dave mcbride

Avoid kool-aid. He was awful.

The next accurate deep throw past the final secondary line that Allen throws will be his first in the year 2019. He has a ridiculously strong arm, but it is entirely useless if he can’t even come close to hitting a bomb.

Yes to this. Pirates/buccaneers are basically mafias on the high seas. They are the epitome of organized crime.

Allen is a snake, yes, but Snyder is the king cobra in that organization. Just a lousy person - vain, petty, thinks he’s smarter than he is - from everything I’ve read.

?? - He played 8 years in Philly and had 124 (!!) sacks there. You are biased. His 2013 season is one of the best seasons by an LT in the last quarter century.

If there was ever a team that should seriously giving up a lot for Jalen Ramsey, it's the Eagles. The CB situation is the one thing that's likely to prevent them from being a legit SB contender. With Ramsey, they are. They were missing their two best receivers and a genuine red zone stud in Davante Adams. The injuries last night were brutal on both sides.

I don't know about that. I think that when they're healthy, they're as good as any team in the NFC. The issue right now for them is that their best WRs are either injured or playing hurt, and their current starting CBs are borderline-street FAs given the injuries they've suffered in that area. However, as far as I know, the injuries haven’t been season-ending, so they could get healthy and go on a big run. Relatedly, that game last night was ALL about injuries. They affected both teams pretty dramatically. Rodgers shredded the Eagles because of secondary injuries, but in crunch time couldn't pull it off because of injuries to his own receivers and o-line. Fletcher Cox went down for a while too and was playing hurt late in the game. He's the Eagles' best defensive player.

The Packers lost and the Eagles won. And the Packers lost largely because their two best receivers and their starting RT were not on the field for their final two drives.

It was definitely Tasker, not Pike. And he said Bruce Smith was an awful tipper.

Speaking of Bills and bars, all of my fantasy teams in baseball and football have forever been named "The God Squad" after what a friend of mine who bartended at Jim Kelly's bar termed the trio who showed up together often after games but never drank: Frank Reich, Metzelaars, and one of the other white born-agains (Mark Pike? Can't quite recall). He said they were always really nice, though! EDIT - I did not know this about Mark Pike at all. This is about his son: https://www.si.com/college-football/2016/12/26/zeke-pike-auburn-tigers-louisville-cardinals Another edit: Now I recall -- it was Tasker. https://www.si.com/vault/1991/09/02/124827/special-effects-the-choirboy-there-was-the-devil-to-pay-when-the-angelic-steve-tasker-landed-on-the-bills-special-teams

Loved the piece. Thanks for posting. I'm with them in spirit, although I never drink until *after* the games.

You're also assuming a 48 yard FG directly into a very strong (30 mph) wind. That's 50-50 at best.

The Knox drop was on the same drive as the Yeldon fumble. Also, you should never assume 7; always assume 3 when it comes to lost opportunities in the red zone. Touchdowns aren't easy to come by; short field goals are. I'm counting 13 missed points.

Link?

I have a hunch that this game is going to be the equivalent of a team of seal hunters clubbing a bunch of seal cubs to death. I just don't see Allen or the offense more broadly performing well against what looks to be an insanely good NE defense. The Bills have injuries too, just like NE. Yeldon is a steep downgrade from Singletary, and who knows if Felciano can go. If he stays true to form, Nsheke will go down with an injury in the late second/early third quarter, after which Cody Ford will take over. On to Tennessee.

He's gotta start being more accurate on deep throws. If he doesn't, the negative aspects of the Bills offense will be exacerbated in coming weeks.

One thing that hasn't gotten attention - Allen's inability to connect on long throws. He is 0-4 or 0-5 on downfield bombs this season, and none have been close except for the one that should have been picked. That deep inaccuracy is likely affecting how teams approach Allen now. One reason for this is the ridiculous number of jailbreaks by opposing d-lines the last couple of weeks. The Bills' pass blocking is not good, and injuries have played a huge role.

Isn't his throwing hand basically injured? He went from good to bad pretty much immediately after suffering that injury against the Titans. Seems like it's playing a role.

Yeah there was another one too and it was a great throw to brown. But he wasn’t 15 yards behind the LOS while being dragged down on that one.

I think he had a fair amount of good and a fair amount of bad. The pick throw seemed less a reaction to the grounding play than to the awful decision he made to throw across his body while under duress to sweeney in the red zone in the first half. He got lucky and it was a catch, but that was a ball that should NEVER have been thrown. He’s a cocky player, which i like, but he’s gotta eliminate the stupid. One other issue: the next deep ball he completes will be his first of the season. He’s 0-4 or 0-5 on those throws this year, and he’s either missing by a fair amount or throwing into double coverage. Great final drive, of course.

I obviously don't know for sure, but I can only conclude that AB's decision to include his lawyer as a recipient on the threatening texts he sent to the woman derived from his belief that this would make them privileged communications! Anyway, there ain't no accounting for stupid ....

The real problem for live attendance remains what the NFL has long been worried about: the ever-increasing quality of television. New TVs are phenomenal, and why go through the hassle of attending a game when you can watch it on your awesome TV?

The Chiefs already have no second round pick next year. I'm a little doubtful of them being the interested party. I immediately thought of the Ravens, and it turns out I might be right! https://ravenswire.usatoday.com/2019/09/19/report-ravens-have-made-strong-inquiry-about-jalen-ramsey-trade/

might be the fan's actual last name.

The second guy being taken appears to be wearing a Giants Kurt Warner jersey.