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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

I think you can see what Dorian Williams can do for the next few weeks before you make a move. He looked decent out there today. Get closer to the deadline and see what help you may need. What you have depth wise may be solid enough and your resources can be spent elsewhere

McD coached him against no game tape and Elam had zero regular season snaps. I think he looks better next week for sure

Milano and D Jones are killer injuries luckily Floyd and T Johnson returned avoiding complete catastrophe. Hopefully the Bills can get one of them back at some point. I think D Williams and Poona Ford can backfill decently

You have to give the players a day or two at your facility to heal up and get their work in. Then fly out on Wednesday. You get two days at home with your facilities and your bed to rest in. Then on Wednesday you travel and that gives you three days before game day to adjust. That would make the most sense to me

I also think you kind of have to give Elam a “break” on this game at least factoring in the circumstances to his performance. He was inactive the first four weeks and then gets thrusted into a starting role against a good WR in London a place he never played before. Oh and the opposition played in London the week before. It’s understandable he had a bad game. I trust McD to coach him up and allow him the time to work out the kinks. I suspect how he looks the next two weeks will be how he is going to be this season.

As good as Gabe played he made a really bad error when the margin for error was small. Just frustrating as the penalties put the Bills behind so much and then they made a few errors and were depleted on defense due to injuries

I just don’t understand the infatuation with Cook at times. Just a really frustrating game overall.

Call me crazy but I think Elam gets going eventually. McD is one of if not the best secondary coaches in the league and Elam had some nice jams and plays out there mixed in with a lot of his bad play. I trust McD to coach him up. Keep this is in mind, Elam was completely inactive weeks 1-4 and then is thrusted into a starting role against a very good WR in Ridley. Oh and yeah play this game in London for the first time in your career against a team that not only plays there all the time but also played there last week. Just not ready to write him off for a bad game against a good opponent and in tough circumstances

Bad drop for sure but the reason this game was lost was not because the WR 2/3 wasn’t going. Davis even before garbage time made a few plays as did Harty. It was lack for a power run game and some bad penalties that cost them the chance to get going early and in Q3

I liked what I saw from Harty today. They used him less as a “gadget” player and more like a WR. It was a good way to get him some big plays. Hopefully they use him more like that going forward. I also for the third time this season liked the one catch that Shakir made. Shakir made a nice first down catch that made a big impact. Hopefully he gets more burn too.

I wish the Bills could have just ran Harris and Murray a lot more from under center in the first half. Once the offense becomes one dimensional it leads to having to have Diggs and Davis going off consistently which is not easy to do. Still would have liked to have seen Josh attempt a Hail Mary

Elam didn’t play well but I think it’s better he takes his lumps now so that by December he hopefully gets into form and is rolling. He had some nice plays like a good jam or two on Ridley. McD is one of the best secondary coaches in the league I am sure it will work out in the long run.

Gabe missed one critical catch that cost the team a FG chance but he also came up with some plays. I liked what I saw from him. The issue in my mind is establishing a power running game from under center to be less reliant on Josh throwing the ball.

I am sure there are suggestions but in the end you don’t know what works best for your team and your players until you have that experience a few times

It does matter because the coaching staff and players have never had that experience before so they don’t know what works best for their players. The Bills clearly got out the gate slow

The Bills had Brian Daboll in 2021 and they put up 6 against the Jags…

That was in 2015, the current coaching staff and group of players have collectively never played in London before.

It has never happened before that a team in London faced a team that played in London the week before. There were bad coaching decisions made but I can’t also say that there weren’t other factors that put the Bills in a bad spot.

The Bills never played in London and they faced a team that not only played in London many times but also played in London the previous week. The Bills were at a major disadvantage against a good team. The Bills kept it mostly a one score game despite many bad calls early. The Bills only got a call or two towards the end but the game was already behind them when they got the calls their way. The injuries are what concerns me long term. Hopefully Jones and Milano aren’t out long term. I think with Poona Ford and D Williams they can manage a few games without them but they need them back come late November. My only complaint was the attempt to do a hook and ladder at the end. They should have taken a big “chunk” of 20 plus yards and spike the ball. They had enough time on the clock to do that. I would have loved to have seen a Hail Mary attempt from 70ish yards by Josh. Not that the Bills would have won but it would have been cool to see Josh attempt it.