Bleeding Bills Blue

He also just always sucks the first game of the season for some reason. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202509070cle.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202409080cin.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202309100cle.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202209110cin.htm

Dawkins doesn't false start against houston and you can't say you don't like their chances in that one. The NE game was there, even with 3 turnovers they had the ball near the RZ on 1st down down 3 points and under 3 in the game. Then there's some of NE's finishes: Miami has the ball on the NE 26 with 1:09 left down 6. They get a false start, and delay of game to push them back to the 36 and turn it over on downs. Atlanta had the ball on the NE 48 down 1 with 2:13 in the game and ran 3 pass plays and punted with 2 timeouts. Disaster sequence.

Not really picking any major upsets other than Miami over NE (which would be a major upset imo) - there's a plausible scenario that the chargers are win and in week 18 - while denver would finish 14-3 and win the conference with a win and earn a bye week. Jaguars can't win out or they beat buffalo in tiebreakers as well - and they have the jets and titans on the schedule. Chargers - L's @ KC and @DAL Denver - L @KC Jaguars - L Denver would be 14-3 with a W and would take the conference with a patriots loss, and chargers would make the playoffs with a win, or a KC loss. Interested to see how they would schedule that. I feel like the SNF game is trending towards panthers vs bucs or ravens vs steelers just because they're looking closer and closer to a no-frills winner gets in and loser is out. Broncos chargers really depends on a number of other factors, but its trending towards it being a fairly high stakes game.

It would appear so - That would give NE a 4-2 divisional record (same as buffalo), and 4 conference losses. They have to lose a divisional game otherwise they'd be 5-1 in division and win the first tiebreaker.

I would say the majority of players don't want to change shoes during a game, id imagine quite a few guys have their shoes taped on too.

Yeah - the issue for LA is chiefs cowboys and texans are all... essentially playoff games for both teams. They need to win at least 1 to have that broncos game matter in the context of KC winning out. There's some serious concerns about the chargers ability to block on O, and the offense is pretty stuck in the mud the last 3 weeks. Herbert average the last 3 weeks: 12/21 - 124 yards - 1 TD 1 INT - 4 sacks for -21 yards 5 carries for 32 yards. So if we assume the 5 carries are scrambles - That would be 30 plays that results in 135 yards, and 103 net yards passing. That is... Dillon Gabriel levels of production. They won 2 games like this because of some timely run plays, and takeaways from philly.

Only thing with chargers is schedule - @Chiefs, @Cowboys, Texans, @Broncos. Nothing easy, 3 road games, and they HAVE to win 2. Win @KC this week and i think they'll be good though. They're really banged up on the offensive line as well, but their defense is still playing well. If they were to lose to KC, and then 2 of the other games KC would jump them should they win out.

To me it would first require bills win the division over the patriots. So bills win out, and pats lose to buffalo and miami (i think this works or is close, but don't quote me). I'd also say that it would require that the rams finish a WC, and ideally with a worse record than Buffalo at 13-4. If that happened - Odd's aren't bad that buffalo is 1 in the conference (maybe 2 if denver tops in tiebreakers). And I would think Allen would have had a great stretch of games to get the team there.

I don't think it's going to last long. Just not sure you chuck him out there without at least a few plays holding the clipboard.

I assume Rypien gets the start, but you do need at least a backup. Probably a quick hook, and probably with the potential to re-enter the game if Rivers looks unprepared. None of Jones, Richardson, or Leonard are healthy so I'm not sure what else there is to do.

The 4.8 40 is always lingering as to what his ceiling can be.

He looks much faster than Rapp. And he is a better tackler. Considering the former all-pro chops, regardless of age thats an upgrade.

The pittsburgh one he lost was just so absurdly fluky its hard to fault it as a "ball security" issue. Diving for the pylon isn't great unless you're superman with massive hands, but its hard to coach that out of a player. The one at the 2 was inexcusable though.

They readjusted it after the suspension - its 6.6 now. Either way, i don't know that he was their first choice. I was hoping for someone a bit beefier like Slaton.

And thats improvement with... more people missing more time. I tend to think coaches who can overcome that are actually pretty good at their job. Offense: Brown - RT - Missed time with ankle early on, now a shoulder injury Kincaid - TE1 - Oblique, Hamstring, Knee playing through everything Palmer - WR2 - Knee, now an ankle Shakir - WR1 - Seems to be gutting out the entire season with a high ankle sprain Samuel - WR5/Chess Piece - As always he's hurt again Hardman - Returner/Chess Piece - Immediately hurt upon arrival Defense: Hairston - 1st round CB2/3 - Missed 6 games and half of training camp Strong - Late round CB4 - 9 weeks and counting TJ - NCB - First a quad, then a groin Rapp - FS - Knee, looked slow as hell before injury Sanders - 2nd round 3T - Missed 5 weeks midseason with a knee Carter - 1T - Potential depth tackle done for year in carter Oliver - 3T - Arguably the best lineman on the team has missed 10 weeks Bosa - DE1 - Played through injury with a club, now a hamstring Hoecht - DE/LB/Chess piece - Looked good, and then popped an achilles DQ - 1T - Missed some games with a calf injury Jackson - 3rd round DE - Barely played then when injuries finally get him on the field he gets rolled up Milano - WLB - Missed 4 weeks with a pec Thompson - MLB/WLB - Missed 4 weeks with hamstring injuries Williams - WLB - Missed a game with a knee injury Bernard - MLB - Ankle has bothered him all year, now his elbow I think Babich was going to start interviewing for DC positions with new HC's so promotion prevented that as well.

I'll admit i haven't seen much from Ogunjobi, but he's only played 150 snaps this year. Appears Phillips has taken over some of his snaps after he signed to replace the injured Oliver and Sanders. Sanders coming back has seen him play a bit on the outside at times because of injuries and ineffectiveness against the run, so ogunjobi seems to fall somewhere behind Walker Jones and Phillips. I do think he profiles similar to oliver, but he just doesn't seem to disrupt things as much.

I mean the stadium itself was absolutely bonkers at that moment. You have the sideline and stands going berserk. Poor conditions on a side of the field that has accumulated some snow, so you need to brush off the ground. It was too important to go up 4 there to take a penalty and potentially miss the kick.

I think he'll have a market because he had 35 sacks the last 2 years prior to this one. I don't know what that market is, but defensive linemen seem to be able to play well into their 30's if they can stay healthy. I'd imagine less than he would have gotten last year, and likely only a 4 year deal with an out after 2.

Chargers Oline also looked to be a wreck. And Denver just doesn't look right. I agree - i SHOULD count them out, just feels like everyone in their way isn't reliable.

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.