dave mcbride

Gesicki is part of their future, not their past. He's one of the guys they've gotta build around.

It would be awesome. Unfortunately, the Bills do have some tough games coming up, so I’m not all that hopeful this will happen. But who knows?

That would be me. I am not a homer.

It wasn’t a fg in the sense of a kick with any degree of difficulty; it was a glorified extra point attempt. And I bet you that just about all of the tiny handful of missed xps in the last few years of the old system came on shanks and botched snaps, not blocks.

With "maybe," I thought you were implicitly questioning my claim that he wasn't saying they were bad or mediocre. He clearly likes the Bills defense (just as his system hated it under Rex). I wasn't commenting on your skepticism about DVOA.

Come on. His system had the Bills D as the second best in the league last year, and currently has them rated as #3. That system factors in level of competition. the problem with this logic is that the Pats' schedule is even easier.

FO had the Bills as the second best defense in the NFL last season. They're believers.

He didn't say they were bad. He is simply saying that they have an incredibly easy schedule. Which they do.

In that sort of situation -- i.e., a genuinely automatic FG in an extremely short down/distance situation -- the only thing you should be playing is the fake. Don't waste effort trying block a chip shot. It's shorter than the old extra point, and they had something like a 99.5 percent success rate the year before they moved the ball back. It shouldn't have surprised them because the only thing they should have been defending against was the fake. Don't try to block an old-school extra point. It never works.

I worry for Darnold. His new moniker could end up being "The Ghost of Butt Fumbles Future."

He caught 71.4 percent of the passes thrown his way during his time in Atlanta (and 79 percent this year). He's also big, durable, and coachable.

They still have 12 picks! Draft picks are overrated anyway, as the Pats have shown year after year after year.

It sure is.

He also loves guys who catch the balls thrown their way. Sanu's catch percentage the last four seasons with Atlanta is 71.4 percent, and he's at 78.6 percent this year. This is a very good addition to the Pats receiving corps.

Patriots are now down to only 12 picks next year! - 1st round (own)- 3rd round (own)- 3rd round (projected compensatory pick: Trey Flowers)- 3rd round (projected compensatory pick: Trent Brown)- 4th round (via Chicago Bears)- 6th round (via Houston Texans: Keion Crossen trade)- 6th round (via Denver Broncos: Duke Dawson trade)- 6th round (projected compensatory pick: Malcom Brown)- 6th round (projected compensatory pick: Cordarrelle Patterson)- 7th round (via Seattle Seahawks)- 7th round (via Falcons)- 7th round (via Philadelphia Eagles)

Either that or there's a data-informed change going on with regard to valuation of draft picks versus players with a history of production.

If you go to the Jets boards, you’ll see those types of threads.

Save your worries for Tua next season.

Dude, you are fighting an inconsequential sideshow battle while ignoring the real issue. I said things like that about Brady in 2013.

I can.

Just why? Why aren't you rooting for a debilitating-but-not-crippling stress fracture for Brady? What the hell is wrong with people enjoying their longtime captors practicing late-game sadism against a likely 4-12 team?

You’re really enjoying watching the Pats administer a beatdown to an inferior opponent? Christ. That is the Very definition of Stockholm Syndrome.

Agreed!