MJS

Sounds like you need to give up booze entirely, for the good of the team. Sorry. I don't make the rules.

I don’t think anyone would care or expect both teams to have the same exact roster if the game was replayed at a later date. For one thing, it's not even possible, really. Teams make transactions all the time. Injuries happen. Both teams would need to account for that.

This is actually a decent group. A bunch deserve it. This should be a stronger class than the past few years. Revis, Thomas, Woodson, Johnson, and Wayne are all deserving. Freeney, Allen, and Ware have the stats and accolades, so they make sense to get in, but I wonder if they will do three edge rushers in the same class or not. Good group.

Didn't necessarily know he was injured, though.

It's up to him, honestly. If he decides he wants to play, I'll support him but make sure he understands the risks. Then, I'll pay as much money as possible on quality equipment and the best helmet in the world.

Yeah, I have no problem with the snow angels. He didn't know. But that right there is classless.

I can see that. But both coaches decided to suspend the game, and the officials were on board as well. So, it doesn't make a lot of sense to have the Bills forfeit. Either don't play the game at all and go by win percentage, or make up the game at a later date somehow. That's what makes sense to me. Now, if McDermott said at the time he was willing to forfeit the game if need be, and if that was the decision of the NFL he would accept that, it makes it a little different. But it seems like both coaches decided together to suspend the game and no talks of a forfeit was discussed.

Yeah, I thought that was a strange comment. We've all seen it plenty of times. Now, CPR? That's something none of us have seen on an NFL field before, that I know of. Maybe he just meant the entire ordeal was something he hasn't seen before, not just the ambulance.

They were dirty.

He lowered his shoulder to fight for more yards. It's football.

We called this. They had an epically easy schedule. Once it looked like it was going to get harder, many of us said they would look a lot worse and lose a bunch of games.

Why Baltimore? We usually play Lamar Jackson really well.

Yeah, I agree. I am willing to throw the Dolphins and the independent observers under the bus as much as the next guy, but if Tua wasn't showing outward symptoms, and did not communicate that there was anything wrong, I'm not sure what you can do. Tua needs to be more honest and tell people when he isn't feeling right. Compare this to Mitch Morse, who actually listens to his body and communicates when he isn't right. He trusts the protocol and he gets back healthy each time. He doesn't try to play through it. Tua's teammates need to also speak up if they notice anything off about him in the huddle or on the field. They are closest to him and would be the one's to notice something wrong.

Man, Poyer has taken an absolute beating this year. Questionable again.

Bigger than the 4 superbowls the Bills went to? I don't think that's the case. I'd also put a bunch of playoff games above this one. Maybe you could make the case for the biggest regular season game.

Why would you hate Kirk Cousins so much?

Huh? Allen is widely praised by the media. The few who say anything negative are just doing it for the clicks.

The Chiefs seem to muddle through the season and turn it on in the playoffs. Of course, they don't have Tyreek Hill anymore, so we'll see. But it would be foolish to think they are not one of the most dangerous teams in the NFL, if not THE most dangerous. But the Chiefs and Bengals feel the same way about the Bills too. All three teams know that the other two are going to be a huge challenge in the playoffs.

Geno has had a terrible career up to this point. I think it's a wash. Bad QB class all around. I just don't think it matters. It happened to long ago. Why do we need to dispute these things? Nobody cares.

Looks like Pro Football Reference updated Josh Allen's nicknames. They now list "General, JA17 or The Winter Soldier". So funny, because we were just talking about this. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlleJo02.htm

Love this combo. Would even be better with the throwback standing Buffalo helmets.

Sure, but it's not like they have the best run defense of all time. They are ranked in the top 10, but of course the Bills will be able to run it some of the time. Their defensive ends are banged up too. Try to get Cook going on the outside runs. Oh, it's the end of the world! The fastest player in the league scored a TD on Tre White! Hill does that to everyone.

And why would the Bills not be able to run the ball against the Bengals?

QB's took deep drop backs back then and threw the ball down the field. These days they are usually in shotgun and play the quick pass game more often. Quick passes have replaced some of the running game that was more prominent back then. More quick passes increases completion percentage. Plus, yeah, defenders were allowed to defend more back then.

1) Our receivers are mostly possession and route running receivers, not speed guys who can turn up field. 2) Defenses always have their eyes in the backfield against us because of the threat of Josh running. This hurts the screen and short passing game. 3) Josh Allen extends plays and waits for routes to develop. YAC usually comes from quick hitters. 4) Josh Allen takes fewer check downs than most QB's. Check downs usually get more YAC. 5) The receivers have more freedom to run routes in this offense. This means many times Josh has to wait and find them open, instead of throwing the ball to a precise spot every time. The freedom to run routes helps some things, hurts some others, such as YAC.