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This video hasn't circulated much, which gives a glimmer of hope that it may not be as severe as seen on the broadcast. Thad Brown's tweet, via Banged Up Bills:

Recap of my quick take of Broncos Vikings All-22 It was a literal tale of the 2 halves, both in scoring and play design. In the first half, Vikings came out dead set on establishing the run game early and were met with a stone wall. When Cousins dropped back to pass he rarely looked beyond the LOS, let alone past the down marker. The Broncos front 4 are legit and I honestly don't know why Zimmer insisted on bnaging his head against that wall for the entire first half. Personnel-wise, this could be the best line the Bills face this year (and that's without Chubb!). Cousins was rattled in the entire half and Cook could not get going at all. Their best and longest deep shot of the half was called back on a penalty. On the other side of the ball, I thought Vikings played too conservatively and allowed Denver's run game to put B. Allen in manageable down distances and he hit a couple of deep shots, and was helped by 2 huge PI penalties. For some reason Fangio likes to use Fant as the end-round ball carrier, but he just doesn't have the speed to truly make that play work. I like the aggressive pressure game plan that the Browns deployed against B Allen. The only reason that it didn't work was that Browns tackled like crap. I also didn't see many Vikings stunts and alignment changes to try to confuse B. Allen at the line. In the second half, everything changed. Vikings abandoned the commitment to the run and went exclusively no-huddle. Cousins started looking deep to rack up yards and points. The key was getting the ball out early (obviously) because the Broncos pass rush from the front 4 is tough. That happened only when Cousins started identifying the mismatches in coverage. If Broncos have a weakness, it's in the secondary. On the defensive side, Vikings started to sell out to the run, daring B Allen to beat them. It worked. Although they got burned on one long Sutton completion, they didn't let him score and eventually the drive petered out. So after 2 games, there's enough game film on B Allen to attack the weaknesses. Broncos absolutely need to get the run game going to put him in a better position. Vikings D is in the upper tier in the league, but Broncos had 74 rush yards in the first half. They only got 50 in the second when they needed to milk the drives. The second half adjustments were huge because it put the burden back on B Allen and he couldn't deliver. It's also interesting to see the differing approaches to pre-snap movements between Vikings & Bills defenses. Vikings essentially stay in a straight 4 DL formation, maybe moving the DTs by a step or two prior to the snap. The Vikings may have more overall talent in the front 4 than Bills, but the straight line approach wasn't enough in the first half against a QB who's still queasy in the pocket. The Bills OTOH are much more active with pre-snap movements, not just with the DLs, but bringing LBs to the line. Just like the Bills alignments confused Dolphins' young OL, I expect them to have the same effect on B Allen, even if the rush doesn't get to him. This game could also come down to Tre's ability to cover Sutton, which would allow the safeties to cheat a bit. X Rhodes didn't have a great statistical game covering Sutton, getting beat on a few throws and had a costly PI in the endzone (granted Sutton caught two amazing deep balls in razor thin coverage). On offense, the blueprint is also clear and was set last week. It will be criminal if Daboll plays #42 & #85 for more than token snaps on Sunday. They will go nowhere against the Broncos stout line, as the better Vikings' run game fully demonstrated its futility against that defense. Almost by necessity Bills have to come out throwing with a no huddle attack. The proverbial pressure will be on the good Allen, and Bills will need to get their playmakers involved early and often. If the Bills get an early lead, B Allen is not the type of QB and their offense isn't built to bring his team back.

It's all about matchups. When 42 and 85 are in there, the defenses can cheat a lot more because those guys don't scare anybody with big plays. They may get a surprise 25-30 yard pass once or twice a year, so the gamble to put more pressure Allen is definitely worth taking if you're the defense. It's not like these two guys have been blowing up defenders all season long to juice the run game.

Who said that Lynn is an offensive genius?

They need add OT depth in any case, so why not?

Should really happen. This hire was a huge mistake.

I think they will roll a 3.5

The Sabres aren't just a one line team, they're a one man team. Over the last 7 games the outcome directly correlates to Eichel's play. And yes, Risto is so desperately needed to hold the defensive end

Massive reach by McD to hire a glorified intern who's clearly over his head in the NFL.

Speed doesn't matter when you are 15 yards away

Absolutely in the red zone.

They won’t until they hire a real ST coach, not some glorified intern.

Games like this makes me pine for Ronnie Jones

Can we please leave Heath Farwell in Miami? The guy had no business running NFL special teams

That’s the point, why activate him if he’s invisible in the offense. At least Duke gives you a sure handed option in the RZ for contested passes. PS, Heath Farwell hasn’t earned a penny of his paycheck this year.

I don’t understand why they activate #16 but don’t play him. These are the exact plays where Duke can make a difference.

I thought it was mostly due to his weak effort at the puck in the corner which led to a scoring chance. Agree with all on Okposo. If that’s the hit that put him out, then he should seriously consider hanging them up.

Presuming thy're referring to East Asians who are more noticeable because of their higher numbers. The South Asians are actually a greater indictment of all critical race theories, because their gains came in a much shorter time span and they are much darker in skin tone.

We do, but he's slow and has been inactive for 2 weeks.

Wreck it Trump is at it again. In less than 3 years, he's done more to truly shake up the healthcare biz than any president since LBJ. More of these kinds of actions are infinitely better than any schemes proposed by the lunatic left.

Flip the kicking game in the games and it's a different outcome.

They also don't allow a player to punch with the gloves on.

You know it’s bad when Steve Smith comes down hard on you.

4 games

Would have been perfect if he uttered THE line to close out the interview.