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He also threw two interceptions and fumbled three times in that game. He was the only reason Miami was able to keep it competitive.

Anyone who is surprised that Elam isn't playing needs to watch the first drive of the second half in the Pittsburgh preseason game. Elam allowed 4 or 5 completions including a TD, got flagged for PI, and fell over backwards after being barely pushed by a WR blocking on a running play.

Does Beane have $27,000,000 of free cap space over the next two seasons and some extra draft capital lying around?

He misses Daboll. He did that a lot his first few seasons.

He’s thrown three absolutely stupid throws. If Mosley could catch, the score would be 13-6 Jets.

Milano has better hands than Mosley.

It’s pretty easy for even the “poorest” owners to borrow against the equity in their franchises in order to secure loans for that escrow money. That money, in turn, can still be invested while it’s in escrow to offset some of the interest on the note. It’s not revenue neutral in most cases, but it’s been wildly overblown in terms of the degree to which it creates an advantage/disadvantage depending on the owners’ net worth.

The season hasn’t even started, and you’re already complaining about officiating. Impressive.

You're forgetting to factor the opportunity cost, though. If Creed replaced Morse, you'd have $10 million of additional call space each of the next two seasons. That could pay for a pretty solid Guard.

Nick Bolton was a second round pick that same year.

So if you remove 20 years of his career in which they won 17 division titles, went to 10 Super Bowls and won 6 championships, he’s slightly below .500?

Tagging a player means you have to pay him the greater of the designated amount for the position or 120% of current salary plus any earned incentives. The DT tag for 2023 is just under $19 million. Jones was set to earn a little over $27 million in 2023, so his tag number for 2024 would be over $32 million. If he misses game checks and incentives in 2023, his franchise number reduces by 120% of whatever the value of the lost compensation is. If he misses 7 game checks, he’s also going to miss all of his incentives. His tag number for next season would then be based entirely on the position designation. That will increase to roughly $20 million next season or about $12 million less than what it would have been had he showed up on time. So if he misses 7 games, he’s going to lose out on $15 million or so this season plus potentially $12 million next season. Plus, there was no chance that he would have been tagged next season if for no other reason than eating a $32 million cap number is untenable. Now, any team would be crazy not to tag him for $20 million.

If he sits out half a season next year, his franchise tag number decreases by roughly $12 million.

McDermott has been the coach for 7 drafts. They used first round picks on CBs twice. I'd say they put a premium on the position.

Great, then credit Gabe for a great play and credit Tyreek for a great play. The point is that you can’t minimize Mahomes hitting Hill on a perfectly timed crossing route while praising Allen for hitting a guy standing by himself in the end zone. Apply whatever standard you want, just apply it to both QBs.

Because there’s good football discussion here and (most) of this board understands that rival fans exist and that good natured banter is entertaining.

All Mahomes did was throw for more yards than Josh, run for more yards than Josh, complete a higher percentage of his passes than Josh, average more yards per carry than Josh, lead a game tying scoring drive in under 13 seconds, go 6/6 in OT, and win the game. So yeah, my opinion is that Mahomes was even better that day. Also, I figured your favorite play would be the 4th down where a 5th string DB fell down on his backpedal leaving Davis completely uncovered in the end zone. Amazing how Josh had to fit that ball into a 30 yard window.

That's not my opinion at all. Both QBs played well enough to win. That's how it works in the postseason. He played an incredible game, but Mahomes was even better. The Bills had 9 possessions and punted 4 times. You punt 4 times against Mahomes, and you might lose. The same is true of Allen. The Chiefs had 11 possessions. They punted twice. Chiefs win. A week later, the Chiefs punted four times. Cincinnati punted three times. Bengals win. Again, 13 seconds was a disaster. Had the Bills scored on one of the four possessions that ended with punts, it never would have happened. Both of these things are true. Josh was amazing. Patrick was better.

McDermott and Frazier screwed the Bills out of a trophy with 13 seconds against the Patriots?

I believe the narrative is that 13 seconds spoiled a perfect offensive performance. The fact that they punted on 44% of their possessions puts the lie to that narrative. I also believe you’re smart enough to have known that but lack the ability not to respond with some non-sequitur while simultaneously insulting the poster who had the audacity to make a truthful statement that hurt your feelings.

10-7, but the only thing that matters at this point is their record in the postseason.

The Bills still punted 4 times in 9 possessions that game compared to 2 punts in 11 possessions for the Chiefs. 13 seconds was a debacle, but if the Bills had scored on any of those 4 possessions, 13 seconds never happens.

3 straight playoff wins? When did that happen?

Right? They’re basically the same player except for the officiating.

Care to show your work on that one?