Richard Noggin

Wasn't that 4th of July mishap within the last 5 years? And/or is my frame of reference mortally outdated?

For the sake of argument, and a valid point: how does the wind compare down inside the bowl in Orchard Park versus in Green Bay?

"Less than one hand" could mean something like what JPP's working with, ya know. Any number less than 4 is viable in this VERY limited analogy. So...apologize?

A stat nerd or someone even minimally motivated, possessing only a perfunctory fluency in Google, could quickly settle this old myth. What say you, oh motivated ones? Does the weather in Orchard Park REALLY limit passing stats for Buffalo QBs in the second half of seasons?

Okay, I'll bite. Do YOU see Hyde's individual performance falling off as dramatically as those selected stats (don't really) suggest? Can you share some all-22 footage of Hyde getting beat? Or some expert analysis that echoes this cherry-picked stat-based argument? I'm genuinely willing to take a closer look if prompted with compelling evidence (which goes for any of my preconceived notions in this life. We should ALL be eager to be proven wrong.) If I had to generate a knee-jerk defense for Hyde's drop in those two statistical categories, I'd suggest that Poyer has asserted himself as the more effective "box" safety, and Hyde has possibly improved as a true centerfielder. Where once they were virtually interchangeable, now they are perhaps more distinct in their strengths. Is it reasonable to point out a minor, yet glaring contradiction in your (bolded) argument?

One could argue that the sudden uptick in separation and production in the receiving game is largely due to opposing defenses committing to covering #14. Obviously, Allen is the trigger man and is delivering, but it's crazy not to recognize the distinct and dramatic difference in the way the Bills offense is being defended. We're seeing so much room for the #s 2-5 weapons to operate. I mean, that play in week one, when a double-covered Diggs emphatically pointed at the TE open in the endzone behind him...that was crazy.

Also the most difficult sport to referee in real time, and it's not even close. Such a difficult job for so many reasons. The obviously bad calls after official REPLAY, however...zero excuses.

Typed in jest? The Ravens did give one up in the offseason numbers game. But not before he snapped one off against us in 2019...

Bit too close to SoCal weather for my taste. Rams will feel right at home (with the stands being empty and all).

I'm on Indy this week as well. Used Buffalo in week 1 and San Fran in week 2. All three weeks I've picked against the Jets, basically. So far, so good.

In retrospect, talented depth (or better yet, someone to push Wallace for playing time) behind our boundary corners sounds very appealing right about meow. So this begs the question: was there a solid CB prospect available at the Bills' 2nd round pick? (I honestly have no idea.)

The EFF he is. 6'6" 280 lbs. Google immediately showed me some questionable site called operations.nfl.com that list the average NFL DE at 6'4" 283 lbs back in 2013. Which, to be fair... ...sounds more like an average of 3-4 DEs (5-technique) AND 4-3 DEs (techniques typically outside of the 5-gap, and therefore less likely to reward size over speed). And even so Epenesa is in no way undersized. So for a 4-3 DE (who we imagine, ideally, some day, would also slide inside on passing downs) he's actually big. Do better.

NOTHING to do with tenacious defense by #39?! I agree that Williams should have caught the pass, but it's likely Wallace's play made that more difficult to do.

Tough to blame a WR for choosing a SB winning QB over a raw rookie + Nate Peterman. Try as I might.

No one gonna give our guy Levi some love for his clutch 4th down, goal line, man-to-man physical play on Preston Williams (a guy who worked him over last year in Buffalo--a BAD matchup for #39)? Play starts at 7:46 (tried to embed the vid starting with the goal line stand, but I'm digitally inept).

One might even say they ARE feminine hygiene products. (Not me, sincerely, but someone just might.)

And they had tried to get him the year he signed with Baltimore instead. They'd BEEN on Brown.

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.