Kirby Jackson

I’m having a hard time getting excited for this game. In years past, especially last year, I thought about the matchup all week. That stadium was electric last year when Josh took off on 4th down. It just feels like this game doesn’t really matter. Obviously it matters in terms of winning the division and potentially in terms of seeding. The reality is, the regular season is just kind of “there” now. It would be great to have the 1 seed. It would be great to win the division and host playoff games. It would be great if KC had to come here in the playoffs. At the end of the day, all that matters is what happens in January and, God willing, February. Maybe I’ve gotten spoiled or jaded but this just doesn’t get me all hyped like it used to. At this point, a Super Bowl Championship is the only thing that matters.

Nate Geary was tweeting something similar. Basically, “I’m having a hard time getting all excited about this KC game. I’ve seen them win big regular season games.” It feels like this year, getting to where we’ve been won’t satisfy anybody. I was maybe a little early on the “AFC East titles and a playoff win or 2 isn’t enough.” Lol, I would have fired this regime after 13 seconds like George Steinbrenner. 🤣🤣 I’m not sure if that would have been good or bad. It seems like everyone is there now. The windows in this league aren’t forever. The Bills have had a WIDE open window and it is closing. It doesn’t mean that they can’t win moving forward but teams are catching up and their roster is largely what it will be moving forward. This is the core group that you’ll be rolling with for the next few years. I feel like they are further away today than they were 4 or 5 years ago. That’s not a good feeling.

I’m with you @Virgil. Last year, I was pleasantly surprised. Coming into this year, and after week 1, I was POSITIVE that they were getting the 1 seed. This year set up PERFECTLY for them. They have an easy schedule. Burrow is out for a while. Lamar has been out and has the Ravens in a massive hole. KC started slowly and really missed Rice. The Bills were basically playing with a head start. They haven’t been nearly as good as last year, despite an easier path. The WR hole is still massive and limits the potential to be great IMO. Yesterday, was nice to see. That’s the best game that they’ve played this year. When the Bills get the lead they’re tough. They can run the ball and teams can’t run against them. When the Bills get behind, it’s tough to imagine them closing the gap (yes I know the Baltimore game). If teams can run the ball and the Bills are forced into just the passing game, with the current roster, it’s tough. Those guys legit stink. The lead is so important for this group.

Fair question. It might. He’s always been better when he gets hit early and is “in the game.” It’s almost like a relief pitcher that didn’t throw enough pitches in the bullpen. He takes a batter or 2 to get to where he needs to be.

Agree but Hendrickson is more likely to be dealt

There’s another hilarious thread out there from when Cook asked for the money. The jaded ex-gfs on this board were losing it. 🤣🤣

Josh hasn’t been very good all year (by his standards). He’s not seeing the field and missing on some throws that are there (like the throw to Moore). His guys are rarely open on top of that. Josh needs to run early in games. He needs to get hit a couple of times and he’s a better player.they should run that QB power on the first drive every game.

They were noticeably faster. Inserting Hairston, Hoecht and Hancock added so much speed. We just need to find a few more guys whose last names start with “H” to inject.

Pats are much better than I expected. At the same time, they don’t scare me. If you can’t beat that team in a big game, you aren’t a Super Bowl contender.

Same situation as before. We aren’t “afraid” of anybody. When asked, “who would you rather play in a must win Bengals/Ravens or Steelers/Broncos/Chargers/Jags/Patriots/Colts, the answer is still that we want to avoid Burrow and Lamar.” When you have a 1 game, “must win” you ALWAYS select the teams that are less dangerous.

Fantastic performance!! Best performance of the year. There are lots of game balls that could be awarded. In the interest of not giving out 20 and not forgetting people, Cook.

Hey guys, I’m new here. The WRs aren’t very good huh?

TD saving tackle by Hancock. Turnover right after…

So terrible. RIP 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Fair question but yes. It’ll be so hard for the Bills to get someone of that caliber you overlook that.

He’s at 396 while playing basically 6 games (missed most of week 6). He’s on pace for 962 using a 7 game sample size. This is true despite them publicly saying that they need to throw him the ball more. I expect them, coming out of the bye, to throw him the ball more. He’s pretty much on pace right now. 🤣🤣 To be clear, BTJ looks disinterested THIS year not last year when he had almost 1300 yards. Harrison has looked disinterested the whole time and is going to have 1k yards. In terms of drop rate, that’s the most overblown thing in sports. BTJ currently leads NFL WRs in drops. I can’t seem to link it from Fox Sports. Lots of good WRs have drops. Chase is way up on the list since he entered the league. Below are the team stats as well. If MHJ accounted for EVERY CARDINALS DROP it’s roughly 1 per game. 🤣🤣 That’s not something to worry about. https://sports.betmgm.com/en/blog/nfl/nfl-teams-with-most-dropped-passes-this-season-bm10/ Don’t get me wrong, I’d take BTJ in a second. If you’re asking who I think has the better career it’s MHJ.

Obviously it’s a LONG shot. I’m still betting on MHJ having a better career than BTJ. He may need to go elsewhere to do that though. They have absolutely no idea how to get him the ball. They’ve said as much. He’s also been bad and disinterested. He was horrible last year and had 885 and 8. He’s looked suspect this year too. He’s probably going to have 1k+ yards. If the lightbulb goes off, he’s a superstar. I think it will. If it doesn’t, just being in a functional system where they get you the ball, he’s 1200 yards. With all that being said, there’s probably about a 2% chance of Arizona trading him.

Don’t know how reliable this is but:

Lol, not pivoting. I’m calling it as I see it. He looks LOST. At the same time, we’ve seen him perform at a Pro Bowl level and have a DESPERATE need at WR. I’d be willing to gamble at this point that the Bills can get the Pro Bowl guy back not the guy playing right now. The juice is worth the squeeze IMO. With that being said, I’d rather call Arizona and see what it would take to get MHJ and Budda Baker. It’s an EXTREME long shot but they need to start over. They need to move on from Kyler and tear it down. They have no idea what to do with MHJ and it’s been bad since he got there (like BTJ now). Baker’s name is always in the rumor mill. Would you (hypothetically) trade 2 1sts for them? I would.

Honestly, this isn’t surprising. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a player’s “status” plummet so much in 6 months. As a rookie, he went 87/1282/10. 7 games into year 2, he’s on the block.🤣🤣 He’s looked disinterested, lazy and unfocused. It’s WILD how quickly this fall has been. With that being said, it’s an easy yes from me and hope to rehabilitate him. Keon and a 2?

11 personnel is about 61-62% of the time in the nfl (the most common personnel grouping).

Yeah, Sammy was the toughest placement for me. In terms of talent, he belongs at the top (or near it). He was hurt and lazy when he was here. He had flashes of brilliance but nowhere near what his talent showed. Go back and watch the Clemson/OSU Orange Bowl from his last year. He was unstoppable 16/227/2!!

I’d probably have Stevie Johnson ahead of Evans as well. Evans, at his best, was a better WR but feel like Stevie had a better career here. Can you even imagine how good he would be with Josh? That dude just got open and often it was unconventional. Josh would be running around and Johnson would shake free for 25. Wrs of the last 30 years: 1. Diggs 2. Moulds 3. Stevie 4. Evans 5. Beasley 6. Price 7. Brown 8. Gabe 9. Sammy 10. Shakir It would look something like this with Robert Woods and Josh Reed as the next 2.