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Tyreek is 3 months and 2 days younger than Diggs. Of the top 32 receivers in the league, 7 are older than Hill, 6 are older than Diggs. [Thielen, K. Allen, DHop, Lockett, OBJ, Evans, Diggs are top 32 older than Hill]. Father time is undefeated in the NFL. Look how quickly Smoke and Beasley went downhill.

I realize BB is famous for injury report smoke screens, but he has 8 of his 22 listed starters on the injury report.

Bills 27 Pats 13

We have Isabella, who has elite speed, but don't use him.

49er's have a loaded roster, which means you have to pay attention to a bunch of folks. Aiyuk, Kittle, Deebo. Also McCaffrey runs behind Trent Williams, who is a running game cheat code. McCaffrey would get a lot more attention without such a stellar group of options.

Philly canned Pederson within 3 years of WINNING a Superbowl with a backup QB.

A super bowl ring....

Re: Reid having 6 losses. - I think this is exactly what the league is trying to do. They would be thrilled if 20 teams still had playoff hopes in week 18. with 2 weeks to go they have 23 teams still alive for playoff berths, the "best" team has 3 losses, only 9 teams have 9 or more wins through week 16. With the salary cap; the draft which rewards the worst teams; and now the unbalanced schedule, having all these teams in the mix, means sellouts in December and higher TV ratings.

Chargers were a short week, long road trip. Pats will be extra day, "normal" 1 PM game routine, last RS home game, and Pats on their second straight road game. Think our guys will be very focused. Knock on wood, weather looks passable for a 12/31 game in the OP.

49ers have 10 of their 22 starters graded in the top 10 at their positions. Including Feliciano as the second highest graded guard in the league. That front office certainly seems to know what they are doing.

Look at today, 49ers have three turnovers in 22 minutes, trailing a team they have outgained 2-1.

Kadarius Toney inactive today. What a surprise.

If our WR's are so terrible, we should be at the bottom of the league in passing stats, and we're not.

Spotrac says he could get $13.5 AAV in Free Agency. If he does that Diggs will probably have his agent speed dialing Beane.

Don't forget Shakir, I think he can be Beasley 2.0.

Not sure in this day and age you can pay two top tier WR's & a top tier QB. At least one of the WR's is going to have to be on a rookie contract.

I suspect Bieniemy will get an interview if he is interested. He has a couple of rings, just saying.

At least in 2023 - there is limited correlation between how much money you spend on the wide receiver room and how your team is performing. Of the 10 teams who spend more [2023 cap hit] than the Bills on WR, it looks like 5 of the 10 will not make the playoffs. 49 er's are 20th, spending $10MM less than the Bills, Ravens are 24th in WR spending, they spend half of what the Bills do on WR's. I say do whatever you can in the draft to get a top wideout [esp with elite speed that can take the top off defenses].

Unfortunately my son and I were in Nashville for the original forward lateral, and we both said, Bills better have their heads on swivels. Fortunately the forward lateral was obvious even to the refs last night.

Saw that, also noted both teams have key players who were once Bills.

Here's the league's glove policy. Approved Glove Color (h) Gloves, wrappings, elbow pads, and other items worn on the arms below or over the jersey sleeves by interior offensive linemen (excluding tight ends) which are of a color different from that which is mandatorily reported to the League office by the club before July 1 each year. Such reported color must be white or other official color of the applicable team, and, once reported, must not be changed throughout that same season. Players at other positions (non-interior linemen) also may wear gloves provided they are a solid white, solid black, or a solid color that is an official color of the applicable club. Gloves may also be a tri-color combination of black, white, and one (1) official color of the applicable club. Gloves may also be a bi-color combination of black or white with one (1) official color of the applicable team. Clubs are not required to designate to the League office by July 1, the color of gloves that will be worn by their non-interior linemen.

Who was coming off a mini-bye, Bills had a short week, and a 5 hour plane ride. A study a couple of years ago showed the Bills with like a 25% win percentage when they traveled to the West Coast, and the short week compounds that.

With Ty Johnson questionable this week, is this an opportunity for a Fournette practice squad elevation? Thinking like we did last week vs. Parsons, go run-heavy to neutralize Khalil and also to attack their personnel change on the interior DL?

With Mack tonight - daresay we will see more of the same?

Had a career year in 2020, got paid, hasn't played up to the contract since.