[Joe Burrow out for the season]

Massive loss  

 

Joey getting closer and closer to that fragile moniker. 

[Kirk Cousins out for season]

3rd major achilles injury of this season, Rodgers, White and now Cousins.

[Broncos/Chiefs Weather Forecast]

I took way too much enjoyment out of that game yesterday.  And can we please stop with the Kelce catch graphics w/ or w/o Swift.  Enough already.

[Fan Duel Cold Night In Buffalo Commercial]

10 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

FanDuel's CEO is a big Bills fan. She makes sure the team is featured in a lot of their commercials.

That makes sense. I ad the thought recently that Buffalo is in a lot of commercials. And there are a lot of gambling commercials these days. 

[Excluding JA, predict your impact player - Jaguars "at" Bills (includes preview of the game)]

Daquan Jones.  About time we acknowledge the man's impact on the game.

[On to the JAGS]

NFL+ has a 50% off sale through the 9th.  Trying to decide if I want to invest the 25 bucks or do something else.  Leaning toward investing.

[Claypool traded to Miami]

Certainly is an interesting trade.  Dolphins have OLINE and CB issues, but hey, 4.42 speed adds another target and insurance if Hill/Waddle get dinged up.  3M-ish base contract, so not really pricey.  How quickly he can or can't be assimilated into the Phins Borg will be interesting to see.

[Tyreek Hill says Bills Mafia caused issues in the Dolphins offense]

The metal seats help.  You can make some hellacious noise banging and stomping on those seats.

[Humble me before the jags game]

Josh Allen has never beaten Josh Allen

[Week 5 - Buy, Sell, Hold - Jags Edition]

Buy -- Bills OLINE.  They are making believers out of doubters.  Another good test

Sell -- Von Miller playing...  Don't see it happening.

Hold -- Elam..  Gonna need him...  Should be active this week.

[Miami OL Liam Eichenberg's burner account almost certainly found]

I heard PFF gave him a 4.5 rating.  4.5!!!

[Trade - JC Jackson going back to NE]

1 hour ago, Doc said:

I wonder if the Cheaters knew about this before trading for him:

 

https://apnews.com/article/chargers-jc-jackson-arrest-warrant-1983f293a21931fb2acc582b6ec7190b

How could they not?  Hell I knew about..

[Ja’Mar Chase: “I’m open. I’m always ****ing open”]

Joe set the bar impossibly high by beating the king in his house and advancing to the SB. 

[Ja’Mar Chase: “I’m open. I’m always ****ing open”]

I was listening to a talking head today, Eisen, that was talking about Burrows-Chase.  Not sure of his source, but it sounded like Chase was advocating shutting down Burrows for the first four games to allow him to heal.  Posited they could be 1-3 anyway and at least they would have a healthy Burrow afterwards.  Now he is likely to play with an injury for more games which just might dig them a record hole they can't recover from.

[A Few Thoughts About the Dolphins Game, in no particular order]

I kept thinking all week that McDermott set up the Fins with his revolutionary comment..

[Bills Sign CB to PS]

Marcell we hardly knew ya

[Dawson Knox Wins Angry Runs Week 4]

One of my least favorite sport segments on TV.  Kyle's theatrics are over the top.

[Ja’Mar Chase: “I’m open. I’m always ****ing open”]

I really didn't react at all to his statement.  Hardly newsworthy nor inflammatory, IMO.

[Dolphins @ Bills Postgame thread]

1 hour ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:

The Dolphins board brought up a point (yes, I hate to credit them anything, and take it with a grain of salt)

 

The Dolphins had been putting their man into motion right before the snap. And it works wonders because it caused confusion with assignments.

 

McDermott looked at this trend and realized it was a better cue than a snap count and used that the time rushers, meaning that whoever was coming on a blitz had a jump. With that, whenever the first read wasn't there Tua was rushed and made bad calls. 

 

 

 

I think that coupled with Tua's head was always looking in the direction of his first read at the snap allowed Rousseau and White to blitz from his left side without worrying about covering that side of the field.  Miami is going to need to throw a few times to opposite direction of the flow to counter that.

[Dolphins @ Bills Postgame thread]

3 hours ago, Bockeye said:

Did the Bills just give the league the playbook on how to stop the “high scoring” Miami Offense or is just because we have such a good D?
 

Lots of really good X’s and O’s Experts on this board - what say you??

I think they did. The issue is you have to be damn fast. That one play where Tre blitzed was a good example. Tre was on top of Tua before he realized it.  

[Game balls]

Allen -  5 TDs.. 4 incompetions, 0 turnovers

Diggs --  3 TDs

Milano -- Seeming everywhere

 

honorable mention to both the OLINE and DLINE collectively

[Dolphins @ Bills Postgame thread]

I think for me the biggest surprise of the early season is how well the OLINE is playing.

[Dolphins @ Bills Postgame thread]

The Tre White Achilles is a buzz kill.  Otherwise, what a day.  Looks like we are going to need Elam going forward.

[Excluding JA, predict your impact player - Dolphins at Bills (includes preview of the game)]

I'm going with Knox...

[Week 4, Bills favored by 3 over Dolphins]

39 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

I didn't take it like that. 

 

But also think Jordan at 80% (just hypothetical) isn't as good as Rapp at 100%-- at least this week, with the speed and dynamic passing attack of Miamis.

 

Depends what type of defensive plan Coach has up his sleeve.  If it's a mostly soft/2 deep shell, safety play is even more mitigated/less impactful.  

 

Not to downplay Po absence, but this game was likely coming down to our front 4 and ability to limit YAC on defense.  And our offense being able to sustain/finish drives.

 

Agreed.  I'm not suggesting a permament benching but rather a recognition that two healthy knees on every DB is required for this one.  So take the week and heal up fully.