BobbyC81

Yeah, those rankings were weird. Poyer and Hyde both listed as just safeties. Poyer, who could be All-Pro, was ranked like a dozen spots below Hyde

We should call QB slides that are short of the first down an “Orton”

I agree. Unless there is some unforeseen situation, I can’t see Josh not spending the bulk of his career with the Bills. It may be too early to say, but I also could not imagine a Wentz/Trubisky type regression for Josh. They seem to have developed him the right way. Comments from teammates yesterday about Jalen Hurts impressive leadership skills are a telling sign about Wentz losing his job. You can clearly see that Josh Allen is a strong leader of this Buffalo Bills team.

C’mon, how can you say there wasn’t a good culture in the Rex years? He named players as captains for games against their former teams. Despite a new CBA, limiting the number of practices, he blew off a training camp practice to take the team bowling in support of team building. He was a good players-coach. It was the other aspects of his coaching that led to his downfall, like failing to challenge a call in KC because they didn’t show the replay on the video board.

The word “process” is somewhat being misused by McDermott. A process is a sequence of events. For the Bills it is more of a philosophy and culture. For the 76ers, the Process was to get rid of high priced players, tank to get high draft picks, draft top players with those draft picks, develop those players and add supporting players to the roster. That process is over. You don’t hear people associated with the Sixers still using that term.

Yeah, once every 35 years we get it right!

What basis do you have for this? He’s never been a head coach at any level. There’s a big difference between developing and calling plays and managing the whole team and being responsible for game management. Some succeed and some fail. Norv Turner is one example of a very good OC who never had success at multiple tries as head coach.

The replay of that pass from the end zone camera was awesome. The pass protection at times this season has been unbelievable. Josh has time to go thru all his progressions not only once but twice. Several times I’ve rewound plays to see how much time he had before throwing or running and it has been 7 to 9 seconds.

Yeah, my ABC affiliate is out. Don’t watch that network much and I can watch shows (Big Sky) via OnDemand.

I believe the issue may be that they can’t be found because they’re sold out.

Yes but Jefferson has Thielen as an established #1 receiver and a veteran QB. If he was drafted by Buffalo to be the #1 WR with Allen as QB, I have my doubts that he would’ve had the impact Diggs has had. Allen would probably have shown improvement but not to this level.

There was also that interview where he just sat there and wouldn’t answer questions to commit to a sport and his dad was in the background answering the questions.

I watched the Steelers/Washington game and the Redsk..., um...Washington punter was a lefty. Looked weird.

You’re not saying Hodgins is on IR with a phantom injury, are you?

Since the NFL has a yearly Combine, which all teams attend, the results of drafts are more influenced by luck and player development than drafting ability of the GMs. Having said that, it’s the picks where GMs think they’re smarter than everyone else that gets them in trouble. Drafting for need and taking a player earlier than expected (Ex: QBs Chris Ponder and EJ Manuel in the first half of the first round) usually doesn’t work out. Still a team’s developed philosophy in drafting players can also make a difference if they stick to it. If a team’s philosophy is to stay away from knuckleheads and prima donnas, that will probably benefit them in the long run in maybe having less draft busts. I still don’t know how the Raiders didn’t ask the right questions in interviewing JaMarcus Russell to realize he was a knucklehead. Maybe asking him where he expected to be in 5 years would’ve resulted in an answer of “being rich and kicking back drinking me some purple”

Dude, It’s would’ve, could’ve and should’ve. They are contractions that are short for could have, etc. I’m sorry that the education system has failed you.

Speaking of Lynn, what the heck has happened with him? He was 9-7 his first year with the Chargers, then an impressive 12-4 the next season. Now, he’s followed up a 5-11 in 2019 with a 3-8 so far. Yes his record could be affected by injuries and the players lost and acquired but the way he looked this past week wasn’t very good. They’ve also blown several double-digit leads. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him fired after the season.

Didn’t he also play bass and keyboard for Led Zeppelin?

On the “Hail Murray’, which I’ve watched dozens of times now, White had his hand on the ball and it was starting to move down when Poyer came flying in and knocked him down. Hopkins then got control again.

Be patient. It’s a process.

I noticed that after Josh hurt his ankle, on his next couple of runs they were hitting him late out of bounds with no calls. I believe that contributed to his response after scoring. So, they penalize him for that but no penalties are called when a defender recovers a fumble at his own 20 and after the play he and all his defensive teammates, and probably some off the bench, run all the way down to the other end of the field so they can see themselves posing on a field level big screen behind the end zone. What were they thinking when they started putting those screens there?

I’ll believe it when I see it. Coordinators get fired. Coughlin got sent packing, yet Saint Doug is still standing. His record of never having been fired still stands. Maybe he’ll resign to keep that going.

Coach didn’t know about records.

And then people can watch the game from Tightwad Hill.

Well, Candlestick is gone. Stanford is still in Santa Clara County.