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He’s wrong. He hasn't beaten us yet as we haven’t played the Bengals since before Burrow was even a gleam in their eyes. Sounds like he doesn’t include the Bills on his list of everyone worth beating. They certainly haven’t beaten anyone we haven't already beat either.

It would require 11 one-game winning streaks. Think of it that way.

He sustained the concussion 12 days ago so it’s not an inordinate short amount of time. That said, I hope it was indeed a minor concussion.

Eichel had the artificial disc replacement (ADR) procedure which entails a much shorter recovery time of three months because there is no fusion of bone grafts involved.

He definitely had the fusion surgery as a scar from the ACDF procedure is clearly visible on Micah’s throat. I noticed it in the video the Bills put out of him playing Operation with Tommy Doyle today. Of course a scar on his throat would also be visible if he had the artificial disc replacement surgery, which entails a three month recovery period but every article I’ve read indicates a 6-9 month recovery time indicating the fusion procedure.

Several media reports at the time suggested he underwent ACDF surgery. He definitely had a herniated disc which is why they did the surgery so soon in the first place. Apparently, it had been a problem in the past as well. That said, the doctor who did the surgery never came right out and said it was the ACDF, but the 6-9 month recovery is a good indicator.

No, because the game plan going in was to stop the run first and foremost. I just don’t buy the premise that we got run on all game because the game plan wasn’t to stop the run but focus on containing Hostetler instead. It was the 1990 Parcells coached Giants and the entire world knew the key was to stop run. Wouldn’t have made a bit of difference if was Rutledge handing off to OJ Anderson instead. That wasn’t gonna prevent Jeff Wright from getting blown off the LOS or prevent all the missed tackles on defense. They had the ball for 40 fricken minutes and Hostetler simply wasn't the key to that.

Nope, not wishful thinking at all. Just an unprecedented recovery in record time in the entire history of athletes who have undergone the ACDF procedure. As I said, if it were the artificial disc replacement surgery instead, then I could buy it. But proper bone fusion of the spine takes time and there’s a reason why it’s a minimum 6 month recovery window.

Do you honestly think our game plan defensively was to stop Hostetler? Like he was ever a serious passing threat in the league? Do you recall that Giants team from that year? They were a running team before Simms got hurt and even more committed to it once he got injured.

The only way he comes back this season is if every report on the type of surgery he had is incorrect and he had the artificial disc replacement procedure instead. That recovery time is 3 months vs. the minimum six months. Otherwise, Micah Hyde would be a modern medical miracle with supernatural bone fusing powers.

Was Rutledge gonna prevent our rushing defense from getting its ass handed to it all evening? I doubt it.

That’s a fair point. But Tua sustained his first two concussions this season in the exact same fashion with his head violently slamming into the field. A spotter could have noticed the similarity and erred on the side of caution after seeing his head hit the ground.

He had the ACDF surgery and discectomy (D) is part of the procedure. Many players have returned to the game afterwards and excelled. DK Metcalf might be the best example. Peyton Manning managed to win a Super Bowl after ACDF surgery as well.

Per the bold, I’d argue that Miami wasn’t at their best vs the Bengals given that Tua played less than a half.

Nah. Against Buffalo, the Miami medical staff said it was a back injury and I’m sure they wouldn’t mislead the league and the public like that if it wasn’t.

I would add that once again, the Miami medical staff was derelict in their duty to the player.

Happened late in the 2nd quarter. He was hit and hit his head when he landed with the Packer on top of him. Didn’t seem very violent, but it wouldn’t have to be in order to result in another concussion because they are exponentially easier to sustain with less force with each successive occurrence.

Ugh!!!! I thought you were referring to the pic of Josh in warmups before the Pats*** game.

It’s not a photoshopped image. Josh actually took warmups wearing the #14 jersey.

Nope. Those teams were geniuses at the time. I honestly don’t recall a single talking head lamenting the fact that any if those six teams passed on Josh Allen at the time. Hell, half of them still can’t admit they were wrong about Josh.

You can if you have a Brandon Beane weaving his magic. We were coming off a 9-7 season and a playoff birth and went from 21 to 7 to in the draft to get us over that QB hump.

Chicago brought that on by calling a timeout with less than a minute to go in a game everyone was freezing their asses off and wanting to get off the field.

That’s the point. The tight games vs. the Ravens, Chiefs, and Lions cited above as possible losses are poor examples because we came back and won those games, just took them away from the opponents. I can’t say the Dolphins, Jets, and Vikings won in the same fashion at all. Not in the least.

Yep. Bills are 12-0 vs. the schedule and 0-3 vs. themselves.

What answer would you prefer?