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I maintain my position that the Bills biggest problem on defense is missed tackles. I remember McDs first few years and the reason bend but don't break worked so well was the guys swarmed the ball fast and made the tackle.

I don't know why Brady wouldn't run the ball and make NE prove they can stop it. Like I said elsewhere, Carolina rang up 129 yds rushing, from 3 backs, without any long runs. They just got piled into a hole in the first half by special teams miscues and had to get away from it. The Dolphins are like 31st for attempts and 27th for yards, pretty bad run game. The Steelers are 23 for attempts, 31st for yards, bad run game. The Raiders are middle of the pack, 15th for yards - I don't know, maybe NE stifled them or maybe they weren't trying to run much - racked up 362 yds passing in a close loss.

Sounds like if we don't get Milano/Oliver back this week that we will probably get them back next week.

I know an independent filmmaker maybe I could pitch a movie lol do you want a cameo 😁 It sounds interesting

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Uh, huh. And who was the QB and the HC during those wins? It's kind of funny you mention McDaniels as "tied for Andy Reid as the most prolific OC in the game" when in fact, Andy Reid was never an OC in the NFL! He was tight ends coach/QB coach in GB when he was hired as HC in Philly. Yet Reid is credited as the offensive mind that crafted and refined the Philly offense, and the KC offense, as HC. Many would say the same about Belichick, who was famous as a micro-manager of his assistants. I don't know, so I don't mind giving McDaniels some credit for the Patriots offense, which was strong when he left for Denver/Stl and strong when he came back. But it's only fair to point out his mixed record as an offensive architect and QB developer with other teams. That play was funny AF and poignant, too. It clearly took a lot out of Eason to do it, but it's a shame it's not a movie or still running somewhere. Maybe not enough football fans who want to attend plays?

Leave it to you to pull out one man show tidbits

No, he wasn't. Grogan was with NE for 15 years - 1975 to 1990, started his first 6 years then remained as a backup. Eason started in NE from 1984 to 1986 Fun backstory: I don't know this kind of stuff generally, but I had the chance to see a one-man play called "Runt of the Litter" by former NFL safety Bo Eason, Tony's younger brother, which was loosely based on his experiences growing up then going to college and making it to the pro's, as the less innately gifted, harder working "runt". So I got interested and researched them a bit.

I didn't buy any but if you bought the cheaper alternative aren't they always screen printed PTR? I would never say pony up $180 for a better Jersey but I bet the quality is night and day

Considering looking at last year's play calls to this year's play calls I think he's only called about 35% of his offense I think he's got a lot left

Football is a 100% injury rate sport Don't let anybody tell you otherwise

Through 3 episodes now, and I'm really liking it! "Task" on HBO is a good watch as well.

It's been my feeling that the Bills D last year was somewhere between its points ranking (11th and its yards ranking (17th). Mid-tier, not as good as 2023 when they were 4th/9th. This is consistent with EPA per play and DVOA that you reference. I've heard others speak well of DVOA. But not bottom of the league or bottom-third overall.

And that's not even counting the guys on IR

Great stuff, Shaw. It really is different from the old days when teams had more time to get ready for the early weeks of the season. It really does seem that these days the team has to come to understand it's identity during those first 4 - 7 weeks or so. And that you just don't know what you're getting before then, even if you think you do.

In other words the Rams lost in a very B!llsy way?

I think he was going for a reverse psychology play..... "They think we are going to run some exotic play, so let's keep it simple and fool them."........ When you try to out-smart the other team, you usually end up out-smarting yourself.

EPA per play is a good metric. Bills were 12th (20th this year but still working off that ravens mess). Right in the big mess of average. Feels about right and pretty good for a first time DC. Hoping we get just above that this year. DVOA is also a pretty good holistic stat. edit: found dvoa rankings and 11th. Almost beyond the average mess and still good for first time DC

I've never heard of anyone eating beer, but I'm willing to give it a try!

Tigers, Cubs and NYY advance. Cubs vs Brewers should be a fun series

Being homophobic to own the MAGAts 😎 You forgot the NFL

I do not share your optimism that Brady will unveil an aggressive gameplan designed to score early and often and force NE to chase the points. I think he will continue to do what he's done, to call a balanced, physical, heavy game. But what I'm interested to see is: what does he do if the Patriots bottle up the running game and WR screens and LOS in general? How stubborn will he be? Or, hopefully, how adaptive will he be?

True, but he brings in QBs who have the traits he wants. All those guys are accurate, timing based QBs who just run the plays and stay within the scheme and system. They succeed because they are who the system was designed to use. Tua would be good there, for instance. The problem is when things break down, those guys can't do much. But he has shown you can get pretty far with QBs like that.

Got that. Asking about shadows on field during game.

They just would have dragged their feet and be in the same shape