Divisional Round Weekend

8slim

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friend of mine theorizes that it’s not about the effectiveness of the ads. It’s about buying influence with the media

definitely a little tin hatty kind of view but it’s true there isn’t much bad press about the pharma space (that I’ve seen anyway)
Your friend isn’t right. It’s entirely about getting people to walk into their doctor’s office and demand they get Drug X that they saw on TV. From people I know in the medical profession , they hate those ads because they cause people to act like their ordering a Big Mac.
 

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I’m an Allen defender - they put so much on his shoulders - but he had diggs wide open on that crosser. That was the game, I think
And Romo, who takes a lot of deserved shit, correctly called it out immediately. That was a huge miss.
 

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Your friend isn’t right. It’s entirely about getting people to walk into their doctor’s office and demand they get Drug X that they saw on TV. From people I know in the medical profession , they hate those ads because they cause people to act like their ordering a Big Mac.
that’s an even crazier theory. I don’t buy that people see these ads and convince their doctor to give them a certain drug - it’s never made sense to me
 

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6/6 for Mahomes In the AFCCG as a starter. Brady's consecutive record is 9, right?

edit: I'm going through them in my head and I think its' actually 8 (2011-12 to 2018-19 seasons)
 

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Why? He's fun to watch. And in order to even have a shot at Brady he'd need what Brady had, which is essentially a second hall of fame career added to his first one.
If the Chiefs win this year, the media will already crown Mahomes as the GOAT. It isn’t that Mahomes would be easy to hate on his own, but his dick riders in the media make it was easier to hate him and the Chiefs.
 

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I know it’s a division rival, but living in upstate NY, I do feel for Bills fans. We live 4 hours away and there were still a million kids wearing their Bills stuff this weekend every event we were at. I’ve told our friends for years, I’ll root for them to win one and then back to rooting against them. A dedicated, tortured fan base.
 

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Sorry, but the rooting against Mahomes and KC is weird to me, especially when it involves the odious Ravens franchise. Will the unparalleled sports fan experience of 2001-2018 somehow be diminished for you if another phenomenal athlete approaches Brady's record?
 

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Sorry, but the rooting against Mahomes and KC is weird to me, especially when it involves the odious Ravens franchise. Will the unparalleled sports fan experience of 2001-2018 somehow be diminished for you if another phenomenal athlete approaches Brady's record?
yes. Kind of want pats and Brady to be the best, not among the best
 

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The only hatable person in Baltimore is Harbaugh. There's no Suggs, no Ray Lewis, no Ray Rice, etc. So, I'll easily root for the Ravens over a very easy to dislike Chiefs team.
 

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The Bills had ball luck all game long; one fumble that got pushed out of bounds, another that the Chiefs defender tried to scoop vs just falling on it and Chiefs fumble out of the end zone on the one yard line.

And they still lost.

They are truly cursed.

Gee, what a shame.
 

Justthetippett

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Allen saying he didn't get enough on the throw on 2nd & 9.

It's just coaching malpractice to come out of the two-minute warning looking to score within 5 seconds. With that defesne against Mahomes, you have to play it slower. But sure let's focus on the play instead of the playcall.

It's the same thing with Diggs deep ball - Diggs did drop it, but what about the playcall? Why were they trying to score so fast?
I mean he hit Diggs in the hands and had #10 open. These games come down to execution in critical spots. What really killed them though was that they had no good answers once KC started taking away the running the game. If Hardman doesn't "fumble", this game ends up being not very close.
 

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The only hatable person in Baltimore is Harbaugh. There's no Suggs, no Ray Lewis, no Ray Rice, etc. So, I'll easily root for the Ravens over a very easy to dislike Chiefs team.
That’s where I’m at. I like Lamar a ton. No other player on that team bothers me. The Ravens fans I know are fine.
 

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6/6 for Mahomes In the AFCCG as a starter. Brady's consecutive record is 9, right?

edit: I'm going through them in my head and I think its' actually 8 (2011-12 to 2018-19 seasons)
One reason I was hoping for Buffalo today - it would have reset that whole consecutive conference championship game streak ticker again. Now he's got a legit shot at it.
 

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I mean he hit Diggs in the hands and had #10 open. These games come down to execution in critical spots. What really killed them though was that they had no good answers once KC started taking away the running the game. If Hardman doesn't "fumble", this game ends up being not very close.
Which is exactly why the Bills' one way to steal this one was to score and score very late. Which both the Diggs deep playcall and the post two minute playcalls completely forgot about.

McD probably keeps his job because BUF did suffer some terrible injuries on D (Matt Milano, etc.) that left them compromised, but he sucks as a coach.
 

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The only hatable person in Baltimore is Harbaugh. There's no Suggs, no Ray Lewis, no Ray Rice, etc. So, I'll easily root for the Ravens over a very easy to dislike Chiefs team.
I like John all right because he’s the brother of Jim, who was a very good coach at Stanford, San Francisco, and Michigan, all of which teams I like. To each their own.
 

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One reason I was hoping for Buffalo today - it would have reset that whole consecutive conference championship game streak ticker again. Now he's got a legit shot at it.
Someone is going to come along and be better than Brady. Fighting it is like every generation that refuses to see the one that comes next as it’s equal.

It might be Mahomes. It might take 50 years. It will happen. Some team will win more Super Bowl trophies than the Patriots. Maybe then they will take the title back. But if they do, they will lose it again.

Nothing lasts forever. Knowing it is inevitable, what difference does it really make? It is all just timing. Just enjoy the ride. Maybe you will get ”lucky” and not have to see it happen before you’re old and infirm and don’t care about football anymore. But if it doesn’t and happens sooner, really, what difference does it make.

Records are written in pencil. Brady is retired. It’s all just a matter of time, my friend.
 

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Hardo should also take some heat for the fake punt.
Hardo should be fired for that little stunt. Running a fake punt deep in your own territory by handing the ball off to a former dead guy? It’s like he was plotting a Disney movie.

Hardo shows his ass and the Bills loose in excruciating, nut crushing fashion. It’s like Christmas all over again.

The Bills are $40 million over the cap for next year. They acted like they deserved to win when Brady left the division. No one has talked more and won less than the Bills and their fans.
 

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They acted like they deserved to win when Brady left the division. No one has talked more and won less than the Bills and their fans.
This.

Mahomes has ripped their collective hearts out three times.

This was their year, this was their time; sitting at 6-6 and on the outside looking in, they ripped off four wins in a row, went to Miami and won the division, were handed the #2 seed and a tomato can in the first round, home field advantage vs the Chiefs.

And still lost.

They had a nice little window and couldn't get to a Super Bowl, never mind actually win one.

Miami out.
Buffalo out.
Hopefully Chiefs out.
Baltimore then loses to the 49ers.

We'll see.
 

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Hardo should be fired for that little stunt. Running a fake punt deep in your own territory by handing the ball off to a former dead guy? It’s like he was plotting a Disney movie.

Hardo shows his ass and the Bills loose in excruciating, nut crushing fashion. It’s like Christmas all over again.

The Bills are $40 million over the cap for next year. They acted like they deserved to win when Brady left the division. No one has talked more and won less than the Bills and their fans.
I gotta go to Wegman's tomorrow and find a displaced Bills fan and tell them this. Thanks!
 

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I want to know what I did to deserve rooting for this team for 30+ years. The Bills can't just keep running the same team back. They invest all this money and draft capital in a defensive line that folds in big games, year in and year out. I don't know the answer, but bringing back McDermott for another run with these jabronis is a tough sell for me.
 

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The blocking was worse. It was basically six linemen on four rushers and they didn't block any of them. Watching the full replay, half of them seemed to have no idea what to do, and the ones who did just got blown off the ball.. Makes me wonder just how much they practiced that.
I was in transit for a few minutes and missed that play. Holy crap what a clusterfuck. Absolutely deserve to lose.
 

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The blocking was worse. It was basically six linemen on four rushers and they didn't block any of them. Watching the full replay, half of them seemed to have no idea what to do, and the ones who did just got blown off the ball.. Makes me wonder just how much they practiced that.
Keep in mind that “linemen” in punt protection are not linemen at all. The vast majority of them are LBs with a backup TE or two thrown in, and then your wings are typically safeties or RBs. None of them have any training in run blocking, and they’re taught to kick-slide for punt pro working backwards for 2-3 steps in college and that’s probably all the technical training they get in blocking.

Now, with numbers up, you’d hope they could lay a hat on someone, but this is why if I’m an STC, I’m never making my fake a run play. They just don’t have any technical training in it. Make it a pass play where your guys are at least nominally trained to kick slide, sneak a wing or the PP out the side for a screen while running the gunner diagonally away from there toward the opposite corner and you give yourself a chance. Never ever call a running punt fake unless you need like 6 inches, and even then, either pass the ball or punt it.

My take is that it’s coaching malpractice to have that play installed, and I get why the players audibles to it, but that never should have been in the playbook to begin with.
 

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That fake punt reminded me of the fake punt by the Pats in the divisional playoff loss to the Jets after the 2010 season. Chung basically gifted the Jets a TD right before the half. Still the most inexplicable loss of the dynasty.