CincyBillsFan

Every QB makes dumb throws, Allen included.

So all your concerns about the Bills passing game center around Allen screwing up - nice. Well like you I also worry when Allen drops back to pass but for different reasons. You see based on watching the games I worry that: * a pass rusher will beat his blocker one on one and blast Allen * or that his WR's won't get separation * or his receivers won't make any tough catches and sometimes drop the easy ones. * or the opposing D has schemed to hem Allen in cutting down on his runs and our OC hasn't prepared an answer. * or we'll get a penalty that puts the Bills behind the sticks * or the D gives up several early game scoring drives putting pressure on Allen to make things happen and he responds by forcing throws that are intercepted. Epinesa was a full go on Friday and is not on the injury report.

I watch a lot of NFL football and shredding a defense on the opening drive then getting a first down on their next possession provides very little indication on how the rest of the game will go. Sure they might have blown up the Bills for 40 points or just scored 20. There is no way of knowing from what was happening in the first half of the 1st quarter. And the Bills had a nice drive on their first possession. Who says it wasn't going to be a shoot out?

Everyone says this and it drives me crazy. The Bengals got the opening KO and drove for a TD to go up 7 - 0. The Bills responded with a drive to inside the Bengals 10 yard line where they kicked a FG. The Bengal's got a first down at midfield when the injury to Hamlin happened. Sorry, but games that are 7 - 3 late in the 1st quarter and in no way settled.

With the Bills WR's over the last 2 seasons if Allen threw the ball with anticipation he would likely be leading the NFL in INT's.

It also matters where you play the game.

I'm not surprised Kincaid was limited today. Isn't that a given considering the type of injury he has? Would they really have him go "full" after a couple days of rest? They were always going to ease him back into this weeks practice schedule. Tomorrow and Friday will be the real indicators of whether or not he will play Sunday. If Kincaid has been watching film he must be licking his chops at the opportunity to go up against the Bengal's LB's & Safety's.

I'm not sure any of us thought the Giants would win I think we hoped, prayed, wished and lit candles to help them win.

Yesterday's game notwithstanding, at some point this will be the Bills doom this season.

Did I just hear the prostitute TV ref and Buck saying the refs missed a head to head hit on a defenseless Pats receiver?

My understanding is that the Pats have had the easiest schedule.

It's falling their way until it isn't. IMO the Pats have the look of a team that gets the #1 seed and then loses at home in their 1st playoff game. Sort of like the Ravens did twice.

I watch a lot of college football and when they first adopted the rule you had a load of targeting penalty's because players were still leading with their helmets like it was a missile. But over the years those kinds of tackles have been reduced dramatically. Now you see payers using the shoulder aimed at the center of body mass. For me it has been a welcome and very visible improvement in the college game. For what it's worth I asked AI abut the college targeting rule and injury's: Yes, college football targeting rules have helped reduce injuries, particularly concussions, though the data is not definitive and some studies show a higher risk of concussion on plays where targeting is called. Studies indicate that since the rule's implementation, there has been a decrease in concussion rates, especially in high schools. While the rule is intended to protect players, some research suggests that the plays most frequently called for targeting are also more likely to result in a concussion, which may indicate the rule is identifying dangerous situations rather than preventing them entirely.

Are you talking bout the hit along the sidelines in the game with the team we can't mention? Because that was different then what happened tonight.

I bet college football has seen a real reduction in concussions and head/neck injury's as a result of this rule.