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The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge v80 and later , Firefox and Safari. A punt and an interception, coupled with general defensive malaise, allowed the Bills to race out to a lead.
NE took back a measure of control with a second quarter touchdown and it was a one score game when Damien Harris punched it in with remaining in the 4th. Josh Allen then engineered an impressive play yard drive that included a few 3rd down conversions to bleed the remaining clock. The only part I'm unsure of is whether Buffalo will have too much time to run out the clock at the end and scores a TD instead. On the Bills' final 3rd down conversion, Matt Judon was literally decapitated as he was about to take down Allen.
Despite it happening to a guy with bright red sleeves at the most watched location on the entire field, no flag was thrown by the back judge. This is not a criticism of the Bills or their OL, more a question of what has to happen for Judon to earn a holding call at this point. They'd clearly already thrown their quota of flags earlier, as there were some absolute muggings by both teams going on at the end of that game, and nary a flag in site.
At least if it's a replay of the last game, where "sticky" coverage by both teams would have brought 15 flags by last year's standard in every game before the AFCCG and SB. It's even less likely when you spend most of the game failing in that task. Oh, and speaking of Judon and missed calls In the red sleeves? Blame the script writers for recent Patriots games, not me! They keep trotting out the same tired beats and cliches, so there's no reason to stop now!
The setup is in Winter Soldier, the payoff is in Endgame. The Endgame reference is more relevant here since it's about returning heroes. The video is linked in audibles, watch for Andy Dalton during Patrick Peterson's run back of his pick six Not sure if he's trying to walk in that direction or what exactly It's almost like you've never read the research at the site you work for.
Here, I'll help you out! Stomps are a good predictor of playoff success. But it's a correlation, not a skill that is itself relevant.
It's not "much use" to be able to stomp on "weak opponents" in the playoffs because there are no weak opponents in the playoffs. Do you know what that word means? You just escalated a hundred-fold, just because I took issue with your poorly motivated attempt to "correct" Mike.
But since you started this thread by chastising Mike for not reading the data on this site, I think it's worth pointing out that Mac Jones is not a " below-average quarterback. Cincy's biggest weakness--protecting Burrow--plays directly into one of Vegas's biggest strengths.
Also, sacks and pressure-associated turnovers can have an outsized effect on the outcome. You're just excluding the middle. Given the volatile nature of both teams, I could see either winning in a blowout. Same here. I still enjoy Tanier's wit but really the continued shade he continues to throw the Steelers and Big Ben is tiresome, especially as Ben on his last legs made a bunch of clutch throws to beat his hated rivals yet again and get the Steelers into the playoffs.
From a Steelers fan perspective, it's too bad Houston couldn't pull off the upset --if I understand correctly, that would have given KC the top seed and moved Tennessee to second.
There is at least a chance that the Steelers could have dragged the Titans into another one of their characteristic ugly games and defeated them despite D. Henry's yards rushing! OTOH, if a concatenation of improbable events, dubious outcomes, and miracles takes place, it would be fun in a twisted, enjoying everyone else's discomfiture, perhaps even schadenfreude way to have a Turnpike Super Bowl between the Steelers and the Eagles! The game plan should be simple: use the pass rush to hit Mahomes early and often.
Remember the Super Bowl from last year and use that as the model. TJ Watt and friends can do it. It's a long shot, I know. But the Steelers have been refusing to just die already for months now. A popup featuring Skip Bayless appears on my screen when I open this page to read comments.
Thank all that is holy that it is at least muted, and my speakers are off anyway. Any reminder that Skip Bayless exists is a significant diminishment of my quality of life. I come here to enjoy interesting commentary and discussion. Bayless does not provide that.
Couldn't we get some higher quality pop up adds, like something for ED, or the Rodgers Rate, or that woman in the red outfit touting some cell phone provider? Oh, for the days of Catholic Match Girl I guess I wasn't all that young when I adopted that name although in my own mind The Chiefs are the team that would kill everyone if they could just settle for the easy stuff, but they struggle when they start chasing the dragon and looking to make crazy YouTube highlights.
Buffalo will suddenly forget how to field punts or execute simple handoffs. BUF, KC and CIN are almost the same team - liable to steamroll you if they play well, but perfectly capable of bumbling away the game no matter who they're playing. TEN and NE are also almost the same team - capable of grinding you into the dirt if you spot them a 3-point lead, totally off their game plan if they fall behind by more than one score.
Then there's PIT, whose entire season has played out like their week 1 game against BUF - a solid D paired with an O based on smoke and mirrors that sometimes does just enough to win. And LV. And even after watching all of last night's captivating game against LAC, I still don't know what to say about LV other than they are definitely a football team who are good at, well, ummm Rushing the passer.
LV is good at rushing the passer and This is honestly one of the dumbest narratives out there, and proof you guys don't watch the games. Patrick Mahomes has faced the Steelers twice in his career. In those games, he's for for yards and NINE touchdowns. I'd say Chiefs is the safest bet on the board next weekend, if Andy Reid weren't involved. Friends don't let friends bet money on any aspect of any playoff game involving Andy Reid.
Mahomes giving points in the playoffs is a riskier play than you'd think. He's started 8 playoff games and been down two scores in 6 of them. Wildly, he's in those games and would be if Dee Ford lined up onside.
Per p-f-r, since when Reid became a HC, teams are in the playoffs vs. Obviously, they have to be. Reid is , so actually he is fractionally better than average. Is our fearless leader in such shock from the result that all he could bring us is a throw away victimization index? Mike usually doesn't stumble until after the divisional round, so that would be an improvement for the Cowboys.
Rhodes modifies the roster, dropping or demoting various older veterans, and early in the season names Rodney Peete as the starting quarterback over Randall Cunningham. The Eagles' big free agent signing is 49ers running back Ricky Watters; they also signed various low profile players. For What? The regular season highlight was a late season win over the eventual Super Bowl champion Cowboys when Barry Switzer, in the pre-analytics days, went for it twice on 4th and 2 feet at his own 29 yard line at around the 2 minute mark of the 4th quarter in defense-dominated, cold and windy, game.
Technically the Cowboys went for it once, but the first play was negated by the 2 minute warning, even though it looked like the ball was snapped before the 2 minute warning. As a bonus, Ed Hochuli provided some succinct by his standards explanations about what happened. Finally, analytics or not, based on the flow of that game I strongly feel punting was the smart move in that spot, both then and now.
Amazingly, the Cowboys ran the exact same play twice a left side run by Emmitt Smith, who gained yards rushing in the game but only about 10 of those yards in the 2nd half and the result, the Eagles defense stuffing the play for no gain, was exactly the same both times.
John Madden was incredulous that the Cowboys went for it, that the first play didn't count, and that the Cowboys ran the same play twice. Raiders nearly gave away Steelers playoff hopes. More Steelers Wire. Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger with a bit of gamesmanship ahead of playoffs. Steelers HC Mike Tomlin considering division of labor at punter this week Who will the Steelers start at punter this week?
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