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Yeah with all the film junkies coming out after the game I think I want Elam and Williams to continue to get their shot on the field, especially with our next 3 opponents. This bit on Williams from Joe B is kinda encouraging: https://theathletic.com/4953423/2023/10/11/buffalo-bills-film-review-jaguars-giants?source=user-shared-article Dorian Williams should get the first chance to replace Milano The Bills have some options at outside linebacker to replace the injured Matt Milano between rookie Dorian Williams, special teams asset Tyrel Dodson and the newly promoted veteran A.J. Klein. There will be some temptation to use Klein in that role because he has years of knowledge of Sean McDermott’s scheme and the trust of the head coach and defensive coordinator, but Klein should merely be a failsafe for later in the year. After all, the Bills moved on from him after the preseason for another veteran linebacker, which gives a window into their thought process. Between Williams and Dodson, the film justifies a pretty easy decision to go with the rookie who has a bunch of untapped potential. Williams is a bit rough around the edges with some missed tackles and maybe a misread or two, but the way he flew around the field and made some plays on pure instinct should give some confidence in him moving forward, as should the abilities of linebackers coach Bobby Babich in getting the most out of his players. Dodson is a solid run defender, but the film showed far too many times where he overcommits as a run defender in the hopes to get a stop, and that can easily get taken advantage of by an opponent with play-action if Dodson is in the lineup. Williams will make some mistakes, but the ceiling is far higher with a Bernard-Williams combo than Bernard and Dodson, despite the inherent variance of playing a rookie. If anything the Bills should feel confident in how well their young players have performed early this season with the chance for a lot of playing time, and they should let that fuel their decision to allow Williams to fill in for Milano.

I feel like Diggs and Allen are close enough and enough time lapsed between the game and this PC for it to be possible, if not probable, that Diggs either gave permission for Allen to say this or flat out instructed him to in order to put out the ridiculous fire.

@HappyDays posted an All-22 thread with Joe Marino's analysis of the game. This is a guy who scouted college athletes for years with The Draft Network so he knows his stuff. He said Elam wasn't as bad as he looked and the issues are correctable.

Buffalo got depth this offseason for a reason, but the Milano loss is devastating just because of how unique he is as a player. With that said, it's important to note that along with playing most of that game without Jones and Milano, we also played most of it without Von, who was on a pitch count. Added to that, we were without Rousseau and Benford, both of whom we clearly missed. Before the loss of Tre last week and then Jones and Milano this week I would have said this team was the best Ds in the NFL and had the potential to be one of the best Ds in history--sorry Jets. Now as long as we get Benford, Groot and Von back healthy within the next couple weeks (is anyone really worried about the Giants???), I still think we can manage to be a top 5 or at least a top 10 D. As much criticism as McDermott is getting right now for the flight decision to London, he’s been a massive upgrade over Frazier calling the D. Anyone arguing otherwise is blind. Add in the fact that AJE suddenly is playing with his hair on fire, Oliver looks fantastic, and our back 7 still at least has Po and Hyde to help Bernard with communication and I think we'll be fine... just PLEASE GOD NO MORE INJURIES!!!! Genuinely curious what McDermott does at LB. That's obviously worrisome now. But a Josh Allen helmed team with a top 5-10 offense will be just fine.

This is so frustrating. I'd be curious to know WHEN our first snap under Center actually was because it felt like. It was well into the 2nd quarter. Is Dorsey blind as to how effective Allen is under Center?

Losing Jones is huge just because of how high a level he was playing, but I'm much less concerned with his loss than Milano simply because of the depth we have at DT.

With the construction on the new stadium, any ideas on time from Rochester to parking? I remember @Shaw66 talked about his stadium and parking experience for the Raiders game in his first home game Rockpile Review.

I understand there's a separate forum for this and would be fine if it's moved, but that forum also doesn't get much traction and I would like feedback: I'm visiting my family in Rochester and we are going to the SNF game against the Giants. My very first night game... whoop whoop!!! I was hoping for the best feedback anyone can give on when to leave, where to park, etc. We were talking about leaving by 2 hoping for a solid few hours or so of Tailgating. My sister is disabled and coming and could park in a handicap stall, but I don't know if those need to be reserved or if there are any restrictions parking there. What time does the regular lot open? Anyone with recommendations of another place to park and tailgate? I'm sure I could ask more questions, but I'm really just looking for any feedback here. Feel free to PM me or post in this thread if anyone else has similar questions.

I flew from Hawaii to Rochester overnight Friday to Saturday. Comparable flight from Buffalo to London, but a little longer. Jet lag is absolutely real.

After watching the Chiefs and Vikings game, I agree. Completely ridiculous. Sure seemed like refs wanted Chiefs to win.

Anyone feel like Josh Allen and AJ Epenesa are the only 2 players to get on the plane along with the refs? Devastating drops. Phantom penalties & injuries galore. Horrible play calling for the 1st handful of drives--definitely a trend for Dorsey. Regroup and petition the NFL to never force the Bills to play the Jags in London again. Still... 5 games down: 73.1% completion percentage 305 yards per game 105.6 Passer Rating 14 TDs 6 Turnovers 8 YPA

Yes

They aren't mutually exclusive. Both can be nice. We all obviously want a Super Bowl first.

Such a myopic perspective. Every week? You honestly think QBs play like MVPs every week in their MVP seasons? Did you see Mahomes yesterday vs. the Jets? Right now, Josh Allen is leading a 3-1 football team and is currently: 6th in passing yards 5th in YPA 1st in Completion % Tied for 1st in Total TDs 4th in Passer Rating Yes, Josh has 4 interceptions. So does Mahomes. And Tua suddenly has 3.

He's not https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2023-nfl-odds-christian-mccaffreys-mvp-odds-on-move-josh-allen-new-favorite https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-mvp-betting-odds-update-week-4-2023/ https://www.vegasinsider.com/nfl/odds/mvp/

God this is horrible. Such an amazing Buffalo Bill and I hate that this may have been his last time playing for us.

I wonder if @Thurman#1 will still play his typical Devils advocate role of saying "blah blah blah 75% completion percentage says nothing about accuracy because blah blah blah." So effin lucky to have this guy as our QB.

11 TDs. 5 turnovers. 74.8% completion percentage. 7.8 YPA. Leading a 3-1 team that's gonna have the largest point differential in the NFL after this week... probably by a large margin. We're so lucky.