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Ah, I think the officials did effect the outcome of the game today. Hands to the face on Oliver? Unneccesary roughness on Poyer? These were both key 3rd down calls, and both bad calls. The first led to a 4 pt swing, the second cost the Bills a possession. Look, I dont think there is a vast conspiracy in the NFL fixing games. But I do think there are serious problems with the competence of the officials. Here are a few ideas: 1) Accountability- These guys get paid $200K+ for a part time job. Be accountable. In many lines of work (GE) the bottom 10% of workers are fired every year. I watch a lot of college football. There are hundreds of college officials who could replace these guys and do just as well. 2) Give them better guidelines. Tell them if there is any question, dont throw the flag. In grey areas, dont throw the flag. No One goes to a game hoping to see lots of flags. 3) Fix some of these grey area rules. "hands to the face" occurs as often as holding. Its also called as randomly as holding. I've never heard of an OL being injured due to "hands to the face". Just remove the rule. 4) A defensive flag on 3rd down that bails out the offense is basically a change of possession. Review these flags, just like you do turnovers. The review time could serve as a TV time out so the overall length of the game doesnt change.

Bills had both starting CB out, one starting DE out and the other limited to 10 snaps, best LB out, and starting DTbout. That’s half the defense out, and arguably 5 of the top 7/8 defensive players out (White, Miller, Milano, Groot, Jones). I don’t blame Bills for flying over on Thursday night. I think that’s what many experts recommend. I do think it’s unfair to allow the Jags to have 2 consecutive games there

There was no stolen TO. If there is an injury TO, then clock starts again when balll is signaled ready for play. Jags then waste 40 sec of play clock unless Bills call TO.

Who would have guessed that Jack Kemp was 3rd all time in QB rushing TD until today?

No. There is no problem with calling TO there. Smarter to call the TO in defense. You control the play clock when you’re on offense not defense.

I hope I never see this officiating crew again

Terrible roughness call on DB.

Weak holding call

Bills D looks tired

Pretty blatant hands to the face right there

Shoulda run Josh

Stupid refs don’t realize flag football isn’t when you throw a bunch of flags

Bogus call coming on 3rd and 40

Simpl horrible call

Bs call

Turf don’t cause pec injuries. Just saying.

Bill O Brien had a funny story about Urschel when he (OB) was head coach at PSU and Urschel was a graduate student, using his final year of eligibility. PSU had a huge whiteboard where they indicated a players practice status. Name in green = full practice Yellow = limited Red = no practice Orange = player was taking a class and would be late One day OBrien sees Urschel's name in purple. He asks one of the staff-"Why the F is Urschel's name in purple? What the F does that mean? (OB was pretty foul-mouthed)" Staff says, "oh, that means he's teaching a class".

In all seriousness, an edible of 2 isnt a bad idea. I had a friend who was special forces. When they would fly Lejeune to mideast, they'd all take a couple Ambien. Felt a little bit hungover upon arrival, but were wide awake shortly after landing.

I remember watching this pass. Josh is getting snowed under, and suddenly the ball emerges like it was shot out of a mortar. That was truly an unbelievable throw.

I’m just hoping that the new stadium has an opening so it only snows on the visitor sidelines.

You play. To win. The game. Winning isn’t the only metric to use when evaluating QB, but it’s an important one. QBs do more than throw the ball. Taking care of the ball, not taking sacks, calling audibles, making clutch plays, and leadership are all important factors when evaluating a QB. I’m thinking that Brady was better than Marino in all of these facets. I used to think Bellichek was the best coach of all time. His record without Brady is making me reconsider that evaluation.

Coincidentally, those 3 are the dumbest NFL analysts around.

It’s stunning to think that Marino, with zero NFL championships is a better QB than Brady. Who had 6. Was Marino a better passer than Brady? Maybe. Probably not. But a better QB? Nope.

There is a reality show on Hulu title "Welcome to Wrexham". Movie/TV stars Rob McIlheny and Ryan Reynolds buy a division 5 Wales futbol team. Its pretty good. Season 2 starts with Rob McIlheney complaining that his favorite teams always finish 2nd. First loser. The episode ends with a description of two well known first losers. Susan Lucci and the Bills. The final scene is of Susan Lucci breaking the curse and winning an Emmy. I'm taking this as an omen....

I’ve not studied this, so take it for what it’s worth. Some individuals have shorter Achilles tendons, and are thus prone to rupture. I’ve had 3 friends in their 30-40s who have ruptured Achilles tendons. All describe a popping, shot in the heel feeling during a jumping or acceleration from a stop (tennis, hoops). Im cure these guys stretch well before games and halves, but maybe not enough between or within series?