fergie's ire

Side note. Nice Wegman's Bills Pilsner of yore. Used to have a couple of these but they didn't survive all my moves back in the day.

Yeah, my favorite example of them scheming against a pass rusher was a couple years ago in the Daboll era when they eliminated Judon's impact. Early in the game they chipped him with the TE and had Josh run wide. Josh had some huge runs that way so later in the game Judon would take a couple steps backwards at the snap. Love when Josh and scheme can get a pass rusher moving backward and taking himself out of the play. On Sunday, they would run away from Parsons but he was very aware of Josh...had to worry about rushing him or chasing him if he ran...while the play was sweeping to the other side. You're right...Josh plus scheme, and it's something that was largely missing with Dorsey.

Orlovsky pointed out that most of the time the Bills just left Parsons unblocked. We'd run the other way and he'd get lost in the wash.

I haven't read through all of this to see if it's been posted but the simplest breakdown seems to be the Bills are in if they win out and either the Jaguars OR Bengals lose at least one game, OR if the Dolphins lose at least one of the next two. In the last case the Bills win the division AND if the Chiefs and Jaguars both lose one more game in addition to the Dolphins losing one of the next two, PLUS the Colts and Texans each losing at least one more, the Bills would get the 2 seed. Doesn't seem likely the Chiefs would lose one of the games they have left but it's certainly very possible.

I could see him practicing this week, getting some minor action next week against the Patriots, and then ready to have more meaningful participation by the phins game. That would seem to be an ideal scenario.

Yeah, I am not sure what to make of the Dolphins. Looking forward to see if the Fraud Bowl tells us anything this weekend...and maybe puts Bills in control of their path to the playoffs. Just not sure if I can count on the Cowboys stopping Mostert and Achane.

Yeah. Done with him. He can run by people and as a rookie he had great toe drag swag, but he seems to have lost that. The thing that continues to annoy me is he just never seems to fight for a ball. Today seemed typical. The ball was under thrown but it looked like Gabe had slowed, saw the ball, and could have fought back for it...but he just didn't.

His big toe....his front leg...his entire body...and most of his back leg...but yeah.

He does have 6 pick 6's, but Seattle went after him and torched him.

This actually does make a lot of sense. I could get that he never learned to play zone effectively but what was weird is that his man skill had regressed to the point where he didn't seem to be able to cover anyone. An injury would explain the regression.

Is it coincidence that a last minute lateral by a tight end was actually called BACK this time. I think not. Larger forces are at work.

Not only that, but that usually happens when the receiver is split way wide and close to the official, but not close to the ball. Toney was just off the line AND the nose of the ball was conveniently right at the hash mark, and Toney is just off the other hash mark, so it should be obvious.

I'll have to see the replay again my own self, but I seem to remember that both the ball and Toney were by a hash mark so you didn't need to look down the line. You could see the ball at the front of the hash mark and Toney stepping over the other one.

I felt it balanced out with the Murray catch. I was NOT sure he controlled it long enough to be a catch.

Yeah, that's what Romo said. He commented that refs sometimes don't want to call ticky tack penalties in that situation but that was so blatant they had to call it.

I've been thinking the same thing. Not sure if it's attitude or maybe could be injury? I remember about a month ago he mysteriously popped up on the injury list mid-week. Could something be physically wrong?

But it does not need to be proven or even provable in a court of law in order for the league to suspend a player. Just before Goodell became commissioner, it seemed like a different NFL player (usually, but not always, a Cincinnati Bengal) was getting arrested. Chris Henry, in particular, was getting arrested all the time but not found guilty. It gave the impression that the league was full of criminals who used their money and fame to get off. So, Goodell came in on a campaign of being the guy who would clean it up. He instituted policies that allowed players to be suspended even if not found guilty. He has included these policies in the collective bargaining agreement. Think about Ezekial Elliot who was suspended for six games for domestic abuse even though he was never charged. Basically, if the NFL decides they want to suspend him, they can suspend him. The latest collective bargaining agreement puts some limitations on the judge, jury, executioner powers...but not a lot.

Can I get in on this?

I just answered my own question. On Peacock, SNF has a feather next to it which means need to pay in order to get access.

I am curious if anyone has tried to watch Sunday Night Football on Peacock. There are actually three levels of Peacock: Peacock, Peacock+, and Peacock+ Premium. Peacock is free. I can go to Peacock and watch some shows...but not others. Everything I read on SNF says just "Peacock" but then tries to sell Peacock+. So, do I need to pay? Or just need the app? I'll try to remember to check it out this Sunday.

Something just occurred to me. We got their defense and particularly their DL PISSED OFF...and now they play the Dolphins and Tua in a few days. Oh...this could be good.

Murray reminds me of Leroy Hoard who once told his coach, "If you need one yard, I can get you three. If you need five yards....I can get you three."

Agreed. I remember they ran the jet sweep that so many have been asking for early in the game. It lost 2 yards. I said at the time, "I'm okay with that. The fact that he ran it sets up other things even if the play itself wasn't successful." On the touchdown pass to Johnson they faked the jet sweep. It drew the defense to the wrong side. Beautiful.

Yeah, I don't think he'd want to pass up the TV gig either, but he would be just what Josh needs, in my opinion. Needs to have that fun and swagger back (which is what fitzy has said) and always shirtless fitzy could bring it out of him. Maybe he can be brought in in an unofficial capacity?