vincec

I think the basis of the rule is that it's a free ball, just like a kickoff. If it goes out of the back of the end zone then it's a touch back. I agree that it may be harsh on the offense.

Eh, you could pretty much shuffle everyone in "Stuck in the Middle" and "Question Marks" up and make a case for it.

My evaluation of Eric Wood would not have been so generous. I obviously didn't review every play but I saw him beaten 1v1 a few times in pass protection and he still seemed to be struggling to me.

Except that then there is no time for them to become familiar with the system or players. Could be risky.

I agree but I place more of the blame on the coaching staff. They need to do a better job of designing ways to get him the ball. They can't just let the other team "take him away" any time they want by bracketing him or placing a good CB on him. If that's all it took to neutralize a great WR then players like Jerry Rice would have similar numbers to Sammy. I wonder if Gronkoswki is ever double teamed or bracketed? How has that worked out?

Terrible.

Only thing that makes sense. No way he was the 53rd roster spot. And as has been pointed out this leaves us pretty thin at RB for a run heavy team.

I agree with this. If you take away Andrew Luck, I don't think the Colts aren't even a .500 team. Their WRs are average, their OL is slightly below average. Frank Gore is an average RB at this stage of his career. Where are all the stars that the Colts fans are talking about?

Yes. That's an exception to the rule. It's silly because Glenn didn't "lure" the end at all on this play before Clay hit him. Clay fired right out into his legs and then went out into his pattern so I don't see what the problem is unless they're going to make all blocking below the waist illegal.

I wish someone would pay me $10.2m for not playing this year.

And Rex just got here, so he hasn't gone through the past injuries to harden his perspective on things.

Yeah but not with the Bills offense and not with any of the starting personnel so it's of marginal benefit for a professional QB, IMO. If this was really beneficial you'd see lots of teams playing their prize rookies on the scout team to get them more reps. EJ is way past benefiting from just playing QB. He needs practice time with the system he would play in and with the guys he would play with, ideally in a live game.

As was mentioned above, that rule changed a few years ago. Now teams get 46 roster spots on game day with no "emergency QB" instead of 45.

I'm not sure that I would phrase this exactly as you have but I do think that getting Brown playing time to help justify the trade was part of Whaley's thinking. He obviously believes in the guy or he wouldn't have traded for him. He wants to see him get a shot.

How many teams dressed 3 QBs last season?

Would be nice but I suspect otherwise. I expect to see a lot of Karlos Williams and Bryce Brown in game 1.

If Rex does a lot of Blitzing and leaves Darby 1v1, then Luck will eat him up. Fortunately, I don't think Rex will do that.

I have a feeling that McCoy isn't going to play much vs Indy and Brown and Williams will get the bulk of the playing time.

No. EJ is out of the picture for now. Limited reps during the week and in street clothes on game day.

EJ is going to get really limited reps during the regular season as the scout team QB. I don't see how this is going to help his development in the slightest.

I agree. Jackson #5. Although you could argue that Kenny Davis was just as good but got fewer chances because of Thurman.

He gets hurt taking a knee. They guy is just not durable.

Anonymous sources declare that Whaley "went rogue". We don't know the sources or if they are trustworthy and we don't know what "went rogue" specifically means. It sure sounds like a juicy tweet thought. Typical "reporting" in this day and age.

I actually wouldn't mind if the Bills released Cassel and kept Simms but at today's PC Rex all but guaranteed that Simms would be cut.

I assume they'll start with a lot of 2 deep shell, keeping DB eyes on Taylor and making him beat them with his arm. This will also help with the WRs. Or they can rush 5+ and make him run as much as possible, making him one dimensional that way at knocking him out of any rhythm- the Mike Vick strategy. Probably a combination.