Richard Noggin

Plus Brady's actual New Orleans Saints and Sean Payton connection, of course. Passing on the Falcons actually is an interesting case to revisit. Not a bad situation at QB (and offensive skill overall tbh) in the short or long term, unless I guess you don't think Penix Jr is a viable prospect. Gotta see how 2nd half of season goes for his offense. Agree with you conceptually that Kingsbury is an intriguing OC candidate, but each year his offenses seemed to get figured out down the stretch. This was consistently the case, if I'm not mistaken. So we're getting elite RB1 receiving production out of the position still? Or did those RB1s above have RB2s who added enough supplemental production to create a gap? Love this

My experience with Detroit games is that those fans are DEVOTED, and the cheap(er) seats are filled with a rough crowd. They are not a brilliant lot. But they are enthusiastic. Also, I think either that venue was designed by an impressive team of sound engineers and/or they pump in artificial fan noise when the Lions are on defense. Never heard fans get so loud so quickly, on demand. Like a machine. They're definitely a passionate fanbase, but damn it is so rapid and unified on each meaningful defensive snap. For contrast, when the Bills hosted the Jets there, the noise wasn't even remotely similar (smaller and less unified crowd on short notice for sure, to be clear). No stadium I've been to has ever gotten that loud, that quickly, so automatically on defensive snaps. All this to say that Detroit is an energetic venue where fans will give you a rough ride especially if you're a little higher up (very vertical venue). I dig that energy, but it's an old school vibe unless you're in a more expensive section.

13 seconds references are NOT out of bounds whenver KC gets the ball at the end of a half. It's very relevant tbh. KC is good at it. We provided the bad defense to show how an offense COULD actually make it happen. Our bad. Grow up.

No. Probably not. By any measure.

I don't pop into GameDay threads much. The swift-kelce noise is pretty annoying innit

Well I'm offended by people who get offended about people getting offended. There.

Maybe there is some confusion here, but the three plays you're asking us to critique go as follows for Hamlin: First play after suggested 1:42 mark: Hamlin buzzes flat to defense's left but play goes to D's right; Hamlin hustles and makes solo tackle on in-breaking RB before he gets a serious chunk. Second play: Hamlin drops as deep safety, and is mostly off-screen due to assignment. Third play: again running play away from Hamlin that he admittedly doesn't sell out to chase down on far sideline, but also he isn't responsible for Hall getting the edge or getting a chunk. Only play of the three where criticism is merited, despite fairly minimal impact.

Also isn't KC's front office built on the NE model by Scott Pioli et al? Coaching trees are a thing, but so are front office trees.

Lexington, a block west of Elmwood.

We are not sending our best to call WGR. It's ALWAYS bizarro world with those callers.

Kuni's is excellent, wherever you're from. I'm not aware of any other top notch sushi in WNY, however.

If either Cooper or Douglass are interested in sticking around short-term for slightly under-market value, then the Bills should consider it. Cooper is more important than Douglas for sure imho. But both could leave. Also agree that Rousseau, Benford, Shakir, and also Benford (LOL) are important guys to try to extend, but disagree that Cook is a great candidate for re-signing. The Bills seem committed to drafting day 2/3 RBs and letting them play cheap. Ray Davis seems like a great candidate to grow into the role. Benford trumps Douglas, I think we can all agree. Probably bad business to sign both. Shakir probably trumps Cooper, I think we can all agree? Although it would be nice to stockpile and keep a stable of dangerous WRs.

It'll be okay. I hope. Either way, injuries are the norm now, and we are not alone in our plight.

Agreed. In some respects, it seems like McD would RATHER force an offense to beat us by matriculating down the field via checkdowns and dumpoffs and screens, often featuring RBs and TEs and even HBs. Get the QBs off their first reads downfield and deal with the consequences of longer developing plays, pass rush outcomes, etc.

Appreciate this on-topic post. Worthy is looking like the definition of a flashy, speed WR who will likely be up and down with his production, and would greatly benefit from more (healthy) talent around him. Seems like the more exposure he has and the more reps he puts on tape, the more defenses will have an effective plan for him. Worthy is limited by size and strength. He CAN be an effective and explosive receiving option in the NFL, as already shown, but he can also be a limited option.

Love the shoutout for Carter. Haven't seen much of that. I did hear a little of it on the radio (what little I tune into), but overall I've been impressed with his juice since Oliver hurt his hammy.

Guilty. I concede.

I'd argue he has elite body control but isn't big or tall, so can have issues and inconsistencies when bodied up aggressively. (Can also get loose against such coverage, so...) Seems like a WR who can be impacted by big hits. He's not big enough for consistent #1 target share. Despite how talented he is. More like a perfect #2 guy tbh.

Okay, then please share concrete evidence of these "Hamlin sucks!" observations. I'm 100% willing to accept a convincing argument about a late-round safety with a unique injury history being below starting caliber. That is the likeliest reality, in fact! So please show me why, in this case.

Totally agree that the dead cap is being unreasonably ignored by many fans, and that the Bills are NOT going to release Bass during the season because of that prohibitive dead cap penalty. Even IF they "find someone better," (which would be great) they would be wise to keep Bass inactive until the league year ends or even until June 1, then release him. Whenever I read "Cut Bass Now!" I wonder why?

Can't really disagree, but then we should also imagine alternative positive results for the Jets on that drive if we're going to unilaterally wipe away a GOOD result only because it should have been unlikely or something.

The Bills need a win, same as every other week. The rest all becomes the past immediately once the game ends. Of course we WANT a more convincing win, but the only thing that actually matters is the final score. The players don't need a walk over win. They need a win. They need to make enough plays to win the game. Fan perception and post-mortem analysis is completely separate from what the team is dealing with. So it's NOT actually important.

IF you're going to engage in this kind of re-engineering, then you should err on the side of generosity to BOTH teams, meaning... ...if you're just taking that 7 pt hail mary off the board, even though it was intentional and really well executed (against a questionable defense--with DEs dropping to take away the shallow sideline throw)...then maybe you should grant the FG instead, rather than just declaring the play a fluke. The Bills defense was ineffective as is on that play, so why assume they should have been effective against every scenario there? That kind of adjustment makes it an 8 pt game, which still allows for intrigue on that final Jets drive. That seems about right to me (at least for this exercise).

Tom Brady as Fox's lead Color Commentator is all you need to know about the degradation of NFL broadcasts. Plastic and phony like A-Rod (baseball) but not nearly as good at acting human. Then you've got Collinsworth who is unbearably shrill and hyperbolic. Commentators in general need to chill out and say less. Comment on the actual plays and not whatever incessant narratives they identify during the week. Have some actual human chemistry with their broadcast partners. Maybe some wit even. And of course, the refs need to back the eff off. Unless something is obvious (like every Sauce Gardner hold or Juwaan Taylor false start/illegal formation), stay out of it.

Genuinely wonder if the concussion and adoption of the Guardian Cap had him consciously picking up his head and lining up big, impactful hits that weren't deemed penalty-worthy even to the most officious crew of all time... I remain surprised that neither of the two hits I'm thinking of were flagged--the hits that jarred out the ball and left the WR down for a moment. Those are almost always flagged, even when properly lined up and shouldered. Rapp definitely had a different posture upon arrival this week. Really hope we see that continue. The game is great when defensive players hit hard but responsibly. (Just like it's great when a run-blocking Spencer Brown stays with his guy and absolutely pancakes him...except when they FLAG it.)