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That run reminds me of Alan Alda's portrayal of George Plimpton's TD in the movie Paper Lion. Classic.

This idea has kicked around awhile and I say I'm keen on it. Think how many times Gentry caught an Allen throw in their time together. His hands are probably trained to do it. He is used to the power and he probably knows not to quit on his routes and where to be on a scramble. Get him on the active roster and see if there is any chemistry there to exploit at this level. Logically there must be something there to justify the experiment. Gentry is 6'2' 200+ so he is not small.

Anthony Barr and now Kiko. Josh Allen is the cause of much LB film room embarrassment.

With all due respect, we have no idea what the actual play call was. What Josh managed to turn it into was way off script but damn close to a win on a totally busted coverage.

A baseball analogy I see is when a slugger takes a big swing but makes contact with the ball outside the sweet spot. Based on the launch angle the outfielder may tend to stay deep or even drift toward the fence but then realize it was mishit and then suddenly try to reverse direction toward the ball. It's tough to overcome the misread and the false steps. The Bills receiving corp has probably learned to get and stay deep on his broken play throws because Josh Allen has a uniquely powerful arm. That flutter ball which traveled 50 to 55 yards was tough to read and react to. Blame shared equally, imo.

Ever hear of Pythagoras?

All were on punts and not KRs so were they muffs or actual fumbles? I do not think the website I found was making a distinction. A poor punt catcher or poor ball security under tackle?

I can objectively say this with the caveat that I have not paid too much attention to Cam Newton's highlights: Josh Allen in his brief NFL career has shown on multiple occasions physical traits that I have never seen before. The Dive, The Hurdle and The Stiff Arm against Anthony Barr (and the one on Yannick Ngakoue.) I said in another thread that Josh has the wingspan of a condor and could stiff arm a T-Rex to the dirt. Even that int he threw against the Chargers where he dragged Ingram for 15 ft. and still made a decent, though ill advised throw was something of a wow play. Can't say that I have ever seen an NFL QB throw an interception quite like that before. Consider that leaping over the los with ball extended for a TD against the Vikings. That was done so easily and quickly that the defense had no chance to react. Usually there is a risk to expose the ball like that. Not so for him. Maybe we should sticky a thread full of videos of these type plays. We may be seeing many, many plays like these over his career and will need a library of them for future reference.

The Jags defenders were like synchronized divers.

My brother mentioned this to me last Sunday. I hadn't bothered to read up on him and this is very concerning to me. Three of those six were lost, they were all on just 21 punt returns and I'd be interested to know how many were actually muffed. Catching punts at New Era Field is about as tough as it gets. Just about every return I see a Bill make, I repeat out loud "Hold on to the ball, hold on to the ball, hold on to the ball......" until the play is over. Now I know why McDermott said he was concerned about the play that was ruled a fumble but easily overturned. He likely knows the history and wants this kid to demonstrate that it's no longer an issue.

Josh Allen has a wingspan like a condor and could stiff arm a T-Rex to the dirt. Just ask Anthony Barr or Yannick Ngakoue.

I will go look at the replay tonight. These kind of plays happen way more often than we notice live. Fitz and EJ had passes like this that we fans as a group ripped them for based mostly on their reputations. Unless the TV guys notice it, you have to suspect that it may have happened and then look for the evidence. The ball is moving at over 80 ft/sec so it's just a blur of a ball before and after the tip with the ball having more wobble than usual and having been slowed down a bit. All that is enough for a ball to miss its target badly, especially on a crossing route.

I think some TV broadcasts amplify the crowd noise thinking it lends to a better game atmosphere. I always thought Fox was most guilty of that.

I do not remember a "best ever" tag. I remember it as a "can't miss/sure thing" label. That's a totally different idea.

I probably need not point this out but Colt's OC is Southwestern grad Nick Sirianni, part of a successful football coaching family from the Jamestown area. He was with Reich on the Chargers as a receivers coach when Frank was the OC there. He is a fairly young guy with a bright future. Here's a nice article: IndyStar

There was a consensus before the season that the schedule favored a strong finish as the team improved over the course of the first half and the back end was filled with weaker teams and a bunch of home games. I think so many blowout losses have managed to blur that picture. But hope is a good thing.

Yes it was. Bill Polian was faced with a decision about either extending Edgerin James or Reggie Wayne who both mainstays of a great Colts offense. He signed Wayne and let James go with the reasoning that it took more time to develop Wayne as player than James and that Wayne was therefore tougher for the offense to replace. This is to make the point that it used to be the norm that WRs took more time to become good pros than most any other position and you shouldn't rush to call a rookie WR a bust. Eric Moulds seems like the best example of this from the Bills history.

For the he tipped ball play, his momentum was to the sideline and his feet were off the ground until the ball was 4 or 5 ft and a fraction of a second from the turf. I don't think he had any real chance at the ball unless he could defy laws of Newtonian physics, but the camera shot from the far sideline gives it a bad look. A high endzone shot from behind would not have give the same impression, imo.

I think I'll record the game with an option to choose to never hit play. Shades of Willie Totten.

I hope the team plays better for Josh Allen when he returns or we will not learn much at all about him as a player. At 21-0 I told my brother I had seen enough because it was only going to get worse from there and left. I did not leave thinking Peterman let his team down again.

Frank Reich was drafted in 1985 and did not start his first game until 1989. I see analogous talent level and personality traits. Unfortunately for him, he has been much too exposed to the NFL at much too early of a time in his development. He needs to step it up from practice speed to game speed and he needs to do it A.S.A.P. Good luck.

Whine-whine situation. Outstanding! I might ask if I could borrow that because I know a few people in my world to whom it may be applied. It may be worthy of a copyright.

Tough to believe that the NFL wants to flag Kelvin Benjamin's block but the NCAA would think this one is ok. The targeting call on Hodge near the end is likely bogus too. I'd need to see it again but I thought Hodge dropped his shoulder to initiate contact. Any head contact was glancing.

Shades of Chad Kelly's mug shot only his left eye is lower than his right. Must be something about the circumstances that exaggerates asymmetric facial features. Or maybe asymmetric facial features are somehow connected to lack of impulse control? Hmmmmm.

Poor impulse control results in his biggest screwups. This doesn't seem to fit that mold as he didn't seem to have any ill intent but embarrassing the Broncos does not bode well for his future with them. It's tough to imagine any details that could turn this in his favor. His brother Casey seems to be having a great season at Mallard Creek and has not had any such redflag incidents to hit the media. Not sure why he transferred there, maybe because Wegman's is expanding to NC or maybe because he is being recruited by UNC football or Duke lacrosse, but he seems like a much more emotionally mature person than Chad.