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    Denver forced to play with no QB

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    1 hour ago, dma0034 said:

    Saints aren't playing with a QB either. I'm starting Hinton as a WR in fantasy and idc.

     

    Who the hell is Hinton???

    54 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    This is basically where I am, especially since there were potential solutions including allowing the Broncs QC coach to suit up or delaying the game until Tues to allow 1 of the QB to come off the list.

     

    No there was no option to delay the game...that is done strictly for medical reasons not because thr team does dumb stuff.

    The Effect of the Bills on Dan Marino’s Postseason Success

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    54 minutes ago, JohnNord said:

    I started comparing QB stats and came across Dan Marino.  I’d say he sort of had an interesting career stat wise - tremendous success early in his career, and NFL record for TD passes, and a Super Bowl appearance. 
     

    For the rest of his career he put up very great numbers (though never as good as his first few seasons) but he never reached another Super Bowl.  Not only that but he only reached an AFC Championship Game one other time in 1993.  
     

    All of this, yet Marino is still regarded as one of the best QB’s of all time and has the stats to make the argument.  Yet he had very limited success in terms of sustained post season success.  Miami was always a 10 or 11 win team under Marino, who occasionally won a Wildcard game, but barely got further than that.   
     

    While I only followed his career occasionally, Im wondering why Marino didn’t achieve more success?  Was he a QB that just didn’t deliver in big games when he needed to?  Was Don Shula living on his past laurels from the 1970’s?  Or did the Miami organization not put enough talent around him?  

    I also wonder if the Bills success during his prime derailed his chances to succeed (much like the Patriots of the past 20 years or so).  From what I can remember, every time it mattered the Bills and Jim Kelly beat Dan Marino - including 3 times in the playoffs.  
     

     

     

    They had no running game at all...so late in games when they needed to burn clock and run the ball they couldn't. That puts a lot of stress on the QB.

     

    In some ways they were designed to attack weaknesses of other teams being built to defend the run so much during that era and take advantage of matchups but in other ways they weren't good enough to do that as well as they could have been. They had no real TE threat.

     

    And to answer your question, a large part was the Bills were simply a better team top to bottom than the Dolphins were. More HOF caliber players and more talent.

     

    Denver forced to play with no QB

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    1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    Thursday and Friday are irrelevant for contact tracing.

     

    The guy who tested positive had the swab collected Weds. and the result was reported early AM on Thurs  - I think they get the results at 4:30 am or something like that.  The guy who tested positive never walked in the door on Thurs.

     

    So any contacts had to have occurred on Weds - but they weren't reporting on the results until Saturday afternoon, when they sent the 3 QBs home?

     

    That's bogus.  The way it's supposed to work is you get a positive result and you know who the contacts are right away, within hours - like when the Bills found out on Saturday am that Knox had tested positive on Friday, and within hours identified and isolated the close contacts, or a similar timeframe with Norman and his contacts.

     

     

    You could say the same thing about the Ravens and about the Titans, and yet...games were rescheduled or delayed

     

    Different circumstances. Those teams were having positive tests day after day...

     

    This situation is due to contact tracing not positive tests.

    Denver forced to play with no QB

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    1 minute ago, TroutDog said:


    That’s silly. If a team’s players act a fool, they deserve to deal with the repercussions. The Bills have managed this well and it has clearly been demonstrated for the vast majority of the season. 

     

    I mean do the Broncos have anyone but themselves to blame? They had all the QBs near each other without masks and without tracking devices much if the time.

    What's going on with the Betting Line in Bills/Chargers?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    1 hour ago, Casey D said:

    So at - 5 1/2 most of the public pundits are all in on the Bills.  The line always seemed to be lower than expected-- at 538 Bills are deemed 9 point favorites.  But now the line has been driven down to 4 1/2 to 4.  Why is so much money pouring in on a 3-7 LAC team?  Sharpies seem to think they know something, but what is it? 

     

    Chargers lose a lot of one score games.

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    Lions fire HC Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    4 hours ago, Don Otreply said:

    At the current rate the NFL is becoming the pro college league, lots of offense and not nearly enough defense. But what are ya gonna do, College ball is where the players come from, so ya get what ya get.

     

    Just like in Pinkalicious...

    Pinkalicious' Father said

    "You get what you get, and you don't get upset."

     

    But she got VERY upset.

    Lions fire HC Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    3 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

     

    you could say the same about RW for the most part other than late 80's to late 90's  Kind of interesting both from Detroit, must be in the water.

     

     

    He's not alone.  So far Flores looking like the exception, but need to see more than one year of success too.

     

    Bills had some good teams in the late 70s/early 80s.

     

    Also the AFL Bills won championships.

     

    But mostly correct.

    1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:

    Was coming. Houston is the best job. Yea you are draft deficient in year 1 but you inherit a roster with a top 5 QB and only one other player who you are "stuck with" in Tunsil. It is a pretty blank sheet of paper. I'd try and re-sign Fuller if I could but beyond that you can build it up with your own guys.

     

    I agree...and Watson is younger than the other QBs. Missing picks in your first draft isn't ideal but should be able to overcome it relatively quickly...

     

    Atlanta has some offensive talent but Ryan is getting up there in age.

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    The Life of an NFL Players' Personal Chef

    in Off the Wall

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    57 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

     

    Why not just do it?  I cook all my own meals (excepting the occasional meal out).  It's a fun skill to develop and you will only make you enjoy.  Get a freazer and meal prep!

     

    My wife normally cooks healthy meals every day but she isn't a chef, nor does she have the time and energy to put the effort into making fancier types of meals that you would normally get from a chef along with various new twists, etc thst only s true chef could do well...

     

    I am a very good cook when I want to be...it was a great skill to have when I was single and I would invite women over for a home cooked meal...and then they brought dessert 😉

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