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Interestingly you said strong defenses and not SACKS. Those defenses were very good scoring defenses. I would agree scoring defense > scoring offense, but that was not the premise of the poll. The yards are hardly even part of the equation to me, and i consider sacks to be closer to yards than they are to scoring.

Seems intuitive that TDs would be more correlated with winning. Should note that in 2020 and 2024 (our two best Josh seasons) we had 56 and 62 TDs and only 38 and 39 sacks. 2021, 2022, 2023 all had more sacks and less TDs. So more TDs all day please.

i wanted to check cause your reply made it seem like you only thought Shakir was the only one that outplayed his contract. Thanks

20% better? Cause thats how much better to be "worth it." Are you saying above that you now think the OL did play well enough. You also say you have enjoyed these last few seasons, but your thread is titled "goddammit I'm sick of excuses." Pick a lane. If you wanted to say we need to be more physical and tougher to win the SB then title your post that. Saying that the only thing that matters is team success (i.e. winning the super bowl) is literally sayin you dont find any other result having meaning. You seem like a masochist if all that matters is winning the super but youve been a bills fan for so long.

You dont think Josh Allen out played his 14th highest QB salary? So you don't think any QB is worth a salary investment? Also Cook is on a rookie contract. You don't think he outplayed his contract?

I find the idea that our OL isnt tough enough hilarious. Anderson and Spencer Brown are just nasty individuals. Wanna say our DL gets pushed around? sure. But the OL is a nasty group of dudes.

I think its trying to say youngest with 100 tackles THIS 2024 season.

its ~13% for 4th and 15. I dont thinks thats terrible. Yes some bad calls will be made but refs deal with these end of game long shot calls all the time and they get the majority correct. We just remember the wrong ones cause they all happen to the Chiefs benefit (lol).

Im sure there will be some DPI's that arent great that get called but I dont think itll be too bad. It should be the same as many late game situation the refs currently have to handle with some regularity. Whats the diff between a Hail Mary and a 4th and 15 that is proposed? Hail Mary's are mostly cause time is limited (as in last play of the game). Trying to retain the ball post score does not necessarily have to be the last play of the game and so you can run a "normal" play (obviously its likely limited to a slower developing play because of down and distance).

Officiating is by far the biggest hurdle but i think 4th and 15 from the 30 is way more exciting than super unlikely onside kick. I would rather see the best players with opportunities to make the biggest plays. Onside kick is so niche, but a 4th and 15 is a executing a tough offensive play which should be very exciting. Additionally, punts seem like better return opportunities than place kicks if you dont onside.

I used to do NCAA first and second round games with my dad. One of my favs was duke losing to Mercer in Raleigh in a noon game. Little kids were melting in the stadium and Mercer fans were out of their minds.

Joe Marino was the one I heard mentioning it.

Thoughts on Grable to guard. Grable is tall but his arms are an inch shorter than dawkins. I sorta wanna see him on the field and guard seems easier to get time than tackle and I feel comfortable with RVD as a swing.

Do you have any metrics that say were not a great blitzing team? I went looking but couldnt find any articles (I think Cover 1 videos have mentioned our efficiency). I was under the impression we are efficient when we blitz, but we choose not to.

Not just minimal other injuries, the primary backup (Bishop) has had a ton of run and seemingly getting more acquainted with the position. Though the Chiefs in the playoffs are a test like none other.

youre providing commentary about this forum. your status as newb here is pretty pertinent. talk some x's and o's and youll do fine.

Just wanna reiterate some of the comments above for why i donated. Andrews is a great player/person that I always like and its absolute sucks that hes getting this treatment. This is a way to make a crappy situation have some upside. Then there is stuff bigger than football. Hoping we can play each other in the AFCCG next year after one of us (or another team in the WC) takes out KC.

I think they were trying to get their main 3 a couple snaps off before a potential goal line stand. Agree it back fired, but all the primary DL were on the field for the 2pt conversion (not that it mattered). Odd mirror did fail against lamar as he did a good job of taking his time and avoiding rushers. It should be noted that Mahomes is who they developed the odd mirror rush for and it has worked effectively against him (2+ picks). I do expect more Von in this game. I believe Marino wasnt saying prevent shell but that when we blitzed versus when we didnt (not all of these should be considered prevent).

That would be me. But arcane is def the right adjective. Knew I was missing something

I maybe be missing something but yeah cover 2 man is usually a problem because you rush 4, 5 coverage players play man, and 2 deep to protect. Thus noone accounts for the QB and you have to contain rush. Obviously thats a problem with Mahomes, but with odd mirror you sacrifice one of the primary rushers and spy the QB to be a second wave rusher.

I love what odd mirror (not mentioned here but thats the name of the front) enables from a coverage perspective too. We have run cover 2 man on the back side of this rush. Typically that defense suffers because theres noone accounting for the QB, and with Mahomes or Lamar youre gonna get roasted. However, with a QB spy you feel a lot better about running cover 2 man. That defense is so powerful because you can get into a trail technique and jump under routes knowing there are 2 deep defenders that got your back. I expect to see a ton of it this weekend.

He exemplifies the "Be you with us" mantra better than anyone else i can think of. He certainly is being himself.

Thanks. I was referring to when Bills/Chiefs played earlier. Against the Texans Kelce had a big day cause Al Shaair could/would not stay with him. Conversely when we played KC, TB was leaving his coverage responsibilities at times to guard Kelce. TB's focus on Kelce is why Gray had a fair bit of impact (2 first down catches, 2 TDs on 5 targets). Will be interesting to see what happens this coming week.

I got 4 for 23 with 2 TDs and 2 more first downs from pro football reference (care to link yours). “Big Day” was maybe hyperbolic but he was important to them maintaining and finishing drives. Worthy seemed to be focus of their explosive plays.

I've been yelling at my TV the last few games. Turns out NFL doesnt care. Glad we were ahead of the trend and are ready. Certain everyone will PULL their weight https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-wont-instruct-officials-to-throw-flags-for-pulling-runners Agree. best way to avoid the KC devil magic is to blow it out of the water. Sorta what happened last game. Josh blew it up with that run; else we know it wouldve been a stupid final drive. TB >> Al Shaair. Al Shaair is fun but was leaving Kelce open all day. The diving TD by Mahomes is a great example. Kelce just shuffles behind Al Shaair and is wide open to catch a ball that wasnt zipped in there. If you look at the film from the first game TB was seemingly breaking coverage assignment to go cover Kelce. Think to some degree thats why Gray had such a big day.