Old Coot

I neglected to mention that the clothing store O'Connell, Lucas & Chelf was founded by Tommy O'Connell, Ritchie Lucas & Don Chelf (an offensive tackle on the team).

I'm an Old Coot. I remember Tommy O'Connell handing off to Ritchie Lucas & throwing passes to Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion, Jackie Kemp handing off to Cookie Gilchrist and throwing passes to Dubenion & Glenn Bass. Ed Rutkowski (former Erie County Exec) was on that team. I remember the loss to the KC Chiefs in the 1966 AFL Championship game. If the Bills had won they would have played in the first NFL-AFL Championship game. Somewhat later the annual game was renamed the Superbowl. My interest in the Bills has waxed & waned over the years with the team's success. It's waxing now. Hopefully the team will win a Superbowl before I join the Choir Eternal.

This is a very interesting theory. If the WR position gets degraded because of huge QB contracts and the RB position has already been degraded does that mean that offensive production gets degraded & defenses improve? Is this why in recent memory the NFL has tweked rules to encourage offensive production? I remember when you could mug the receivers until the ball ws in the air and then mug the QB for good measure.

How about a booth where fans get to live an NFL experience: Getting hit by a real NFL blitzing linebacker. Only fans with current medical insurance could participate.

Good point. I think they are planning on using 21 personnel package on D -- as in 10 DL and 11 other guys.

I'm guessing that Beane & Co have a plan for this since they let Levi Wallace walk. Whether that plan is successful is another matter. As the noted philosopher Michael Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

Brady sets yet another football record -- shortest retirement.

It was a business decision.

NFL channel reporting on this year's Combine with QB's throwing Go routes to WR's played a video of Josh's 70 yd throw at his Combine. His throw started at his own 10 yd line and caught by the WR at the opposite 20 yd line.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Let's try this take on the discussion: Assume Edmunds is no longer with the team. Who is a better MLB fit given the Bills' protect against the pass first scheme?

For those disenchanted with the NFL there is always professional pillow fighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxAzjNNLSA

Those fancy casinos aren't built by the winners; they're built by the losers.

You are right on both counts but its a low risk throw. Malcolm Butler made a great play on the ball. I read afterward that the Pats practiced against that pattern and Butler wasn't able tp prevent a completion but learned from his mistake.

I thought so, too until I heard Pete Carroll's reasoning: If Lynch does not get in the clock keeps running. By throwing a low risk pass like that, it's either a TD because the Pats expect a run or its incomplete stopping the clock and giving the Seahawks more time to run more plays. Remember Lynch is hard to bring down once he gets going but he can be stopped behind the line. I'm not saying that I agree with carroll but his reasonong makes some sense.

I don't understand the Burrows haters. How can you not like a guy who looks like a 1930s G-man?

Unitas did it all. He called his own plays and played in an era when the D was allowed to beat up the QB. Halas' Bears were notorious for being dirty players. It's really impossible to say who the GOAT or rank QBs. As others have stated the game has changed so much.

Otto Graham was a very good QB. He played for the Belichick of his era, Paul Brown (after whom the Browns are named)). The Cleveland Browns were so good that they won all 4 championships of the All-American Football Conference (the Bills were one of the AAFC teams). When the AAFC folded in 1949 the Browns joined the NFL and won the 1950 NFL championship plus the 1954 & 55 championships with Otto at the helm.

To quote Whittier: "Of all sad words of tongue and pen the saddest are these, 'It might have been'"

That's what I saw, also.

I'm not an Edmunds homie -- I think he has room for improvement on running plays. The most common D the Bills play (as has been pointed out in outher posts) is not a 4-3. It's a nickle 4-2 with 5 DB's. There is no typical MLB. Edmunds' assignment is to clog up the middle of the field passing lanes so throws go elsewhere. That's one reason he doesn't appear to make many plays in the passing game. Edwards also has good lateral movement enabling him to make plays all over the field. This & his pass coverage skills enable out safties to do things they otherwise could not do. It is worth noting that during the 13 sec, the Bills did not have Edmunds in the center of the field. He was on the side of the formation opposite to the play. On Kelce's catch, Milano appears to have had center coverage responsibility. For purposes of discussion Pro Football Reference has the following stats for Edmunds & Milano: Edmunds numbers are in the is in the first column: Combined tackles: 108 86 Solo tackles 70 57 Assists 38 29 Tackles for loss 7 15

Now there's a name from the past.

The pros used to act that way. Now every good play merits a flamboyant response.

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How about the Washington Reds. That should get Putin off the Ukraine's back.