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To paraphrase: a delay-of-game penalty is called a "dead ball foul," which means the game stops before the ball is snapped. So in the case of the Lions FG attempt, the delay of game nullified anything that happened after the ball was snapped -- the missed FG basically never occurred. So there was no play that could be accepted. Same goes for the punting situation -- once the delay of game is called, there is no punt, no play that could be accepted. It's either accept the penalty or decline the penalty, and replay the down.

Yay! We're not horrible. When do we get the "good" part? It's like crack, man. We keep saying this every month, every season, every decade.

Speaking of which...where is Bill these days? No "Few Thoughts" the past couple of games...

I don't know, I saw him grossly overthrow a wide open receiver in the second half that would have been a TD and brought Indy back to within a score of NE*. I've seen plenty of that in Buffalo!

Only one way to find out.

B word about why we didn't score 50?

Hard to imagine how good this defense would be with a healthy Kiko in there. I keep saying this, but we really really really really need to get both Hughes and Dareus signed. I don't give a crap what it does to the cap.

You know, you're right. I was confusing it with Bucky's column from Sunday evening: Add another gruesome loss to Bills’ annals But, you know, basically the same. Bucky and Sully are essentially interchangeable.

It was Bucky Gleason's column. Would you expect anything different?

I wonder if Jerry Sullivan will vote for Dareus?

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This is what I saw, too. Even though there was only one sack, Orton was feeling the pressure all day. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the poor Oline play has made Orton a bit jittery, to the point where he made several poor throws when he probably didn't have to. He probably just thought he didn't have any time left and had to get rid of it -- when he may have actually had more time to throw.

Has anyone mentioned that the Chiefs are the only team without a passing TD to a wide receiver this season?

If we really have two rookies playing the right side, I fully expect to see overload blitzes and/or stunts on that side on every single play.

Wow, that is a crazy thread.

Really? That would be strange.

Hughes is the man. Damn I hope we can keep him and Dareus.

Walking Dead?

Just checking to see how confident (or not) everybody is for these next two crucial games.

All I have to say is...

Game of Thrones...absolutely. My buddy at work says Dexter was a great show, but I haven't seen it. He got me hooked on Breaking Bad.

Cool, I was wondering when this would turn into an EJ/Hackett bashing thread.

It will definitely be interesting to see how he does with a real offense around him.

Here's a question for the old timers as well...if the Bills had beaten the Chiefs in '66, how do you think they would have fared against Green Bay in SB I? Would they have matched up any better than KC did?

What, no love for Wannstedt?