BuffaloBillyG

I will give you he had a nice game last week. But pretty good this season? That's a hard pass from me. And if it's at White...it's probably complete

I think the correct thing would be to pick up the option. It's not that huge a camp hit in comparison to Knox. I say pick it up and see if he can put a healthy season out there. Kind of like a "prove it" year.

I have a hunch that Burrow will do what most teams do when they need a 3rd down conversion. Locate 27 and throw to whoever he's attempting to cover. I would take Cam on the field in a big spot over Tre White 10/10 times. That's the real weak spot of our secondary. Hopefully, Max makes him obsolete come playoff time.

During the brief blip that was Hoecht's season, Buffalo changed the look up a ton. And they changed it in ways I hadn't seen while he was out on suspension and haven't seen since. That 2 DE, no DT look they ran worked very well. Unfortunately, I haven't seen them run it since Hoecht went down. I'd like for them to try and bring it back as they do have guys I think could do ok there in AJE and Dorian Williams. Maybe Morgan Fox can do it. Who knows. Point being, I think they have a good chunk of their defensive playbook mothballed. This would be a good time to dial it up and cause some confusion.

With Joe Burrow back in the fold and Dalton Firstaid rumored to try and play, I hear there will be so many blue tents on the sidelines it's going to resemble a farmers market.

Just enough to encourage the zebras to keep their flags in their pockets and make it off the field as quickly as possible. Good chance to get a bit physical on Chase and Higgins.

Pure speculation on my part, but Kincaid is a legitimate threat when he's in there. More than Hawes and Knox. My thinking is if he plays it plays out one of two ways. 1) He's mainly in there to draw coverage and be a decoy or 2) He gives a legitimate shot at playing and injures himself further. In either event, it really doesn't seem like the reward outweighs the risk. Also, completely unrelated. The reasoning behind user names often fascinates me. So, @17islongenough, does your username reference the drought...or do you have some inside info about Josh Allen?

It's not just spending time on the field. It's the complete refocus of what's important in people's mindsets. IMO, it's a direct result of fantasy football mindset. If a guy doesn't show up on the stat sheet, fans view him as worthless. Praise will be heaped on James Cook for his great season (and he deserves it) but will advocate for cutting Reggie Gilliam, who has cleared many paths for him.

That and...with bad weather around the bend we are going to have to use Cook a ton too. It's nice that Ray Davis finally showed a pulse because we need to make sure Cook isn't spent by the WC game or we are toast

Georgia defense? Oh, you mean the 2029 Philadelphia Eagles defense.

Just wondering...why? IMO he's fine doing what he is. He's been an OC before and it didn't go well. To me it would be exactly like the Babich promotion but on the other side of the ball. Babich is a phenomenal coach by all accounts. He's had a lot of success with whatever position group he's been assigned to. He just doesn't have the skill to call a game as a coordinator. Same with Kromer. Some guys aren't meant for the big chair.

I agree with most of your points, especially when it comes to Brady. Also, when you mention the defensive alignment. Where I differ is in the tackling and gap integrity being a coaching issue. Week to week, NFL coaches do not go over fundamentals such as tackling. Gap integrity is talked about, sure. But a lot of that falls on the players. It's like when people want to say the team comes out flat and that's a coaching issue. These are grown men that have played at a very high level their whole life. They don't need or at least shouldn't need some coach to teach them how to tackle, or stay in their gaps or be amped up at game time.

I don't know. Maybe it's just my age showing, but the eye test is still the most important and accurate way to evaluate. And the eye test hasn't been pretty this year. When you start getting all these advanced metrics and the stats within the stats (which almost always eliminate context) they start contradicting themselves.

If this was the Slay of 3-4 years ago that may make some sense. Of course, if he was still that same player he wouldn't be on the waiver wire from Pittsburgh. The guy isn't that player anymore. In fact, he's been such a shell of himself, it would actually make more sense to let him go, sign with Philly and abuse him in a few weeks when we play the Eagles

I think this is a game where AJE actually does well. He can be disruptive.