dave mcbride

I actually think White played pretty well today. He had tight coverage three times where he almost succeeded in punching the ball out. The holding calls, well, I feel like if you look at all-22s, you’re gonna see a LOT of uncalled defensive holds.

Ball was tipped by the rusher.

Well put. There is WAY too much criticism of players when in fact the reason for underperformance is that they’re hurt (and it definitely is underreported a lot too).

Here’s why: ’Michaels attended Arizona State University, where he majored in radio and television and minored in journalism. He worked as a sports writer for ASU's independent student newspaper, The State Press, and called Sun Devils football, basketball, and baseball games for the campus radio station.’

Harrison’s issue is a lack of the quicks. Nabers and BJT have it. He doesn’t.

I remember watching a Chris Simms-Mike Florio discussion before that draft in which Simms said that after watching film, Malik Nabers was the clear number one, Brian Thomas Jr the clear number two, and Harrison a (moderately) distant third. He has been proven entirely right. I wanted the Bills to trade up for BJT, but it would have been a very steep price.

Re: that Broncos game, Leonard Floyd agrees.

Joe B breaks down every third down situation the Dolphins faced: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6655576/2025/09/24/bills-defense-third-downs/. Basic takeaway: three young players — Deone Walker, Cole Bishop, and TJ Sanders — were responsible for many of the problems. Also, Bernard and Tre White made mistakes (or simply failed to make a play) on a couple of occasions too. Otherwise, the Bills were reasonably sound, and their success on 1st and 2nd down suggests that they’re not in crisis. Rather, they’re dealing with the growing pangs of youth. Missing Ed Oliver is a problem too.

And the last time they played the Saints (Thanksgiving 2021), they annihilated them. Although that's the game Tre White tore his ACL in ...

They simply never solved the offensive line, and the one good player, Andrew Thomas, started out poorly before becoming good - and then he ended up getting hurt all the time. His one good year -- 2022 -- is the year they made the playoffs. He was a second team all pro that season. The o-line has been a train wreck from mid-2023 onward.

Wilson was shockingly bad in the KC game.

Richard Sherman has a real shot. Let the league in PFR AV rating twice (essentially, WAR): https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SherRi00.htm.

Oh, totally. It'd be the height of irony given how he was pilloried here.

He also had to share catches with Marvin Harrison for much of his career.

52 postseason receptions for 81 yards and 6 TDs plus a SB ring in 10 games suggests to me that he's first-ballot guy.

I'm not necessarily defending Lynn Swann's inclusion, but I think people focus too much on regular season stats at the expense of the postseason when it comes to the HOF issue. In three consecutive SB games (all victories) - vs Dallas twice and then the Rams - Swann had 16 catches for 364 yards and 3 TDs. That's 22.75 ypc and he also deservedly won a SB MVP. That needs to count because it's coming against the very best competition in the biggest games. I say the same thing about Terrell Davis. He had an injury-shortened career, but in 8 postseason games he had 1,140 yards and 12 TDs plus a SB MVP award against the league's best competition in "gotta have it" games. Extrapolated to a 17-game season, that 2,422 rushing yards and 26 TDs. Think about that for a moment! Gilmore probably should have been MVP of the 2019 SB, so factor that in. He had a huge interception, three passes defensed, and forced a fumble in that game. He also won a DPOY award.

I would normally punt but I think going for it here *might* be the right move. But the Ravens could still get the ball back with about 1:35 or so with no TOs even if they get the first here.

I do think there were problems with the Dorsey offense despite the metrics. I don't think he was great situationally and the offense had WAY too many turnovers. They were 31st in offensive turnovers in 2023 (meaning only one team had more) and 23rd in 2022. In 2024, they were first.

The Bills are first in the league in yards, 3rd in points, 2nd in points per drive, 2nd in yards per drive, 1st in rushing yards, 1st in rushing attempts, and 1st in turnovers lost (meaning fewest). https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2025.htm What are we complaining about again?

Happened last week with Houston too. The Texans clearly let Chubb score because otherwise they had zero chance.

Dude, math. Hypotenuse.

Huh???? Rodgers showed today and the past couple of weeks that while he is no longer a top-three qb in the league, he is CLEARLY in the top 12-15 QBs.

Collinsworth was absolutely right about the distance of the throw.

You are factually wrong. Just watched it again, and he released the throw from his own 34 yard line on the far right edge and threw it to the 9 yard line (with room to go) in the air on the right side hash — which is actually pretty much exactly 70 yards.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6643448/2025/09/19/bills-dolphins-tnf-josh-allen/ “Bosa had an outstanding game against the Jets, and with fellow starter Greg Rousseau dealing with a bone bruise on his knee from the Ravens game, Bosa — at least in the short-term — has become their most trusted asset.” He was limited in practice the last couple of weeks.