dave mcbride

I'd say 1995 - they were 10-5 and had clinched the division, and they ended up starting Todd Collins vs. the Oilers in the final game. He was absolutely awful. Van Pelt came in and made it look a little more respectable.

Yet QBs ranked 6-11 are all in the playoffs.

I couldn't find anything on the internet about this.

A search of the internet for this topic turns up nothing.

Serious question - do you worry that he's about to enter his decline years, and that he's never going to be as good as he was in 2018?

Nothing about the need for Cole Beasley to have a rebound game?? Mission Accomplished ()

In his five seasons as Rams coach, they were, in succession, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 2nd, and 2nd in rushing attempts.

Chuck Knox was an EXTREMELY conservative coach. His Bills years were a minor part of his career, btw. It’s the Rams years where he made his well-deserved rep as a conservative coach.

My favorite part of that was Edelman *clearly* faking an injury and then immediately popping up (as if nothing happened) when the flag was thrown in his face. His faking of being knocked out is what got him sent to the tent, I believe.

That sequence arguably cost the Bills the game. If the refs had done the right thing and spotted the ball properly, resulting in the Bills taking it over, then everything else being equal, the Pats would have gone for one on their final TD to go up by 3, 20-17. The Bills could have then tied the game on their final possession. Incidentally, on the first play of that possession — from the half yard line — Michel only got to the one yard line and they spotted it at the 2 yard line. Those OPI calls were obvious ones to call and were correct.

I believe Edelman took PEDs to improve the healing process for his ACL tear and probably knew he might get suspended for it. I also suspect the logic was, better healthy legs and a 4-game suspension than a long-term decline in play due to a serious leg injury. I really don’t hold PED use against NFL players because a) I think HGH use is rampant and b) HGH is actually a very good healing agent for muscle tears, which NFL players get all of the time.

The Daboll haters today are literally fools. Ignore them.

Daboll was so NOT the problem today. Christ, people. He drew up two easy TDs that Josh missed at the beginning and the end vs the best D in football. That said, Allen played well overall in crunch time. and ef you, Pats fans.

They had blown the whistle too long before he threw it.

I’m waiting for someone to call that a “drop” and blame Beasley. That was one poor throw. C’mon, Josh, step it up.

I am convinced they gave michel an exra yard on the previous play. And an extra yard on the very first play of the drive.

I did, and more than once. Did you know that Badolbilz has been a hardcore (and deeply knolwedgeable) Canes fan since the 80s? He knows all about Jimmy culture, and he knows it works.

?? @BADOLBILZ gets it. Do you have any recollection of the Cowboys “culture”? Tuinei and his little heroin habit? Erik Williams plowing his car into a wall at 100 mph? Leon Lett doing crazy Leon Lett stuff a few times a year? Charles Haley being a borderline psychopath? Irvin with his hookers and vibrators and coke? Anyway, I can assure you that Badol knows that Jimmy’s culture worked.

Agree 100 percent about the ratio! The idea being if you're going to sling it, you're going to get a lot of TDs but also have to expect that you'll get some picks. I'm hardly saying Winston is perfect, but over the past 4 games (a quarter season) he has 11 TDs and 6 INTs and is averaging over 10 ypa. Those are Warner-esque numbers.

Have you watched the Bucs over the last 4 games or so? If you had, you might be rethinking what you say above about Winston. That offense is a juggernaut right now. He is better than the naysayers suggest, and he has shown a lot of improvement over the course of the season. Basically, the dominant narrative around him is stale and not all that reflective of current reality. (Also, re: your argument about throwing to the wrong team, Mike Martz always thought that was overrated and didn't care if Kurt Warner threw a reasonably large number of INTs (short-ish punts, in his book).) I'm certainly not advocating INTs, but it is undeniable that the Bucs' offense has turned a corner. They have averaged 35 ppg over the last four games, and they are simply better than their record. They lost to Seattle in OT in a game they shouldn't have lost, and they lost to the Giants because their kicker missed a chip shot at the end of the game. I agree with you about Allen. He is still very young.

He throws more on-a-rope blazers on average than any QB I've ever watched. That's not a criticism! I love that aspect of his game. But they are going to be harder to catch. That's just basic common sense (or just ask Zay Jones).

Well, as far as I know, no one has ever been clocked at a higher velocity than his senior bowl number (66+ mph -- https://www.stack.com/a/josh-allen-threw-a-66-14-mph-pass-at-the-senior-bowl-no-qb-at-the-nfl-combine-has-ever-exceeded-60 ), and it's pretty obvious he lets it rip out there. I think that his first throw in the Pittsburgh game would have been a pick if thrown by virtually any other qb in the league. So, no metrics, but a healthy does of common sense combined with eyeball observations. A lot of his throws are blazing.

One thing re: the Bills drop rate that should be factored in is the velocity on his throws. It's simply higher than every other QB's, and it's going to result in some drops.

The Bills are gonna be nearly 100 million under the cap. Not sure we need to be worrying about how much individual players are making right now. The Bills can afford whatever they want.

The thing about McDermott is that he's managed to do it with sub-average QB play. That's genuinely hard to do.