leh-nerd skin-erd

I watched the whole thing thinking you were stretching this a bit. My bad--you nailed it. I lo'd dat..though I'm always struck by a guy who says something along the lines of hating to have to talk about something...then goes on for 5 more minutes talking about it.

We might well lead the league in apologies for calls at crucial moments of winnable games. Jags pass int call that wasn't. Pats Sammy gives himself up, not to mention the Pats get a bad call against them that inexplicably results in the bills giving up 29 yards. KC had Hogan's non-catch catch. There's more--but we're like 3-0 in apologies.

I didn't see the game but saw the facemask call quickly this morning. At full speed it looked like a facemask to me, but then again the picked up flag on the facemask call v. Shady seemed the same and that flag was picked up. I didn't dissect the play from last night, but in that case, from what I saw, I agree that gets called when seen. The bigger issue for me is this---the Sammy Watkins out-of-bounds call took away the potential for an exciting play like this--regardless of how it ended up. That's criminal, imo, because at least with the facemask, at full speed, I can understand why the flag was thrown even if high def reveals it should not have been. In our play, blowing the most basic call in football should have resulted in that official being fired immediately, and Red Skeletor should have been fired as well for his bs explanation about judgment being that the player 'gave himself up'. At least lie to us, tell us that the official thought there was contact that drove Watkins out of bounds/stopped forward progress based on his angle. On the other hand, we do have the NFL's official apology that the call was incorrect, so that's nice.

"You *&^%ed up...you trusted us."* Signed, The Buffalo Bills *(if you don't know the reference, ask your dad, or maybe his dad.)

To summarize Pats-bad v. Bills-bad: Pats-bad is a whistle blown killing what should have been a good play...resulting in a 25+ yard gain on a play where the mistake by the officials should have resulted in a re-do. Bills-bad is a horribly blown PI call where the pats player collides with the receiver and where should have placed the ball in the red zone during a road game where you are 1-168 against the opponent. Bills-bad is an official winding the clock on a play that is really the most basic call on a player going out of bounds during the final two minutes of an important game, a scenario that occurs in virtually every NFL game decided by less than 10 points, and the explanation for the call is that the player 'gave himself up' while madly scrambling to get out of bounds to stop the clock. there's more but the throbbing in my skull may be indicative of a brain bleed.

As far as I'm concerned, this mutt provided a glimpse behind the curtain with this line: "Not that it really makes a difference...". To make matters worse...how the heck does the official blow the call to begin with. And finally...during the hurry up 2 min offense which is predicated on quickness and rhythm...they stopped play for the hogan catch to spot the ball...they blew the Sammy Watkins catch which stopped play for an extended time...and then the last play Brutal to watch..just brutal.

He should stay at Brady's house the night before the game.

Is that a mamel toe? Gross.

Well done, ya mangy mutt.

personally, I enjoy some of the creative off-the-wall stuff with a bit of complexity. but when I double-checked the avatar referenced I thought the simplicity of the reply was damn good. rolling it all up with 'and stop being a punk' was masterful. on the other hand I still laugh at the same stuff I laughed at when I was 13.

that's good stuff.

I don't know--seems like calls like this happen fairly often where whistles could be blown sooner but sometimes are not. Tyrod made the right decision given how it played out, and this doesn't seem so egregious as to be over-the-top (prob because it worked in our favor). The underarm out-of-bounds chuck doesn't always end well.

everyone is good at something.

Real nice. Because of you, I just yelled at my secretary.

I can see it happening to the patriots, of course. things like this happen in organizations all the time, but the patriots are a better football team and tend to, you know, win. and, likely, keep things like this in house.

That's what happens when you get set up in Cheektowaga. Easy living.

The guy may not be the answer but jeesh can he run. Signed, Scott Obvious.

Excellent point--could well have loomed large given the two prior penalties that kept the drive alive. Beyond that, the "Bills are undisciplined" narrative gains additional traction, even thought the Graham penalty was suspect. Good finish by Dareus---and he sent a little message just in case!

I was in WNY to watch the first SB game, and as I recall, it ended in heartbreak. Driving back to Albany, I quite literally heard the guy on the radio say "Congrats to our New York Giants for winning the Super Bowl!" at just about the time I hit the first Syracuse exit. It made me sick. But, on the other hand, I understood it.

ranch dressing or dude ranch?

You throw 'em I'll show 'em

Another shwing and a miss by Doug Whaley. -or- Doug Whaley is the man.

John from Hemet...its today's nfl. We have a full 60 minutes from Sundays game and it's time to call it. Week one was a fluke. The Patriots are about as soft a defensive foe as you're going to see this year. They do mext to nothing week In and week out. If you can't see that you have some issues. We can accurately predict he will be sacked 122 more times and will throw 28 more picks.l this year alone. It's time to move on Tyrod.

I was as into this emotionally as any fan out there. We went from very high, to very low, rather quickly. However, perspective is everything. The relative performance of two games early in the season provides very little data to predict the outcome of the rest of the season. I'm not a stats guy, but I'd say there are in excess of...lets go with 5 things that could quickly change the trajectory of the season and the AFC east specifically . Many folks (not me, btw, though I'm wrong on lots of things) were suggesting the imminent demise of the pats last season around this time. Yesterday, in spite of whatever else you think about the pats, we lost to the team that won the SB 9 months ago. For those on the ledge, get off it because it's the smart thing to do. It'll be there later in the season if you want to hop back on.

Was the ball poorly thrown, or did Ryan succumb to Kiko's will and place it perfectly into his outstretched hand?