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25 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I agree it is unlikely to change more widely. But I still think that is the best balance of fairness. The rule at the moment over favours the offense everywhere but through the endzone where it over favours the defense .
This is exactly why I think giving possession to the defense at the spot of the fumble when it's out of the end zone makes the most sense. It preserves the field position advantage for the offense.
I think the fundamental difference of opinion on this is how folks view "out of bounds" vs. "out of the end zone". IMO they are fundamentally different and should be treated that way. Others see them as fundamentally the same.
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If they change the rule I hope they just give possession to the defense at the spot of the fumble instead of making it a touchback.
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The best part of this story - whether it's true or not - is that I don't care. I'd have no problem if they kept him around.
Either way it doesn't move the needle for me. Not like when Brady left NE (which was great) or retired (which was better).
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8 minutes ago, Zag20 said:
If it takes 5 minutes of super slo mo replays to figure it out, call stands as called. If it’s extremely obvious on the first TV replay and 95 percent of the viewing audience knows it, that needs to be called. For example, missed facemasks, obvious holding, stepping out of bounds, intentional grounding, horse collar tackles etc
I completely - and respectably disagree. Far too many times we have 5 minute slo-mo replays to 'figure it out' and the announcers, the highly respected former official, the viewing audience and the guy who actually makes the decision all have a differing opinion. It's an exercise in futility. Get the egregiously bad calls right and live with the rest - we're stuck with living with the rest either way.
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20 minutes ago, Kincaid Kool-Aid said:
All fair points. I just still feel like it took a lot of time for these players to say anything outside Hyde until today. As others have pointed out repeatedly, if that’s my coach who I love and respect and I think he was slandered, I’m making a point to come out immediately to set the record straight. Forcefully.
Point is, I guess we’ll never truly know how accurate Dunne was in capturing true player sentiment until years from now when this era is over, if we ever know.
WRT the bolded, another point of view is that if the players respond immediately it gives legs to the report. If they think it's utter BS responding just keeps the story public and maybe the reporter gets more pub. It's kind of like trolls on this (or any other) site. Some folks are just looking for attention for personal gain or attention. Ignore them and it goes away quickly.
I think the Bills played this perfectly.
FYI: all of the above doesn't make me question whether Sean should be the coach past this year
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7 minutes ago, BillsShredder83 said:
I said same thing today. Game took 5hpurs it felt like... and were overturning original calls, where it takes 10mins scrutiny to arrive at?
How can it be both 10min case study and clear enough to overturn.
Here's what I'd do... 1 team challenge a game, keep them inside 2min drills with upstairs call. Refs get max 2mins once they start tape, if it takes more than 2mins, it's not clear. Streamline this.
Even better If you apply all this AND use a command center.
Replay should be for egregious absurd bad calls to be fixed, or atleast a quick fix on less vital challenges.
It's made the game worse and the calls are no better. And fans are even less clear on rules then ever before, we just knew what a catch was or wasn't. A little common sense and bones of rules had everyone on same page.
Now we have to declare a state of emergency, bag the grass as evidence, check for DNA Matches... meanwhile 10million fans at home are subjected to a proctologist exam
No the one I saw was 2 outside wrs on opposite sides. Each one ran an in route on opposite sides. Once catch was made it was much more a cross field pass then a standard hook n lateral.
Texans run it maybe? The play was For a long first down conversion
This deserves more than just an awesome.
I guess I'm on a crusade cuz I just made this comment in another thread - the most sensible solution I've ever heard is to eliminate slo-mo from replay reviews - if it isn't obvious in a real time replay let it stand. It'll never happen, but that's the best solution I've ever heard.
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1 hour ago, Simon said:
I'm not going to have an ongoing debate about officiating so I'll say a couple things and zip it.
#1 - In no football game that I'm familiar with is that ever a catch; like Kelce's "catch" it was just another example of the problems that micro-officiating have led us to.
#2 - It's a designed pick play for Sherfield and Shakir, and Trent went after it like he'd just heard a joke about his Momma; no flag should have ever come out there and if one stupidly did, it was just as much on Sherfield as the DB and imo, more on him for clearly initiating the contact.
I couldn't agree more with the bolded. Watching the game with my son we had a few instances were we disagreed on which way the call would/should go. It detracts from the product imo.
Best suggestion I ever heard (from a poster on this board) was that instant replay reviews should only be done with real-time replays, no slo-mo. Unfortunately it'll never happen.
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28 minutes ago, gobills404 said:
Nope. That frame is after the ball is snapped and the blue line is not official.
IMO this is a shining example of how instant replay has made the game worse. If we go the Zapruder route on every single play, I have no doubt we'll find something to complain about on a large number of plays. Replay is a necessary evil but the slo-mo replays do more harm than good.
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Everyone has a big but. Let's talk about your big but.
Disclaimer: the statement above is a movie quote and should not be construed as a negative statement about the intent of this thread or OP.
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33 minutes ago, JESSEFEFFER said:
Bills close to being Offside on that 4th down play. I think he assumed he had a free play but no flag.
Thanks - but my son subsequently showed me the press conference and he was upset that Toney was called Offside on the throwback play.
Just speculating, but maybe some lingering p!ssiness from the non-call at the end of the Packers game.
Definitely not a look I've seen from Mahomes. The fact that he was that p!ssed after the game makes me wonder if it affected him on the three plays that followed the penalty.
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
He does. And even had that Toney play worked that was a complete freak. Now don't get me wrong the Bills losing to freak plays is a theme. But you couldn't have legislated for that.
He called a good final drive. Blitzed early. Simulated late. And as a result even on the simulated blitz Mahomes was fidgety.
Maybe the wrong thread but can you imagine the headlines and on-going narrative if that play had stood given the timing of Wycheck's untimely death.
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What was Mahomes p!ssed about?
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1 hour ago, dave mcbride said:
King’s melodramatic comments about how New Yorkers will be so deeply offended and hurt by the comments because of where 9/11 happened is SUCH corny BS. I lived in NYC then and still live there now, and I can’t imagine anyone feeling stung or angered by McD’s AQ motivational speech. King has a real weakness for hackneyed, middlebrow cultural analysis and sermonizing about it. Stick to football.
I was just about to comment that I live fairly close to NYC and I don't think this story has the traction around here that folks think it has. I heard a local sports talk guy yesterday bemoan that he was surprised the story already went away a day after it broke.
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7 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:
I'm sure its happened. Just because it isn't in the media doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I remember the sabres players buying the equipment manager a snow mobile. Not quite the same thing but sometimes players just love the people around them and give them gifts. This was a chip in from the crew because they loved their low paid coach. Nothing more. There was no ill intent to get promoted off the practice squad or any other garbage jazz to be mad about.
If the stipulation is that we've never heard of an act of kindness like this occurring on another team I'd counter with my doubt that fans of other NFL teams have any awareness that it happened with the Bills. From my corner of the earth the only part of the article that had any legs is the 9/11 reference - and even that appears to be in the rear view mirror already.
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10 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:
Some people are just not designed to be contemporaneous speakers.
Did you mean extemporaneous?
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Awesome. Would be a great addition to my youngest son's 'man cave'. But he's off to college next year so hope you find someone younger.
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1 minute ago, Nephilim17 said:
Fair enough. I disagree with your take that it's a "big fat nothing burger" — millions of New Yorkers and a thousands of emergency workers would dispute that, — but I now see that you question his coaching ability, as you and we all should.
Sorry if my quote didn't reflect the entire substance of your message. But I don't like McDermott and this has me a little more hopeful he will be fired so I'm a little trigger happy.
Just to be clear I think there's a strong argument that McD should be fired solely on his merits as a coach.
I also think that the way he attempted to use 9/11 as a motivational tactic was a serious lapse in judgement. I don't take that lightly, my sister-in-law lost her father that day.
My nothing burger comment had to do with relating Sean's firing to the 2019 incident. I see no relationship between the two - particularly since he supposedly addressed the 2019 incident shortly after it happened.
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4 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:
What ability to bring us a championship?
McDermott has had multiple years with a generational quarterback and has yet to win a conference championship.Thanks for sub-quoting me and losing the context of my post. Good on ya!
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Presumably everyone on the board sees Sean's choice of motivational tactic back in 2019 in a negative light.
But does anyone see this as a true reflection of the man or was it just a seriously misguided lapse in judgement?
My current thinking is it's a big fat nothing burger and nothing to do with his ability to bring us a championship the past few years. On the other hand I do question whether his coaching ability will keep us from winning a championship - but that topic has been debated ad nauseum.
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17 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
Throw the Schnapps down the sink, that stuff is nasty.
Better yet, serve it to an unwelcome guest.
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8 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
We play there every season. That reception will be ugly
For sure - assuming McD is still around - due to this or football reasons.
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6 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
You have chartreuse??
Green or yellow
The bottles that have been produced are still available but yeah I do not think you could find 151 made today
It's been awhile since It's been on the shelves - rumor was that the lawsuits from injuries due to flaming shots became too much - and I have nothing to back that up except rumor. I always thought it was funny that the bottle had a screen on it. A local store had 151 Cruzan for awhile but I haven't seen that in at least a year or two.
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44 minutes ago, Process said:
This whole article just feels dirty and pathetic.
The 9/11 comments were unbelievably stupid. It's hard to believe someone can be that dumb. But you can tell from McDermotts press conference today he was remorseful. I believe him when he said he apologized after it happened.
It happened years ago. I see zero need for it to be made public now, zero need for this article at all.
McDermott needs to be fired. We all know that from what we see in the field. This article was completely unnecessary and a pathetic plea for attention.
If this ends up being McD's undoing my comparison is Capone getting put away due to tax evasion.
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19 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
Imagine if this story came out right before week 1 this season.
McDermott would not have been safe in that stadium.
LOL - I just texted the same thought to my Jet fan friend (before seeing your comment). Ironically he's a guy that told me recently he thought McD is a good coach.
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McD is crazy for wanting to establish the run and play complementary football
in The Stadium Wall
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I'd argue that competence in coaching is an expectation not a 'nice to have'.