If another fanbase asks why I’m not angry about Sam potentially winning a superbowl with another franchise, I’d show them this video. This mind set is why guys like him succeeded and guys like Jamal Adams failed.
Buf fans are continuing to take shots. These are the stats of Allen vs Lamar since 2023
Record
-Allen: 5-4
-Lamar: 2-2
Ints
-Allen: 5 (should have been 7)
-Lamar: 2
Fumbles
-Allen: 10
-Lamar: 2
Turnovers by their D
-Allen: 12
-Lamar: 0
Times starting in Opp territory (excludes garbage time drives)
-Allen: 6
-Lamar: 0
Super Bowls:
-Allen: 0
-Lamar: 0
Buf fans need to sit down and be quiet.
Cooks didn’t establish himself as a runner so he has to survive the ground with possession. If there was no DB on this play and here merely loses possession on the first roll as he hits the ground, we would agree it’s incomplete. Therefore, this is an INT.
So Josh Allen throws 2 INTs, fumbles 3 times, loses 2 and the world mourns his heartbreak but if Lamar Jackson throws an INT and fumbles once he's a choke artist? Did I get this narrative right?
I understand why Bills fans don't want to understand why it's not a catch. They're emotional and invested. It's natural. They're quite literally coping.
I genuinely don't understand how anyone who is not a Bills fan does not understand that Cooks didn't survive the ground. It does not matter that for a fraction of a second his knee is down, and he was touched. That's not the rule. The moment he hit the ground, he lost control, and the ball wound up in McMillian's arms.
At some point when reviewing plays, the league should consider adding a speed threshold for anything involving the element of time.
When you slow plays down to 1/100th the speed, it distorts what actually happened and makes it look like, in this case, Cooks possessed the ball for seconds prior to losing it. The game is not played in slow motion or frame by frame.
For a catch:
A) Secure control of the ball ✅
B) Two feet down in bounds ✅
C) After (a) and (b) have been fulfilled, clearly performs any act common to the game (e.g., extend the ball forward, take an additional step, tuck the ball away and turn upfield, or avoid or ward off an opponent), or he maintains control of the ball long enough to do so.
C is where there is a judgement needed since A and B are clearly met. Now consider this note to the rule:
If a player, who satisfied (a) and (b), but has not satisfied (c), contacts the ground and loses control of the ball, it is an incomplete pass if the ball hits the ground before he regains control, or if he regains control out of bounds.
Because Cooks did lose control of the ball when he contacted the ground and the ball never contacted the ground, it was ruled an interception by Denver.
When I first saw it, I thought it was a catch.
When they showed the immediate replay, I was sure it was a catch.
Every angle showed me it was indeed a catch, until I saw THIS angle.
If this angle didn't exist, Bills win that game.
The @broncos owe this camera man a beer.