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Chris Jones single-handedly takes KC’s defense from bottom third to top tier.

This is where I’m at. Do I think our defense is back to an elite unit because of that game?… no. More a product of the opponent. However, the Jets came into that game with every intention of winning and getting themselves firmly in the playoff race with, apparently, Aaron Rodgers coming back. We rendered that discussion pointless this morning after our most dominant performance against them in recent memory. Offenses don’t just do that to the Jets defense. Even when their offense continually lets them down, they stay in games. They don’t typically get rocked like that.

Everything changes if the Bills can get a win in Philly. There's still talent on this defense, but they need to get healthy for the stretch run. It hasn't just been the losses of Jones, Milano and Tre... it's been that, plus constantly missing other guys for a game or two and/or guys playing through injury rendering them far less effective. When healthy, I don't accept that this Defense can't at least be solid: Floyd - Rousseau - Epenesa (Von, Shaq) Oliver - Joseph - Phillips (Settle, Poona) Bernard - Johnson (Dodson, Williams, Lewis, Neal) Douglas - Benford (Jackson) Hyde - Poyer (Rapp?, Hamlin, Lewis) That defense I just listed has 3 above average EDGE rushers, an elite DT, a really good MLB, two solid corners and a solid Safety duo. I'm not of the mindset that we should be absolving them of any blame because "injuries" when they still have the ability *if healthy* to put those guys out there.

Time will tell if he’s the real deal, but this was a massive win for the conservative/libertarian movement in the West. This guy has the brashness of Donald Trump but with the mindset of Ron DeSantis. The culture war must be fought with a heavy hand. Any conservative who doesn’t believe this (Nikki Haley) has no business running for office in this political climate.

I think we needed to have two objectives against the Jets and their top tier defense: 1) Win 2) Get the Offense going Check and Check Cannot overstate how massive it would be to beat the Eagles and get to 7-5 for the bye. 10-7 "might" get us in, but 11-6 does and I think we'll all feel like that's absolutely possible if they can beat Philly. Just like the Jets were a test for our "new offense", the Eagles will be a test to see if our new defense can slow down a top offense. I listened to the postgame last night while driving home and Schopp/Bulldog were incredibly down on our defense, and while I get it... I also feel like Linval Joseph can give us 70% of Daquan Jones. Similarly, Rasul Douglas 80-85% of Tre White. Which means, as long as we don't continue to get decimated on that side of the ball, they really are trying to mask the loss of Milano. Am I off-base to expect more from this defense than them being an albatross for the rest of the season and our offense needing to just win shootouts every game?

Shakir can play outside, he's just ideally suited to play from the slot. That being said, it certainly seems like moving Gabe inside could have added benefits of keeping him closer to the line for blocking, as well as giving him easier releases. Problem is, I don't know that Allen trust Davis anymore to throw to him in the middle of the field. We can't have 1st and Goal's turn into deflected pass interceptions against the teams we have coming up on our schedule.

Shakir has won me over. He just makes plays and you can tell Allen is beginning to trust him. A lot of Deebo-lite in his game. Best case scenario is teams start to see the emergence of Shakir, Kincaid and RB passing game, resulting in defensive changes .. which could emulate the Diggs, Beasley, Sanders, Davis dynamic that Gabe had some big games in.

Beane’s got some strong picks in recent years.. Kincaid, Bernard and Cook all look like impact players at the position. Benford is a legit starting corner. Shakir in his second year is starting to display high level WR3 ability. But Kincaid is the answer. The next generation of elite TE’s after Kelce steps aside will include Dalton Kincaid.

Joe Brady out here getting Josh Allen those layup TD’s we’ve been forever jealous of Mahomes getting.

Everyone thank Matthew Smiley for giving them life and allowing a drive to continue that injured two of our players.

Chargers take an L

I understand this is a defense mechanism to act like this for certain fans, but tell me who you believe gets the last playoff spot…

A lot changes if we win today. The teams we’re competing with aren’t very good. Our issue is our schedule.

Shaping up like: AFCS: Jags Texans AFCN: Ravens Browns or Steelers AFCW: Chiefs AFCE: Dolphins Texans could certainly fall off, but they have a relatively easy schedule. Leaves one spot for Bills, Jets, Broncos, Chargers or a 3rd AFCN team.

Way too early to tell. Chargers & Texans both in close games right now with NFC teams. Raiders only down 7, but O’Connell looks awful and the Raiders won’t stop running Jacobs for 2 yards a pop.

Raiders Offense with O’Connell looks completely incapable of traversing anything beyond a short field.

Hill is so wide open all the time. It’s insane.

5-2 could get us there, but we’re going to need a game like Cardinals/Texans to go our way … and that has not been happening this year. 6-1 has to be the aim.. and the hope for that is we catch fire with Brady at OC and the offense finally plays with, not just a renewed sense, but confidence. It’s amazing what confidence can do for an athlete.

No. Let’s see if the league has something for Stroud. He hasn’t had to adjust to that counter punch yet. Maybe he’s just that good. We’ll see.

Going to be real frustrating if Burrow misses time, Bengals miss the playoffs, they simply replace Higgins with someone like Keon Coleman given their high draft pick while we use ours on a Safety …. And we don’t make the playoffs either to take advantage of not having to face Burrow in January. AFC is such a mess right now, and we really need to get it together.

1 step back, 3 steps forward when you have a franchise stud QB and the entire conference is on tilt with injuries is an absurd claim to make. They need to start winning .. now .. but if they can get that Jets win under their belts, they may very well be sitting in the 7 spot heading into Philly.

Logan Wilson is determined to injure every Ravens player.

Alright Bengals are in Bills territory with injuries. No season enders yet but Burrow can’t stay healthy and they are losing high level guys left and right for weeks.

He’s had a decent OL most of his career and Mark Andrews. They’ve also drafted him WR’s early…a lot. Something we’ve never done for Allen. I guess all those WR’s they drafted for him are just bad. Nothing to do with Lamar.

Not sure what the NFL can do, but not even a Burrow vs Lamar game is immune from the awfulness that has plagued the league with how defenses are playing, injuries and refs over-officiating.