colin

Tomlin is a really over rated coach. Always has sick talent, with a few holes here and there, always makes really really dumb errors

I didn't know this guy left x for blueski, but based on that article alone, I knew he left x for blueski

I was totally over hating the Pats since they suck such hairy balls lately, now my hate fire has been relit and the scores shall be run up on them with vicious and unmerciful anger.

The Denver team has way more talent, but they are making so many just aggression mistakes. They have some sick oline and defensive stats, but just like Baltimore they are big and talented and play just super dirty. Just so happens they got flagged for a few on the last couple drives.

the worst thing they can do, for themselves, is lose w wentz, then rush mahomes back and get him banged up vs pittz.

the one thing my gut disagrees with is i think kc drops 2 games coming up.

lol, you guys are just too gloomy!

guys like kelly would be marginal in the nfl today compared to their talent if the were out boozing and taking summers off, and it reflected in their play back then too. if they were more dedicated to fitness, diet, breaking down film, all of that the true super stars of yesteryear would be super stars today, and i think kelly would be one of those. to me the real example of the transition was Terrell Owens and Drew Bledsoe/Tom Brady. Brady had more talent than his 6th round pick status for sure, and he was a late late bloomer, but drew had way more talent. Drew just wasn't a gym rat of a film junkie. he'd do what he was told, do the mandatory workouts, go to the meetings, and then just be himself in the offseason and on days off. brady was addicted to working out and the film room, and was in the coach's ear all the time to get more information and improve. they kept him because his whole being was pro football. drew was blessed from the day he was born to be a great nfl qb, but he did what was asked of him and not more. TO was a total workout warrior, and stuck to the diets that the coaches had for the players. he never got out of shape and after breaking his flipping leg in the middle of the season, came back and was the best player in the super bowl that they shoulda won over the pats. The norm now is way more dedication, and these players have been coached up and filmed and trained from a young age. kelly was gassing beers in high school and didn't go to his local penn st cuz they wanted him to be an LB. the bills of those days were known to party and show up to games half in the tank. if he adapted to the modern nfl life he'd be a modern great.

the rams game was horrible, something went totally wrong w the DL. I think bishop and elam might be who we need out there to have our best team available. douglas has fallen off and is just not the athlete elam is, and hamlin is just small and slow (but i will say, steady). Having all the new guys come in at once vs detroit was not a good thing at all. spector and the guy we had starting at the other safety position, as well as the guy who can in to replace bishop were big reasons why we gave up so many yards late. they were off the bench and really not good. I think if mcd and babbich can put some big boy pants on and make the moves they made vs detroit, and we don't have another total mash unit, we will see the bills d able to force 3-5 punts and get 1-2 turnovers, which with our O makes it very very difficult to beat us.

if we put the shoe on the other foot, what would KC think their chances are if the bills were 13-1, they were 11-3, the bills had some tough games coming up and had been winning with really tight kinda fluke type games, and allen had a high ankle sprain? I'd say they'd put their own odds at like 30%. now, they are the better team based on back to back chips, and clearly have a better much much more consistent d and special teams, but are not so dynamic on O. I'd say discounting the above scenario for that, it put's us at like 20%. Now, if we win out, don't have crazy injuries, and actually get the 1 seed, I think it puts us at like 30-35%. we'd have our biggest issues w baltimore (bad match up, we'd need playoff lamar to lay an egg again), and of course KC because you'd have to assume mahomes will be healthy by then. the 4 horsemen of the NFC are Detroit, Philly, Mini, and Greenbay. I think tampa could play spoiler and have beaten some good teams before they got a lot of injuries early in the season, but I'm gonna assume they won't come up on top enough times to get there. We beat detroit in a game that was not as close as the score told us, and they have had some more shocking injuries, so i'm confident (60%+) we beat them again. Philly i woulda said is our worst match up because of their running, but it seems like the bills real weakness is accurate passing to athletic targets in a sophisticated O, philly has a high school simple passing O and hurts just does not read the d well, so i think we have an advantage there (at a good health level anyhow). Greenbay is a real wild card, they are not consistent but could kinda get hot and beat people, or just fall apart. I'd have to look deeper into the match up, but they can run and have a live qb, so i'd be a bit worried. Minni I think is just too one dimensional, of all the above nfc teams they have by far the worst qb. anyhow, the real gauntlet to the super bowl will be winning in the afc. a bye gets us healthy and rested and at home, kc is a huge monkey on our backs, but if we are the one seed my quiet expectations will be that we get there and win.

He looks to me like an improved Gabe Davis. Targeted down field, uses moves and body control to get deep. Difference is he's obv a way better athlete, has a bigger frame, and better hands. They've done a few quick screens to him, but our o is less fast on time stuff and way more extended plays so him being more of a big play option seems to suit.

That really grinds my gears

between this game and the number of non calls on just completely obvious fouls in front of refs, including an eons early false start on 4th down by the rams, last week; it's pretty clear the refs just want to let offensive fouls go, some on D in coverage too (but i think there is a bit more judgement there and the refs might miss some). as a biased fan i see more against us than for us, but I have seen them both ways. i think our team plays a faster more spaced style, so it hurts it more than it helps us. baltimore, for example, commits a foul on just about every play, but only gets called on a few of them. maybe we can get rapp and bishop together and just assault guys and get away with it on the playoffs, but im not a fan of letting obvious fouls go, and im particularly against inconsistent calls. the last onside was clear, detroit just erred on the side of being insanely aggressive and dared teh refs to flag it, and they kept their hands in their pockets.

I didn't break down the all 22 film obv, but in general the NFL is really letting offensive and defensive holding go. Scheme and Allen buying time like vowels on wheel of fortune means our guys eventually get open, but it's crazy what gets let go. I think this is a part of why coop a d Coleman didn't get much, along w the game plan to destroy their base d. It's like they've been on playoff calls mode since our game vs KC, the atmosphere has felt that way too

The whole dline has a switch flipped. The back 7 was beyond awful after like 42 good minutes, but they had Spencer Brown and cam Lewis and someone else who I dont think I'd recognize playsong, so it makes sense, kinda. I think they were way off vs the Rams. Also, and we benefit from this sometimes too, in the past 2 bills games the refs are letting some shocking OL holding go. On two of the late scoring drives by Detroit I saw bills defenders getting spun around by holds and no flags.