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The Ravens and Steelers haven't even played yet. The Ravens have only beaten the Steelers twice in a season once during the Lamar Jackson era, and that was his 2019 MVP season. Somehow, the Steelers find a way to beat the Ravens at least once a season even when they have Kenny Pickett and the Ravens have a healthy Lamar. They were trash last year too, and still beat a healthy Baltimore team 18-16 in Pittsburgh. AFC North division games are a different animal. Even the Browns in their lowest years pull off upsets.

Thanks for these. On the first one, the rusher doesn't allow Josh to set his feet to throw. He sees both Knox and Keon, but he can't throw across his body because he has to evade the rusher. On the second one, he doesn't read short to long. The play called seems to have been a screen. He comes off of that and then almost throws to Shavers deep. But he's not trusting what he sees and is spooked about throwing picks. He then makes a good read to a WIDE open Davis but doesn't set his feet and throws the ball with his upper body. I just watched some more missed passing plays and the general trend is that, for some reason, Josh Allen isn't stepping into his missed throws even when he has the time and space to do so.

That may be true for the Bills, but the trading team has every incentive to hold out until the deadline to let the Pats, Steelers, and Bills bid the price up. In fact, a team like the Saints probably thinks (correctly, BTW) that the Bills will be more likely to give up more after a loss to the Chiefs makes them desperate.

I agree with all of that. The passing game looks pretty lost right now. That being said, I had no problem with them running a lot yesterday. It felt like that Cowboys game a few years ago. If a team is giving up 6-8 yards every time you run a pitch to the RB, you gotta keep running that play until they stop it. I'll also add that I like the switch to more man coverage, but we'll all have to live with them giving up the occasional big play.

I love how for two weeks on here, the Panthers were a good team that was gonna give us fits with their run game and strong pass rush, but now that the Bills blew them out, they suck and the win doesn't matter.

As I said in the game thread, the NFL has decided to tightly officiate the tush push on every team except for the one that runs the play 6 times a game and false starts on every single one.

Enought with the fatalism. Everyone here only has a model of a division with one dominant team and three doormats. Yes, the Pats are a lot better and might win the division this year. That was bound to happen when they amassed all those high draft picks and cap space. But that doesn't mean that the Bills time is over and we'll go back to sucking. I live in AFC North country, where there are at least two annual contenders for the division and sometimes three. You have the same situation right now in the NFC North, NFC West, and AFC West. With the way that the NFL is set up, one team dominating a division for a long period of time should be the exception, not the rule.

Shakir can also make something out of nothing. He did yesterday.

The Steelers' secondary is not very good. We saw that last week, but everyone chalked that up to Chase and Higgins being so great. But we are seeing it again tonight. It's starting to look like a trend.

How is this interconference game so chippy?

Hey, don't forget about Cincinnati fans. They hate him too.

Well, they missed a false start on Pittsburgh earlier where the left tackle starting pulling a full half-second early.

Those pants the Steelers are playing in look like khaki cargo shorts. They should wear block socks to complete the “old guy cutting the grass” look.

What is the DB supposed to do? Run backwards to let the WR get back to the ball?

I HATE the under throw DPI!

I think Hoecht kept playing to get reps after Bosa and Groot hit the bench in the 4th.

Pats will play a really angry Falcons team next week. They then play in Tampa. Then the week after they play the Bills, they play in Baltimore against a Ravens team that might be playing for their season. So their schedule is not all cupcakes.

They bet their entire season on Anarumo being the only problem with the defense, and that a coordinator change would improve the unit enough to allow their offensive skill players to win games. So far, it looks like they bet wrong. But everyone in Cincinnati wanted Anarumo fired. His getting fired got the same response that Babisch getting fired would get in Buffalo. Lots of complaints on Cincinnati sports talk radio about soft zone defense and an inability to stop the run.

Spencer Rattler has been benched, and the 26-year-old rookie Tyler Shough is in.

Zach Moss' best year came in Indianapolis, when JT was out and he got 183 rushing attempts. He got over 700 yards, but he only had 4.3 yards per attempt.

Cook reminds me a little of Le'Veon Bell, in that he waits for a hole to open before putting on the jets. Cook has elite vision. Ray Davis just hits the line at full speed. Sort of like Zach Moss.

The Panthers got embarrassed today. That stuff happens when a team gets embarrassed.

Good, but this lost them a game in Cincinnati

The list of offensive head coaches who call plays is very long. Just off the top of my head: Andy Reid Kyle Shanahan Sean Payton Sean McVey Mike McDaniel Zac Taylor Liam Coen Shane Steichen Kevin O'Connell Kevin Stefanski Why is it so odd for a head coach to call defensive plays?

Gotta keep the Panthers in the game…