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Simultaneous possession goes to the offense. In the rules.

Agreed. How does that guy see TD? If these are the best in the profession, I feel much better about any mistake I may ever make as an official.

There better be ejections. Punches were thrown.

Joke holding call on Johnson. No impediment at all. Commentary is also ridiculous. He's allowed to make initial contact. He cannot remove his arm once the cut is made by the receiver. That's not how the penalty is written. If he pulls the receiver from making the cut, then penalty. That in no way happened. I cannot even begin to understand what the ref saw that made him think a flag was necessary.

OK, so, I heard Star's name. The defense stood up. That's good. 12 men on, ridiculous. These are things that require a spotter on the staff. Two small steps forward and a leap back.

I thought the QB runs it in from there. Why is he throwing it so far?

Live ball foul, so no clock reset.

Being in nickel when they are pounding the ball seems unnecessary. When Murphy is healthy, you hear him causing some disruption. I honestly do not hear Star's name mentioned all year. Even as a pat on the back for tying up defenders. Nothing.

Exposing kids to Jalen Ramsey seems like a bad idea. Reminds me of the Payton Manning United Way commercial on SNL.

And you witnessed this. Ridiculous assumption.

Does Lotuleliei play in games? The most invisible defender I can recall in years.

So if you have a bad day at work, do you quit? Based on your knee jerk mentality, it would seem only fair.

I chime in as a ref from time to time and I'm a bit bothered by the TD call. I was talking about this tendency with other officials last night. I feel that officials have replay to bail them out on turnovers and TDs since they are automatic reviews. Knowing this, I think they tend to call it a TD, or a turnover thinking that it will get overturned if they are wrong. The problem is the inconclusive aspect of review. If Fournette's TD cannot be conclusively overturned, then how can the official award the TD if he cannot see the ball cross the goal line? We're taught that TDs must be earned, so no TD unless you SEE the ball cross the line. Similarly, no turnover unless you can SEE the ball out. I think Fournette was close, but if the line judge insists he knows that ball was over he's just lying. There's no way he could be sure. I think prior to reply that ball is marked short. Now we give free TDs. I don't like the effect this has on the game in general.

Understood, but with two weeks prep, I cannot believe Barkley is actually an improvement. I'd have more interest seeing if Peterman can actually show growth and somehow, someway justify him being here. Barkley is the poorest man's rental, so why even bother?

Not anybody. The Bills found a guy who I'm less confident in.

Watkins is a marginal performer, also regularly hurt in this town, who's making WAY more than his production. You want that here?

He's a former QB. I get his point, but at what point does this become Peterman's fault?

I was not a fan of Ralph Wilson and really hoped the Pegulas would be competent. Lots of blame should go that way at this point also. Incompetence starts at the top, not just in the middle.

Watkins. Also on the fence about Glenn who was never healthy here, but looks good in Cinn. We need guys who want to overcome the obstacles and turn this thing around, not just play when things are good.

There is a common understanding that sometimes things need to be broken down before being built back up. Well, this franchise is certainly broken down. I still don't have a problem with divas and malcontents being jettisoned, but players like Shady should have been set free to pursue a fate better than this.

If the defenders can constantly close gaps while ball is in air, it's not the receivers fault. A QB has to be able to throw receivers open, not into regularly contested catches. I can overlook a bad day as having extenuating circumstances, but this is a clear pattern. A QB who lacks arm strength has to be laser accurate. Peterman is clearly neither.

Wow! Love, love, love the Benny meme

Although I'm a believer that every draft should include a lineman in the top 3 rounds, losing Woods (health) and Incognito (loony) this off-season has thrown a bit of a wrench into the rebuild. Given that Glenn always had injuries here led me not to miss him, but it's interesting that he's able to stay healthy now. With cap space there will be no excuse next off-season. PK

Releasing Tyrod was not destroying the QB position. There was no further upside there. This regime is all in on Allen, for better or worse. He was and is a project. Wasting money on any of the other QBs this off season would have been just that, wasted money. The question is interesting though. Does this relate to McDermott, or Gruden? Gruden has a phenomenally long contract, so he may actually get to see it through. McDermott made the playoffs his first year, so he won't get as much leeway, but I think he's earned far more rope than most of his recent predecessors.

If Irvin can choose location as an UFA, the only way he chooses Buffalo is more money. Why should we do that? He's not a building block and we need to stop trying to build a future while wasting money on a wasted present. Don't bother with this.