dave mcbride

I get that, but please don't use "bye" when they lose a starting safety and see a major piece (Taron Johnson) get put in concussion protocol. I realize it could have been worse on the injury front.

You can say that about so many teams. The Chiefs have struggled to win a lot of games this year. Philly barely beat Indy, and probably should have lost. The Bengals got waxed by the Browns and arguably should have lost to the Patriots if not for a bad non-call on Stevenson's forward progress.

https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/nfl/team-efficiency/2022/regular #1 overall #2 in offense #4 in defense #1 in special teams

There is no definitive evidence that Bosa got hurt. All the stories say he "may have" aggravated his groin injury, but that he also had an illness the day before the game. As far as I can tell, there's no clarity about an actual injury. I'm not saying at all that it was wise to play him, though.

A bye week in which they lost their starting free safety for the season.

I think the throws were off. Josh was visibly angry at himself after the one he threw behind him in the third quarter. On the one that he threw too far, yes, it wasn't a great throw, but an NFL receiver is trained to toe-tap and he didn't even make an effort, as if he didn't know where he was. Happened in the Bears game too. He's gotta get his head together and concentrate better than he has been doing this season.

Yes. The big issue with him this year is consistency, and I think that's a function of concentration. He may have an ankle issue still, and that could be affecting his toe-tapping ability etc. He was great at that in his rookie season. The dropped bomb yesterday was pretty bad, but I don't think that's necessarily indicative of anything except inconsistency, which has plagued him this year. It's not as if he hasn't made a lot of big plays too.

He made those plays in his rookie season, including a sensational end zone catch vs Miami. I just think he's had a down year with a case of the yips, but he has shown that he can do it. I wouldn't write his obituary yet.

You know me - I love the grazer. More of this guy, please.

He has been great tonight.

The throw in the third at 4:37 was a bad throw and way behind him. He did reach back for it but wasn’t really catchable.

He seemed slow out there.

No offense, but I honestly think people are misinterpreting the intent behind what happened. Pitt and the Steelers literally share buildings with each other.

You know, it may have been meant as a tribute to the amazing work the Bills medical staff did on Monday night. I say that seriously. Logically, it’s kinda dumb because it’s convoluted and is easy to take the wrong way, but I would bet good money that was the intent. Edmunds, Levi Wallace, Trubisky, and Tomlin all have connections to Damar/the Bills. Tomlin’s connection is actually remarkably close and also tight with Mcdermott.

He has actually been a huge upgrade in returner from the moment he arrived.

I think the sack totals are slightly deceiving in that he had a number of seasons where he racked up very impressive tackles for loss numbers. He was second in the league in that category in 2017, 7th in 2016, and 9th in 2018. Those were his three final seasons in Houston. He is a force to be reckoned with vs the run. He was pretty good in Cleveland last season - 9 sacks, 19 qb hits, 11 TFLs, and two forced fumbles.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/01/06/skylar-thompson-to-start-vs-jets-on-sunday/ Since the Dolphins are basically playing with a guy worse than Flacco, I'm picking the Jets. But who knows. Jets are 1.5 point favorites.

Apparently there are gradations from 1-5: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.108.828095 1 and 2 are considered "neurologically intact." 1 is no effects, and 2 is moderate dysfunction. Non-NIS categories are 3, 4, and 5.

He chose to seat his team on the shady side of the field.

Mayden's scouting report coming out of Alabama: https://www.nfl.com/prospects/jared-mayden/32004d41-5928-9049-dc85-306cbb28b23a

How do you feel about going after Carr? I don't think he's the second coming, obviously, but I also think he'd be a huge upgrade. The other FAs of note are Jimmy G and Daniel Jones, but the latter isn't going anywhere. Of course, there are Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnold -- who has actually been playing well for Carolina! -- but I realize the latter is an obvious no-go. Same goes for Geno Smith (again a no for obvious reasons).

Can't find it, but it was blatant and obvious. He both held and committed PI, but they called the latter.

That only matters if they avoid injuries in their “bye” week. That obviously is not the case with the Bills.

Here’s the thing about the NFL that we know all too well: early on, a team looks great and on the road to victory. But then — in a sport with a 100 percent injury rate for players — injuries happen and players go down. Burrow gets hurt; Chase gets hurt; the Bengals lose yet another corner; you name it — all of these things happen regularly every week. It’s impossible to predict the outcome of 7-3 game less than 9 minutes in unless it’s a really good team playing at home against a bad team.

Everyone wants him to fully recover, but if he does there is ZERO chance he plays football again this season.