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NFL Live is decent, but that's mainly because Dan Orlovsky and Mina Kimes know what they're talking about and the cast has good chemistry. I think that's the only show on ESPN that I can stomach. Everything else is hot takes and nonsense. GMFB is on every day at my office and is decent for what it is, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a debate show.

I have to agree with those that think he may have signed here hoping to start, but sees the writing on the wall with Bernard locking down that spot. Still not great, because while Bernard looks the real deal early on, we don't have much behind him until/unless Dorian Williams can get up to speed at MLB.

Burrow is elite, but part of the fear for Bills fans is due to how our Defense matched up with him last year. -Meh pass rush -Lack of disguise/creativity -Corners playing bend/don't break coverage much of the game -Compromised Safety play due to injuries That's about as bad of a recipe in defending Joe Burrow as it gets. He has elite WR's and is a cerebral QB that is more than willing to underneath/intermediate throws all game. Why is it he's been mediocre in almost every other playoff game aside from his matchup against us? Why is it he struggles against every defense in the AFCN? IMO.. Allen and Mahomes are on another level, with Mahomes separating himself due to Super Bowl victories and week in/week out consistency. Burrow is a less talented version of those two, but with better weapons. And I'm honestly sick of pretending otherwise.

I've wondered this as well. Especially if we're looking at wholesale changes on the Defense. Can probably move off Morse if we want and have Bates move into the Center role. If we extend Davis, all we're really looking to fill on Offense (fingers crossed on Brown at RT) are some depth roles. Would allow the team to focus on DL and S in the draft to restock DT, EDGE and Safety with some young talent. That being said.. I could go either way on Davis, because 15M or so on Davis (if that's feasible) might be better spent on extending Jones and Floyd, while using an early pick at WR. And even then, to get under the cap with spending like that could require a surprise cut to Tre White if he doesn't bounce back to reliable high end CB1.

Yea.. I could care less about the average age metric. We could easily become much younger next year if we are replacing Hyde, Poyer and spending draft picks on the DL again.

I'm not moving Elam if I'm Buffalo. Dane Jackson is a FA after this year. Let's see how White's season progresses. At the very least we have a solid player in Benford and a guy who's looked good when given the chance in Elam, under contract for 2 more years after this season.

Bills suddenly look like they have a strong foundation of young players to build around Josh Allen with as we look forward and envision the next window without guys like Poyer, Hyde, White (potentially), Morse etc... Of course, the hope is we win it all with them and then move into the next window. Key players 26 & under with multiple years on their current deal.. Defense will likely need some retooling in coming years, but if Oliver has turned the corner... they will have a strong core for the next few years in Oliver, Rousseau, Von and Milano to build around. Offense is really looking solid with Davis and Morse being the question marks after this season. RB: James Cook 23 OL: Connor McGovern 25 Ryan Bates 26 O'Cyrus Torrence 23 Alec Anderson 23 Spencer Brown 25 Ryan VanDemark 25 WR: Khalil Shakir 23 TE: Dawson Knox 26 Dalton Kincaid 23 Quinton Morris 24 DL: Greg Rousseau 23 Ed Oliver 25 LB: Terrel Bernard 24 Dorian Williams 22 CB: Christian Benford 22 Kaiir Elam 22

Is that Nick Chubb screaming … ok, yup… crowd reaction can’t be good.

Haha… what is this game?

I have zero desire to consume any content involving her. Anything she's involved in, I'll typically turn off. I'd love to see anyone replace her. That said.. I don't wish for anyone to go out like this, even if she was quite unprofessional in that moment.

I don't know if I'm there yet. Does Benford have the ability to become a CB1? If so, I'd be inclined to agree. If his ceiling is solid CB2 in our system, then a potential miss on Elam still hurts. A guy you draft in RD1 typically has traits to become a high end starter. Elam has those traits, but it hasn't translated yet. Does Benford? Maybe, we'll see.. but for this to be a one for one deal, I need to see that ability from Benford. Ideally Elam figures it out and we have the option (not saying we should, but we "could") of moving off Tre next year, depending on how this year goes for him, and have a much easier job resetting our cap by moving off say... Tre White and Mitch Morse.

Good thing I didn't say that. I wasn't a fan of the Bernard pick, and was extremely underwhelmed with what we saw from him as a rookie, but to say MLB is still a need based off his play so far comes off as personal bias. That's not to say MLB won't be an issue, but through 2 games... it is not.

Hopeful on your post.. and I do think there's reason to believe this will be the case. We saw a legitimate vision on how Cook can be used this year, in addition to how they plan on deploying Knox and Kincaid. Harty is likely an X-Factor type player behind Diggs, Davis, Knox, Kincaid and Cook.. So once we get them all established, I could see things opening up for him.

The calf injury is worrisome. That’s where them being 0-2 is concerning. If Burrow was healthy, you’d think they could get it together, starting with an interesting, but certainly winnable game, against the Rams. Now they have to decide whether to play him and risk serious injury or let him rest and risk dropping to 0-3.

That interception was not simply right place, right time. He had to show ball skills to secure that.. and did. Something in his second game, that we rarely ever saw from our “pro-bowl” MLB of the past five years.

Front 7 looks top tier. Rousseau, Floyd, Jones, Milano and Oliver (yes, Ed looks great) are all impact players. Bernard looks like a potential playmaker at MLB and our rotational guys on the DL are all pretty talented. The Secondary looks solid, but I'm hoping to get more confident in them as Hyde, Poyer and White all knock the rust off and get into rhythm. Benford looks legit at CB2, we all know Johnson is a top slot corner, but I'd love for Elam to get active so we can have a speed option to put back there.

The Defense has obviously looked good in the first two weeks against bad and average QB play. My only concern is speed in the secondary when we play against Miami. Not so much with Benford or Johnson, but Hyde, Poyer and Tre are going to need to be on point in that matchup and not find themselves chasing guys. Would be nice to have a CB like Elam to put out there in a matchup like this.

That blocked kick was FILTHY

Bernard is starting to look like the guy who dominated the Sugar Bowl in his last season at Baylor. If that’s all anyone ever saw of him, you’d think he was a RD1 talent if not for being undersized.

Meh.. if they lose to the Rams, I’ll start to question them. Not right now.

Allen is unstoppable when he plays with discipline and is willing to take what the defense gives him. Defense looks susceptible to a big play here and there, but also seems FAR more capable of making plays, while still being a strong unit that will make you work for it. When Von comes back, this DL is a straight up UNIT. Benford stays looking good at CB2. Brown looked like a franchise RT today, and even those guys get help against the elite rushers. Bernard with the impact play. McDermott was aggressive on 4th down. Overall, not sure how much more I could ask for in a game where we needed to remind the league, and maybe even ourselves, who we are capable of being week to week.

We’re not doing that, but our WR room outside Diggs isn’t mediocre… it’s below average unless Davis decides he’s actually a WR2. Currently we have a WR3 and some WR4’s supporting Diggs and a couple TE’s that heaven knows we’ll ever figure out how to use.

Just win this game, offense get your act together and move on from this past week. Hard for me to get super excited about anything else. Hopefully the Pats and Cowboys win so that by Monday morning, we’re all sitting at 1-1 in the AFCE.