dave mcbride

The thing is, for the next two seasons the Bills are going to be swimming in a sea of open cap space because they're not paying a QB. Get a couple of difference makers that put them over the top, not "nice players." They were 4-12 that year because for 10 games, their quarterbacks were Tom Savage and TJ Yates.

Check out his TFL stats. They are great. He was banged up this year and missed time, but when he's on, he's unstoppable. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ClowJa00.htm

He threw a perfect pass down the sideline at the EZ line that Kenny Vaccaro broke up. It was a laser and perfectly placed, but the safety got over in time. So many drops too. Just a pathetic receiving corps. It was nice to see Edelman basically lose the game for them with a terrible drop of an easy-to-catch throw on their final meaningful possession. Edelman drops a LOT of passes and doesn't get called out for it enough. In fact, he led the league in dropped passes this season: https://scores.nbcsports.com/fb/leaders.asp?type=Receiving&range=NFL&rank=232.

He has done nothing with RG III. I think you mean Colin Kaepernick.

He has been their ST coach since 2015. He was hired as assistant ST coach in 2013. Not worth debating - he's not primarily a position coach!

The last ST coach hired? John Harbaugh. That's where Marv Levy made his name too. He was the ST coach. Just like John Harbaugh.

Agree about the first two, but here's what Mike Pereira says about the non-call for the delay. The same thing happened in the Saints/Vikings game, and the announcers said the same on a play that got down to zero. .

Um ... that was the best I've seen Brady throw all season. He made a lot of difficult deep sideline throws and they were on the money.

This is a misleading. Singletary missed 4.5 games (3.5 due to the hamstring injury; 1 to sitting out the finale). Gore played in every game.

Good point. I think Riveron and the referees' clear grudge against the Saints/Payton is at WWF-levels now (partly because the league hasn't forgotten Bountygate and loathes seeing Payton play the martyr). It's drama and entertainment for sure with that situation, and it generates eyeballs.

Good stuff - thanks.

I think you misread my post!!

Disagree about the Saints game. There was a ton of hand checking, and the stronger person won. That happens all the time and TEs get away with it all the time. The decisive play was the one right after Lattimore left the field. You can't let Thielen get behind the defense on a play that was as easy to predict as the sun coming up in the morning (because their best DB was out).

Agree 100 percent - I just think that refereeing tilts (and there clearly was one in this game) can be decisive in close games. Of course, the refs didn't cause Duke Williams to drop a TD pass, Allen to carelessly fumble at midfield, the Bills to play behind the sticks on a 3rd and 18, and Neal/Milano to fail to make an easy tackle on the game's decisive play.

Um ... he had three sacks in the game.

Thanks. That's a pass that has to be caught.

What missed calls were there against the Texans? And what unfair calls were made against them? Any at all that you can point out besides the unbelievably high number of in-play penalties called against Houston over the course of nearly five quarters? ?

The rule of reason is about approaching anti-trust reasonably - that is, if a natural monopoly emerges but doesn't result in restraint of trade/harm to consumers, then let it go. So yes, I do think it applies in a general sense. There are a ton of penalties that go uncalled every game because they're away from the play. And tons of ticky tack stuff doesn't get called because it's, well, ticky tack. Anyone who denies this is either a fool or a knave. Going after a returner for doing the arm sweep followed by the toss to the official on a play that was effectively and obviously dead (7-8 yards deep in the EZ) and in which intent was CLEARLY obvious is beneath sports fans (as opposed to game-y -- in the hardcore boardgaming sense -- rules obsessives always looking to lawyer their way to a better place).

Bottom line for me: winning an athletic contest through a non-athletic event that has some hazy and recently dramatically altered "rule" attached to it that essentially constitutes a land mine for an unknowing participant is BS and unworthy of real sports competition. Think of George Brett and the pine tar rule. I truly think less of Bills fans who are intent on dying on this hill. See my response above.

That piece is utterly awesome.

Green is saying he's boycotting OTAs and training camp if he's tagged. https://www.cincyjungle.com/2019/12/19/21028691/bengals-a-j-green-injury-news-contract-nfl-franchise-tag . That said, they could work out a long-term deal.

I want my backup to have some mobility. Barkley has none.

If he's a 4.6 guy, he'll likely be there in round 2. College guys often look faster than they actually are because the competition is worse. 4.6 at the WR position gets exposed in the NFL - i.e., Mike Williams, the USC receiver. A guy like Alshon Jeffrey ran a 4.48, and he was a second rounder. Higgins at 4.6 is probably comparable to a poor man's Jeffery, but that's not say he can't be an impactful player. By way of comparison, another big Clemson receiver - Mike Williams - ran a 4.49 and was an early first rounder.

@thebandit27, @C.Biscuit97, @BADOLBILZ, @eball -- reupping this after watching the Eagles game yesterday. That game was eminently winnable for the Eagles if they had any sort of dynamism at the backup qb position. I fully believe Foles would have won that game for them. Settling on a newly hired 40-year old high school football coach as your backup really bit the Eagles in the end. Point is, the Bills need to fully explore upgrading the position.