SCBills

They have the Texans this weekend, Rams next weekend. Just a massive game for them with all the injuries and the potential to drop to 1-4. Worst part of their schedule for them to have these injuries as the schedule is much lighter on the back 1/3. Division is weak without Burrow, but Steelers look like they can get to 10-12 wins with the Browns & Bengals coming up and potentially getting to 5-1.

Im counting on Ed & Hoecht to help. Both typically available and both very good players. Ogunjobi is a flyer as a guy who was very good last time he was in our style of Defense. I can’t count on Hairston or Milano. We don’t know the actual severity/timeline of Hairstons injury and even when he is a go, who knows if he can get enough reps to help us. Milano just can’t stay on the field. If I’m Beane, I’m operating as if CB2 (White/Strong), LB (Milano), S (Rapp) and EDGE (Everyone but Bosa) could use an upgrade before the trade deadline should a move make sense at any of those positions.

1) Weak schedule so while 4-0 is great, I’m not sure I take a ton from that aside from a great comeback against a healthy Ravens team and then beating teams we absolutely should beat. 2) JA is the best QB in the league and continues to prove it. His floor game is the ceiling for 90% of QB’s in the NFL. 3) Cook proved me wrong. I didn’t want to pay a RB. I didn’t think he was in the Henry, Saquon, JT realm of running back.. He is. James Cook is elite. 4) Free Agency anyone, anyone? Beane talked a whole lot of defiance this offseason about WR and hyping Josh Palmer. Let’s hope he grows in this Offense because ehhhh ok. 5) Kincaid & Hawes could become the best TE duo in the league in coming years. 6) Deone Walker absolute HIT. Potential high RD1 pick before the back injury and he clearly looks back to being that guy now. Sky is the limit for him. 7) Team is coasting on an early easy schedule with the core. FA additions and Draft Class not giving us much. Hairston injury, Sanders is meh to ok so far which as a rookie DT isn’t awful, Jackson can’t even get a jersey. Hoecht/Ogunjobi out til Week 8 and Josh Palmer looks like the same guy with the same usage in LA but for more money. Need to get more from the additions than just Walker & Hawes.

For many of us, all we know are the drought years. We are the opposite of entitled. We finally have THE guy and it hasn’t happened yet because of coaching blunders and continued holes in roster construction that we just can’t seem to figure out (fingers crossed that’s solved this year as time goes on). That’s not to say we aren’t grateful for the team we have, and have had in recent years - but one can be appreciative while also critical, as many of us worry the current regime isn’t capable of holding up their end of the bargain around (likely) the best chance we’ll have at winning a Super Bowl in our lifetime.

Genuinely have no idea what to make of Hill’s reaction to that injury.

Madabuike out for the season for the Ravens.

I mean, it’s fine to have guys develop without getting on the field. The issue fans have, and it’s fair, is that a 3RD Rounder should be able to help if the players in front of him getting Gameday jerseys are struggling. Instead we have AJ having to gut out an injury, Rousseau apparently playing injured for multiple games now and Bosa on an absurd snap count for a guy they brought in to make sure he’s available for the Playoffs. Rounded out by a largely ineffective 5th Round Pick. Good stuff.

The Bills will likely never draft a player like Worthy or sign a player like Thornton so it is what it is. Bills want to be big and physical on Offense and that also means have Wide Receivers who can block. I too wish they could give Allen one quality speed guy who’s not of the gadget variety, but alas it seems to be akin to wishing they get bigger up the middle on Defense. They simply aren’t going to do it. We’ll see what it looks like when we get there but it has to change because an underreported issue the Playoff Bills face is Allen not having guys get open for him regularly enough. If our Defense wasn’t a flaming dumpster fire every postseason when it matters, this would be a much more talked about issue.

Bills trying the less popular “bend and break” defense. Extra fun when we get multiple shots of Allen sitting on the sideline.

If our Defense lets us down again in the playoffs I don’t know how you keep running it back. Especially now that McDermott’s Defenses are meh to bad in the regular season too. Im just amazed at how we keep having the same issues, throw more assets at it, keep having the same issues. At least this year we have the hope of growing pains and young players, but this - so far - might be the worst version of this that I’ve seen.

Ravens/Texans Week 5 is a massive game

No way Lamar isn’t out there if they’re not getting blown out.

Playoff Lamar in Week 4

Lamar is an elite runner with an elite RB and throws into big windows. He has become a better passer to hit tight windows but doesn’t drop back and have the accuracy/timing of the 3 mentioned above. He is not a better passer than Allen. Thats comical. His deep ball is great.. so is Russel Wilson’s. Much more to pocket passing than that. Their running game puts teams in insane conflict that gives him a better picture to throw than anyone in the league. A lot of that is him. So credit to him. But he’s not the passer of the other 3 in the Big 4. He also chokes where the others don’t.. but that’s another convo.

Hes very clearly not a passer on the level of Allen, Mahomes and Burrow. Great QB, just sick of being gaslit by so many people that we have to pretend he’s something he’s not.

Only real takeaway I have from that meh game is that Deone Walker truly looks like he has the potential to be elite at DT with time.

Disappointing Defense so far this year but it looks like they hit a grand slam with Walker

Can’t upgrade Safety because it takes a 4 year mentorship program and doctorate to play that position here.

He’s going to need him to be today .. in, yet another game, where Cook is treated like he’s Derrick Henry in snap share.

Get off the field!!! How does this team just give up first down after first down?

Honestly not a great start to the year for Brady. He has an elite OL, elite QB and elite RB and those guys are all pulling their weight. Aside from a backyard ball comeback against the Ravens this Offense has been what you’d expect from a team with those elements.. nothing more.

This defense just gives up mind numbingly long drives and can’t even force FG’s anymore unless the opponent screws if up themselves. Also love that we have a healthy 3rd Round Pick who can’t get on the field to help an injured Epenesa who’s obviously not in great shape today.

What kind of coverage was that by Benford. Just easy pitch and catch that Olave fortunately juggled.

Not going to jump on the Defense for an opening drive operated mainly by QB scrambled but this getting real old, real fast.