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Traditionally, a "trap game" is a game against a much weaker team followed by a game with a stronger team. The idea is that the strong team will overlook the much weaker team because it's looking ahead to its stronger opponent. New Orleans is hardly the team to make many teams worry about them two weeks out. Why do you think that McDermott won't? I think that he does that for every single game. Even with Allen, the team wouldn't win nearly as consistently as it does if he didn't.

That's the 2018 QB class. Allen and Jackson are future HOFers for sure. Mayfield may get consideration if he continues to play as he has with Tampa. Darnold hasn't turned out badly, either. Four quality starting QBs from any class is very rare. I think only 1983, 2004 (E Manning, Rivers, Roethlisberger, Schaub), and 2018.

He wants to play like Ben Roethlisberger but he simply doesn't have the frame for it. He needs a stout OL and a good running game to prevent the defense from teeing off on him like Cleveland did in Week 1 -- and he needs to change his style so that he gets rid of the ball quicker.

They spent so much, cap-wise and draft-wise on WRs that they haven't been able to build been able to improve their OL or their defense. That's the same thing the Bengals did, and they've been wasting Joe Burrow's prime because they can't make the playoffs even when Burrow can stay relatively healthy because their defense is so bad. I'm sorry you drafted Josh on your fantasy team.

What are the odds that McDaniel doesn't get fired before the weekend?

Thank you for an excellent description of a Bills game in Met Life! Many years ago, I went to a MNF Jets-Bills game in the old Meadowlands stadium when Jim Kelly led the Bills back from a 10 point deficit to win easily. Jets fans are among the most long suffering in the NFL.

I remember when TSW posts about upcoming games with the Patriots were a lot like this. I can almost feel for Fish fans ... almost .... not. Zero-for-the-Seventies lingers forever in the minds of old Bills fans!!!!

Any QB who has been sacked and knocked down as frequently as Burrow has in his career is going to become "injury prone". The more you get hit, the more likely you'll get injured. Last week in Cleveland, the Browns were on him all game. The Browns DL, led by Garrett, were absolutely relentless. I was surprised he lasted the whole game. IMO, it was a matter of time before Burrow was injured for multiple games. I may have even mentioned that in one post or another.

Unfortunately, he's coaching the Jests. I doubt that any HC can find real success with the Jests under the Johnson family. Unless the Johnsons sell the team or one of the younger Johnsons takes over the team and changes ownership's philosophy, nothing will really change. We saw it with the Bills and with the Lions. Both teams were perpetual bottom feeders until there was a change in ownership: Pegula bought the Bills and Harp took over the running of the team from her mother. Fields is an Allen/Jackson/Mahomes wannabe. He can run, and his passing has improved, but I think his biggest issue is that he doesn't have the intangibles that make Allen/Jackson/Mahomes great. He can look good if he's not under pressure but he wilts when things don't go his way. I think that that was why the Steelers benched him for Wilson last season. That's such a simplistic take that it borders on nonsense. The history of the NFL is littered with examples of HCs who had good/great QBs but were still fired/let go. The first one who comes to mind is Mike McCarthy who was fired by the Packers (Rodgers) and by the Cowboys (Prescott). Furthermore, teams that fire their coaches every few years aren't just failing to find the right QB. They are crappy organizations starting with the owners, so they fail to field winning teams, which may or may not be the fault of the HC: During the Drought era, the Bills had an excellent veteran QB in Drew Bledsoe for 3 seasons, but they didn't support him, and finally sent him packing because they didn't want to pay him. The Lions chose Matthew Stafford as the #1 overall pick in 2009. In his 12 seasons in Detroit, Stafford had 3 HCs: Jim Schwartz, Tom Caldwell, and Matt Patricia. Stafford was always a good/great QB despite the teams around him. During that span, the Lions had 3 playoff appearances but failed to win a playoff game. He went to LA and won the SB with the Rams in his first season. The Jets are another team with crappy ownership. The Jests have not only missed on picking "the right QB" for 20+ years, they have failed to develop the "right QBs" they did find, namely Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, who have gone to be named Pro Bowlers and take other teams to the playoffs.

I hope that you meant that as sarcasm. If not, you're simply ignorant.

Elijah Mooooorrrre!!!!!!

Jests 3 and out.

He gone!!!!!

wooooooohoooooo! Bosa!!!!!

Jimbo scores!!!

I think the Jests have a lot more to fear from the Bills than the Bills have to fear from them. Can the Jests win the game? Sure, but their chances are significantly lower than the chances of the Bills leaving Met Life 2-0.

Thanks. I am a very casual baseball fan, but this year I started watching more games. I'm a fan of underdogs, especially teams like the Brewers that don't spend money in FA like drunken sailors but develop their own players. They also play "old fashioned" fundamental baseball, which I like. Before I became a Jays fan, I followed the Orioles in the 70s when they were synonymous with great pitching. If they aren't playing the Jays, I will always root for the Birds.

Wallace is not on any NFL roster according to Pro-Football Reference. He may be on a practice squad.

How 'bout them Brewers? My favorite team is the Jays, but the Brewers have worked their way into being my 2nd favorite. They are sooooo clutch! On the evening when they clinched a playoff berth, they fell behind the Cards 6-1, had to score 3 runs in the 9th inning to tie the game, fell behind 9-8 in the 10th, and pulled out the 10-9 win with a walk off hit by little known Andruw Monasterio. Best record in MLB!

Ekeler is feared to have a torn Achilles per NFLN stream. He'll have a MRI today to confirm it.

Agree. I don't know if Harbaugh lost confidence in his offense or if he had too much confidence in his defense. Maybe his choice to punt was just a knee-jerk reaction. The Ravens, ie, Henry, were running at will over the Bills defense. Lamar escaped the Bills pass rush at least twice for big yardage plus some other shorter runs. It was highly unlikely that the Bills defense could have stopped Henry or even Lamar from getting three yards. OTOH, the Ravens D was struggling and needed help from a bad spot to stop Allen. Moreover, even if the Ravens failed to make the first down, they could have run the clock down to less than a minute with no time outs. Giving Allen -- and most top NFL QBs -- more than a minute to take their team down the field for a potential game winning kick is asking to lose because you're counting on the kicker to miss. It happens regularly when good teams face this situation. As it was, even without time outs, the Bills moved downfield so fast that they had time to kneel twice before kicking the game winner.

I always found people who actually live/lived in the city to generally be really nice. It's the Long Islanders who tend to give New Yorkers a bad name. Too many act like they're better than everyone else simply because they live near NYC ... especially when they decide to go to college Upstate.

That was my first thought when I read he seemed ok at practice yesterday. Been there, done that.

I don't either. They really didn't seem to do much to improve their weaknesses, simply standing pat on both sides of the ball unless their rookies play like HOFers early on. Their OL will likely get Burrow injured sooner or later. He took a beating from the Browns.

The Ravens defense gave up 41 points, blowing a 13 point lead with < 5 minutes to play. Obviously, they didn't play all that well; they just looked better doing it for most of the game, like this was figure skating or something. While Allen lead the 4th quarter charge, the Bills D started to come around in the fourth quarter, too.