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This is the 3rd time Josh has been named AFC OPOTW. It's the 14th time in 108 regular season weeks (12.97%) that he's been so honored. Significantly it came on the same weekend that Lamar Jackson threw for more TDs (5) than incompletions (4) and finished and posted a QB rating of 154.6. This marks the seventh time in his NFL career that Jackson has thrown more TDs than incompletions in a game... breaking a tie with Peyton Manning and Drew Brees. Incidentally Jackson has won OPOTW 13 times in 100 games. Not that I disagree with the decision but it makes me wonder how/who determines the league's weekly awards.

Wadya mean?

The first response is "how is this Tweet intended to be taken?" What does it mean? Is he possibly referencing yesterday's hiring of Michael Vick? Is there an actual basis for the belief that he's trying to force his way out of Miami? Not to mention a guy who has a talent for getting into trouble off the field... The Dolphins didn't beat us this year...

No, actually he's lost a step.

This is the one area where Jim Kelly was better than Josh. Kelly threw a beautiful deep ball. It's almost the last frontier for Josh... the last thing he hasn't yet mastered.

"Chiefs fear sitting Mahomes, Keemo Sabe..."

Well... you've really taken the sails out of our wind... Your words are impassioned but there's something missing from your delivery... just not convincing for some reason...

Then suddenly without warning, Trent Murphy walks in...

Agree. As I've said a few times now Kaiir won't ever be a physical player but I think the change in his body is pretty obvious. He looks a lot thicker and stronger. Another thing I'm blue in the face over is that I think they need to scheme him into press man isolations within a zone scheme. Ya think St. Brown's numbers would have been worse had we simply manned Elam on him? How about Nacua? Let him travel with the receiver... let him do what he does best. How incredibly great is it that we can complete only 9 passes to our wide receivers and still score 48 points AND not hear some dumbass acting out because he didn't see the ball thrown his way? Everybody eats... the running backs had 8 receptions and the tight ends had 6. There's zero question in my mind that Amari Cooper will make huge and timely contributions during our Super Bowl march. In the meantime I'm not worried about his usage and it doesn't appear he's worried either.

Hey eball. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/david-montgomery-injury-update-lions-rb-suffers-season-ending-mcl-tear-in-loss-to-bills/#:~:text=Running back David Montgomery suffered,issue in the second quarter. Makes me feel a bit sorry for the Lions. What a rotten run of injury luck.

I'd be willing to bet that the Bosa Brothers have missed a higher percentage of their games than have the Watts. It varies by team and stadium but home field advantage has statistically diminished over the years due to factors such as ticket prices/secondary resale and silent snap counts. Oddsmakers are usually assigning 1.5 to 2 points for home field.

Welcome aboard! The Bills will break the consecutive record but not the total record. They'll break the latter next season when they're defending their Super Bowl title. As to who they beat in the Super Bowl, I think Detroit's injuries (now David Montgomery is out for the season) have derailed them. Philly does look tough but Minny and Green Bay are coming on and the Rams are a dark horse. Regardless of the opponent I'd like to see substantial defensive improvement by the Bills in the upcoming weeks.

Good question. Firstly it might be a moot point. There's no assurance yet that Hamlin and Rapp will play in week 16. Also Kareem Jackson looked solid to my eye so he's now in play for snaps though it's interesting and encouraging that Bishop got the start. Bishop went from zero snaps in the previous 4 weeks to 47 snaps (59%) against the Lions. Assuming cooperative game scripts, I'd love to see Bishop get 10-15 snaps per game instead of zero. I feel the Bills are generally too cautious with young players, especially on defense. The more Bishop, Elam, and Solomon play, the better they'll get and the more game-ready they'll be in case of further injuries. I don't like seeing young, talented players nailed to the bench, week after week. To me that exhibits a caution verging on fear. I don't like fearful coaching. JMO.

Re-visting this topic: Many/most NFL observers consider the Lions O-line the best in the league. Their run game was averaging 141 yards per game heading into the Bills game. The Bills held the Lions to 35 yards rushing on 13 carries (2.7 ypc). Also Ed Oliver answered his critics. "According to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, Oliver generated a season-high 10 pressures on 42 pass rushes against the Lions, the most pressures in a game by a defensive tackle this season. A majority of his pressures (7 of 10) came against Lions left guard Graham Glasgow." It seems (and some here predicted accurately) that the Bills were determined to atone for the embarrassment against the Rams. It was pretty obvious that they played with more intensity. The other difference was the snap breakdowns (79 total defensive snaps): While Rousseau, Epenesa, and Von had about their usual number and percentage of snaps, DaWuane Smoot played 29 snaps (37%) after not being able to play vs the Rams. He made a big difference. I'd be happy if he started ahead of Epenesa. Casey Toohill didn't play. Javon Solomon had 8 snaps (10%) after getting zero in the previous 4 games. The biggest difference in the DT rotation was that while Ed Oliver and Daquan Jones had about their usual number and percentage of snaps, Jordan Phillips was #3 in the rotation with 20 snaps (25%), after not playing against the Rams. DeWayne Carter (17) and Austin Johnson's (14) snaps were down a bit and Quinton Jefferson didn't play at all after playing 19 snaps (25%) against the Rams. Another oddity was at LB where Dorian Williams played 20 snaps (25%) but it was Baylon Spector at 18 snaps (23%) who came in when Milano went down. In the backfield, Benford, Elam, and Cam Lewis all played 100% of snaps but Taron played 71 snaps (90%). I didn't notice it during the game but there must have been some plays where Taron came out and the Bills had Dorian in with Milano and Bernard. It's really hard to evaluate the Bills D. They did a great job of shutting down an excellent rushing attack and also put decent pressure on Goff. On the other hand they were porous against the pass and gave up 42 points so there's tons more room for improvement. Also there's so many moving parts among the LBs and DBs that it's a bit unclear what the defense will look like after players return to health and the injury auditions end. I'm still in favor of more snaps for Elam, Bishop, and Solomon. Between the injuries and the softer schedule, this is the perfect scenario to give them game experience. Snaps now are an investment in their training which could very well payoff if/when they're forced into action. I love that all 3 have high ceilings. This defense still needs to improve and the clearest path to improvement is playing those with more talent and upside. They can only gain trust and become more assignment sound by playing, so I say let them play. It'll be really interesting watching the snap counts over the final 3 weeks.

Because: 1) It even says "Regular Season" (it doesn't) 2) Everyone knows the regular season is more important than the playoffs.

Mack Hollins pushing the pile... love having big, physical wide receivers. Separation is important but a bit overrated too. Yes, David Edwards hands were clearly inside the shoulders and the defender didn't even make an attempt at disengaging. Extremely poor officiating call.

I don't do X so I'll not be monitoring or commenting on this but I'll be curious to know if the Ravens' social media team has taken the post down.

Or minimally distract the receiver. It seems like most here would love to see Bishop get some work in place of Hamlin, but not necessarily for Rapp. I was happy with Elam's play. He'll never be a physical player IMO but you can tell he's bigger and stronger than he was as a rookie. With the final 3 games against New England (twice) and the Jets, the margin for error is large enough that both should get more reps, IMO. Kareem Jackson had 32 snaps and I was pleased with what I saw. It's easy to see why the Bills wanted his experience and physicality available in a pinch.

I called him yesterday to extend words of encouragement but he didn't pickup... I left a voicemail. What does height have to do with anything? There are plenty of NFL kickers that are my height (5'9") and are very accurate.

And QB stats are extremely inflated today to the point where lots of mediocre QBs have better lifetime stats than many Hall of Fame QBs... In adding to the conversations, FWIW there are 92 first ballot HOFers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, and OJ Simpson were all inducted in their first year of eligibility.

He did but Brown has been playing at a league honors level and brings a nastiness that has become the offense's identity. Losing Brown would be a really big loss. He also makes ample use of "week to week." "Getting better" is wishful thinking on our part because all he really means is "getting healthier."

You haven't read through the topic? Even just the last page?

And even fewer were born when OJ played (1969-77) and it shows. Personally I have OJ ahead of Bruce.

With the constant name confusion, Joe Brady has to just get it over with and change his name to Joe Hines-Brady. Joe Brady will be judged on the entire body of his work, not by 1 or 2 possessions. Yes, but older than Tremaine.

The went beyond just having him clean the latrine... https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-49ers-to-suspend-devondre-campbell-for-final-three-games-of-the-season His refusal to enter the game will cost him about $235K.