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The refs aren't even making a show of looking for penalties on the Eagles. There was a BLATANT block in the back in the middle of the field on that point return. Was it called? Hell no.

Refs need to put away the black and put on their green uniforms

And yet another obvious penalty ignored on the Eagles with the horse collar, and a completely blown intentional grounding call because Gabe Davis WAS in the area. These refs are a joke

I am absolutely sick of the biased reffing in the NFL. The last two offensive plays were incredibly obvious penalties against the Eagles, a hit to the helmet against a defenseless receiver and pass interference. Neither got called. Any time the Bills get a lead, the refs have to rubber band the opposition, try and get them back in the game. If it was the Chiefs, both would have absolutely been called.

Is running from gun a bad thing still talked about this year? I understand it in the previous years, because our run game was pretty bad, but especially out of the gun in previous years, but this year, I've been incredibly frustrated by the lack of run plays called. Before the Jets game, while we were in our 6(?) week slump, it seemed like we'd go nowhere when hyper focused on just passing the ball, but when we'd have drives where we were balanced and ran the ball, good things would happen. The only problem was, Dorsey kept refusing to call run plays. It seemed like we'd drop back and pass it three times, but they'd be waiting for it all three times, and we'd go three and out. However, when we sprinkled in the run, they wouldn't be expecting it as much, and so we got some good yards on the ground. So they'd be forced to respect the run, at which point the coverage would loosen up and we'd do better in the passing game as well. Only by the time Dorsey realized "hey, running the ball is actually a thing, I should try doing every once in a while," we'd already be losing. We'd have good, long, dominant drives where they couldn't stop us, but that would be to just get back into the game, and it would be a toss up whether we'd get enough points to win it or just make it close by the end of the game. This year, I've got not problem running out of shotgun, mainly because our run blocking as a whole has gotten better, so the formation we run out doesn't matter as much. The only time I have issues with run plays are when we try to do those wide, stretch or toss plays out of shotgun. They only seem to go horizontally, and as the RB is starting about 5 yards behind the line of scrimmage, that ends up being a big loss. They're fairly boom or bust plays, with bust being MUCH more likely. If you HAVE to run it wide out of shotgun, I'd MUCH prefer a jet sweep than a HB toss or whatnot.

Forgive my French, but I'm pissed. Holy ***** this is maddening. Forget how the NFL basically made the Bills and Jags basically play on concrete, resulting in multiple season ending injuries to our best players. Forget disrupting schedules and flying across a ridiculous number of time zones, making such injuries much more likely. Forget making the Bills give up a home game for that farce. Even forget the atrocious job the refs did, destroying any semblance of a fair and unbiased game by calling penalties on the Bills every single time something maybe, possibly, LOOKED like it could potentially be called a penalty, while practically waiting until a Jaguars player murdered someone on the field before calling one on them, all in the name of giving the Jags a "signature win" to expand their fanbase overseas in preparation for their inevitable move to London. Roger Goodell just straight up admitted that having the Jags play in London the previous week, then having them stay in London all week, while having the Bills fly in and play jetlagged was a way for the NFL to test just how much of an advantage that would be. They came right out and said, to paraphrase "we are knowingly ***** over the Bills this week, and in doing so, ending their season by injuring their best players so badly that they will be out for the rest of the season." This is rage-inducing. Link Below: https://x.com/haremherd/status/1711390018109923498?s=20

The NFL is DEFINITELY determined to help the Jags get fans in Europe before they move to London. This sh*t is unwatchable for anyone other than the biggest Jags homer

Up until now, we've mainly been running 3WR sets with Josh as a QB, throughout his career. However, after Beasely left, and McKenzie couldn't cut it, we don't really have a really good slot personnel, and this draft isn't that great for WRs. With the Kincaid pick, it seems like we're going to be lining up in a lot more 2 TE sets, even if one or both ends up getting split out wide. But with the suddenness and burst Kincaid has shown on tape, it seems like he could almost take over that slot receiver role as a TE, getting the high frequency, low yardage, high percentage catches that would more traditionally go to a slot receiver. And if that's the case, our offense starts looking a LOT more dangerous than last year. You've basically replaced McKenzie with someone with much better hands and a much better blocker, and who might actually get MORE targets. They'll likely be shallower targets, but Kincaid will still likely play a much larger role than McKenzie ever could have. And that's basically just talking about his direct effect. Less directly, playing in a two TE set with Kincaid out there, he'd basically make defenses pull a DB off the field in exchange for a LB, giving Davis and Diggs more room to work with. If they don't pull that DB, it becomes a lot easier to run on teams, which will also open up play action passing more. There are a lot of "experts" out there saying that we needed to draft other positions more, so they hated this pick, but drafting for need had always been how you end up drafting mediocre players that don't actually fill a hole and extend your losing ways. Always pick the best players available, and then scheme around them. There were no WRs or MLBs worth drafting at that point, we've shown we can't develop DLine talent, so pick the best player available, one of the best players in the entire draft, and start running some 2 TE sets with Knox and Kincaid.

Now, if I were a more optimistic person, I'd say this is the part of the movie where the promising team with high hopes and aspirations have dealt with all the struggles and injuries and setbacks and blizzards and whatnot, you get to the point where you start to feel things are getting back on track, only to have the Damar Hamlin injury happen, and suddenly everything feels bleak, and you start to wonder if that was the one thing that finally broke them. But then Damar makes a miraculous recovery, enough to be on the sidelines for the first playoff game, everyone rallies around him, and with that added drive and motivation, they make it through the playoffs, reaching the Super Bowl, where the team is surprised to see Damar suit up, healthy and cleared to play, and he ends up making the game sealing interception to win the Super Bowl. It would be a story worthy of Hollywood. And considering the last two Super Bowl winners seemed to have a flare for the dramatic with Brady being traded then winning the SB, then Stafford being traded then winning the SB, it feels like reality should see the drama inherent to the above storyline and follow the script. But unfortunately this is the real world. And we're just stuck hoping Damar will live, let alone be okay. And all the hopes and dreams we've been carrying for months (years, decades) now, they seem less bright and shiny now, and a lot more meaningless when put in comparison. And my goal for the season has become a lot different: I just want to see everyone get through it alive and okay.

It amazed me how different people from different fanbases are. I've been disgusted by Midwest fans for a while now, ever since I watched a Penn State vs Iowa game, and the Iowa fans would repeatedly start booing whenever Penn State players got injured. The kids aren't even making any money out there, but the Iowa fans are out there booing players for having the gall to get injured and briefly halt their viewing pleasure? Just because they're injured!? How dare they!? It didn't matter situation, offense or defense, big play or small, up tempo or no, boos would rain down as soon as someone wasn't able to get back to their feet immediately. Happened to watch a KC game the next day, and the exact same thing happened with KC fans booing any opposing player who got injured. It was sickening. Can you imagine if this injury had happened in KC instead of Cincinnati? Instead of empathy, compassion, and understanding, we would have likely gotten, well, more of the same and more of the vitriol from the KC message board live and in person.

Thanks for posting this! It's good to see him up and around, even if it's only stretching. He's looking a bit stiff, but that's definitely a LOT better than where i thought he would be at this point after Monday night. Here's to hoping he can get fully healthy soon!

I find it interesting that Rosseau is being double takes more often than Von Miller. And A.J. Epenesa is really high up there. Are those the only 3 Bills, or did I miss one?

Does anyone know what the latest news with J.D. McKissic is? I'm seeing a lot of local stories saying that he's going to sign with the Bills, which I'm rather happy with. We could use a good pass-catching RB. However, NFL.com is saying that he's going to be resigning with the Commanders. All of this just sounds like hearsay at this point. Does anyone know what's going on?

I gotta be honest, I lost all respect for midwesterners this weekend. First off was the Penn State vs Iowa game, a bunch of Penn State players got injured in that game, most never coming back into the game. It didn't matter what the situation was, 1st quarter, 2nd quarter, etc., big play had just happened, modest gain just occurred, etc, the Iowa fans booed injured players. These are seriously college kids out there, unpaid, playing for pride, their future, and your entertainment, and you have the complete utter lack of basic human decency and empathy to boo people who dare get injured and delay your gratification of watching them? Seriously? After seeing that yesterday, when Levi Wallace went down at the end of the third quarter after a modest gain, and KC fans started booing him, I got even more disgusted with people from that entire region. Despite the fact that if he HADN'T been injured, the clock would have kept running, the quarter would have ended, and we would have had a stoppage of play anyways, but instead KC got another two plays in before the end of the half. Regardless of the situation, if you boo someone who gets injured, you are human garbage, completely lacking in empathy, and not even seeing football players as human. The worst of humanity was shown to be widespread throughout the Midwest this weekend. A lot of hope for humanity was lost this weekend.

I purposefully left them off, because that's the obvious choice. How could Brady and the defending Super Bowl champions NOT be the obvious answer?

Now that we're sitting pretty at 4-1 after dominating the Chiefs, what is the game that scares you the most? And you can't say the Bucs. The Super Bowl Champs and Brady are the obvious choice. Before the season, I would have said the Titans. But they've been struggling a bit this season, despite the 3-2 record, and our run defense is doing a lot better than it was last year when we faced them. So, assuming no huge, season-changing injuries occur, which game worries you the most? Is there a game you think we might have a let down game and lose one we should win? Is there a game you DON'T think we should win? Let me know your thoughts.

Great thread, and thanks for doing this! With regards to my highlights in your OP, it's hard to be a worse running team then they ended up being last year. But my question is, exactly how much do we have to worry about that? You mentioned yourself that their offensive line was, well, offensive. Even if Harris is as good as advertised, it's still difficult to do anything if defenders are in your face before you even receive the handoff. Just ask Singletary and Moss.

I'm kinda surprised Fields is still in there at this point. He's getting banged up. They're going to get him killed.

Wait, they called roughing the passer when fields ducked down into the hit, but DIDN'T call the obvious "tackling low around the legs" roughing the passer penalty against us!?

Personally, compared to last year, the Bills are probably going to be better, but so are most of the other three teams. I say most, because personally, I think the Jets will take a step back. They're going from a 4-year starter to a rookie QB. There's going to be some growing pains. The jets have less of a chance to beat the the Bills than they did this year. The Pats brought in some free agent talent, but a lot of that depends on Cam Newton throwing them the ball (I don't think Mac Jones will start this year, or at least at the beginning of the year), and Cam showed that throwing isn't really his strong suit. The problem is that they will be getting back some defensive talent from the opt-out list. That could give us some problems. All in all, their chances of beating us are probably about the same as last year. The Dolphins have been stacking talent through the draft. They probably have a better chance of beating us than last year, but last year, we played our starters for only half a game, the Dolphins were playing for their season, and they still got destroyed by ~30 points. Their chances of beating us will be better than last year, but I don't think they WILL beat us. However, as all these high draft picks develop, they could give us fits in the future.

This doesn't really show what that game was truly like. The Ravens had only 2 CBs left, and all their starters were injured, so they were running out backup safeties to play corner. It was a mess. Unfortunately, the Ravens have gotten healthy since that game, so it's not going to be as easy to move the ball on them as it was for the Browns that night.

Only that's not a LB. That's a safety. And safeties DO get run over. And when LBs don't get their feet set, they get run over, too. Worst case scenario here is that an NFL LB drags him down after a good game, and the LB gets worn out, making it harder for him to bring Singletary down.

I'm of the opinion that the NFL will try to keep players essentially in their own quarantine with rigorous testing to make sure it doesn't spread through the players. Use only a couple playing fields so that players don't have to travel much and risk getting sick. No fans the entire season.

Any takes on why Prince Tega is falling this far? I thought it was surprising he fell out of the third round, and he's still there in the 6th...

So correct me if I'm wrong, but most of the time we saw empty backfields, there was still 11 personnel on the field. We'd just split a RB and TE out wide as well. Put them in interesting orders, though, like putting the TE on one side (or a TE and RB on one side) and everyone else on the other, forcing a CB over to cover the TE, would be interesting. Especially since they'd be more likely to be in their base defense or nickel defense then in a dime formation. Still, you could end up with the same situation you talk about here.