dave mcbride

Yeah, I don't think anything happens, but I can certainly see Richie I. leaning into his ear and making some sort of comment about him being an African immigrant or something like that. No one is gonna hear that but the recipient. Bear in mind that the Bills were allegedly coached to instigate the Jags to commit PFs, so it would have to be on the downlow, so to speak. Regardless, it's a he-said/she-said sort of situation with no witnesses, so it'll likely blow over.

We don't know anything. Dawkins may be covering for him or simply never heard him because, well, why would he? If you think the audio of the game captures everything, said I don't know what to say. Don't act like a defense lawyer; just admit that you don't know. I don't either. My general sense is that nothing will come of it because there is no evidence. But that doesn't mean that he didn't say something.

Lots of opining here, but not one of us actually knows anything one way or the other.

You guys who continue to believe this is holding by current NFL standards root for a team (Buffalo) that has one of the most hold-happy o-lines in the league. Watch Wood and Incognito on a play by play basis. They appear to operate under the Pete Carroll philosophy of "if you hold all of the time, the refs are still only going to call it pretty rarely." Regardless, what you see above is not even close to holding by the standards of today's NFL. If the hand gets inside of the shoulders, it ain't a hold. Watch pretty much any random set of plays in a random NFL game and you will quickly see what I mean. The Pats Derangement Syndrome on this board continues to be strong.

If the hands are on the inside, it is never called. If it was, holding would be called on an offensive lineman on quite literally every play from scrimmage in every nfl game over the past quarter century. Come on.

He won 9 games for one reason only: the Pats rested most of their starters in the final game for most of the game. If that game had mattered to NE, the Bills would have been bugsplat.

When did that one start? I remember it well going back to at least '96, if memory serves ...

Marlon McCree. That's all that needs to be said regarding this. http://www.footballinsiders.com/four-plays-that-changed-nfl-history/

Disagree. I think what happened is that the Pats caught onto the Jags' run/play-action pattern and basically stopped guessing and started predicting based upon tells and established patterns. The Jags' scheme design looked really high-school level in the second half because they didn't anticipate adjustments and just kept doing what worked in the first half. Bortles had all day on play-action in the first half, and was under siege on the same plays in the second half.

I have no beef with Jeremiah, but experience tells us that there will be a lot of trades in rd 1 - there always are. I know it's hard to predict them, but it's worth a try.

It was actually tipped by the receiver who was reaching over right before it passed through his arms. He didn't drop it. Actually, that's not what happened. He had excellent coverage on the play and Bortles underthrew it pretty badly. It's hard to defend passes like that, as I'm sure you know. The receiver made a heads-up play.

I'd transition him if I were Washington. Bear in mind that Washington has a pretty good coach who desperately needs to win next season, and that ain't happening without a competent and/or rookie QB. If they transition him (rather than franchise him) at $28 million plus, they save about $6 million. The cap is going up, and that's a reasonable price for a good-if-not-great QB who can get you to 10-11 games if the other pieces are in place. I keep him and get him an upgrade at the WR2 spot, the TE spot (i.e., someone who isn't always hurt), and RB. Draft defense early. They have the 13th, 45th, and 77th picks. I'd trade back from 13 if a deal is there, and collect players. A good RB can be had in round 3 and a better WR can be signed in FA, and there are going to be some good ones. http://walterfootball.com/freeagents2018WR.php

When Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel were about to go off to their next jobs, he celebrated the same way.

That was a very good throw, especially given the circumstances (escaped from the pocket and on the move). Gilmore made a terrific play on an extremely catchable ball. He has played extremely well of late and had a terrific game yesterday. The one completion he gave up was on a clearly underthrown ball that the WR went back for.

So ... a deeply embedded sleeper cell.

But I'm talking about the Eagles D measured against the Bills D, not the offense.

I think fans evaluate college qbs on their occasional bad games and not on their overall body of work. That's what I think is going on with Darnold now, who was mostly really good. I'm not saying he's going to be Manning, of course.

Last time NE faced a Schwartz D in a game that mattered: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201410120buf.htm The talent levels on the 2017 Eagles D and the 2014 Bills D are basically the same. Worth noting: the Bills held the Pats to 50 rushing yards on 27 carries.

I don't watch college systematically enough for my opinions to matter. That said, I liked the idea of getting Wentz until it became implausible (given how high he went), and the hill I will die on is Darnold, who I think is going to be a great NFL qb.

Oh my lord. The blocker had his hands on the inside, and that is literally never called. I think this board has gone collectively insane today -- Patriots Derangement Syndrome.

For the love of God, no. This board is having a real moment right now. Sheesh.

The hot takes are strong today, Kirby.

Brady has been in seven super bowls. Everyone has been a nail biter, more or less. I'm playing the (overwhelming) percentages at this point and assuming that this will be a close game too.

A LOTTA competition today, 26. The refugee crisis has finally shown its downside!

Weakest post ever, given the long, long history of this board? It's in the running.