The Big Cat

Hell NO he aint a guard! Seriously, the Dolphins O-Line is suspect. It's a shame we get them off the bye week now that they've had a chance to regroup. I'm really hoping they're bad enough it won't matter.

As someone in a major city not named Buffalo (redundant?), I'd like to see more team off season fan interaction outside of Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto.

According to the email, it's brand new. This seems like it has the potential to be a pandora's box...as in tens of thousands applicants.

Just want to see where these chips fall. Plus, there have been very few new topics here on a Friday. GO BILLS!

It was the summer before senior year of high school and about two months before she was crowned homecoming queen. So yeah.

What if they were British? http://daveartlocker.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-if-all-nfl-logos-were-british.html

Kiko: not one for the media. And I love him for that. Guy don't give a !@#$

Quiet, you.

A close colleague of mine has very close ties to the NFL--I'd rather not divulge in a public forum. But hers is a very relevant figure in a VERY relevant organization and her description of the NFL's partnership with SGK was simple: it's a sham.

I take it you won't bother watching then?

Hackett's playcalling has been putrid.

Shocking. Nobody has an opinion on the NFL dinging Brandon Marshall for his Mental Health Awareness cleats?

Agreed. And if someone will JUST look at my charts you'll see our otherwise very good run defense numbers are skewed by a long carry here and there. FOR THE MOST part, runners get stuffed for 3 yards or fewer (60% of the time). Just like third downs, the run defense is good, great, then shaky. But to say it's all bad ignores the fact that two thirds of the time it isn't.

That ranking is murlarkey. 2 rushing TD's allowed through 6 games (T-2) 3.9 ypc through 6 games (T-12)--5 teams average 3.8 And these are very very relevant numbers considering only two teams have faced more rushing attempts (NYG, JAX 192 each) compared to our 189. So, our TD to attempt ratio, is OFF THE CHARTS, in fact it's 3 in the league. Teams have to rush it almost 100 times to score a TD against us.

What's a problem? Something that's not perfect? Something that's not dominant? Something that has lost us games? It's not perfect. It's not dominant. It hasn't lost us any games. It's significantly better than years past. I've been arguing this (by myself) with data in a thread each week: http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/161650-the-2013-run-defense/#entry2945443 Numbers don't lie.

YPG is meaningless. In 2013, the defense is giving up almost a half yard less per rush than the Bills BEST season from 2006-2012, and MORE than a full yard better than last year alone.

You mean most of the people on this board complaining about play calling were...WRONG!?

They're worried about their O-Line and not getting a running game going. Of course, coming off the bye, this might have been a focus of theirs. Read, discuss if you like. Always good to get some insight from the other guys. GO BILLS! http://www.thephins.com/forums/showthread.php?78689-Week-7-Buffalo-Bills

Very well said regarding Bills fans frustration. That said, I maintain that the Jauron era teams had no business even being IN the games they were that bounce away from winning. But that's totally irrelevant at this point.

I think the NFL has really achieved great parity this year. Of the teams with the best record, none strike me as the kind of rolling juggernauts we've seen through 6 weeks in years past. For that reason, determing who the better team is for ANY matchup between teams with 2-4 wins is downright impossible, IMO.

Meanwhile, the NFL reinforces their commitment to awareness. Great timing, fellas. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-chicago-bears-brandon-marshall-green-cleats-20131016,0,2210320.story

I mean, injured or not injured, your point stands. 34 of the 68 active or IR'd players from week 17 2012 GONE by week 6 2013.

I made this prior to the Cincy game.