SoCal Deek

Well said Shaw, and I’d ad the core problem is that as the rule apparently stands the trailing team is incentivized to purposefully commit a foul in order to stop the clock. That’s obviously a problem for player safety.

That definitely needs to be changed next year. It makes zero sense to stop the clock which by declining it, essentially means it never happened.

So the question is where are the Bills in that 18 year coaching window? We’re 6 years in, I guess? I’ll circle back in 2036 to see how it all panned out.

Much of my outlook for this team changed AFTER the game on Sunday night, when I saw/heard Diggs and Josh say “four more” to each other as they hugged on the field. It was at that point that I finally felt that the players themselves understand the opportunity ahead of them. Until then these guys quite frankly looked like a group that was often just going through the motions of yet another season.

An in-person interview consumes an entire day or two if your current position is on the opposite coast. Plane flight, hotel, plane flight. It’s no different from any other business trip. It’s really disruptive in a week where you have at most six days to prepare for a playoff opponent.

As I mentioned in another thread, the NFL definitely needs to fix that next year. You shouldn’t be able to stop the clock by committing a penalty, and especially so if the opponent declines the penalty!

Shhhhhhhh!

The NFL is definitely not the real world.

Speaking of being inactive….there was a player on our sideline wearing a red sweatshirt. On one play I noticed Tyreek Hill run out of bounds on our side of the field and as he came back on the field Hill acknowledged the guy, and was laughing with him. Anyone know who that was?

Don’t leave us hanging. When you checked…..Was it him?

Is it me? If so, nobody has called, texted, or emailed.

I’m not sure if he’s our ‘best weapon’ but I’d like to see the Bills start trusting the new guys a bit more. They’ve relied on Diggs and Davis, and Knox for years now…and for good reason. But…it’s time for the natural evolution to Shakir, Kincaid, and someone else (draft pick?) going forward.

I worked in a highly competitive field in which multi million dollar / multi-year contracts were awarded after an extensive RFP, proposal, and interview process which was all conducted in a matter of three to four weeks; and that was with there being literally dozens of qualified submissions. Believe me, this can be done quickly.

My clarification is that no team is allowed to INTERVIEW a candidate until after the Super Bowl. Seemed like you were saying they couldn’t HIRE one until after. Maybe I misunderstood.

Why not just wait until AFTER the Super Bowl to open the interview window? If a team can’t find a new coach in the entire month of February they have more problems than coaching. It’s not like there are that many candidates out there.

Don’t look now but the Bills are a 10 point favorite on Sunday.

With all of that refusing to lose stuff having been said is it too much to ask that we also try refusing to give the ball away? It’d surely help! (And don’t call me Shirley)

Not everyone lives where the team they want to watch plays! And I don’t want to have to order a stupid service for one lousy three hour program. Outrage? You betcha!

It’s not about the money! There are actually people who don’t have access to streaming. Geeeez

Did anyone notice/hear Diggs and Josh telling each other “four more” as they hugged following the game last night? I was impressed that they demonstrated that mind set….and they did it with hands clasped over their mouths as if they didn’t want anyone outside the inner circle to know that’s the way they’re thinking.

I totally agree! I just want to watch the playoffs! This is rapidly heading towards Pay Per View like boxing….which I refuse to watch. PS: Goodell is a jerk.

It’s been very effective for sure. Something happened on the failed 3rd down attempt. Josh appeared to change his mind at the line of scrimmage and essentially double pumped the snap thus throwing off the timing of the whole play. Not sure what he saw that caused him to veer right instead of left. I’m guessing he thought they’d gone to the well too many times (like a penalty kicker in soccer).

I was really debating the merits of a field goal attempt there. You lose seven yards on the spot but could’ve put it away right there. It was a coin flip to me.

What bothered me, and I’ll never understand why teams do it, is that they bunched up our entire offense in the middle of the field. Seems to me that only serves to bring the defense in as well…and it did. If you’re going to do that, seems like the better thing would be to go wide on the play with a pitch or bootleg.

Quick…..Somebody drive over to the construction site and see if those guys can get those infamous wind confusers erected by this Sunday.