dave mcbride

They were destroying TN and on the path to 10-5. Check out the link to the game. It’s not like Cassel couldn’t take coaching; he thrived under Belichick.

This is pretty great: This is the game he's referring to: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201012260kan.htm.

I thought that the offensive playcalling in 2018 was a LOT better and more creative than what we saw in 2017. The lack of results was purely an effect of a lack of talent and a raw rookie QB.

I'm not at all convinced it would have been reversed. It might have been, but that was no sure thing.

Really disagree with this. That INT was not Allen's fault and Davis dropped an easy TD.

I didn’t line the call, but it was justifiable given the rules. The sad thing is that it was a good play by hughes.

Really didn’t like that first down run. Basically created the atmosphere if the entire possession. Pedal to the medal. Seattle is gonna score 30 in this game

Given how close it was, a sneak is basically undefendable.

Metcalf is a brutal matchup for anyone.

We have one o-lineman left.

Exactly. Don’t let up.

25 percent of the Bills games have involved the Jets, which to date is the highest percentage for any team (because the Bills have played them twice). Factor that in. Again, Jets.

Hapless, Simms was an assistant NE coa h for a year, so it’s understandable.

Sunday forecast for Orchard Park: 68 degrees, sunny, and a 10 mph wind.

Except they did snap at the end of the third yesterday and got a ten yard gain to the NE 5-yard line. NE thought they wouldn’t snap it and were caught off guard when the play began with one second left in the quarter.

It’s a shoulder injury, which is bad. I remember Tony Boselli saying that people think knee injuries force players out of the league more than any other injury, but he said it was cumulative shoulder injuries. They’re not as dramatic because guys with shoulder injuries can gut it out and still play. Shoulder injuries ended Boselli’s career.

He is literally playing injured (not hurt). He has real flaws, but they have no one else, so he’s playing. He is basically a one-armed player right now. Factor that in.

He is literally playing injured — not hurt, but injured. I am not his biggest fan by any stretch, but fans need to recognize this. They have no one else.

I was a huge fan of raquon smith, who came out that same year. He was gone by the 10th pick, so obviously he wasn’t available, but he is a lot more instinctive than edmunds.

He is playing injured.

Simon, they blitzed relentlessly in that game. Worked in the first half, but not in the second. The Pats’ blocking crew played extremely well in that second half on passing plays.

I think people criticizing the D are missing the most important thing that happened in the second half: the Pats consistently picked up the blitz on passing plays, and the bills were blitzing relentlessly. It worked in the first half, but the Pats’ blockers did a fantastic job in the second half. It rescued their drives and allowed them to carry on. Also,, anyone who ever thought this would be easy given the history is crazy.

As a matter of fact, the only real game the Skins lost in 1991 was to that Cowboys team late that year at home (12th game), 24-21. So, no. Their other loss was the final game where Jeff Rutledge saw a ton of playing time.

Hank Jones was a backup in 1991, mostly playing ST. Leonard Smith started. Jones was a good player, however. As for the number of HOFers on Buffalo and Dallas, come on. It’s ridiculous that Nate Newton isn’t in the HOF, and I’d say the same for Erik Williams too given his dominance. Indeed, in that final SB, I literally felt badly for Phil Hanson, who was dominated by Erik Williams like I’ve never seen a player dominated before. They ran 10 out of 11 plays at him on that 3rd quarter drive. A lot of those guys like Lett and Williams were the among the very best at their position but flamed out (literally, in Williams’ case) because they took livin’ the life too far. But Lett, Tuenei, Newton, Stepnoski, Novacek, etc. were all great players. Darren Woodson should be in the HOF too. I will say this: except for the last SB, where the Bills didn’t party the week beforehand, they were out of control before gameday and that falls on Marv to an extent. As I said above, I think the Bills had a great game plan in the final SB (short passing; recall that Jimbo was 19-26 in the first half). It wasn’t Marv’s fault that Thurman couldn’t hang onto the ball, Hull couldn’t handle Lett, and Jeff Wright couldn’t tackle Emmett Smith even when he had him wrapped up. Plus they were unlucky—how often does a fumble into the middle of the LOS pile get picked up and returned for a TD? I am not claiming this about the other SB game plans, obviously.

Not true. They had a great game plan in the final one. The problem was that the Cowboys were a lot better.