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Here is the bandits regular season schedule. Keep in mind that often times the starting time may change, but the dates usually remain the same.

I’m done with even getting a chit from Rosenhaus and letting slay go now *if* there’s a wink from Roseman that slay does not under any circumstances play against us at any point this year. Otherwise he can rot after running his mouth yesterday. We want volunteers, not hostages, but keep the complaints in house.

I think we really need to wait until 51 former, current and/or imagined intelligence agency members declare hallmarks of Russian misinformation campaigns afoot, but that typically comes just prior to an election. For now, rando anonymous reports daisy chained by major American media sources will simply have to do.

I mean of course not haha that was more a comment on how the ‘hot’ team can be accurately course corrected to the ‘overrated’ team at the drop of a hat in the nfl. Beating teams like the titans in September/October is essentially meaningless if you’re losing to teams like Baltimore/Buffalo in December pats have had maybe one playoff relevant game all year so it’s still an incomplete for me but most of the sports world has crowned them it seems.

IMO our problem against Miami wasn't that they stacked the box, it's that it was one of the only games all year where our blockers were losing their 1v1s. I think we came into the game a bit lazy thinking we could cruise to an easy win, and weren't prepared for a Miami team that was ready for a dogfight. I welcome stacked boxes honestly. If Cook finds a crease and gets through the box that's where you see those 40+ yard TD runs. Cincy has a bad front 7 so I expect us to win our 1v1s. I'm not expecting Kincaid or Palmer to play so this will need to be another Pittsburgh type game plan.

That must be a big ass hammer

Conversely, I wonder if it might even grease the skids a little bit with other GM's around the league who are more than happy with Beane to see him messing with Roseman and the Eagles.

Totally different levels of tampering by Miami. I dont think Beane should've done anything outside of the rules, but I also think that type of thing does happen more often than an OWNER calling a HEAD COACH to all meet FACE-TO-FACE with a PLAYER under contract with a different team regarding a way to push him off his current team, join the ownership ranks, and then come back as player/owner. A GM talking to an agent about a number of players and then casually asking "So I take it your guy Slay is looking to get his way back to Philly?" without even mentioning Buffalo being interested could probably fly under all the radar.

If anybody's image is tarnished, in my mind it's Drew Rosenhaus. Aren't agents supposed to understand their clients and the playing field? He clearly misplayed this whole thing.

It’s like giving the bag to Phil Hansen.

Can’t disagree. Biggest cap savings are Von’s 15 million comes off, Dawkins, Brown, Shakir, and Rousseau. I’d only keep Dawkins. They don’t believe Shakir can get open. His average pass is 3 yards. Brown hurt every year, and looks like he will have perpetual back problems, and it seems like there are replacements on the roster. Rousseau is an end that can’t rush the passer. Trade what you can for picks and package picks to move up. We also need to stop drafting players with injury histories: Kincaid, Jackson, and Hairston. I don’t trust the gm to get any of this right. Take 2 years to reload and then take a serious run. Broncos did it with Elway and then won 2.

Ok… **** this guy. Let him stay home. Cut him on December 29th.

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I'm terrified that Burrow will be carving our defense with quick passes just like he did in the previous 3 games vs us. Our soft zone will not get close to these receivers and we wont get to him in time with our pass rush. In addition to your point, when we lost to Burrow in the playoffs, the weather wasnt the best in Buffalo and the field was icy but it was Burrow and the Bengals that excelled and we looked completely unprepared for the conditions (in addition to the Bengals).

Thats why I'd think they'll waive him. I'm wondering if he even plays much if he was ok with being here. Maybe in a pinch?

Mariah Carey has ruined Christmas music.

I'm pretty sure the Bills can put him on the "Reserve/Did Not Report" list, which makes it so he doesn't count as a roster spot and his cap doesn't count either.

I dont really buy that keeping his rights will harm the Bills' relationships with players and agents. We played within the rules of the system. We didnt even bend let alone break a rule. If the players/agents want to feel some type of way about it, take it up with the NFLPA and CBA.

The worst part is that Slay has to remain on the active roster, so the Bills essentially have a 52 man roster now.

Nice little summary about the impact of the J6 bomber. https://www.kunstler.com/p/cold-case-heats-up

And if Beane tampered, there's a chance that 3rd round pick may have been his first selection of the draft. A draft we need to have picks to fill in the many holes we do have and will be opened after the year. Tampering for a washed up CB really wasn't worth the risk.

First time they shoveled, they got minimum wage. During the second snowstorm, Beane brought them inside for hot chocolate, and raised their rate to $70 an hour. 😁

Rousseau’s contract is fine.. not good, not bad. I criticize him, but alot of it is because we don’t ever have a DE1 across from him. Id point out that since Chris Jones has fallen off a bit, Chiefs fans are having the same frustrations with Karlaftis. Benford just needs to stay healthy in the playoffs. I was about to lose my mind when he was meh early this year, and we’ll see if he rises to the challenge this week, but he’s looked every bit of a legit CB1 as of late. Cook. Home run. Only a handful of RB’s you should pay and he’s one of them. Bernard’s extension is frustrating. Both in terms of paying him and the doubling down of their philosophy at LB. I’ll give him grace for being hurt, and maybe he makes some big plays when it matters.. he has a knack for that, but I just don’t think our undersized DT/LB combo is helpful both in terms of injury risk and play on the field in the current NFL. My most controversial annoyance of recent extensions is Shakir. I don’t think he’s a reliable slot. I think he’s a guy you move around.. slot, backfield, motion etc. A chess piece. I haven’t seen him be a reliable piece in a functioning passing offense. Some of that could be Brady, but I do think some of it is Shakir’s skillset. Good player.. not sure his skillset is something I’d pay what we did for though. I like Bosa a lot. In a vacuum love the signing. Still do. Get him healthy for the playoffs. That said, we had a plan and then completely deviated from that plan and played him a ton. Injuries etc, I get it. Priority 1 has to be getting him healed up now. Hoecht is someone, who as a vision, makes a ton of sense. But we signed him knowing he had a PED suspension. PED’s are known to make you higher risk for tendon/ligament injuries. This was always the risk. Ogunjobi, I’m fine with it. Beane couldn’t foresee all these injuries and wanted to make sure we were OVERLY stocked on the DL, only to have this year be so over the top with guys getting hurt. Palmer, WR room in general. No excuse for. Huge, monument failure. He just paid Samuel whos always hurt and turns around to do the same with Palmer. Two B level WR’s with injury histories and we expected anything different? His drafting has been middle of the pack in recent years with some huge misses in Elam, Keon and Kincaid. All for different reasons, but all showing that they’re guys we massively missed on with three recent top 33 picks. Just can’t happen. Some hits later in the draft, some TBD’s and some misses. Just very meh. This is the first year where I’ve thought Beane has now been hurting us, and I think McDermott believes this as well. I don’t think Beane is awful. I think he’s middle of the pack as a GM since drafting Allen and has been an acting like he’s some untouchable guy this year. If one thinks Beane assembling a team with an elite QB, elite OL, but pretty average everywhere else with a constant issue at WR is worth keeping, so be it. But I fear he’s trending down lately. I do hope this Defense gets healthy and balls out in the playoffs. I do hope our WR room makes some strides and makes Allen’s life a bit easier as they gel with him. I don’t actually want to feel like we need to fire the GM. I’d love to make a post here at the end of the season saying he’s won me back over.

I think it’s important to look at what the roster actually was supposed to be this season, especially in the trenches, rather than judging strictly by what it became after injuries. On the D-line: We only got 64 snaps of Hoecht, but those snaps made it very clear why Beane signed him. He was explosive, powerful, and disruptive, exactly the kind of presence we’ve been missing opposite Bosa. Adding a healthy Hoecht to Bosa and an Oliver who came out red-hot in Week 1 had the real potential to give us one of the strongest defensive fronts we’ve fielded in years. No, we can’t say for certain what the line would have looked like over a full season, but it’s absolutely fair to say losing Hoecht changed the makeup of the defense. His early play suggested he was going to be a major upgrade against the run and a boost to the pass rush. Pair that with Bosa’s talent and Oliver’s fast start, and Beane clearly had built this line to be a strength. If anything, the problem wasn’t the plan, it’s that injuries wiped out the plan before it had a chance to take shape. On the O-line: The idea that this offensive line is “bad at pass protection” doesn’t match the actual data. According to SI’s evaluation of the 2024 season, with the exact same five starters we brought into 2025, the Bills: • allowed just 14 sacks, the fewest in the NFL • ranked among the top pass-blocking units by several analytic measures • posted one of the league’s better pass-block win rates • and received strong individual protection grades across all five positions These aren’t subjective observations, they’re objective league-wide comparisons. Buffalo’s O-line wasn’t just “fine” in pass protection last year; it was one of the most efficient and consistent lines in the league. So while they are indeed stronger in run blocking, calling them “bad at pass protection” simply doesn’t align with reality. It’s an emotional reaction, not a fact-based one. Big picture: Both the O-line and D-line were areas where Beane made deliberate, well constructed moves this offseason and before building the O-line. The offensive line has performed at a legitimately high level with these same five starters, and the defensive line had the pieces to be a true strength before injuries derailed it, especially with Hoecht flashing so much in his brief window.