transplantbillsfan

I like all reds better

Exactly what I was thinking. Maybe this is just a batch slap to their face for all the years they owned us and how we've Flipped the script. I hope we never do it again.

I understand that after a game where Goff throws for nearly 500 yards this seems like a ridiculous question--and maybe it is. Personally, I thought our secondary just looked so much faster yesterday than all season. Obviously Bishop and Elam are a big influence there. But aside from speed, I thought they played pretty well as the game began in particular. Elam was only targeted a couple times in the first half and even though St. Brown got a couple catches there Elam tackled him for very short gains. Bishop gave up a longer pass to St. Brown, but soon after Goff threw a bomb to Williams who looked like he kinda torched Bishop at first and then it seemed at first he just dropped the ball, but after watching a few times it looks like Bishop's athleticisms helped him to recover enough to get a hand in there and maybe break up the pass. In the first half, Goff was 11/20 for 2 TDs and 161 yards, but he was 2/4 for 15 yards in the 1st quarter and was sacked twice and then the Bills were up 14 points. One of those 2 completions was on a 2nd and 18 dumpoff to St. Brown where Elam was right there and tackled him for a short 5 yard gain. After that point it just felt like our D knew how inevitable Allen and the offense were so it was fine to let the Lions become one dimensional and play them the way they did. Even with all the completions and yards for Goff, there were still a lot of plays where the defenders were close to making a negative play.

Yeah that really kinda sucks for them. Now I really hope they can make it to the Super Bowl if the Bills can get there.

Which one??? I think the league rules are at least 10 days warning for a flex. This can't be next weekend I don't think. Plus week 18 games are all TBD in order to schedule them week of for playoff implications. I call horsehockey

That's exactly what they did on their 2nd onside kick and it almost worked.

Ummm... who cares??? We just did that on offense without him catching a pass. This team is suddenly so chock full of weapons and you're complaining. He had almost 100 yards last week, remember?

Doesn't elevating him from the practice squad to the active roster qualify him.

How exactly does the emergency 3rd QB thing work if that's what he's going to be? Does it just not count against your active players?

I think he was worth the 3rd round pick we gave up for him last year, but it's clear we should NOT extend him.

No Rapp 2 days in a row. No Hamlin today. Time for Hyde and Bishop. The savvy vet and the naive but talented rook. Should be interesting.

I mean... 64% of the seats are supposed to be covered by a canopy and the heating is supposed to extend into the stands to prevent that. Yes... for fans viewing experience it might have been better to build the dome. I responded to a statement that implied that not having a dome somehow hindered the Bills practice and game schedule. 2 different things. Again... separate issue from what I responded to. Not having a dome has zero to do with why the Bills didn't practice today considering they have an indoor practice facility. So you just wish the Bills chose to relocate the stadium out of Orchard Park and didn't care about the dome? Does it not snow where you live?

Do you want the team to move out of WNY???? People are dumb. A dome would not have helped practice run today considering we have an indoor facility. It also wouldn't have helped with recent games that got postponed and moved. Those games were postponed and moved because of the safety of travel in WNY, not because of turf conditions. The new field will be heated and able to get rid of snow quickly. Everyone saying Buffalo needs a dome so games don't get moved or cancelled are naive. If you want a dome for the aesthetics of the game, that's a different story.

When both of our cats passed we had them cremated and put in mahogany urns that we still have featured in our little "nook" in our living room. I'll still say "'night bud" or "love you bud" frequently when I walk by 9 months after his passing. I'm good. We have other cats and one has latched onto me. I'll never seek a replacement for him, though. He was just totally unique in ways that are impossible to describe. Grateful for the time I had with him. That's all you can be.

I read this for the first time when my little buddy died. Can't wait to see him again!

I really hope you're dealing well with this. My wife and I are those "crazy cat ladies" people think of. We had to put our first 2 cats down the last couple years. One was hers and the other was mine. Hers literally followed her around the house during the day and slept at her feet while she worked from home. Mine would run to the door meowing as soon as I would walk into the house from work. Both of our cats slept with us on the bed side by side... her cat's spot right next to her in bed and mine on the opposite side next to me. Hers got ovarian cancer. Mine had both chronic kidney disease and heart failure. I'm not ashamed to say I've never cried as much in my life when we decided it was time to put my boy down... 2nd place was when we put my wife's girl down. Cats can be more of a roll of the dice than dogs, but the best cats are the best pets there are. Condolences to your wife and you.

Our D absolutely annihilated the Dolphins at full strength in week 2 this season when the team was at full strength.

Listen to Joe Marino's All-22 breakdown of the game. He spends most of the entire episode talking about defensive breakdowns. Listen particularly to about the 7 minute mark. This is where he talks about all the pre-snap motion, which is the misdirection I was talking about. I guess I could have used the words "pre-snap motion" instead, but misdirection is essentially what that is, anyway:

The speed thing is a question, but Hyde as the "centerfield" Free Safety he's always played hasn't really had the responsibility of covering other defenders. His value would be added communication to the secondary and the instincts to read what the offense is doing pre-snap and react to it quicker than Hamlin. To me, that's the biggest issue with Hamlin. And some of the guys who watch film have alluded to it. Hamlin tackles well, but it's almost always down the field because of how late he is to react to plays. I think we can all agree that Hyde was the better Safety than Poyer last year. Now with so much time to rest and recover from his neck injuries and stingers, maybe he can be even better than he was last season. The Rams ate the Bills alive because of how much their misdirection was confusing the entire D. To me, a veteran presence would have helped to diagnose some of that. If the Bills do make it to a Super Bowl, they're almost certainly going to face a similarly explosive offense with lots of misdirection since that's what most of the Elites of the NFC do.

I understand that he's not likely to see actual playing time this weekend and it won't be until the home game vs. the Pats he's probably elevated. That said, it's looking like Hyde came back to this team at a darn good time. Our Safeties looked awful yesterday. Rapp has been so good for most of the season that he gets some grace, but Hamlin was by far the worse player of the 2 yesterday and has been all year. He's a good tackler, but just lacks the coverage ability and instincts. You saw it on that deep completed pass (think it was called back) where he was torched. I understand Hyde isn't 2021 Micah Hyde, but his instincts and intelligence are something that Hamlin--who is always just a step or 2 hesitant in coverage--just doesn't have. If our D gets torched in the passing game on Sunday I think the passing of that torch from young to old is inevitable. I'd just rather not see another shitshow like that. Dude came back to Buffalo potentially to be the ultimate team guy as a mentor for the young guys. Might be best for the young guys to watch him play for a bit. And honestly... if not Hyde... put Cole Bishop back in there and let the athletic freak learn a little in some live action.

Babbich has talked about how the best teaching comes from losses. Let's see what he's got. We good.

Not the playoffs yet