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Codrington just fumbled last game and keeps taking massive hits because he apparently allergic to the fair catch signal. I think the Bills like having him back there right now when we have a bunch of guys on IR/Suspension, but when Hairston and Hoecht come back, those two take far more precedent over a kick returner… and maybe he stays if it’s just those two, but if the Bills decide they want to have Ogunjobi on the 53 as well… I’m not sure there’s room for a ST only in Franklin AND ST only in Codrington.

For the people who say trade Epenesa, Joey Bosa played 87% of snaps against Miami. That is insane. They went to a 3 man rotation with Bosa, Rousseau and Epenesa. I get that Solomon is a ST guy, but if he can’t be trusted to play DE snaps in Year 2, not sure what we’re doing here. Dont think we cut him, because he’s only in his second year, but definitely see him as inactive. That 3 man DE rotation needs to become a 4 man DE rotation when Hoecht comes back. Ogunjobi, imo, is insurance given two of our DT’s are rookies… one with coming off a back injury. I’d keep him around, even if inactive, in case of injury, lack of early development for TJ or hitting a rookie wall. If nothing changes between now and then… Codrington, Ingram, Franklin and Samuel seem like realistic options for Hoecht, Ogunjobi and Hairston.. then Lundt gets cut and hopefully stashed when Grable comes back. Samuel is someone I think the Bills hold onto while letting the league know he’s available for trade.. especially with how comfortable Elijah Moore looks in this Offense and Shavers starting to show he can be counted on to block and make some catches.

Kirk cared about the black community insofar that he wanted to see them lift themselves up.. heavy focus on male role models and the nuclear family. He felt, with data to back it up, that this is the only way for the community to actually be successful. There’s plenty of black people who support and agree with him. He would make incendiary comments about handouts and DEI, which got clipped and framed by his opponents to portray him as condescending and ridiculing the black community. Lots of black people believe, rightly or wrongly, that he was racist due to this. Politicians and activists have plenty of incentive to make sure black people depend on the government for help & advancement policy. And we can debate about whether there should be some due to historical oppression, but anyone advocating for a refusal on government reliance is a threat to those with political interests and will be labeled as such in ways to minimize reach.

Seems like it typically takes some time for DL not drafted in the top 5 or so to hit. Look across the field at Kenneth Grant, a guy 90% of us wanted… dude has been getting washed out all over the place for Miami so far this year.

Sick people

Same.

Deone Walker always had elite, high RD1 ability but slipped due to playing last year with a back injury. If we can keep him healthy, he might become a game wrecker like we haven’t had on the interior. He legitimately has that ability. His floor is already solid DT play with splash plays here and there.

Offense is a WR who can win consistently on the outside away from being unstoppable. I doubt we trade for that guy, so we have to hope Allen/Palmer develop and/or Keon figures out how to win using his physicality.

Pretty much perfect schedule scenario. Sanders & Walker getting a ton of reps and showing a high floor. They should only get better. Looking like two hits on the DL for Beane. I think they’ll ride Bosa a little more than they’d like until Hoecht comes back, and then he’ll get ratcheted back a bit when we have a weapon like him to rotate in. Just get Oliver fully healthy. Hes missed, but we can win without him in this stretch. Just wish Hairston was able to get reps in this stretch. Hopefully they can get him on the field Week 5 or 6, Bye week and then a Carolina game before we play the Chiefs. This Defense takes a massive step if he’s an upgrade at CB2. Milano, imo, is a cross your fingers we get him to the playoffs healthy. Would like to rest him for a few weeks and get Dorian Williams & Shaq Thompson more reps … like what I saw from them, but they aren’t the weapon Milano is when healthy.

Yup. Dolphins were down 2/5ths of their starting OL and a bunch of guys in the secondary. They weren’t missing anyone to the level of Ed Oliver, but I’d take the Bills injury situation last night over the Dolphins.

I don’t really count Matt Milano as a starter at this point. A guy I hope we have when it matters.. but not counting on it. Oliver, big loss. He, along with Bosa, gives us two guys who can dominate their matchups on the DL. If we’re using the missing players excuse as to why the Defense was meh… give me the Hoecht excuse. That dude can ball. Hairston is a complete WC, but if he can give us an upgrade at CB2 by the time we get to the playoffs, that’s massive because it’s clear that while Tre White looks serviceable .. he’s getting targeted and has very mixed results.

It feels like building a team like this requires a good defense. Doesnt need to be elite, since we have Josh Allen.. but it has to be good. And when it’s not, that’s when you notice Josh doesn’t have enough talent around him at WR. It’s shown up in the playoffs plenty. If our Defense can step up in the postseason, we can win a Super Bowl like this. But if not, this Offense is not built (it seems so far) to go toe to toe with Mahomes having his way with a zero resistance Bills Defense.

WR play has been an issue in the playoffs every year as of late. What don’t we get?

I think a disconnect between how some view the offense vs others is based off some viewing the game for who we played while other seeing trends that have been present and hurt us in big spots. Bills Offense looked bla tonight but still scored 31. A lot of people will correctly point that out. Others will see Allen constantly checking it down after looking down field and surmise that he still doesnt have guys winning downfield. Thats been an issue in our elimination games. So we worry that it will be again .. hopefully not, hopefully there is no elimination game this year.

And I highly doubt we’ll address this at the trade deadline. We have depth and Beane has that whole Jeremy White dust up. Also we traded for one last year and it was meh. So we have to hope Keon can learn to do the one thing he can do man up, which is win with physicality. Failed to do that again today on his one outside target. I do know a Spags Defense will key on the fact we only successfully throw inside the numbers down the field to slots, tight ends and running backs or around the LOS.

Bills Offense looks like the Chiefs Offenses of late. Boring, with a great QB play here and there. Stretches of poor play as a whole, predictable runs and a ton of throws within 5 yard of the LOS. Difference being we can run the ball and they can’t - which is why we score 31 while looking like we’re sleepwalking. But if they trade for Tyreek..

Do we have a guy who can get a bucket? Not sure yet. Do we have a guy who can take the top off? Not sure yet. And people in this thread can pretend it’s not a big deal, but it was an issue in the KC playoff game last year. It’s popped up in playoff games prior. It’s glossed over because of how bad the defense has been in those games, but it’s been an issue and this question hasn’t been solved to this point.

Do we have Wide Receivers?

Brady treating JA like he’s Brock Purdy all season and now he’s actually throwing short of the sticks on 3rd down.

Bills could’ve ended the Dolphins season right then and there, but we decided to do a predictable run on 2nd and long. Got stuffed. Sack. Shanked FG. Defense turns back into a pumpkin and now it’s a game.

Prater missing a FG and Tre White making two mistakes on that drive = tie game. Gross.

Ah ok. I’m sure they felt no pressure of govt retribution at all. Got it.

Its literally in the Twitter Files, that I’m sure you’ve memory holed. How about this?