dave mcbride

Honestly, he doesn’t seem like a d**k at all. He’s in fact likable here and extremely respectful of the Bills: 19:25 mark here:

A couple of things. First, on the late-game missed deep throw into triple coverage to Knox, Samuel was wide open on a crosser. Second, while had 5 catches for 58 yards on the stat sheet, he really had 6 for 75 when you factor in the PI he caused on that leaping attempt to catch the ball in the fourth. Good game for him. He also had two great RACs on throws that didn't put him in the best position for RAC too.

Because Johnson is an idiot who inherited all of his wealth. To quote Belichick regarding Johnson, it's basically "ready, fire, aim" with him. Jerry at least started at DT (alongside Jimmy Johnson) for an Arkansas team that won the national championship in the mid-1960s. He also built his own fortune and has three SB rings (along with a ton of playoff appearances). They are not comparable when it comes to football knowledge.

17+ million for MNF on average; 31.2 million for Allen v Mahomes on average: https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/texans-cowboys-delivers-17-million-viewers

The 4:25 games do really well at this point of the season (dark out early; getting colder) when the matchups are good. That 6:45-7:30 window has long been gold, especially when the good games are close. It’s why 60 Minutes was always scheduled at 7 (and it dominated ratings for decades). A lotta people crash early on Sunday nights. I am guessing the showcase 4:25 games do better than MNF.

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/buffalo-bills-draw-record-breaking-tv-ratings-in-dramatic-week-11-win-kansas-city-chiefs-josh-allen-patrick-mahomes

Agreed. He absolutely was trying to punch it out. He did exactly as he was supposed to do. He's not looking at the goal line either - for all he knows, he's on the half yard line with an opportunity to get the ball for the Chiefs at the 20 yard line down 23-21. Complaining.

10 for 30 - factor out the game ending kneeldown.

One mistake by me — that injury occurred in the latter half of 1992, not 1993. When he came back that season, he was not as good. Never the same thrower after that. He played a lot smarter in 1995, to be sure.

He was never the same thrower after rupturing his bursar sac in the 1993 season. He went from an effortless thrower to one who labored to make the more difficult throws. His deep game really declined and he shifted to more of a pop fly thrower in that regard from around the second half of 1993 onward. By 1996, he had clearly broken down - a so-so arm paired with increasing immobility plus poor decision making. The 1990 Kelly on that 1996 team would have been a SB participant.

You simply have effing kick the fg there.

And winning.

Yeah, but it is entirely working and McDermott/Babich seem clueless about what Reid was always going to be up to. If you can’t stop it, don’t complain about the opponent being petty; complain about our side not seeing this obvious thing coming.

He practically won the AZ game for the Bills this season. That was a big win, in retrospect.

This is an amazing breakdown by Belichick of why the Chiefs were able to win last Sunday on the final play:

Allen is often accurate; it's when he's not that the catches aren't there. He's not a "general vicinity" deep thrower like Russell Wilson, who specializes in the deep pop fly that his receivers can chase down and shag relatively easily. Allen is basically Giancarlo Stanton. It's why I don't think it's quite fair to criticize his receivers for failing to track the ball.

The chances of the Bills making the SB with the bye are far, far, far better than if they don't have the bye. Disagree with this logic.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bills-are-favored-sunday-but-chiefs-with-patrick-mahomes-are-11-3-as-underdogs

The problem with this comp is that Allen doesn’t throw rainbows like Aaron Rodgers, Hurts, and Russell Wilson that allow receivers to track. His arm is frankly too strong for that and his deeper throws are therefore lower trajectory. It’s an apples and oranges thing. It’s also crazy to blame Kincaid for that play. Allen gave him no chance on that one.

I think that’s because he took over for a well-acknowledged legend, John McKay. There was always a sense that he inherited a total powerhouse and all the recruiting that came with that.

… which means he is dependent on other players for his success, which also means he’s a … semi-JAG. Difference makers make differences no matter who surrounds them (ie, Josh Allen). Oliver is an OK to decent player. Not much more than that. The pretty solid cast of DEs on the Bills suggests that he should be taking advantage of the surrounding environs, but he’s not. Lotta DTs still put up numbers after their partners go down.

Excellent headline: https://nypost.com/2024/11/11/sports/aaron-rodgers-has-been-swallowed-and-eaten-alive-by-the-same-old-jets/

Kincaid is an excellent receiver who excels at getting open and then becoming elusive once he has the ball. He has very good hands too. His stats aren't a good measure of his talent, and it's still early days anyway. The counting stats are a function of the Bills system, not him.

I didn't watch much of Williams in college, but when I did (vs UCLA last season, for instance), he looked to me like a player who might have trouble transitioning to the pro game. I am sure I missed some amazing games of his, but he was sloppy with the football and seemed to have trouble reading the field. He held the ball way too long and took a lot of sacks. Notre Dame made him look pretty bad too.

I now want the Rams to lose a little faith. I am ok with them losing. Not saying it’ll help the Bills, but I’m looking for any edge!