fergie's ire

He might identify as a Steeler....but the one play that identifies him to NFL fans happened as a Bill....knocking out Bret Favre.

Not only that, I think the NFL would love to be able to say, "See...we care about player safety....We even put the biggest player in the sport on the shelf." NFL is in for the long game...one game is not worth it. Could you imagine if Mahomes becomes the next RGIII? He was rushed into a playoff game and was never the same. That's the last thing the NFL wants.

Wasn't there a really good receiver on the Ravens who had success with Flacco, but then Lamar couldn't get him the ball so he left for another team with a young QB with a bigger arm? I thought I heard he had great success as the team's #1, and even though he has been the #2 this year and been banged up, he is still getting the ball more when in there? Who WAS that receiver and where did he go. Hmmmmm....let me think. I do realize that Lamar was a rookie then, and I am a bigger Lamar fan than many....but I think that narratives have power and it would keep top receivers from coming there.

Optics may be an issue. I can't remember who it was, but a few years ago a quarterback was visibly dazed and was sent back in. The coach claimed he didn't see it, and there was a huge uproar. I think it even prompted the NFL to use spotters to buzz down and have a guy taken out if he looks like that. Even if he passed all the preliminary tests, they may have...given what they saw on tape...decided he needed more testing...and rightly so.

Is one of the Browns secretly a Vulcan? But seriously, this sounds very weird...though fits what we saw on the video. Not sure if that injury is more or less concerning.

He was one of my favorite posters, too....I hope we can get him back. Maybe this week I will try and dig out my old Kirby Jackson autographed football. It could serve two purposes: bring the Bills luck and act as a Kirby bat signal.

Yeah, it was weird, wasn't it? Never saw much of a blow to the head like the one Lamar took when he hit the ground. But he looked like a boxer who just got rocked and is about to go down. Then, a couple of minutes later he is running to the locker room and looks fine. An odd injury and odd reaction.

You and Lamar both. He completely locked onto him, setting up Taron's interception.

Yeah, I was talking about Ditka the announcer. He always seemed to have it out for the Bills and find ways to say bad things about them. He did a game in Buffalo, where they had a desk set up close to the field and the whole game people hammered him with snowballs.

I say if he ever comes to a Buffalo home game we give him the Ditka treatment. Old timers will know what I mean.

Physical actions? More than two pelvic thrusts?

I'd think the Chargers would be a bit nervous about hiring another Bills OC.

Hurry, hurry, hurry...before I go insane oh, oh, oh, oh, oh....so until the game.

I wanna be sedated Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh I wanna be sedated

How about a replay of this Bills offense in the snow:

It's not a guarantee, but with a good offense (which we have) you can control it to some degree. If you get the ball and there are 6 minutes left, you try to milk the clock with a long drive. If you get the ball back with 1:30 left, you go quick. Think about the Colts game and the Colts completely controlled the game in the first half and were getting ready to take a big lead. They go for it on 4th, don't make it, and the next time they see the ball (other than a few seconds before half), the Bills have scored 10 more points on them and taken the lead.

And they'd already be ready for bed right after the game...dressed in their jammies.

I'd go so far as to say his ability is Trent Edwards level. Lest we forget. Hey  There Trent Edwards

I agree. Those errors were not unforced and at the start of the 4th quarter the Colts had only scored 10 points and the Bills were leading by 14. The plan was working. The 4th quarter did not go well...let Colts score too quickly and it reminded of some Bills games earlier in the year. In fact, it was a lot like the Cardinals game only Josh gave up a sack/fumble (though recovered) instead of the interceptions and the defense defensed a hail mary well. So, they played a good team...in the playoffs...and came up with a win. It was actually a very impressive team effort.

Agreed. I think many people overlooked the Colts and seemed to think they were a week team (even though they were 11-5 and beat the Packers). The Colts can be really tough, played a great game, and it was a huge hurdle cleared for the Bills to beat them. I believe Josh is now the first QB in his class to win a playoff game. That relieves a ton of pressure....just ask Lamar Jackson.

May be true of the biggest spots...but in the next biggest spots he's pretty solid. He was 3-0 in wildcard games before yesterday.

I saw him on your list...but that he didn't have a nickname...that's why I went with Tre...MAIN MAN Edmunds.

No love for Tremaine man Edmunds?

Probably both, but I feel they NEED Williams. They don't seem to trust Singletary in those power running situations (goal line and toward the end of the game). I think Williams could feel that role...give them some angry runs.

It is interesting...and demonstrates Allen's work habits...that the book on him last year was that he could kill zones, but struggled against man to man. Though I don't have numbers, it seems that intermediate passes were really his specialty. It seems like he struggled in one area and worked on it until it was a strength...and when his former strength becomes his weakness he works on that. Last year, against zone, his strength was to be able to rip the ball through seems in the zone, but now he is putting touch on the ball like that great through against SF. His progress really is amazing to watch. He's also so good at learning that I wonder if he is just going to make a habit of killing teams the second time he sees them (like he did against NE and Miami). Once he sees a defense and figures it out, look out. Bodes well if he can get past Indy today. He has seen most of these other teams already.