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You sure about that, abstractly? TBH I haven't delved into the Chiefs run game, but their passing game is not as scary to opponents as it has been in previous years. But the Fins run game is all based upon getting teams to fear their super-fast passing game then running into the resulting confusion. The wind is forecast to be reasonably light - 10 to 12 mph. So if the Dolphins can get their passing game going, they can run better than the Chiefs. But I don't think they have much run game based on 'teams know we're gonna run, and they can't stop us'. Hill obviously knows how to play in KC. The Dolphins, in theory, have a much better passing defense than the Chiefs, but it may be because in some games they get a lead and they know what's coming?

That's exactly my thought. Be careful what you wish for, McDaniel.

Speaking of brutal weather, since this is a KC/Miami thread.... I think that's a wee exaggeration since the Peacock Premium Plus subscription is $11.99 and the cheapest tickets I saw on Stubhub/Ticketmaster were $43. But wow. And this Dolphins fan shows true team spirit about it: "Dolfanatic" LOL

Yeah, that would explain it. Diggs must have some experience playing in snow, but he makes his disdain for weather games clear. I became kind of nervous when I heard the Bills practiced in the field house today. There's nothing like actually getting out in the weather to prepare you for weather. I'm not sure if we have anyone with that life experience on the Bills today. Trent Sherfield (Danville, IL) might be the closest? Or Kincaid, with his 3 years on the Utes?

Wait, I thought Baker was a good QB now at age 28? All in the playoffs and everything? 64% completions, 4044 passing yards, 28 TD, only 10 INT, 238 ypg and all that.

Cook is a very talented runner. But McCoy had this uncanny ability to cut and maintain his balance no matter what the weather conditions, including the Snow Game. Now perhaps Cook will show that ability on Sunday. But as of now Not Proven. What playoff game has been moved to Cleveland?

Wish we had a runner like Shady McCoy

officially, "knee"

I See No Lies

Eh, the "feels like -30F" isn't expected until 3 am. "Feels like" -11 to -14 with windchill during the game. Not that juiced up fans who lose their gloves and mittens can't get into trouble, but if they dress decently and pack on the hand and foot warmers and the battery-operated socks and vests, should be fine. Not quite sure KC fans have that routine down as well as B'lo fans, but they'll manage.

I have no idea where in that PC you feel that "he and Josh aren't close" is coming from. He specifically mentioned "your QB gets banged up" as an injury the Bills had sustained, so that reinforces that maybe Josh's shoulder has been worse than the team has let on, but he knows about it. He was asked about his relationship with Josh evolving this year, he said not so much this year, he's been here 4 years, and when there's adversity that's when you get closer to people. The obvious conclusion to be drawn from what he said is that he's gotten closer to some guys in the locker room (including Josh) during the adversity of injury this season. I always thought their "bro-mance" was more of a media creation than a real off-the-field friendship. Not that they don't have real respect for each other and liking, and not that Diggs didn't have warm fuzzy feelings when he racked up a league-leading 127 receptions for 1535 yds back in 2020. But without a pandemic shutting things down, I don't think Diggs is a big video gamer. He's not a golfer either. You never saw pics of Diggs going to Sabres games or baseball or what have you with Josh, that would be like Davis Webb and Josh and Dawson Knox and sometimes Gabe Davis. Diggs thing is fashion and also "playing" with the ladies, and I think he keeps that "under cover" (pun intended) during the season. I just don't think he and Josh have a lot of interests in common or ever have had. Doesn't mean they're not "locker room family" and don't have a solid professional football relationship. I just never thought they were really 'besties' off the field. I also really liked what I heard from Diggs about the rest of the receiver corps and how he roots for their success and he expects big things from them. He came across as a mature, steady teammate with a positive vibe is what I got from it, little trace of the Diva and the petulant-appearing guy we saw at the end of last season.

Really good suggestion - and after all, Miami won't be using their facility McDaniel wore a tshirt last year "I Wish It Were Colder". Be careful what you wish for, me bucko.

You're responding to someone who took a single quote in an interview entirely out of context. Oh, and he's also a well-known TBD Troll.

How do these guys come up with these stats? Week 12-18 means 6 games for the Bills (Week 13 bye) Week 12-18 means 7 games for the Steelers (Week 6 bye) I mean, it's not a big difference, 231 vs 220, but it's not an even basis set. Why not say the last 6 games or something? OK, I'll put away my "junk NFL stats soapbox" now.

Sounds like there's a bug. Morse missed a practice due to illness Friday of last week and was initially designated "questionable" for the game, though later upgraded. Now it's Knox and Dawkins missing, hopefully they have time to recover. Big issue is, does anyone else get sick?

Davis is a damned good blocker. Our best blocking WR. Not liking Knox and Dawkins missing practice either.

Regardless of who he was throwing to. Kurt Warner became a starter with the Rams with Mike Martz as his offensive coordinator. Kurt Warner has phrased it diplomatically as "Mike Martz was very hard on quarterbacks". I have a little tiny sliver of inside insight and another way of putting it was Mike Martz was a perfectionistic demanding ####### of a control freak. He knew how to scheme up an offense, and he demanded that it run like a swiss watch. Kurt Warner doesn't start for the Rams unless he is able to read the field and make the correct throw to the correct spot with a perfect spiral at the perfect time. Warner understands ball very deeply. He made a living playing the position in structure and parlayed his relatively meh physical talents to their max in his career by having that deep understanding.. The fact that Warner was throwing to high level talent doesn't change Warner's understanding or his processing speed or his precision passing (in his good years). By the way, Faulk and Bruce and Holt and Hakim with the Rams also made their livings playing their positions in structure. Not that they weren't great athletes, but it was called the "Greatest Show on Turf" for a while because it was a very very tough scheme to defend. It didn't depend on them to "beat their man, get to the spot", it depended on creating confliction for defenders with precise route execution.

That is NOT at all Kurt's point. Sheesh, people. Kurt's point is that sometimes it would benefit Josh, and the team, for Josh to operate a bit more within the designed structure of the play. Remember when the Bills were dreadful in the red zone last year? That's at times, because Josh was overlooking the plays available within the designed structure, in favor of free-lancing. And since that tendency is on tape now, sometimes that led him into trouble. I think the reasons are pretty clear. 1) Josh is a fierce competitor. If he thinks he can "go for the gusto", why take the 6 yard gain off the 2 yard route to the flat? 2) For most of his formative football years (HS, Juco, College) Josh pretty much was the team. He only had 1 or 2 other players at most he could count on. So he would go to them, or take it himself. 3) The throwing style Josh came out of college with legit made it hard for him to hit those dump-offs to the flat or little slants. It wasn't until he changed his mechanics in the 2019 off season that he legit could hit them consistently, and he still reverts to his previous mechanics when he's injured. The problem with 1) is that at this point, his tendencies are clear, so the "gusto" routes are getting jumped and picked at a higher rate.

Wiki says "no" but may be out of date:

Because Josh has all the turnovers? Our running backs (other than Josh) do have 6

Josh had Kincaid on the left sideline for the first down. I will say for that, it’s 4th and 2 and throwing an end zone INT is no worse than a punt whereas trying for Kincaid and missing would give the opponent very favorable field position. The first interception was bad though. At this point in the season, the QB and the #2 WR need to be on the same page.

Interestingly, while Rudolph has racked up a respectable 719 passing yards in 3 games, 40% of those yards are before the catch, and 60% of them are YAC. Given that he is throwing downfield 12% of the time, that suggests a goodly number of his passing yards may be short passes to the flat or screens which are sometimes considered an “extension of the run game”

I was wondering if it could have been a personal milestone for him as a snapper, so I looked it up and doesn’t seem like it.

I had no idea we’d cut AJ Klein from the practice squad. Don’t like losing Anjou though

I don’t think you see Micah Hyde get called for that because he doesn’t launch in helmet-first. It’s why he’s still playing into his 30s. With respect, I think you’re looking at that play with the eyes of someone who played in an earlier time. The NFL has (publicly) said, no helmet to helmet hits and we don’t care whether or not it was intentional, figure it out. By rule, it was a penalty and it should have been called, along with the Piggy Back Ride DPI mugging of Knox. It didn’t and so it goes. But the NFL can’t really say it cares about player safety, no helmet to helmet hits, and then let that one slide.