Rochesterfan

For me - since coaches are not allowed in the Blue tent and aren’t supposed to interfere with concussion evaluation - they should make a huge example out of him. The NFL and NFLPA should come down double hard - give him a minimum of 2 games of suspension with loss of game check and a hefty fine. Also any additional coaches and a heavy team fine. I would also make it just like injured players - no meetings, no interactions, no nothing with the team until after the 2 games are done. But they will probably say he was done evaluating him so there was no impact and he gets a slap on the wrist. 🤮

And natural grass.

That is another discussion that could be visited, but at the same time - let’s say they don’t get Dalton - the guys after him - none are skill players and most not starters the next - the next offensive guys were the next group of TEs. Edmunds trade up - again we are talking about a 4 year starter here and a guy still starting in the league. There are a lot of good players and many that are out of the league. I would argue against it being not successful. Elam did not work - not much more to say, but the jury is still out on Sanders.

Let’s add to it and go back further: 2018 Harrison Phillips - still in the league 2019 Cody Ford - still starting in the league 2019 Singletary - still in the legue 2019 Dawson Knox 2020 AJ 2020 Zack Moss - was still starting last year until injury 2021 - Basham - still in NFL, but as backup Looks to me like Beane has made picks that both the Bills and NFL think can play with the short life of players. You can disagree with the picks, but Damn he seems to find guys that play and have a role - they may not be all pros, but they all just keep making NFL rosters and starting for teams across the league.

Dude - you can not be this poor of a fan overall right - you are trolling - you have to be. 2021 - Spencer Brown 2022 - James Cook 2022 - Terrel Bernard 2023 - Torrance 2024 - Coleman 2024 - Bishop Yep - every year they just can’t draft anyone in the 2nd and 3rd round! Do you know what most of them have in common - most of them sat and got few snaps other than special teams as rookies - they were given a chance to learn and grow physically and mentally and they slid in full by year 2. Some like Torrance fit the need and took right off, but others like Brown needed that time.

Why is Solomon active - perhaps it is the fact that he is a core Special teamer due to his athleticism and Jackson would not be. Perhaps it is because - per Sal - they have Solomon doing things that the Bills plan to do with Hoecht - not playing a true DE, but moving around and playing some cover and some blitz. This is a new role and Solomon is learning and Jackson can’t play it. Jackson isn’t playing because he needs to play Bosa,, Groot, and/or AJ’s spot and he is not there yet. Jackson was never drafted for what he could do this year - this is a draft pick to fill depth in year 1 and become a replacement when AJ or Bosa leave after the season. Whatever we get this year is gravy? It is just like Cook, Shakir, Bernard, and many other 3-6 round picks - they look at the upcoming holes and try to fill early. Get them in and trained and ready to go when it is their turn.

That was the same play. Bosa was coming off slowly - I think he felt he had time due to the substitution.

This just isn’t true. If the opponents stay in a cover 2 shell - for example last week Miami ran that about 80% of the time per cover 1 - then the running doesn’t open up the deep pass. They refused to adjust so we just kept taking the gains. Running opens up the deep pass if the opponent decides to bring safeties down to stop the run, but teams are more afraid of Josh beating them deep and or hitting 15-25 yard passes than forcing the Bills to take the runs and passes and move down the field in small chunks. In the 80s and 90s teams made that adjustment all the time - now teams like the Bills don’t care if you move the ball slowly - they figure you will make a mistake before us. We will see once the all 22 gets reviewed, but it looks like the Bills tried a few deep shots that killed their drives when just taking the underneath stuff was working. The Int was a perfect throw - the timing and angle was great, but the defense allowed a safety to get there right at the mesh point and make the pick. The only way it will be successful is if the Bills keep it up and teams decide they have to press the short areas. They it opens up windows behind, but that has been very rare so far. I don’t think they need a lot of work - they need teams to try something different. If the Past Josh wasn’t patient and this defense worked. Just go back to the KC game I the playoffs in Buffalo 2 years ago. Just before the missed kick - Josh had Diggs open for a first down and didn’t take it. He held it 3 beats longer tried to fit it into the endzone and Jones got enough pressure to kill it. He and the offense is at their best taking what is there and being patient and when a team like KC comes up - they need to keep doing it. The big plays come when you get Spags to blitz and they cover down - that seems to be when guys like Knox sneak through for he big gains.

I totally agree the first was on the Refs. The Saints substituted and the Bills subbed and Bosa was getting off - when the Ref moved to allow the Saints to snap. Some of it was Bosa not going fast, but usually they give them time to get off. McD was furious with the Ref, but needed the TO to ensure the Saints didn’t get a free play that they could take a shot plus a free five yards. The 2nd is ultimately on the coaching staff, but reality is that was on the player. The Saints scored and some player was not paying attention because the Saints looked like they were going for 2 and big players/multiple TEs - I am guessing one of the DLine thought it was an extra point and went to the bench and wasn’t paying attention. The 2nd attempt was well covered and handled - so my guess is that really was a player just not paying attention - could be a rookie or a call-up like Phillips, but it is a mistake that McD did the right thing to get them ready and save the points.

Remind me of what Worthy had in their other 3 games?

Every team, but 1 loses once the playoffs start. You can’t win the playoffs in September.

Are you sure? The Ravens (prior to this weekend) were statistically the worse defense in the NFL. They were 32nd in total yards and bottom 3 in both passing and rush yards given up. Bottom 3rd in red zone, 3rd down and 4th down. And bottom of creating turnovers. This weekend did not help any of the numbers. It may be the injuries, but right now they are the NFLs worst defense - so we really have not seen the Chiefs offense against a worse defense. They have struggled against the Chargers, Eagles, and Giants who all have decent defenses. It is no surprise they moved the ball against Baltimore. That is not a good defense and the injuries have killed them.

Yeah underwhelming for 5+ years and one of the best records and continuing to win every game. but to you they look like crap for 3+ quarters and somehow still win week in and week out. 🤦‍♂️

This is just stupid. Since 2020 the Bills have been in the top 5 for margin of victory every year - winning games by an average of greater than a TD. They have won the more games than every team, but 1 in that span. If they consistently played down to their competition- they wouldn’t be winning by an average of over 10 points per game and be 4-0. Teams that play down to their competition- they lose the Miami game (see the Chargers this week). When the Bills play their game - you may not like it, but they dominate the opponent and typically win by more than 1 score - just like this week. Are they perfect - No, but they are still a top team that has won and crushed lesser competition for years now.

After listening to Sal talk a bit, he suggested it might even be Thanksgiving as we have a bit of a mini bye - playing the Thursday before so you get a week and a half to get him ready. We will see, but I totally agree that they are not going to rush him and set him back. The speed of the ramp up will depend on the injury status of him and then other DBs.