Simon

Your call, your thread.

Just a reminder that this is a thread on the message board about Bills football games. Not about Covid, not about the governor, not about state policies and certainly not about politics.

The players have absolutely come out of halftime with no edge this year, probably because they have been dominating teams in the first half so far. Today I even commented in the game thread during the first possession of the 3rd qrtr how much half-stepping was going on out there with the defense. I'm seeing the same thing as you and there's not a whole lot a coach can do about it; at this level you cant' waste time coaching effort. These guys need to come together and hold each other accountable.

I must have been grabbing a beverage and missed it. I'll guess he flashed an arm out to yank somebody else's man while he was already engaged with his own, since that was his MO for half the afternoon. 🤭

We all do sometimes.

Yes it was; he's got a unique knack for finding seams and getting every yard he can out of them. Good to see you again!

Mitch Morse. He was holding all day and I don't know that he got caught once!

Dude is a serious baller. I swear he is open on almost every down.

He only missed a series or two and then came back

How about that rope he strung out to Beasley down the other sideline. Geebus can he sling it sometimes.

Yeah, he's a natural ballplayer and obviously a very quick study. I don't know that there's a dime in the NFL that is going to be able to handle him.

The late Kroft TD almost made me jump through a 2nd story window but I think my favorite play was earlier when Daboll called up the option, Josh showed it to the defender then took it away and then finished the run with a 6'5" 240lb spin move. My wife came into the room just to see what the hell I was laughing maniacally at. Edit: Does anybody happen to have video of that? I would very much like to watch that again.

The first thing that popped into my head was an NHL winger who draws a holding penalty by keeping his feet moving.

That was actually the 2nd and 8/9 play in the first quarter that prompted me to type this in the game day thread: "wow Josh Allen is becoming a pros pro right before our eyes"

I never watch XP's but happened to see one today and noticed he was kicking from the left hash. Has he been doing that all year or did they have him mover over after he'd already scraped all the paint off the right goalpost?

Just wanted to give Gabe Davis his propers for the work he put in (and I mean work) on that 4th and 9 play that saved the day today. The corner got a great jam on him and if he had allowed himself to be redirected in that instant, the pass falls incomplete anyways, the flag never comes out and the Bills take a brutal loss. Instead he fought like a goddamned tiger all the way through the route, gave the DB more than he was ready to handle and drew a huuuge penalty that actually changed the W/L column. That killer effort was the only reason the side judge threw that flag (or maybe because he knew he had blown the call on the Kroft non-INT and was subconsciously looking for a place to square it up ; - ) Most young players are not so proactive in big moments like that and would panic and try to alter their route, but the fact that Davis' natural instinct was to fight like hell when it was all on the line bodes very, very well for his future in this league. It's not something you're going to see talked about on highlight shows, on message boards or on radio programs but it is absolutely something that gets noticed in the locker room where it counts. So congrats Gabriel on another great day and for continuing to earn the respect of both your teammates and your opponents (but mostly your teammates, cuz **** your opponents). Keep it up and they'll be throwing love and money at you before you know it.

gracias

Gotta give a nod to Nsheke for coming in cold under heavy pressure and carrying us home.

Nothing weird with his right shoulder? That's what had me worried.

And a new box of cigars

Yeah if you're going to call it, I'd have called it contact also. I didn't think the ball was in the air when he disengaged.

It typically only results in an injury when a guy gets collared from behind AND the defender lands on his legs. I just don't like seeing it called when a defender is fighting off a block and lunges out to get a piece of whatever he can and it turns out to be the back of jersey. It's not all that dangerous of a play if you aren't intentionally trying to hurt people like Williams (and eventually others) was when they outlawed it. It's not a hill I'm willing to die on though.

I just don't think it's a particularly dangerous play when the guy getting dragged down is almost stationary. But in the interests of consistency, yeah it should probably be a penalty everywhere or nowhere.

It's probably where he has belonged since he was drafted. I can see him settling there and having a solid career.

In the tackle box, guys aren't running top speed with full strides, which is where the knee injuries always occurred on those tackles. If anybody can find a single instance of a guy getting hurt by a horsecollar inside the tackle box I will sand corrected, but I cant think of one right now.