Thunderstruck

Their offense has turned to gimmick plays to try to score. Wouldn't surprise me if Edelman has more TD passes than Cam does by the end of the season.

I'm just gonna throw this out there- I think some people could stand to be a little more kind to people that post. If you feel that a thread is pointless, just move along. If others agree with you, it sinks to the bottom of the board and dies a quick death. Why so serious? Are there open tryouts for a mod position or something? I guess I didn't see it posted.

Someone is working on getting their post count up quickly. I can only imagine the depth of untold wisdom you will soon bring to us all

So Josh Allen is our Good Will Hunting? I'll F'in take it. I like my geniuses blue collar.

The Cowboys came within a play or so of beating the Seahawks last night. Their QB threw for almost 500 yards and 3 TDs. They could be 0 - 3 right now, and also could be 3 - 0 if a few plays went differently. I know it feels good to bash the Cowboys, but I wouldn't overlook them.

The NFL can try to justify this if they want, but the smarter move would have been to admit the mistake. Just wait and see what a can of worms this opens up for the rest of the season. Every completed catch can now result in the defender trying to wrestle it away on the ground before the ref can verify the "completion of the catch" process? Oh this should be fun to watch.

I was very happy we acquired him, but wasn't sure at the time that whether he is elite level talent. Part of that is probably me being guilty of looking for the prototypical size / speed that we think an elite level talent has to have. I guess that way of thinking is how guys like Diggs and A. Brown get overlooked in the draft. This guy is quick and precise in his routes and tough as hell. I love watching him play.

Agree 100%. I liked the trade when it happened. After 2 weeks I already LOVE the trade.

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2020/09/21/diggs-just-had-more-receiving-yards-than-cousins-had-passing-yards/ The short article is a delicious blend of salt and sarcasm. I like it.

I hadn't seen this ad locally... probably regional advertising in Pats country. Kudos to Subway for knowing their market so well.

Thank you!

I love the Bills, but I'm not sure they have reached Achilles status. He was 24 - 1, after all. Having said that, the etymology of the name can be analyzed as meaning "he who has the people distressed", so I am willing to concede it.

He's the love child of Will Ferrell and CarrotTop. No wonder the guy is such a miserable prick.

So long before this game was flexed, I bought tickets for the family to go see Rise of Skywalker at 3:15PM. Probably won't get home til 6, so I am going to miss the entire first half. I see a lot of people saying that they will use the Yahoo sports app or Reddit feed to watch this weekend. Just wondering whether these feeds allow you to rewind so I can watch the whole game or if it is live feed only and I will only see the second half. Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

John Brown is 5'11". He is a very good receiver. He has great speed. He does not have great size. If you were an offensive coordinator, are you telling me that you would choose John Brown as the guy you wanted to target on these back shoulder throws and 50/50 type balls that you throw up? Not saying they can't make it work sometimes, I just don't think that is the best use of his skillset. But hey- I am not an expert on such things. I will readily admit to that. I disagree (as do many others, apparently). There is plenty to discuss here. I admire John Brown for taking the heat, but are we really going to pretend that this was a gimme if only he had come back for that throw? That is NOT a high percentage play, and we needed one there that got us at least 5 - 10 more yards.

I think you are missing the overall picture here- I guess that makes you "some fan with a computer who has little experience posting who likes to criticize other posters". So I ask again- do you believe that the downfield back shoulder throw is a high percentage throw? Do you believe we were safely in range of a tying field goal if we don't get that play? My answer to these two questions is "NO" and I didn't have to play QB to have an opinion on that.

I'm not trying to be overly harsh on Allen- it sounds like there was some blame to go around on this play... But this is how I saw the play too. So here is another question- If Dawkins kicks out and gets that block, would Allen have come back to Beasley? I guess we don't have a definitive answer for that.

I missed Brown's post-game. That is an important detail- I agree that it sounds like Josh is the one who called for the go-route. Sure- I know it is easy to play MMQB and second guess these decisions, but that is not a high percentage throw. Yes- he got away with it against the Jets but is that really going to be the go-to when the game is on the line?

I won't deny that that play has been there several times this year, but do you really think Brown is the prototypical WR for back shoulder and jump ball type throws?

ok- I don't know what your background is, but it is entirely possible that you know a lot about the x's and o's of football. That being the case, are you really telling me that there was only one option on a critical 3rd down play with the game on the line? So Allen was throwing to Brown here, NO MATTER WHAT? I'm sorry- if that is the case then there are even bigger issues here.

I agree with those suggesting that Dawkins whiffed block may have had a lot to do with this, but Josh still chose the lowest percentage / least open receiver on the field. I watched the post game presser and he proclaimed that he liked the one-on-one matchup with Brown down the field and that he had confidence that Brown could go get it. He did admit that it wasn't a good enough ball and didn't really give him a chance to do that. While I am glad that Josh has confidence in his "#1 receiver", I just don't have that same confidence in Brown for back shoulder / jump ball type throws. It seems like we have built this receiving core for deep balls and timing routes, but we have a QB that just isn't very good at either of those. I truly hope he can improve and do it soon.

This is my thought too, and granted that Dawkins whiffing on another block didn't help the matter any

On this last attempt before the field goal- Beasley is clearly wide open at the stick and could easily get 10+ yards before getting out of bounds. This gives us time for a shot or two at the end zone (if they have faith to try that) and a much easier kick for the tie. I would really like to know whether this is a case of a) Josh not seeing the open man b) The coaching staff having already pre-determined that the ball was going to be forced to Brown down the sideline c) An immature QB that knew Beas would be open there but decided to go for the glory anyway d) Other suggestions? This play continues to bother me, because this is demonstrating a terrible pattern of behavior, either by our QB or our coaching staff (maybe both?)

I thought maybe they would sign some more O-line depth with that roster spot, so this is a bit of a surprise

I don't have a lot of experience with this sort of thing, so I am going to have to take your word for it.