BillsFan130

I think he will be back with the Bills for one more year

You don’t need to have a specific rule. Just say don’t call it unless you’re sure. Minimize flags. Lame PI calls are the worst flags in football and it kills the game. You don’t need to look further than watching that AFC championship game between the Jags and Pats. Absolutely no reason to call those and it severely impacted the game . And by severely, I mean it probably was the difference in the game. Let the players decide it, not a ticky tack call 50 yards down the field

I’m guessing the giants draft Barkley or Rosen

Ya fair enough. Good points

How do you abuse the rep points out of curiousity?

Mike Tolbert says “wow that’s impressive “!

Ya they were very awful in terms of run blocking. Even Mccafery had a terrible yards per carry average

But the problem right now is the inconsistent calls on PI. One time they will call something so soft. And then the other time they will miss something blatant. That’s the biggest issue in my opinion and a lot of the times they are game changing calls.

Would you rather have 5 long pass interference calls a game? And over half of those are lame calls? Let the players play more and don’t call it unless it’s bad. Penalties are killing the game, not lack of penalties

True. It’s like with KC, no one was calling for Patrick Mahomes the first 10 weeks. But the problem is if TT struggles like Smith for a few games, the roar from the fans and media to play the rookie will be insane here

Ya the pash Rush was so disappointing last year. I can’t even imagine how good this defence could be with a solid pass rush and their shut down secondary

Ya fair enough. I remember them being outstanding against KC. Bad against NE. Average against the Colts. Mediocre against the Dolphins. Average against NE. And Pretty good the last game. So I guess you can say they for sure got better after those 3 awful games. But I also think they got better because their secondary was lock down and they could commit 7-8 guys to the box and put an emphasis on stopping the run.

Especially after that Oakland game. Just fell apart mid season

I was on the Mcd thread where he was saying they aren't as far along as people think. Which is true and it got me thinking. The Bills went 9-7 with an objectively awful offence, and a.... Then I went blank thinking about their defence. Some games they were opportunistic. Some games they were shut down. Some games they were mediocre. And some games they were just plain awful. So how would you overall rank their defense last year? I was thinking an above average defense that was very opportunistic and lucky at times. (I didn't look at any stats as I was just going off my memory for those 17 games)

A prime example as well is the Miami Dolphins. They went what, 10-6 in 2016? They shouldn't have been 10-6 and got lots of breaks that season. Then look at them this year. Granted they had lots of adversity with the hurricane and losing Tannehill, but they fell right back down to earth

He is correct. Technically last year was the year the Bills were supposed to get 4-5 wins. And this year would be the year they would try to improve on that and maybe get to 8 wins. They way over achieved last year, and let's be honest, got a lot of breaks along the way. I like the direction they are going, but I think they are a few years away from being a legit contender

Haha very true!

Robert Royal- Was good for a good play, bad play, and a penalty a game

I’m not too sure if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me to be honest. They have different styles but I mean in terms of overall production so far in their career, there isn’t much of a difference. TT does a few things better, but Bridgewater does a few things better as well.

Fitz isn’t scared to Throw the ball lol. Does that make him an upgrade?

Offsides are incidental penalties though. No one purposely goes offside. Players would intentionally hall people down if they were beat

If it’s 3rd and long and a defender is even somewhat beat, he would just pull the receiver down because it would still be 3rd down after the foul. He wouldn’t risk giving up the yards for the first down They would just pull the receivers down on 3rd and long if they were even somewhat beat. It would just result in more flags and less big plays

I hear your points. The way I look at it is the officials already have so much on their plate and are pretty incompetent for the most part. If they add discretion/judgement to the rule, it just puts more on their plate and even more of a chance they mess it up lol. Thats personally the way I see it

Interesting thought. I kind of like that

They challenge PI calls in the CFL and in my opinion it’s pretty annoying and kills the flow of the game even more. I would just let the players play more and don’t call it unless it’s blatant