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It only feels remarkable because the Chiefs and Bills keep finishing first in their division and keep meeting in the playoffs. The only solution is to win on Sunday and host the playoff game this time. That much is in the Bills control.

#1 (Chiefs and Cards) and #32 (Bills) in run block win rate is only separated by 10% (75% vs 65%). https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34536376/2022-nfl-pass-rushing-run-stopping-blocking-leaderboard-win-rate-rankings-top-players-teams%3Fplatform%3Damp

I realize what happened. People didn't read the whole thread. They just jumped to the newest post, which had an injury report on it as a large image. They reacted to that because the week of the report is not clearly labeled.

Dude was panicking over guys having "limited" practices and was trying to argue that anyone with limited practices is not going to play. I was showing that everyone without a game status designation last week, including those who were limited in practice, played last week.

I didn't think reading comprehension was such a problem here. I even bolded that it was last weeks report. Edit: I deleted the post. Jordan Poyer is playing on Sunday.

I wish sport betting was legal in Ohio (will be on 1/1/23) because I would take that one all day.

That's because they move the ball down the field in 5-10 yard chunks when then when they get to the goal line its either Kelce off of a rub route (pick play) or a shovel pass to a RB. McDermis is good too.

That's the kind of stuff we used to hang our hat on during the drought years.

Not to mention a long discussion of the historical context of the actions of one Buffalo Bill Cody.

I started the evening by watching the Sabres game. Then I watched the end of the Leafs game. After that, I decided to check out the Thursday NFL game on Amazon. But when I started the stream, I got a Clemson vs. Arizona State game. WTH.

Nobody's gonna make a big deal about Josh being at the Sabres' game tonight instead of at home studying film? 😃

I'm watching the games and seeing a really great team, but my lifetime of Buffalo Bills fandom won't allow we to believe it. It seems like an illusion.

This! Exactly this. The purpose of pressure on a QB is to force him to hurry his process. He was already in a rush, what with 13 seconds and all.

In tennis, they use cameras on the lines. It's not 100% accurate, but it is more accurate than human line judges which is all it has to be.

Do you believe that if Beene hadn't traded him that Dareus would still be on the BIlls? Because he hasn't played anywhere since 2019.

BTW, here is the rule that the refs called on that Chiefs FG miss: https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/defensive-holding/ It's point b here.

I'm not going to argue that the Chiefs are not a great team, but It wasn't like the Chiefs blew the doors off of them after finding the higher gear. The 1-3 Raiders forced them to punt at the end of the game and had the chance to drive to kick the game winner. They got all the way to the LV 47. If Adams doesn't bobble that ball, the Raiders win that game.

The Bills offense is in a wonderful place if a 26 yard pass qualifies as a check down.

It’s good ‘ole confirmation bias.

Does every NFL team have a DJ at practice? Edit: I’ll answer my own question. Most do. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34498524/from-rod-wave-frank-sinatra-how-practice-djs-keeping-nfl-teams-beat%3Fplatform%3Damp

Look at the scales. All that chart shows is that the variation between the best and worst run blocking lines is much narrower than that between the best and worst pass blocking lines. The Chiefs have a 11% higher win rate in run blocking than the Bills, while the Browns have a 36% higher win rate than the Cowboys in pass blocking.

That made all the sense in the world. Nate was Aaron Rodgers bait.

We want a lot of flags (as much as that pains me to say) because the Chiefs hold WRs on almost every play. Spagnuolo dares the refs to throw flags. When they do, the Chiefs have a hard time in coverage because they don’t have a plan B.

I always wonder what his ending stat line would have looked like if the Steelers had kept it relatively close. I think there might have been 600 passing yards.

First of all, the pass block win rate is the same. And I would argue that both of those numbers are skewed lower because both Mahones and Allen tend to run around behind the line of scrimmage giving their linemen time to “lose.” That is also a bad data viz, because the pass block scale runs from 40% to 80% but the run block scale only runs from 66% to 76%. If you had a similar scale for the run blocking, you’d have a whole bunch of teams bunched up to the right.