Broncos at Bills Sunday 1pm (confirmed)

[eball]

Denver is 1-7 against teams with a winning record (not counting their win vs KC backups).

 

Just leaving that here for consideration. 
 

It’s Dolphin-like. 
 

[Harold Jackson]

The question is, is the league done rewarding Walmart with a playoffs appearance for the year. Or do they give them one more win

[sullim4]

7 hours ago, Gregg said:

Sal Capaccio 🏈 on X: "Referee Bill Vinovich and his officiating crew will call Broncos at Bills." / X

 

This is a very good draw.  He called the Super Bowl last year.  Vinovich's crew also calls the fourth least number of penalties of any crew: https://www.nflpenalties.com/all-referees.php?view=total&year=2024

 

The umpire and deep officials (FJ, SJ, BJ) are from different crews.

 

Umpire is from Eck's crew.  That crew called 52 offensive holding penalties this year - 6th most of all crews.  Vinovich's crew called 29 - the least number of offensive holding penalties.

 

The deep wings are from the Clark, Wrolstad, and Hochuli crews.  For Defensive Pass Interference, Wrolstad called 25, Clark called 21, and Hochuli called 16.  All of these were fairly middle of the pack, good for 8th, 10th, and 12th place amongst all crews.  For defensive holding, Wrolstad's crew called 17, Hochuli called 15, and Clark called only 8 - the least in the league.

[Comebackkid]

7 hours ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

It’ll probably be Shakir taking punts. There’s really no one else we can trust.

ray davis has returned quite a few

[Beck Water]

38 minutes ago, Comebackkid said:

ray davis has returned quite a few

 

In college, I assume you mean?

We do have a punt returner McDermott trusts on the practice squad.  But it was initially reported we got out of the game with no injuries, and McDermott didn't sound too concerned about Codrington's hammy today, so let's hope his treatments go well and let's see what Wednesday brings

 

 

[WotAGuy]

5 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

In college, I assume you mean?

We do have a punt returner McDermott trusts on the practice squad. 

 

 

Hyde or Hardy? I would say McD trusts Hyde, but he’s not a punt returner per se. Hardy I would not say McD trusts based on the trade for Codrington. 

[VaMilBill]

1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:

Hyde or Hardy? I would say McD trusts Hyde, but he’s not a punt returner per se. Hardy I would not say McD trusts based on the trade for Codrington. 

Hardy did really poorly in preseason fielding punts. I believe he fielded one inside the 5 and caught a few more that he should have let go. I think he also botched one too

[WotAGuy]

1 minute ago, VaMilBill said:

Hardy did really poorly in preseason fielding punts. I believe he fielded one inside the 5 and caught a few more that he should have let go. I think he also botched one too

Yeah, I remember thinking “if this guy was so good returning kicks in college, why does he make such basic mistakes in judgement?”

[Gregg]

Sunday's jerseys will be blue (no surprise but the pants as of now are TBA but probably blue over white.

 

 

https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=weekly&year=2024&week=wc&league=NFL

[MrEpsYtown]

8 hours ago, sullim4 said:

 

This is a very good draw.  He called the Super Bowl last year.  Vinovich's crew also calls the fourth least number of penalties of any crew: https://www.nflpenalties.com/all-referees.php?view=total&year=2024

 

The umpire and deep officials (FJ, SJ, BJ) are from different crews.

 

Umpire is from Eck's crew.  That crew called 52 offensive holding penalties this year - 6th most of all crews.  Vinovich's crew called 29 - the least number of offensive holding penalties.

 

The deep wings are from the Clark, Wrolstad, and Hochuli crews.  For Defensive Pass Interference, Wrolstad called 25, Clark called 21, and Hochuli called 16.  All of these were fairly middle of the pack, good for 8th, 10th, and 12th place amongst all crews.  For defensive holding, Wrolstad's crew called 17, Hochuli called 15, and Clark called only 8 - the least in the league.

 

Good stuff. I hope they "let them play" but with all the man press Denver plays this probably helps them as they hold a ton. But Vinovich is typically pretty good. 

[eball]

Potential big games for Cook and Ty Johnson in this one.

 

[mjt328]

15 hours ago, Breakout Squad said:

I hear ya…. BUT

 

What if in some crazy defensive game we lose 10-7?  Would McD’s defense be the reason for losing? Not being snarky just throwing out a scenario. 

 

I never hold the Defense responsible if they hold the other team under 20 points.

I never hold the Offense responsible if they score more than 30 points.

 

[Mat68]

Denver is a solid team.  Not great but solid.  I think Mcdermott confuses Nix early and results in some neg plays.  Buffalo takes an early lead and doesn't look back.  31-17 Buffalo.  

[CapeBreton]

9 hours ago, eball said:

Denver is 1-7 against teams with a winning record (not counting their win vs KC backups).

 

Just leaving that here for consideration. 
 

It’s Dolphin-like. 
 

 

Denver had a remarkably easy schedule this year. Their only impressive win was against the Bucs in week 3, they were also a blocked field goal from beating KC but other than that they've only beaten the bottom feeders.

[ganesh]

1 hour ago, WotAGuy said:

Yeah, I remember thinking “if this guy was so good returning kicks in college, why does he make such basic mistakes in judgement?”

It might have been to do with the new Kickoff rules.

[ganesh]

19 minutes ago, CapeBreton said:

 

Denver had a remarkably easy schedule this year. Their only impressive win was against the Bucs in week 3, they were also a blocked field goal from beating KC but other than that they've only beaten the bottom feeders.

It is similar to the Bills 1st playoff season with Allen.  We did not have any noteworthy wins  as we played a 4th place schedule...and in fact we probably lost 3 of the last four and then played a WC game at Houston.   Allen and the offense jumped to a 16-pt lead but could not hold on as the Texans mounted a huge comeback to win it 22-19.  

 

The game will be close but  the Bills will be able to pull out the win.

[Buffalo03]

9 hours ago, Harold Jackson said:

The question is, is the league done rewarding Walmart with a playoffs appearance for the year. Or do they give them one more win

Huh?

[Scott7975]

The media has been pumping Denver pretty hard. I feel like this is the same thing preseason where everyone said we would be like 3rd in the division to Miami and the Jets. Then the Bills made a statement. I feel like they are going to make a statement this week again.

 

I think Denver has a good upcoming team. They are solid. Nix is decent. Coaching is good. I also feel its early and they aren't for this big moment yet.

Edited Tuesday at 02:37 PM by Scott7975

[JohnBonhamRocks]

10 hours ago, eball said:

Denver is 1-7 against teams with a winning record (not counting their win vs KC backups).

 

Just leaving that here for consideration. 
 

It’s Dolphin-like. 
 

I like our chances this week… but remember our 3 point playoff win against the Skylar Thompson-led Dolphins?

[fergie's ire]

3 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

Hyde or Hardy? I would say McD trusts Hyde, but he’s not a punt returner per se. Hardy I would not say McD trusts based on the trade for Codrington. 

Hyde was always THE returner that McD clearly trusted the most.  If things started getting squirrelly and returners were doing boneheaded things, he would put Hyde back there.  He wouldn't expect a lot of yards on a return, unless someone on the return team accidentally kicked the ball and then Hyde would pick it up and run for like 50 yards.  He was just a calming influence on the return game.