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Recent history demonstrates that the Bills are more than capable of beating the Chiefs, as they've done in regular-season matchups. However, when it comes to the playoffs, the Chiefs excel at analyzing those regular-season games and making the 1-2 critical adjustments that win the playoff rematches.

I'd think from his perspective, the Bills would be the ideal fit at this juncture. He's not a plug and play football player. Knowing the defense instinctively makes him a better football player because there's no hesitation or thinking. He can finish 2024 strong and hit FA with a good year of play. It's going to be very difficult for him to jump to an unfamiliar team this week and be impactful.

I hope the Bills use some formations and plays they have not used yet this year in this game. - the Chiefs package. The entire key to any Chiefs game is keeping Reid and Spagnuolo off balance, with new stuff and misdirection, making them react, especially in the second half.

No. Too late. Wouldn't be anywhere near game shape. I don't think he's playing again.

He's like Hasson Reddick in an older body. He only wants to rush the passer, so he's not going to set an edge or do any of that "tackling" stuff.

50-50. He's obnoxious on ESPN but a surprisingly decent actor on General Hospital.

I picked the Saints. In theory, the Browns have an issue around one player, and could drop a nuclear bomb and take that dead cap hit of $172 million over 1-2 seasons and be done with it or negotiate a retirement settlement with Watson that'd be less than that number. Yes, they would likely field the worst team in league history, as every player would be league minimum, but it could be done. The NFL would likely go to great lengths to stop it. Fans would be apoplectic. However, they likely get the #1 pick in the draft, and are also getting a new stadium. Saints have a multi-year project of clearing dead cap and current cap with multiple bad contracts, and they have an aging facility. There's little to look forward to until 2030.

Barring a significant change to Josh Allen's health and availability, the Bills are likely to be AFC East champions for the next five years, potentially until 2030. By then, Allen will be 34. I anticipate that during the new stadium years, the Bills will field "the best teams money can buy" to support the stadium’s success. Unless there are changes in ownership, I believe the Jets and Dolphins will continue their decades-long strategy of quick fixes rather than enduring the challenge of a planned rebuild. At his age (83), I think Bob Kraft is more interested in profit than additional championships, and I don’t foresee significant investments in the team as long as he remains the owner.

To me, feels like cover for some forthcoming trades of players which may be...unpopular. For them to have any shot at assembling a credible roster over the next couple years, they need to jettison as many of those 30+ year old players they can.

My ideas are: Khalen Saunders, NO Dalvin Tomlinson, CLE Shy Tuttle, CAR

It would be fascinating to see the process the Colts took to picking him, to see who (the scouts, directors, etc.) was involved and how they arrived at his selection. I can't find the article - but I read one a few days ago where it was either GMs or scouts telling college quarterbacks to not enter the draft unless they've started at least two full seasons in college because that's the realistic floor of experience to have a chance of success in the NFL.

Mario Williams, had the Bills not changed defensive strategies (from Jim Schwartz to Rex Ryan), both he (and Marcel Dareus) would have had longer careers in Buffalo. Williams played four years of his contract and missed just one game. Right now, Von Miller is on the Top Ten list of this team's all time worst free agent signings - up there with expensive mediocrity like Derrick Dockery and Langston Walker.

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Colts drafted 95% athlete, 5% football player. A story as old as the NFL draft itself. Unfortunately for the Colts, Joe Flacco is 95% football player and 5% athlete at this stage is his career.

I'd only bring aboard old players like Mack (or Clowney) to be exclusive 4th quarter enforcers for this Bills team to spread Chris Jones-esque chaos. That's the role I want Von Miller to play. I don't want to see him on the field until the middle of the 3rd quarter.

I give Andy Reid credit for keeping his staff of great lieutenants together. I don't think KC enjoys the run of success it has had without Steve Spagnuolo, Dave Toub and Matt Nagy. I also think he improved as a tactician as he got older. Part of what makes the Chiefs dangerous is they change and adapt quickly and prey on conservative play calling, especially when it's late in the game. They know 95% of the coaches in the league retreat into the shell when the game is on the line. When you play the Chiefs, you have to scrap the scripts and plans, and play aggressive.

Others to consider: Tommy Maddox in Pittsburgh Jim Harbaugh in Indianapolis Kerry Collins in Tennessee

I think the Browns offense will look decent this week and the Browns will give the Ravens a closer game than many expect. Perfect weather, Winston has a capable arm, and the Ravens will spend at least a quarter reacting to the new plays. And if you're Ken Dorsey and Jameis Winston, what do you have to lose?

I agree. He won't be in game shape this season, and it takes a series of games to get there. I think the rosiest of the best case scenarios is where he's playing batches of meaningful minutes in playoff games.

Like the Giants, NE will sabotage every head coach going forward, because it trusts voices outside the organization more than they trust the voices inside it.

No. It's a *long* season. Weather is nice now. He's older, and slower. You're seeing the very best effort at peak condition (no injury) in the very best of football playing conditions a 30-year old RB can provide. I wouldn't want that contract on the Bills books next year either, even with the out.

That's the kind of unforced error that can derail the mojo of a good season there with a team that is wildly exceeding expectations. I also wouldn't want that Stafford salary for at minimum, 2025 and 2026 and Stafford hanging over the development of my first round draft pick.

Hope they travel early and get into town on Thursday instead of Friday - I'd hate to see them lose a game due to jet lag.

Always felt bad for him - he always seemed to be unhappy, with little joy in his life, regardless of his fame or fortune. Thought things might turn around for him after he stopped being married to a textbook definition of a narcissist.

Declining? Not yet. Peaking? Yes, primarily due to the oversaturation of an increasingly mediocre product that desperately needs innovation.