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Teen Higgins with the contested catch of the season

Guy can’t catch a break. Chargers tackle situation has been a nightmare this year, starting with Rashawn Slater’s serious injury.

Maye having very little trouble moving the ball though the air against the #1 pass defense. Their skill positions aren’t exceptional, but they don’t need to swing a trade for an AJ Brown type IMO. He’d be nice to have, but it’s not like they’re struggling to pass.

Pats at Colts in the AFCCG? Must be the 2010s.

What the Colts have going for them in their upcoming matchup versus the Chiefs, is that their DC Anarumo is extremely familiar with Mahomes.

Maye’s ascension in his second year has been Manning-like.

Jeez. LaPorta is a beast.

Happy birthday, hope it’s a good one

The Chiefs in their losses have never looked outclassed. They haven’t been thoroughly beaten, the Ls they took against the Eagles, Chargers, and Jaguars were close. They’ve thoroughly smacked two supposed contenders in Baltimore and Detroit. Contrast that with the Bills… The Bills looked outclassed and bullied for 3.5 quarters against the Ravens. The Falcons smacked them in a prime time game; won by 10, but could’ve easily been 17+. The Bills have also played down to their competition, the Saints and Dolphins both had chances to take a lead late. When you throw all of these ingredients into a pot and analyze them, it’s no wonder the Chiefs are favored, they’ve been playing better ball despite having one more loss. This could be the perfect “get right” game for the Bills. Or an ugly loss.

Fixed it for you. They easily could’ve beaten the Bills by 3 or more scores if not for some unfortunate miscues.

Man, if T’Vondre Sweat and Deonte Walker were on the field at the same time, no running game would scare me, including Baltimore’s. I’d try to pitch them a 3rd in 2026 and maybe a conditional 2027.

So of course we won’t run PA that often or throw out of heavy sets.

That and the short game. After all the failed short yardage plays against the Chiefs, I expected him to pore over film, analyzing different teams go to plays for 3rd/4th and 1/2 to grow his bag of tricks. We might be worse than last year.

The one common scenario in 3/4 Bills losses is that the Chiefs were pretty much in control until the Bills made a big play to get back into it. You’ve got the Mack Hollins TD just before halftime last year, the goal line fumble for a touchback the year before, and of course the 70 yard TD to Gabe Davis when that one was starting to get away. The Bills have been hard to stomp, these games are always close.

I’d love to see injury statistics in the 90s (where two-a-days were common) versus now. It does seem like the less a player practices and plays, the more prone to injury he’ll be when he does get on the field. I think those 80s and 90s guys were so calloused up that soft tissue injuries really didn’t have a chance. Maybe they protected themselves better too, knowing vicious hits were part of the game. Would be an interesting study.

Yahoo sports is stoking the fire with this headline: “Despite missing a month, Lamar Jackson still has more passing TDs this season than Josh Allen” Of course the comments have been aplenty. Lamar has 14 passing TDs in 5 games, Allen has 12 in 7.

Scary slow. The only way he can get away with playing safety at that speed is to be extremely instinctual, very well studied, and a master of angles to the ball carrier. Last year he took great angles, this year has been a completely different story.

I for one will miss his hesitancy, poor angles, missed tackles, and 4.7 speed in the secondary.

Lamar’s accuracy both stationary and on the move has always been underrated.

Ravens starting to come out of their funk. They’ll get in as the division winning 4th seed, or a wildcard 6th seed, book it.

Yeah, it’s not easy to throw even 50 yards with a regulation ball. Those who can were either pitchers or outfielders, or at least collegiate QBs.

I get the same ick from Joe Marino continuously mispronouncing “Ogunjobi.”

I’m not saying they’re super talented, I’m saying they’re not as bad as they’re being portrayed. Are there times when the defense wins and covers them up? Of course! But there are opportunities there that have been missed. Whether that’s Allen or the OL not giving him enough time and not directly the receivers. Opposing teams’ secondaries aren’t filled with Ed Reeds and Deion Sanders week after week.

I suspect once Allen starts playing better and hitting the receivers that have been open, the perception of just how bad our WR corps is will change. It’s also on Brady as well, don’t like his passing designs.

Even when Mahomes went against our #1 top DVOA defense he shredded them.