Steve Billieve

The Pats* will turn out to be the head scratching loss as we march to an 18-1 record.

Nothing. It really is that simple. All there is to hope for is that he won't leave us for a bad situation with an out of control owner or front office. HC in the NFL is the dream, just like playing is for the players. No amount of money or well wishes will change that. Realistically that is the option.

Whaley is a beast. I wish they sold his jeresey.

I'm loosing sleep over Incognito too. Those seem like really big losses right now.

I saw Suh triple teamed more than one. That earns you a positive grade.

I think if you tackle the kicker it's one penalty, if you run into him it's another, but if you're tangled with a blocker and make contact it's not called.

Clay can run a little, block, and go fb.

I don't think we should exactly say the rule is unfair. Lets just call it ridiculous, unintuitive, and confusing. The rule bothers me because of this sort of situation: Runner streaking towards the pylon, reaches out with the ball to get it over the line . . . this sort of thing happens all the time but the outcome of the situation can change dramatically without what the players/fans/etc experience being drastically different. As we've seen refs rulings on possession can be tough to stomach. One instance of this that the Bills were involved in last went in our favor but easily could have gone the other way. I forget which game, but Sammy Watkins was diving for the pylon one handed with the ball, right around when crossed the line the ball came out and traveled into the end zone and out of bounds. They gave us the TD but it could have easily gone the other way. To me, it seems like refs are very generous to the offense when dealing with this situation. Honestly it seems like they're scared of the rule which generates a lot of ambiguity, which in my opinion is not a good thing. The league should want players fighting for that extra inch especially when it comes to getting in the endzone.

No one wants Chip Kelly to succeed, except Eagles fans. If he does, he'll make everyone else look foolish. I think everyone knows we got the better player but the worse contract out of the trade. Correct or not, the strength of the trade will be viewed within the confines of the contract they gave him afterwards. It's not this season or next that will make up peoples minds, but what happens after that.

Yeah, there seems a general lack of defensive stats in general . . . I think, sadly, no one really cares. Obviously this is coupled with certain problems generating meaningful numbers.

I'm glad we played him. We're gonna lose some games, its just going to happen. I'm not sure this was a bad game to lose, I think it'll put a little more fight in our defense. Our offense scored a lot of points. We were obviously not performing at their level, yet we still had chances late in the game. I think it set a good bar for the level that they need to be performing at. I think its good this early in the season to not buy into how good we are. The suspension might still come . . .

lol

After what's happened so far that sounds like how the story ends.

Lol, yup. That new castle contract has got to help his trade value quite a bit. I wonder how it's structured, could castle be paid a lot more if he's starting?

Mediocrity is always lurking around the corner. If they beat the pats* we could be having the same conversation if the got blown out by the fins.

I saw Hughes dropping back a lot . . . I wonder if that might have been a factor . . . At least Rex took credit for a job poorly done? I don't know if that's something he normally does?

I think you should keep going!

Yep, for sure. Definitely not worth the risk, you don't want him feeling bad all game.

I don't think you can really interpret anything other than that we need some properly controlled studies.

+1 it says it all

That's the dream!

I agree . . . I mean its not like teams are openly and flagrantly cheating all the while demanding respect.

What a bunch of nonsense. Do you actually watch him? There's a reason he's consitently double teamed, often still demanding the best cb. Maybe you just don't like having lots of good skill players?

Pretty great! This has been the best six months of football in my entire adult life, and I'm 33.

He can swing fb, to me that says he can handle a few touches.