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D in the 1st Half C- in the 2nd Half for a D+ Overall One thing Daboll needs to make sure of is Allen having early success in the game as it seems to reverberate for the rest of the game. The 1st Drive was Allen failing then making a great throw to Brown who missed it completely. He catches that, who knows if that fixes the jitters. Allen wasn't putting the touch on the long ball like he did in the 1st 4 games; perhaps due to the rain? He had one great drive however which was awesome. That throw to Diggs in the endzone was also spot on by both parties. I do honestly feel our defense's inability to stop opponents is psychologically effecting Allen into playing more hero ball as he feels the pressure to win games by his arm alone. Could his non-throwing shoulder be effecting some of his accuracy somehow?

Come on Allen, we need your A game for the rest of the game! GO BILLS!!

To be honest, I'm not even angry with his fumble today. He was ragdolled by the arguably best defensive lineman in the game and the ball came out as he spun around.

Best part is he didn't take a discount really. He just wanted to be the highest paid DB and Beane made said dream a reality. Tre even said he knew it wasn't going to last long but he was happy regardless. So it wasn't truly a discount but rather a great contract which was soon after hopped over by another GM

I like them, rather clever and quick witted. Doesn't rely on every new trend

I'd imagine Beane would of tossed out an offer but I highly doubt BoB wanted to trade in the Conference with the team they barely got past in the playoffs. I don't think the relationship problem would of mattered seeing as we wanted AB last year. Hell, maybe BoB feared Gainey's knowledge being able to fleece him lol.

For those who think this happens all the time I believe you are forgetting the exact course of events. Typically, if a player tells his blockers not to worry the KR will just allow the ball to hit the ground in the endzone and bounce out. The key difference between this play and the vast majority was that he called off his blockers, never signaled a fair catch, and then caught the ball. The KR then proceeds to take two steps forward and toss the ball at the ref. In the end the KR gave mixed signals and passed it forward which should of resulted in a Safety and Bills ball. Instead they bailed out the Texans KR thanks to "common sense" which is never used during the season as a free pass on stupidity.

Oh certainly, they need to clean up that weird oversight but as the law states is how its supposed to be played. Why does the rules bend against us but never for us? Whistles cannot be reviewed to my knowledge

Now that I have reviewed the play, the ref blows the play dead. You can see the ref behind the play holding his hand up with his whistle in his mouth marking the turnover's spot. Had the endzone ref or another ref blown the play dead then this would be null and void. Since the the play was not blown dead its a live ball until a whistle blows it dead. Hell, they could of said they had the intent to blow the play dead and that would of been the end of it. They worsened the situation by saying that after a discussion they were overturning the call on the field which was a touchdown. Not only did they give no legitimate reason for the overturn but also ignored the fact it had been ruled a TD on the field which would require a Booth Review as all scoring plays are reviewed.

No, he intercepted inside the endzone. As long as he doesn't leave the endzone he can go out of bounds anywhere for a touchback. If he ran it out to the 1 and then back into the endzone that would be a safety.

If he ran out the back then he cannot be anything but out of bounds for a touchback. If he lays there until an opposing player touches him its a touchback. He didn't stand up and toss the ball to the ref, he didn't run in and out of the endzone. To give up requires 1 of 3 things, a kneel down, a slide, or a refusal to get up while no one is around. A fair catch can also count in most circumstances. The Texans player did none of that, he told his blockers what he was going to do but never gave the ref any reason to rule he'd given himself up. He walked a step forward and then just tossed the ball.

It should of been a touchdown; had he not fielded the ball and waived it off then fine. But he caught it, walked forward and flipped it to the ref. That is by rule a fumble and not giving yourself up. Tre's pick in the endzone is giving yourself up. He just laid on the ground/ ran out the back. That is clear cut. There is no questioning his intention on the play as he doesn't go forward to advance the ball.

Based on the replay, Beasley could have gotten open but its hard to tell if the DB stopped due to the throwing motion or stopped for another reason.

McCoy and a 5th for a 3rd from TB?

Here's a theory...... What if there was a trade in place but somehow Antonio Brown nixed it thus causing this whole mess.

I would retrofit the present stadium in OP. Mainly for two reasons, cost and infrastructure. It wouldn't be as expensive to renovate Rich Stadium as it would be to build a new stadium. Right off the bat just the land acquisition and utilities being set up costs a lot and a downtown stadium would require a lot of space Even more so would be the infrastructure required to make it work. Sabres games are bad enough with 30+ min wait times, now multiply that by 3 or 4 and just imagine the gridlock. The state would need to pour funds into Buffalo just to build infrastructure with the stadium itself being a separate funding enigma. Parking would be ridiculously expensive. And Buffalo's public transit is rather tiny. An inner-city stadium would likely kill tailgating which is effectively one of the primary draws for Bills fans year in and year out and or reduce it to a degree that would make it nothing special. Buffalo Bills fans are an older average crowd (season ticket wise) and still have some struggles with paperless ticketing; how will that demographic deal with price hikes and travel time increases? There isn't enough of a young rich crowd to pick up the slack thus we'd likely see the Bills crowds shrink by a great number as tailgaters stay home to party and some of the older crowd just stay home lamenting of days gone by.

We still need him, plus I just really want to see Whaley beg for forgiveness. He's 34, but he hasn't played since he was 20; and he's still very versatile in his uses. Knowing our luck though he'll sign with the Pats and help them beat us.....

Id be tempted to sign Fred to a short term contract for Week 1, or if he doesn't get picked up put him on the practice squad. I'm a tad worried about McCoy being unable to play and having to start a rookie RB with a 1st time starter QB. Doesn't spell success. Granted Whaley may have burned that bridge, although Fred would play for the fans I'd think.