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I could see it too, but it actually would be a big deal. KC and Buffalo are the only 2 teams to reach the playoffs in each of the last 6 seasons. Thats a short list, and not insignificant if it plays out.

Pickens is a guy who can hurt and threaten defenses badly downfield, and he plays with a second guy like that in CeeDee Lamb. Having that makes Dak so much better… and in the big moments you saw Pickens close out the Chiefs by getting open on a crucial third down in the 4th Q. Like Davante Adams, AJ Brown, Puka Nucua, Devonta Smith… every great team has one or two such guys. Stafford is having his best ever season. The Eagles don’t have the QB to make them as lethal as we could. Even the Chiefs with very little cap room have Hollywood (who was such a guy for the Ravens) and Rice, plus Kelce. The Bills of course have never had two, and have zero since Diggs left. So if we could get at least one we should absolutely do that. I would trade a first plus Keon (see what we did there) in a heartbeat for Pickens.

Agree since Houston was letting us run… but balanced offenses take what the defense gives you. One issue with Brady is he doesn’t seem to adjust his play calls to what the defense is actually showing on the field.

Only possible Super Bowl winning teams this year are Rams and Eagles. Such a strange year

Was it contract orientated disgruntlement? I’d venture it was more the lack of use. There was some games he was an afterthought which is peculiar because all they did was swapped Pickens for DK and seem to funnel all the WR production through him. Was Tomlin proving a point and letting him know he isn’t bigger than the team? Probably and he might be right to do that. But when you have a guy of Pickens’ talents I would venture to try and have him the absolute focal point. Especially if it means “his head is screwed on”. Pickens will get the bag whatever happens. He’s either playing on the Franchise Tag like Rapoport has alluded Jerry has said or he’s tagged and traded like Frank Clark from recent years who was handed the bag after the trade. Pickens may be a head case but he’s got undeniable talent. Elite even.

I guess I'll match your eye roll emoji... Your choice of the word "featured" (not Moore's or Rapaport's word... your word) is incorrect. Rapaport said Moore wanted more reps. You continue to insist that "more reps" = "featured." Then you tried to substitute and then equate "starter" for "featured." None of those 3 things are the same. NFL teams run 11 personnel over 60% of the time meaning that every team has 3 starting wide receivers. Moore was 5th in snap counts. He could have had more reps without becoming a starter and he could have become a starter without being featured. He wanted more reps. Anything beyond that is your own imagination. Good night.

That's some serious semantic stretching to be like "though he wanted more snaps even after having just single digits less than both the starters - that doesn't mean he wanted to be a featured part of the offense". Why do you think someone wants more snaps? No player says "if I'm on the field more, I'm happy. Don't throw me the ball, just give me more "snaps".

I still disagree. Moore was 5th in WR snaps for the Bills this year so it's still a stretch equating wanting more snaps to wanting to be featured. And now you've offered that he wanted to be a starter but being a starter is still not the same as being featured. There are plenty of starting wide receivers that aren't featured in their offenses.

People said that about Diggs too because he played opposite Thielen lol. The dude is a star. May end up a nut case but he is still a star and performing like one. This team needs a star or three more.

Well hopefully he learned something, will show up on time, and put some effort out on the field. If he doesn't have the skill then he doesn't have the skill, but he at least has to give 100%.

Every receiver who comes to Brady's Buffalo seed their production go down. Does this mean Cooks will average less than the 16.5 yards/game that he's been racking up so far this season?

Well he had 27 snaps in his last game as a Bill (41% of offensive snaps) against the Texans. Which was 4th most amongst WR's behind Khalil Shakir at 44 snaps, Gabe Davis at 36 snaps, and Josh Palmer at 33 snaps. And above Tyrell Shavers, following his big outing against the Bucs. He had only 9 less snaps than Davis, who had the most amount of snaps for an Outside WR and only 6 less snaps than Palmer. If he's saying that's not good enough, he's essentially saying he wants to start. Which I would say is being featured.

Never sure who's going to show up: Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. But I only pick against the Bills when I feel strongly about a bad matchup. This week, I don't know what to expect so I'm going with a Bills win... Bills 24 Steelers 21

There's a difference between "wanting to be featured" and "wanting more reps."

If what's being floated out there to Ian Rapaport by Moore/his team and/or the Bills are to be believed - it seems that Moore wanted to be featured or wanted out (ala Mike Edwards)

This is all true. Our defense is the bigger problem. I think we complain more about the offense for a couple of reasons: First, we're fans. We like to see our teams score points. Second, we have Josh Allen. Whether you want to blame Beane, Brady, or the wideouts, it's criminal that we have an inept downfield passing attack.

The failure of the defense to be a respectable unit is mostly due to injuries. In the first 10 games of the season, the 4 veteran additions of Bosa, Hoecht, Larry O, and Shaq Thompson and the 6 rookie additions of Hairston, Sanders, Jackson, Walker, Hancock and Strong missed a total of 45 man/games (and counting). Add the 24 man/games missed by Ed Oliver, Epenesa, Bernard, Dorian, Milano, Benford, Tre White, Taron, and Rapp and you've lost 69 man/games in 10 weeks. Even subtracting Dorian Strong and Jordan Hancock's 7 each and you're still missing 5.5 core defensive players each week. The only core defenders who've played every game this year are Rousseau, Bosa, and Cam Lewis... just 3 players. And both Bosa and Rousseau have played through injuries.

I said earlier that I can't wait to see Nick Wrong tomorrow. Now I get an even better day. I get to watch that homer and also his companion Ravens homer Brou give excuses.

He's more of a tortoise than a hare... I've never seen a statistical breakdown but I'm quite sure that all teams have the greatest percentage of success on their first drives of each half... the scripted plays that they've practiced, memorized, and visualized. The Bills offense is not dynamic. The best offenses are the ones where the defense really doesn't know what the play call will be on any given down and distance. The Bills are deliberate and predictable. An offense can't always "impose its will." It has to try to keep the defense guessing too. Under Brady the Bills have brought in WRs (Samuel, Moore, Valdes-Scantling) that have had some success elsewhere with poor quarterbacking and proceeded to watch those players disappear despite playing with one of the all-time great QBs. It's more than just talent. It's not an either/or thing IMO. Yes, the talent could be better but again, as I wrote above...

Brady is 100% the biggest issue. He's predictable and opposing players/coaches are openly clowning him. Beane is a joke. That doesn’t absolve Brady though. 19M tied up in 2 WR’s who can’t stay on the field. A 1st for a TE who’s always injured and we don’t know how to use. Comical mismanagement of pass catchers for JA.

Allen and Brady better sit in a room and come up with a solid plan to "Matriculate the ball down the field"

Texans are not a definite win, especially when KC is now down 3 stating OL.

The moves we’re making at WR - isn’t this Beane admitting it’s not a play caller / OC issue? Beane is the one that looks incompetent at the moment regarding the WR production / lack there of. So this makes me feel much better about Brady as OC. It's what we’ve all known that apparently an NFL GM did not and that was our weapons are just not good enough.