dave mcbride

Meh. The odds of the Chiefs gaining 42 yards in two plays where they didn’t have to worry about the clock weren’t actually that low no matter what the Bills did given how the defense was playing at that point in the game. They got shredded before and after that in that game, so those two plays were basically par for the course.

Mixon is really good, as per the eyeball test. Put him on Philly, and he’s averaging 5+ yards a carry. He’s never played behind a good line.

Read that this morning in Kauai. Great way to start the day! (Sad thing is, my wife and I have to watch the Bills-Ravens game in the Honolulu airport.)

Yep!

I’d put the Rams in that tier too. They are 10-2 since they got over an early wave of injuries and factoring out the final game of the season, where they rested many starters.

It’s 28-27 AFC over NFC since the merger and 29-29 overall — tied — once you factor in SBs 1-3. They were 14-0 vs the NFC from 1990-93 if you factor out the two meaningless final-game losses to Washington in 1990 and Detroit in 1991 (an OT loss).

The NFL clearly intends for the season to replicate the trajectory of Barbarossa.

Jacksonville Jaguars On January 22, 2020, Gruden was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as their offensive coordinator under head coach Doug Marrone.[38] Alongside Doug Marrone and the rest of the team's coaches, he was let go following the season after the team finished with a franchise-worst 1–15 record.[39] Los Angeles Rams Gruden worked as an offensive consultant with the Los Angeles Rams in 2022.[40]

My bad; you are correct. He did try and stay in the game after the Ravens’ stint, though, and couldn’t get a sniff. “Fassel joined the Ravens as an offensive consultant in 2004 to help with development of Kyle Boller. He became the Ravens offensive coordinator in 2005. Critics of Fassel pointed to his lack of success as offensive coordinator after two seasons with the Ravens, in 2005 and part of 2006. During that time, the Ravens ranked near the bottom of the league in offense. On October 17, 2006, Fassel was fired by the Ravens.”

Fassel never got another NFL job after that. The blackballing because of his clear and unfair scapegoating of Payton was real. He became a pariah due to that.

The protection was good. He just doesn’t have it in him to cut bait quickly on his first read. It is killing him — and costing him eight figures in dollars as a consequence.

I have been saying this for a while. One they got healthy, they clearly became one of the better teams in the league. Lotta talent and a great qb.

https://ftnfantasy.com/nfl/aaron-schatz-my-2024-all-pro-ballot Aaron Schatz’s (founder of football outsiders and DVOA) pro bowl ballot. He has Benford as first team all pro and Dawkins as second team all pro. He also links to Mitchell Schwartz’s argument that Dawkins was the best offensive lineman in the league this year. He has Jos as second team all pro.

Yeah, he’s a walking unsportsmanlike conduct machine in waiting. I love his post-play moxy, but he has to be super careful.

He apologized!

Did you hear nate burlson’s story about that jacket in the postgame show? Hilarious.

I have a gut feeling the Bills extend him this offseason. No info; just a gut feeling. And I don’t think it will cost a lot.

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/rex-ryan-mike-vrabel-hire-reaction.html paging @GunnerBill …

Yeah, Nix is an impressive player.

Agreed. This won’t be popular, but the defender did lead with his shoulder. It wasn’t really dirty.

They did it AGAIN. Sheesh.

Maybe catch a fieldable punt at around the 10 yard line there?

Running on first down when the Bills are at the 10 or 11 yard line in opposing territory almost never works and puts the Bills in must pass situations on 2nd and 3rd down. So it seems to me.

He is having a bad game, but that INT was not on him. It was a good throw and decision.

PFF had the Niners, colts, Steelers and Falcons as better teams than the Bills. And with niners, steelers, and falcons being WAY better.