MJS

I personally think McCarthy is better than everyone seems to give him credit for. I wouldn't necessarily want him to coach the Bills, but he isn't a complete bum. I'd say he is an average head coach.

It was supposed to be the 35 instead of the 30 for touchbacks, but they chickened out and made it the 30. They will switch it to the 35 next year for sure, because they are still not getting returns. I miss the original kickoffs, personally, before they started screwing with everything. But, I guess those aren't safe. Shame.

Anther conspiracy theory. Everyone lied. Allen lied about his hand. Everyone is in on it, I guess.

Actually, the two situations are different enough to have different opinions about both. Tua hit his head and only his head. He then collapsed multiple times while trying to get up. Allen had his ankle rolled badly on the play he went down and immediately started grimacing and kicking his feet in pain. I thought he might have hurt his shoulder when it happened live (I was at the game), but he said it was also his chest, later on. I had zero suspicions that it was a head injury when it happened. Not sure what they said on the broadcast, but I bet they were claiming a head injury, which impacts everyone's opinions who watched the broadcast. The NFL tightened up their protocols after the Tua situation, which clearly admits fault, even if they don't say it overtly. The two situations could not be more different.

Tua collapsed multiple times after hitting his head. What symptoms did Josh Allen show?

Just face the truth. There is no evidence whatsoever that Allen suffered a concussion or that there was anything amiss, just as there is no evidence whatsoever that Allen "lost consciousness". None. But there will continue to be conspiracy theorists who refuse to accept reality. Whatever. You all have the right to believe what you want.

Terrell Bernard, maybe?

Von Miller has a cap hit of $23.9 million in 2025. Cutting him would save $8.5 million against the cap and would incur $15.4 million in dead money. Matt Milano has a cap hit of $16.1 million in 2025. Cutting him would negatively affect the cap (loss of $1.1 million) and incur $17.3 million in dead money. Not sure how trading affects that or not. Ed Oliver has a cap hit of $20.8 million in 2025. Cutting him would negatively affect the cap (loss of $5.7 million) and incur $26.5 million in dead money. Dawson Knox has a cap hit of $14.0 million in 2025. Cutting him would negatively affect the cap (loss of $2.9 million) and incur $17.0 million in dead money. Seems like a lot of bad moves for Buffalo. But someone else can speak to how trading might impact those numbers. I don't know exactly how that works myself.

I imagine his trade value is at an all time low.

I think teams are just lining up to give us their best receivers. All we need to do is pick which one we want!

Bills - 16 Jets - 13 It turns out to be a stressful slog, but a win is a win.

The 49ers are not the most dangerous team in the league. They are more vulnerable this year than they have been in a long time.

Yeah, I think Allen doesn't like turning his back to the defense, which is why he is often doing the shotgun play action where he is still eying the defense. But, that's just another area to improve upon. I remember Tom Brady being just lethal with play action. He had this ability to snap back around so quickly after the fake. I was always impressed by that.

I didn't mean to make it seem like Josh rolling right is always bad. No, it is documented to be when he is at his most lethal. But defenses know that and prepare for it too. And both Houston and Baltimore did a good job at rushing to him and not giving him clean throws. They hit him a lot when he rolled out.

Brady would have shredded them, because he was happy taking the short easy passes all game long. He was great at maneuvering in the pocket. He stayed calm.

He didn't have non-stop pressure, though. That's just not accurate.

What's wrong is he is a human and plays badly sometimes. There is no reason to start believing in conspiracy theories.

Yep, he struggled. I saw at least two dropped interceptions for him, too. And the protection was not as bad as everyone was saying. He bailed the pocket too soon and both the Ravens and the Texans were waiting for that and broke to him quickly to not allow him time to scramble and find a throw. Josh can shred teams from the pocket, but every so often he reverts to his old self of bailing from the pocket instead of stepping up in the pocket, or sensing pressure when it isn't there. Now, sometimes there was pressure, especially early. If I am a defensive coach playing Buffalo, I am doing everything I can to get pressure on him early in a game, because he'll be rushed and uneasy for the rest of the game whether there is pressure or not.

Yeah, well, it has nothing to do with belief. Either he did or didn't, and nobody here has the ability to make that call.

He still has a very high base salary in 2025 and 2026.

Well, my post was about last season, responding to a poster who said he has been disappointed with the offense going downhill the past couple of seasons, which it hasn't been.

I guess they didn't figure it out that well if the Bills still ended as a top 5 offense.

The Bills were a top 5 offense last season...

It's about Jimmy's and Joe's, not X's and O's.

Ending with the three divisional games is interesting. Let's hope both of those teams are still sucking by then.