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If the kid is as precocious as Tremaine, Josh will be 45 years old... has there ever been father/son teammates in the NFL?

More Ginger than Mary Ann, unfortunately. The problem is we couldn't cover him in the last game (10 catches for 146 yards) and I'm wondering how the Bills plan to avoid a repeat.

One McDermottism is "the daily habit of improvement." Underlying this entire discussion is whether Joe Brady can improve, refine, and develop this offense with the pieces that he has to work with. If so, this would be a sign that there's hope for the future. In looking over the season's boxscores I noticed a few things. One is that RB usage in the passing game has increased. Part of that is undoubtedly due to Kincaid missing weeks 11-13 but the offense seemed to benefit greatly by involving the RBs in the passing game. The RBs have caught 30 passes in weeks 10-14 (6 receptions/week). Though some have been downfield it really speaks to Josh taking more layups and letting the RBs do the work. The other thing I noticed is that the Bills are 7-2 when Kincaid plays and 2-2 when he doesn't. Same record last year in games he missed. From Yahoo: "Last year, the Bills were 2-2 when Kincaid was unavailable. And it’s the same 2-2 record for Buffalo this season when the star TE has been on the shelf. The Bills struggle without Kincaid because he’s a key cog in their passing game. When they don’t have him, they’re a bottom 10 passing offense in the league (195.0 per game). When they have him, they’re in the top five range (240.5)." https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/dalton-kincaid-injury-huge-stat-181700517.html From SI: The 6-foot-4 Kincaid was Bills' most-efficient pass-catcher when active this season. He was the team's leading receiver through nine weeks despite playing only 42 percent of offensive snaps https://www.si.com/nfl/bills/onsi/dalton-kincaid-injury-bills-head-coach-gives-update-potential-availability-vs-bengals From AI: Kincaid leads all Bills receivers in yards per reception (15.4 YPR) and ranks among the best tight ends ever in yards per target (12.4 Y/Tgt), and Kincaid boasts one of the league's highest catch rates (88%) among pass-catchers. For the Bills to make a deep push, Kincaid has to stay healthy. As far as the Bills receivers are concerned, he's the straw that stirs the drink.

So maybe edit the topic name?

I don't have too much objection to how roughing is called in the NFL. There are plays where you see the defender will let up on a QB hit and plays where the defender doesn't. The latter is what the NFL is trying to enforce. The same is true for "body weight" roughing fouls when the defender has to try not to land on the QB with his entire body weight. In both cases avoiding a foul is possible and refs want to see the defender attempt to lessen the force. It bears mentioning that it usually sucks watching a game with 2nd string QBing. The "roughing" calls I don't like are when they call a "hit to the head" when a defender's hand brushes against a QB's helmet. Too often such cases are not really roughing (excessive force) and aren't deserving of a personal foul, IMO.

I wore a boot as a precaution... I was getting ready to walk through the cow pasture. The punter, Bryan Anger cut off his nose to spite his face. Dude needs to lighten up. You sure do like to stirrup punishment. This is the question on my mind. By NFL standards, artificial surfaces should be replaced every 3 years minimum because they do the same thing farm fields do over time... get compacted, thus harder. I hope the Bills aren't skimping on the practice fields.

Especially when you consider @yall used only 13 characters. As I've always said, you only have to go as far as North Collins to get a taste of North Carolina. Exactly. There's a word for this specific type of loser.

He advocated for Trey Hendrickson too and the team didn't really budge. Well, that narrows it down a bit.

Did Buscaglia use the word "quietly?" Agreed. To the last bolded, it's not a stretch for me to see the Bills representing the AFC in the Super Bowl but winning it is a different story. There are a lot of NFC contenders with excellent defenses whereas in the AFC, maybe only Denver has a really good defense. If I put on my optimist glasses, the Bills lit up both the Rams and the Lions last year and the Eagles the year before so maybe the NFCs relative unfamiliarity with Josh could play in our favor... but of course no guarantee of that. edit: Forgot about Houston's defense.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/on-his-29th-birthday-joe-burrow-says-hed-like-to-have-fun-playing-football-again "On Wednesday, Joe Burrow seemed to be the embodiment of Jerry Seinfeld’s deliberately dark attitude about birthdays. Burrow, who turned 29 today, seemed to be dejected throughout much of his weekly press conference. Initially, he thanked reporters and left after answering a couple of questions and a lull emerged. He returned to take more questions. And that’s when it got very interesting. “If I want to keep doing this, I have to have fun doing it,” Burrow said at one point. “You know, I’ve been through a lot. And if it’s not fun, what am I doing it for?” He then was asked whether it’s currently difficult to have fun. “Yes, certainly,” he said. He was asked when it changed from being fun. “I’m not sure there was a singular moment or time,” Burrow said. “It’s just reflection. Reflection on a lot of things that I’ve done and been through in my career, I think. You know, I’ve been through more than most, and it’s certainly not easy on the brain or the body, so I’m just trying to have fun doing it again.” Burrow later was told that he seems to have something on his mind, and that he seems to be frustrated. “There’s just a lot of things going on right now,” Burrow said. “A lot of things going on right now.” Football related or personally? “All of the above,” Burrow said. The Bengals obviously should be concerned about all of the above. It’s hardly a stretch, based on his words from Wednesday, to wonder whether he’s thinking about walking away from the game, or perhaps whether he’s thinking about trying to join a new team. Maybe it’s just a temporary thing. Or maybe he’s doing some soul searching about his past journey, and his future path. Regardless, he said what he said on Wednesday. It was stunning to hear the words being spoken, and it’s even more jarring to see them reduced to writing."

It would be great if he grew to fill the Mack Hollins role.

Yes. He's virtually old enough to be Tremaine's dad.

Does anyone doubt that Josh would have made this tackle? How are you guys 5 teams deep and there's no mention of the Jets? Because unlike those pussies in New England, we're real football fans.

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How McEnvious! Yes, but quietly. Shut up and fix your teeth, ya goober. 😆

As I said upthread, I'd be fine with Bernard playing on passing downs but he's being paid starter money. Yes. If I recall correctly he was Carolina's big nickel.

Also Shaq reads the play so much better. He's more savvy and has better instincts. And yes, he's been a bit injury prone in the last half of his career.

It jumps off the screen... so obvious how far superior he is to Bernard.

Yeah, Rapp's indiscriminate recklessness is a major issue for me. It could be forgiven if he was a good player but he's not. As I said upthread, I hope he doesn't return.

Regardless of Diggs' more recent play, there's zero doubt in my mind that he'll be at the top of his game and that McDaniels and Vrabel will want him to play a big role. Yeah, numerous of the passes in the first half were unstoppable... perfect ball placement beating excellent coverage. There were several passes that were literally 12 inches from being defensed.

Also @Slippery Rubber Mats! We don't want anyone getting Brohm'd. I'm interested to see how the Bills plan on covering Diggs. He's a chain mover at this point but was very effective in the first game and I hope they have a better plan for him this time around.

It was always gonna take Tre some time to get up to speed and leave those two serious injuries behind him. It usually takes longer for older players. The instant gratification crowd here had zero tolerance though. The mischaracterization of his play and the lack of respect for his career is sad to see. I think he'll always be an asset against the run and he's possibly a liability against the pass but as some have said (re Tre also), getting the team lined up properly, contributing to film study, being able to put wins and losses and good plays and bad plays in perspective... all these things have real value. I don't know Rapp's contract situation but I hope he won't be retained or at least that he'll be no better than a backup. "Washed" seems to be the current term for a player who no longer has it. As far as JV talent evaluators, it's interesting seeing how some plays and players are described around here. The interception that Lamar Jackson threw off the hand of Mark Andrews is a good example. You can tell who understands what they're seeing and who doesn't.

Do you buy 3 drinks at last call? Do you hide in the restroom when they're closing?