Rocky Landing

Tre White is beloved. Gronk can suck an egg.

The should move to Fresno. Two words: tax incentives. Plus, when the high-speed rail finally gets built, there would be an actual reason to visit Fresno.

So, you’re saying he may not be a Process Guy?

To my mind, “washed” would imply being worn out, right? But he’s only 30, which really isn’t too old for an OT. If he experienced a significant decline in play from his time in Dallas, one wonders what other issues there might have been, and can he be fixed?

I'm confused... do we like PFF now...?

Well, I suppose an article featured in "Wisconsin Sports Heroics," titled, "Green Bay Packers Expected To Sign Buffalo Bills 24-year-old Star Weapon (Report)," containing only blithe conjecture, and written by a die-hard Packers fan, with an associates degree in General Studies is exactly the reason Simon created this thread.

He's going to suspended for testing positive for opium because he ate a poppy seed bagel, and that's why we're going to lose to the patriots*.

He falls down a lot.

Here's a funny little LAMP: I live in Los Angeles, and work in the motion picture industry in set lighting. A couple years ago, I did one of her music videos, and yeah... she's hot, and a legit musician. Also super nice.

Dallas @ Miami Weird to say this on the first drive of the first quarter, but... Dallas just lost this game.

I agree. The notion that Harris was an upgrade, or even a lateral move, was ridiculous to me. They had almost identical stats in many categories, including ypc, but Harris did that on the Pat*, who were predicated on the run. And the one category where Motor was far better was the simple stat of availability. I don't believe Harris has gone one entire season without missing game, but Motor routinely got mashed, and would pop right back up like he was made of rubber. I'm definitely a fan of his. But, I also suspect the main reason he was cut was his lack of receiving skills, and his poor drop rate. I know that on paper, his drop rate wasn't so bad, but I do believe that several of his drops came on check downs. You can't drop check-downs on a spread offense!

There are two kinds of bounce in football-- lucky ones, and unlucky ones.

I was there too. It is a gorgeous stadium. I think we can agree that the Chargers' fan base was pathetic, though. Pretty embarrassing when the opposing team (from 2,500 miles away) has a louder fan base than the home team. I also didn't much care for the way the Chargers' production team directs the game day experience. They try to go for this young, nightclub vibe, with Esther Anaya as their deejay, and all the very loud house music. Very different, I thought, from the Rams games at SoFi.

There's been a lot of complaining about Martin on these pages recently, and I don't get it. He was certainly solid yesterday, including booming a 60 yarder out of the end zone. Tough to do.

Gabe Davis also had a great game.

I liked hearing Oliver talk about Poona. I was at the game, and I didn't even realize that he had gotten that sack-- I thought it was Oliver. The emcee at SoFi literally did not even mention a single Bills player's name once. It will be interesting to see how my perceptions at the stadium match up to what was presented on TV.

I just got home from watching the game live at SoFi. A few observations from the stands: Not a good showing for offense or defense, IMO. They both allowed a crappy Chargers team to stay in the game. What's up with Diggs? Has it been a few weeks now that he just seems off? Gabe Davis looked like the best player on the field tonight. Last week I was impressed with how well Joe Brady play-called. He found things that worked, and stuck with them. In this game, he found things that didn't work, and stuck with them anyway. That frikkin' jumbo package with Edwards in as a sixth OL-- always announced as an eligible receiver-- hand-off to the RB in whichever direction Edwards was taking up space for around two yards. It was infuriating. By the middle of the second quarter, I said to my 13yo, "they gotta stop running that play..." And they never did. Every time we'd hear the ref say over his mic, "number 76 has reported as an eligible receiver," my son, and I would look at each other in exasperation. Having both Phillips, and Epenesa out was huge. Daquan Jones can't come back soon enough. One thing that was pretty incredible, that I was not expecting: Bills fans literally outnumbered the Chargers fans, and were literally twice as loud. The players must have noticed this.

Oh yeah, absolutely. I’m at SoFi stadium now, and I’ve seen several. It’s actually a very frigid 65 degrees here in Inglewood. All the LA natives are wearing their puffy North Face jackets.

I think you’re giving Chargers fans a little too much credit.

My 13-year-old on why Bills fans seem to be outnumbering the Chargers fans: “the Chargers aren’t even an LA team— they just rent.”

Got to the stadium early. Maybe the Chargers fans are planning on being fashionably late, but so far, Bills fans actually outnumber the Chargers fans… like, significantly.

Leaving in a couple hours to get down to the stadium early. Considering how the Chargers' season has shaped up, I wonder if there's going to be a bunch of empty seats?

First world problems sure have gotten complicated...

In fact, I think the flopping is downright necessary. It's often the case with physical QBs that they just aren't protected as much as the Tuas of the league. I remember when Michael Vick was in his prime, he wouldn't draw an unnecessary roughness flag ever. It's probably less of an issue now than it used to be, but think back to the egregious horse collar Josh got in the Eagles game, with a ref, about four yards away, staring right at him. If Josh gets fouled, he's gotta let them know.

I wish I had known when I got mine! But, considering the current state of the Chargers (and their fans), I imagine there's going to be a lot of tickets on sale...