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But the Mooninites are in. If that month and a half was towards the purpose of bringing him back as close to 100% as possible (as opposed to 70-80%) then I am all for it, and I sincerely hope that is the case here, but yeah, they definitely painted an oddly vague and incomplete picture of whatever happened.

The fact that almost none of our recent draft picks or recent FA acquisitions have met expectations (or come anywhere near meeting expectations) is yet another reminder of how spectacular Josh Allen is for this team, and James Cook, too. FULL practice for Ed Oliver. That's pretty cool, at least.

If we aren't good enough to beat the Falcons, none of this matters, and I hate to say it, but it might be in our best interest to be in a position where we can draft and/or sign an actual difference maker on DEFENSE because we have been in the same damn boat since 2019-2020 and we know how that story ends every single time. For a while it was Allen and Diggs Now it's Allen and Cook (who I'd argue is better because Cook actually shows up in the playoffs) But meanwhile, our defense has become worse. Somehow. This defense has never had a DL that is capable of causing chaos in the post-season. You think KC wins any of those Super Bowls without Chris Jones? MAYBE the first one, but DEFINITELY not the last two...

It's the beginning of the season still. It's certainly not the first time 4-6 teams look to have a shot to win it all by Week 5. The question is, which of these 4-6 teams will be healthy in another 5 weeks from now, among other things. Trust me, a lot of these teams might come back down to earth by that point, and the Pats could very well be one of them. I would tend not to include the Bills, because we have shown year after year that we are still among the top teams in the league by December/January. My concern for this team is the same as it has always been unfortunately: We (still) do not have a playoff caliber defense. And we are probably the weakest defense in that group of 4-6 teams you mentioned. THAT is a problem. It always has been. It's the reason we NEED to have a first round bye to have any legitimate shot at the SB imo AND it's the reason this loss to the Pats was a lot bigger than "just 1 loss". The swing from potentially have a 3 game lead in the division to a 0.5 game in the division, while the Pats arguably have the easiest remaining schedule in the NFL, is massive.

Random prediction: Allen actually connects on a deep ball today 40+ air yards

Kind of incredible to think about this being one of the league’s best offenses in 2-minute end of half scenarios despite how often we use timeouts early in the halves.

I sure hope we can use Max by playoff time, but knowing McD's tendencies I think it is more likely he will want Max to get a "full off season" prior to him starting, unless injuries force our hand.

I don’t even want to think about it. That said, I think we all know that regardless of who is and isn’t playing, the Chiefs-Bills meeting will go all the way down to the wire WHEN (not if) we meet again in the playoffs. It’s inevitable.

Maybe so, but at the very least, it’s a combination. Because I’ve witnessed the Chiefs offense struggle to move the ball against much worse defenses than the “decimated” version of Ravens defense. Put it this way, if it were the Bills with this type of output after getting our top WR back, our board would be all over how much that player means to the team. I think most of us - myself included - do not like to admit to ourselves how good this kid is becoming. Thank goodness he appears to be fragile and potentially injury prone.

It certainly factored in, but regardless, it has been a while since we have seen the Chiefs put up 30+ that easily against any team and we are kidding ourselves if we don’t think Worthy was a big reason for that. That said, I am probably more concerned with the fact that the Chiefs obviously have a defense that is capable of slowing down playoff caliber offenses (as they have been for a while) and we do not.

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/patrick-mahomes-it-was-huge-to-have-xavier-worthy-back-out-there This was tough to read on so many levels, but most specifically, that we are responsible for the Chiefs having the player that fixed their offense (and morale). So yes, that’s why a Chiefs article is in the Bills forum, because it is unfortunately “Bills related”

Not going to lie, Chiefs are officially concerning again. They have a defense that can slow down playoff caliber offenses. we do not. theres your difference. last 2 times we faced chiefs in playoffs we had to overachieve vs a stingy defense while KC just “did their thing”

I am fine with 3 games IF it’s because the Bills are letting him recover to 100%. Hell, give him 4 or 5 if that’s the case. It makes no sense to have an 80% Ed Oliver for the rest of the season; that won’t make an impact anywhere. We need Ed as close to Week 1 form as possible come playoff time if we expect our defense to look any different in the playoffs than it has the past 4-5 seasons.

Agree. Easy to be a sour puss on the Texans this season. The Bills are winning though. Everyone's happy when they're winning. And if it's just for a year, that's all we need. Based on the schedule, based on how the Chiefs & Ravens look along with their records, this is likely the best opportunity in Allen's career to reach the SB. If you have an opportunity to improve the weakness of your team towards the purpose of improving your chances at getting to a Super Bowl, you do it. Ask the LA Rams.

Meanwhile, in Madden, O'Cyrus Torrence is a 73 OVR and David Edwards is 75 OVR !?!?! Come on now. This might be the best OL in the NFL. To put it in perspective, Hamlin is a 74 and Landon Jackson is a 73. Smh.

Bosa Striking Down Tua Falling To The Ground Melting Instantly

After T N F Tua may need to retire Hope I am not right 😔

For those of us hoping it’s nothing significant, probably not a great sign for Oliver to apparently post “can’t catch a break” yesterday (before deleting the post shortly thereafter) https://x.com/thejoemarino/status/1966256629629989305

Since the beginning of last season, we must lead the league in injuries that pop up with players that finished the previous game.

But surely, you do remember last season, when 75% of our injuries consisted of players that finished the game and magically popped up on the injury report a few days later, right? I don't know how this keeps happening, but it keeps happening.

To be fair, Bills fans had seen it before. Ravens are the one team in the NFL that is an extremely difficult matchup for us. Last season, they blew us out, and it looked very, very similar for the vast majority of the game. You’d have had to be delusional to think we actually had a shot down the stretch, Josh Allen or not. Let’s be real. Allen was amazing. But the only reason he had a shot was Ed Oliver. And the fact the defense made a play was a miracle in itself, based on everything we witnessed to that point. That said… I was at a backers bar in Portland, Oregon. Left at halftime. Had nothing to do with the score, and everything to do with the fact I was with my 8 year old on a “school night”. Did I want to leave? Hell no! I got there 1.5 hours before the game to make sure I had a good seat. But my point is, we don’t know the circumstances for all of these fans. Some of them may have had valid reasons to leave when they did. And frankly, if Allen didn’t say anything about it, this wouldn’t even be a story.

Not me. I know that's a terrible thing to say, but just being honest.

I’m surprised no mention of Tyrell Shavers. I thought his story would be hyped up in last week’s episode and this week. Did not even mention him making the team. Maybe a quiet, soft spoken dude that doesn’t like interviews? guess I will leave it up since Mike deleted his. May as well have a Hard knocks finale post going somewhere.

Has not gone up on my HBO max streaming app. anyone else? last 4 episodes went up at 9pm est sharp hmm Nevermind… it’s up! 9 mins late but it’s available now

Unfortunately, simulations do not take curses into account. its why we have been here before, with simulators 😂 I refuse to get caught up in this. If/when it does happen, I will be on cloud nine. Til then, not getting my hopes up. Not doing that to myself lol