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Belichick AND Brady - it truly is mind boggling to me. And what is known is most definitely just the very tip of the iceberg - when it all comes down it will truly be one of the happiest days of my sports-fan life.

That's fine. BTW, I'm not a Duke zealot - more a question of the impact of reserving a spot for an offensive player vs ST player. I guess some would wish Yeldon also in that scenario. I wish in the next CBA they would expand the game day roster. Allowing more players to be active could reward teams with more roster depth

Fine - so then there are no fair catches - then cover 5 punts instead of 4. I'm not minimizing the importance of special teams - I'm questioning the importance of a single gunner, if the rest of the ST unit is "good" and coached "well". They should be able to cover kicks without catastrophic effects if a single gunner is replaced by another gunner (who is still able to perform the function of a gunner - likely without a catastrophic drop-off). Or like I said - if the special teams unit is not capable of covering kicks if the esteemed Robert Foster is not the gunner (silly of course), then kick it OOB. How did the ST unit survive for games Foster was hurt/inactive? It's honestly not a good thing if we are saying the Bills ST is so dependent on a single player (who will not be going to the Pro Bowl as ST specialist)

Dang RIP. Crazy he died from cancer - after living through degenerative heart disease for years and getting successful heart transplant a few years ago https://www.si.com/nfl/2016/11/24/sam-wyche-nfl-coach-heart-transplant-thanksgiving

I get it, but I still think the whole value of a single gunner is overblown tbh. How many tackles during the course of a game does Foster or Perry really make. If you kick kickoffs out of the EZ (should be possible in Houston), that leaves only having to cover punts. Say that's an average of 5 punts - and likely some number of those are fair caught. For the sake of argument - say there are 4 punt returns. If everyone stays in their lanes and the ST as a unit is well coached its likely someone, even if not a single gunner, can make a tackle within a reasonable area. Does putting someone on the game day roster for 4 plays because they are a gunner involved in a handful of plays - with the likelihood that the the ST unit should be able to not allow a big run back if everyone does their job - ie. not dependent on just one gunner - really outweigh having someone available to make an impact on a much higher number of offensive plays. Factor in that if the player you are substituting for the gunner will be involved in many more plays on offense with potential for positive impact, which theoretically could result in less punts, lowering even more the requirement on the gunner to affect the game. You could also limit the number punt returns by kicking OOB if you were so worried about not having a player as a single gunner on the field.

Yes this. Same with Watt. Just being in the lineup may give their team some initial mental boost - but being able to play at a sustained high level throughout the course of the game when you've had a prolonged serious injury is another matter

Wonder if Duke has ever tried to be a gunner. If thats really whats keeping him off the game day roster seems to me it would be worth his whike to dedicate some of his time to mastering running down the field on ST. Would think he would acrually be able to do some damage in that role anyway

I feel the biggest positive Watt may give them is more kind of energy/mindset boost vs actual plays on the field. He can't be close to 100%, and it's debatable whether he'll even have the stamina to play most of the game. On one of the shows this week I think it was MJD who said he would just run right at him from the start and just beat him down, knowing he's not even close to "football shape"

This seems like as good a place as any to include an excellent article that just came out on the Athletic by one of the Browns writers "Browns should look to Buffalo for answers after latest house cleaning" http://Browns should look to Buffalo for answers after latest house cleaning Key points

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No - his son Kevin M Gilbride. I was wondering same thing and looked it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_M._Gilbride

Hope so bad he becomes the next Cheater coach. Scum deserving scum.

The entire NFL will be on a revenge tour of their a$$es for years to come

I was waiting for this

I was more amazed there wasnt a phantom PI on their last drive with 24 secs left giving them an automatic FG to tie. Even last play with 2 secs left was stunned they ran the keystone cops play (which was glorious to see them lose looking like a bunch of clowns). I was fully expecting brady to just launch one 40 yds down the field with 2 secs left and get the phantom PI, then they line up with no time to send it to OT

Brady such a douche it's beyond words Another silver lining is that maybe just maybe the NFL has moved on from them - imagine if they were "on their own" now. Glorious. Makes more sense for them to get in Lamar's corner now anyway

Halloween? I remember when it was over after 2 games

So much of the fraudulent dynasty has been being able to waltz into the AFC Championship basically by default and only having to win one (sometimes) tough game to get the the SB. No week rest, 3 (hopefully) tough games, (hopefully) no home game after the first - let's see them win a SB now

The whole country should donate to his favorite charity

Flores actually impressed me as the season went on - team played hard for him - can tell he hates to lose

Have never made the SB without the bye

Never will understand how everyone totally dismissed the thought of Cheaters losing. Fitz Baby!

OHHHHHHHH SOOOO SWEEEEEEEEEET to see the Cheaters do the Keystone Cops routine. LOVE IT!