Sammy Watkins' Rib

IMO, the sky judge is a rabbit hole the NFL should not be going down. In theory it is good but it sets the league up to look like it is rigged as soon as they don't use it to overturn an obvious missed or bad call. We have already seen that this season once or twice. The answer should be allowing the teams and coaches to review plays instantly with a guy dedicated for that up in the team booth. That way the onus is on the team to decide a call worth correcting. The team can't get jobbed by the sky judges random selection of plays to review.

Bills lose one more game to the Lions in regular season finish 14-3. But still only get the two seed, KC (16-1). Wild Card: Host Bengals W Divisional: Host Ravens W AFCCG: @ 1 loss Chiefs W Super Bowl: vs. 1 loss Lions W Greatest post season run/gauntlet defeated ever?

It's football. Did he play on Sunday's and produce? Of course he did.

Disagree on the "full time" official thing. What does that even mean? Are they going to do NFL scrimmage games in spring and summer? They are highly compensated already. And believe me, as a High School football official these guys put in the work year round in terms of study both in the book and film. I see it at the high school level. The study is even greater at the NFL level I am sure too. One and one thing only will fix officiating. Letting coaches challenge bad calls. The thing is, fans have to accept that it will only be the egregiously bad calls that will be overturned. On some flags, multiple refs can have their eyes on the same play and have three different opinions on it. Those are not the kind of flags that will be overturned or thrown. Coaches won't be able to throw flags challenging a ticky tack non call on a PI and expect it to be overturned. The NFL experimented with this a while back too. Was it like 8 - 10 years ago?

That's not new. Refs keep their flags in their pocket for a lot penalties that don't affect the play. Especially holding. Like if a d-lineman is held after the ball is already thrown. Or backside hold on a running play that is already well beyond the hold. Now face mask. That should technically be called every time regardless of where in the play it happens and to who.

Let’s hope for a better game plan than that. lol yes. They also have raiders, Browns and home against the Colts. Home against the Falcons isn’t that daunting. Chiefs is week 18. Almost zero percent chance Chiefs are playing most of their starters in that game.

That is an odd worry. He currently has an injured wrist. You were worried that we would trade for a healthy WR with historically very little injury history and that he would all of a sudden be injured here and not be available? I mean, do we not expect him back at the latest after the bye week? And he could still be back this week or next we don't even know. Just really weird to be worried about a player who does not have much of an injury history.

I have Steelers, Chargers and Broncos as WC teams. Chargers and Broncos look like automatic WC teams becuase they both have pretty easy schedules down the stretch. Steelers, question is how good are they? If they are legit good they could split with Baltimore and actually take the North division. At very worst they finish 3-6 down the stretch and still take the 7 seed with a 7-5 conference record meaning they lose no more than 4 conference games here on out.

Baltimore's defense is BAD. Problem is we failed miserably in taking advantage of their biggest weakness in our match up. If somehow Bills can maintain homefield against Ravens in the playoffs I like our offenses chances much more in a rematch against the Ravens. They will have to score a lot obviously because Ravens are going to move the ball.

They will get to 10 wins which is four more wins. They would have to go 3-6 down the back half to finish 9-8. Even then, 9-8 this year likely takes the 7 seed. But they are a good football team. It is a tough schedule but they can on paper win all those games. They can also lose all those games although you figure at minimum they would split with Browns. So it will be somewhere in between they will go 5-4 or 4-5 down the stretch. I actually think they beat Washington this weekend. They probably end up splitting with the Ravens because it's Ravens/Steelers and isn't that always how the series goes? Weeks 17 and 18 could be two home games against teams playing for nothing and playing some sort of combination of back ups.

His stats will be great but so will be Goff's. Goff has a chance to set the single season completion percentage record on a Lions team that might go 16-1 or at worst 15-2. Lions look like a shoe - in for the one seed. I'm not convinced the Ravens will be able to even get the two seed in the AFC with their defense. I'd expect at least two more losses for them on the year which would finish them as 12-5 at best. Could be hard to win the MVP over Goff and a 16-1 or 15-2 Lions team. I think some voters could be over Lamar too. Given the option of Goff or Jackson I would think / hope voters would give it to someone new.

Neither of these teams appear to have a defense this year. Ravens have the worst pass defense in the league and that’s not getting any better after this week. Bills just got to play much better on offense if they see the Ravens in the postseason. This Bengals defense is also the worst D they have had in the Burrow era it seems.

Just draft a rookie QB if you are the Browns. Keep Watson on the bench and continue to pay him but play the rookie. Rookie QB’s are cheap these days. By the time it is time to pay the rookie QB (if the rookie pans out) Watson deal will be off the books.

it looks dumb. Like they just put a sticker on the helmet. Which I guess is what they did.

I tend to agree, but the Bengals defense does seem really bad this year. worse than usual. The key to their playoff success has been their defense, stepping up in the postseason more so than their offense stepping up. I’m not sure they’ll get their defense to step up like usual.

I agree I think the seven seed is going to be 9-8 this year. Maybe even more he six seed too. Bengals would very much still be alive. imagine Bills having to go through Bengals, Ravens, Chiefs in that order to get to Super Bowl.

I know your numbers don’t go back as far but Brees and the Saints are the outlier. For 5 consecutive years from 2012 to 2016, Brees posted a 65+ QBR but the Saints had a losing record of 39-40 with him playing QB. Brees never won an MVP despite some monster seasons. He’s a good comp for Allen in that regard. I believe Brees (3) and Allen (4) are the only two QB’s to have 3+ consecutive seasons with 40+ TD’s.

Their defense shows up in the postseason. But I am not sure that will continue to be the case. Their defense seems to be really bad now. I am not sure they will be able to flip the switch on the that side of ball come postseason.

The running game seems better than any of the four previous seasons that is for sure. O-line I think is also at least as good as any of the previous years as well. Those are things that typically translate well in the postseason so I am hopeful.

That might be true for players who tore their biceps in-season. Milano had surgery on his torn bicep about 3 weeks before the season started. Plus, we have the 18 week schedule now. Add in postseason games and it seems likely Milano comes back. I’m hoping he can play the final three regular season games. With his first game back being Dec 22 home against the Pats.

100% right. As long as wind isn’t a factor I think you go for anything 65 yards or less every time over a Hail Mary. Looked like Bass would have hit from 70 today.

A lot of years that 7 seed is a pretty bad wild card team. Steelers were bad last year. Pats bad in 2021. But then some years you get teams getting hot like the Packers last year upsetting the Cowboys. I always worry too how a team comes out playing after a bye. Chiefs have a ton of experience with it. Bills don't have any.

Unless we go 0-5 Bills are still winning the division. Just be healthy for the playoffs. That is all I care about. We traded for Cooper already. He can fill in while Coleman is out. Cooper, Kincaid, Shakir and our running backs who can all be pass game threats should be more than enough for an elite QB. If we can ever figure out a way to get Samuel involved that would be great. What a bust of a free agent signing so far.

Suspended?!? That is a bit of an overreaction. That play along with the 62 yard fg from Bass basically ended the game. That is harsh punishment enough plus the fine he will get. Honestly, Fins probably win it with a FG if Poyer comes in clean.

Shin is down which equals one knee. Problem is, it is still a first at the point the shin is down I think.