Livinginthepast

A bit off topic, but I watched Brady do the color commentating yesterday and he is terrible. He pauses regularly between thoughts. Kind of reminds me of a slow Netflix show where the streaming gets interrupted for a second then returns only to be interrupted again. Romo he is not.

Jets had another implosion game last night. I wonder of the Steelers hate them as much as the Bills because instead of kneeling down, the Steelers ran it in for a TD.

I think he has it in his grasp in control and he breaks the plain of the GL. In the pre idiot rules NFL of the 20th C, that is a TD. But your argument I think is correct. The NFL doesnt call that a catch any more.

The call made no sense to me. When you break the plane its a touchdown and he took 2? more steps? But neither did the Tennessee late flag challenge that they LOST but didnt lose a TO?? I was at the stadium today and nobody could understand the ref's decision.

I think this is the key part . Teams have studied McD's defenses and his end of the half tendencies and exploited them. McD also oddly doesnt change his strategy of playing soft zone and giving up yards even when a team has all their TOs left. Its mind numbing how obvious the Bills D is in the situation.

This is an excellent point. Modern offenses are much more potent and the OCs are much more aggressive than in the old days. Sadly this also means that HCs and DCs have to be much more cognizant of the threat with less than a minute left. The bizarre thing about this is we are one of the teams that are capable of going down the field and scoring (bc of Josh) with less than a minute left but at the same time we are one of the teams on defense that most likely to give up points (bc of McD) in the same fashion!

I had forgotten about the Chargers one. Thats 3 successful Hail Marys under McD and one from Baker Mayfield vs TB that was very close to successful last year. Next time a team tries this McD has to have some of our taller receivers and hands team on the field and rush the QB properly.

There are gurus in the NFL who are brought in for QBs, coaches, etc. Are there no kicking specialists that can analyze Bass' mechanics and see what the problem is?

Great News. This will hopefully open up things for everybody.

Promised my sons I would take them to a game this year and I think this one may be the one. I havent been to a Bills game since probably 2006? so obviously a lot has changed. I have read a few threads about ticket buying strategy and my apologies as I feel like I am a complete noob at this. But is Stub Hub the best place to get tickets from at this stage? Also I have read some horror stories about parking. When I used to go every year from 1998 to 2006, We would park at that private field lot just behind the 7 eleven like store across from the stadium lots. Is that parking still there? or long gone? Any help would be appreciated.

There have been several great coaching games by McD where he has prepared the team, come up with a great game on offense and defense and emotionally prepared them. But incredibly there have been several awful games on McD's resume of the exact opposite. But the worst part of McD's game is the heat of the moment decision making. Last night, he screwed up yet again and looked like someone who had never coached football before or even was familiar with the sport. Definitely he looked like a guy who had never watched Aaron Rodgers highlights from his career. The decision to rush 2 insured that one of the greatest QBs at throwing a Hail Mary ever would not only get to throw the ball, but he would do so unmolested and unhurried to further enhance his chances. Unless McD was trying to throw the game, it was the worst possible decision at that moment. Which is exactly what I said about his Houston strategy. Was he trying to lose the game or is he a complete moron?

Actually my dig at the refs was only about last nights game. I have no recollection of the refs being bad during the strike games. I think you are right that the officials during the strike were probably were like NHL refs in the 3rd period of a playoff game , they put their whistles and flags away and let them play. But last night the refs just added to the farce that the game became.

I have a vague memory of this game. I can remember the commentator I think it was Al Michaels? openly mocking the horrible play and then joking that one of the Giants players whose last name was "Lovelady" being "caressed to the ground" by the Bills player in his tackle. For those who don't remember the strike season, picture the worst preseason game you can remember and then multiply that by 10! Last night did have some of that feeling with the ill disciplined feel, sloppy play and shambolic officiating.

1. Not a pass as the ball never leaves his hand at the full extent of his arm like a normal throw. 2. If it was a pass, it must be a lateral (or backwards) based on the angle of the throw. This means that it has to be a fumble recovered by the Bills. I thought the initial call was this recovered by the Bills. Yet the "replay assist"? overturned the call. Without ANY compelling evidence to the contrary. 3. Rodgers literally drops the ball out of his hand like people do when they are doing a Mic drop. Clear fumble all day long. 4. The refs pulled out the "You cannot challenge this rule" BS even though it was outside of 2 minutes. Not sure how that was legit? 5. Tuck rule supposedly was changed in 2013 so it cant be that kind of incompleted pass. 6. If it was a fumble from the start, it looked like the Jets player somewhat recovered it but on replay it went through his legs and was not a clear recovery before the Bills player snatched it. Bottom line is the NFL has made of a mess of their own stupid rules yet again.

What scared me about this crew was they were that bad and they HAD replay assist. I think 1/2 those bad calls could have got overturned with replay assist instantly yet they did not do so. So are they only allowed to use it 2X a half??

Being a kicker is just like a golfer, once you lose it, its gone forever. I feel bad for Bass, probably a nice guy but he seems to be a liability at this point and they need to make a business decision for the good of the team.

Not over yet and of course the Jets have 3 TOs!! Time for the Bills to throw the ball 3 times?

This might be the most penalty filled game I have ever watched in 45 years of being an NFL fan.

If its a pass then its a lateral and still a fumble.

First thing I thought of. A stupid rule for the ages

Thats a fumble!!

Reminds me of the Denver game last year. Really sloppy.

Another bad call, this time for us!

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