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    Riddle me this Mafia?

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    1 hour ago, mjt328 said:

    Two of our D-Line free agent upgrades (Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht) were suspended, and couldn't help.

    One of our D-Line free agent upgrades (Joey Bosa) lost contain on Jackson a few times, but settled in later.

    Two of our D-Line draft picks (TJ Sanders, Deone Walker) were playing in their very first game.  The third (Landon Jackson) was inactive.

     

    Our middle linebacker (Terrell Bernard), top cornerback (Christian Benford) and two safeties (Taylor Rapp, Cole Bishop) were injured a good chunk of training camp/preseason, and haven't gotten a chance to play together at all.  Which leads to a lack of communication and knowing where each other will be on plays.

     

    Plus we had to throw a 6th Round rookie into one of the starting slots at cornerback, so I'm sure the coaching staff was focused on protecting him and making sure he wasn't put into really bad positions.

     

    Anyone who was expecting a huge improvement from the Defense in Week 1 probably hasn't been paying attention.  This unit looks like one that will gradually improve as the season goes along, and hopefully peaks closer to playoff time.

     

    And we were facing one of the best and most unique offenses in the NFL.

    Athletic Article: The bust files: How NFL teams break young quarterbacks

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    This is why coaching is so important. Coaches set the tone for the entire organization. Having the patience to develop a QB comes directly from the head coach. McDermott had already bought himself job security by breaking the playoff drought, so he had the patience to let Josh Allen develop, and built a strong defense with good leaders to keep them in games.

     

    But Josh was pretty good out of the gate, in the grand scheme of things. He had lows in his rookie season, but he also had highs. And then he took the Bills to the playoffs in his second year. He was a functional QB. There was never really a time where it seemed like he was a bust or should be benched.

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    Eligible Receivers - 2pt Coleman Non-Catch

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    13 hours ago, WeckMonster said:

    what I gather from the rule below is that once you’re out, no matter how you got there, you can’t catch it… no matter if you’ve re-established.
     

    I don’t understand how it’s not an illegal contact penalty on the DB for shoving the WR out of bounds. Shouldn’t every DB do that in short fields?

     

     

    ARTICLE 6. INELIGIBLE RECEIVERS.

    All offensive players other than those identified in Article 5 above are ineligible to catch a legal or illegal forward pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage, including:

    (a) Players who are not on either end of their line or at least one yard behind it when the ball is snapped;

    (b) Players who fail to notify the Referee of being eligible as required by Article 5;

    (c) An eligible receiver who has been out of bounds prior to or during a pass, either by his own volition or by being legally forced out, even if he has reestablished himself inbounds with both feet or with any part of his body other than his hands;

    Yes, it should have been a penalty for illegal contact. But they didn't call it.

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    Will Prater Be Signed to the 53?

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    There's no reason to. Keep calling him up until you need to add him. It's like a free roster spot for a couple more weeks. There could be injuries between now and then that affect the roster. And if someone tries to claim him, you can just add him to the 53 at that time. There's no down side to keeping him on the practice squad.

    Lamar/Bills fan push

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    1 minute ago, MPT said:

    Exactly. They were provoking the fans purposely. That still doesn't give any fan the right to put hands on the players, but the Ravens players created this situation intentionally.

    I think so. And for that reason, I would not be opposed to Jackson receiving a fine. Yes, the fan was way out of line and he is being punished for it. But Jackson retaliated physically and their players created the possibility for it to happen.

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    Refs spotting the ball

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    32 minutes ago, klumzyfule66 said:

    My guess is this is to cover a 'fake slide' but I don't know that I like that .... it inputs (more) subjectivity, as a ref could at any time can say someone is simulating a slide. If you want to delay a slide or fake slide, you can get popped. So I like that the rule gives you the progress where a non-foot falls, and not when you "start" your slide. It helps remove the benefit of doing a fake slide but continuing on, as it's not something that refs are (currently) trying to police for.

    I just swear that I have heard on broadcasts many times that the rule is that you are down where you start the slide. So, maybe they weren't expressing the rule correctly, or maybe it changed, but I have heard that many times watching football games.

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    Refs spotting the ball

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    17 minutes ago, klumzyfule66 said:

    So did I. I went into the rule book to find it, and was mistaken. Although so was Terry McAuley (or whoever the rules analyst was last night). It doesn't have to be a knee that touches, which I think is what he said. I couldn't quickly find a video of the slide to check again, but I still think he might have been short?

     

    Rule 7, Section 2, Article 1.d.2

    sliding or diving. When a runner slides or dives feet or head first or simulates sliding or diving, the ball is dead the instant he touches the ground with anything other than his hands or his feet, or begins to simulate touching the ground

     

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    "... or begins to simulate touching the ground."

     

    What the heck does that mean, haha?

     

    I swear they have called QBs down as soon as they begin the slide, before any body part touches the ground. But that is usually a feet first slide, so I don't know if that makes a difference. Lots of QBs are short of the line to gain because they start their slide before the marker, just like what happened with Josh Allen.

    Refs spotting the ball

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    I guess I don't understand the slide rule, because I thought they spotted it when you begin the slide, which was clearly before the 1st down marker and where they spotted it, but then the rules expert guy said it should be spotted when his knee touched the ground. So, I thought the refs got it right, but they said he got it wrong.

    9/7/25 Post Game Thread - Bills vs Ravens SNF

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    43 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

    Yes we get all that. The point is his D has sucked and he would be gone because he is too stubborn to change his philosophy. He'd rather watch his team get run all over and have WR open all night than admit he might be wrong. 

    You don't know what you are talking about. What is the McDermott defensive philosophy according to you, and then tell me the defensive philosophy of last night's game. And explain to me how the defense hasn't adjusted, please. Do you even know what you are watching, or are you just parroting things you are hearing? The Bills had a COMPLETELY different style of defense than they have in the past yesterday. Tons of man coverage and blitzing. Dorian Williams played a ton in base defensive packages with three linebackers.

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