TheWei44

It also excludes number of sacks, and Maye has 2X Allen's IIRC.

Bills 31 Patriots 20 Ravens: Worried and should have been worried Jets: Moderately worried (Jets as "Ravens light") and shouldn't have been worried Dolphins: Moderately worried and perhaps should have been worried Saints: Not worried and perhaps should have been worried Patriots: Moderately worried and TBD!! But I think it'll end up in the "perhaps should have been worried" group, meaning a close-ish game that we pull out comfortably in the end

Detroit!

Bills 34 Saints 17

Thankful I still have the Bills as an option this week (lots of people in my pool already picked them) - That's my pick.

It's great and all, but this is one of those stats that's impacted by playing more games in the regular season - Ties the arms around the older guys like Reed and Thomas.

Probably also related to the short week (keep things as simple as possible).

So he's probably done for the year - Would need for Bengals to be in playoff contention (which would mean Browning is playing well) + smooth recovery + lack of confidence in Browning vs. Burrow. All of the above seems unlikely (and some of it is contradictory).

I'm a huge fan - Kincaid's blocking seems to have improved too (to my untrained eye) and he's catching some balls so we really have a 3-headed monster at TE atm.

Bills 37 Fish 20

Because we ate Jet's pizza!

I saw this and it doesn't make any sense because many teams like the Bills and Chiefs won in January 2025.

Bills 31 Jets 20 (I guess I'm agreeing with F's Dead!).

True, but also assumes we'd stop the Ravens from getting just one first down - I was a little surprised Ravens weren't a little more aggressive in that spot. But I can't blame them for punting on 4th and 3 (particularly given Lamar had just gotten clobbered by Big Ed).

The interesting thing to me is that IIRC McDermott tightened up similarly in the second half of the playoff game and let the Ravens back in a bit by being somewhat conservative. So maybe Harbaugh and McDermott coach similarly with a sizeable lead? And perhaps true of a lot of coaches? It's also interesting to me that we missed a 2-pt conversion near the end of the game to tie it (like what happened with the Ravens). Thankfully we had some time left to work with (and 3 timeouts).

It's just the first game and all, but it's hard to imagine a scenario where this loss won't matter down the road in some fashion re the playoffs. And it also suggests the possibility that there's a new sheriff in town in the AFC West. Time will tell but a promising start for anyone anti-Chiefs!

Expect a close, hard fought game with some weird/unexpected plays - Will be a very entertaining game that will go down to the wire, unfortunately. Bills 27 Ravens 24

Sounds like reading comprehension is not your strong suit - All good, my friend. Have a nice day.

Focusing on two plays, rather than the full context of the game, is short sighted and a fool's errand. And even if you want to focus on those two plays, Allen made a friggin miraculous throw under ridiculous pressure to give us a chance. Kudos to the Chiefs for doing something unexpected on the line on that play. But back to my main point: Teams win or lose games from the full body of work for the full 60 minutes. Sure, certain plays are more important than others, but I would list at least 4-5 reasons why the Bills lost to the Chiefs last season. C'mon man, be better!

Ha, we'll see!

It's my birthday, so I am hoping for cake, pizza/wings, bourbon/scotch, and a win (roughly in that order!).

945 yards (64 catches) and 7 TDs

Where are you in Cincinnati? We're in Wyoming (OH!).

Defer if we win coin toss - Everyone will be very amped up and I think I'd rather start on defense given that. And I think in general, it's generally best to defer.

Let's just say I was surprised how durable Jackson and Henry were last year given all the running they did (and Henry's age) - I won't type it explicitly but I think you guys get the idea. And I would never wish injuries on anyone. But it's a long season.