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I heard today they are considering this?
That's fantastic. They needed some good news and positive vibes.
C'mon. You can't go there.
I wonder which team America will be rooting for. The plucky underdog Patriots? Or the other team? I guess only time will tell.
Yeah, I heard about that a bit earlier. It made me go look up the cause of death for his brother Paul, as I worked for him for a couple years. Great guy.
Guessing he's the highest paid kick returner in the league, he'd better do that every week.
Football Outsiders has them as the #2 team in RB yards. They’re 4th in power run success rate. They’re 7th in 2nd level yards per carry. They’re 3rd in open field yards. James Cook is averaging 5.7 ypc. Devin Singletary is averaging 4.6 ypc.Guessing he's the highest paid kick returner in the league, he'd better do that every week.
Seriously though, really hope the lack of running game doesn't doom them again this post season.
Agreed. There was very little pressure yesterday from the Dline.
Which was highly concerning seeing as how they seemed to be blitzing quite a bit.
Wait, you think McCaffrey "may have been better" than James Cook, and I'm crazy?Football Outsiders has them as the #2 team in RB yards. They’re 4th in power run success rate. They’re 7th in 2nd level yards per carry. They’re 3rd in open field yards. James Cook is averaging 5.7 ypc. Devin Singletary is averaging 4.6 ypc.Guessing he's the highest paid kick returner in the league, he'd better do that every week.
Seriously though, really hope the lack of running game doesn't doom them again this post season.
This last week was the first time all year the Bills were under 100 yards rushing (largely attributable to the fact that they ran 2 kickoffs back for TDs which eliminated 2 of their offensive possessions). Coming into the week, they were the ONLY team in the NFL that had rushed for over 100 yards every game.
If there’s a “problem” with the run game it’s simply that they don’t run it a ton in general. Other than that, the only even somewhat concerning running stat is that they are 13th in run stuff percentage. So their worst stat is still above average.
If you still think the Bills were going to be able to trade for anyone that is better than James Cook right now, you’re crazy. McCaffery is the only one that may have been better and that just wasn’t happening.
Well, one way is to keep their offenses off the field by successfully running the ball and controlling the clock, which also allows your D to rest. It's going to be difficult to win a shootout with no running game as we saw in KC last year.
The reason why we almost won that game was #17. The lack of a running game was immaterial. The presence of a passing game and lack of a pass rush were decisive.
The reason why they lost is because they couldn't stop KC at the end, and a contributing factor to that was that their D was on the field for 9 more minutes than KC's was during the game. That certainly impacts the pass rush, so I think the lack of a running game was hardly immaterial.
Well, that's why they need a better RB.
Everybody is understandably concerned about Damar Hamlin's long-term health, but the bottom line is that we're putting a third-string safety out there. Against Mac Jones, that doesn't matter. Against a Tua-less Miami team, that probably doesn't matter. Against the Bengals and Chiefs, it matters a lot. Getting Hyde back would be huge.
Oh yeah, and Hamlin got discharged today.
If the Chargers beat the Jags and Ravens beat the Bengals, the Bills have to play the Chargers. Only way the Chiefs play the Chargers is if the Chargers and Bengals both win. And fwiw, I’d really prefer not to play the Bengals though that is certainly the most likely matchup assuming the Bills win this week.
Exactly, which is why I'm kind of hoping the Chargers go to KC rather than the Jags.
I don’t want to have to play the Bengals, but it would be kind of fitting/fair. The Bengals did get kind of screwed by how things played out, so the two of them playing does seem destined.
I bet he gets announced at that start of this week’s game. Kinda wish they’d wait and do it next week because the odds are they’ll win this week and have a much tougher matchup next week where a little pre-game bump would be even more meaningful, but with no guarantees of next week, I think it will be this week.
I kinda didn't want to say it, but I agree. The hype bump next week would be awesome.
Thanks for posting that video. Gave me partial goosebumps a few times. Can't wait to play it for my boys tomorrow...
I'm pretty sure I heard Chris Brown was filling in for Murph on the radio call. I've been assuming that was him on the Nyheim Hines KO return calls I've seen over the past week, and in that video. Can anyone confirm that?
Yeah it was Brown
Yup. Brown and Eric Wood teamed up for the radio calls.
Then they get Baltimore. Still I would rather have Jax than CIN assuming the Bills take care of business.
Baltimore without Jackson is obviously a totally different team, but Dobbins makes the offense ok even with a lesser QB and the Ravens defense has done a decent job against top QBs….ugh.
