BobbyC81

It may have influenced Seattle to sign Dotson.

I know Seattle is a passing team, but holding the Seattle RBs to 16 yards on 12 carries was pretty impressive. I also liked that, as opposed to when Frazier was our DC, when the front 4 wasn’t getting enough pressure, Babich sent more. I love aggressive defense.

That was one of those “they’ll never expect this “ calls that worked.

I wonder how much of it is Babich. They seem more aggressive so far this season.

Shakir was awesome. When they have run similar plays with Curtis Samuel, It usually ends up that the lineman misses a block, Samuel goes the wrong way on the block right into a defender, Samuel runs into the blocker or Samuel just falls down.

Hollins for the fumble recovery.

The broadcast did do a good job of showing with replays that some of the penalties were legit, especially the offensive line holding. NFL football is arguably the most popular sport in the U.S. yet they keep trying to muddy it up.

Regarding concussions in the NFL, I wondered if wearing helmets and shoulder pads made players feel more invincible and gave them more confidence to utilize this armor to make tackles. I thought about the beginning of pro football with leather helmets and shoulder pads and whether players were less likely to get their heads in there on tackles. A good comparison of course is rugby, which our American football was derived from. I did some research on their injuries. It turns out that they have a high incidence of concussions also. Here’s where it differs. The professional rugby union, which the sport is actually called, has the Pitchside Suspected Concussion Assessment (PSCA) which was a 5 minute assessment. A retired former rugby player was involved in having this assessment increased to 10 minutes because it was believed some concussion symptoms didn’t appear for 10 minutes. Of course, there are other studies which note concussion symptoms first appearing hours and even days after an impact. So, again, there was our superstar QB, going thru a brief assessment, that we have no information about, and running back on the field after a couple minutes. Maybe the assessment used by the NFL has been blessed by the AMA but at this point we’re not provided with enough information. If the rugby union decided a 10 minute assessment was necessary, it makes you wonder.

Jury is still out on some 1st rounders that Beane drafted, with Josh and probably Edmunds as hits, but the 2nd round track record is terrible.

Yeah, I got ESPN+ again and started watching Primetime when I remember. After i’ve been away from it for awhile, I find most of Chris Berman’s nicknames and puns annoying instead of funny.

He probably had to keep looking at a list of what he could and couldn’t say. I heard there was a controversial ref call and he just said “I don’t know.” and passed it off to their former ref in the booth.

He’s so small, wearing shoulder pads probably slows him down a notch.

He obviously didn’t think this thru or thought he could do whatever he wanted. I didn’t watch the game he did on Sunday but I read that it was weird. He had to be upbeat about everything. FOX may decide they’re not getting their money’s worth.

That’s his job and he does it well. I don’t get guys making millions to be professional ball catchers who frequently don’t make the catch. Looking at you MVS!!

OMG you guys on the Coleman Combine 40 time. It’s meaningless. if I recall, Jerry Rice was timed at 4.7. In his NFL career, when he caught a pass with nobody in front of him, I don’t ever remember seeing him being caught from behind. Game speed is all that matters. Coleman showed it a couple weeks ago running down the sideline.

Rumbling, bumbling, stumbling!

Sometimes they just wing it. Remember when Gene Steratore took an index card out of his pocket and used it to show the ball was short of the first down? The way UB’s game ended yesterday also pissed me off. Ball was marked improperly and then the chain measurement was sketchy. Usually you see while one guy holds one pole on one end, and at the ball end, the guy lifts the pole until he has tension, then puts the pole down. In this instance, the guy seemed to drag the pole and chain and it looked like the chain was on the ground, not taut. They then said Western Michigan got the first down by a hair, instead of a UB 4th down stop. Game over.

Yes, the football gods gave them some hope, not that Jamis Winston or Dorian Thompson-Robinson can be expected to do much better. At least they’ll have something different. Even though, worst case, it normally takes a year to recover from an Achilles injury, with the way Watson’s attitude has been, would he be expected to work hard on his rehab to get back as soon as he can. I wouldn’t be surprised if he missed all of next season.

I am happy with this win, especially with a convincing final score but the game script was predictable and one we’ve seen over and over again. First of all, veteran journeyman backup QB starts and carves up the Bills defense. When this team sees the starter isn’t playing do they relax and think it’s going to be easy? Next, Bills first offensive possession. I have been one to provide information about Amari Cooper’s history of drops, not to criticize the trade for him. However, there he was open on a 3rd down play for a first down, ball right in his hands, and he drops it. Fortunately, he rebounded from that and had a very nice game. Second Bills possession. 3rd down. Josh scrambles to the left. On replay you see Kincaid wide open over the middle for a first down also running to the left. Instead, Josh continues left and then attempts a very difficult pass 20+ yards downfield to a covered receiver. I guess the bottom line is with him is he enjoys showing off his arm and making the great play instead of taking the boring shorter play. In comparison, it would be like expecting Steph Curry to shoot only mid-range shots and stop shooting threes or Aaron Judge to bunt or just hit singles. Back to the defense, the broadcasters gave kudos to Babich in the 2nd half for making adjustments. Why do they have to wait until halftime to make adjustments? We had to watch that play to a tight end over and over in the first half. Fortunately the Titans didn’t have more explosive players or executed even better or the halftime deficit would’ve been a lot bigger. Finally, I’m glad these Bills were finally able to get their sh$&# together and force their will on a less talented team. 5-2 with a good division cushion and an upcoming trip to the Northwest.

Exactly! Another aspect some people can’t seem to grasp is, no matter how good their relationship was, who wants to go from being a head coach to back where you before working FOR the same coach again? I know there are a limited number of jobs, but most people like to move forward, not go back.

Winston Churchill said: “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.”

Well, I think he looked like Josh, dammit, and that’s all that matters!! Goodnight!

I watched the San Jose St/Wyoming football game today. The Wyoming QB Evan Svoboda is 6’5” and 245# and wears #17. Sound familiar? It was also uncanny how much his play looked like Josh. A very strong arm and used his big body well on scrambles and runs. The broadcast even showed a comparison clip of how much he looked like Josh out there. Unfortunately, while he looked good to start, he was pulled with about 6 minutes left and replaced by a freshman with the team down 24-7. On the other side, despite a 4-2 record, San Jose St started a new young big QB with a big arm, who looked like young Josh in other ways. He fumbled on a scramble and threw interceptions in the red zone. They should’ve had a much bigger win, but he played the whole game. With all the SJ St turnovers, Wyoming had plenty of opportunities with the ball, but had only the 7 points until the last minute, likely the reason the Josh clone was pulled.

A lot of the football in the first 2 or 3 weeks (maybe more) is pretty bad, mainly because starters don’t play in preseason. There also seems to be a lack of star power and/or they’re not marketing the stars well. Some of this for me could be that I watch games delayed so I can fast-forward thru commercials so, if there are NFL stars in commercials other than Mahomes, I’m not seeing them. Not too long ago, I used to look forward to watching games with players like Favre, Brees, Peyton Manning, Barry Sanders, etc. Now that they’ve all retired, I’m not that intrigued to watch any star players outside of Bills games. I think there may be also the issue of overexposure. When I was growing up, there would be a doubleheader on one of the networks and the NFC game usually involved the Tom Landry Dallas Cowboys, who I became a fan of. Then when Monday Night Football started, everybody seemed to be excited to watch the national prime time game. Now, with the addition of Sunday night games and most recently these Thursday games, there’s maybe too many games to watch. However, like you said, the games aren’t always that good. A potential good matchup ends up being a boring game.

But it was OK back in the day when Syracuse, a private university, was given a NY state grant of more than half the cost to build the Carrier Dome.