dave mcbride

My general take on this game: whereas the Miami game was a "good loss" (relatively speaking, of course), this one was a bad loss. The Bills outplayed Miami late and probably should have won the game; they improved over the course of the game and were dominating at the end. The Jets thoroughly outplayed the Bills late, especially at the QB position. Allen's final possession was one of his worst. With everything on the line and a decent amount of time, he made two awful throws. The first short-hopper may have been deliberate (who knows?) because the receiver was double covered, but that just begs the question of why he chose to throw it there in the first place. The INT was a really bad, inaccurate throw. He also had Zay Jones open for a TD but threw the ball out of bounds on their final FG possession. Overall, he had a decent game, but got worse as the game progressed.

There did appear to be some sort of brawl a-brewin' when the players went into the tunnel at halftime. Players had to be restrained. I agree that the decision to kick a 54-yarder with a clearly injured kicker (who had already decided that he needed to squib all kickoffs because of the injury) was completely mystifying. Really poor decision by McDermott.

No -- Darnold averaged 6.8 yards per attempt (league average-ish), and Allen averaged 4.8 (which is bad). YPA is probably the most indicative stat for QB success.

Goff had a bad game - but so does everygood qb at some point in a long season (ie, Brees last week). Just one game. Great performance by the Bears’ D.

Good game so far. Fun to watch.

Nice argument. You are one of my favorite posters, but i can’t help but think if you work for the league. Quips don’t cut it (again). Why are the rules fine and why are the my fair? Explain in at least moderate detail why. Not an argument. Why does no team defer in OT?

I know the rules. The rules are the problem. Address my point about no other major sport having such a system in which the offense is so heavily favored based on luck. And I mean really. You are not arguing; you are merely asserting. That is just not good enough. And again, remind me of how 100 percent of teams react to coin flips.

Defenses are exhausted in ot. Offenses have the advantage. Name me a team that has deferred in the last few years (outside of the slater episode). If 100 percent choose to take the ball and indeed celebrate “winning” the coin flip, that is telling you something.

See my point above about not including NFL OT stats in regular stats. It is a simple fix. Playoff stats don’t count as “real” stats, and if they did Brady would have another 8000 yards or so.

Elaborate. No quips, which is all you are offering. In other major team sports — baseball, soccer, basketball, and hockey — no side is given an advantage remotely comparable to what the NFL offers the coin flip winners in OT (including extra innings), in the sense that one side may well have zero chance to handle the ball (and factoring in exhausted defenses). And again: catalog for me every team that has chosen to defer in OT (seriously, do it - you are a very knowledgeable fan) outside of the infamous Slater episode. Again, though, “LOL” quips are weak as arguments and simply don’t cut it. That’s sort of my point. No team ever defers, and for good reason.

E-l-a-b-o-r-a-t-e. As in, tell me why *zero* teams have ever deferred in OT under the current rules (outside of Matthew Slater, who said in that Jets game that the referee completely misinterpreted what he asked for). Again, quips are weak and ain’t good enough. Lay out a real argument with evidence.

Defenses are ALWAYS at a disadvantage at the end of a brutal game because they are necessarily reactive on a play by play basis. Just think of Atlanta’s D in the SB in 2017, when the Pats reacted with delighted glee after they “won” the coin flip. They were right to teact that way.

The big problem is that defenses are more exhausted in OT than offenses are because they have to react. Why does every team take one position and not the other in an ostensibly 50-50 situation? Please answer me that. Don’t obfuscate either. Elaborate on your answer. No quips.

LOL. Tell me this: why is that every team defers in regular time, but — with the current OT rules — previsely zero teams have deferred in OT? The colege rules are fine but the the nfl should improve upon those rules and not count ot stats toward regular stats. It’s a very easy fix. Just set up an OT stats category.

Coin flip winners (ie, the luckier folks) have a distintive advantage, and it ain’t even remotely arguable. It is straight-up BS.

I am actually intermittently impressed by Gase, especially his offensive playcalling, which is often pretty impressive. He’s kiced a lot of guys with talent off the team in the service of “culture,” so in a sense he’s kinda like the offensive version of McDermott.

No way could tannehill have come close the end zone given where they were

Take off the homer glasses. Darnold was money late in the game and extremely accurate. Allen should have had 3 picks, all of them bad.

I like allen, but darnold was the better player today.

Darnold was very impressive. Nice accuracy.

Update: it is indeed his other foot. The current injury is with the right foot (via espn), and the earlier one, which resulted in surgery, was in the left foot.

He's not overrated and actually played reasonably well last night. He is a jerk, however.

It's terrible, but his career is in all likelihood over. He's likable, so I'm bummed for him. He actually did have a good career, and teams he QB'd for went 75-35 since 2011.

I expect Hughes to play with his hair on fire this week given the altercation with the ref.

White is a very good player. Hughes has had his best season ever, though, and he's incredibly disruptive. He has an absolutely ridiculous number of pressures this season and goes all out on every play. He's in fifth in the NFL in the combined category of pressures, QB hits, and sacks. I really can't say who is better this season. Both play centrally important positions and both are playing at elite levels. I'm happy both are on the team.