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Good memory.

Literally no part of his body touches the ball...

He has such awareness of game situations too. One example is on the deep pass to Diggs where Allen gets hit hard and is laying on the ground. The second the ball hits Diggs hands, Josh is yelling at the entire offense "go! go! go! go!" and starts sprinting down the field to avoid a delay of game or even a potential challenge of the catch.

I dont think its possible to love Josh Allen more than I do right now.

Thoughts on this stat?

This is true. Edmunds athletic and physical ability is undeniable. I mentioned it below (from the Ravens game). Not many LB's have the speed and length to cross the field and catch up to an elite runner like Lamar Jackson. Edmunds does. The question becomes - does that size and speed and wingspan make up for his lack of between the tackles run-stopping ability and other imperfect qualities?

Just learned about that stat. Thanks for teaching me something.

I guess I thought that when you said “his tackles generally were near the line of scrimmage” you meant at the line of scrimmage, but maybe you meant that 5 yards or so is near the line of scrimmage. We can agree to disagree on that. Its more accurate, in my opinion, to say he got lucky. He did not even touch the ball. He wasn’t looking at the ball. The ball hit the receivers shoulder pads and bounced off. In my opinion he gets credit for being in position to make a play, but he didn’t actually make the play. He never touched the ball. He never even saw the ball. .

I'll have to watch the game again. From recollection, it seemed like most of his tackles were 5+ yards downfield. Should a player get credit for a PBU when they never turned around and the ball ricochet off the receivers shoulder pads?

Surprised by the naysayers of this move. You are going to love this kid. Great move.

LOVE. THIS. MOVE. Hines is one of the most athletic players in the league and was severely underutilized in Indianapolis. He can make guys miss in a phone booth (to quote Rex Ryan when talking about McCoy) and he can pass catch as good as any RB. He is going to quickly become a fan favorite. Great move Beane. PS, grab him in your fantasy football league if he is available - Allen and Hines are going to shine together.

Exactly.

Just took a gander at the Chiefs forum. They're convinced that the Packers defense found out how to stop Allen & Co and they’re going to copy it in the playoffs

I get this point, but I have a hard time thinking McD and Frazier were actually content with letting them rip off 5 to 10 yard runs every play. I assume they’d rather let the offense have the 7 minute drives than the defense.

That was incredibly impressive. Von Miller is an absolute force out there. Discussion over I suppose.

Thanks for the reminder. I actually had forgotten about the amount of missed tackles and yards after contact. That’s huge.

Has anyone watched the game again yet? Curious to hear what you noticed on second watch (or even first watch) about the defense. Perhaps i’m a bit spoiled but we are not used to seeing this elite defense give up over 200 yards rushing and over 6 yards per play this season. Green Bay also won Time of Possession by 7 minutes. Did Green Bay exploit a weakness in our defense or was it something else? This year, we typically stop the run even in nickel. Go Bills! .

Possibly his worst game as a Bill. He was putrid.

I know the narrative from some posters is that the Bills gameplan all along was to allow the run. But I highly doubt it. I highly doubt McD and Frazier wanted to see the Packers rip off 5 to 10 yards per rush. It also makes no sense since the Packers have little to no passing game right now. Rodgers looked like he could barely complete a pass the last few weeks. So we decided to let them run instead? Makes no sense. This is the “narrative” I was talking about. No, the Bills plan was not to allow GB to stay on the field for 7 minute drives. i’m sure they would much rather have our offense doing the seven minute drives.

Maybe, because I have that “Monday after a loss” feeling today. Other forums are talking about how we are exposed and not as good as analysts have said. Couldn’t score more than 3 points in the second half against a bad GB team. Blah blah blah.

Incomplete. But super close!

I don’t think i’ll ever be able to understand the mindset of a fan that doesn’t care about how the team played, just the end result. How a team plays can be a predictor of future games. The result can not.

This is what they’ll do.

Ugliest half of the season. Hope it’s just the bye week rust.