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My hope is Jones comes back for the Pats game so that he can “knock off” the rust in some rotational snaps and then hopefully be close to 100% against the Fins. AJE and Hyde would also be big returns to the defense hopefully they can get them running by the Fins game. Ty Johnson would also be a good addition for the offense to get him back by the Pats game. Shorter is maybe a Special Teams add but I don’t think he is consequential. Phillips we all know is out until the playoffs. Elam I hope will come back as depth but it is not that dramatically consequential. Harris is also inconsequential as he has been replaced by Johnson and Fournette. Overall considering where this team was injury wise it isn’t in terrible shape. Just have to get a few key players back and rolling.

Of the one game to not go the Bills way I think the Dallas one was the one I would pick. I think the Fins won’t get it done in Baltimore next week.

Amazing, just have to hope things break the Bills way!

I said so in the pregame thread that I felt nervous about the game for those reasons. When the Bills were down 10-0 I felt like my suspicion was proving to be true. Of course back up 14-10 at the half I figured a “pull away” would occur but the Chargers hung tough and the Bills got the last drive they needed in the near exact amount of time they needed it to take up. This isn’t college football they just count the wins in the NFL.

I don’t know why it’s hard for the doom and gloomers to admit that the Chargers game was not the cakewalk some expected for legitimate reasons involving the Chargers and not necessarily that the Bills played completely down to their competition? 1- The Chargers changed their coach, after an in season coaching change teams always get a bounce off of that. 2- The Chargers were embarrassed completely on national TV the previous week. Adding more motivation to come out and play hard. 3- The Chargers had a “mini bye” having 3 extra days off. 4- The Chargers were home and the Bills had to fly across country on a one day shorter game week. All 4 factors made this game a lot harder than many were expecting. And despite the -3 turnover ratio the Bills came up with a win and did so without putting too much pressure on the defense in the last drive (handed the ball over to the Chargers up 2 no timeouts and just 28 seconds left). An Away game against an NFL team is never “easy” and yes had the Bills not turned the ball over 3 times they probably would have won by 2 scores at least. But fumbles are a bit of luck and the Bills didn’t get the bounces on that. It happens the Bills won and they did so by no means of luck or being bailed out by the refs.

Had a bad feeling they would start slow but the Bills have countered back up 4 going into the half when you were down 10 is solid. Defense is playing well only the first drive they had looked bad and they still held them to a field goal (the TD was given up on an extremely short field via turnover) gotta just get the first stop in the second half and then take full control of the game by going up multiple possessions. Offense got off to a slow start but avoided three and outs and then got going with back to back TD’s. Don’t take your foot off the gas Bills!

Rowdy Roddy Piper tribute!

Just a nervous vibe for me at the moment. The Chargers should be the massive underdog with how the Bills are playing and the Chargers current injury situation. But man does the fact that they just changed their coach (dead cat bounce) and are coming off a mini-bye scare me. Bills gotta take control of this game early and often. Don’t let this game be a game similar to the Giants game.

That’s a we don’t want anyone to get hurt move let’s just get out of here.

There’s just far too much to sort out, just have to focus on beating the Chargers.

Three possession lead with 7 minutes left? Yeah just have to run out the clock, there just isn’t three possessions for the Bengals unless as you said multiple fluky things happen.

Steelers with a commanding 3 possession lead and the ball deep in Bengals territory likely going to kick a field goal just great to see the Bills getting a likely positive result from the early game.

It boils down to how many high draft picks and cap dollars are spent at positions vs. how much production has been achieved at those positions. If you invest 3 first-round picks in 4 years along the defensive line you better have a dam good defensive line. Whereas if you don't spend many draft choices and not a lot of cap dollars along the defensive line and you field a decent unit that's actually not a bad result.

Gotta just focus on beating the Chargers. They are coming off a “mini-bye” and they just changed coaches after being completely embarrassed. The game won’t be easy.

Probable? No, possible yes. Just win against the Chargers and see what happens for now.

Edmunds started 5 seasons with the team and while I don't think he lived up to the billing he certainly was a solid player who filled a role and got this team a comp pick, and that's one draft resource from 2018. The team has not invested much in the position since then unless you count two later-round picks in 2022/23 or AJ Klein's lower mid-level free-agent signing in 2020 as being massive resources. Offensive line the resources invested from 2020 to 2022 were far too limited. From 2020-2022 they only put one pick in the first 4 rounds into the offensive line (Spencer Brown a late 3rd round pick) and their biggest free agency signing was Saffold a mid-tier contract or resigning D. Williams to a modest extension. They always attempted to develop guys at the end of the bench like Ike or Bates. I think your categorization and criticism just falls flat. If you really want to say where the Bills "overinvested" in years past I would say the defensive line has had a lot of big whiffs. Addison, Star, Murphy, and Butler were big additions cap-wise that fell flat. Those cap dollars could have been better spent on the offensive line or at WR.

I trust the Bills "infrastructure" a lot more this season. The Bills going into the homestretch last season were really cracking under good results. The offense was Josh and Diggs making it happen with "Superman" like efforts. The offensive line was trash, the RB's were solid but not dynamic and the WR's/TE's not named Diggs were mediocre. The defense was playing well but showing some signs of cracking esp after the Von injury. The team was also overly dependent on Daquon to anchor the middle. This year the offensive line is sooooo much better, James Cook and the traditional ground game has come alive and the supporting receiving crew is significantly better. Josh and Diggs don't have to carry the offense. The defense is also in a better position. The addition of Douglas has filled in nicely for Tre and the addition of Joseph and the return of Jones most likely means the team has two guys who can stuff the run which is a massive deal given how badly this team missed Jones in the Bengals playoff game last year. The edge rush also appears to be coming alive with Von finally showing signs of life and Floyd/Groot/Shaq holding things down and AJE coming back hopefully soon. Ed Oliver also is capable now of taking over games. The team is just so much stronger in the trenches on both sides of the ball. They are much better built for playoff football this season.

They should "name" a Pro Bowl team as I think having some sort of secondary recognition beyond simply two All-Pro teams is a good idea. But the actual game or event should be done away with. Sadly it is still a TV product that gets ratings so they will continue to do it.

What massive resources were spent along the offensive line? A mid-level free-agent addition in McGovern and a late second-round pick in Torrence? Dawkins has been here since 2017 and Mitch since 2019, Brown was a late 3rd round pick in 2021. Seems like the Bills did a good job overhauling the line without much in terms of resources. We definitely should have kept Teller, not saying that wasn't a blunder but every regime has bad moves no matter how great they are. But there was no reason to bring back Von Rotten and have him start. Von Rotten was 32 years old and had never been more than a marginal backup and in his lone year with the Bills he was terrible. There was no reason to believe that he was anything more than a mid-level backup at this point in his career. Also what massive resources have been spent at LB? Two late third-round picks? At this point, you are just looking for something to be aggrieved about.

Although due to injury the Von signing has not paid off this season thus far, one of the main reasons this team was able to sign Floyd was because of the relationship between Von and Floyd from that Rams SB run. So that Von signing is paying off in other ways.

PFF rates him as a 76 I know PFF is flawed but there isn’t too many other offensive line stats to go by. He’s allowed 4 sacks which is good not great but has no penalties against him which is great so the other oline stats back up him having a good season. Sometimes players just oddly break out

Chargers come out and keep it close early but the Bills pull away 34-20 Bills.

Somewhat smart to ask for a high amount of money as the more money a team is giving you the more they have invested in you and the more you have a chance to succeed. But that doesn’t always work out and if your price is too high teams will not give you an offer as you are still just an up and coming coordinator. There are only 32 NFL HC jobs out there so you can’t be too selective either.

Buy: Von Miller he has been perking up the past couple of weeks, I don’t think that Von is going to be what he was pre injury last season but I think he will make more and more positive plays. Hold: James Cook second big offensive weapon. Cook is the guy and don’t expect that to go anywhere. Sell: Doom and Gloom. This team is peaking at the right time.

Cook emerging as the second big offensive weapon with Diggs is an amazing development. Bills getting hot at the right time love to see it.