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The weather was really sloppy and Josh made most of his throws. I know Josh has looked “off” since the first Jets game but I think it’s hard to tell from this game if Josh is healthy or hurt since it may have been the weather throwing his game off. I would like to see how Josh looks in a game with better conditions but that may not happen the rest of the way with two games in Buffalo and the other two games being in Chicago and Cincinnati.

This was a good game by the Bills to win “ugly”. The Bills defensive gameplan was great it took away the ground game for the most part and forced Mike White to execute into small windows of well disguised coverages while trusting the Dline to bring pressure. The offense got off to a slow start but got the big TD drive to cap off the first half then when the Jets offense kicked into gear and tied the game the offense scored the next 13 points to take control of the game. Nitpicks here or there but this team getting wins fairly comfortably in bad conditions against a really good defense is a big time positive. Hopefully no injuries and the team can get Phillips back next week against the Fins. Bills can choke out the division with a win against a tough Fins team.

Wasn’t the rumored reason for Elam’s benching an injury that happened last minute and wasn’t on the injury report? Basically they had to list him as a “healthy” scratch for reporting reasons not because he was actually healthy and ready to go? If that’s the case I would say it’s likely that Elam plays.

Not a good blocker and probably a little over his head as a rookie but I still would like to see him get some snaps in 4-5 wide situations. He can still make plays. I do think how he will he a good player going forward but he just needs to go through a full NFL offseason and put on some size and learn from his rookie year. I think he will be a really big part of the offense in 2023.

They both collected big contracts elsewhere so they would likely be more willing to take a hometown discount also teams might be weary of giving them bigger offers since they both didn’t do too hot outside of Buffalo.

I thought AJ played decently against New England hopefully that is a positive development.

Seeding become drastically less important without a bye. Once teams hit the back 3ish games of the season I think teams would be less competitive for top seeds if all seeding amounts to is home field. Whereas if you have to play one less round and get home-field that seeding is something you are going to go all out for.

I don’t think they should get rid of the bye at all you really need to make teams push for the best records beyond simply home field

A tough blow but I do think the Bills DE group is good enough to win with. Groot is a really good player and Boogie and AJ have stepped it up and Shaq is having a nice rebound season. Next man up

Bills likely need to go Oline twice in the first four rounds and then WR and safety assuming Poyer is gone. The team drafted Cook in round 2 even if Motor walks and Hines is cut they can use a later round pick for depth and sign a cheaper RB to round out a committee. The team has much more pressing needs than tossing yet another premium pick at the RB position.

Just completely bizarre that they have Wilson a good QB and a decent supporting cast and they can't even put out a mediocre offense.

If I was defending Josh I would try to roll with 7 in coverage a spy and 3 in the pass rush. A spy would hurt Josh's ability to scramble and while you are only rushing 3 you have 7 in coverage to make it difficult to throw into a lot of coverage even if Josh has time. The difference would be I hope with the Bills that they have been developing a better traditional run game that can run down the throats of a 3-2-6 or 3-3-5 defense. I hope as Cook gets going and the O-line gets healthier the Bills can really turn up the heat on running down teams throats. We shall see but the 3 rush plus a spy with a lot of coverage is going to be something teams do try against Josh.

Brady is still a solid capable QB but he is really fortunate to be in the division he is in. If he was in a better division he would easily be out of the playoff race or on the fringes of it.

OBJ is a lottery ticket at this point, It’s 5 weeks until the playoffs and this dude can’t workout. I don’t think he actually signs with a team this season.

Probably not something spelled out in the CBA that they could punish someone for. Rest assured they will adjust that as they should.

When did he say that? Genuinely curious as I haven’t seen anything from him about his retirement status

The Bills have a brutal 5 game stretch to end the season but their destiny is in their own hands. Win against the Jets at home and go from there.

Brandin Cooks is the only one of the external options that really moves the needle for me, I also wouldn’t hate Beasley to the PS as a kick the tires type move. As far as internal options I would say that a Crowder return from IR would be the the teams best option at getting more production from the WR position. Crowder is a more shifty slot WR and I think the intention with signing him was to have a speedy WR that could break man to man in Mac complemented by a vet WR that was more shifty in Crowder that could break zone. T Johnson stated in camp Mac and Crowder being so different made them so difficult to guard. Maybe if they can get Crowder back week 17 work him slowly in the last two weeks of the season he can be ready and warmed up for the playoffs.

I wouldn’t mind bringing him back as depth and to compete with a rookie but this team needs to invest a high draft pick into the Oline this off-season.

Josh should try to avoid contact when possible. Taking a hit off your body by sliding is worth the two yards you might not gain.

Hopefully a few extra days off on the “mini-bye” helps a lot of these nagging injuries.

I was so worried when he threw it, I figured it might be some more forcing of the ball and might be dangerous but Josh saw the window and executed

Breaks the will of a defense. Bills can really crack this game open with a defensive stop and a double dip opportunity to end the half.

Josh Allen is magic.

The team needed a better punt returner and they got one in Hines, just need to find a way to use him on offense better.