[Dawson Knox: Refs made up 15 yard snowball penalty ❄️]

Decades ago the Buffalo fans showered the field with beer bottles.

 

That's why your Genny comes in a paper cup.

[Cookie Gilchrist About To Crumble Out Of Bills Top 10 Rushers!]

5 hours ago, Gugny said:

I still don't understand how a guy who only played for the Bills for three years is on the Wall of Fame.

This is because you never saw him play.

 

Here are some Cookie highlights:

 

 

[I’m starting to get extremely frustrated with Dorsey.]

Some of the offense's troubles lie with our makeshift OL. Last year Josh had noticeably more time to throw when he was in the pocket and that allowed our receivers more time to get open.

 

Maybe it's Dorsey's playcalling but in his after game interview when asked about the 3r quarter performance he put it down to execution.

 

I agree that on the two deep pass plays with two receivers in the same area, that should not happen.  The play wasn't drawn up that way. One of the receivers didn't run the correct route.

[Buffalo Bills comeback is still the most impressive, here's why:]

I read that at halftime the Bills changed their pass patterns (from crossing routes to non-crossing or vice versa, I don't remember) and the Oilers did not adjust their defense.  The rest is history.

[Week 15: Dolphins at Bills on Saturday Night Football]

Eric Mangini on Tua's poor performances against SF and LAC:

 

https://www.the33rdteam.com/category/analysis/have-nfl-defenses-figured-out-tua-tagovailoa/

 

Clogging the middle of the field.  Could be Tremaine Edmunds' time.

[What was the furthest you traveled to see the Bills play?]

From my garage to the tv on the first floor

[Jerry Sullivan crosses the line. Comments against women.]

When is a line not a line?

[Josh Allen's Elbow]

It is what it is and not something else.

[50 years ago today, the final game at The Rockpile]

50 odd years from now you youngsters will be fondly recalling the Ralph and getting the same response from the younger generation.

 

As one who played on grass / mud and synthetic turf I much prefer grass / mud.  It's softer when you land on it & no rug burns.

[50 years ago today, the final game at The Rockpile]

The Rockpile was featured in the Robert Redford film "The Natural."  They used it for the stadium shots.

[The obsession w/ how Josh Allen runs]

27 minutes ago, Punch said:

Which QBs have had their careers derailed due to hits they’ve taken while running? I think the concern is somewhat overblown due to old biases against running QBs. He isn’t slamming into the line 20-30 times per game, he’s taking off maybe 5-10 times.

Agreed. But I hold my breath every time he runs in fear of a disabling hit.

[The obsession w/ how Josh Allen runs]

I don't think it's really scolding.  Posters are just being realistic; they don't want us to lose our franchise QB as a result of a wicked hit while Josh is running.

 

Specifically, Josh can still run but slide to avoid thise hits.

 

Because of rule changes favoring the QB, QB's in the pocket now don't get as beat up as they did formerly or when they run but don't slide.

 

My 10 cents (was 2 cents but inflation has affected everything.

[RIP John Hadl]

The old AFL greats are dying off.

 

AS for the field, those grass / dirt fields didn't produce any ACL injuries.

 

Plus they are softer to land on and no rug burns.

[Some point to take seriously]

The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.

[Vikings DB talks about the film study he did on the Bills]

It was a bad throw by Josh.  He wasn't hurried and he usually guns the ball in there.  That ball had no juice on it.

 

Josh wasn't accurate in his throws in overtime.  I wonder if he injured his arm on the first Peterson interception and it stiffened up on him later.

 

Thoughts?

[Seriously, how complicated is our offense]

Could be that he's having trouble with blitz pick-up in practice or getting his timing down with OL blocks.

 

Whatever the reason, we'll see him on the field as the season progresses.

[Josh Allen injury update(officially questionable - expected to start per Ian Rappaport)]

[Yes I know injuries on Defense... But they've been bad the last two weeks....]

Beaker hair on fire.jfif

[NFL Week #9 - 11/6/2022 - The Bills at the (NJ) Jets - Post Game thread]

2 hours ago, Roundybout said:

I do! The Jets ran the ball nine times on their last drive and didn't even LOOK like they wanted to pass, and they still couldn't sniff a stop

The D sorely missed Milano.  If he in the Jets can't / won't do that.

[NFL Week #9 - 11/6/2022 - The Bills at the (NJ) Jets - Post Game thread]

I don't fault the D on this one.  Back 7 are really banged up and playing replacements.  Plus they gave up only 20 points.

 

This loss is on our offense.  For the second straight game the 2d half offensive performance has not been very good.  Josh seems to be less accurate than usual.  Your thoughts on why.  Is it poor mechanics? Good coverage?

 

 

[Milano appreciation thread]

Milan was missed on the Jets final drive when they ran seven straight run plays for significant yardage.

[Is There So Little Love for Tremaine Edmunds?]

19 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

I think we're all in agreement Tremaine over these last 5 years has been a dime strong safety. His job and strength is roaming the middle of the field eliminating passing lanes. This is where he gets his deflections.  I wish him the best in his quest to get a good contract. But I find it almost impossible we extend him. McB will draft a hybrid LB/SS.

This comment is spot-on. 

 

The Cover 2 shell the Bills play as a base defense has a hole in the middle between the safeties.  Tou need an Edmunds type to guard that hole.  Assuming he's gone next year who do we use to fill that role?  Do we have anyone on the roster? FA? Draft possibility?

 

It is possible to guard that hole without an Edmunds/ Urlacher type as MLB but it's more complicated and involves disgusied coverages which you can only do for so long before the disguise is recognized.

[NFL Week 8: Packers at Bills - post game thread]

Josh screwed the pooch in the second half.  If you saw his end of game interview he knows it.  That's refreshing so maybe he'll learn from it.

 

He shotputted some of his throws rather than lazering the ball in there.

[Happy Birthday to the Buffalo Bills!]

Ralph originally wanted a franchise in Miami to be called the Seahawks but the stadium (the Orange Bowl I think) was tied up to U Miami.

 

A Bufflo sports writer suggested Buffalo and the rest is history.  The Detroit Lions won the NFL title in 1957 and were Ralph's favorite team so the Bills colors for the first season or so were the Lions' colors: Honolulu Blue and Silver.

 

Buffal had a team in the ols All American Football League from 1946-49.  The first year the team was called the Bisons, the traditional name for Buffalo sports teams. Ther team then ran a contest and "Bills" emerged the winner (after Buffalo Bill).  The AAFL folded after the 1949 season and the NFL took in some of the AAFL teams (including the Cleveland Browns).  Buffalo's application to join the NFL was not accepted.

[MNF - Broncos @ Chargers]

51 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

that’s what I thought at first too, but the explanation by the rules dude made sense. Receiving team initiated the contact (right in front of the guy signaling for a fair catch.)

According to NFL Rule 10 Article 1  Item 1:

 

"Item 1. Contact with Receiver. It is interference if a player of the kicking team contacts the receiver, or causes a passive player of either team to contact the receiver, before or simultaneous to the receiver touching the ball."

 

Presumably when the Charger in front of the kick returner attempts to block, he's no longer a passive player. Hence he can be pushed into the kick returner in a fair catch situation and not be called for interference.