Old Coot

The Eagles when Jason was at center had the heaviest Oline in the NFL at 338 lbs average. I don't think that any NFL team has 5 DTs that come close to that average. DTs usually are lighter than O lineman. Some 1 T DTs may match that average since their job is to take on double teams but no team has 5 of 'em.

Re Eagles: do you mean the regular season game or when we play them again in the Super Bowl?

The down side of using a visor is that you cannot look off safeties

Probably brain cramping. That was quite a lick that Ed laid on Lamar.

If Josh was out of the box, then it's legal for the D to trash the receivers. I can't tell if that's so. Maybe someone who views the all 22 can clear this up.

He's a 3T and the role of a 3T is to be quick and disruptive -- get in the backfield and disrupt the play. The job of the 1T next to him is to take on double teams and generally keep the O line interior from getting 2d level blocks on the LBs. Our 1T didn't do that but then the Ravens have an excellent O line. On Henry's long runs he wasn't touched as he ran through the D line and 2d level.

Ravens were able to block out D line AND get to the 2d level and block our LBs on Henry's long runs. We'll see a steady diet of run plays this season until we prove we can do better against the run.

What I'm about to say is not intended to diminish Josh's participation on this play. It is exceptional. The first motion is often designed into the play to ID the coverage: man or zone (though some newer defensive wrinkles will move a DB with the motion and then play zone). That said, Cook's motion is all Josh.

Not to quibble but the rule quoted above just says when the ball is dead not where the ball is spotted... Or are the two the same? The commentators seems to think it was where the ball was when Josh started his slide.

He's in good company. Who hasn't been laid out by Henry?

and Unitas

This. Why was it not PI on the DB who pushed Coleman out of bounds?

Suing your potential clients is never a good business model.

Sept 11, 1960: Bills vs NY Titans at the Polo Grounds in NYC. Bills took the field in their Royal Blue and Silver colors. Bills got on the board first with a FG and then proceeded to lose 27-3. But they were OUR Bills!! Go Buffalo! The next week they opened at home in the Rockpile and lost to the Denver Broncos in their Milk Dud colored uniforms 27-21. Finished the season 5-8-1 and did not qualify for the playoffs. But they were OUR Bills. Go Buffalo!!

And quarterbacks were scared. Riviled only by the Dolphins "No Name" defense, which was, of course, its name.

Can't really tell how good Arch is from this game. He never really got into rhythm. That's on him but the Buckeyes D had a lot to do with that. I think they got into his head. Once you start double-checking what you see instead of just trusting your mechanics get off. Very few of his passes were on target today. I saw a couple of big time throws but other than that, meh. We'll see if he toughens up over the season. I expect we'll see these teams go head-to-head come playoff time.

Are these the uniforms we wear in foggy or blizzard conditions on the field?

Warren Raab. No props for me. I had to look it up.

I'm old enough to remember when they were called "Taxi squads", so-called because when AAFL teams had a 33 player limit, Paul Brown, coach of the Cleveland Browns, stashed extra guys in Cleveland with non-football jobs. The Browns owner also owned a fleet of taxi cabs. The extra guys were taxied to afternoon practices in the owner's taxis. The extra guys could then be activated as needed.

I recall reading about the Spiller pick at the time that Ralph liked him. He was thought to be an exciting back who would put butts in the stadium seats.

I thought this was the reason they have these preseason gmes -- so the refs can be ready for the regular season.

IT was a time when feral linebackeruled the earth and QBs were scared.

Good question. maybe the compiler is not a Bills fan or is. Who knows. I posted the link to this video not to illustrate how the Bills. OL keeps Josh upright but as a primer on the various kinds of pass pro.

Since the regular season is around the corner I thought this Youtube video on schemes for keeping our golden-armed QB upright might be of interest: