Bleeding Bills Blue

Yep - he just wasn't on the field for the 4 singletary carries in that game. So obviously him being there means he stops him on all of them.

Which is so strange - ive seen plays where the rusher gets chop blocked into the qbs ankles get roughing the passer. He didn't MEAN to do that, so why is he penalized?

Right - but they scared no one last year. True they don't get a full offseason, but harry missed camp and was on IR through most of the year. Not ideal for a WR to make a contribution. Sanu showed up in October so he didn't even have a camp there. The question was convince why they are good - mostly it comes down to defense being very good, and offense being only marginally worse than previously.

Every TD is reviewed too - which can be annoying when the call is no TD then the camera immediately shows that it is a TD. Guess i have to waste a challenge because the judgement call decided to say otherwise. I mean its 2 years from the saints getting hosed on that call now... but whats the plan if there's a completely blown call like that again?

I mean buffalo had 4 decent drives in the first half. 2 fluky INTs, a bobbled snap, a classic allen fumble (he needs work on those), even an unsportsmanlike conduct to knock them out of FG range. Not moving the ball? They had almost 200 yards at half.

Reviews in baseball to me are the worst. when did the ball get there, did his shoelace come off the base when he was sliding? Did the tag come off the shirt slightly while he avoided it? If you wanted to review anything just have an electronic strike zone. No gaming it with framing, no umps with reputations for calling stuff inside vs outside. And it doesn't slow the game down. Probably speeds it up honestly.

honestly - i hated it as a review. Just add a sky judge in the ear of all the refs to help with judgement calls. Id rather a late flag come in than waiting for head ref to put a headset on, grab a tablet and all that crap. Can probably help with some of the bad phantom calls too

I'd say getting the Thuney extension in - could also restructure some guys, extend hightower. They have 25 mil in dead this year, so they'd really need to start using some future cap. Cutting sanu just makes that group so much worse, for an already not particularly good unit.

they spent a 2nd rd pick on him... tough spend on a 1yr rental with an affordable cap hit.

Harry, Sanu, Edelman, Lee with a full offseason. Last year it was Gordon (susp), Brown(susp), Edelman, Sanu (acquired in October), Dorsett, Meyers. I think the above one looks better tbh. At TE it was Watson (age 39), Lacosse, Tomlinson (Jets cut him in August), Izzo (2018 7th round pick). This year it would be Lacosse, Asiasi, keene. Two 3rd rounders instead of a 39 year old, jets cast off, and 7th rounder. I wouldn't say they've done little - Harry getting hurt wasn't ideal, and all the bandaids didn't work. Sanu struggled as a midseason trade, and the other 2 guys ended up suspended and cut.

Agree on Hodgins. He has many guys to beat out for a role here in Mckenzie, foster, williams - who are all 26 or younger, and have played in the league. 35 WRs were drafted this year, and he was #30. If so many teams wanted him, and he was so talented he probably isn't selected that late. He has a chance to stick, but he's likely inactive on gamedays if he made the roster. He seems like a PS candidate, and developmental guy. If they're concerned about keeping him, they could also IR him. He can't practice but it keeps him safe going into 2021.

The logic would be - Murphy is better lol.

I think in professional sports it can be a problem. In general life - ehhh yes and no.

Something tells me in the moment she wasn't practicing proper trigger discipline either

Buffalo made the playoffs in 2017 with the 4th worst offense in the league by yardage standpoints, and they werent very good a year ago either. A lot of those deficiencies were attributed to injuries with NE. 2 linemen missed significant time, as did their 1st round pick WR. They also lost 2 WRs to suspension, and a HOF TE to retirement. And after all of that - they still had a much better offense than buffalo's in 2019.

Thats true - you end up a lot fatter if you can't work out. And its easy to cheat on your diet when the nutritionist doesn't ever see you.

Well now they moved the testing window to a 2 week period, and there are no suspensions. If you pass during that 2 week period you have 50 weeks of no testing for weed. I think it can become an issue when bored players can't do anything else and just smoke all the time. Hell, it may have already become an issue for guys during social distancing. Just don't want your guys being fat and lazy - it's professional sports.

Right - how many teams rely on fans to ya know... pay the players. Or for loans for stadiums in LA that are 3 BILLION dollars over budget. I feel like 90% of the licenses and season tickets in that stadium were purchased by brokers for 30 cents on the dollar. And now brokers are all cash poor, so eventually you have to give them their money back if the seats can't be sold. That's a big problem when you may have already spent it paying contractors to get your giant empty stadium ready. Ticket business is a mess right now. Ticketmaster has no money coming in, so they can't cancel anything. Brokers likely had an insane number of chargebacks so they have no money to give ticketmaster, so they probably have to do chargebacks too (a big no-no in ticket biz).

On a chartered flight... with just them on it. Where they get picked up by a bus, with just them on it.... taking them to a hotel. If anything i think players will have to be more focused on football as a lot of the distractions aren't going to be there. Only thing i'd be really worried about this season is weed. I don't think buffalo has a big weed problem, but with no clubs and weed not being tested in season? I think it could be an issue for teams.

I was just trying to play that devils advocate of trying to convince someone why they could still win the division. Belichick wrecks young QBs... the AFC east has allen, darnold, tua.. thats not ideal. There's a lot of factors in there that can get the patriots to 9 or 10 wins imo. The big thing on the team is at QB - but Pittsburgh had the 30th ranked offense last year and won 8 games. I think NE has a better offensive coaching staff, and will try to play as turnover free as possible (pittsburgh turned the ball over in every game last year). I think for them - their likely path to a division requires dominating the divisional opponents (6-0 or 5-1) , and hoping that the other 3 teams beat each other a few times and everyone else is in that 7-9 to 9-7 range and they win on tiebreakers. Buffalo had a lousy offense last year and won 10 games (probably 11 if starters play week 17).

Levi brown and Cardale Jones... Killin it.

At WR - Full offseasons for Harry and Sanu - as well as a small addition of Lee at WR. Last season they had Gordon and Brown be disasters and get suspended. They still have Edelman. At TE - Gronk retired in 2019, that sucked as they had nothing behind him. Now they have 2 players they drafted this season who are likely more talented than anything they carried last year. At OL - Wynn was banged up all year and they started newhouse. David Andrews missed the entire season. This had a huge effect on the play of their line. At RB - Still rolling with Michel and White, with Burkhead and Bolden mixed in. 2 years ago Michel avged 4.5 per carry. Defensive losses were at LB - but they added Dugger (their chung big nickel type), Uche, Jennings in rounds 2 and 3, with Winovich drafted last year. They lost Flowers the year before and actually improved on defense. They were also a better defense than buffalo last year by a fairly considerable margin. They took the ball away much more, and allowed fewer yards and points... first downs... 3rd downs... whatever. Kicker - they won 12 games with one of the worst kicking game in the league last year. 27/34 on FGs, and 39/45 on XPs. So yes the BIG one - they lost brady at QB. Which will hurt their YPG and PPG values a bit i would think. What are they looking for from Stidham? Something like what Rudolph/Hodges were able to do with fewer turnovers? Trubiskey's numbers? Could they win with that? Smaller margin for error, but do-able. And the defense will probably put them in some good situations. Also - If they put up the same points as buffalo last year (good for 23rd in the league) and yards (good for 24th), theoretically they should do similarly in standings.

At least allen adds a fair amount of value running the ball? Barkleys probably in his ear after a pick going - i would've done the same thing

I think making a move for Tannehill in 2012 would've been beneficial. It wouldn't have been a commitment to fitz - but lets be real... no one should commit to fitz. They lacked any foresight at the most important position on the team. It would have also had a roster strategy other than "lets go into a horribly weak QB draft... in dire need at QB". That's how you end up forcing yourself to commit to EJ manuel despite him not being that type of prospect you commit to. They also could've more aggressively pursued alex smith. Try and build a strong defense, and an efficient offense. Still draft someone in 2013-2015. Instead - they did nothing... signed kevin kolb. A sub-60% passer with almost as many INTs as TDs. Woof. Even if he didn't get hurt - woof.

Edelman is better than our #2 and 3 WRs and Harry was a rookie who was banged up all year. They tried to invest in other WRs (gordon, brown) and it bit them all year long, who really thought Sanu was going to come in in October and immediately contribute. Their defense was better than buffalos in pretty much every category, however so was their offense even with all of the problems. 2 misses at #1 WR as well as injuries to 1st round pick, all-pro TE retired, LT missing time getting fill ins from Marshall newhouse, Center Andrews missed the entire year.