dave mcbride

I don't know what your point is or even what you're referring to. I haven't drawn *any* grand conclusions about *any* of these players. Why the hostility anyway? What's the point of that?

Mayfield had a legitimately excellent rookie season. He has had a down year this season, but it's way too soon to tell. The coaching situation there is a complete sh*tshow, so I'd hold off on drawing any grand conclusions yet. There were plenty here who ripped him. I recall it well. We could have Alexander the Great as our OC and a decent segment of Bills fans would still blame everything on him.

My favorite stupid stat remains ESPN's QBR. Did you know that Allen's Espn-QBR rating last year is higher than this year's despite him improving in virtually every category? https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlleJo02.htm Regardless, this is a stupid exercise. It's too early to tell. Mayfield played really well last year but struggled this season in a pretty chaotic situation. Darnold is having a decent season and has looked decent of late. I'd wait until four years are up to make any judgments with Darnold/Allen/Mayfield, who are all reasonably close in terms of on-field performance. Jackson is clearly the best of the lot so far.

That's not true. It's a seven-month injury for shortstops (i.e., Didi Gregorious just this year, and he throws 95 mph) and there is research out there that shows that it's an even quicker timetable for QBs. The QB throw is an entirely different throwing motion than pitching a baseball, and there's a lot less stress on the elbow than on a baseball pitcher. http://billsmafia.com/2018/10/16/ucl-injury-not-common-in-football/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20609599

Yeah, Jules is a real riot: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001004922/article/roundup-julian-edelman-fined-63k-for-penalties

That wasn't resting starters - that was inaugurating the future!

I'd say 1995 - they were 10-5 and had clinched the division, and they ended up starting Todd Collins vs. the Oilers in the final game. He was absolutely awful. Van Pelt came in and made it look a little more respectable.

Yet QBs ranked 6-11 are all in the playoffs.

I couldn't find anything on the internet about this.

A search of the internet for this topic turns up nothing.

Serious question - do you worry that he's about to enter his decline years, and that he's never going to be as good as he was in 2018?

Nothing about the need for Cole Beasley to have a rebound game?? Mission Accomplished ()

In his five seasons as Rams coach, they were, in succession, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 2nd, and 2nd in rushing attempts.

Chuck Knox was an EXTREMELY conservative coach. His Bills years were a minor part of his career, btw. It’s the Rams years where he made his well-deserved rep as a conservative coach.

My favorite part of that was Edelman *clearly* faking an injury and then immediately popping up (as if nothing happened) when the flag was thrown in his face. His faking of being knocked out is what got him sent to the tent, I believe.

That sequence arguably cost the Bills the game. If the refs had done the right thing and spotted the ball properly, resulting in the Bills taking it over, then everything else being equal, the Pats would have gone for one on their final TD to go up by 3, 20-17. The Bills could have then tied the game on their final possession. Incidentally, on the first play of that possession — from the half yard line — Michel only got to the one yard line and they spotted it at the 2 yard line. Those OPI calls were obvious ones to call and were correct.

I believe Edelman took PEDs to improve the healing process for his ACL tear and probably knew he might get suspended for it. I also suspect the logic was, better healthy legs and a 4-game suspension than a long-term decline in play due to a serious leg injury. I really don’t hold PED use against NFL players because a) I think HGH use is rampant and b) HGH is actually a very good healing agent for muscle tears, which NFL players get all of the time.

The Daboll haters today are literally fools. Ignore them.

Daboll was so NOT the problem today. Christ, people. He drew up two easy TDs that Josh missed at the beginning and the end vs the best D in football. That said, Allen played well overall in crunch time. and ef you, Pats fans.

They had blown the whistle too long before he threw it.

I’m waiting for someone to call that a “drop” and blame Beasley. That was one poor throw. C’mon, Josh, step it up.

I am convinced they gave michel an exra yard on the previous play. And an extra yard on the very first play of the drive.

I did, and more than once. Did you know that Badolbilz has been a hardcore (and deeply knolwedgeable) Canes fan since the 80s? He knows all about Jimmy culture, and he knows it works.

?? @BADOLBILZ gets it. Do you have any recollection of the Cowboys “culture”? Tuinei and his little heroin habit? Erik Williams plowing his car into a wall at 100 mph? Leon Lett doing crazy Leon Lett stuff a few times a year? Charles Haley being a borderline psychopath? Irvin with his hookers and vibrators and coke? Anyway, I can assure you that Badol knows that Jimmy’s culture worked.

Agree 100 percent about the ratio! The idea being if you're going to sling it, you're going to get a lot of TDs but also have to expect that you'll get some picks. I'm hardly saying Winston is perfect, but over the past 4 games (a quarter season) he has 11 TDs and 6 INTs and is averaging over 10 ypa. Those are Warner-esque numbers.