Old Coot

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

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

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.

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.

The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.

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?

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.

Beaker hair on fire.jfif

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Man, These teams are so evenly matched. It's a shame that only one can be in teh Super Bowl

Why should Belichick say one way or the other. Uncertainty keeps his opponents guessing.

Classic Dead:

Don't cut off your leg to get tickets. You'll need it to get to the game. Sell a kidney instead -- you've got two. Save the other one for Bill's SB tickets.

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He took a wicked lick in the Dolphins game. The LB blind-sided him with a helmet to helmet hit. I'm surprised the refs did not call a penalty.

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Boy, you had a soft coach. In my day for a bell rung you rubbed some dirt on it & got back in the game -- broken bone, have some smelling salts & get back in. Head torn off -- tape it back on and get back in.