MJS

I think fans don't realize that holding is completely legal now. You just have to do it a certain way and allow the rusher to disengage when he tries. Fans seem to still be operating on the old rules when linemen were not allowed to use their hands basically at all. So, they call everything holding and cry for flags on every play.

They would he like the 17 year playoff drought teams. Glimpses of competence within a sea of heartbreak and failure.

I care. Obviously there are better things, like winning the Super Bowl, but don't pretend that you wouldn't think it would be cool if Josh won MVP. Plus, if he wins MVP he can win the Super Bowl, too! Why not both?

He is focusing on the 6th olineman, but the Bills have actually been doing that for years, now, even back with Daboll. So, this is something that Joe Brady has kept from the previous offense. Brady is actually known more for just 5 man protections (no blocking from TE's or RB's) and the Bills were doing a lot of that the first couple of games. The offense is great, though, because they have incorporated new Brady concepts but held onto a lot of the bread and butter stuff they've been doing for years, like the jumbo TE/6th olineman.

Excel is awesome. But Word and PowerPoint are pretty good as well. Word has some annoying things, though.

"Dominate" is a verb. "Dominant" is an adjective. But you were so close.

Offense: Cook Defense: Spector The Ravens have excellent run defense numbers, but they've faced the Cowboys, who suck at running it, the Chiefs, who prefer to pass it, and the Raiders, who they lost to. Teams haven't really tried running on them much. I think the Bills get Cook going both in the passing game and the running game and show that the Ravens can be run on. Lamar Jackson only throws the ball in the middle of the field, so the linebackers and safeties are critical. Spector makes some splash plays.

He is on IR with a core muscle injury.

Exactly.

His arm must be so weak. Every time he throws it more than 15 yards down the field it looks like a fly ball in baseball.

You gotta do what you gotta do when you have such a limited QB.

It's not MY superstition. I'm not part of that club.

These teams are both so fundamentally unsound! Stop breaking the rules so they don't have to throw so many flags!

Nothing and nobody is ever more than about 68% accurate at predicting games at the high end (over a long period of time). So, any prediction is going to be well below any statistical significance.

Boring game. Plus it is a flag fest...

The ball hit the ground 5 yards from the defender. Who cares? I still think it was weak even considering that.

Weak taunting penalty. The NFL needs to loosen up on that rule.

What's McCarthy waiting for? He should be on that.

Maybe both.

Whoa! Daboll has lost some weight!

Daboll took play calling away from the OC, apparently. He'll be calling the game tonight. I expect Daniel Jones to run the ball a LOT.

I think he always picks against Buffalo as a superstition. Reverse psychology 😉

What makes the offense good is the ability to adjust. If the defense is taking away deep passes, they can nickel and dime you, and they actually have running backs who can be dangerous checking the ball down to. If the defense drops into zone to defend passing lanes, the Bills have the offensive line and running backs to gash them in the run game. And then Josh Allen can still make things happen when everything breaks down. The one question is if the Bills have the receivers who can get deep and stretch the defense vertically effectively and consistently. We haven't really needed to do that much, yet. But, if there is one thing to sacrifice, this is probably it because chucking it deep is lower percentage anyway. Hopefully Keon Coleman and MVS can be effective at that, though.

Bills - 35 Ravens - 20