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JESSEFEFFER

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  1. OK, for our collective education, McCourty, who caught him at the goal line, ran a 4.3 at his pro day in 2009.  Rookie Jevon Holland ran a 4.47 at his pro day and he did not gain any ground on Devin.  I do not know how much running with a football would slow him down but he seems objectively faster than his 4.66 time at the combine. 

     

    It's odd to me that all the combine and pro day testing we hear about at draft time is such a big story but we never hear of it again during the rest of their NFL careers.  Do the Bills have guys like Devin and AJ retest to see how their off season work has affected their athletic testing?  Wouldn't they want to monitor their progress?  We never hear any chatter of it so it's likely they do not do it.  I asked Joe Marino about that for his pod and he said that he never hears anything of that sort either.

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  2. 59 minutes ago, bobobonators said:

    Im all for taunting penalties. I thought Levi’s yesterday was borderline. Id be interested to know what he said as he flexed and looked down at him. That may have influenced the outcome. 

     

    Good point.  The visuals may or may not look bad but the audio may be what cross the line.  Although Josh's stare down and ball spin vs. the Chargers needed no verbal communication.  

  3. The question is provocative but the results they got based on formation are facts.  They chose to do more of something they were worse at in that game and less of something they were better at.  My own bias is that I do not like 4-5 wides as the base of an offense.  That goes back to the days of the run and shoot and watching it fail in some spectacular ways.  I am ok with the designed QB runs because standing still in the pocket is a riskier thing to do and has produced some of the worst QB injuries we have seen. 

     

    His best argument is that this is not a 1 game trend but 3 going back to last year.  Have another good game against the Dolphins and this goes away.

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  4. 59 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

    The thing is, when you factor out points that derive directly from turnovers, the Bills scored 14, 19, and 13 points vs. the Steelers in 2019, 2020, and 2021. And 7 of those 19 points in 2020 came after the Steelers punter shanked a punt that set the Bills up at the Steelers 40 yard line. Basically, the Steelers' defense is a terrible matchup for the Bills. 

     

    I think the article was fair and largely positive but lacked the historical perspective you have provided here.  It's an A+ point.

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  5. They got greedy on the 4th and 1 and wanted to hit for a chunk play.  We all would have been happy with a new set of downs but tried for a home run.  Posts correctly point out that the motion brought Sutton into a spot where Gilliam could not make the block instead of following him.  I wonder if that should have killed the play call and Josh missed it. The Steelers were in the right spot to blow it up and the Bills coaxed them there.

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  6. 2 minutes ago, 34-78-83 said:

    Was Allen off some yesterday and feeling that Pittsburgh rush? Yes for sure!

     

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    Did EITHER team remotely complete any short OR long TOUCH PASSES with any consistency?

    Did any of you see fairly common throws from both QB's go over the head of the target or even suddenly into the dirt?

     

    If you answered No and Yes you are correct, AND isn't that odd that both QB's seemed affected equally with those?

     

    Last question - did any of you who attended the game throw the football around in the parking lot at all, or see any who were doing so?

     

    Just asking. There are many factors that affect each game uniquely.

     

     

     

     

    Those complaining about ball location on throws 20+ yards down field will not get your point.

    1 minute ago, BTB said:

    So, the comparable for Josh is a way over the hill Grandpa Ben?

      No.  A touch pass by any QB lacks power thus any QB can throw them.  Even by the wannabes in the parking lot.  But you can't really control ball placement of a touch pass on a day with a steady ~20 mph wind therefore we saw very few in the game. I believe that was 34-78-83's point.  Ben tried 2 downfield that were of the touch variety and got a jump ball win by Claypool and a DPI call on Wallace that was severely under thrown. Neither were located well.  Josh tried ripping 6x? and only got 1 completion. Over throws to Diggs and Sanders, a nice back shoulder splitting two defenders to Davis, the flea flicker to Diggs that was a last instant PBU, 1 to Sanders hands that was not secured prior to the defensive hit.  Even the one he completed to Davis was not in a spot where Davis could get RAC yards.

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  7. 9 hours ago, wjag said:

    The screen, short pass and sweep plays to Najee Harris will be a big factor in this game.  Shut that down early, and the game becomes more one dimensional.  If Pitt has success early, watch out..  I expect a good chunk of fans will be from Pittsburgh, like always..  Should make for some interesting crowd noise.  Send them 'dirty-towel' waiving fanatics back down the 90 or 219 unhappy.

    With our Canadian Bills Mafiosi unable to cross the border, I think that released a bunch of season tickets to the market place and there are likely to be even more Steelers fans present than there would have been otherwise.

  8. Many have mentioned Hamburg and I have to agree.  Not too developed and has a smaller town appeal.  Stay away if you do not like traffic circles, though.  It's closer to Chautauqua County so it has that going for it.  Eden gets you more rural and even closer.  I could be wrong about the daily commuting, but the traffic approaches to the city seem much more reasonable from the southtowns.  That is certainly true of the post game traffic anyways.  Dunkirk, home of the Chautauqua County fair, to Hamburg, home of the Erie County Fair.  Some kind of symmetry there.

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  9. Reputations can  be strange things.  As Marv said "If you get a reputation as an early riser you can sleep 'til noon."  Similar to first impressions are lasting ones.  Meaning once people believe something, they are reluctant to give it up.  In a year marred by a concussion, COVID and a calf injury, he managed to finish the 2nd half of the year well.  TEs are a slow to develop position and I think 2021 will be a big year for him.

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  10. Searching Hollister's name on Twitter, there seem to be some TE needy teams out there, some due to some recent injuries or trades.  Fans connecting him to the Giants, Jets, Vikings, Seahawks, Jags.  I think he may get a better offer than the wait in the parking lot offer he may have gotten from the Bills.

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