Logic

Ty Johnson has looked strong, consistently running through arm tackles and picking up extra yards. He also seems to have some juice to him, and can catch the ball well. Combined with his special teams ability (which Fournette lacks), I don't see him being replaced by Fournette any time soon. The performance of Ty Johnson, in my mind, has made it so that unless there is an injury at running back, we won't be seeing Fournette suit up, and rightly so.

I expect the Chiefs to be fired up and play hard after the loss to Green Bay. I expect the Chiefs defense under Steve Spagnuolo -- despite reports of their demise -- to give the Bills offense everything it can handle. The Chiefs play the exact type of defense that seems to give Josh trouble at times. Despite everything I just said, I irrationally expect a Bills victory on Sunday.

Well, I have no idea what "Godwin'd" means, so we're even. Your mileage may vary.

I bolded the part where you said "in this country". There is nothing going on in this country that even comes CLOSE. 3.5 million is a lot of people. Kissinger was an all-timer when it comes to mass murder and genocide. He wasn't Hitler or Mao Zedong, but he's absolutely on the all time "caused an unfathomable amount of human deaths" list. And that's not me speaking ill of the dead, it's me simply stating a verifiable fact. Anyway...acknowledging the complex and infamous nature of such a man's legacy, and even stating that one lacks regret for the death of such a man (particularly at age 100), both seem like fair game to me. YMMV.

No it doesn't.

Whoever's going will be seeing a big Bills win in person. Lucky you!

I do not like to speak ill of the dead. I also do not shed a single tear when war criminals -- responsible for millions of human deaths and countless amounts of human suffering -- die, especially at age 100. So long, Henry. I hope that the fate which befalls you in the great hereafter is one perfectly befitting of a person who lived the life you lived.

To anyone who -- during or after their Thanksgiving meal -- wants to accomplish the dual feats of resuscitating your appetite so you can have seconds AND being better equipped to tolerate your annoying uncle who won't shut up about Josh's interceptions: May I suggest weed? Like a bunch of it. Get good and zooted. Pie never tasted so good and Uncle Marvin's face mole never looked so hilarious, I promise.

Listening to Alice's Restaurant and then the Band's Last Waltz, watching three football games, and eating a feast with the family. What could be better? Oh right, I know: the Bills not playing on Thanksgiving to ruin my dinner with a devastating injury or crushing loss! Hallelujah. I truly am thankful.

The Bills are away and the Eagles are wearing their colors. That's not an option.

Welp, that seals it. Bills by a billion.

Elite viewing.

Ever since I watched the 2007 Giants go 10-6, claim a Wild Card spot, win three straight road playoff games, and then knock off the til-then undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl, I'll always feel the same way: Just get into the "second season", and anything can happen. PARTICULARLY when you have a team that's fourth in the league in point differential with top ten scoring offense and defense and an elite QB. Besides, who scares you in the AFC? Who would you say these Bills -- if they play as well as they did against Miami and Vegas and the second Jets game -- absolutely CAN'T beat? The Chiefs? The Ravens? The Browns? The Texans or Jags? Just get into the dance and let the cards fall where they may.

Doot it is. Now we've got a Slime, a Groot, and a Doot. Hey, I don't make the rules.

I won't quibble with or dispute anything you say here, EXCEPT to say this: Beane's drafting acumen is exactly what we're talking about here. If he and his scouts weren't able to identify Justin Jefferson as a potential bona fide #1 NFL wide receiver, that can only go AGAINST him in the discussion about how good of a drafter he is. I realize he wasn't the only one. Multiple teams and analysts and fans missed, and hindsight is 20/20. I'm only saying that it's Beane and his draft scouts' JOB to look at prospects and determine their ability to be good players in the NFL. If they studied Jefferson and decided that he wasn't worth the pick and that they should instead use it (plus other capital, plus a bunch of money on an eventual contract extension) to get Diggs instead, then I can only see that as at least a minor indictment on Beane as a drafter. Again, I fully understand WHY the Bills traded for Diggs instead, I fully understand that the draft is a crapshoot, and I have no problem with the trade as it happened. I view it as the rare true win-win for both teams, as far as NFL trades go. Vikes got to start fresh and wound up with a top 3 stud WR. Bills got a leader, alpha, and elite veteran receiver who helped up their QB's game and produce some historic offensive output. But if "ability to draft" is what's being discussed, then in my opinion, Beane should be dinged a little bit for getting the older, more expensive guy, rather than having identified Jefferson as a guy worth drafting and developing. EDIT: Ironically, this same thinking can be applied to the Mahomes trade, which happened before Beane arrived. Yes, the outcome was ultimately good for the Bills: they wound up with Tre'Davious White and ultimately wound up with a great one in Josh Allen. It doesn't change the fact that they traded away the pick that was used to take the guy who may go down as the greatest quarterback to ever play football. A positive outcome from a traded pick doesn't completely erase the consideration of the player that was taken with that pick instead and how that player would have impacted the Bills had the pick not been traded, in my estimation. Boy that was a mouthful.

I didn't wanna say it and steal your thunder. I ALMOST said it, but I just respect you too much to do you like that.

He would make sense if and only if he's willing to sign a cheap one year deal. There's no spot for him long term, as Milano and Bernard will be the locked in starting duo. Further, he's NOT the Shaq Leonard of old that people are picturing. He's really not. The Colts wouldn't have released him outright if he was. At this point, he'd have to be a Leonard Fournette type situation. Sign to to the practice squad for cheap, MAYBE get called up at some point this season. Nothing more.

But if our starting nickel is out, it hurts us big time. There's a big dropoff from Taron Johnson to Siran Neal or Cam Lewis. And if Dane Jackson misses the game, then the Bills are one injury away from 35 year old Josh Norman lining up against AJ Brown or Devonta Smith. Here's hoping our secondary can get right in time for this matchup. We're gonna need every one of them.

So much remains unknown with that. We don't know if Hyde, Rapp, Johnson, or Jackson will play. Hyde and Johnson would be the biggest losses, of course, but missing any of them will hurt a bit.

I get what you're saying, but... The Bills have not lost a game by more than six points all year. There has not been a single game in which they were completely blown off the field. They also boast the NFL's 4th best point differential, a full 41 points AHEAD of the Eagles. And just for good measure, Vegas agrees with the "very winnable" judgement, as evidenced by the Bills being only 3.5 point underdogs despite playing in Philly. Bear in mind that home field is generally thought to be worth three points in betting, meaning that Vegas considers the Eagles to have only a half point advantage over the Bills. Very winnable game.

From an emotional and momentum standpoint, a win would be huge for the Bills. From a playoff seeding standpoint, this is one of the two remaining games that the Bills can most afford to lose. The Bills REALLY need some wins vs AFC opponents. I'm sure someone will take what I'm saying the wrong way. Obviously the Bills need all the wins they can get. I'm just saying this game is not, strictly speaking, a "must win" game". The Chiefs, Chargers, Dolphins, and Pats games are.

The Lions remain the only franchise I can think of whose ineptitude led to not one but TWO Hall of Fame, all time great players retiring earlier than they should have. Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson. I know the Lions' failures weren't the ONLY reasons these guys retired, but they certainly contributed greatly to both players' decisions. I can only wonder what Barry Sanders would look like in today's era of wide open offense.

Excellent post! I hadn't thought of that at all, to be honest. Great, great point. Thanks.

I hate it. There's a reason that the NFL is hugely popular and makes billions of dollars in America in rugby is not and does not. Groups of players pushing another player into a pile with brute force, while the opposition all try to slam their body into a tiny phone booth sized space to stop said player, is not representative of what makes modern pro football great. Yes, the NFL features two teams competing against each other via feats of sheer force, but that force is skillfully paired with scheme, tactics, athleticism, creativity, and finesse. A pile of guys pushing one guy into another pile of guys is none of those things. It's an ugly play, it's not representative of what makes modern pro football great and exciting and aesthetically pleasing, and I wish it would be banned entirely. It actually USED TO be banned, for safety and aesthetics reasons, and only fairly recently became legal again. They should re-ban it, in my opinion, and nothing will change my mind on that. As to "how to stop it"? You can't. Maybe 1 out of 20 tries you'll get lucky. It's pretty much unstoppable.

If the Bills team we saw against the Jets (second game), Dolphins, and Raiders shows up, they absolutely have a good shot at beating the Eagles. If the Bills team we saw all the other weeks of this season shows up, things could get ugly. I'm an optimist, so I choose to believe that the former will happen. The Eagles are due for a second loss, are playing on a short week, and the Bills' backs are against the wall. Go upset the Eagles, go into the bye week on a two-game win streak, and suddenly your whole season looks completely different.