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Well, consider they're playing with ten guys and, you know, Hamlin, who is out there as a guarantee against plays of more than 50 yards.

He does have that look on his face, like he's stunned or bewildered. I remember that look from his early years.

Compared to the offense, for one thing. They rush is awful, but they've gotten two turnovers leading to ten points. They let the Colts score ten, so sounds like a wash to me. No, it's the offense that sucks, especially Allen, who is playing like a rookie so far.

Especially with the refs ready to call roughing the passer if the rush does happen to get through.

Oliver invisible as usual, this time against a rookie.

This game could get away from them fast. Defense is doing fine, but the O-line and Allen look awful.

No rush, again. (And again and again.) They won't get past the first round of the playoffs if every quarterback they face has enough time to eat a sandwich back there.

No arc at all. Too fast and flat, narrowing the margin for error way down. Even if the throw is perfect, it's going a lot faster than if he just put a little air under the ball.

Not very impressive. Poor decisions and poor throws by Allen. His runs are getting stuffed, too. You can't let mediocre teams hang around like this.

Yeah, but put play pretty much anyone 40 yards off the ball and he'll make tackles and the occasional INT. Hell, put Bishop that far back.

Right. He must really not like Bishop to choose over him a guy who is slower than anyone on the field.

Any remaining Hamlin defenders out there?

There's just nothing up the middle at all. And this is supposed to be the worst run defense in the league.

Buckner is a beast.

Which might not be good for the Bills, who are prepared for an ancient relic, not a dynamic athlete who can run like a deer.

Hamlin looked like he was paid off to dog it.

Taron, one of the few true blue-chip players on the team.

Joe Flacco will show his age and throw two picks. Cook will go over 100 yards in a run-heavy game. Kincaid gets 80 yards and a two TDs. Bills 27, Indy 13.

How about one? Aren't they retooling Lewis Cine as a linebacker?

Actually, maybe this week we do. At WR, it's Shakir and three Vince Papales.

Time for the junior varsity to shine.

Yannick Ngakoue? He's out there and should be inexpensive. Might be able to rotate in and add something.

Good point. Brady could be dialing him up and Allen is either changing the play or looking at his other reads. I wonder what the all-22 would say. Is he not getting open? The few times I've noticed him, he doesn't seem to be trying very hard to get open, like MVS. Just jogging out there. But that's a very limited sample.

There's got to be a use for the guy besides going in motion. Hell, my niece could do that. How about a reverse, a direct snap (remember Kenneth Davis?), or any other gadget plays I thought he was brought here to do? Even McKittrick brought some value. Why have him on the field if he's doing nothing? I wonder if Brady designs a play for Samuel then thinks, "You know, Cook [or Davis or Keon or Shakir or Gilliam or his niece] could do that better..."

The problem is likely not getting worse; it's just that instant replay has gotten a lot better, so the viewers see things they didn't see decades ago. That said, I still find it baffling the league doesn't implement the solutions people are mentioning here. The Competition Committee tweaks rules every off season, why not look at how referees are hired, trained, paid, evaluated, and, in the game itself, overruled when they make egregious errors?