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So apparently the 49ers flew into Buffalo for the game yesterday night, landing at 11:39 PM. So both teams are in town.

No, but I have two other vivid Bills memories. Cookie running for 5 TD's and pro football record 243 yards on a muddy field at the Rockpile; and was actually working in Nashville and one of my vendors gave my son [who was on Winter Break from College] and I skybox seats to the "Music City Miracle". Talk about the thrill of victory, agony of defeat that day. Can't believe Wade benched Flutie that game.

Mahomes has been incredibly lucky to still be relatively healthy given the number of sacks he has taken this year. Having an elite Center and guards is all well and good, but I thought Crosby was going to break him in half a couple of times. Karlafitis was lunching on their left tackle most of the second half. I imagine the Chief's newly acquired just off IR tackle will be starting next week.

12/28/63. I was 15 years old. Bills were hosting Pats for the right to go to the AFL title game. Snowed that week heavily. Tickets were my "big" Christmas present. Our seats were in the bleachers towards the East end of the stadium [left center field in baseball]. Instead of shoveling the bleachers, they had gone around with a garbage can and made seats on top on the snow covered wooden board seats. I was 15 and immune to cold [haha] my dad, who already had some arthritis from a WW2 injury, went with me and probably was in agony but never said a word. Bills lost that day, 26-8 but regrouped and won the next two AFL titles. Buffalo's only score was a 93-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica to Elbert Dubenion in the third quarter, with a successful two-point conversion to cut the lead in half. That's my Bills snow game memory.

Wondering with the 49ers wide receiver injuries, their most common lineup is 2 WR's [Samuel & Jennings] TE [Kittle] HB [McCaffrey] FB [Juszczyk]. Esp with how dinged up their OL is, imagine we'll see a lot of Juszczyk [Good Buffalo name if I ever heard one].

Seems to me when Milano is back at full go [which could be a few weeks] the decision would be do you keep Milano and Bernard on the field or sub Cam Lewis/Cole Bishop/Jamarcus Ingram [pick one] for either of those two.

FWIW since 2008, the 49ers are the NFL's best performing team in cold weather games [below 34 degrees] they are 22-6 in cold weather games over that period. I still think our guys will prevail, we are a bit healthier and have an eyes on the prize mentality. Bills 27 49ers 20

I think they said earlier that because of complaints from red green color-blind people, the Jets game would not use all reds. So it would have to be the Pats

To quote "My Cousin Vinny" "Anyone stuck in the mud in Alabama knows ....." in Buffalo, it's "anyone who has shoveled out a 10' snow pile at the end of the driveway knows..."

Yeah, Henry, Jackson, with 300# FB Rickard blocking, our D is not built to counter that.

Bills and 49ers have 4 common opponents this year Jests, Arizona, Seattle, KC. Bills are 4-0 with an average victory margin of 9.75 pts. 49ers are 2-2 with an average victory margin of 3.5. Bills have played 2 at home, two on the road, 49ers have 3 at home, 1 on the road. +6 seems right. KC is the most recent common opponent and the Bills were +9, Niners -10.

And if we get Brandon Allen, expect a steady dose of McCaffrey pounding our defensive front and LB's, chewing up time of possession, adding in a bit of Deebo from the RB slot as well. Any team that has RB assets has watched the Baltimore tape and will be trying to expose our run defense. KC's best RB was hurt as I recall.

With the same team perhaps, but Belichick, Coughlin, Carroll, Vermeil and Reid all won Super Bowls after an unsuccessful first gig

The Bills negotiated a 3 yr contract at $21 MM for this season, but only his signing bonus is guaranteed $5.3MM, and they used a void year to spread the signing bonus out over 4 years. Interesting this year, 2024 he also is hitting Green Bay's cap for $5.1MM in dead cap. Bills are carrying a ton of dead cap for people who either left or were traded, Diggs, Tre White, Leonard Floyd, Ryan Bates, Micah Hyde, Mitch Morse, Mike Edwards and Poyer are all counting more than $2MM towards this years cap.

Humphries had one solid season in 2020, when he was one of the top rated tackles. Otherwise he's been solid starter level. Question tho is how recovered is that ACL? Von and Tre White were shadows of their former greatness coming off ACL's at least initially.

Ya mean like the guy in Buffalo that grew up idolizing the 49ers?

There was a school of thought when we traded for Douglas that he had a couple of years left as a cover corner, but could move to safety and extend his career. He hasn't had a really big payday for a 29 yr old, so I think he will take the highest offer. he does have a $4MM dead cap hit the Bills will have to eat.

NFL Network just had a bulletin Purdy out on Sunday vs. Green Bay, Bosa also ruled out.

Thursday Injury report for 49ers. Just posted Tatum Bethune, LB Knee DNP Nick Bosa, DE Hip / Oblique DNP Jacob Cowing, WR Concussion DNP Kevin Givens, DT Groin DNP Trent Williams, T Ankle DNP George Kittle, TE Hamstring LP Jon Feliciano, C Knee LP Brock Purdy, QB Right Shoulder LP Charvarius Ward, CB NIR - Personal Matter LP

I believe Kittle is also dinged up, he is the top rated TE in the league.

And Shakir is I believe #2 in the league in YAC.

With the money the top guys make, can't they hire private security to watch their property while their place is unoccupied? I know people for example who are snowbirds, and besides cameras, they pay people to check on their property when they are not around.

I could see one of these dumpster fire franchises drafting the Sanders kid, then hiring his old man as the coach. it would fit the behavior of some of these owners.

The 49ers have Fred Warner, which pretty much takes them out of the mediocre category. The Big unknown is Bosa's health. They are ranked 6th in total defense giving up 302 yards per game. Renardo Green is a rookie but already showing as a top 10 cornerback.

There are sites out now with recent lines on the 49ers at Bills - range from Bills favored by 3-3.5 with O/U in the 47-48 range. Niners are probably even more banged up than the Bills and they've already had their bye.