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And in the eyes of some refs riding the DB would be PI. It's a toss your hands up situation.

Great win but, as always, Allen is forced to shoulder too much of the load. Coaching and defense continue to be an anchor on this team.

Good point. It's just a metric, useful as long as clear what it's measuring. Same with QBR and EPA. (As I recall, Lamar is higher than Allen in QBR, too, but lower in EPA.)

The GIRD Herd, because they give me heartburn every game.

There's a great and touching Bills documentary with Vincent Gallo and Tim Russert talking about Bills fandom (Gallo tells some stories about his mom) that came out probably 15-20 years ago. I'll occasionally try to find it on YouTube, but never have much luck.

I feel like Babich may be in over his head.

I quit looking at that stat years ago.

Jackson had a really high yards per attempt at 11.0. Josh Allen's was 8.6. Jackson also had a higher completion percentage. That is why his score is a lot higher. Also, he scored as many passing TDs as Allen, but with far fewer attempts. Passer rating isn't a measure of the quality or production of passing. It is a measure of the efficiency of the passing. It measures completion percentage, yards per attempt, touchdown percentage, and interception percentage. It's a perfectly good measure of a QB. It isn't flawed or antiquated. It means what it means and it doesn't mean anything else. It should be taken into consideration with other stats to understand the performance of the QB. Lamar Jackson was indeed a much more efficient passer than Josh Allen in week 1. He produced what he did with far fewer passes than Allen, so his efficiency score is higher even if his production wasn't.

I know I’ve started threads here about Buffalo 66 in the past. As it turns out Vincent Gallos mom really is that big a Bills fan and more vs the character in that film. Perhaps some here recognize her from games? I think a good chance she sees her life long goal of a Super Bowl this year https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2023/09/15/original-bills-fan-has-missed-three-home-games-since-1960

yea without a replay my best guess was that it was chalked as incidental contact knocking him out that Keon didn’t fight through. Essentially he willingly rode the contact out to get around the defender instead of pushing for an inbounds option?

It is early days. No one played much in pre-season. Lots of new young players. Significant injuries and suspensions. I suspect we will be seeing a much better defense as the year progresses. Fortunately, the schedule is fairly soft early. By November I think we will see a B+ defense. And that's more than enough for Allen and company.

Big yawn.

Well last night sucked. Hopefully they can rebound today.

Great win but I'd like to see some form of defense. The frenzy of "epic" or "instant classic" is over the top IMHO.

America First baby! Or was it last?

Bernard is so overrated. I hate watching him play middle because he so easily pushed around in run defense and he doesn’t shed blocks. It’s laughable Beane gave him an extension.

The fact is Josh needed to.put more air under that ball so Coleman could high point it. It’s the new NFL PI calls. If the DB has good position, sees and is making a play for the ball they let a lot of handfighting go. Equal opportunity, and I like it even though it worked against us in this case.

Wasn't Stonehouse a beast of a punter his first few seasons?

i did not realize the horrific acident stonehouse had for the titans. broken leg and destroyed ligaments.

This is 100% fake news. Maybe AI. This is more dangerous than the missiles.

Because completion percentage is the only thing you mentioned that actually affects passer rating

In the leadup to the Elam (2022) draft there were enough DBs to go around with Booth being the favorite of many on this Board. Early the week of the draft the news broke that Booth had a precarious injury situation. I remember it being more of neck situation, but it may have been a sports hernia, and he was crossed off many boards. McDuffie, Elam and K. Gordon were left for the Bills, KC and others. Elam was not a favorite of the Board and was being openly dissed as a non-tackler by someone on this Board. The Chiefs made their move for McDuffie and the Bills took Elam over Gordon. My memory is that the Booth injury was not a temporary situation but some permanent and maybe dangerous (for him) condition. But before the news broke he was the hope for many on this Board who again knew the Bills needed a CB.

Yeah, because they can only do one thing at a time and because they signed a new punter it means they were ignoring everything else. Makes sense.