Logic

Unless they feel that Stevenson can materially help them in the passing game -- I, personally, happen not to feel that way -- I'd place him in IR for the rest of the season. The trusty ol' IR stash. Give him another shot in training camp next season. - Cut Justin Murray, activate Ike Boettger to active roster. Too early to say on Kumerow and Benford. Other injuries or roster changes may have occurred by the time those players are eligible. Whichever of those players the Bills feel more urgency to bring back to the active roster, Cam Lewis would be next on the "cut" list. I think they could get him back through to the practice squad.

Yep. Quessenberry vs Judon is potentially a game tilting matchup. As others have said, this looks like a week to dial up the short passing game and lean on the running game. Hines, Cook, Singletary, and Knox should all be used with creativity and frequency if the Bills want to mitigate Judon's impact.

If the forecast calls for freezing weather that day, can someone please spray the visiting benches (and maybe the Dolphins players) with a hose before the game? According to Dolphins fans, one team having to deal with dangerous weather elements while the other team does not is a totally fair and legitimate competitive advantage.

Thanks. Your cookie is in the mail.

These charts shows that the Bills are actually the 2nd or 3rd MOST AFFECTED by injury of any team in the NFL.

If anyone has Amazon Prime, I recommend The Wilds. Plane crashes on an uninhabited island. Plane full of teenage girls has to co-exist and survive. Two seasons are available, but very captivating.

The best, most direct route to the one seed for the Bills is indeed for the Bengals to beat the Chiefs and the Bills to beat the Bengals. Obviously, this assumes that the Bills take care of business elsewhere, which is ANYTHING but a safe assumption at the moment, with a tough three game stretch coming up. I hope Chase is back and at full strength for the Bengals. If the Chiefs win out, then so be it, but it would be nice to see them have to actually beat some tough opponents to do it. The Rams practice squad doesn't count.

Didn't watch a ton of soccer over the weekend. Family stuff the first few days and then NFL football took precedence on Sunday. Now that the work week has begun, it's back to World Cup at work! Brazil approaching half time and still no goals against the stingy Swiss defense.

If ever there was a game to bust out some creativity offensively, this would certainly be it. I expect the Patriots to do everything in their power to take Diggs away and force the Bills to beat them with other players. I also expect the Patriots to play a ton of man coverage, as they always do this season. Their coverage tendencies and the likelihood that they can bottle up Diggs (relatively speaking) mean that our other skill players are really going to need to step up and get open. A creative, varied gameplan could sure help! Hines, Cook, Singletary, McKenzie, Knox...let's scheme up some looks for these guys. Let's USE our speed at the running back and tight end positions. If there's a bag of tricks that Dorsey has been holding back, now is the time to start opening it up.

1. As others have pointed out in this thread, not all injuries are created equal. The Bills have lost key players, star players, etc, which count the same as an injured third string linebacker in this data. 2. As others have pointed out in this thread, the Bills are 8-3. "Excuses" for what, exactly? Being tied for the division lead and one game out of the AFC 1-seed? This post has big "Big Turk Energy".

The Bills -- despite a slew of illnesses and injures, two road games in five days, and the hardest strength of schedule in the NFL -- are 8-3 and one game out of the AFC one-seed, right? Just had to check, because to read this board the past few days, you'd think they were 3-8 rather than 8-3. Had to make sure I wasn't taking crazy pills.

Thanks for the post. I respect Kubiak's opinion, but I disagree with any notion of anti-Bills bias by Tony Romo. He repeatedly, constantly excused Allen's poor stretches of play and bad throws by blaming them solely on a sore elbow. He called Dane Jackson a "budding superstar" on more than one occasion. He openly voiced his amazement at some of Allen's throws. Lack of preparedness/thoroughness by not mentioning Bills injuries? Sure. Actual anti-Bills bias? I didn't come away with that impression at all. Has Kubiak ever heard Chris Collinsworth?!

There’s one at every party…

Also….I guess all the breathless speculation about the staff avoiding turf for Tre’s return (including by me, I totally bought into the theory) we’re just not correct at all. Who’d’a thunk it?!

TRE DAAAYYYYY!!!! ITS A THANKSGIVING MIRACLE!!!!

Couldn’t have said it better.

The Lions run defense is really bad, and the Bills coaching staff uses the opportunity to continue to build and establish the running game. Befitting the location of the game, the man they call "Motor" will be rumblin and rollin all day long. 80+ rushing yards and 2 rushing TDs.

He's averaging 10.4 targets per game and is 2nd in the league in receptions, with 76. I'd say they HAVE been feeding Diggs. It would be nice to see Gabe Davis have a big game, too, though. I'd love it if the Bills could get back to their previous "scorched earth" form on offense and just run the Lions out of the building.

Agreed. I don't care about style points any more. An ugly win beats a pretty loss any day.

Tre is gonna get his first start of the year against the Patriots on Thursday night football. If not, THEN I'll be ready to load him into a cannon and launch him into the sun.

Personally, I think all this "we're this team's Super Bowl!" talk is silly, no matter who it's against or in what week it takes place. I'm sure players are more amped for certain games than others, but I really don't think opposing teams' players are out there circling the Bills game on their calendar, or getting together before the game and saying "this is the big one, boys!". If you want to say this game is bigger for Detroit because it's on Thanksgiving and its on national TV and they take pride in hosting the Thanksgiving day game every year, then fine. But I don't think hosting the Bills has anything to do with it. I'm not aiming this at anyone specifically, I've just been seeing the "we're your Super Bowl" talk from Bills fans every week, no matter who we're against, and I just can't buy into it. ESPECIALLY now that the Bills are the AFC's 5 seed and are a three-loss team. Like...why would be anyone's "Super Bowl" at this point?

I actually really like Rick Bates at center. It's the right guard position that will suffer if Morse is out, IMO.

It would really be something if the Bills entered the playoffs with, for the first time all season, a fully in tact secondary. White, Hyde, Poyer, Johnson, and then the Jackson/Elam/Benford/Rhodes combo platter, who by then will all have a heap of experience and reps in this scheme. A boy can hope.

.........................................Who are you talking to?

Per Ryan Bates himself, he'd be the starting center if Morse can't go, confirming what we saw in practice yesterday: https://theathletic.com/3925801/2022/11/23/bills-thoughts-thanksgiving-lions/ 2. Bates says, “I’ll be at center” if Morse doesn’t play On the first play of the Browns game, starting center Mitch Morse suffered an ankle injury that he had to play through the rest of the way. Morse didn’t miss a snap and had an excellent outing. But after the game, several reporters spotted Morse in a walking boot. He didn’t participate in Monday’s walkthrough, or Tuesday’s full practice, which put his status for Thursday in doubt due to the short week. When Morse missed time earlier this season, the Bills replaced him with backup Greg Van Roten, which led to some difficulties in the quarterback-center exchange with Van Roten and quarterback Josh Allen. Even if Morse doesn’t play, it likely won’t be Van Roten getting the start at center. “I’ll be at center,” starting right guard Ryan Bates said Tuesday, only if Morse couldn’t play. That would likely mean one of Van Roten or Bobby Hart would be the starting right guard, with Van Roten probably having the edge because of how much they like using Hart as a sixth offensive lineman on some snaps to help the running game. Bates has been playing incredibly well as of late and has more experience at center than Van Roten, both in general and with Allen as the quarterback. Morse has been their best offensive lineman this season, so it will be a huge loss against an improved Lions defensive line.