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I just went back and watched it. Refs messed that one up. Really should have been an encroachment penalty on the Jets. It looked like that was why they were originally blowing the play dead but no flag was ever thrown. Should have been 1st and 5 Cardinals after that play. A runner is a runner. Completely different scenario. You absolutely have to complete the process of the catch; one of which is surviving the ground. That holds true whether the process is completed on the sideline, middle of the field or in the endzone.

Can you link an example? I'm still thinking what you are describing is a receiver who is deemed to never have possession. Once the receiver has possession they technically become a runner and any crossing of the goal line should be deemed a TD. Not having possession could be for several reasons, lack of two feet in bounds, no time aspect, ball bobbling or ball coming out when the receiver goes to the ground.

Back seat? Thurman can't even ride shot gun? He has to be back there with Juice?

I think I am finally okay with that. McDermott has this job as long as he wants. I love what he has been able to do with the safeties. Rapp is legitimately good. Hamlin is actually serviceable which is crazy to be saying given his limitations. The hit piece that was written last year and then being dropped when the author for sure probably thought the Bills would not only lose the division but likely miss the playoffs all together, only to have the Bills rally as a team and win the division, that also stands out as a case to keep McDermott. And we have to remember the grass in not always greener on the other side. Bills have built a real culture here.

I look at the Chiefs the same way to be honest and yet they are 9-0. But they don't look like a dominating team. Their point differential certainly doesn't scream dominant. Bills sometimes look like a dominating team. Ravens feel like the best team in the conference and they have 3 losses.

Yeah i think they will lose one or two before their 16th game.

Or 15 losses.

Agreed. They will most certainly bench and rest as many as possible week 18 if they are 16-0 going into that game against Denver. And Denver may need that game to secure a wild card spot.

How they haven't dropped two games already is shocking. They are good but they are not undefeated level good. They will drop at least one if not two before the playoffs.

Because one situation is dealing with a runner the other is dealing with a loose ball and player trying to gain possession of the ball. If I follow your questioning right, it really has nothing to do with whether or not the ball crosses the end zone in the case of the receiver. It's about whether the possession of the ball was gained (feet in bounds with ball secured and not bobbled/moving) by the receiver. If the receiver has possession of the ball and then crosses the plane of the endzone it would be a TD. But I think you are questioning plays where it is determined the receiver has not been ruled to have possession. It's still a loose ball.

Bend but don’t break.

Flacco is the perfect QB o play bend but don’t break against.

Taylor Rapp makes a 4 point tackle on Jonathan Taylor’s big run. Just like the TD saving tackle against Breece Hall. Rapp has turned into such a good safety for the Bills. Unfortunately, looked like Hamlin took a wrong angle and was the reason the run broke into a big gain.

Will Curtis Samuel do ANYTHING today?

Yes, i hear them say that in reference to the contact that is also being made. Hence, if you turn around and make contact, less likely to draw a flag.

His season was over a couple weeks ago.

Turning and playing the ball lets the DB get away with contact. You don’t like that rule? You just want them to make contact without attempting to make a play on the ball?

It is already in the rules that Defender doesn’t have to turn around. He just can’t make contact while not turning around. That’s fair no? recall week 1 against the Cardinals. Ingram had plenty of contact but turned around and attempted play on ball so no call despite Cardinals fans complaints

IMO, the sky judge is a rabbit hole the NFL should not be going down. In theory it is good but it sets the league up to look like it is rigged as soon as they don't use it to overturn an obvious missed or bad call. We have already seen that this season once or twice. The answer should be allowing the teams and coaches to review plays instantly with a guy dedicated for that up in the team booth. That way the onus is on the team to decide a call worth correcting. The team can't get jobbed by the sky judges random selection of plays to review.

Bills lose one more game to the Lions in regular season finish 14-3. But still only get the two seed, KC (16-1). Wild Card: Host Bengals W Divisional: Host Ravens W AFCCG: @ 1 loss Chiefs W Super Bowl: vs. 1 loss Lions W Greatest post season run/gauntlet defeated ever?

It's football. Did he play on Sunday's and produce? Of course he did.

Disagree on the "full time" official thing. What does that even mean? Are they going to do NFL scrimmage games in spring and summer? They are highly compensated already. And believe me, as a High School football official these guys put in the work year round in terms of study both in the book and film. I see it at the high school level. The study is even greater at the NFL level I am sure too. One and one thing only will fix officiating. Letting coaches challenge bad calls. The thing is, fans have to accept that it will only be the egregiously bad calls that will be overturned. On some flags, multiple refs can have their eyes on the same play and have three different opinions on it. Those are not the kind of flags that will be overturned or thrown. Coaches won't be able to throw flags challenging a ticky tack non call on a PI and expect it to be overturned. The NFL experimented with this a while back too. Was it like 8 - 10 years ago?

That's not new. Refs keep their flags in their pocket for a lot penalties that don't affect the play. Especially holding. Like if a d-lineman is held after the ball is already thrown. Or backside hold on a running play that is already well beyond the hold. Now face mask. That should technically be called every time regardless of where in the play it happens and to who.

Let’s hope for a better game plan than that. lol yes. They also have raiders, Browns and home against the Colts. Home against the Falcons isn’t that daunting. Chiefs is week 18. Almost zero percent chance Chiefs are playing most of their starters in that game.

That is an odd worry. He currently has an injured wrist. You were worried that we would trade for a healthy WR with historically very little injury history and that he would all of a sudden be injured here and not be available? I mean, do we not expect him back at the latest after the bye week? And he could still be back this week or next we don't even know. Just really weird to be worried about a player who does not have much of an injury history.