Last Guy on the Bench

Lots of Premier League too plus it’s cheap. I love it.

Isn’t the whole point of “the placebo effect” that placebos do have an impact?

Stupid quick lateral step. Really hard for guys to stay squarely in front of him.

Hadn't seen these. They are absolutely amazing. Loved them and laughed throughout each one. They are like Luis Buñuel meets Gen Z. I'm 60 years old and they fill me with delight.

The RB got in his way for the pitch back. That was awful.

I should feel more empathy seeing as that kid is basically me in my forties and fifties talking about Tom Brady. But that made me laugh with great delight. (And a touch of empathy. We've all been there, little brother.)

Thank you! It is soooo hard to just look at playoff outcomes and make meaningful numbers-based conclusions. The sample is so small and the variables so large. You are much better off looking at the details of what happens and the longer-term patterns over many games/seasons of a given coach. The idea that you aren't a great coach if you don't win a Super Bowl never made sense to me. Too reductive. And even sillier is the idea that you are a great coach if you do win a Super Bowl. As a fan, while I am dying for the Bills to win a Super Bowl once in my lifetime, I can't say I would trade the last several years of phenomenal enjoyment and excellence for one Super Bowl win. If you told me that Norwood's kick would be good, but that subsequently the 90s team would fall of a cliff and not make it back to the next three Super Bowls and that years later the Josh Allen experience would never come to Buffalo, no way in hell I make that trade. I know some of you (many?) would. But not me. I'll take the years and years of deep enjoyment over that one euphoric moment. Of course, if I can have both all the better. Go Bills!

Right. It's funny to watch. But wouldn't have been so funny if that TD got called back because of it.

That interception was on 4th down. We weren't getting a field goal, because McD had decided to go for it (which I like). That's why I don't think it was really a bad interception, though the return made it seem a lot worse.

Ha ha. The replay from behind the goal posts definitely makes it look like it went 70+.

Agreed. I think the Dolphins made the right call. If they make the 2-pointer, then we are in 4-down mode for our whole last drive, giving us an even higher probability of getting at least a field goal. I think their best bet to win was either OT or a relatively quick stop (where we don't go for it on 4th down) and they get the ball back with a little time and a couple time outs and maybe they get the last second field goal. They really played well. Tua only had 3 incompletions. I enjoy dumping on the Dolphins as much as the next Bills fan, but you have to hand it to them. They played a hell of a game on the road, and might well have won it if Poyer doesn't gift us that conversion. (Though the gift might be expensive if Keon is out for a while.)

I've been looking for video of that one. Has anyone seen a link? It was pretty entertaining. And who did that guy bonk on the head with the football afterward (which created the offsetting penalties, thankfully)?

Paste from the comment section of the game article on The Athletic. (No way to know if this is a real Chiefs fan of course.) Eric H. · 1m ago @John P. As a neutral chiefs fan I saw it coming. Sure they shedded some talent but they focused on building a more balanced roster. And as much as everyone (bills fans included) has ***** on McDermott he’s done an excellent job getting good defensive play while dealing with injuries. And of course Josh Allen is still a freak and should be on his way to back to back MVPs (should have won it last year and I don’t see any way he doesn’t win it this year unless he gets hurt). He’s better than Mahomes right now and it’s not particularly close.

If I could translate: "I'm not grading statistics. I'm grading statistics." BTW, I'm not saying your grades are wrong are Alpha's are right. You are just using a different lens than he is, but arguing as if it's the same lens. And your lens doesn't seem to have much of your own analysis to it - it's just the numbers that everyone can see. Whatever Alpha's grades are or aren't, I like it when people take the time to watch and evaluate play beyond what I can see on first glance watching the game or read about it on the stats sheets. Doesn't mean they are always right of course. But they add a lot more value than whatever it is you are doing here. (To be fair, I like a lot of your posts. Just can't understand why you are so cranked about someone else's grading scheme. And why you won't at least critique it on its own terms, if you disagree with it.)

You seem to be grading stats. Which anyone can do. Alpha is grading how well people did what they were asked to do (by the scheme/playcall), in his opinion. You are making no kind of counterargument to what he is actually doing. You're using an entirely different rubric and getting outraged over nothing.