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I think Josh saves Daboll, but I think McDermott is fed up with Daboll. Mac should look in the mirror, though. My big issue with this team this year is lack of focus. Loafed against Pittsburgh, took Jax for granted, diddled around and lost the Tenn game. Too many drops and stupid mistakes on the offensive and special teams side of the ball. And I wonder how the room feels about him after the McKenzie comments. I don’t trust McKenzie, either, but it kind of feels like he was singled out. Singletary is regularly casual with the ball, Knox drops a bunch of passes, Brieda let it hit the carpet a couple of times last night. Maybe we can’t treat all of the clumsy player the same way because there’s too many of them. I don’t know. But this looks to be reaching crisis mode in a lot of areas for this team. The diggs throw was gorgeous in the stadium. Beautiful ball in that wind.

Ding ding we have a winner. Mac is frustrated with Daboll. I agree that the offense has regressed this year. It’s not as creative as it was last year — for example, where were pop passes last night? The weather was a mess, and I can’t believe that we didn’t at least try to tire out their d-line by going side to side a bit. At the very least a bad exchange on such a play is an incomplete pass, and exchanges apparently are a problem for us now. But the bigger issue is that a lot of our offensive success last year was Josh Allen pulling stuff out of his posterior and improvising into a ridiculous play. That obviously hasn’t happened as much this year, and it isn’t easily replicable. It also doesn’t help that Knox decided to revert prior form, and that we didn’t make many difficult plays last night (Diggs tough catch/drop in the end zone; and Sanders had a big drop on the sidelines as well). Then we get to the running game. It’s a hot mess. All of the backs are deeply flawed. Moss has little speed. Singletary is slightly quicker and more elusive than Moss, but he’s not fast enough to get outside. Brieda has excellent speed, but is not equipped to regularly run between the tackles. And, of course, none of them demonstrates good ball security. So what is Daboll to do? The run game is ineffective—perhaps it was too reliant on the read option, perhaps Allen’s “tell” (swinging his arms pre-snap) when the call is a pass is a much bigger issue than we realize (like Roethlisberger’s tell last year), and perhaps the mish-mash we have on the offensive line is a much bigger issue than we realize (mobile, lighter center, immobile and ineffective guards, a starting guard who went on a juice diet or whatever and came in 10% lighter this year, Dawkins not playing nearly as well as last season.). Whatever. I imagine Daboll looks at the play sheet and wonders what he can call without getting his quarterback killed. In the meantime, we keep running our backs into the backside of our guards without any real benefit. And here we are, losing a game in which our defense surrendered a mere 14 points and the opposing offense had to throw the ball three—THREE—times to win. It is embarrassing. It also points to the idea that something is really off with this team. They don’t seem to be having fun. They seem really frustrated. And it seems hopeless when they get behind. I felt no hope in the red zone in the fourth quarter last night. I appreciate that if Bass makes that kick we probably win the game with a FG at the end. But sometimes the offense just has to score a touchdown. We couldn’t when it counted, and we lost.

I'm in OP. Not that bad last night. Started to pick up this morning around 6a. Raining now, too. I'm hopeful (and this is the kiss of death) that it won't be that bad by kickoff.

Wilson has an arm. Tua doesn’t.

Usually the wind calms down a little before the expiration of the warning. I suspect the NWS manages expectations that way. Good news is these guys probably had a nice practice in the stadium in the wind yesterday. It was WINDY near the stadium in OP.

Yeah this is going to be an issue. This forecast is not good.

I saw the European model. Not good. That’s the “good amount of lake snow” setup. I love the snow, but hopefully we don’t get it this Monday. Or, we get it when we’re up by four touchdowns. Go Bills.

I was thinking about this earlier and wondering who they would line up for Monday. Hopefully it’s someone who can do the full routine. Freddie cut it short last week. Missed the “where would you rather be than right here, right now??” line. I was hoping for Talley on Monday. TO is cool, though. It’s all good.

So you are Q. Otherwise I don’t fathom how you’d think it possible to have a selfie of JFK Jr on an iPhone, which was invented long after his passing.

Also, I’m not little. A little weird, but in a good way. We’re all a little weird here. But it’s cool.

I don’t believe that I’m clever. I am clever. Not in the horse way, either. But the beautiful thing is that insurers are going to make those who unjustifiably refuse the vax pay through the nose. Don’t like it? Ask for more government regulation. But I won’t. Because unlike you, I believe in freedom.

Gotta incentivize vaccines. And make everyone who doesn’t get the vax and costs me money pay their fair share. America, baby. Liberty. Freedom.

Oh no big boy. This isn’t a leftist plan. It’s a conservative plan. Free markets. Self reliance. Get with the program or get out, commie.

A fair point. Kind of like the distinction without difference between taxes and tariffs.

Surcharges, Dr. Timmy, surcharges.

I agree that it’s different. The government requirements also are legal - IIRC the authority dates either to Nixon or to Reagan era legislation. I’m all for the mandates, but I acknowledge the view that using OSHA to enforce on medium to large employers is … roundabout. I don’t have an issue whatsoever with public employers requiring the vax as a condition of employment. Totally reasonable and non-discriminatory. Don’t like it? Get a new job.

Chris Cuomo should have been fired yesterday. End of story. It shouldn't even be debated. He has to go.

I haven't seen too many anti-vaccine mandates. Want to complain about vax mandates through OSHA? Fine. Fair enough. We deeply disagree, but two may have an opinion. Want to complain about private mandates, e.g., your employer telling you on its own volition to get a vax or get out? No sympathy whatsoever here. That's freedom at work in this free market economy.

So are you Q, then? It wouldn't surprise me. You're a little nutty lately. But you also might have a selfie with JFK Jr. on your iPhone. That would be cool.

Dr. Timmy. That's a good one. I'll have to use it. I notice he hasn't participated in my thread about health insurers applying surcharges to the unvaccinated.

Hoax. They can jack up the rates on everyone so long as the new rates are affordable, and then offer incentive plans to cut the rates for those who have or who choose to obtain the vaccine. Simple and effective sleight of hand. Liberty. Rule of law. America. Freedom, baby. I can't wait to see it happen to all of those hoaxers who don't get their vax because they don't like the government "telling them what to do." Then they'll complain because the government isn't telling the insurers to stop raising rates on them. They'll want more regulation. And less free market economy and freedom. Disgusting. They should move to Communist China if that's how they feel. We love freedom in this country. They should love this country, too.

hit in the face. struck with the football in the face. as a professional wide receiver. AFCC and (I think) NE on MNF.

I saw him get hot in the face with the ball a few times last year after he returned from injury. That probably did him in here.

Nope. They made the right call. Less risk in doing what they did. But that’s between them and their insurer. Freedom, baby. Capitalism. Surcharges for the unvaxxed. Liberty. Count me in. Take it up with the carriers. They may make a business decision to apply a surcharge only to the uniquely stupid, namely, those who don’t get the vax. Kind of like not having to make a wedding cake for two guys who want to marry. Freedom. Liberty. America, baby. Hoax. I never said insurers could do whatever they want. They have the liberty — the freedom — to impose surcharges on the unvaxxed. Don’t like it? Ask for more regulation and less freedom. Whatever. I love America. You should too.

I think we’ll see the KC game plan with a healthy dose of Gabe Davis. Maybe this is the week we bust out the shot to Kumerow that we’ve been setting up all year. Can’t wait for next Monday.