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Lingering effects of the Henry Anderson cheap shot in 2018? That keeps getting brought up as an inflection point in Hauschka's performance.

I think Foster had turf toe last year which is difficult to overcome while playing. I never sensed an attitude problem. If there is something to it, I'd wonder what it is. Duke injured his right shoulder vs the Dolphins. I suspect a sprained AC joint. We never know what these players are dealing with and how it affects what they can do.

Your sarcasm is warranted. I forgot about that play.

I think the uncontested catch not made by Brown with the totally unnecessary bunny hop was an easier play not made. Both effectively cost them 4 pts.

Better to keep your own than roll the dice on other teams' cuts who did not even play in a preseason game that you could scout.

It's going to be a strange year for NFL roster management. Rookies will get less time to learn an offense and no preseason games to showcase their abilities. Teams will have little to evaluate of other team's roster cuts. It will be a 5 day process to bring a new player on to an active roster or PS. Chances are greater that teams keep their own players and lesser that they bring outsiders in. PS players are more important than ever before.

He had 2 at his hands that he did not secure before a db made a pbu. I do not think either was a drop. There were others where Duke was nearest to an uncatcable / throwaway pass. He also made a difficult catch that was called back on a holding penalty. This is all to say that he made some nice plays, was a physical presence but left difference making plays on the field. Most everyone on the roster had a similar game.

I like his story and the type of player he is. He should be way ahead of rookies and his body type is only matched by Davis. I am sure that if the Bills do waive him they'd love to stash him on the PS. WRs get hurt all the time in normal years and Duke would be a great to have as an option to move to the active roster in 2020.

Sort of similar to the Antonio Brown story, I'd think the Bills would want to push back against the Ross Tucker story if it;'s a widely held view. It would not play well in the locker room. It's much better to say that the Bills kept their agreement than that they caved to a negotiation ploy. They are headed toward some really important negotiations in the next few years.

Ross Tucker had a "Tucker's Take" where he referenced tweets from "numerous AFL" insiders that claimed the timing was due to Diggs threatening to opt out. He seems to believe it. Diggs using the COVID-19 opt out option as leverage and the Bills caving or the Bills honoring an agreement made ~5 months ago and could only make it official the day before the opt out deadline? That's a huge difference in the narrative.

It was a weak, tepid, apolitical response to to generally weak, overly simple question. If the answer MLJ wanted to hear needed to be political to be "acceptable" then it should not have been asked. He probably hoped for a response that was more profound but Fromm given the time he had to reflect on it but Jake is not in a position to be a lightning rod for anything. MLJ will be on OBL after commercial and it's likely to come up.

He played well in the RZ and 4th quarter without throwing a pick in those situations. He was a strong road performer as well. I think that, collectively, it's a good sign. That can be a sterile stats thing but that can also be a scouting observation. It can be a result of how he is wired as a competitor.

I think this answers the Ginger or Mary Ann question for anyone on the fence.

If there is any passing play of Allen's 2019 season this is the best resource I know of to go and get them. Separarte threads for each game, dropped passes, converted 10+ 3rd downs, best throws/runs etc. This guy did what I suspect is huge amount of work to put these all in one place. It seems to be a mixture of TV broadcast clips and the All 22 versions of each pass play. If you have no reason to ever want to view any of them for any reason that's your right. Some here continue to hash out issues of accuracy, drops, decision making, and pass protection. Here is a go to place to review any of that and I thought there would be members here that might appreciate it.

This thread of posted video clips shows his 18 3rd and 10+ first down conversions. 17 were via the pass (10 from the pocket and 7 outside) and 1 via the run. This number apparently led the NFL. Most show what a power arm, often combined with great mobility, can produce. Clips of 3rd and 10+ Conversions

QBs miss throws and WRs drop them. I think you can see some trends. Knox with All QBs make poor throws or misreads. All pass catchers peak for defenders or misjudge the time and space they have to work with. I think Beasley does not track the ball well over his shoulder. He doesnt often run routes that require him to do it, maybe for good reason. Knox and Singletary had so little collegiate passing game experience. Hopefully they make big improvements this year. It would make the offense so much better. 400+ points or bust!

Here is the "dropped" pass thread: Compilation of 2019 Dropped Passes This has often been a point of debate. Some have the (knee jerk, imo) view of "poor ball placement" or " thrown too hard." They are all (according to Stathi) here for some review.

He has attempted to Tweet every nonspike Josh Allen throw of 2019. He has compiled separate threads that showcased the balls that might be considered drops, some of his best runs, etc. If there is some play you might wish to review, he has probably documented it, usually from two angles.

Bruce Nolan said on his podcast that the voting actually occurred last year around Thanksgiving. So, my theory about projection is not so good. It might be more about the plays he made in Dallas. Lol.

It may be a projection over production issue. Some feeling around the league that Josh is going to have a big 2020 and maybe what Diggs will do for the offense. If it was totally based on 2019 results it would be less interesting. It is the top 100 of 2020 not 2019.

Right. That image does persist. I wanted to see an All 22 clip of that play. It seemed like it had huge potential to maybe even score. As for taking the big hit, that play was very unusual in that there was no time for Josh to react to a totally unexpected, whiff of a block so close to him. Knox ran by it and Morse? was there too late. To me that was the biggest "if only" offensive play of the day but it was in no way similar to any other hit he has ever taken before. A hit akin to a sucker punch that Josh ran into.

Back in the olden days of 4 nationally broadcast preseason games and a majority of publically attended practices they managed to keep important info private. Maybe they forgot how to do this and all those new plays that they will run this year that they had not put on tape last year will be exposed because they chose to 100% of their practices in their entirety.

Just practice all the plays they ran last year in the live stream. Practice the new stuff out-of-view. Jets will be like the German army waiting for the real invasion of Europe under Patton's command at the Pas-de-Calais.?

We shouldn't live in a world where the Bills let the Browns do anything better than them........... Bills.

The NBA has a thing about players not wanting to be "posterized." Think of the defenders Josh has posterized. Barr X3, Alonso X?, Ngakoue, Lee, etc. Lots of poor angles in pursuit, some embarrassing stiff arm put downs, broken tackles, broken ankles and the like. My suspicion is that since most defenders are a physically proud bunch and that when a QB beats them physically (it's rare) it earns their respect.