll play out the last year on my contact and hit UFA." Because that $32m could become $0. A team like the Bengals could learn a thing or two, extend your guys early.

Lawyer Milloy, Drew Bledsoe, …?

Couldn't disagree with this more strongly. The game is 60 minutes long and doesn't just consist of any single drive. The Bills offense scored 29 points at Arrowhead. The last time a team scored 29 points against the Chiefs at Arrowhead was Oct 10, 2022 (So essentially 3+ seasons of games including playoffs). So this was the best offensive performance in similar circumstances in over 3 seasons worth of home games. How about the defense does literally anything against an offense that could barely get going all season?

Our defense wasn't built to stop anybody. But our offense was really good with a great offensive line. I bet a Bills - Eagles SB would have been a one score game, unlike the cathartic beatdown we witnessed.

I still feel the same way as the day after it happened. Proud of our offense for putting up the most points against the Chiefs of any team for the past 2 seasons.* Disappointed in our defense for allowing the most points to the Chiefs of any team all year.* It was a resounding success on offense and a total failure on defense. Simple as that. * Not counting week 17 vs Broncos where they played all backups. Eagles scored more in the Super Bowl, but it hadn’t happened yet.

Hamlin literally looks like he's running in mud. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

We’ll see if Cole Bishop starts. I hope he does, but the combo of Rapp/Hamlin was slow as molasses. Cam Lewis isn’t a starter. Elam wasn’t a starter. Benford ran a 4.53 which is slow for a boundary CB. Taron Johnson ran a 4.5 which is slow for a boundary CB (which is why he’s in the slot). If we can have Bishop at SS, Forrest at FS, and we can find a CB2 with wheels then we’ll have some decent speed in the secondary.

Ability isn’t determined by draft round, but speed usually is. The fastest guys with ability get taken high (they don’t all work out). We have one of the slowest secondaries around.

I think Dane Jackson was that veteran CB.