carpandean

There was one a couple of years ago where the back clearly tried not to score, but fell in, after which the other team scored to win it. But, yeah, you're talking about a really small chance of missing a chip shot or a missed snap vs. the chance that the other team either drives for a winning touchdown or gets a tying field goal and then wins it in OT. Small in both cases, but the former is likely much smaller. Win % are both very high, but it's probably more like 99.9% vs. 99%.

In good weather, that's the play. Fish couldn't stop the clock, Bills could run it down and walk off with a chip shot, instead of some really small chance that they tie the game had he scored there with time left. That said, with a snow-covered field, it made me a little more nervous, especially when he dropped a little early. Yeah, it was two yards, but ... again ... snow.

Trying to rank two different types of things is always tough. If the season ended today and there was a Sabres MVP vote, it wouldn't be unanimous, and it would likely be close. That's all I need to know.

Scary that Tage could easily have had four points tonight. I'd have to watch really closely to see why he didn't get an assist on Cozen's EN. Then, he didn't actually try at the buzzer, but it seemed like he could have added another EN if he had really wanted to.

Second? Did I miss Gretzky coming out of retirement to take the first star?

The next two games (Jets and Miami) are tests, too. Both teams can (and did) beat the Bills. Yeah, there were factors in each that were different than these games, but I'm certainly not taking either as a given.

Look, a hockey stick!

Which outcome you wanted, Cincy vs. KC, depended a little on whether you think the Bills will "right the ship" and finish strong, like last year, or continue to stumble a bit as the find their game. Even in the latter case, though, it would have to be bad enough for the Bills to be on the cusp and it would have to come down to the Bills or Cincy. I'm going to take the outcome as a positive. Everything else was great, except the minor blip of Baltimore.

They almost came back against the Vikings, but another L for the Jets.

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 ...