dave mcbride

I'm not at all convinced it would have been reversed. It might have been, but that was no sure thing.

Really disagree with this. That INT was not Allen's fault and Davis dropped an easy TD.

I didn’t line the call, but it was justifiable given the rules. The sad thing is that it was a good play by hughes.

Really didn’t like that first down run. Basically created the atmosphere if the entire possession. Pedal to the medal. Seattle is gonna score 30 in this game

Given how close it was, a sneak is basically undefendable.

Metcalf is a brutal matchup for anyone.

We have one o-lineman left.

Exactly. Don’t let up.

25 percent of the Bills games have involved the Jets, which to date is the highest percentage for any team (because the Bills have played them twice). Factor that in. Again, Jets.

Hapless, Simms was an assistant NE coa h for a year, so it’s understandable.

Sunday forecast for Orchard Park: 68 degrees, sunny, and a 10 mph wind.

Except they did snap at the end of the third yesterday and got a ten yard gain to the NE 5-yard line. NE thought they wouldn’t snap it and were caught off guard when the play began with one second left in the quarter.

It’s a shoulder injury, which is bad. I remember Tony Boselli saying that people think knee injuries force players out of the league more than any other injury, but he said it was cumulative shoulder injuries. They’re not as dramatic because guys with shoulder injuries can gut it out and still play. Shoulder injuries ended Boselli’s career.

He is literally playing injured (not hurt). He has real flaws, but they have no one else, so he’s playing. He is basically a one-armed player right now. Factor that in.

He is literally playing injured — not hurt, but injured. I am not his biggest fan by any stretch, but fans need to recognize this. They have no one else.

I was a huge fan of raquon smith, who came out that same year. He was gone by the 10th pick, so obviously he wasn’t available, but he is a lot more instinctive than edmunds.

He is playing injured.

Simon, they blitzed relentlessly in that game. Worked in the first half, but not in the second. The Pats’ blocking crew played extremely well in that second half on passing plays.

I think people criticizing the D are missing the most important thing that happened in the second half: the Pats consistently picked up the blitz on passing plays, and the bills were blitzing relentlessly. It worked in the first half, but the Pats’ blockers did a fantastic job in the second half. It rescued their drives and allowed them to carry on. Also,, anyone who ever thought this would be easy given the history is crazy.

As a matter of fact, the only real game the Skins lost in 1991 was to that Cowboys team late that year at home (12th game), 24-21. So, no. Their other loss was the final game where Jeff Rutledge saw a ton of playing time.

Hank Jones was a backup in 1991, mostly playing ST. Leonard Smith started. Jones was a good player, however. As for the number of HOFers on Buffalo and Dallas, come on. It’s ridiculous that Nate Newton isn’t in the HOF, and I’d say the same for Erik Williams too given his dominance. Indeed, in that final SB, I literally felt badly for Phil Hanson, who was dominated by Erik Williams like I’ve never seen a player dominated before. They ran 10 out of 11 plays at him on that 3rd quarter drive. A lot of those guys like Lett and Williams were the among the very best at their position but flamed out (literally, in Williams’ case) because they took livin’ the life too far. But Lett, Tuenei, Newton, Stepnoski, Novacek, etc. were all great players. Darren Woodson should be in the HOF too. I will say this: except for the last SB, where the Bills didn’t party the week beforehand, they were out of control before gameday and that falls on Marv to an extent. As I said above, I think the Bills had a great game plan in the final SB (short passing; recall that Jimbo was 19-26 in the first half). It wasn’t Marv’s fault that Thurman couldn’t hang onto the ball, Hull couldn’t handle Lett, and Jeff Wright couldn’t tackle Emmett Smith even when he had him wrapped up. Plus they were unlucky—how often does a fumble into the middle of the LOS pile get picked up and returned for a TD? I am not claiming this about the other SB game plans, obviously.

Not true. They had a great game plan in the final one. The problem was that the Cowboys were a lot better.

Badol, if you think the Bills roster, which feasted on weaker competition, was better than the Skins roster, I don’t know what to say. They were far, far, far more dominant than the Bills that year, and at that point in time it was an o-line/d-line matchup league. The Bills’ best defensive player (and the only great one) was hurt all season (knee) and a shell of himself in the postseason. Bennett was quite good, but the rest were poor to middling except for Conlan and Talley (who was not as good as fans remember). They were rolling out a lot of replaceable players on that D (especially on d-line), and the one guy who covered it all up—Bruce—was a non-factor that year because of the knee. Also, you didn’t address my rejoinder to your alarmingly specious claim about the 92 Cowboys. And you, the biggest ‘Canes fan I know!

You have to get used to that to be sure. But driving around LA is its own thing and kinda cool in a way. Plus it is extremely bikeable given the weather. Plus we lived in a neighborhood that was fairly walkable (Beverly-Fairfax, surrounded by La Brea, Beverly, Fairfax, and Melrose.

Yeah, dick move. Not helping the team at all.