That Aud Smell

They looked to be hand fighting as the ball arrived.

Not sure. There's lots of data out there and articles regarding the same. And I'm sure the NFL teams are dealing with data that isn't in the public domain. There are definitely reasons that there's been a rise (a sharp one?) in teams going for 2 in situations where - traditionally - teams always kicked the PAT, or, relatedly, pushing for 6 to win a game rather than kicking a field goal to force OT. More than that, the DB had the ball in his hands. Then Davis ripped it away from him.

Some teams started going for 2 in order to win rather than kick a 1 point PAT in order to go to OT - or, as in the case of the Bills/Titans slip game, started going for a TD in order to win rather thank kicking a field goal to go to OT - when the data demonstrated that the better risk is to go for the win rather than play for the tie. There's a 2018 OP-ED from some University of Chicago business school eggheads that seems like a fair statement of the conclusions reached: "In research to be published ... we examined every instance over a recent 10-year period in which N.F.L. teams faced a choice in the final minutes between kicking an extra point to tie the game or going for a 2-point conversion to win. The teams overwhelmingly chose to avoid the risk of immediate defeat: Of the 47 times teams faced this situation, they opted to kick the extra point 42 times (89 percent). This bias can be costly. Teams that chose to avoid the 2-point conversion won the game only 40 percent of the time, which is well below the average rate of successful 2-point conversions (about 50 percent). Surely some of those teams should have known they were underdogs if the game went into overtime, and mistakenly avoided a risk they should have taken."

The irony here is that I liked this variation so much that it swayed me against your thesis. It is only occurring to me now that this board debate is reminiscent of the discussion of an unladened swallow in Monty Python's Holy Grail. Yeah - it's just a thing, imo.

NFL teams often roll the dice on winning (where they have offensive control over the outcome) rather than roll the dice on OT (where they may not get the ball). Isn’t that essentially what the Bills did in 2021 when Josh slipped against the Titans?

And if Peterka is too often not in the lineup — he should be back in Roch?

Who’s the 13th forward once Okposo is back? Hinostroza?

Is Okposo nicked up? I saw Lysowski’s Tweet about how he’s rotating in on the Asplund/Girgensons line.

Bills win by 30+. SMH - that team does not win close games. 😉

More than fair. It’s self-inflicted, sure. I still feel sorta bad for him. And that’s coming from someone who used to just *drag* the guy. I still have him blocked on Twitter. I can’t stand him. 🤪

I’m at a point where I mostly feel bad for the guy. The tide started to turn when Tim Graham implied that Harrington is basically the fat kid on the playground among the region’s sportswriters - ostracized and mocked by his peers.

Perfect player for a good situational fit. And I like Z and Dahlin getting A’s.

I don’t, and agreed I wouldn’t.

At 9:30 local time!

In a neat irony: It makes for mediocre board content.

Some pedantic sh1thousery going on up in har. And somehow I haven’t involved myself. 🤪

They're gonna need a body or bodies, at a minimum. Is Kumerow playing? I dunno. I'm inferring (and trusting) that the coaches have watched Austin closely and concluded that he can't do much for them, for whatever reason. Is he a guy who lost a step after some lower body injuries? A shame, if so. OTOH, it makes my butthole pucker up to think about a rookie fielding punts.

I saw a Canes blogger describe their roster last night as populated by "fringe roster players."

dang - for $300 you could forego the uppers and buy a good quality 8-ball.

Whither Hodgins? (Sp?)

I enjoyed and respect this post, even though I don't agree much with it. In bygone days and just by way of example, players reported to camp out of shape and Mogilny chain smoked filterless Camels at the bar of the old Macaroni Company. They were just such different times. It seems to me that the professionalization of the game, and especially of the players' bodies/health/fitness, is a function of market forces. As the amount of money at stake went up and up, the approach to getting that money responded in kind.

I think that a lot too ... OTOH Agree with this. When Mahomes threw that one TD last night, early in the game (before I fell asleep) - I just laughed out loud. That guy is unreal. They are both phenomenal, as is Lamar. Great report - Go Bills!

This Bills team has guts. Go Bills.

I’m gonna honk this song here. Incredible piece of art based on the real life last words of a fascinating guy:

Ha. I appreciate this separate reply. I bat about 50/50 with getting your jokes. They’re so meta. I’m not sure I follow here, and that’s okay. Go Bills. @PASabreFan : HA! Yes!! Got it now.