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Because everything has to be a conspiracy these days. Seriously, if Brady can't get the offense in stride against this defense he should be fired, publicly ridiculed and there should be some shapes cut into his yard. Hi. Welcome to the board. Making sense here is highly discouraged. People have old hot takes to stick by. I think what we see on a lot of these guys is they get banged up the week before and play through the game. Then, when the adrenaline wears off and few few days go by the full presentation of the injury presents itself. We hear about it when the Bills go back to practice and we see a surprise player got injured. Many times it's assumed that the injury happened in practice...but I'd bet more than not it's just that the first practice of the week is when the first injury report is due

Sammy Watkins, Robert Woods, and Ronald Darby are sitting by the phone.

Maybe they are picturing a 3 safety look with Poyer in the box more. IIRC, they ran that look a few years ago and it helped the run defense.

Just wait. Beane is soooo gonna make Fetch happen.

He's already at Slay's house laughing.

Joe B repeated many times that the Jackson pick was always more about 2026 than it was this year. I do believe he's correct, as Beane has many times picked for needs that are projected 2 years in advance. On the one hand, I agree that pick could have been used wiser to help this year. There is no argument there. What I would offer is that with both Bosa and AJE scheduled to be free agents, it wasn't the worst plan. Honestly, had he stayed healthy and had a couple nice plays to help us this year as well...that would have been terrific.

On the one hand, it's not really applicable because those teams are not this team. Different teams, different years. On the other hand, the Bills have often gotten smacked on defense on the first couple drives before they make adjustments. A fast start by Cincinnati wouldn't shock me. As long as we can keep up out of the gate we should be ok.

Yes, if you NEED more of an apples to appleS COMPARISON to feel BETTER about YOURSELF: Atlanta Falcons & San Francisco 49ers (2024-2025 Season): Both teams forfeited fifth-round picks in the 2025 NFL Draft for violating anti-tampering rules by contacting players/coaches not yet free to negotiate. Point is it's AGAINST the rules and you NEVER really know what the league will come out with for punishment. Was SLAY worth the RISK of losing ANYTHING?

And if Beane tampered, there's a chance that 3rd round pick may have been his first selection of the draft. A draft we need to have picks to fill in the many holes we do have and will be opened after the year. Tampering for a washed up CB really wasn't worth the risk.

Just curious, would you feel the same had Beane tampered, been caught and had the Bills punished by being losing day 1 or day 2 draft picks like what happened with Miami a couple years back? Really, if there was any "tampering" it should have come from Slay or his agent leaking that he would really only go to a certain place or retire. Rosenhaus misplayed this more than anyone and it's going to cost his client game checks.

Congratulations. You hit almost every square in the "I really am just regurgitating what other people say and have no idea what I'm actually referring to" bingo board. Really a spectacular job!

This is a reasonable take with sound logic. I think that offense is worse. They still have a crap OL. They still have some nice targets to throw to. But Joe Mixon of a few years ago > Chase Brown. I don't think we need to focus on the run as much this go around. True. But he's got that really cool spinning throw he made in warm ups.

I would tend to agree, but our issues started in TC. Maybe we infected him?

He'll be back. They always come back

This, IMO is not a bad look for Beane at all. A player was on waivers and he claimed him. He can't help that Slay had his heart set on Philadelphia. And from what I see, a team can't contact the player or agent and tamper while a guy is on waivers. Y'all would have lost it if Beane did that and it cost the Bills a day two pick. Slay wanted to play the system and got played. And even if his agent tries to play hardball and not deal with the Bills next year as "punishment"...it's a poor look on the agent. If the Bills are high bidder for a player he represents, he would be leaving money for himself and his client on the table. Dumb move. If the Eagles wanted Slay bad enough, they should have given something up at the deadline for him. Maybe they tried and he wasn't available then. But in any event he can report to Buffalo and play ball ..or sit home. Bills should easily be able to recoup his pay if he doesn't report.