WhitewalkerInPhilly

Thanks for the timeout Chiefs!

Nope! Won't let us watch because it's national, TV won't play it because the other game is still going

I can't even watch. They are wrapping up the Browns game

Pacheko being out is huge. I am sure whoever they plug in will have a great day on the ground, but I would rather shut down their air attack.

"Police" and "body cams mysteriously off" happen enough times that it's a cliche

He heard it in High Level Meetings?

Exactly how I feel. One of the things I was so excited for in training camp was the idea of "Man, if Dorsey can show any sign of creativity we can have one of the most flexible offenses in the league." I expect that we will see effectively 11 coverage with Kincaid put into the slot. You can run unbalanced line formations. You can put Kincaid into the backfield and motion him as a H-back. Kincaid was even used in jet sweeps in college. You can motion Kincaid at the line to diagnose the coverage and be a blind while passing to Knox. Versus Dorsey where we would go with 1 TE on each side and QB draw out of shotgun

I was reading an article about Knox coming in and man does it damn Dorsey by omission: https://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/2023/12/bills-dawson-knox-returns-how-will-te-fit-into-new-joe-brady-offense.html

I mean, we can go to 22 with Fournette if you want. If your argument against using a personnel grouping that lets use use Kincaid as a chess piece is we have a bad #2 receiver, I'd say you're missing the point

From that I get more that it's a hot potato that neither wants to touch as each reports directly to the Pegulas

Please no Pachecho. We can't shut down the Chief's passing game without letting him run roughshod.

Oh, I agree with you. And if McDermott wasn't staring a lost season in his face they might have stuck to their guns. But we are, and they aren't.

I know this is said in jest, but if Brady knows anything about what he's doing it should only help. I stumped hard for a 2 TE base set this offseason because (let's face it) our most dynamic weapons are Diggs, Knox, Kincaid and Cook. 12 personnel puts them all on the field at the same time. It's just that Dorsey had some sort of mental block that made them incapable of using them in anything interesting. Brady appears far more likely to start in a 12 base, then motion Kincaid to put him against a LB while leaving a blocker in to bolster the right side.

Not just for the Bills. If he keeps pace on average since his breakout from the Patriots, or even just average 40 yards a game for the rest of the way that puts him top 10 all time for a rookie tight end season.

I think it's Beane being cut between a rock and a hard place: -He cannot cut Von Miller to remove temptation. It is mathematically impossible -If he suspends Miller the team is paying Miller a lot NOT to contribute. If the team looks the same or better, it's a terrible deal he signed. If the Bills look worse, he's the one who took a weapon off the field for McDermott My only guess is that Beane is hoping that Miller comes back and kills it, and then trusts that Bills fans will enjoy winning more than they want to reckon with Miller's off the field actions. It's not a great look, but none of this is a great look

I don't think we mathematically can

I'm not going to fry you. The truth of it is, the Bills cannot cut Von Miller this year and function as a football team under the current salary cap rules. They would not be able to call up practice squad players and be stuck at their roster for the rest of the season. The NFL knows this. If they wanted to take a stand, it would let everyone do the right thing. But they won't. So it falls to a GM who has to choose between literally not being able to field players for another month or lettings things ride and a coach on the hot seat who needs every bit of help he can get. This is the point of the exempt list. And if the commissioner is too gutless to use it, then what is the point?

Look, I am not here to disqualify that the Eagles got lucky on a lot of calls this year. This wasn't one of them. Greenclaw hip dropped tackled the WR out of bounds and started shoving when the sideline people started breaking them up. If the Bills did that vs KC the team would be forced to forfeit.

Look, I like Knox. He's a fun player, from all accounts a nice guy and fun to watch when he's playing well. This has not been a good year. It was not a good year when he was healthy. He missed time in a stretch where we lot a lot of bad games.

I mean, I think you can get money for that in some places

Is that the only one he's reeled in all year? It feels like it. Let's hope that wrist is good to go.

To be fair, I don't know if there is a ton of choice in the matter and running it back might be the best of bad options. The Bills are currently ~$30 million over the expected cap for next year. While that in and of itself is not hard to get out of, I highly doubt they are going to be bidding on high priced free agents. With the Von Miller situation looming with a lot of uncertainty while his deal could be reworked, how much money do we want to backend on a player in the twilight of his career? Dawson Knox (while I enjoy the player) has not lived up to his contract so far but it can't even be looked at until 2025. Is Stephon Diggs really as unhappy as the media and his brother keep spouting, because if so he's not going to get locked in for longer to make cap room. I currently place 0% on probablility that Tre White is back and 100% speed Week 1 of 2024. That's a lot to saddle on a fresh young Head Coach, and I don't know any retreads that don't have the same or worse warts than McDermott? And if Joe Brady looks like the real thing, how do we cut bait on McDermott and keep him around?

For the most part I agree with the individual points. But 2024 is going to be rough. Our salary cap is stretched near breaking even if we pull every lever available. We are either going to be rolling with an unknown as HC and losing a promising OC, bringing back a troubled OC, or throwing a QB coach in over his head as HC. Our core is aging and while decent we have yet to see superstar play at DE. 2025...with Kincaid, Bernard, Cook, Torrance and Oliver pulling their weight I think we are going to get another pass of a young core in Josh's prime.

"The Bills Organization has been questioned about Miller's whereabouts, responding that the last known sighting was Thanksgiving Day 2022"

The worst part is that the Bills literally can't afford to cut him straightaway. The man has been a non-factor this year. It's time to move on.