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Eagles have played the 29th toughest schedule to date and have the weakest schedule in the league going forward. That being said, Dallas with a healthy Dak/Zeke at home will be a tough hurdle. Their other games against teams with a decent record are a pair with the Giants, and Derrick Henry and the Titans. Eagles are 28th in rushing defense in a yards per attempt [5.0] basis, so Barkley and Henry could be problems.

Rashan Gary, Packers LB and arguably the best player on their defense is in concussion protocol after leaving the game Sunday vs. the Commanders.

QB - Josh Allen RB - Josh Jacobs FB - Reggie Gilliam [better pass blocker & receiver than Ricard] WR1 - Stephon Diggs WR2 - Tyreek Hill WR3 - Devante Adams TE - Chris Kelce LT - Laramy Tunsil LG - Joel Bitonio C - Creed Humphrey RG - Michael Onwenu RT - Jack Conklin Teller would probably be the RG if he wasn't nicked up

Anyone notice that the Bills have somehow put together a defense with first rounders Von Miller, Ed Oliver, Tremaine Edmunds, Kaiir Elam, Tre White [when he returns] and Greg Rousseau all starting, and Shaq Lawson in reserve. Wonder if any other team in the league has 6 first rounders starting on D. The currently injured Xavier Rhodes is also a former first rounder.

I remember than Thurman Thomas had an 85% tear of his ACL at Oklahoma State. He wore a brace for his entire NFL career. He had a pretty good career in the NFL.

Our D-line is playing at a high level, If Bakhtiari is out, their O-Line is mostly JAG's or less - Rodgers will not have a lot of time to get his plays off. Edmunds & Jones have been playing well, which impacts the GB run game. Hoping Eddie O is mending from his bum ankle. Be interesting to see if Tre White is active for this game even in a spot role.

Sunday night weather looking like perfect football weather 50 degrees, winds off the lake 5-10 mph.

Just makes me appreciate more what McBeane and Frazier have put together this season. Esp without Tre White and losing Hyde.

Teller is inactive today, seems he has a recurring problem with "calf strain' [?achilles?]. Cleveland looks like they are headed for Salary Cap jail with Watson's contract.

I still shudder over memories on him being caught from behind in 2014 as he was a little cocky.

Not sure we can say this. We still have to play at CInci, H/A vs. the Jets & the Patsies. We do get the Packers and Vikings in the OP. We also get Miami at home the third weekend in December. There's a lot of chances to stumble. Detroit on Turkey day is a trap game on a short week. Hoping the worst of our injury woes are over. McD stresses one game at a time.

These teams have never made an NBA final: Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Charlotte Hornets, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans.

My nickname since my wife and I started dating was the Bear, I live in the North Country, although grew up in WNY.

Toughest matchups against GB appear to be OLB/Edge Rashaan Gary, who is their best player so far with 6 sacks, and will give Dawkins and probably a tight end or FB all they can handle. Gary has 11 sacks in his last 10 games, and is still on his first round rookie contract, so will be looking for Von type money in the near term; and their NT Kenny Clark against our guards, although Morse may help with this, may put a lot of pressure on the center of our O line.

They might get a mulligan on the Miami game, given the heat-related attrition of the OL that day. Baltimore wasn't pretty, esp in the first half. Would like to see some semblance of a competent [non-QB] running game, even when we get out to a lead, if for no other reason to burn clock and force the opposing defense to pick their poison.

At one point in the Miami game, the Bills’ offensive line consisted of Dawkins-Saffold-Mancz-Doyle-Quessenberry.

In the KC game, if he hadn't been tripped, he was evading Chris Jones, and probably would have been able to get the pass off.

Doubt he is a good fit for Kromer's pin and pull system which requires pretty athletic O-lineman. Josh's mobility requires that the O-line needs to be able to move as well. Relative Athletic Score for the Bills regular Olinemen are all in the high 8's and 9's, Williams is a 2.5.

Another famous late blooming draft choice that took a few years to develop was Sandy Koufax, he could always throw the heat, but control was not his strong suit. He finally figured it out at age 26 and had five dominating seasons before his arm fell off. His personal catcher, Norm Sherry, did a lot for his development, and I think Diggs is Allen's Norm Sherry.

EJ Manuel and Vince Young come to mind in this respect,

Shakir is taller and heavier, just as fast as McKenzie [4.43 vs. 4.42], has a much higher high point [Height [4.5in] + vertical [2.5in] is 7 inches higher]. McDirty is quicker in tight spots, but had two tight spots [backward lateral and end zone] vs. KC where he didn't catch the ball.

I've wondered for a bit if CMC transitions from a RB, which is no longer a valued position, to receiver. Deebo has done well in this regard, receivers are getting paid, very few RB's are. Franchise tag is 18MM+ for WR, 9MM+ for RB's. He does have to show that he's not made of glass tho. I'm old enough to remember Bobby Mitchell doing just that when he was traded from the Cleveland to Washington.

Fortunately Josh most of the time has the Houdini gene. I wonder if O line weakness is a blessing in disguise because teams see what's going on and lose track of our receivers. The Josh TD passes vs. KC to Diggs, Gabe and Knox were all throws only a few QB's even think about making, they all had completion probabilities in the mid-high 20% probability.

I suspect later this season you will have the same comment about all-pro voters. Bills have the top DVOA ranking despite just having played probably the only comparable offense in the league, but they will get slighted in the all-pro voting.

Knox caught the game winner yesterday, Tommy Sweeney crushed some folks on outside runs, not seeing a role for Ertz.