Richard Noggin

This... ...and this, too.

Let's be serious about Epenesa vs Watt: it's not even close. AJ might turn into a solid player, but JJ's athleticism is on a completely different level. It's not really reasonable to compare the two. If I was more savvy, or at least more diligent, I'd share their NFL Combine spider charts. It's just not comparable.

The network feed, the majority of post-game analysis, pretty much everyone who has seen the play minus two curmudgeons, etc. I'm certainly not running around screaming about this, but they got the call wrong. The kick was good. My vision isn't affected by my fandom. While I cannot PROVE it was good, that does not eliminate any validity of us discussing this issue, especially in light of the NFL very obviously covering up the evidence on the ALL-22. That's just blatant. I don't understand the contrarian thing going on here.

Why so dismissive of discussion of a call that was WIDELY agreed upon to be incorrect?

Sunday SAUCE -or- Gravy. Not both. Ma vaffanculo...

Agreed on the Dolphins generally having solid coaching (and excellent man-to-man corners). We might see some heavy pressure packages. I'd argue, however, that this isn't a MUST-win so much as it is an important divisional game against a seemingly inferior opponent (obviously). Not a lot of cupcakes on the Bills' 2020 schedule. But the Dolphins in their home opener coming off a divisional loss won't just roll over. Look what they did in Orchard Park last season, for example. Can we call the later matchup in Buffalo the MUST-win instead? And call this one an important divisional game? Agreed. Leave that to the Jets.

Tyranny comes from the state. Like in the NFL (a terribly example), it cannot come from players, but only from the league or from teams which are, essentially, the league. Calling someone an "agent of the state" is simply a precise way to identify one who is employed by a gov't. And it was also intended to divert us from some discussion of random street crime, which CANNOT, by definition, be tyranny. I'm no political ideologue. No manifestos here. I just love football and human dignity.

Well, if it was an agent of the state, then that sure seems like tyranny or at least violent oppression, innit?

Poor wittle oppressed guy. Get outta here with calling this tyranny. You wouldn't know tyranny if it shot your unarmed father or brother or son in the back.

We're all very surprised.

The read-option nature (defensive version) of that double-A gap pressure look is fascinating: it really mirrors what offenses have been doing, schematically. I'll bet it's similar to what the Bills do with their safeties, too. I remember Belichick praising their ability (Poyer and Hyde, specifically) to mask coverages by lining up out of position pre-snap, and then covering very different responsibilities post-snap. Many of us draw easy comparisons between Milano and Edmunds with the Bills now, and Thomas Davis and Luke Keuchly from the Panthers' glory years. It's a natural, if not optimistic, projection. But where we might be underselling the Bills current D, is when we don't COMBINE (and multiply) the potential of Milano and Edmunds WITH the proven mastery of Poyer and Hide.

Jesus, Florio. Picking the Jets AND the over?! That's the least-analytical take I've ever seen. He doesn't have a shred of support for these positions, minus emotional/intangible assumptions (which I don't even agree with on that level, either). Doesn't mean he's wrong. The Jets COULD catch the Bills by surprise. It's a divisional game; anything can happen. But...it's just arbitrary and probably even insincere. There's money for pundits/networks in broadcasting garbage takes.

After two weeks of hard work since students have returned to campus here.... It's difficult for me NOT to jump all over individual cases of selfish or ignorant mis-use of masks...

Doesn''t look good for Houston...

Poor little dear. I am pumped about football. Mahomes v. Watson is super intriguing. How Marcia Brady looks on a new team is masochistically intriguing. The list goes on. If the players and commentators want to advocate for human decency and equity, then I'm here for that, too.

Just a thought: maybe we should read the OP and realize it wasn't crowning Moss at all. (No offense.)

I suppose that can also be true. I'm no expert. But the term "gunner" really does denote the outside guys on punt coverage units.

You're mixing up punts and kickoffs a bit here... Gunners cover punts. So they remain important pieces even though kickoffs have become a less dynamic part of the NFL. Your point isn't trash, though, as a powerful kicker like Bass can mostly (maybe 75-80% if he's above average) mitigate the need for great STs guys on kickoff coverage units in 2020. The Bills have been kinda terrible/mediocre here in recent years. Lots of kickoffs to actually cover.

Why Fromm over Webb, though? Sincerely. If it's been discussed ad nauseum in this monster thread, well...just forgive me. It's what I would do.

But his persistent lack of intel on the Bills offense could be part of why he was released...

I sure do hate nail art. Fake nails. Painted nails. All of it. Yuck.

Rams, at Raiders, at Titans, at Chiefs?!?! First three are essentially average NFL competition (teams that likely go between 7-9 and 9-7). Slightly above-ish average QBs on teams not trending upward (unless maybe Nashville is somehow for real with Tanny...although I just can't see it). Similar to Bills in terms of W/L projections, but different trajectories. That bit in the reporting seems effing bonkers to me. Of course the Chiefs are nasty.

And that...is how a person with integrity handles being a bit wrong. (How to act after unintentionally miscommunicating information.)

"We it this year." LessFugginGo!!!

Sincerely tried to pronounce that. Suffered a tongue srpain.