NewEra

What a heady play

The Taylor rapp contract looking dam good right about now. I thought it was an overpay and not very excited about it when it happened. I was wrong. He’s a player

There was never a doubt

What a bargain he turned out to be. We better resign this dude. But we’ll probably get outbid because he’s such a stud

@HappyDays

Mack continues to erase defenders

17 gets engaged and grows long hair. What are the odds he cuts the locks by playoff time?

Yeah it could be a problem

You’re all welcome!!

CMC to the locker room

Seems like a Ray and Ty kind of night. Cook prone to the slips with his type of burst- all that means is cook is likely to go for 110 and 2 TDs

Good to score a td- but I can’t stop thinking about that left hand. Not my left hand

OL better start dominating- it’s gonna be one of those games. Trenches win

Yeah- McConkey was the guy I wanted when we were on the clock- I saw him a can’t miss weapon- I was going to worry about who can play outside later. I’ve changed my tune and I am all aboard the Keon train. He’s a much better compliment to Shakir and, despite his 40 time, is a big play WR, that can make plays all over the field as well as dominate WRs in the run game. Very happy about how this turned out. X

Same- I hate night games

as a player- I don’t have a beef with Elam. Mcd may and I’m sure he has his reasons. The problem lies in the team building aspect. We used our most valuable resource plus another draft pick to trade up for him. He gets beat out by Benford who started opposite white last year. Then White got injured. We didn’t start Elam. We started Dane. Dane wasn’t good enough and Beane had to trade a day 2 pick for a day 3 pick. Another valuable pick traded to fill the position that we drafted Elam to play. so it’s not just that he got beat out by Benford- he was also beaten out by Dane Jackson and was deemed not good enough- which led to trading more picks for Douglas. I can’t speak for everyone- but I think that’s the beef with Elam. Imas far as his ability- I think he’s a solid corner and if Douglas or benford got hurt, he’d be a downgrade, but has the ability to hold it down and help us win games.

I don’t think he’s a failure as a player yet and as I’ve said- I think he’s solid and could be a good player in the future and start next season…. But as a first round pick that you trade up for- if he only plays 15% of the snaps in year 2-3 - that’s a failed use of a first round pick. Being cost controlled for the first 4 years of their contract is a BIG part of a first round rd picks value. They still have to decide whether or not they’re going to use his 5th year option. When said player barely plays for the first 3 years - it’s a failed use of the pick

The psychological advantage KC had on us didn’t look lessened when we beat them the last 3 years….. We went into KC and beat them last season then they beat us at home. They didn’t go home demoralized after the loss. They beat us in our own stadium when it really mattered. After reading all of this- I don’t see what any of this “means”. Every good thing that happened in the last 3 regular season wins “meant” the same thing…. Until it didn’t when they beat us in the playoffs. It means that we played well enough, were coached well enough and got enough lucky breaks to win that game. If cooper doesn’t get his feet down in the playoff game, we might loses. If josh overthrows a pass that he hit on, we might lose. we didn’t have Taron or Bernard in the game vs the Ravens. That’s one of the reasons they gashed us like they did. Babich likely learned that he needs to adjust his game plan and play more in the box more often them come playoffs. Josh will likely have a better WR into to throw to vs the Texans and won’t have an atrocious game like he did. None of this stuff means anything. Coaching adjustments will be made. Teams will be healthier or more injured. Refs will likely favor one team more than the other in some capacity. Players will have to execute and make big plays. agree to disagree

But what does it mean? “Meaning a lot” isn’t the answer to your question.

You can be optimistic- it doesn’t mean anything. You can be pessimistic based on the ravens and Texans games. It just doesn’t mean anything. that was the question that you asked. I answered. I’m usually happy and VERY optimistic. And I’d be VERY optimistic even if we had lost to KC. i’m just doing what you do to others.

You started this off with the first quote- in reality- it means absolutely nothing about the 2024 Bills- it’s one game. Teams line up and battle it out once a week for 17 weeks then some teams make the playoffs and do the same thing with their seasons at stake. What has happened in week 1-18 means nothing. Whichever teams come in the most prepared, receives the best coaching, is the healthiest, receives the most luck and plays the best has the better chance to come away with the win. a regular season win doesn’t mean anything. Zip. To answer your question. Any given Sunday

There are many easy wins. The perfect game was not a dogfight. Like @Coach Tuesdaysaid- they’ve got a hold of you

It means nothing- And that means exactly what?

I agree with the premise but you’re not giving Benford enough credit. Calling him average in any other system is 👎🏻. Saying the “he’s nothing more than a product of this Stystem” is equally disrespectful I agree that mcds D has helped him become better than he would be on other teams and mcd has coached him up but he’s better than average and he’s definitely something more than a product of this system. Levi and Dane left here and signed for 4-5M per year. They were clearly products of the system….and either were ever even considered “good”. Benford may be an all pro this season. - most definitely pro bowl. His coverage is sticky and he knows how to use his hands well enough to rarely get flagged. He may be the best tackling CB in the league. That particular skill isn’t ever based on a system. Benford would be good in most systems. Not many teams play lots of zone and benfords man defense continues to improve. He’s not “average”.

I agree with most of this- and as I said I think he may be a good player and have a solid career. I didn’t wanted to trade him and I believe he’s likely going to be starting opposite Benford next season. But do we even pick up his 5th year option? Maybe- But we can’t judge a players “worth” based on what we think he might be next year or the year after….pr how he played in training camp. We can only base it on how he’s produced and snaps played in actual nfl games. He couldn’t get on the field over Dane Jackson. Can Lewis and Jamarcus Ingram play over him (albeit not as outside corner). It’s year 3 and he’s played 89 snaps (58 in one game). He’s played in 12% of the snaps this season and almost 15% last season- after playing 45% his rookie season Good GMs don’t trade up for a cornerback with the plan to have him start in year 3 or 4. This is not my opinion- this is reality. I like the player- I think he can be good. To date- it’s a failed pick