Bleeding Bills Blue

Well Manning won 03 and 04, then a super bowl in 06.

I dunno - its been a weird year. We got smoked by Houston away, and we lost to them in that absurd game in allen's 2nd year. Kinda feel like its a "get that win back" type of thing. I also think we haven't heard the last of KC. I just can't see them dying when 10-7 is still on the table and the only teams in their way are the chargers and colts.

I wouldn't say i had "success" either - just how i felt more comfortable playing. I bit on a double move and as i turned to see my safety help he was on the ground. It might have been the first play of the game the glory days bro!!!

To administer the testing? The team doctor can probably say one way or another whether he should go back in, but i'm not sure how much the coaches talk to the team doctors during a game if at all. If they're testing - Balance, speech, coordination, vision as they claim Speech will be a comparison to a baseline. The players know this, and its probably the piece they can most manipulate. Balance can't be faked Coordination can't be faked Vision test... i dunno maybe but i'd imagine also can't really be faked. All this to say - we know his balance and coordination weren't affected because he was mossing everyone in the secondary. He cleared all of his tests, and there is no requirement to take him out because he cleared protocol last week or whatever. If they want teams to take players out, then they need to change how they do these things.

The requirement is an independent spotter sends him to the blue tent. We don't really know what happens in there, but assuming some level 1 test that if you pass you are cleared to return. The bengals COULD try and save a player from themself, but the coaches are NOT allowed into that blue tent with the player (big no-no that daboll got his hand slapped for). So the coach doesn't know anything other than - he is cleared to return - and when asked if he was ready Higgins likely said yes. They aren't doing complicated brain scans in a blue tent on the side of the field, so there really isn't much for the team doctors to say.

I assume it was conditions. Timeout gives you a chance to feel the wind, pick a hash, clear a good spot, etc. Getting to +4 vs. +3 is probably more valuable than the timeout, and pushing your XP back 5 yards in a snow game for delay of game would be brutal if he missed.

I think someone claims him just to kick the tires the rest of the year tbh. But i don't know that it is a playoff team. Maybe someone like Tennessee or the Jets who are in full e v a l mode.

He started 14 games a year later fwiw

They said the same thing about hyde, and he returned THAT season. It's certainly possible, but he is SO far from a medical professional that i don't think reading his facial expressions should be considered gospel.

Just one question for you board invader - are you going to take your lumps if you lose? Or are you going to pretend you didn't hop into this board to troll?

Having played defense in snow, I always liked getting hands on players at or near their breaks rather than at the LOS. It's so much harder for a receiver to get some steam coming out, and i felt like i was better equipped to stop the run coming from depth.

ok - but you're taking a quote from a mid-season press conference and stretching its meaning. Essentially it didn't respond to the treatment like they hoped. Does that mean career ending? Sure. Does it possibly mean offseason surgery? Who knows.

Wouldn't it be something if they got bounced by Houston in the first round, and then went 8-9 with a 1st place schedule in 2026 and a regression to the mean in 1-score games and injury luck?

He's likely getting the fire-hose treatment as we speak. I don't think he's taking TJ's job, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him in the rotation with lewis in dime looks. ... source?

Gesicki has given this team problem for his entire career for one reason or another. They also had their hands full with jamarr chase lining up inside with some frequency. TJ seems to be playing a bit slower this year, and i wonder if quad/groin injuries are a big part of that.