DrDawkinstein

I didnt get all the worrying. Romo went WAAAYY over the top with the "This is not good! It must be SOMETHING SERIOUS if Josh hasnt returned yet" It was obvious he got whacked in the nose, and he isnt allowed back until they get the bleeding stopped. Noses take a while to get stopped. No big deal.

Balances out the blood pressure from last week.

Cook and Bosa for sure If I had to give one more, it would probably be Tre. The old man looked strong today. Good to see him back at that level.

Already waaaaayyyy better than I expected, since I figured he'd take it easy until the playoffs. God I hope he stays healthy. Get the extension ready. He's only a $6M cap hit this year too!

This is what my sister sent me... And this is what I got out of ChatGPT on just one pass..

We were told all offseason that we should let Cook walk because Davis was the next Thurman tho?

Wonder what they did on 3rd down after that play...

lmao

Not worried. Only Vrabel gives me concern.

As much as I hated (maybe still do) the guy, I can't argue that he and Belichick made quite a historic duo. So here is 6minutes of Tom Brady talking about QB Development. (Great Bill Parcells quote in there are the end too!) Contrast what he talks about with Waldron refusing to watch tape with a rookie Caleb Williams...

Great point. There are ways to go about it where you are working the clock, but are still pressing and putting on pressure. As you point out, the simplest way is to make sure you arent snapping the ball on a running clock until the play clock is under 5 second. You can still be aggressive in play calling, but make sure you're working taht clock down as much as possible too.

Heard he stubbed his toe on his huge balls

Cant wait to watch this. Already a little bummed out, but will be worth the watch. If any other 80s kids havent seen the Paul Rubens/Pee Wee documentary, I 100% recommend watching it asap. Another amazing person and talent. Same heroin dealer sold Joplin and Morrison the overpowered stuff that killed them, and I'm always interested in the possibility that Hendrix was killed by his manager.

Yes, my point exactly as to how rare a "safe" lead is in the NFL. We should almost never be taking our foot off the gas. It's not that I expect to be up by 28 points ever. It's that I dont think we should go into prevent just because we have a 10 point lead in the 3rd quarter.

Sure, but imo that shouldnt be until you are up by at least 21-28 pts and no earlier than the start of the 4th quarter. We've unfortunately seen McD take his foot off the gas as early as the 1st half in some games, and certainly not up by 28 points.

I'm pretty sure they played the whole game the same way. The difference at the end was that the Ravens changed and went into "protect the lead, kill the clock" mode. Which allowed Josh to feast. Our Offense does it's job and puts up plenty of points. The Defense just needs to do theirs for once. Offense cant play Defense on top of it.

Happy Birthday, Scott! Thanks for everything! I never knew Scott got to meet Josh!?!

Being compliant with cap rules and not getting fined, is the move. Also having a little change on hand for a rainy day if/when needed. Wouldnt expect much.

They'd never publish that tho. I'm sure he's practicing fully even with cracked ribs, so no need to report.

Absolutely. I give McD enough flak but also credit where it is due. The team, overall, was a well-oiled machine. Stayed disciplined and dialed-in. And the entire series at the end of the game was a thing of beauty, forcing Baltimore to burn through their TOs, getting the ball setup, getting the clock running, running the fg team out and getting the snap off right at 2 seconds left, no errors or dumb penalties. Very, very impressive, and I think under-appreciated across the fans in the aftermath. The specific gameplans/schemes/playcalling may have been less than perfect, and some player execution needs improvement. But no real mistakes that kill the team. I also agree that McD made all the right decisions as they popped up. Including the decision to NOT challenge the bad spot. Big props to McD on that.

Trying to find the stat, I think I heard on WGR Monday morning, regarding the Bills rotating less on Sunday night than ever before. Something like the starting 4 played almost 68% of the snaps. This does jive with what McD did in Carolina. They had a rotation there as well... until they finally found a solid starting 4 and then the rotation dropped to almost nothing, just giving the big guys breathers. Between adding Bosa, and Rousseau developing, and Ed playing well, and Jones being good enough with those other 3... would be nice if we found some consistency while the youngsters learn and develop. Love his comment about having kids and how they contributed to his growth as a leader. I feel that. They do change you (in my experience, in the best ways).

Is that a common sense error? Do defensive players usually abandon their assignments? Serious question.

So they can all make it up as they go? Look, I dont disagree. But we dont know. It didnt look like much of the defense was prepared for the obvious things the Ravens were throwing at them, so my questioning starts to go above the players.

Is that what he's coached to do? Are you sure? Could very well be theyve been told to run their assignments and do their 1/11th no matter what. Otherwise, you have some guys running 1 play, and others running another. Who knows? Someone should ask Babich.