billsfan89

Josh beat KC (on the road) in the regular season by a wide margin with a good performance. Beating KC in the regular season won’t expel the questions. Josh simply has to get it done in the playoffs in order to silence any doubt. Similar to how Peyton Manning was great and broke all the records but had the rep that he couldn’t win the big games. I think KC and Philly are the only teams with rosters remotely competitive to the Bills so it will be interesting to see how the Bills stack up against the best roster they likely will play all year. There are only 3 key players (that are not on IR) that will be in doubt injury wise. Knox, Poyer and Edumonds. I think at least 1-2 will play which leaves the team with a reasonable amount of injuries and a roster that’s pretty close to full force. I think this is the game the Dline has to show up and dominate. This is among the top 3 Olines in the NFL. The Chiefs invested a lot into that unit both with big contracts and draft picks. The Bills Dline has added Von a huge free agency addition and has seen a pair of first round picks and a pair of second round picks invested into it and they brought back Shaq and Phillips for depth and brought in on moderate contracts D Jones and Settle to get bigger up the middle and more stout. The Dline needs to show up and show out in this game.

I think they get Benford, Kumerow and possibly Tre all back after the bye week. Bills really need a bye week not only for the guys who are not playing but also for the guys that are playing through injuries. The week of rest will go a long way to getting this team as close to 100% as it can possibly be at this point. Poyer, Edumonds and Knox I would lean towards playing but it is possible that any combination of them may not play. Mac definitely looks like he will be back which is a boost.

I think the Bills tend to manage injuries more conservatively and it is likely they want to bring Tre, Benford and Kumerow all back after the bye and get the team as close to 100% as possible heading into the long run of the season. It is possible that after the bye this team could have everyone who hadn’t suffered a long term injury back.

After missing badly on a kick in the early 40’s none the less.

Eagles play in a suddenly tough division. Cowboys defense is real and their offense is getting it together despite Dak being out and the Giants are no joke both teams at 4-1. Commanders stink though.

I kind of feel the same way, KC gets a shot at 3 here and the ball back.

The problem with that rule is what the hell else can the defender do? He came from behind and was trying to tackle him. KC getting screwed by that call.

Terrible call big break for the Raider, could be a 10 point swing as KC should have had the ball at mid field with a minute and change left and a time out. Now the Raiders get a kick.

Chocking out possessions by holding the ball is a great form of defense against Mahomes (well any QB really). So far KC has only had 4 possessions this half which is great since teams average 6 each half so that’s 1 to 2 less times you hand the ball over to the offense.

Great hit by that KC defender Raider lucky it bounced out of bounds.

Jacobs has 69 yards on 11 carries. I have him in fantasy and he is really breaking out the past two weeks after a mediocre start to the season.

Let’s say the Bills beat down Miami people would have been talking about this team going 17-0 each week as they pile up dominating wins. With one loss on the books it at least takes that element of pressure off.

To me it was a depth pick short term and a possible Edumonds replacement if they can’t resign him after this season. I would have drafted Parham as a Saffold replacement and depth. When In doubt go Oline I didn’t even hate the Cody Ford pick in retrospect as I wanted the Bills to take a shot at an Oline player as opposed to a WR.

Honestly might be the best thing to not be undefeated as to not build pressure as the season goes on

I get what you are saying, they are driving right down on this drive but I also think you don’t want to leave points on the table either esp when you are up.

I would have preferred Parham over Bernard but at least Bernard has looked good when he plays and they might need him down the road.

I would agree most of the time but KC is not playing well on offense and you are away take the three possession lead and keep your momentum going.

Three possession lead in Q2 is a great start for the Raiders.

Jacobs looking like the back he was drafted to be this game. Raiders taking it to KC early.

I believed in Moss for as long as I could but outside of great blocking skills and passable receiving skills he brings nothing to the table.

Cam Heyward is a stud

At least the drive ate up a lot of time. Still would have been nice to just put the game away and see some garbage time Keenum. A stop on this drive and a couple of first downs on the next drive should ice this game out.

The Steelers are amazing at developing WR's since the late 90's. They have had Hines Ward, Plaxico Burrus, Mike Wallace, Santonio Holmes, Emmanuel Sanders, Antonio Brown and Ju Ju Smith Shuster all producing at a high level (I think all but Sanders had at least one 1,000 yard season with the Steelers many having multiple 1,000 yard seasons). They are also pretty solid at developing tight ends Heath Miller was a stud and Pat Freiermuth has a lot of potential. They also have a pretty good history of RB's Jerome Bettis, Willie Parker and Lev Bell were all studs and they recently are trying to get Harris going (although I think Harris is fairly pedestrian). So Pickett will have a good complement of skill position players it is more so can they build up that O-line while keeping a solid defense together during Pickett's rookie deal?

I stand corrected, on the replay it looked like a bad call. I thought on the live angle there was a bit more grabbing.

I think he has a lot of good traits but a lot is going to depend on if the Steelers can develop the O-line around him and get him some confidence.