dave mcbride

Oh, I agree with you about that.

Revisionist in what sense? I've been thinking Whaley has been wrong about Taylor for a couple of years.

Whaley, who is presumably looking for a job, doesn't look good w/regard to his war on Taylor. Whaley got some good talent for this team, but man, was he wrong on the qb situation.

Those two third down runs he had for first on thirds were huge in this game.

Just sayin'. No turnovers again; he has only one this season, and it was in the first quarter of the first game and it wasn't even his fault.

Lol. It was an objectively terrible call!

No, he's not right.

You are freaking kidding me. That was a perfect throw to a stumbling wr. Jones stinks right now.

Crocodile tears. Trevathan has a rep as a dirty player. The intent issue is a red herring anyway -- all we have is the actual evidence, and it's overwhelmingly negative for Trevathan.

If the league doesn't suspend Trevathan for multiple games, they will have zero credibility on the concussion issue. That was a completely unnecessary hit given that he was on his way down anyway.

10 am on the west coast so your day isn't ruined.

I remember that piece well. The issue is that when he got out of there (after a scant two years!), he didn't pick up his game at all. Interesting story, and it has the ring of truth. But no excuses with a contract like that.

I'm not denying his enormous talent, but the track record for very large men with questionable drive and vast bank holdings isn't especially good.

It does.

Haynesworth failed in New England and Tampa Bay. He was cut by NE in midseason and went unpursued by TB after he played half a season for them. Look at his AV in the season right before his big contract -- 18 ( https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HaynAl20.htm). Dareus had a 17 AV in the year before his big contract. Haynesworth blamed the Washington coaching for his poor performance after signing the contract; Dareus has essentially done the same. He's now in a defense that is ideal for his skill set. Yet he hasn't made any plays beyond playing stout in a space-eating role. I never suggested that they release him; it's impossible anyway right now. I suspect that he will be cut after June 1 of next year, however.

Dareus has mostly himself to blame, although to be fair he probably doesn't blame himself for anything given how rich he made himself. He's immature, but not immature enough to fail to exploit his immense talent right before his one opportunity for a huge payday came about. Haynesworth is the obvious comparison - another super-talented malingerer who complained about how we used by the team that paid him a huge contract and who then went on to fail in other defenses allegedly more suited to his talents as a 4-3 guy.

Yup.

They're not all the same. We appear to have a Haynesworth on our hands. Getting rid of a guy like that isn't a terrible idea.

Part of the problem is a profoundly unathletic o-line. It's brutal to watch. The o-line is horrible, and Palmer's arm is fine.

Has he? What are you basing this on? I'm not really doubting you; it's an honest question. I haven't seen anything, and the Bills seem unable to run the ball right now (although I'm certainly not blaming him specifically for this).

I doubt it - he requires his TEs to be elite blockers. O'Leary is not a good blocker. Yes, he's terrible at blocking.

I feel like run games across the league are being shut down with regularity so far. Elliott last night had one run of 30 last night because of a missed tackle, but after that run he had 8 for 31 yards. He was being tackled in the backfield all night. Just thinking out loud, but I think what we're seeing is the result of ever-increasing athleticism on d-lines versus less athletic o-linemen who simply can't handle these dudes.

The Bills aren't 6th. They're going to be first this week. Don't pay attention to yardage; pay attention to FO. They were 2nd overall in 2014. They were 27th in 2016 and 24th in 2015.

It's made up. Don't expect a link.

Truth. Thanks for posting.