Richard Noggin

Aren't the Benford and White injuries more impactful? (than Coleman, as posited above)

I read the first sentence in your post while still thinking of my post above tbh. Reads funny that way. Also, agreed.

Rapp interpreted it live as cojones, whereas I think you correctly see it purely as self-preservation after that first taste of pain.

How much you wanna bet the stadium has a BUNCH of Baltimore fans in attendance Sunday night? This is one of those money makers for the STHs who go that route.

I mean, Batavia. Am I right?

Clearly this is rage bait. Tip of the cap

Says the guy from Rochester, I love it. More I-90 turf wars! Herkimer can get WRECKED

Absolutely turned around in Yahoo after registering for the Survival League. Never to be found again.

Neilsen, it's been reported (was it Parrino?) looks during practices to be the guy running the DL, the loudest voice in the room, over Marcus West who IS technically the DL coach again. I'm really hoping the influx of some more assertive, demanding, pedigreed coaching can get that talented DL bunch attacking in waves and working together to win the LOS. Let's hope he can revitalize Oliver and help Rousseau to finally take the next step as a pass rusher. Maybe he can maximize Sanders and Walker sooner rather than later, and maybe even develop Jackson into something down the line. Bless whatever we can get out of Bosa. He should at least flash a few times here and there, hopefully in a big moment. Who knows, maybe Hoecht goes all Lorenzo Alexander on it down the stretch and something is actually trending up on defense heading into the playoffs.

Milano and Bernard when healthy have proven to be a dynamic duo. Along with Johnson, that Bills 2025 2nd level could reach its All-Pro potential behind a more disruptive d-line (we hope). That is the (only?) way they can take the next step to beat the best. (I also have continuously harbored the contrary suspicion that they should just clearly be going ALL THE WAY IN ON OFFENSIVE WEAPONS to surround Allen with other game changers who demand defensive attention. The world deserves to watch Josh freaking Allen with another bona fide stud WR and other dangerous dudes.)

Ideally, the Bills PS this year is well suited to BOTH a) contribute weekly to the preparation of starters and coaches, and also b) fill in at a replacement level for a week or two late in the season when a particular position group or two come down with the injury bug. Can't have any more guys putting off an RV trip to instead suit up against an HOF HC, QB, and TE trio in the playoffs. (Would a Ciarlo or a Jenkins represent upgrades to a retired AJ Klein in a playoff pinch after their full seasons in the program on the practice squad? Would Dane Jackson or Jalen Kimber outplay Elam from the AFCCG? *personally I think Ingram would have (?) and still could...)

Hasn't recent SB history shown that the DL is more about collective talent than about fielding one elite EDGE guy? Or moreover, if you have one elite guy, it's better to have him on the inside? I actually prefer McBeane's approach to building a deep DL, it's just that they haven't picked the right guys and/or haven't properly developed the guys they've picked (coaching/scheme). Hopefully Nielsen can help get more out of the DL room overall. Some interior disruption would go a LONG way towards making this D work. Especially while the dynamic LBs behind them are healthy.

Super cohesive group. No doubt genuine comraderie helps to make the grind more meaningful, and it very likely helps some guys push themselves even a little harder. Can't let down the squad you go to war with.

Javon Baker? More surprising than an aging Kendrick Bourne coming off injury.

Haven't seen Green Bay, but I did live in Dallas for 2 years. Thought it was a very metropolitan, world-class city with a solid food and bev and entertainment scene across many distinct neighborhoods. Not prohibitively expensive (when I was there ~15 years ago). Fairly diverse. Lotta trust fund southerners, but nowhere is perfect. My girlfriend at the time actually bartended at Cowboys games, in the bar the Cowboys players run through. Happening place to be in my early 30s, even if I was behind enemy lines. Don't think I'd go back, but also not sure Green Bay would be an invigorating place to live.

Wah, why can't we just go back to 90s unis full time, full stop

Jordan = Williams Jordan Williams, the ultimate Bill

Or, if you like: There, chances just got a lot better.

Those fallbacks are no soft landing for a long while now, let me tell you

When I go down this path of lamenting all of the unfortunate, and often concentrated among a couple position groups, injuries the Bills have had to manage into the divisional and championship rounds of the playoffs in recent years, I mostly just angrier about 13 Seconds and the opportunity squandered that year. We had young Josh Allen HISTORICALLY ON FIRE in an era when offenses still had that pandemic upper-hand of referees mostly ignoring offensive holding. To see Allen and Co (Davis) win that game in legendary fashion, and then to watch McD and his coaches actively string together an improbable chain of historic blunders, resulting in an overtime loss.......really redefined the term "Billsy" for the world to see, and has always been unconscionable for me (and many others). Despite my immense appreciation for Sean McDermott's culture of process and success, I have for two offseasons wished for McD to get fired and replaced by Ben Johnson. That dream died this year. So as always, I will be rooting for McD and his team, in Orchard Park for half the games, screaming when we're on defense and shutting the eff up when we're on offense. Go Bills May this be the blessed year it all comes together.

Commit to the bit.

I'm uncharacteristically guilty of not knowing (beyond what you've shared) the objective stats/traits on Dolac and even Andreesen, and only knowing what I've heard/read from others. Weird especially because I have historically LOVED football for offseason "franchise mode" as much as for the actual games. The scouting/draft process, player development, and roster management were all we had to latch onto for hope for decades. Those early Bills drought years coincided with my early 20s and grad school, which just happened to include a handful of the very best iterations of Madden football.

Sounds good to me. Bills would obviously give him elevation guarantees and would probably use those up early and often while this other guy gets up to speed and Hancock gets healthy and more seasoned.

I think Ingram was retained to potentially start outside in White's absence early on. He has seen the field and acquitted himself well enough for a short term and/or rotational stint. Plus he offers position/scheme flex (dime/nickel safety looks) and probably would play STs? Who are candidates to be cut and reliably signed to PS? Lundt? Hamlin (doubt it)? Or maybe a sneaky "injury" somewhere simplifies the decision...