Straight Hucklebuck

Douglas has moderate MCL sprain. That’s usually a 2-4 week injury. Gabe has the PCL, unless it’s mild which is 7-10 days, I think he’s in that same 2-4 week boat. Of course I expect both guys with ligaments to try and go next weekend. Dodson apparently wrecked his shoulder on that flip tackle - torn labrum and partial rotator cuff tear. It didn’t look that gruesome at all, but after that flip tackle he only played two more snaps and he went to the locker room. Guess he could try the Jordan Phillips from last year, but how effective is that going to be. McDermott might not declare all three of them officially out tomorrow at 11:00 AM on WGR, but after reading the main game thread, I don’t think any of them are getting back on the field Sunday.

I had a bad feeling about Monday Night going in and we were going to get killed in that game. It’s not the spent excuse, the Bengals physically and mentally pushed the Bills around. When I heard McDermott and Frazier talking about how they didn’t have to change much of the gameplan from the Monday Night game because you couldn’t take much away from a half quarter I knew we were going to get rocked again. Sure enough, first drive Mixon looking like Jamal Lewis, and we’re playing 21 yards off Chase & Higgins. We were out athleted and intimidated all day. The crowd was non-existent from the jump.

They played the freezer bowl in -59F wind chills.

Darn, I was really looking forward to all these old players laughing incessantly and talking about game in 1992 all pregame.

If a sprained ankle in Week 2 was still being mentioned as the reason for his down year, then I had no reason to believe he’d be ready to go from a PCL in one week. Sorry Gabe, nobody bought the sprained ankle excuse last year, and this year the numbers and efficiency are even lower and you’ve been healthy all year. Get told how hard of a worker he is, 2 weeks after the season is over he’s taking shirtless pics and he’s got a beer belly and 0 definition.

Yeah our local media is blissfully unaware of what @HappyDays has reported and is just going day by day checking to see if these guys practice. They've turned every show into breakdowns on the weather and whether or not the Steelers fans will travel well. Meanwhile we have 8 guys not practicing for this game.

@HappyDays reported moderate MCL for Rasul Douglas. Mild is 10-days, but moderate is 2-4 weeks. Same thing with Davis’ PCL. Ligament strains don’t seem to heal unless they’re minor within 2-weeks. And the other thing - Dodson according to @HappyDays doesn’t just have a Grade 1 AC joint strain, it’s a labrum tear and partial rotator cuff tear. So that report made me think none of these guys are going to be right for the rest of the Playoffs. Sure Dodson might try and go like Phillips last year, yeah he was out there, but he was pass rushing with one arm and the other arm was in an L.

Yeah I know the 90 grade from PFF gets referenced a lot. But when people say he’s played well, I can’t remember a ton of specific plays he’s made this year. Bills have been “good” against the run, but not among the Top 5. And I don’t remember much against the pass. He did “sack” Achane on Sunday night. It must be a matter of he doesn’t miss the tackles that are there, and he gets in the way enough on passing plays. As long as he has continued to work out and stay in shape for 2-down run stuffing work. That’s what we need, because he’s been coming off the field on 3rd downs to drop Poyer in the linebacker spot.

Is this something where you can go back to your source and see how this is progressing? Specifically wondering on Douglas MCL, a lot of variance between a mild and moderate sprain. As we see with Watt, he was officially diagnosed with a Grade II (moderate) and reports are he wouldn't be back until the AFC Championship. Hoping that Douglas is closer to the mild strain than initially thought.

If Rasul Douglas' MCL is closer to a mild than moderate he could be closer to that 10-day window. But a classic MCL Grade 2 is usually 3-4 weeks.

The pass was behind him or he scores there. Johnson had to stop and reach back for it, just for a split second.

Yeah, when you listen to the press conference, McDermott didn't offer the day-to-day tag, it was the reporter who said something like so they're in the day to day bucket and he said yeah. So interesting the wording compared to the report from @HappyDays

I think a part of it is a natural letdown from Miami. Going 5-0 down the stretch, climbing out of the hole, catching and passing Miami. Now you have to reset and climb another mountain. Also, the thing that is gnawing at me is the injuries. The Bills had a clean injury report going into Miami. They were the opening day Bills minus Milano (Douglas replaces Tre White). Now they have a ripped shoulder, two knee ligament strains and a concussion. Now, I think we should still beat the Steelers, but Kansas City after that is looming and I’m hoping that Douglas and Davis could be back for that game, because Sherfield as your #2 is going to catch up with you eventually. And eventually Douglas not being there will be felt. I also worry about this coaching staff playing Von Miller because of who he was instead of putting better players on the field - Kingsley Jonathan & Linval Joseph.

How ironclad is this source because this is horrific news if true. None of these guys are going to be right the rest of the year, so I guess get used to Dane Jackson, Baylon Spector and Trent Sherfield out there. You’re not fixing strain ligaments in a week or two. Gabe trips over his own feet and hurts himself. And no you can’t play with the same injury that Phillips had. He tried last year and his arm was in this shape — L — the rest of the year, passing rushing with one arm. So healthy going into that stupid final game too. This ain’t like oh we had a couple of little injuries out here.

Douglas moderate MCL strain - what? On that leg whip he got all of that? Dodson did all of that of that on that flip tackle?

Please coaching staff, watch this tape and play Kingsley Jonathan. On Tua's game sealing pick, Von did get good push against the RT, but that's about as much as I noticed him. Most of the time he was pushed past the QB. There was one rush where #73 for the Dolphins just shocked Miller with his hands and made him stagger backwards. WGR 550 in the pregame said that before the game he was on the field and you can see an obvious limp.

I've read mild strains are 10 days. Grade 1's. Grade 2 are 2-4 weeks. They said it's not considered serious, but there is no more detail than that.

I don't think so, but what this does is maybe get Harty on the field more, they'll lean on Shakir more, and possibly elevate Isabella.

I don’t get it.

Chris Simms said it all week - the Dolphins won’t stick with the run. Two carries is the second half.

Now all that really counts for is Allen’s final 2023 stats. Who cares now, Diggs showed his isn’t hurt and can still get wide open. And like the others have pointed out, the Bills moved the ball easily all night.

Yeah man, on that Shakir play down the sideline he bulldozed one Dolphin into another one - took them both out.

Early in the season, after the Patriots game, I called for him to get more snaps. But after the Patriots game he was virtually benched and I stopped thinking they would use him again. He popped up again once in the Kansas City. Andy Isabella and Harty may have to play more this coming week.

Love that! Guy went out with a bang man.

Because all of Gabe’s routes are 90-yards down the field because he has as much ability to turn as Titanic.