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Correct. Ya just more the zone in general. I just don't think you can do that against Joe burrow consistently, as it's just too easy for someone as smart as him Of course you got to play it sometimes, as even the most man dominant defences in the nfl are probably around the 40-45% man mark or whatever it is

A “girl next door” cutie …. I wouldn’t say no to visiting her “art center”

Week 16 must not have very desirable matchups?

The coaches have nothing to do with it.

Bengals vs Dolphins now at 1 pm.

The reality is, is that the NFL baseline testing is likely a joke. It's a cognitive test that players have to do with individual results. To really play devils advocate, you could even ask, are players taking these cognitive tests and acting like the biggest idiot in the world so if they ever get a concussion, they can easily clear it? From what I was listening to on the radio earlier, these "independent evaluators" are actually employed by the teams. That's what happened with Tua when he had his "back spasms". Either way, players are going to want to play even if they had their "bell rung" because they have that competitive nature in them so if the doctor tells them they are good they are likely going to say "well the doctor said so, so I guess I'm good".

I have cognitive issues, but don’t see why we need to bring that into the discussion. We were talking about the need for a domed stadium - let’s get back to the topic at hand, shall we?

I think if he typed like you did in this post, they’d have pulled him. I jest, I jest. I’ve phone botched, too!

So is zone the issue or that we aren't getting hands on receivers that you take issue with? EDIT: I assume when you say press you're referring to a true jam at the line.

I go back and forth between optimism and pessimism. Right now it looks like the Bengals, Chiefs, and Ravens are going to miss the playoffs. So the teams we went into the season maybe fearing most are no threat. The Colts and Jonathan Taylor are fading. And with Jones hurt it looks over for that team. Denver, New England, Houston, and even Jacksonville look good. But the playoffs bring extra expectations and pressure. They're all pretty new to the dance. Experience is something the Bills have over them all. Still they have to play their best to win. Maybe get some players back healthy? And make a run. For this to work the defense needs to show up big. The Bills beating the Patriots next week would be huge. Planting the seeds of doubt for a potential playoff rematch.

We haven't had him since week 18 last year

I feel like I was right not to be overly concerned about the safety position when everyone else was panicking. Well I'll admit Rapp was much worse than I expected. I don't know if it was the injury or what but he went from being a decent player to an outright liability. My whole thing all along was I didn't need a superstar at the position, just no liabilities. Once Rapp was removed and we inserted a replacement level player in Poyer the whole machine clicked into place. Obviously big credit to Bishop as well who has elevated his game well beyond what I expected based on his early season play.

Besides the obvious signs of grabbing at his head after it bounced off frozen ground, you could tell he wasn’t right from how he was playing. He had a few drops where he was wide open and something wasn’t working right with his motor skills. The announcers even made some excuses for what they saw, like he must have heard the footsteps of White behind him after giving a 15 yard cushion. Then somehow he made that one handed circus catch touchdown.

past generations of players have already done that.

The Bills going through an October slump has pretty much become the standard. Penalties. Turnovers. Poor Run D. Even Josh reverting to bad habits. Sometimes it stretches into November. And it doesn't seem to matter who the opponent is. Then suddenly it hits Thanksgiving and the team wakes up.

He did against Pitt, but without having looked at anything other than live, I came away thinking he was getting picked on 2nd most after Cam Lewis yesterday. Seemed like he was on Tee a lot yesterday though, and thats a bear of a matchup for anyone. Cant really remember as much in the few weeks previous to Pitt game though.... I def remember him looking rough early quarter of season, weeks 5-9'ish are a bit cloudier. Would be great news if the reason Im not remembering is just a Corner doing his job!! Shaq Thompson - LB'er. Whos been lights out as of late! I doubt Lawson is on a roster, but not on ours [Edit: I stand corrected it appears? Shaq Lawson is on our roster? LOL mustve happened over the holiday and I missed it]

Don’t commit crimes. End of discussion.

I found this link to add some context to this guy. https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/breaking-news/article/bengals-release-wr-jermaine-burton-after-he-was-suspended-for-bills-game-marking-latest-off-field-issue-202826552.html

Pete Hegseth needs to resign!

That was the game plan in the Damar game and in the playoff game too. That's why Josh was 0-2 vs them going into this game

NYC?

Very good point. Most teams with superstar QBs are going to be carried by their superstar QB. I would also argue that Buffalo has won as many (if not more) games this season because of James Cook, than because of Josh Allen. Also, Christian Benford should get equal credit for helping the Bills win that game (crazy pick six AND shutting down Jamar Chase).

I don't think he'd ever admit it, but I'm pretty confident that McDermott has dialed down the intensity of the players for the first three months of the season. I think we're just now starting to see more hitting, tighter coverages, more blitzing. I think he believes, and I agree, that for several of the previous seasons the Bills peaked too early. He doesn't want that to happen any more. He wants to peak in January. I say it particularly about tighter coverages. In October the underneath receivers on in-breaking and out-breaking routes were open a lot. They had big cushions. Compare that to yesterday. Yes, Burrow completed a lot, but playing against as good a pair of wide outs and an excellent TE, the number of plays when the defender was right there, often making a play on a perfectly throw ball, was impressive. It's the same defenders, but they're getting tougher and tougher as the season goes on.

More handouts for the most coddled, pathetic people in the United States.