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Good stuff, KtD. I keep thinking how similar that pass to Brown in the first quarter was to his intentional grounding and interception pass attempts later on.

That would be nice, but we are getting very good TE play without him. No need to rush him.

Josh Brown. John Allen. It’s all good, man.

The end has been near for the Pats*** for 10 years now.

Look for lots of TE seam routes.

Brady’s gonna get his. Period. Gotta make him earn it though. No chunk plays. I’m more concerned with their run game.

My biggest initial concern going into this game is our guys getting too over hyped about it all week and then hyperventilating for the first quarter. We’ve seen that before. Coaches need to help them keep perspective going in and Daboll needs to get Allen into a rhythm early so he can calm down right away. The Pats*** are playing lights out, especially on the D side. They are and should be heavy favorites going in. I hope our guys relish the underdog role and just come out and punch them in the mouth. I don’t expect them to win, but I expect them to earn some respect, regardless.

In the first half, the Bengals tried addressing their OLine problems coming into the game by going to a quick, short passing attack with Dalton getting rid of the ball in less than 2.5 seconds and you just aren’t gonna get to a QB in those circumstances. We can expect more from Brady next Sunday. In the second half, the Bengals used max protection schemes virtually the entire time and, again, it’s a chore to get to the QB most of the time, even with the blitz packages Frazier dialed up on occasion. And a good QB is gonna find open guys when he has the time. Andy Dalton is a good QB. He came into Buffalo with 729 yards passing his first two games, including 418 yards AT Seattle, with a passer rating of 100, and YPA over 8 while completing 65% of his passes. Yesterday, he had a rating of 63, 5 yards per attempt, and completed 55% of his passes. He made some plays because he’s a decent QB, but we did a good job defending him, especially downfield. No big plays for Ross, especially.

Nobody is making a big deal of it. It’s just worth pointing out for two reasons: first because it’s a Bills milestone and second, because so few active QBs have eight consecutive 200 yard games currently, even with all those 300-400 yard games you imagine occur with such regularity week in and week out by every other QB.

Part of it is Daboll’s play calls. Allen had over 200 yards in the first half vs. the Giants and Daboll decided to neuter him.

Well, considering there were only three QBs with a longer active streak of 200 yard games going into today (Mahomes and Big Ben with 17 and Watson with 10), eight in a row is not insignificant.

No grabbing motion made it an easy non call. You are allowed to straight arm a guy in the face mask just as long as you don’t grab it.

Any chance they might beat a team the so called experts think they should lose?

Unfortunately, I think you’re right. Allen is not allowed ANY room for error as EVERY mistake is magnified and gnawed on incessantly. Some me folks need to watch other teams more. The state of NFL QBing is not a pretty sight week to week.

That’s a fair concern for sure. The onus is on Daboll to counter.

This obsession with the totally arbitrary benchmark of 60% as an indicator of anything needs to stop.

Of course Tre should have stayed down. And his teammate who were slapping him while he was down should have been telling him to stay down. But that’s a completely different issue than the Cincy coach being clueless when he was yelling for a safety.

Yep. Cincy coach may want to acquaint himself with the rule book.

God, I hope not. He’s just not a very good hockey player.

I think so. Mantha is a good player with a high ceiling, too.

I think it’s a fair deal, not sure Winnipeg would feel that way, though. I think the Jets would prefer to move Laine.

Ehlers.

Great stuff, Mr. Rosen!

How much of a bro hug did Josh and Sam share before the game? I'm concerned.

Are you sure that stat is correct? I mean, we all read in this very forum how Gregg Williams was gonna bring the heat and rattle Josh Allen all afternoon.