mav1234

It feels like it's been 5+ years since we have had meaningful games in November...

if I had my choice you'd play your first game against a division opponent in the first 6ish weeks and the last 6ish would be the second game.

Given Bryce is so good on 4th down why do we bother with the other 3 downs?

Exactly. They grew together. We will never know but I am 100% confident Bryce wouldn't lead that team to the playoffs his first year. Hell, it took him 3 years to get close to Stroud's best game as a rookie. Bryce's issues were well beyond a lack of support. Dudes footwork sucked and he needed a solid OL.

I'm not sure why StatMuse is showing that ranking there, it shows 24th here: https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/which-nfl-team-leads-the-league-in-third-down-conversion-percentage-this-season Which lines up with other sources, e.g.: https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/team-stats?category=downs&sort=o_3rdpct&season=2025&seasonType=reg&sortOrder=desc May be how ties are broken or something.

They may be meaningless in the sense of wins and losses but this team isn't yet at a place where that is honestly all that matters It's full of young players that need to make progress for us to compete consistently and this (multiple players in a year getting it) is evidence that's starting to happen.

I don't think we need to constantly try to put Bryce above the best QBs in the league by twisting stats... I mean especially when it comes to 4th down passing where splits exist for that. But also this is just ignoring so much. 1) Panthers are 24th in the league in 3rd down efficiency, which is a bit lower than average. 2) Goff has a higher QB rating on 4th down than Bryce Young does this year, same with Mahomes. Fwiw, Bryce for his career is similar on 1st and 4th down. 4) One reason we are effective on 4th down is our rushing game, even when it isn't utilized. 5) Bryce is better when the pressure is on than when it isn't, that's for sure, but one reason we have to go for it on 4th so much is that our scoring offense is not good (28th in the NFL) so we are having to eke out every possible point.

That's pretty awesome, tbh. Good to see recognition for the success of last week. Now is the first of many major tests. I hope he and the rest of the offense continue to ball out - more fun this way, lol

Goddamn what a defense

I just think Josh Allen will find a way, though this defense is monstrous

I think Bills are going to win this game. Texans can't move the ball.

And now we await the inevitable nitpicking on one of two names...

Yup. One reason I love Greg calling games is he doesn't overly dumb things down.

He's not playing perfect by any means but I don't know how you could ask for more from a backup against one of the better teams in the league (yes their D sucks but still)

Davis Mills with 2 TDs in the first half, damn

They should have taken a time out

Holy crap and I thought Canales sucked at time management lol

Texans take the lead... But plenty of time for Buffalo before the half ends.

In basically every win but Atlanta he's had 2-3 plays that were a big deal but he also was part of why we needed those 2-3 plays instead of just cruising.

He should have a TD and a bunch more yards. He's missed guys but also had some terrible plays from his receivers

Allen walking off on his own power... Hopefully looked worse than it was

Ah fug Allen is hurt

He's a damn good backup.

Bryce had a hand in the Miami win but not nearly as large of one as Rico and he also had the extra burden of being a big reason we were in the hole in the first place. If we get a winning season he is definitely back for next year though.

Edit: duplicate post somehow lol