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Sure he did. But from their own 30 ? With no timeouts and with the lead ? Not sure if you are rationalizing that decision but I think it was wrong.

Peyton is God

Way to stick it to the hoodie freak

I would call it borderline stupid. Pats* have the lead and can't trust their defense to stop the Colts after a punt ? If they were trailing, it would have been a good call

Agreed. I also think TO has been a 'bust' for us.

No

Only point I disagree with in your list. Yes there was way too much air but the ball was in TO's hands. An elite receiver is supposed to bail his QB out, especially TO who is supposed to be exceptionally strong. He should have fought for the ball.

I voted zero because I think Schaub will be so worried about throwing towards Byrd that he will let our other DBs get the INTs. So total team INT prediction = 2, Byrd = 0

Not really. Lack of sacks does not mean no pass rush. Lately, we have pressured opposing QBs into hurried throws quite a bit.

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Rush yards allowed/ game Bills = 172 Ravens = 91 Interceptions Bills = 13 (tied for league lead with Saints) Ravens = 7 Defense rankings (overall, rush, pass) Bills = 24, 32, 10 Ravens = 19, 7, 23 Glaring disparity in our pass versus rush defenses. If we had a couple of good LBs, we would be a playoff defense.

I have surely seen him telegraph his plays

From a sure-hands perspective, perhaps TO.

If you don't look at him, you won't see him. Doesn't mean he has disappeared.

That is what good receivers do. They put in the extra effort in making catches, in fighting and reaching for the ball - not an entirely unique or fresh concept. Not all completed passes are perfectly thrown, by ANY QB and there isn't always an opportunity for a receiver to be wide open. The skill is in the receiver adjusting to make a play. I am not saying Fitz had a stellar day, by any means. But knocking him for those completions is stupid. BTW, I counted two passes which TO made no effort to catch/hold on to.

And in cold and windy conditions

Trent started yesterday's game so I believe it goes in his 'W' column

I am not as down as you are on the overall D. Yes we are dead last in rushing defense but are # 4 in passing D. Sure you can say that 'why should teams pass when they can run so well on us'. BUt I argue that we have not allowed the opposing passing game to be very good, especially these past two weeks. We are suffering because of terrible LB play and the the injury to Whitner. Again, I am not entirely sure the DE play is so bad as to risk giving too many snaps to a rookie.

I think Kelsay's good play this year and pre-empted the need to play Maybin more. He is bring broken in gradually because the starters are playing adequately and we cannot afford rookie mistakes with our low scoring O not affording the D the luxury of experimentation.

What mattered is he got both feet planted inbounds before he fell outside. And we are disputing the over-ruling and hence the officials' incompetence. Not debating if there is a conspiracy against the Bills.

So throw to him many times with the hope that he starts catching them ? Come on.... And how does a QB gain confidence in him if TO, at inopportune times, drops or makes no effort to come up with the ball ? I have been very disappointed in TO so far. The 'decoy' act will only go as far as his reputation takes him. Opposing DCs will sense his unreliability and will stop falling for the decoy stunt and dare him to consistently catch balls on critical downs leaving us no better than we were last year in the WR department. I, for one, would like to see more of Steve Johnson and Hardy.

I like your irrationally exuberant optimism.

The threads were merged just as I was posting.

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