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For as much as the fanbase critiques Brady's playcalling this season this was a masterfully simple gameplan that was executed well. It got the Bills out of there with a win and from what I understand no major injuries other than Bosa who had what was at worst a mild hamstring pull (and most likely was just cautionary pulling a guy with some tightness in a late game that was in control). The Bills needed a dominant win esp from the defense and they got just that.

I think the Bills need to do a LB rotation when Bernard gets back. Milano much like Po and Tre seems to still be a capable players when they don't play hefty snap counts (although Po has been playing more and more despite initially giving Handcock some snaps). Milano played 80% of the days snaps but the Bills only had about 43 total defensive snaps so his total count of 35 was more in line with a guy playing 65-70% of snaps in a more snap heavy game. Bernard, Shaq, Milano, and Williams should all split snaps at LB to keep each other healthy.

Hard to see this team not dropping a game they should win also away against a solid Pats team and home against the Eagles aren't gimmies either. Bengals with Burrow back is suddenly not an easy game either. Overall, I think I am just focusing on one game at a time, just beat the Bengals and hope KC beats the Texans look to secure your playoff spot and then see how everything else works out.

I agree I don't think they are resign both nor given the tight cap and pretty solid options waiting in the wings should they. My worry is if they let both walk. I think if they resign one they will be fine. McGovern or Edwards being back allows the team to retain continuity along the O-line while still incorporating a younger player. Both Edwards and McGovern will be 29 next season. O-line plays at or near prime level into their early 30's until around age 32/33. Locking in one of those spots for the next 3-4 years would be very good. I think with Anderson, SVPG, and Grabel you have options to swap in one new guy but having to swap out two would be hard.

It was a little low and wobbly from what I saw, it wasn't right on the money so to speak. I could be wrong just going off of memory.

He made himself available and he caught a pass that was slightly off target it was like 70-80% Josh but it’s good for him to get that kind of big time play. Helps with his confidence and the teams confidence in him

Gotta give it to Benford an INT and a fumble recovery TD. Cook took over the game despite the lost fumble. Bosa and the Dline dominated. Offensive line short handed was huge. Special teams mostly crisp too. Overall it was a shaky first half but the defense energized the team with that TD and Josh made the big play to Keon and once it was a two score lead the game was done. Steelers only had one drive threatening and it was shut down early in the 4th. Bills got Kincaid and Palmer a week off hopefully they come back and help out the passing game along with Cooks getting another week of practice in where he can maybe do more of the clear out stuff. Dawkins back from protocol will help the oline certainly. Gotta beat the Bengals next week and see where it goes

That TD he caught was huge another catch on the grinding out the clock drive too. Not a lot for him to do due to low volume but he had an impact step in the right direction

Bills gotta win 4 out of 5 including the second Pats game to have an outside shot at it. Bills win out and it’s a legit shot. I think if there’s a year to not win the division it’s this year. I don’t really look at Denver/NE/Jags or Colts/AFC North as being all that impossible to win away

I would stay away from him after this year. Dude is the equivalent of an NBA player balling out on an expiring contract and then once he signs the 4-5 year deal he regresses. I can’t see giving him a big bag of money and him continuing to be productive. Dallas got him at the right time

There was legit concern about Pickens mental side of things. I would have loved to trade for him but this also was not the slam dunk obvious signing either it was a gamble and it paid off

Brady I was hoping would have added more wrinkles to the offense like using more TE’s but it’s not shown to work. Tackles on an island I can live with because the Bills have an elite pair of tackles but in game against the Texans protections should have shifted. Brady’s offense needs more diversity and I was hoping against Tampa they cracked that a bit with more shotgun and downfield concepts. Thursday was a horror show for various reasons so I am willing to write it off but going against the Steelers off a mini bye you are going to have both updated protection concepts and refreshed passing concepts

The lack development and they look like they are kind of quitting on Carroll. I don’t think the Raiders needed to have a good record this year but they needed to show some life and direction under Carroll. If this was a 5-7 win team that showed some life and played hard they would be find. The Raiders will be looking for a new HC in 2026

One of the things Samuel did well against Tampa was run the clear out routes. The Bills do need that so I’m hoping he gives the Bills some more depth for guys to run the clear out routes and adds a vet to the WR room

This is a desperate signing for a desperate team but one worth trying in my opinion. Cooks is 32 old but not an age where a WR cannot still have some athleticism left. He was last productive in 2023 with Dallas where he was a solid complementary outside WR. In 2024 his production plummeted largely due to injuries and Dak getting hurt. He signed on with NOLA and was not very productive but that’s arguable the worst and certainly one of the worst QB situations in the league and a mess of a team. There is a squint your eyes and lawyer it case for Cooks to be productive so I think it’s worth a shot at this point but I’m thinking while WR talent is an issue is the larger issue scheme?

A bit hyperbolic, the team can get out from under his contract after this season and he was a midlevel signing. It was a bad signing but not among the worst in team history

Rebuild? No. Retool? Yes.

Fire myself and get someone in who knows what they are doing.

The secondary hinges largely on Benford. Cole is coming around, Po's not what he once was but he's decent and a stabilizing force (and Handcock taking some snaps is keeping him fresh), Tre as the pure dimeback is proving to be serviceable now that Mad Max is anchoring most of the snaps on the boundary and looking solid. Even Cam Lewis splitting with Taron is getting decent production out of the nickel. If Benford can be the anchor there that he has been at the outside the secondary should be a very good unit. The D-line I think really need another DE at the trade deadline. I thought at DT with Sanders coming back and Ed at hopefully some point later in December or early January possibly coming back they could get by. Wallker has been a stud, Larry O's getting better the more he plays, Daquon is obviously not what he once was but I think he can turn it on later in the season and right now he's serviceable, and Sanders I think he can be a back end rotation guy to eat snaps until Ed comes back. But at DE with Hoecht and Jackson down for the year the Bills really could have used a competent versatile body at DE. I think it is just insanely unfortunate that Jackson was hurt the game after the trade deadline. I think they are blending Dorian Williams and Solomon into that versatility role and we will see how well they can do. I think LB hinges on can they get Shaq and Benford healthy for the playoffs while also getting Dorian Williams comfortable in his role. Milano I would like to see absorb some snaps to try to keep the guys healthy and while he's clearly physically lost a step or so I think in a more limited role he can make a play or two. Overall there's a lot that's going to need to break right for the unit to turn into a better than average defense.

The Bills defense is pretty much picking up from where it left off last season. Susceptible to be lit up by good offenses, capable of shutting down bad offenses and somewhere in the middle against mid-level offenses. Pretty much another averageish defense. The Bills rank 12th in defense by yards per game. They rank 18th in scoring defense. They have the second worst rushing defense in the league but the second best passing defense in the league. The Bills rank 10th in total sacks (with 2 teams ahead of them having played although only 1 of those teams is even close to the Bills sacks wise with the Chargers at 29 sacks 3 ahead of the Bills with an extra game played). With the resources poured into the defense (granted not massive resources but significant resources) you would think that the defense could be somewhat better than last season but that's not looking to be the case. I hope I am wrong as the later stages of the season go. I honestly would have no problem with this caliber of defense if the Bills didn't have a massive hole on the offensive side of the ball. If the Bills let's say didn't sign Bosa and one of the PED Twins and traded a 2nd for DK and had a "go to" WR plus added Palmer for depth and the Bills were just loaded on offense with no major issues I would be OK with saying hey you have a big QB contract and a lot of talent around him, you kind of in the NFL cap era have to live with just an OK defense. But that's just not the case.

I think his "ceiling" is that of a Pro-Bowl caliber safety, he's got the athleticism and he's showing a better feel for the game and for the system the more he plays esp the more he plays with Po. Overall I think he's going to be a very good borderline elite player if he stays healthy. And thankfully the team needs that production from him and they need to get more production from that 2024 draft class in general.

I feel like there is a legit case for KC to spin that if they can just make the playoffs they will be a relevant team even as a wildcard. The positive spin would be that they are 5-5 and while their record is what it is, their 5 losses have all been one score losses to teams that are above .500. If they get 1 of those 5 one score games they are 6-4 and not sitting too bad. Their schedule while not easy does get better. They have softer games against the Cowboys, Titans, and Raiders plus a banged up Chargers team at home. If they win those 4 games plus a home game against the Texans they should get to 10 wins and be in the mix for a wildcard. Overall I am just not really seeing the KC is dead thing yet. Even if they lose this week while their margin of error is very narrow (gotta effectively go 5-1) they could still make it. In the end I am not as a Bills fan concerned with KC. Bills beat KC and they have their own problems to deal with.

If Cole is a hit as a starter that's gonna help this draft class a lot. I think you need to get 2 starters and 2 role players out of each draft as a minimum. Cole would be the first starter found but Keon if he's a bust (and he's trending that way) the team is going to have to find a starter out of SVPG or Grable which if let's say either guy comes in and starts along G/C and is a positive that's also a way to salvage the draft class. On the role player side of things Ray Davis has come in and been a positive role player. Solomon has come in and played but he's been fairly marginal. TLDR: The draft class is going to be rough unless they can salvage Keon as a starter or one of the later picks.

OBJ had he not torn his ACL in the Super Bowl he would have had a very strong chance to be the SB MVP in 2021, he went down from what I remember fairly early in Q2 and he had 2 catches for 52 yards and a TD and looked un-guardable. Of course he could have tapered off but early on he was dominating the game. So yeah, he was that dam good at his best.

Clowney's big hit was certainly an "aurora" making play for him. I think that while he wasn't a "bust" (he's had a 10+ year career and 60 career sacks thus far) he didn't live up to his number one pick status. I think what really hurt his career was the microfracture surgery he had at the end of his rookie year which was on top of a torn meniscus which took him out of the season earlier. He never was the same player, he was still a good player hard hitting edge setter with some power pass rush but never showed the blend of speed and power that he once had. Shows you how good of an athlete he was given how long he played and how fairly effective as a starter he was for many teams.