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3rd and 14. Punt into end zone = the int. Gave his guy a chance to make a play.

Seemed like the only contact on Chase was before the catch was made. Should have been more yards?

I think the delayed cheering reaction of the gallery seems to indicate that they eventually saw the ball land and stick on the green. But, I'd like to know for sure, too.

I accidentally saw an all 22 from the endzone behind Mahomes and it looked to me like Milano got caught looking to the trips formation to the defensive left and missed the snap of the ball. Thus, he was late to react to seam route by Kelce. It's like they wanted them to throw the seam and Milano was supposed to buzz that route at the snap to either break it up or make the tackle without any YAC. His eyes were in the wrong place and he got a slow start. That's what I thought I saw but I can't watch any more at this time to confirm. Too much wallowing in disappointment and I have no stomach at present.

Numbers are nice to talk about and I like data more than most. But any metric of QB performance that doesn't attempt to quantify the effect of weather, most specifically wind, is a flawed metric. And, as far as I know, none of them do, thus they are all biased towards QBs in domes or otherwise great weather. I think the Bills offense will try to incorporate more YAC opportunities and his numbers could go up as a result.

The other weird thing Kurt criticizes is Josh's footwork on those sidearm throws he makes. That's the whole point is to quickly hit a window before it closes and to not waste time resetting his feet. It's the kind of throw a second baseman might make to start a double play. Quick, accurate sidearm release without resetting his feet. Josh does this very well. The classic is the goal line throw to John Brown vs. the Raiders. Brown is doubled and approaching the sideline. Time and space are compressed and Josh just sidearms it to the spot faster than any other QB can match. Should have been ruled a TD.

It seems like Joe Licatta added to the staff is having a big impact on recruiting locals. I say this just from the Twitter posts that I come across of the kids and their visits. At least those recruited from the local talent and that show some success might be more likely to stay for the full duration of their scholarship rather than seek a transfer.

Don't know what to think of that. As it was, none of the 5 close losses were like this one with the D on the field, protecting a lead as regulation time was running down. Yeah, they needed to be in prevent defense with 13 seconds to go, KC with 3 to's and at the ball at the 25. But they played the wrong kind of prevent. I don't think that they had repped a situation like that in live action the entire season. Did they call the wrong type of D or did they call it right and the players messed it up? Do their options even have nuance to protect against a FG with 3 opponent tos vs. a TD with no tos? They should options but maybe it didn't. McDermott won't say what the problem was but he is protecting someone's reputation. That's a very football thing. In every other major sport it's pretty easy to see the person(s) that owns the mistakes. Frazier's makes the most sense since he is trying to get a HC gig and it would be very bad timing to have him take the blame.

As Van used to say "Fasten your seatbelts!"

Was thinking the same. Any pocket movement to buy extra time? Any forward movement to mitigate yards lost? Make a defender miss? Throw the ball away? Nope. He will learn.

On the other hand, nice tackle by Tannehill. Ran it down well.

He has not learned good pocket movement yet. Can throw it well for sure.

Has Burrow even thrown to the end zone? All those yards but I don't think he has.

Boomer calling Joe Burrow as calm in the pocket as Brady. Holy hyperbolic misanalysis.

Why not reach with the ball?

Yes. Too close to his blocker.

Kern is good.

We are watching 2 QBs that don't do much to help their OL. That's how most of the NFL operates and Josh has helped us forget that.

I like the all whites for night games. There is an extra glow associated with them. Road game, national audience, darkness at the fringes of the stadium, time to shine boys.

For college QBs, sacks and the lost yardage count as rush attempts so that 5.5 ypc average is likely closer to 7 on actual runs/scrambles.

QBs holding the ball with their back turned to the D is a bit of a gamble. If there is a defender in his grill when he turns his head around it could go poorly. Josh getting depth and sprinting out would create extra space between him and any edge defender who did not take the bait and Josh with a little extra time and space is very dangerous. If needed, he then could juke, stiff arm and/or pump fake and keep rolling to then either run or throw. I feel like any RZ possession where the Bills failed to get the TD and Josh did not run the ball or use boot/waggle action was not a serious attempt to score.

I can't see the article because of ad blocks but I would think that NFL Ticket Exchange policy would be unaffected. Private sales requiring transfer are the only ones affected?

Guys play hurt all the time, often with whatever relief modern medicine can offer. Guys try to play injured too, and then play like crap and it hurts their team and their reputation. It's almost no win for them. Try and fail and you suck, don't try and the team loses then you were weak, not tough enough, slacking, selfish or whatever.

I think Nantz/Romo have done all of 4 Bills games since Josh became QB1. 2018 vs. Vikings, 2019 vs. Cowboys Thanksgiving, 2021 AFC Championship and this season vs. Tampa Bay. Maybe I am missing some. I'd say the reason for this is because they are usually in higher viewership 4 to 7 window. They have been largely entertained by what they have seen and fair with their commentary, imo. They talk like they have seen some of the Bill's games above and beyond the ones they covered. Others talk like they are seeing the Bills play for the first time and are basing play descriptions solely on hearsay/reputation.

I have taken the opportunity to mention how I think he could/would out do Tony Romo as a color analyst. He knows just as much football, has more humor/personality, has played for 9 different NFL franchises and coaching staffs, has more relationships throughout the NFL world and likely has more league wide good will than any other human being on the planet. He could make Romo kind of money doing that job which would trump the money he made as a QB.