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... was visiting mom and watched the game with her

I think it is called a Tie With Taylor running the ball and our running defense (or lack thereof) , Danny Dimes might not have to throw a single pass

I am not sure if that is correct - I think that is only the case if EVERY team in tie-breaker played head to head. But if they did not, then it goes to conference record. This was the case way back (like 1980) where we beat both teams in the tie breaker, but they did not play each other

.... and someone still lost by 3 TD's

For everyone who wants to fire McD and bring in the hot coordinator of the year, this is how it usually ends

I think Cook is great but no comparison to Thurman as an all around back or even a pure RB. Thurman had: - more power- - much better moves - and read the holes much better

A few random thoughts: - The offense looked great in the 1st half, but only put up 7 in the 2nd half and we barely hung on to win a game that looked like would be a convincing win - I think about 2/3 of Cook's yards were in the first half - The early 1990 Bills would have gotten the ball back with a few minutes to go and - if we had a WR with speed and separation it would open up the rest of the offense even more: teams would not be able to stack the line, Khalil would have a lot more space in the middle to work. With our current WR's teams can compress the field against us since don't have to worry about the long ball - we should at least attempt a few long passes a game to keep defenses honest

I think it is very misleading stat since most of the TD's for JA (as well as Hurts) are on QB sneaks (Snowplow and Tushpush) It is not really a credit to the player but to the play

He played 9 years in the NBA: averaged 11.6 pts / 4.3 assists / 2.8 rebounds per game and made around $65mm - Not a bad career

1. We were down in the 2nd half and had to throw the ball more. 2. We had a lot of first and 20's so there was a lot more need to throw further 3. 10 yards or more is a pretty low bar - not exactly like he is heaving it downfield

Why do you design a play to cause maye to go to his strong right side? Against a rookie playing his 1st snaps Why not force him to his weaker left side

It gave the Patriots extra time which almost gave them the touchdown from the 1 He did same thing against dolphins and gave them time to score a TD instead of settling for a FG I get that he wants to give us time if we get ball back, but it is a DEFINITE that you give the other team more time and only a POSSIBILITY that it will benefit us. At the end of a game maybe, but NOT in the first half

... and raise the crossbar Teams generally start at the 30 so only need 30 yards to get to field goal range

Was after 2 minute warning so dont think challengeable But should have insisted on both review

A few other random observations 1. On the diggs catch at end of first half where he had his feet just on the line and fell out of bounds. It looked to me like the ground helped him maintain possession. We couldn't challenge because was within last 2 minutes. Anyone else think that it shouldn't have been a catch? 2. I think the league needs to be stricter with calling intentional grounding. There were 2 or 3x last night where Maye was falling to the ground and flicked the ball away just before hitting the ground. The ball was never more than a few feet off the ground and landed many yards before a receiver who was not even looking for the ball. If not a real attempt at a completion it should be a penalty. Thoughts? 3. The Khalil drop on the last drive had one other major impact that I did not see mentioned. Aside from the obvious implications of losing potential yardage, it stopped the clock. Had he stayed in bounds, time would have run which would have left NE with less time to March down the field. Maybe we should have run cook on 1st down to ensure positive yardage and take time off the clock. Mcd is so concerned at end of 1st half to use timeouts in case we get the ball back. He should have considered the opposite scenario when we are on offense