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Crazy stats of the day from NFL.com (bolding added by me for particularly cool stat):

Yeah, when even Belichick leaves three timeouts on the board with 1:53 left down by only two scores, you know they have no answer.

Anyone know when the Bills game starts? 😁

Honestly, I just wish Lewis had batted down that 4th down pass to Jefferson instead of trying to intercept it. Even ignoring the time and score, an incomplete pass would have been better for field position. Think of how much craziness we might have avoided ...

Usually "taking the safety" involve snapping to the quarterback, who runs around the back of the end zone as long as he safely can, eating up clock, and then steps out. A bad snap can happen there, too. The usual move with the time and score (as opposed to with a lot less time and/or up more points) is to do what they did. They still might stop you in the end zone, resulting in a safety, but if not, you win the game with the clock. Bad exchange at the worst possible time; nothing more to it.

If I had to guess, there was a bit of being pissed at himself for the end of regulation and thinking "I'm going to win it right here!" He had some bad games in the middle (ref: Jacksonville.)

Perspective: They were 6-3 last year through nine, too. Even dropped to 7-6. At the end, they finished 11-6 and were still 13 seconds (or a coin flip) from going to hosting the AFC Championship game.

Get back on track next week. Playing the Browns. Miami on a bye. Jets-Patriots. Josh needs to figure out what's changed in the past three games. Throwing right at defenders. I didn't mind McDermott being aggressive, even though I wouldn't have. A pick being run way out of the end zone made it much worse than turning it over on downs really deep.

I ... uh ... what? ... er ... huh? 💩

It was a joke. "Grip the ball" is a terrible standard for readiness.

Well, you see, he can grip the ball, so ... all good. 😕

And that was before he seemingly hurt his elbow on that strip-fumble. His four interceptions over the last two weeks were all oddly bad, and he missed throws that he normally makes frequently. This season could derail fast if he is hurt.

Smart to rest 2022 Josh in the 2nd and bring in 2018 Josh. We'll need the 2022 version for the rest of the season.

Great second half by the Lions. 🙄

The 2nd half of that Steelers-Dolphins game was a lesson in futility. Just awful football. Steelers DBs with at least four dropped interceptions and there were more 3-and-outs than Jim at a whorehouse ...

Didn't want to add the r? PeCKr 😁 Maybe "Peacock" (PeCoK) line?

I don't know much about the World Games, but I thought the high-level flag football (insert joke about where NFL is going) was pretty entertaining. There was some serious skill on display (not surprising, given borderline NFL players.) The format, in spite of the contact penalties, allowed for a lot of dual-threat players to excel.

Anyone see this (you have to watch on YouTube due to restrictions): Men's Flag Football Championship: Italy vs. USA | 2022 World Games Pretty cool. Fun to watch, despite it being a flag for intentionally hitting a defender. Even features a former Bills (practice squad) player, Dez Lewis. ETA: Women's Championship Game

Well, it does qualify that with:

Kinda crazy, though: He has 13 games to score 13 touchdowns (passing or rushing) to pass Mahomes, 14 to pass Newton and 25 to pass Marino. He has averaged ~ 2 2/3 TDs (99 TDs in 27 GP) over the last 2 1/4 seasons, which works out to ~34 more TD's. Lot of things (we don't talk about Bruno, no, no) can happen in a season, but it's definitely attainable.

Every generation has its "best" debate. For a long time, we had Brady vs. Manning. Rarely can they be objectively stated with certainty. This generation is no different. I can't watch Mahomes play and think that we can objectively say Josh is "the best" with certainty. He is definitely in that discussion, though, and likely will be for the rest of his career. That's all that matters to me. He's our quarterback and he's awesome (most of the time.)

Wait, the Bills won a "close" game? 😲 🤪

Ok, so our D did something (even if there probably should have been a call there.) Now, it's the O's turn.

Tribute to young superfan Mo Gaba.

Neither side of the ball is playing like the Bills. A team crap sandwich.