DrPJax

Yes, yes, and you nailed it.

That’s like saying , in the old days, I just bought the playboy for the articles! 😂. You lokimg to download some new Latin tunes to jam to? 😊

This is typical Mcd / Beane management of this roster. You have a kicker coming off a shaky season , has an injury for a prolonged period of time ( when you easily could have looked late in the draft or worked out several prior to the last 2 weeks before the season ) , yet you GO WITH A OLD VET LIKE YOU ALWAYS CHOOSE to do, even tho your vet strategy has led to 0 SB appearances. Now this guy is expected to do all you want with ball placement on kickoffs etc, plus be expected to handle stadium winds etc, when you have expectations of getting home field advantage for a SB run. Guy was obviously NOT on a roster for some reason, or was he just waiting for the right club , right deal ( sarcasm please) ? When you had to limit his fg length attempt in a preseason game , isn’t that enough to know it’s time to have a FIRM plan b? Guess not with this staff. Bass wasn’t progressing fully, missed a short fg attempt , yet let’s wait even more? Medically it’s idiotic. Probably needs surgical treatment , it’s ok to wait some time , but delaying like this without deciding just doesn’t make sense. If it’s not amenable to surgery , then not having explored other options is just inexcusable as this might never resolve without full rest for a prolonged time. Everyone knows some games will come down to a fg , and this has effects managing the game as I’m betting this guy isn’t a sure thing over 50, like many young kickers have become. I just think with the odd preseason already ( many injuries , suspensions, adding players w known injury issues, bringing in several old players to help “ watch film , and help in the rooms” , ) , this just doesn’t have the feel of a true SB bound organization, it feels chaotic outside of the given stability and talent of Allen. I’m just comparing these moves to organizations like the chiefs or eagles, and it just feels like it’s hoping things will come together rather than good decision making. Small things separate success from being a franchise with 0 SB WINS in their history. This just feels BILLSY again to me having followed them since ‘63. Hey, always waiting to be wrong , but I am honestly having more doubts about Mcd / Beane. Great talkers , great under performers. ( I don’t see the bills getting 3 from 59 as the clock runs out , do you?Chiefs just showing how they are detail oriented)

Kinda looks like they got left over unis from DETROIT at some point, slapped a Buffalo over the lion on the helmet, and looks like a silver Christmas tree ornament. It might look great in person, I just think some trace of red/ blue somewhere are needed or it really does look Detroit ready. Definitely crisp, clean, but it needs some touch of blue/ red. Wouldn’t mind having a jersey regardless. 😊

Yet the jags have a kid who went 6/6 over 50 yards with a long of 70 this preseason! He just hit another 59 yarder splitting the uprights at least halfway up into the net. Why we are hanging onto a guy who had confidence issues and missed time with an inflamed symphysis pubis or “ pelvic injury” is beyond me when there are kickers out there to find in this era where kids grew up playing soccer. So I don’t worry about the fins finding one. Heck they make get the guy the bills just released who looked less shaky than Bass. Man , would love to have the jags kicker , Little I believe is his name , as this guy hit 70 yards at sea level in very humid air; he is going to win them a game or two whereas we pray Bass won’t lose another for us. It’s these little things. , no pun intended, that keep Mcd/ Beane at 0 sb appearances despite having the best unicorn qb in modern football history.

I think his true desire to play football , true speed , may be done with. BUT many guys prove their desire for money really never slows down, and it’s a time where a vet can play a few snaps a game, or suddenly complain of calf pain or some other subjective injury and grab another couple mil. Don’t know the guy , but I think he could have been more available last year (. Wrist pain also is a subjective, unmeasurable thing. Fractures, ligament tears , kidney stones , even concussions are more easily proven and measured with historical proof of recovery timetables). Just saying I agree, would not expect much; might do a few plays to hang on , but I bet it’s Buffalo 2 as the big picture.

I don’t know of anyone in my 40 years of medicine that referred to the knee as “ lower leg”. It’s the joint between upper and lower leg. it is referred to as the knee. Not saying they couldn’t get an mri to check a knee but it’s not lower leg unless perhaps they are being deceptive. However, you can need an MRI to evaluate for occult fx, interosseous membrane injury of lower leg( high ankle injury) , formal ankle mortise for Talar injury , but more likely e v a l of formal ankle ligaments both medially and laterally. If he has an acl or pcl injury, that’s the knee ,not lower leg. It’s obvious it’s complicated his return. And they are not divulging his actual diagnosis to not appear desperate when trying to add by trade or FA markets,or cuts to their cb depth so Beane still has leverage imo. I think it’s a variant of high ankle given the lack of timetable , possible ir. Just guessing tho. Why else be so quiet about it, well high ankle really vary in recovery time. Best wishes. Will eventually find out why they refused to give any info.

Yet Davis was not available much in his time in Jax and he still dropped catches he should have made. This , imo , would be a failure on multiple levels Should he have be resigned in the first place if you’re willing to bring him back , tho prob a cheaper price? Given all the issues with receivers , and bad contracts Beane has done with WRs , should he perhaps apologize to the radio personalities and fans he got snippy with who were critical of him not drafting any wr other than a 7 th rounder who is already not making the team? This is another example of Beane failing to provide Allen w adequate support, and being arrogant about his wr corp while they frankly have underperformed. We were the only team shut out last week and it’s obvious our wr corp keeps faling to make plays. Just compare Allen’s support wr corp to what Burrows has in Cincinnati; it’s startling! We are so desperate now to consider bringing in Davis , known for critical drops and unavailability? That’s a joke Beane is totally responsible for. Compare our preseason to watching teams like the bengals and Washington, or even Chicago. It’s the quality of individual performances by Bills players that’s is just frankly poor quality to the eye test , below the quality of other teams backups. Again , our o was THE ONLY TEAM SHUT OUT THIS WEEK. Even tho the score or w/ l means nothing , there is a bigger picture of or wr corp dropping balls , unavailability with multiple guys , and lack of playmaking. Backups on every other team at least allowed their offenses to score. I know our starters should be adequate , but there is no promise year to year. Every year we have stretches of WRs unavailable to injury , so backups matter. I can’t believe they want to look at Davis but not utilize a guy with potential like shavers who has been consistent this year. If they sign davis rather than roster shavers , this would be the first time I would begin to lose faith in McD and Beane ,,repeating the same things that they failed to reach the sb in the past. Beans signings like Samuel’s , Moore just look lackluster ; hollins proved to be a good addition but they let him end up in New England. Scores in preseason may mean nothing , but you can judge the talent of backups compared to other teams backups. We have looked fundamentally bad and imo , we have played some of the worst football of all teams in the two games so far. It’s fair to have opinions on the quality of the backup players , given this teams injury history come playoff time, given this is supposedly a SB competing roster. Revising Davis is a failure of beanes process , including not addressing that position earlier in the draft. We were the ONLY TEAM shutout , so it’s fair to say there is honest room for concern and so far we have no proof the o will continue to be productive. They better be as this d has shown no solutions to last years 3 rd down or long yardage d failures. Thats not overreacting, it reacting to the talent level observed in actual competition. THE STARTERS are great. Yet they are never available 100% of the time , excluding Allen. The entire roster matters. The ravens will be a big challenge as will a 17 game schedule. We need to get the one seed. I’m not sure I feel confident this roster as it is now looking will have enough talent. Mcd 7 playoff wins , Allen 6 playoff wins , both with no SB appearances. The process may not be ultimately working.

Wow , that is some terrible , and yet familiar, reading on there. It just makes you wonder why Mcd brings in a guy his own team shredded. Thus coaching staff and Beane will be responsible if they fail to get a Lombardi w Josh. All the wasted picks , FA moves on this d which has been atrocious and this teams Achilles heel , just makes me feel ill. Look at all the HOF talent polian and the 90’s teams had that propelled them to 4 superbowls ( where frankly the players just failed to play up to their talent level) , and now with possibly the most gifted qb in nfl history they barely get any pro bowl nominations, yet alone any HOF talent outside of Josh. It’s Dan marinos story happening again , just like Shula failing to put talent around him. Mcd is a great coach for this team. I can’t envision anyone else leading them. But I can’t forgive the blown games , 13 seconds , hail murray, etc and a defense we all expect to fail on third downs and also rarely get pressure with just our front four. It’s maddening , and then he goes and brings in a guy,like this from a terrible Jax franchise , and he’s had to replace two o coordinators and one d coordinator ( 2 if you count replacing himself with Babich) previously. Listen to players who’ve won titles and they all give credit to the coaches for getting them over the final hump to bring home the Lombardi. Beanes biggest failures have been all the failed assets devoted to the d line ,and his persistence in failing to draft or bring in adequate receiving talent around Josh. The other thing winning sb players say is your best players also have to play their best to win. We see our roster filled with guys who drop balls or come up short at playoff moments. It just seems talent selection outside Josh , now possibly cook as well , never compares to the roster depth and talent we see on teams like the chiefs and eagles. Watching our talent in the giants game , it’s hard to feel confident this d still won’t have holes at safety and picks like Jackson ( rooting for the guy with being dealt a terrible form of alopecia yet managed to be a great guy and land a beautiful wife!) just seem to be like more of the same things like AJ OR BOOGIE BASHAM , at a time we are primed to make another run. So why do we repeat these types of mediocre moves and bring in a guy from Jax who performed terribly even against us ,while our own d coordinator had a mediocre year already? Didn’t we see this on our oc before with Dorsey? It just makes me SMH; as Mcd preaches a playoff standard yet he so far seems incapable of championship caliber decision making. Watched the ravens preseason game , and honestly , I’m expecting them to out physical this d and run all over this front early , esp with ped guys out , and once again Mcd will fail to grab that important one seed. Just more questionable decisions that won’t fix the sack issues or 3 rd down woes. Doesn’t seem like we brought in championship , or even playoff caliber coaching additions. Maybe Mcd doesn’t believe in the philosophy of surrounding yourself with people even better than you are if you want to continue advancing. Thanks for the link, some pretty amazing statements there !

Thank God!

And at sea level in high humidity! It’s been close to 100 degrees every day here for the past week with AccuWeather stating it feels like 112 ! Been living here since 1985 and can’t recall a string of hot weather persisting this long. It doesn’t even cool much at night ; just been miserably hot outside and it feels suffocating with the high humidity. That was an amazing kick; imagine if he hit that in Denver ! Was cool to watch it happen , even if on tv! Hunter made his two way debut. He had 2 receptions for 2 yards , and missed a tackle on a Rb as he came up and slipped , and the Rb ran for a first down. Lawrence was the qb as well, who I think will need to move to a different franchise to be successful. Time will tell, but giving up all that draft capital for anything other than a franchise qb seems foolish. Typical jags stuff under owner Kahn.

Just a FYI while topic is kicking. Did you guys see that the jags fg kicker hit a fg from 70 yards last night right as the first half was ending !? Yep, 70 yards with a little to spare. The team and broadcasters were all pretty excited and the young kicker was mobbed. It was pretty cool to see , but obviously won’t count as the record since it was preseason. But it was hot , heavy humidity ( past week it has been close to 100 degrees daily with it feeling like it’s 112 according to AccuWeather. I’ve lived here since 1985 and have never experienced this type of prolonged heatwave ). So the kick was at sea level , not much wind, heavy humidity, and was just a perfect kick. Very cool to at least see it happen. Wil be interesting to see how his season goes In another quick topic, Hunter made his debut as a two way player. He had 2 receptions for two yards on a couple of quick slants; on d he came up quickly on a run play , slipped going for the tackle and missed as the rb ran for a first down. That was his total contribution for the night. This franchise has just been abysmal under Kahn and giving up all the picks they did for Hunter just seems like another crazy move to me that this owner has become known for. Time will tell, Hunter may have some success , but this isn’t Colorado , it’s the NFL , and IMO , only a franchise qb is worth that much draft capital. Lawerence still looks like a miss here as he’s mostly focused on flipping his hair rather than being consistently accurate. The new gm looks like a teenager and I bet Lawrence will eventually succeed in a new location. Sure would be nice to have a kicker hitting from 70 rather than seeing if your RB can hit an xp! 😂

I like Jerry o quite a bit and think his experience as a lineman is very valuable as a role as an analyst. I’m indifferent on the other two as they just seem to meld into the plethora of podcasters available online today. Every team has loyal fans who now think their love of football and their teams qualifies them as experts who need to share their “ expertise “ on podcasts or radio now. . Add in the AI casts, all the want to be sportscasters who want to be the next Bermans, and it’s an insane amount of content on even the smallest minutiae every day. I Would add that as these Podcasts proliferate they have to try to separate themselves from all the noise out there. They have to remain in good standing with the players and the team if they want to have any form of access. When your “paycheck” depends on access and staying in good standing with the main or only organization you are covering , it is obvious that relationship will bias the coverage , and most things have a positive slant while negatives are de-emphasized or ignored. Ostroski and another former Bills lineman, John FINA ( bills LT for 10 years whose rookie year was the year of SB27) have slowly been drifting to being less critical , and are very guarded about saying any negative things in their analysis. They are critical but it’s very edited now compared to when they started podcasts and they have now been more “ around” the team and organization (fina stayed away from Buffalo until recently and just recently went back for tailgating events etc, and his relationship w the front office has been repaired) They are still enjoyable listening. It doesn’t surprise me the three you mentioned above had more positive outlooks in opinions, yet just because the 3 of them agreed , I’m not sure that means they are more correct than the poster who expressed his concerns. All three guys have financial gains related to their reporting about the Bills. All im saying is it’s fair to look at any monetary relationships podcasters snd reporters have to the subjects they are covering. Most won’t jeopardize that possible income and in this case bias is a real possibility. It just goes to show these are all subjective opinion pieces and not hard facts so it’s possible to have very different views that have some partial truths. Plus, it’s preseason and interpretations are meaningless without the proper context of knowing what players were told to do. ✌️

Terribly sad. God bless and be with the family. Heartbreaking. 💔

Just drafting d , made necessary by all the prior wasted resources on the line ( miller , boogie, guy who left to return to sf, or Seattle guy who couldn’t touch the field here but went on to start elsewhere for examples) have prohibited getting better wr support for Josh. You let go a wr in hollins who was a huge locker room guy and your most productive wr in afc loss, and you let go coop who was seen as necessary when wr corp,was failing, and when Beane stated coop on field equaled 7 more points a game are proof the wr corp has room for improvement. also Beane is just being defensive as Josh got the mvp w lower stats because every voting expert agreed he did more with less around him and without him, the Bills never become relevant. So we lost two relevant WRs , bring in a third wr chargers let go , and you fail to address the position until the likely irreverent 7 th round and wonder how your roster management could be just questioned ? Oh , let’s not forget , yes you drafted the best qb athlete perhaps ever , but what were you brought here to do? Yep, to win a Super Bowl. How many have you won in 8 years,,,,oh , how inconvenient for your sensitivity,,,exactly 0 with exactly 0 appearances. Had you achieved your mission statement of winning a SB just once , you would never face criticism again in Buffalo! Someone once said , Just do your job! He is saying the 0 was not an issue putting up 30 a game , yet what unit was on the field failing to convert as a te dropped a flailed pass with no wr separating in the afc championship? Mcds biggest mantra, last year means nothing now , you start over every year , is more prof you keep trying to add to your talent, nothing is given that you score 30 a game this year. Yes the d was horrible , but you don’t score thirty with out 16 tds from cook in his best year and using many short , screen passes. The wr corp is feared by no one and they all draw single coverage. Teams like the rams, eagles, KC, all stil drafted wr talent, and the eagles added to their d strength. Thats how most franchises work. This is the beginning of Beane melting down. When you go on live radio attacking an irrelevant talking head , you are reaching new levels of insecurity based on the fact you have not yet come close to fulfilling your mission statement, winning a superbowl. It’s a fact one has to play in one first before you can win one. This wr corp is barely adequate , and you are wasting the prime of the best qb Buffalo has ever or probably ever will have. It’s looking like Marino 2.0 and at best on the path of manning , elway who never won till later with better support personnel. It’s arrogant of Beane to think his team building is above criticism with 0 SB appearances is the first crack in his armor we have seen. Pressure is on. it’s also ridiculous coming on Beane signing two ped suspensions , and then using 6/9 of your assets all to recover from mistakes you have made with the d, and using the o picks for backups and reaching in the 7 th for a wr. Your top competitors , KC and Cincy, keep adding to offensive talent. Look, maybe the o will be ok. I don’t think you lose a character guy like hollins and it doesn’t hurt. If that’s not a valid premise, then how did a diva attitude like Diggs require being jettisoned and eating 30 mil$ , if attitude isn’t an important ingredient? This years schedule looks very tough. I find it hard to believe , given mcds past rookie use, that adding 6 new rookies to the d along with two PED guys missing a third of the season , adding a talented yet oft injured bosa , suddenly makes this d along vastly improved unit. IMO, adding a true 1 wr is a simpler , easier route to continued improving ; why not try averaging 33-a game while working for d improvement? Beane confronting a talk show host is not a good look , cussing at him and acting like the o can’t improve. It’s tunnel vision type stuff and I bet we hear from Beane his typical , wish I could take that back type statement. I think it’s the first real sign he is feeling pressure from somewhere , why does such a confident guy give validity to a radio host? What happens if they have a weak year ( still stand on the fact the schedule looks rough just looking at opponents ), and the points scored goes down ? Luckily they are almost given the division , but it’s getting a 1 seed most think is needed to advance to the SB. I DONT THINK THIS OFFSEASON is on track to get there. Every game matters , you just can’t skip the first third as if they don’t matter in the 1 seed win total. Beane was unprofessional on air which is the only time I think he has cracked. Why chose the wr corp , which everyone sees as minimal support for the best qb in football, to die on ? If he loses public support , pegs may feel a need to finally turn the page if they don’t get to the SB, and maybe there finally is a feeling of the hot seat appearing. This is a Beane outlier, may mean nothing , but one thing is certain, Allen’s career /time is ticking and it feels like he is being under appreciated.