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I'll disagree again because I wasn't talking about the % of excellent pass rushers... that'll always be pretty constant. I was talking about % of pass rushers who rely on speed... the Von Miller types. For instance you've brought up Charles Mann, Kevin Greene and Jim Jeffcoat. All of them were excellent but none of them were speed rushers and that was my point.

The point I was making is that it is more a matter of degree... meaning that the prevalence of speed pass rush specialists is greater than it was then. Back then you still had guys more in the traditional mold, Ray Childress, Howie Long, Joe Klecko, LeRoy Selmon... these guys that didn't have a speed aspect to their games.

All great players but they also played at a time when the speed rush was in its advent. There was no such terminology as "edge rusher." I might be forgetting someone but I believe the first pass rusher who combined speed, explosiveness, and power was Lawrence Taylor. The above O-linemen didn't have to deal with a speedy edge player on a weekly basis... for the most part defensive ends were different back then. I'm pretty sure you're mostly facetious but it opens the discussion to others that were in the next tier. Yes, Bruce Smith had high regard for Bruce Armstrong and for Richmond Webb. He played them twice per year so I'm sure they developed a great mutual respect. Bruce also had respect for Lomas Brown who also was a borderline HOFer. FWIW, my top 2 are Ogden and Jones.

Gesundheit!

In 10 games. Yep, gotta tighten that up.

Yes. At 8-2 there are no more must win games. The real question is to what degree the Bills value playoff seeding above player health. With 8 weeks and 7 games remaining in the regular season it'll be interesting to see how McBeane plays this.

Many people share that opinion. I have a Josh bias because most QBs are really finesse guys. This includes Burrow and Lamar who have zero power element to their game. Jayden's 2 point conversion was a wonderful play and a lot of these guys have great skill but no one has that power element like Josh. Josh's ability to shrug off sacks, stiff-arm D-linemen and truck linebackers is the reason people view him as a unicorn. There's really never been anyone who plays QB like him and I'm just really spoiled watching him play.

I'm not falling for recency bias. Josh, Mahomes, and Lamar are head and shoulders above the rest.

Josh, Mahomes, and Lamar are head and shoulders better than the others.

Neither of these teams is impressive. At this moment there are only 2-3 impressive teams in the NFL... and there's not a clear best team in the NFL. It's wide open.

It's amazing. There's been enormous buzz about Jaden Daniels, CJ Stroud, Jordan Love, etc. etc. etc. All of these highly-touted QBs... guys that are supposedly gifted. I always come away underwhelmed. The specific reason for this observation is that there's absolutely zero way Josh would have been stopped on that 4th down. Zero. Josh really has me spoiled.

I don't watch Marino on a regular basis. I agree with lots of his stuff but not all of it. I'm not saying I'm right about Toohill but again, the times I've noticed him it's usually been favorable.

I don't watch the All-22 but I don't have faith in PFF and the like. The plays I notice him on the field he looks like he's better than what we had last year at reserve DE.

Another scenario is that Austin bobbles it up into the air where it's grabbed by Colts guard Tanor Bortolini who rumbles 65 yards but fumbles out the back of the end zone just before crossing the Bills goalline... Bills ball on their own 25 yard line. There's also a scenario where... Now you're really gonna get @LabattBlue super pissed off! This is incredible... where did you source this information? Toohill's back though and he's been a really solid addition. He seems very assignment sound.

IMO the Bills have as good a chance as any team to win the Super Bowl. As always injuries and luck will come into play.

FYI, the Lions play at the Niners on December 30th, two weeks after the Bills play at Detroit.

In theory this is an attractive game. I was looking forward to watching it but now that I'm watching it... not so much.

Firstly thanks for doing all of this work. In the last 3 years we're 4-2 against teams that made the divisional round? My glass is half full.

They shouldn't... but if they do the "guy who had a good run with us" should sit in a suite that looks like this...

No one is more thankful for the creation of lactose-free milk than am I!

Make mine a lactose free...

Simon was probably referencing Price being honored as a Legend of the Game. That's definitely a stretch.

Eagles to win, Commanders to cover.

that eerily resembles the Wycheck Homerun Throwback play...