dave mcbride

The line is playing horribly too. Overmatched. Shades of KC game. Feliciano is a try-hard guy who is not very talented.

Feliciano is looking absolutely terrible. Matador.

Yep, that was a wide open big gain he didn’t take. Gotta play smarter.

It’s the first quarter and they already threw a bomb.

I saw at least one more hold vs Watt and arguably another by dawkins that could easily have been called.

I am not seeing 13 CBs on the Miami roster. https://www.miamidolphins.com/team/players-roster/

They were 4-5 before he came in and on a fast train to nowhere. They went 6-1 when he came in.

Literally 10 rookie quarterbacks have taken their teams to the playoffs in the past 17 years: Andy Dalton, Andrew Luck, Matt Ryan, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson, Joe Flacco, Mark Sanchez, Lamar Jackson, Dak Prescott, and RG III. I’d abandon this argument ASAP if I were you.

https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2021/9/9/22663734/nfl-empathy-gap

Bills fans will pay. I lived for 20+ years in Buffalo and 8 years in southern California and my wife worked in southern california govt for a half dozen years. They are not remotely similiar.

Ehh … I skipped over that stuff because I could care less about that guy (like, at all). I do care about your take, though, so I focused on the later stuff in the thread.

The population of San Diego is … very, very different from the population of western NY.

Not sure of your point. You seemed to be justifying the first loss based on injuries, etc., but the specific post I responded to made no mention of the blowout second loss. Am I missing something? And btw KC had significant injuries in that playoff game (i.e., missing their RT). The Bills still couldn’t pressure Mahomes even though Cleveland and Tampa did. It’s why the Bills spent their first two picks on DEs.

Yet they were absolutely annihilated the next time they played KC, in the playoffs.

25-21-1. It is fricking ridiculous that he doesn’t get credit for the start in the season opener from 2015. He played the entire game at qb and cassel got the credit because of a single trick rushing play.

They have the qb and the weapons. I think they’re good for 10 wins.

Auction is better - much more of intellectual challenge.

Allen had 46. He had a receiving td too.

I believe SF is going to win that division. Seattle will be tough too. We shall see. If the Rams do make the SB, though, I have a hard time seeing them lose, even to the Bills. It’s a home game for them. That’s tough to overcome.

As a UCLA alum, I was not shocked last night. Say what you will about Chip Kelly, but the man can coach, and he now has “his guys.” I felt like I was watching a pro scheme vs a high school scheme last night when watching ucla’s vs LSU’s D. LSU’s WR Boutte, btw, is phenomenal. Looks like a top 10 pick to me.

I see that, but I also think that White was a better, more consistent all-around player in the first parts of their careers. Smith’s true dominance in all phases of the game really started in my opinion around 1995. His best seasons were 1995-1997, when he was utterly dominant. He was good early on, obviously, but a bit more one-dimensional. He was also poorer at his craft then - overweight and fully reliant on his supernatural talent. Starting in the mid-90s he really started to take care of himself and became a real tactician as well. Anyway, my point is that they each had phases in their careers.

Not sure what your point is. Can you clarify? Who was better?

Not really my point, but OK. I just thought you might find it interesting. Brady never said it wasn't a penalty, btw.

Wow: I recommend watching this, @Limeaid, @Jauronimo, @Rico, and @Gugny. Tom Brady comes to the defense of Andre Smith vis-a-vis his hit on Fields, and what he says is smart: also: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/09/03/tom-brady-defensive-players-get-penalized-for-offensive-mistakes/

I forgot who posted the graph/stats, but Diggs, Beasley, and Sanders were ranked 1, 2, and 3 in average separation last year. This offense is predicated on windows to throw to, not jump balls, so he’s a perfect fit for the offense. There is a reason Beane has been chasing Sanders for a couple of years.