dave mcbride

It was pretty soft. But I'll take it.

He didn't pick off any passes vs the Chiefs but was obviously a difference maker (in a good way) in that game.

Hyde has a significantly bigger wingspan - an arm length of 31.5" to Bishop's 29.75." That's significant. The Bills have always prioritized long arms for their DBs. Bishop doesn't have especially long arms, but in my opinion was a hell of a player at Utah and an excellent prospect. I really liked the pick at the time. I always figured he'd eventually get it. He was a smart player coming out and the college game is so different. Learning the safety position in the Bills' D is going to take some time for any rookie.

The interesting thing about that pick is that it may well have saved the Bills three points. It was effectively an 11-yard punt (given that it was 4th down), and TB got the ball at their own 32 instead of the 43. They then went 25 yards and punted from the Bills' 43 yard line (rather than attempting a 61-yard FG in windy conditions). If he had knocked it away and they had gone 25 yards after that, they're at the Bills 32 and in makeable FG range. Classic hidden yardage play. At the time, I said that while people will focus on the fact that he threw a pick, it was significantly better for the Bills that the defender caught it instead of letting it hit the ground.

The end zone throw was extremely short and a bullet. Plus there was some fog of war going on given the scrum between Allen and Davis. That's an acceptable non-catch in my book. That throw was the definition of a heater.

I would guess a late sixth or even a sixth-seventh swap to a team that may have had a second/third round grade on him but as a big slot. Sean Payton likes those sorts of players. It would seem to me that his ceiling is as a Marques Colston-type slot. Not suggesting he'll get there, of course, but that's probably his ideal position.

I mean, after all this, you gotta punt it there. Jeez. Painful coaching to watch.

Yeah, but it is just bad decision-making. He did this vs SF in the 2024 NFC championship game and it cost the Lions a Super Bowl appearance.

I feel like Dan Campbell will never get to a SB given his situational coaching vs. good teams in big games. You cannot always go for it.

My son had a slight break of his arm (hairline fracture) after a scooter accident when he was four and then had a clean, shattering break of the same bone of his forearm one year later that required surgery and a big cast. The first injury, despite being a break, was overcome fairly quickly. Not the second one, though.

You are so right. The reaction by the person who tweeted this ridiculously negative response to this polite and apologetic interview is pretty insane.

With regard to OC, I suspect Josh Allen is going to run the show, not McDermott or Beane. He’s far more valuable than either of them, and at this point I believe they can’t really do anything without Allen’s say-so.

Your last sentence is a contradiction in terms.

Again, this has literally nothing to do with his talent as a playcaller. Literally nothing.

Yes. Exactly. The two positions are not the same. Steve Spagnuolo was a total failure as a head coach (he had a bad team, but whatever), but are we to declare him a joke because of that?