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    Has the team lost complete confidence in Bass???

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    1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

    I think they have lost confidence in him to an extent and I have long thought that there is a niggling injury.  There was a spell in the middle of the year where he could barely get a touchback off a kick off. I know there are times when the Bills kick short intentionally (although they have backed off that this year with half of their elite gunner tandem gone) but there was a spell in the middle of the season where he managed 11 touchbacks in 28 attempts. It has ticked up since then which might suggest he is getting healthier but I'm convinced there has been something going on physically. 

    Niggling is a real word? 

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    Why did clock stop after Allen’s amazing 3rd and 13 run

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    27 minutes ago, BisonMan said:

    As others have said, this is really a non-issue. First, there is no benefit to "stop the clock" when the penalty would just give the offense a free down. For example, going Offside intentionally would stop the clock, but it would give the offense the down over, plus 4 yards. If it gave the offense a first down, it's 4 additional downs to run the clock. Most in-play penalties (holding, interference, etc.) also create an automatic first down (again more free plays, more time used). If Ramsey held on the Bills 3rd and 13 to stop the clock, he's a moron. 

     

    The situation here is rare when the offense got the first down "legitimately" and the fouls just added additional yards and stopped the clock. The only place this might be a good strategy is if the offense was 3rd and 1 and was the Eagles. You know they're almost automatically going to "tush push" the first down and giving them an additional 4 yards by being Offside helps by stopping the clock. Pretty rare situation. 

     

    I do agree that post-play penalties is something to look at. Then the defense already knows the outcome was a 1st down and could draw an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (i.e. call the ref an #######). I'm actually not sure if those currently stop the clock but competitive teams would have low value players pull that stuff in every game if that did stop it.


    There are probably a lot of rules the could have game situational "tweaks" to marginally increase "fairness" like this one. However, making the rules more complicated and more situational doesn't bode well for having better management of games by the refs. More complexity and nuance leads to more mistakes in any situation. The "juice isn't worth the squeeze" to change the rule for this type of somewhat rare situation.

     

    Now, fumbling the ball through the endzone....

     

    My 2 cents.

    It saves the defense 30-40 seconds. It’s a dumb rule and should be changed to give teams the option of running the clock or declining.

     

    Luckily it didn’t hurt us but it definitely helped Miami.

     

    Imagine if there was 2:30 left when Allen got the first and Miami had no timeouts. Game should be over. Instead the clock stops at 2:30, Bills have to run a play. Miami could get the ball back with 30 seconds or so all because of the rule.

    A.J. Klein re-signed to practice squad

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    7 minutes ago, Straight Hucklebuck said:

    Yeah I know the 90 grade from PFF gets referenced a lot.

     

    But when people say he’s played well, I can’t remember a ton of specific plays he’s made this year.

     

    Bills have been “good” against the run,  but not among the Top 5.

     

    And I don’t remember much against the pass. He did “sack” Achane on Sunday night.

     

    It must be a matter of he doesn’t miss the tackles that are there, and he gets in the way enough on passing plays. 

    As long as he has continued to work out and stay in shape for 2-down run stuffing work.
     

    That’s what we need, because he’s been coming off the field on 3rd downs to drop Poyer in the linebacker spot. 

    I see him whiff in the open field far too often. I don’t know where his grade comes from. At least once a game he dives and completely whiffs on a tackle.

     

    Good against the run? Again, I don’t see it.

    Why did clock stop after Allen’s amazing 3rd and 13 run

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    4 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said:

    cause after you see someone make the first down you should commit a penalty to stop the clock.  its weird but the dolphins benefited from this rule despite being the team that committed the penalty.  if we decline the penalty and got the first down on our own we should be able to burn the clock.  if we accept the penalty to get the first down then yeah it should stop.  

    And I’m taking it further. If a ref wanted to influence the outcome they can by throwing a flag and stopping the clock. 
     

    Now don’t get me wrong, it was a blatant hold on Miami but you’re telling me Miami didn’t hold another time during the game?

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