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I was honestly so confused as to how he stayed on the roster. I thought in 2019 he was just going to be camp fodder, this team had tons of depth at the O-line. Mongo and Spain were the starting guards, Long, Teller, and a lot of other competition at the backup spot too. Then in 2020 they still had Spain and Mongo and they brought in Winters. But he has hung on for a long time and it has paid off.

I honestly doubt that last year Teller would have gotten the playing time needed to develop. The Browns O-line play in 2019 was suspect and Teller was allowed to play through his growing pains. In 2019 Spain (who had a good season) and Mongo were in front of him and would have kept him on the bench. The Browns also have an excellent O-line coach so I don't necessarily know if Teller would have had blossomed in the same way here. Ike has been very solid and I think he can deliver at a starting caliber level the rest of the way.

I think 2 per game is very doable. I think he pops off one game and gets 3-4 and gets at least 1 every other game.

I think he is vastly overpaid for such a niche position. He isn't much of a factor in the receiving game and I am not sure how great of a blocker he is. He is getting paid 3 million to handle a position that is increasingly less valuable in the modern NFL. I just am not seeing the value the Bills are getting out of that 3 million cap charge even if Smith is a great blocker. Unless Smith adds value via special teams that I am not seeing he just seems more like a niche player who is paid well beyond that.

That's less than 2.5 per game, insane.

KC, the bye week is a pipe dream thanks to the AZ loss. But the division is a goal this team needs to take and right now Miami stands in the way of that. A win against the Steelers (a tall order but doable) and a Fins loss would set this team up to win the division easily.

Far too early to speculate on playoff matchups. Just worry about winning the division.

It is really unfortunate that the 2 seed no longer gaurantees a bye week. The Bills just need to worry about winning the division, the Bills kept up with Miami the past two weeks when Miami hit two soft games. Now both the Bills and Miami run into two thought matchups but I do think the Bills run into the slightly better matchup here. Hopefully The Bills can beat The Steelers and get to 10 wins and Miami loses to KC and gets to 5 losses, that would effectively make it so the Bills can clinch with a win over NE or a win over Denver and a Miami loss. Either way let's see where the Bills stack up against the Steelers.

Tre shuts the door on this one. Just run the clock down a bit, San Francisco already burned a timeout.

So a typical Bills game this season.

That's kind of how they have looked a lot of the season. But they play disciplined on defense and they make enough plays on offense.

I hope Josh is the perfect fit. His physical profile of having an arm that can cut through anything, big hands to help hold onto the ball, the size to absorb hits and hopefully stay healthy, the speed to add the ground game to his repertoire, the quick and smooth release needed along with the mental profile.

Denver is a tough out, they upset the Fins and gave KC a one possession game. Granted I think the KC game was more of a product of KC being off but Denver's defense and ground game showed up. I am honestly not focused on Denver, just beat the 49ers and sort everything out afterwards.

I think Edumonds needs good play in front of him to be effective. But when he has that good play he is a beast because he is very good in coverage over the middle and out on the flats. He is able to sniff plays out and make the right read when he has some room and good play in front of him. I think Edumonds will be a long term piece to this defense but McD needs to have a good one tech in front of him at all times.

Even if the cap was normal in 2021 I think Milano takes a one year deal, I don't see the market for him being that great for a multi year deal. He is often banged up and not super dynamic when our there. He is a good player but one that hadn't proven to be durable and worth the long term investment. I think he resigns on a one year deal 5 to 7 million and tries to cash in after proving he can be healthy. The 175 number was just so that teams could have had a worst case scenario in mind. However the NFL was never going to have it be below 190 in my opinion.

I do genuinely believe that the league will smooth out the cap, before Covid in early 2020 the league was projecting to have huge increases in the cap due to the extra game per season, growing overseas revenues in the UK and Mexico, and new TV deals. These were 20-30 million dollar increases or more to the cap year after year. So there is plenty of room to lower future increases from 2022 to 2024 slightly in order to keep the cap flat in 2021.

Bills are running into a tricky matchup on the road against the 49ers. I expect this to be a one posession game late. The 49ers will be without Jimmy G and Kittle but they have been a tough team without both players. I think without John Brown on offense the team struggles to score against a still tough 49ers defense but I do think the defense shows up and shuts down the 49ers. 24-17 Bills a nail biter but the defense shuts the door when needed and the offense does just enough.

It isn't that complicated their Oline got old and their reciving corps best player (Jeffery) got hurt and there wasn't much behind him. Not that complicated

They are going to give him one more season.

Bills led wire to wire and got the two posession lead late. The defense for the most part looked sharp against a decent offense and the offense was just good enough despite Bosa being a hugely disruptive force but still just couldn't get it going consistently. The Bills did play sharp defensively which is a good sign. So not all doom and gloom, the Bills got a big win they needed. Taking on a tough but banged up 49ers team this week, get that win and keep going forward.

Pretty much

Got to find a way to win these next 2 games without him. Fatten up to 9-3 and take your chances against the Steelers without him. If this team wants to win a playoff game and have a chance at making some real noise they need Brown healthy. Very frustrating for him to be in and out with injuries. Health has always been his careers biggest Achilles heel.

The Chargers will not be an easy out even at home. But the Bills should win this game. I think this is a game where the offense needs to get out quick and force the opposing offense to be more one dimensional than I think the Bills should be able to take it.

The Bills are a very good team. They can win playoff games. However i just don't see them winning more than 2 playoff games (and they have to run into the right matchup to win 2.) They are missing some key pieces on defense to be a true contender. I still think the one tech is a concern, the lack of an elite edge rusher a fatal flaw, LB play is also not where it needs to be (hopefully the bye week helps) and CB play could be a concern if T.Johnson continues to struggle and Levi isn't back to where he needs to be. The offense can win a shootout with the best of them and I think the ST unit is one of the top 7 in the league. I think the Bills go 11-5, win the division and win a playoff game. But beyond that the teams defensive flaws are likely to be exposed.

The Bills have never had much in the kicking department since I have been a fan in 2000. For most of my Fandom Lindell was the kicker and he was solid but I never really thought of him having good range. It seemed like with Lindel that they would be good from 45 yards and under and anything getting close to 50 was always dicey. But they did get some good years here and there. Haush in 2017 was money and Carpenter in 2013 and 2014 was a stud. Hopefully Bass is the real deal for years to come.