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Man if we could get a HEALTHY Jones and Palmer back, that would be huge! I'd almost prefer it if one of Bernard and Milano stays out in favor of Shaq Thompson, who I REALLY hope ends up starting from now on.

With Oliver now probably out for the year it's become pretty important to know the timeliness on DQ and Sanders getting back. Unfortunately I don't think that's in the next week or 2 which makes me think we're trading for a DT. That kinda sucks. Really think WR is more pressing. Be nice if Palmer also got back. Injuries... ugh

I think this is what's wrong. The broadcast flashed to him shaking his right hand after one of his rushing TDs and I was hoping someone would ask him about it post-game.

Agree to disagree

Of course there's something up, but it doesn't automatically make the trade not worth it. He's playing in a brand new offense with a brand new Head Coach who is also the playcaller. As you said, he was phenomenal last year with a different Head Coach and playcaller. Maybe he's unhappy with his fit in the offense and that's the root of all the problems. If so, I don't view that as a dealbreaker in any way in terms of trading for him. It didn't with Diggs. If we had the CAP space it wouldn't with AJ Brown. He had almost 1300 receiving yards and 10 TDs last year. He did that in the NFL as a rookie and is under cost control for 2 1/2 more years. I want to see this happen. He's a better bet than any rookie WR and would immediately step in as our #1.

Maybe McDermott has finally reached the point of "throw the young talented players in and let them take their lumps that the fanbase has wanted.

What? Why? Trade our 1st for him and consider him our 1st round pick next year like Diggs in 2020. Except he'd be much cheaper for 3 more years and younger. This would be monumentally stupid for the Jags though.

I wish Samuel could stay freakin healthy. When he actually gets on the field in relatively good health (an extreme rarity) over the last 2 years, he's done some really good things and looks like he'd be part of our main WR rotation consistently.

For everyone freaking out about "limited" vs. "full" participation as defining factors on the health of these players, I don't think that's the case. I've listened to Sal Capaccio (Bills beat reporter) on numerous occasions talk about how even though guys were listed as limited, they looked like they were full participants to him in the media portion at least. Hearing his report yesterday about Hairston, for example, was enlightening. He basically said that his own opinion before yesterday was that Buffalo would slow roll his re-entry into the team and wouldn't activate him until the Dolphins game, but in watching him practice yesterday, he said he wouldn't be surprised if he were on the active roster this week. The same freak outs apply to all the other limited players.

Not posted yet? Really?

Not posted yet? Really?

Work a trade Beane. F$#@ them picks!

Shaq Thompson is better than Bernard right now, and since this staff is hell bent on keeping Dorian Williams on the field Shaq+Williams is better than Bernard+Williams

In Chris Brown's interview with Dan Orlovsky today he said the Bills already had a practice on Monday. Why haven't we heard any reports of participants or anything?

Becoming what? He caught 2 actually, but that one pass was a completion we haven't successfully completed all year.

I would like a Joshua Palmer update. He almost looked like he was gonna go back in the game last week when they were taping up his ankle but in McDermott's Monday presser I thought I remembered McDermott lumping him in with the week to week injuries. I could be wrong about that and hope to be corrected. With that said, it really looked like Palmer was poised for a breakout game. Unlocking him and getting the chemistry going between him and Josh would be awesome. I just keep going back to how Aikman and Buck in the broadcast were talking about how Bills staff discovered Palmer is a lot faster than they originally thought...

Maybe them Yes!!!! That's a great one! And look at the impact they've had on their QB.

I did say that I acknowledge there are others, didn't I? So the most recent example is from 2008? Kinda reinforces my point. Also, other than Rice and Moss, none of those guys are the force that Chase is. And Chase is looking like a legitimate contender to be in the "best WR of all time" conversation. Now find me that ongoing list in the modern NFL. Are there any from the last 2 decades other than Wayne and Harrison?

Objectively the Bengals have Chase and Higgins. Flacco's strategy yesterday was basically to just get the ball in their hands as many times as possible. And it worked. Honestly I've always thought Burrow is a little overrated. I'm trying to think of better WR duos in NFL history. None pop up in my head. I'm sure there are some. Can't be many

Nothing in life is, but anyone who would put actually put money on the Bills missing the playoffs is (respectfully and IMHO) short-sighted and overreacting and have bad memories. And right now that's exactly how a lot of people seem to feel.

Respectfully, unless you want to stop being a Bills fan and watching football, that's all you can do. Oh wait... sorry... you can go on message boards and complain about it and accomplish nothing.

Yeah we lost. We lost by 1 score and a couple plays not going our way. It's not like the Bills stood no chance in those games. In 2020 and 2022 the Bills were obviously outmatched. Not 2021 or the last 2 consecutive years. Those games were all a play or coaching decision or maybe even a fair and obvious 1st down call by a ref from going the other way. In 2021, don't kick it in the EZ for a touch back. In 2023, can the OL give Josh even a fraction of a second longer to get that ball to Shakir? In 2024, can the refs AND replay assist give us an obvious 1st down on that tush push? Can Kincaid catch a ball directly in his hands? Not just one score games but one play games we always end up on the wrong side of. It's the NFL. One score games are frequently decided as much by luck as talent and coaching. Blowing it all up or giving up because of some in season struggles 6 games into a 17 game makes no sense. Look back at 2021 please. Everyone says that was our best shot at winning the Super Bowl and it probably was. The Bills were 7-6 in mid December and had 2 losses waaaAAAaaayyyy worse than anything we've seen this year against the Jags and Colts. And then what happened? That team we saw in the playoffs that year was unlike anything we saw that regular season aside from occasional glimpses. And we don't go back to 2021 thinking and talking about the playoffs because playoffs are all that mattered . That's what I mean by that phrase. It's not saying I'll be satisfied with getting into the playoffs again. It's saying I just don't see the point in freaking out over our annual early season slide when it always happens. And the players are human and maybe why that slide happens. Buffalo has been flat multiple games in a row. For a roster that has so much experience losing heartbreaking one and done playoff games, it wouldn't surprise me at all if there's an element of finding it hard to get up for regular season opponents they "should" beat on paper. Maybe that's a coaching thing because it essentially happens every year. But what's also a coaching thing is that McDermott has a pretty incredible record of righting the ship and getting his players back up after these slides. Every year. My own approach is to enjoy the regular season and save all the stress for the postseason. But I do understand the weekly up and downs, too.

How is that the truth for a roster that was a potential couple plays away from playing in the Super Bowl last year after beating another team that many believed was one of the best rosters in the NFL in Baltimore?