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I can’t help but wonder if it’s bad for a team to end its regular season with a meaningless game where it rests most of its starters, then has two weeks off with a bye before playing its first playoff game.

How the hell did Fouts get a playoff game?

I thought was ok to get the snap off a second or two late in the playoffs.

Wait, that’s still a penalty?

Come on, man. The 49ers have a ton of talent on offense. They wouldn’t be where they are with the Bills’ offense.

He’ll probably double that in garbage time.

Good luck getting a bet down now

Little late for that.

And the best TE in the league.

Niners have a stable of good RBs.

If Ruggs’s stock skyrockets after the combine, how is he going to drop to us?

This really goes without saying. Nonetheless, I’m preparing to be disappointed. If Chaisson or Gross-Matos is available at 22, I don’t think Mc Dermott will be able to help himself.

The Seahawks got Chris Carson in the 7th, Denver got Philip Lindsay in the 6th and Legarette Blount was an UDFA. There are lots of good RBs to be had on day 3.

Go watch the QB sweep right in the 4th quarter. Knox, Ford and Morse all block ghosts, while Cunningham practically hospitalizes Allen. You’ll be super extra-stupified.

Funny, I thought the weather was fine in the dome on Saturday. How did so many Bills “lose their footing” on the same play?

With all due respect, you're not making much sense here. If you want to know the right answer, go back and look at the posts by Motorin' on pages 17 and 18 of this thread. What the return man did here was make an illegal forward pass after a change in possession; it was a dead ball when it hit the ground, resulting in a 5 yard penalty from the spot of the pass. (see Rule 8, Section 1, Article 2, Item 1(d) and Item 2(c)) Because the foul occurred in Houston's end zone, the result is a safety for Buffalo. (see Rule 2, Section 29). Since the ball hit the ground, Buffalo could not have declined the penalty, but if they had intercepted it and returned it for a TD, they could have. (see Rule 8, Section 1, Article 2, Item 2)

I’ll go back and look at the rule again, but I don’t believe a team can recover a forward lateral on a kickoff or punt, although it can be intercepted, just like a legal forward pass can. (I’m not sure what the rule is on non-kicking plays.) If I’m right, the referee obviously didnt know that part of the rule because he treated the toss as a live ball after it hit the ground and signaled Bills TD instead of a safety.

What is wrong about it? I know. The flip is an illegal forward pass and the ball is dead when that illegal pass hits the turf.

As soon as the ball hits the ground in the end zone, it’s a dead ball and a safety, so it doesn’t even matter that the Bills recovered it. If a Bills player had caught it in the air, though, it would have been an interception and a touchdown. Someone posted the rule 10 or so pages back and it’s actually pretty clear.

This is thoroughly discussed elsewhere in this lengthy thread. It was an illegal forward pass and a dead ball the second it hit the turf. Because it happened in the end zone, by rule it should have been a safety.

If you wanted to see a stupid rule enforced to the absolute letter—and contrary to common sense and the spirit of the rule—all you had to do was wait an hour for the crackback block call on Ford, where Ford was literally face-to-face with the defender.

I don’t know if those guys are first round talents or not. I’m just talking about what I think the Bills will do if they are available. I think Chaisson is in play as a Lorenzo replacement.

Sorry. I don't know what this means. Can you translate or re-phrase?

Prepare to be disappointed. If someone like the guy from Penn State or K'Lavon Chaisson is available at 22, McDermott will not be able to help himself. The rationale will be that in this draft, there will be good WRs available in rounds 2 and 3.

Yep. As good as Henry is right now, I guaranty that in another year or two, he will be banged up and overpaid, like almost every running back who gets a fat second contract. Pass. Don't you think it's unrealistic to think you can get Henry on a two-year deal? He's a prototype back and led the league in rushing over the past two years. He'll want (and probably get) a Zeke Elliott type deal.