dave mcbride

The Bills held too on the o-line. I thought the play by phillips on knox was a phenomenal play by the defender. Whining about refs is so tired. The bills had 3 penalties for 20 yards and the pats had 6 for 47.

The turnovers equaled out. The difference was the 2 pt conversion and the fact that bass went 1-2 and folk 2-2.

??? - the refs were fine.

Yeah, the coaching difference was pretty remarkable in this game.

Nope.

Don't think he crossed, honestly.

I honestly didn’t see anyone offside.

Moss had a real gain and quite possibly a td if he cuts to his right. He didn’t. He has real vision issues.

The Bills' stadium is literally the windiest stadium in the league, and it isn't that close. https://247sports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/Article/Kickers-Nightmare-The-Windiest-NFL-Stadiums-105213973/ NFL TEAMS WITH OPEN-AIR STADIUMS RANKED BY AVERAGE WIND SPEEDS (windiest to least windy) Buffalo/Orchard Park, New York 16.1 New England/Foxborough, Massachusetts 14.5 New York Giants/East Rutherford, New Jersey 10.1 New York Jets/East Rutherford, New Jersey 10.1 Kansas City, Missouri 10.6 San Francisco/Santa Clara, California 10.6 Cleveland, Ohio 10.5 Minneapolis, Minnesota 10.5 Chicago, Illinois 10.3 Green Bay, Wisconsin 10.0 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9.5 Washington/Landover, Maryland 9.4 Miami Gardens, Florida 9.2 Cincinnati, Ohio 9.0 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 9.0 Oakland, California 8.8 Seattle, Washington 8.8 Baltimore, Maryland 8.7 Denver, Colorado 8.7 Tampa, Florida 8.3 Nashville, Tennessee 8.0 Jacksonville, Florida 7.8 Charlotte, North Carolina 7.4 San Diego, California 7.0 https://weather.com/news/news/2019-09-12-nfl-worst-weather-cities "Buffalo is also by far the windiest NFL city. Buffalo's gales either associated with a November Great Lakes storm, a December/early January nor'easter or a cold front can be disruptive. In December 2008, the New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills played through a game in which the winds were so strong the goalposts had to be straightened four times. Gusts to 75 mph damaged the Bills' practice fieldhouse prior to kickoff."

I hope so too, but the other stat is that BB is 0-0 in similar situations with Jones and McDermott is 0-0 against Jones. In other words, who knows?

Any prediction of the league trying to maximize viewership of the SB (and the associated revenue that comes with that) by favoring certain teams and which doesn't include the Dallas Cowboys is doing it wrong.

The actual question was "Who is the last impact player Bill has drafted? Gronk?" That's what I was answering.

There are a bunch. Dont'a Hightower, Shaq Mason (a terrific guard), Joe Thuney, and Chandler Jones are all impact players.

Buffalo actually ran it until they had to pass it. Once they went down by 2 scores, they threw it on 24 of their last 30 plays.

The other thing that doesn't get factored in is -75 yards on the INT for Denver and +75 for KC. I know it doesn't go in the offensive stats, but the yardage (positive and negative) is real. It literally flips the script from 356 Denver/275 KC to 281 Denver/350 KC.

It was the opposite -- Cassel only threw it 8 times (9 including the sack). They ran it 47 times. The Bills threw it 25 times (27 including the two sacks) and ran it 35 times. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200812280buf.htm

They were the Boston Patriots until 1971, but moving to Foxborough -- which is actually pretty far from Boston, relatively speaking (30 miles) -- changed all that.

Boston is definitely still at base a Red Sox town. 100 percent agree.

I'm going to push back a little on what you say about the NE run game. Let's look at their production in their 6-game winning streak (carries-yards-rushing TDs): 32-148-4 (long of 32) 39-142-1 (long of 14) 39-151-1 (long of 16) 34-184-2 (long of 22) 30-134-0 (long of 21) 24-105-1 (long of 19) That is a ton of rushes per game and really big rushing numbers too (144 yards per game). Now the ypc over that stretch may not sound like much -- 4.36 -- but they're not getting breakaway runs that skew the stats. (They have one run that went longer than 22 yards, and 32 is hardly a ypc-skewer anyway.) And they have 12 kneeldowns for -14 yards. Take those away, and you're magically at 4.72 ypc over this stretch. Moreover, there are also no long QB scrambles that are skewing the numbers either--Jones ran for 42 yards over those six games, with a high of 19 yards total vs. the Jets. My point is that they're relentless with regard to churning out positive rushing yardage via the running backs, controlling the ball, and getting first downs. Over the course of these six games, here are the first down differentials between NE and their opponents: +14, +4, +4, +13, +9, and +5. Bottom line: it's a dominant, game-altering running game right now regardless of the ypc. We shouldn't assume it isn't based on a somewhat deceiving ypc. The very large number of carries per game speaks to it as well. To quote Josef Stalin, "quantity has a quality all its own." Finally, if you want to look at all of the games, they have one truly wacky outlier: the Tampa Bay game. They threw it 42 times and only ran it 8 times for -1 yards. That's right: negative 1 yards total.

20-20+ is indeed very windy. Sounds like it might start out in the 20s and die down down a bit as the evening goes on. We'll see.

On the site, they do have a forecast for Monday night. Looks like it'll be pretty windy and increasingly dry as the game goes on, but obviously things can change between now and then. Mon 06 | Night 26° 23% precipitation W 22 mph Cloudy and windy early, becoming partly cloudy late. Low 26F. Winds W at 20 to 30 mph. Humidity: 61%

I’ll say this about TO — he is a legit first-ballot hall of famer (although he wasn’t voted in the first time around). His numbers are staggering.

Trent Edwards had a couple of moments. And remember JP and that Houston game? There are still drops down there ...

Ironically, I know a bunch of Pats fans, and they all have strong and informed opinions about Grogan, Tony Eason, and Kenneth Sims.

If you look at his advanced stats (adjusted passing), he was above average (over 100) 12 out of his final 13 years with one year of flat average (100). QB ratings from that era are REALLY deceiving given the numbers we see now, where a 95 rating is mediocre. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SimmPh00.htm