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I do believe Beane wanted to make a trade; he may not be as aggressive as what most of us may want but he has consistently made trades at the deadline over the years.

Based on some of the scuttlebutt out there Bills called on Garrett Wilson, Waddle and Olave There were rumors that Calais Campbell threatened retirement to any interested trade partner Bills definitely had interest in Debo Samuel and potentially bringing Von Miller back Jets apparently were either completely or mostly unresponsive to AFC East calls I read a rumor we may have talked about Ridley as well. It feels like a failure but I do kind of understand the WR predicament. 3 possible or present #1s were available but two were divisional teams and the other seems to be unsure what they plan to do with him. Shaheed is certainly a present vertical threat but the Bills likely seen him as just a better Elijah Moore or another Palmer. Honestly I’m more disappointed by the lack of a defensive tackle/end since there shouldn’t have been anywhere near the same level of dearth of targets out there. But I have a suspicion that Harrison Phillips was the only target they had much interest in besides a Campbell. They have an exorbitant value placed on previous time played in the system which basically eliminates all but a handful of players who aren’t just practice squad guys. I definitely feel Beane had a trade in his holster based on the Johnson contract adjustment but for whatever reason it never happened

I see Knox being renegotiated again; I just can't see them cutting Josh's friend and our #2 TE if the saving aren't stark. From there I'd guess they'd prioritize keeping the OL together Gilliam and Lewis strike me as depth pieces we will retain almost guaranteed Jones, Epenesa, Bosa and Ogunjobi will all be money related to if they return My guess would be Milano is a goner; a sad outcome to such a bright player who has just perpetually been injured. White, Thompson, Poyer are all in the same vet boat; retirement/vet practice squad possible. Thompson is likely the only of the 3 who'd leave Buffalo. My guess is Poyer possibly retires and White takes a vet practice squad spot. Poyer's boost from last year comes across to me as a guy who's effectively expending everything he still has so he can retire in peace.

Yeah, bad move on the rookie's part or theoretically he could be purely creating something to cause the Chiefs to scour for non-existent tells and put Worthy's mind in a mixer trying to avoid any tells.

Yes I could certainly see them doing that; let him sit on IR to earn a paycheck then see if he can play again or just wishes to retire

It strikes me as an injury that may be akin or possibly slightly worse than Hyde’s injury years ago. And while Hyde did return, he only stuck around 2 years while dealing with a couple other related issues. McD is likely trying to convince the kid that football isn’t worth possibly getting paralyzed or worse based on an injury that may heighten the risk of disastrous injury

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My guess is Beane gives Bosa a number we can work with and lets him look around with the door open to a return. Then depending on what's out there he'll make a decision. If a bottom dweller offers him 25mil a year and the Bills offer 15mil; you can't be entirely blind to the money or the situation you would be in.

Strangest injury I’ve personally witnessed was a kid on the opposing team to my little league baseball team. We were in the All-Star game and in what appeared to be an attempt to show off, dove at line drive redirected the ball off his head and got a concussion and a mean goose egg. Mind you, it was a ball hit straight to him. Another story I have is of an almost dire injury. Fred Jackson lived across from house while he played here and his wife divulged at the block party that he almost missed a game due to cut caused by trying to jam down trash in a bag and a can cutting his palm bad. It was prior to one of those snowed in games we had with him; so we were all snowed in. So Fred called the Bills, told them what happened and that he couldn’t escape his house by car/truck and the snow was still falling at a good pace meaning plows weren’t coming anytime soon. So the Bills got inventive apparently, scrounged up two larger snowmobiles that could fit 2 people on them and proceeded to pick up Fred, and take him to an open Urgent Care or something like that for a Tetnis shot and stitches. That Saturday to reach the airport, the Bills actually sent out snowmobiles to multiple houses to pick up players that were snowed in. I actually remember seeing the tracks and hearing them leave.

Effectively we have two issues; player deficiencies and less than 2 mil in cap space to play with. You are likely looking at giving at least a 2nd for a player because you’d need to send Samuel the other way.

Josh’s problem is a combination of play calling, personnel and his own game being conditioned in a negative way. Josh has regressed in footwork and patience since about Week 3 where early signs began to show. How I see it is that Allen isn’t trusting his receivers to get open on their initial route. He was burned too much in the first few weeks and has only got more skeptical of his guys finding a hole. He has two starters he likes in Shakir and Kinkaid. Coleman fails to catch over the shoulder catches and it seems like far too often our guys are blanketed. Allen as such hesitates because he doesn’t trust his guy will get to the spot and/or bails out of the pocket hoping to create a broken coverage by brute force. He had to do that as a rookie when he lacked enough legitimate targets and again he’s using that playbook. Jackson Hawes has been a favorite extra target for him as he gets open often since he’s the blocking TE and gets broken coverages at a high frequency.

I don't see a realistic opening at all until after Allen has already been lasso'd by his shirt. Until 2 has got to Kinkaid's depth, Moore is still in a borderline unreachable spot without high risk for interception.

Allen’s play seems to be caused by the lack of openings are making him regress and lose his footwork

It seemed like we snapped it before he threw the flag, I want that checked

I’d trade a 2nd for him but I fear he’s bad due to being a headcase versus something fixable.