Old Coot

I hope you are right.

If Dorsey leaves and an external OC is hired that means alot of extra work for the offenses (especially Josh) in the off season & training camp because there will be a new offensive system to learn.

Maybe; or maybe not. If Wallace is lined up correctly, the only inside help is Milano who appears to be dropping into zone. Milano initially steps toward Hill and away from Wallace. That opens up the middle for Kelce. Without knowing what defense was called you can't say who screwed up. Wallace? Milano? Frazier? McDermot? This is why if daboll gets hired away it's important to keep the same offensive philosophy, play-naming, etc.

If that's a comment on the Kelce catch its unfair. Edmunds is lined up deep over Hill on the other side of the formation. If anything the fact that Edmunds is in on the tackle shows his lateral speed.

I wish someone on this board would analyze the defenses in the final 13 secs. On Kelce's 20 yard grab Wallace has outside leverage on Kelce so someone must have had inside leverage but who? Milano? one of the safeties?

Squib kick is not a bad idea but there are risks: a good runback -- maybe one of those rugby-style plays with lateral passes. A well-coached returner will immediately down the ball so maybe 1-2 secs runs off the clock. By kicking deep Bills were showing faith in their D.

Is this tactic legal? When Mahomes leaves the pocket he's a potential runner so we can knock down his receivers. I've seen this done but the rules may have closed this loophole. I hope not. Everyone loves a good loophole.

Only legal on one day a year due to all the drunken fights that broke out. Good on yuh. What's a Bills fan doing in Sydney?

How about some "Two Up"?

Can you fair catch a kick that is bouncing along the ground?

Question: Assume a short kick to the 5 yd line. Returner catches it & immediately kneels down, does the clock stop then or only when the returner is touched? I think only when the returner is touched and that the rule is different for a kneel down in the end zone.

Interesting thing about statistics: 1. Odds of coin coming up tails 11 times in a row is quite small. But 2. The coin doesn't know that. There are only two sides to the coin so on the 11th flip, the odds are 50-50 that it lands tails.

How do you effectively cover Kelce and Hill for most of the game and then let them run wild at the end of the 4 Q & OT? It's either terrible defensive calls or our D wore down at the end. Maybe a bit of both.

The receivers were wide open because the Bills were playing Prevent defense, as in Prevent your team from being victorius.

I think the key is how the respective OL's perform: Does our OL avoid execution errors & give Josh time to throw? Does their OL give Mahomes time to throw?

Watching the receiver's hands & eyes can tell you alot about where the ball is.

This will be a battle of the offensive lines. Whichever line plays better wins the game. I hope that's the Bills' line. I was struck by how well our line protected the QB and run blocked cmpared to the Cards OL tonight. Give Allen or Mahomes a clean pocket and they'll shred any D. Conversely, pressure on either and they play like mere mortals.

30 years from now 200,000 guys will claim they were at the game

Why don't you guys like Romo?

Un-Bill-leviable. It's a grand larceny theft

The O line should get a game ball for this win. They gave Josh time to work his magic and opened some holes for Motor, to say nothing of those pulling center plays.

You make a good point. Thankfully our O kept us out of 3d & long most of the night.

More details on possible ways to break down Bills' execution: Twists & stunts by DL; blitz/ fake blitz, particularly showing double A gap blitz and then back out or run the blitz. This stresses the Bills' interior OL which is not the beast If NE can confuse our OL as other teams have done we are in for a long day.

I did not say that. It's more complex than that. It all depends on why a strategy did not work. In the second game the Bills out-executed the Pats.

Yes but that doesn't mean its a bad strategy. The Bills responded after each Pats score. You can bet that Belichick will scheme to break down the Bills' execution (assuming we don't do that ourselves). We have the better tean. WE just need to go out & show that.