dave mcbride

My take: Josh didn’t play well, actually, but he did play great. If that makes any sense!

But that’s stroud and not ryans who is ranking him like that. I am talking about ryans. Of course stroud’s take is freaking moronic.

Honestly, he is hardly the only one. I truly believe usage is rampant in the league, especially hgh. He just got caught.

I get that! Just putting in a little context. I do think josh deserved the mvp he got, but it really was 50-50 between him and Lamar, who had a sensational season too.

Well, Josh did play quite poorly vs Houston last year … no INTs but as I recall two potential INTs were dropped. A bad game.

They beat Miami 28-21 on a Thursday night this year too.

The Bills have to play turnover-free football in this game. If they do, I think they'll win. And they have to establish the run.

Kinda not my point at all. The crime data is easily and readily available. Regardless, Mexico City is NOT Sinaloa or Juarez. It is safer than many major American cities DESPITE having problems with crime. No one is denying that. Otherwise, it's a vast, diverse, and culturally rich megalopolis that is one of the world's great cities. If one's response to that true statement is to post an AP article (a brief and generic piece about protest that includes an anecdote about a killing in Michoacan, not Mexico City and makes a thin point about Gen Z) after questioning why anyone would ever want to go to Mexico, my hunch is that the person doesn't know a ton about the place. And trust me, I know a lot about Mexico City and read a lot of news sources (it's basically a core part of my job). But as @Einstein said, back to football.

Huh? Do you know anything about the city at all?

Mexico City is one of the coolest and most cosmopolitan cities I have ever been to. Amazing museums, food, green spaces, and neighborhoods. Highly recommended. The government has control there too (unlike many parts of Mexico) and the murder rate is 10 per 100,000. It is lower than Houston and Kansas City. I spent a week there a couple of years ago and plan to go back again soon.

A couple of things: they scored 29 last year (374 yards; no TOs) and were solid (at least) in every offensive dimension against one of the best defenses in the league. Against Baltimore in 2021, they went into run-out-the-clock mode early when Jackson went down and with a 17-3 lead. More importantly, that game was a wind-tunnel game. Multiple missed FGs, shanked punts and deeper throws sailing wild. No one is putting up big numbers in a game like that. That game was effectively over by the beginning of the 4th quarter, when Snoop Huntley came in. Even still, the Bills had a chance to go up three scores but Bass missed a kick. By the beginning of the fourth quarter of that game, I had almost no doubt that the Bills would cruise to victory as long as they played it safe. Which they did.

It was pretty soft. But I'll take it.

He didn't pick off any passes vs the Chiefs but was obviously a difference maker (in a good way) in that game.

Hyde has a significantly bigger wingspan - an arm length of 31.5" to Bishop's 29.75." That's significant. The Bills have always prioritized long arms for their DBs. Bishop doesn't have especially long arms, but in my opinion was a hell of a player at Utah and an excellent prospect. I really liked the pick at the time. I always figured he'd eventually get it. He was a smart player coming out and the college game is so different. Learning the safety position in the Bills' D is going to take some time for any rookie.

The interesting thing about that pick is that it may well have saved the Bills three points. It was effectively an 11-yard punt (given that it was 4th down), and TB got the ball at their own 32 instead of the 43. They then went 25 yards and punted from the Bills' 43 yard line (rather than attempting a 61-yard FG in windy conditions). If he had knocked it away and they had gone 25 yards after that, they're at the Bills 32 and in makeable FG range. Classic hidden yardage play. At the time, I said that while people will focus on the fact that he threw a pick, it was significantly better for the Bills that the defender caught it instead of letting it hit the ground.