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Did we hate Florio?

He won’t need to play at a Milano level just has to play decently.

You need at least two days to lick your sores from the previous game. Not having access to your facilities and bed would not have been a good idea. If it were me I would have flown them out Wednesday early afternoon. It would give them Monday and Tuesday at the facilities with three nights rest in their own bed then four nights in London to try to adjust.

It of course was an issue the Bills were set up somewhat. The Bills coaches could and should have compensated for this by adjusting the game plan but this was a tall order no matter what

The Bills could lose this game and be fine. It isn’t ideal to drop this game but saying this game was some sort of must win is not accurate. At 3-2 the Bills just have to take care of business the next two weeks and see where the chips fall after that.

The Bills didn’t score or at least sustain drives when needed. They got some of their scoring and yards against a prevent defense when the Jags were up two possessions with about 3 minutes left. I think the Jags defensively basically dared Josh to go deep and trusted their pass rush. Dorsey didn’t adjust well until late in the game. Hopefully he learns from that and reads the defensive game plan in Q1 and adjusts quicker

Poona Ford may be the fulcrum of the defense at least while D Jones is out. I liked what J Phillips did but he is more of a rotational three tech DT they need Ford to play good in absence of Jones. Luckily unlike last season the Bills at least have someone that can attempt to fill that role.

Seriously kick rocks with these BS reactionary hyperbolic takes.

Yeah I am telling you writing off a player for one game under these circumstances is very stupid. I think Elam will look better in a month. This same board wrote off Bernard after 2022 as a wasted pick

I don’t always feel like anecdotes and intuition are good things to follow but when the data on injuries is in line with intuition then you have to make a change

The data is very clear that grass fields yield less injuries esp non contact injuries. The NFL for the quality of the product and the safety of the players should mandate a switch to grass next season. Injuries are the worst part of football. If there is something reasonable that can prevent injuries then do it

I did not like Dorsey’s play calling at times and I do wish the Bills knowing the game could have been sloppy tried to just go under center and run heavy with Murray and Harris early in Q1. But let’s be honest injuries and the jet lag really put the Bills behind the eight ball so to speak. Take care of business next week and lick your wounds

Dorsey has to learn to adjust when teams are taking away the short stuff and let Josh huck it chuck it football deep

Why so many are acting like Elam is a bust and can NEVER be a good player is so inanely silly. Elam had a fairly bad game against the Jags. But considering the circumstances are you really going to write him off for having a bad game while 1- Playing a game in London a time zone he never played in. Against a team who played in London last week. 2- A player who went form an inactive four weeks straight to starting? 3- Played against a good WR for his first start of the season? We all sit here and B word when KC uses September and October (and even early November) games to get young players ready for the playoffs allowing for growing pains in the regular season as opposed to playing vets all year. The Bills have a chance to do that with Elam and people B word about the growing pains…

Optimistically he has not had to respond to a situation where teams are “allowing” deeper shots. Usually teams cap the deep stuff and dare Josh to dink and dunk. This time the Jags trusted their pass rush and dared Josh to go deep. Dorsey will hopefully learn from this and take the deep shots when they are there

I am not one to make excuses but this game was a funky London game and the first time a team played a London game against a team that played in London the week before. I think this “hot and cold” game was not unexpected The drought was awful, I wished the Bills during the drought could be a team like the McNabb Eagles even if it meant not winning a title. I still am enjoying winning football with hope over low expectations despair

2021 and 2022 the Bills were hit decently by injuries. 2019 and 2020 were lucky year injury wise (although the Bills WR core was destroyed by injury towards the end of 2020). I was hoping that this year the injury front would be a bit different but the it’s starting to look like last season but with more serious injuries sprinkled in.

Poona Ford will get the call and I think he will do well. If the Bills can get Jones back at some point that will help but the Bills with Ford in place for Jones can be OK. Just have to hope along the edge Groot and Shaq come back.

Glad they drafted Williams too, I suspect there may be some growing pains there but hopefully they get him rolling after a few games

Allow me to inject some positivity. The season is not over even if Milano and Jones are out for the year (which is likely the case although not confirmed from my knowledge). The Bills have Poona Ford to backfil the loss of Jones. It will be a step down but the Bills unlike last season have a run defending DT on the roster. Dorian Williams can play for Milano and while there may be some growing pains he is a decent option and if he doesn’t play well they have the trade deadline where I am sure a decent LB can be had. As far as Tre they have Elam who I think is getting ***** on excessively for this game. Elam has never played in London and was asked to start against a good WR coming off 4 inactives was not going to end well. Elam will get better as he gets more experience and gets coached up by the best secondary coach in the league. The rest of the injuries don’t appear to be major. Groot and Benford will return and Von’s snap count will increase as well. There also is the trade deadline where the Bills can possibly add a piece if needed. The Bills sit at 3-2 after a tough five game stretch. They can survive the serious injuries and get right they have a nice stretch of games coming up where they can “get fat” and keep themselves in a good spot for the division

I thought J Phillips was Ok he had a deflection and did some things. Poona Ford is going to be critical. Can he back fill for Jones enough? Also is there any update on Jones?

No team has played in London against a team that played in London the previous week. The turf and injuries are issues that can happen on other NFL fields but the London thing is just awful

It’s week 5 chill things change on a dime week to week

The London thing was/is a legitimate thing to mention about this game. It has never happened (a team playing in London against a team playing back to back weeks in London) to any team before so it is a valid part of the analysis of this game. That being said fans overreacting to games is a huge part of team message boards. If it weren’t for the Jones/Milano injuries this game wouldn’t be a big deal in my opinion.

Was hoping this was a dislocated knee where maybe in 6ish weeks they could get him back. Now we just have to hope this isn’t a career threatening injury. At best he simply fractured his leg which best case is a season ender or out until well into December. Hoping for the best or at least a less bad scenario