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I would imagine there's also an element of, are you better off trying to adapt your philosophy mid-season if it means working in plays you haven't practiced/prepped as much, or should you go with what your players are familiar with and can execute as opposed to trying to show opponents new wrinkles? That's got to be a tough one to answer.

Muddle Lonebacker Just catching up, should've known I'd be beaten to the punch on this one.

This may be the stupidest thing I have ever read.

That is a fantastic autocorrect.

I miss Phil Hartman still.

I remember he was really a turnover machine. But even in his rookie year you could tell that he was special. It's why I never had any patience for Edwards or Taylor, you have to try to make plays. I'd rather see that than checkdown, checkdown, checkdown.

I don't see how, since you just got done saying the Bills D can't stop the Bengals. Or does it only work that way on the Bengals' field?

Maybe someone told him that and he thought it sounded like a good idea.

Yes, I hear him on the radio occasionally.

He's got to try to pump up the game for next week. Let's face it, only the diehards will be tuning in for Bucs-Cards.

After seeing a sequence like that I find it much harder to argue against than I'd like.

Man, I wanted to see the Giants win, but... a formation call wiping out a TD followed by not calling a blatant PI? The refs just made a joke of the end of the game.

How?

Maybe that's where we differ, to me it is absolutely a no-brainer in pristine conditions. The only thing that gave me pause last night was the weather.

That really turned out to be a game-saving horse collar tackle by Johnson.

The truth is either call probably would've worked. I think it all hinges on how difficult you think the conditions made the FG. Would you agree that in normal weather conditions Singletary 100% should've gone down?

Do you have a source for that 93% figure? Looking at the top kickers in the league (and I would count Bass among them) that looks way too high. As far as the chance of the Dolphins completing a long pass, it's not about Tua. At all. After watching Waddle and Mostert both burn the defense with 60-yard+ plays, I don't know where your confidence in that 0% number is coming from either.

It really comes down to your evaluation of the odds of a catastrophe. The thing that I keep coming back to is that we saw - multiple times - blown coverages and shoddy tackling leading to big plays/TDs for the Dolphins. Giving them the ball with 35-40 seconds left and a timeout is just asking to be beaten (IMO).

First, it was not a blizzard. Second, with Hill and Waddle on the other side there is no way I want to give them a shot. One busted coverage or poor tackle and it's off to the races.

Couldn't you also say that if you can't execute a chip shot field goal you deserve to lose? Nothing is guaranteed but barring way worse weather conditions (i.e. extreme wind) a walk-off field goal is absolutely the right call.

I agreed, not because I'm sure it's a great idea, but this is the only possible change that could be made without making it too tempting to hold all the time.

Is Mayfield trying to give his teammates concussions, or himself?

Wow, is that Mayfield or Brady out there?