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    Trubisky Released

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    10 hours ago, Punching Bag said:

    Find a physical QB who can play WR who appears to have good hands for catching snaps to reduce chances of fumble.

    Maybe that QB can do the run up middle as well.

    Saves a roster space.  Make sure there is a candidate on PS squad for injuries.

     

    How about a WR who can play QB? Isaiah Williams (Illinois) is likely to be available between the 5th and 7th rounds, and is actually very high on my "Underrated WR" rankings. This interview is worth a watch; seems like a process guy, with a little bit of James Cook slippery, a QB brain, and high production as a WR. Definitely one to watch:

     

     

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    Using the Marshawn Lynch technique against opposing QB's in the playoffs

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    1 hour ago, Einstein said:

    I was thinking about what Marshawn Lynch said on 60 Minute sports a while back. He said: "That's when it just clicked in my mind, that if you just run through somebody's face, a lot of people ain't going to be able to take that over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again."

    I loved the quote. And it got to thinking - why don't teams use this approach in the playoffs, with the opposing QB?

    Scenario: Say we are playing Mahomes or Burrow in the playoffs, and our players are told that every time you're anywhere near him, you pummel him. Whether he threw the ball out of bounds, or to a receiver, or even just handed it off. Tackle him. Just consistently bring the guy down. Play after play after play after play - Like Marshawn said about running. To be clear i'm not advocating to intentionally injure. This is more of a psychological game.

     

    Sure, you will get some roughing-the-passer flags, but I hypothesize that the in-game damage to that players psyche may be worth it. A few other factors:

    1) In the playoffs, refs tend to swallow their whistle. But even when they call a big penalty, they are reluctant to do it twice. Or three times. Or four times. Or five times. A team could play off this fact and repeatedly pummel the opposing QB, forcing the ref to repeatedly throw the flag.

     

    2) Even if the refs do throw the flag 4 or 5 times, I think i'm willing to give an opponent a couple easy trips down the field to put some wear and tear on the mind and body of the opponents best player.

     

    And keep in mind, roughing-the-passer flags do NOT count toward the two personal fouls for ejection rule. So players could do it over and over and the only penalty is 15 yards. Maybe there is another rule I'm unaware of? Or maybe they could eject someone for unsportsmanlike conduct after a bunch of them?

    Some may say it's low brow. Classless. Etc. I say people don't remember the penalties - they just remember the victories. 

     

    This would work, except we are Bills fans... We know which way the yellow flags fly 😐😐😐

    This is destiny

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    14 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

    1 before I die 

     

    @Buffalo716 Not gonna lie, at Christmas, my Uncle (68 years old) got a little hammered at the family dinner, and at one point let loose the following:

     

    "I just want one Bills Super Bowl win before I die."

     

    He had a pretty epic COVID scare, early in the pandemic, and so the holidays, family, wine and memories probably brought it out of him, but that sentiment really hit home, for me.

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    Fake Slide should be 15 yard penalty

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    13 hours ago, Zerovoltz said:

    Allen with the blatant fake slide on the long run, then later draws a 15 yard penalty on a late hit on slide where the defender didn't hit his head.....but can you blame him for going for the tackle based on the fake earlier?  

     

    The slide is a play intended to protect the QB, not to do what Allen did.  That was garbage.

     

    @Zerovoltz I was your fiftieth laugh emoji. Metrics indicate that you should consider comedy. 

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