Utah John
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I think Fournette was told he might be called back to the practice squad if our personnel situation stabilizes. He was released only because we have no injuries to RBs and we have so many to other positions. He might be sticking around Buffalo, or be staying in touch, in case the Bills call him back. He wants a ring, and being part of the Bills team if they win it all will be worth the wait on his part.
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The refs initially said the ball was OOB based on where Spector was when he recovered the ball. It turned out that Spector was actually in bounds. But the refs review all aspects of a challenged play, and lo and behold it looked like the ball might have hit the Steelers player's helmet. Since the refs are required to need "clear and comelling" evidence that the call on the field should be overturned, and since there was a decent chance that the ball hit the helmet, the call on the field stood.
I think the rule about the ball being OOB if a player who's OOB touches it, is silly. It makes sense for kickoff returns, barely, but not for fumb.es. But as the rules stand, the refs got this right. I don't blame McDermott for challenging the call because he only knew about where Spector was. Bad luck on the challenge.
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The hit on Josh's slide was borderline, and in those cases it usually gets called.
Note that on Josh's TD run, it looked like he might slide at one point, and a defender pulled back, and then Josh kept on going. I think the fake Josh threw was just a regular fake, not an intention to fake a slide, but the defender played it safe.
For comparison, here's an actual fake slide by none other than the Steelers' QB, Pickett, while in college:
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bb0n4pNwBw
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14 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:
Josh is going to have to play every position.
He probably COULD play linebacker.
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10 minutes ago, Donuts and Doritos said:
Yeah, he'll be fine for next week.
That was me doing physical therapy after my hip replacement.
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Does anyone know the last time both the Bills and Sabres won games on the same day?
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1 hour ago, philholbroo said:
bojorquez?
He's Cleveland's punter and is under contract. Not worth a draft pick in a trade. If he was potentially our punter next year that would be a different story, but we had him and didn't want to keep him.
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There were so many Bills injured a spreadsheet to track their conditions is probably in order. I'm particularly interested in Taron Johnson, who often bedevils Mahomes. Any idea how it looks for him?
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4 hours ago, zow2 said:
This damn lake, lol. Whose gonna want to play football in the future here ?!?
At least the South is getting in on the snow action. I saw several inches are in store for Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, etc
I have about 3 inches on the ground here in Memphis. And there is NO WAY I'm driving out there with all those southern amateur drivers.
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The Bills D is much better than the Dolphins D, particularly with all the injuries the Dolphins have had. And Miami shut down the Chiefs in the red zone and made life generally difficult for the Chiefs. You'll recall the Bills beat the Chiefs in KC a few weeks ago. Now maybe the extra days Reid has to scheme up Bills beating strategies will be important, but the Bills coaches are no dummies either.
So far this is shaping up just fine. The Texans will go to Baltimore and have a decent chance of winning. I'd rather face Houston in Buffalo, than the Ravens in Baltimore.
7 minutes ago, Conlan58 said:I'm amazed at how many of you are seemingly just looking past the steelers like this team didn't struggle mightily in the regular season.
Sure, if we dominated every team in that last 5 game stretch, I could see some "looking ahead". But they didn't... they had arguably 1 solid game out of the 5. They tend to let lesser teams hang around too long
With that being said... SHOULD the Bills advance... man it would be sweet to send the swifties home crying for once.
They had 1 solid game? They won all 5! They did not play to their potential most of the time, that's true, but a W is a W no matter how close the score is.
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The Dolphins have it figured out. As soon as global warming means no more cold-weather games they'll be unbeatable. Of course by then Miami will be several feet under water....ah that's just a detail to worry about later.
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17 hours ago, BarleyNY said:
I won my FF league in due in part to Kyren Williams. As such I paid attention to him. He was a freaking beast. Some notable injuries to other top RBs like Nick Chubb paved the way. He had similar totals to Henry, but a better average. I think that’s what got him the nod for second behind McCaffery. A good case could’ve been made for a few others too.
Thanks. I'll watch for him in the game against the Lions.
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Another head scratcher. The second team RB is Kyren Williams of the Rams. Maybe I don't watch enough NFC action, but I honestly had never heard of him before this. Christian McCaffrey of course made first team, and he deserves it, but does Williams deserve it over, say, Derrick Henry, who had more rushing yards behind a weak O line in Tennessee?
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57 minutes ago, zow2 said:
Good Job for Taron!
For Allen that's no All-Pro and to a lesser extent, no Pro Bowl. The most productive unicorn QB the league has seen and this guy has no major honors to put on his resume after retirement. Let's hope for a Lombardi of course. Meanwhile Lamar with MVP's and All-Pro status is being fitted for a gold jacket today.
This is why I'm concerned that Josh won't make the HOF. Of course he deserves it, and people watching today see how good he is. But five years after retirement, I don't think people will remember so clearly, and they'll see the lack of those postseason honors and figure, nah, maybe the Hall of Very Good, but not the HOF. The only solution is to get a Lombardi or two or three.
Look at the rosters. Very few AFC players made it. The entire second team defense and special teams are from the NFC. I don't know how that happens, not with the AFC having such good teams.
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Going heavy for the Bills usually means pulling one or both safeties close to the line. They're not as big as most LBs but they, and Taron Johnson, tackle like fiends. It will be up to the Steelers to show us what we need to do. If they try passing a lot, then keeping the safeties back is a good idea with Pickens in the house. But if it's run run run, then I'd expect Hyde to line up closer to the LOS.
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My screen says the video is private. Not sure what that means. Clearly many others have been able to view it. Is there some technical trick I can try to view the video?
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If a team has won all its games, it's not undeserving, by definition. (If any team might be considered undeserving by the national fans, it would be Buffalo, which screwed around for three months before getting in gear.) So that takes out one part of your question.
As for obnoxious, well that's got to be either Miami or Dallas. I'll go with Miami.
(Again though, for the national fan base, I'm not sure how they feel about the Bills. I've read there's a lot of Josh Allen hatred out there. I don't know if that's true or why that should be the case. I would think he's wildly popular, based on his play and the way he interacts with everyone, but who knows what the national media have said about him. So the point is, they might think the Bills are the obnoxious team.)
2 hours ago, Robert Paulson said:how did Baltimore not make this list?
I guess there's no Ravens hatred, which is not surprising. They don't piss people off. They just win.
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Well that was fun.
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13 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:
Yeah Beane screwed the pooch hard on that one. I mean he only became an All Pro guard and all.
Beane acknowledges he pulled the plug on Teller too soon. Teller was a rookie and the Bills had some veteran guards they wanted to use. None of whom were anywhere near as good as Teller turned out to be.
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If there's one guy out there I'd like to consider, it's Wink Martindale, who resigned as DC of the NJ Giants. Not only is he an outstanding DC, he quit on Daboll, so McD might want Martindale just to piss off Daboll, who has not seen eye to eye with McD for some time.
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On 1/7/2024 at 6:50 PM, boater said:
Yeah, the college system can't produce enough quality QBs and HCs. I'd say there's enough talent for a 28 team league.
People, like Goodell, talking expansion are nuts.
They're not nuts, they're just greedy.
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About the second half last night...did Miami put out a missing persons report on Achane after halftime? He was tearing it up in the first half, and the Dolphins had the lead so they could have kept on running. Did McDaniel outsmart himself by moving away from the run?
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4 hours ago, Chaos said:
Dak does not fit in that first group.
And I think Stroud does. That kid's got an ARM.
7 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:I don’t have an issue with Tua at all, except for the fact that Miami fans all year were saying that he was better than Josh Allen
Josh Allen is a generational quarterback despite the turnovers. This guy literally can do things that nobody else in the league can do.
It’s not just the fact that he can make every throw
It’s everything else too
How many other QBs could make the run for a first down in the 4th quarter, that Josh did last night? NONE. How many would even try? Same answer.
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9 hours ago, corta765 said:
Apparently 80% of the NFL is built on native american burial grounds lol
Well, there have been Native Americans living (and dying) here for thousands of years, way before they were called Native Americans, and so there are probably a lot of burial grounds, most of which are totally forgotten. So odds are, you're right.
10 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:So funny you posted this cuz I was over there laughing and just enjoying tasting their tears. They have soooooo much vile hatred of Bills, Josh Allen, Buffalo the city, Bills fans, etc...its crazy.
I find it funny when they talk about how "low class" Buffalo and the people who live there are when the majority of their posters sound like they didn't even get a G.E.D. let alone a HS diploma and try and talk all tough and street lmao. Especially when anyone I know who has gone to Buffalo will echo the same thing we felt when we were there...the city and near areas like Niagra Falls are beautiful, the people are incredibly friendly and nice, and the food is great.
Miami on the other hand is a cess pool while Buffalo is one of the fastest growing tech cities in the world and one of the fastest growing cities in the world of ages 18-35, a sign of a thriving city for youth and employment. And I am born and raised in CA, so I am not saying that as a homer as I have never lived in Buffalo.
Also not much risk of Buffalo being under water in 20 years. Also I'm pretty sure it's easier to get homeowner's insurance in Buffalo than anywhere in Florida.
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Bills sign Matt Haack
in The Stadium Wall
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If Martin is cleared to play and there's no risk of re-injuring his hamstring, will he or Haack be our punter?