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1 minute ago, Ya Digg? said:
Just wondering, why do you not think the dolphins are pretenders? Is it because of the threat of scoring?
They have only lost to Us, the Chiefs in a one score game and the Eagles. To me that speaks for itself. The offense is the real deal. They beat the Broncos by 50 points, right now we are favored by 7 and I would take any win.
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1 minute ago, Jauronimo said:
They are fun to watch and playing great football right now. The future is extremely bright for the Texans. Stroud looks like he will be a top 5 QB and hes playing like one right now. Get him a true #1 WR.
I don't know if the city has noticed what they have. There is minimal buzz about the Texans. My colleagues are still talking about the Astros and hyped because the Rockets aren't mathematically eliminated from the playoffs yet.
Texans fans are mild at best. They make Miami fans look like die hards. I think most of them checked out after the Oilers moved. They do not appreciate what they have right now and its special.
You are correct, Texans are in damage control and they deserve to be. I think the Texans squandered a lot of inherent good will in this city. Texans sold out every game until their demons start coming out of the closet (Watson fiasco, the Elmer gantry like charlatan Jack Easterby, Bob McNair dies and his doofus son takes control, hire brain dead David Cully followed by has been Lovie Smith. Football in this city has been an embarrassment for several years and FINALLY they have righted the ship.
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1 minute ago, msw2112 said:
The Bills and Texans are polar opposites right now. There were no expectations on the Texans, so they're just coming in, playing loose, taking chances, and allowing their talent to shine. The Bills, on the other hand, have the weight of the world on them. They were/are expected to contend. Everyone is saying their window of opportunity is closing. Veteran players such as Poyer, Hyde, and Miller (and others, like Murray, etc.) are nearing the end of the line.
I'm not sure how to change the mentality of the Bills right now, but they still have enough talent to be among the best teams in the league, and are in their own heads right now. The defense is limited with injuries, but Douglas and Joseph should help. Maybe Miller will improve as he works his way back. I've always been a McDermott supporter and I know that many on this board are ready for him to be shown the door. Maybe the message is getting stale and a fresh new approach is needed. That said, I'm willing to see how this season plays out - it's still early and the Bills are in the mix at 5-4 and will be even more so if they beat Denver tonight to get to 6-4. The all-world Bengals are also 5-4, coming off a loss. The all-world Ravens are 6-3 and coming off a loss and will be only 1 game ahead of the Bills if the Bills win tonight.
Realistically, because of the logjam in the AFC, and the Bills having so many conference losses, the Bills will lose out on AFC wild-card tiebreakers. They need to focus on winning the East. Despite the loss to NE, the Pats are terrible. The Jests will go nowhere with Zach Wilson at QB. Even if Rodgers comes back, it will be too late. The Dolphins are front-running pretenders. The Bills beat them once and can/should beat them again. So the Bills need to find a way to hang within one-game of the Fins, as they currently are, and can take the division and make the playoffs in the final game of the season on January 7. After that, in a single-elimination tournament, anything can happen. I realize that I'm taking the glass half-full approach at this point, but what's the point in the opposite approach?
Final paragraph are realistic expectations, all imo except maybe the Dolphins being pretenders.
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25 minutes ago, LyndonvilleBill said:
He played last week. He will get one tonight and get our CB'S back on track.😁
He is listed from what I see.😉
Well he isnt on the official BB website.
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4 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
F@#$ the Houston fans. They do not deserve happiness.
As a fellow Houstonian Bills fan, i have 100% changed my mind on the Texans after they let Cal McNair "stand in the corner" and fired Jack Easterby, Lovie Smith and Culley. Texans are a great team to root for now with a lot of draft capital still from the D Watson trade. Stroud is a legit MVP candidate, certainly front runner for ROY and Demeco Ryans as coach of the year.
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20 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:
He played about 40% of the snaps in Cincinnati.
i REALIZE that but he is not on the Bills depth chart.
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On 11/11/2023 at 3:49 PM, LyndonvilleBill said:
On O, Shakir. And I'll continue to say it, Isabella should be brought up and given a shot. I have the need for speed.😁
On D, I'm going with Douglas. Should be enough time to pick up quite a bit of the playbook and we really need him to step up this week.
On Douglas sure would be nice for him to have a positive impact on the game, we have not had an interception in 5 games on Oct 1, we need for that trend to break. Is he even playing, not even on the depth chart yet?
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9 minutes ago, phypon said:
OMG! I had to laugh at the "pet safe anti-freeze - Not safe for drinking" commercial around the 1:44:40 mark. Never heard of that before, wtf??? Too funny.
Anti freeze can be very sweet
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1 minute ago, BillsShredder83 said:
Wes welker is on our staff?????
He is on the Dolphins staff,
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4 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
So Leslie failed because of a couple of playoff games, but McDermott succeeded because of four regular season games? You realise that is an inconsistent argument, right?
And I think when 17 of 42 points come in the final 2 mins plus OT that is very much a collapse that was the problem. Leslie isn't blameless in that but he wasn't in the top 3 people I'd blame having actually looked at what happened. And I wasn't arguing that the Bills D lacked the talent to get it done. But at the end of that Chiefs game in particular there were two major execution errors by a former UDFA who the Bills allowed to walk on the back of it.
Leslie Frazier was not the problem.
Who are you referring to?
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On Defense I opt for Bobby Babich, young energetic, great motivator, articulate.
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Agreed.
Why is the Buffalo day glow yellow on the one red T Shirt, wth?
And I might add, quite the bargain at $26 marked down from $43.
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14 minutes ago, Einstein's Dog said:
If your objective is to not have your QB hit, running a sneak is not a good play. I don't know how to dumb this down any more for you.
Everyone in the FO wants to extend Josh's career. Having him get hit less was thought to be a good way to do that. They have been executing that strategy.
Look up the data or keep spewing the same mantra. Yes you want to limit QB hits, dah, but sneaks are are not full speed nfl collisions, they are very slow and are very safe, much safer than normal qb play, as I wrote injury's percentage is counter-intuitive, believe it or not, but if it make you feel better to try to denigrate me as you cant "dumb this down any more for:" me, that is your problem..
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21 minutes ago, Franco_92 said:
Sneaks have hurt Mahomes, Lance and Purdy I believe in recent years, off the top of my head. It's not a risk free play. There are many factors the coaches consider that fans can't acknowledge because we don't know what they are, in addition to injury concerns. The coaches don't just forget that this play is in the playbook, and they are not dumb, and they especially aren't dumber than Bills internet rabble, and yet they sometimes don't run this play. I bet part of it is Allen's general discomfort under center, and a recent history of shaky snap transactions under center. Allen fumbled at least 3 of these in fairly big moments last year.
Providing one off examples dont prove your point. I could also use Tom Brady and an example, one of the most prolific runner of QB sneaks that not once was ever hurt. Good example but doesnt prove my point nor do your examples prove the contra. And try Lance was hurt on a power run, not a QB sneak.
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20 minutes ago, Einstein's Dog said:
A safe play?
If your objective is to limit the number of shots your QB takes, having him run a sneak is not something you do.
Extending the career of Josh by intentionally limiting his hits was a stated goal this year. They are doing that. Playoffs you may see an expanded playbook.
Look it up, and is easily verifiable as I just did, it is, as I wrote a very safe play. Do you know how to look it up? I wont sit here and protract this discussion.
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14 minutes ago, Einstein's Dog said:
Actually the worst case would be Allen out for the year with an injury.
People seem to have a hard time realizing one item of emphasis has been to run Allen less to minimize his chances of getting hurt.
The number of QB sneaks and injuries is counter-intuitive. It is actually a very safe play for a QB.
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3 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Or how bout a naked bootleg when the entire planet knows you're running that failed draw. How many times must Dorsey witness his play fail before he scrubs it completely?
The elephant in the room is although Josh Allen is huge and should easily be able to do the tush push, his ball integrity with QB sneaks (vs Minnesota last year) or taking picking the wrong hole as he did vs Jax a few years ago, is highly suspect. Josh Allen can be a rock star with a QB sneak as he was in Dallas on Thanksgiving or potential disaster. I just don't trust him in QB sneak situations.
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35 minutes ago, 4th&long said:
Just go join pintos tail gate. Act like you know everyone. They are all so drunk no one will care. The pre game tail gates are like one big family bash. If I was going I would have you join us!
That is quite the "promotion" for an 11 year old.
Waiting for someone to lecture me about "they have to grow up sometime" or "get off my lawn" memes.
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Somewhat obvious with the success of the tush push.
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30 minutes ago, Mango said:
Injuries significantly doubled from 2014-2018. Nearly doubled.
https://www.weisspaarz.com/nfl-injuries-over-five-seasons/
Injuries decrease as the season progresses.
https://www.kaggle.com/code/jaseziv83/an-analysis-of-nfl-injuries
Great find on the data but unfortunately, is is 5 year old data so doesn't address the current state of affairs' you were discussing.
Regardless, it is also largely what is reported by each team.
Teams are much more likely to report an injury for a) liability issues (note your data was supplied by a medical malpractice law firm) and B) how much is driven by stashing players (is Kairr Elam really have a bad ankle?).
I think there were two major events to more readily propel teams to report injuries. The fiasco with Tua and his concussions. Note after the Miami "concussion "expert cleared Tua to play versus the Bills it wasn't long before he was fired and i noted a significant uptick and caution with concussions, especially on QBs. And the Damar Hamlin incident.
27 minutes ago, Gugny said:It's a violent game that I personally don't think humans are supposed to play.
That is the cold hard truth. If you play in the NFL today consider yourself a "modern gladiator" with all the associated long term negative physical and mental attributes.
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There should be analytics that mathematically can "prove" your claims of huge injury problems last few years or is this more a reflection of your gut instinct as magnified by the injury woes we have had this year.
I think the CBA and the NFL are acutely aware players are bigger , faster, stronger. They continue to implement more and more rules to safeguard players so except more and more penalties and increasingly more benign football play and the equipment (as well as the treatment) . Every player , more or less, understand the inherent risks as does the NFL but unless you want the NFL to turn into the pro bowl or glorified flag football, you have to accept the cost benefit analysis of the game.
Lets compare the average age of NFL players see how that has evolved over the last few years, if your assertion is correct the average age should be decreasing.
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2 hours ago, starrymessenger said:
They draft pretty well too.
Was he there for Russel Wilson or was that before him, i was amazed how how dropped for 1 inch in height. I also recall the DK Metcalf pick, i think the pre-draft pictures of DK were so hard to believe, how cut he was, he dropped.
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3 minutes ago, Gregg said:
Good point. I forgot they got a lot for Wilson.
I dislike Pete Carroll but I have to give him or their organization a lot of credit for what they got from a declining Russel Wilson (sans last game) and how they resurrected Geno Smith is incredible, two major home runs.
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1 hour ago, Gregg said:
It seems like the Seahawks get taken to the cleaners in a lot of these trades. Didn't they give up ransom to the Jets for Jamal Adams a few years back.
One bad trade you reference. Now lets examine the BIG deals. What did they get for Russel Wilson? What did they give up for Geno Smith?
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Houston - a young team to keep an eye on
in The Stadium Wall
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I remember when that was the pervasive mantra here on these boards. We can only win by drafting offensive players, offensive minded head coach and have to outscore and race track every opponent on offense, Offense offense offense as if Defense doesn't matter, totally illogical.