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My working theory of the inexplicable lack of defensive gameplanning this season is that McD is sick of showing his cards in the regular season and then getting outcoached in the playoffs when it matters. Offense is pretty beat up. Will McD give in and switch it up this week with some exotic blitzes, press coverages at the line, or bracket coverages to take away Kelse?

Rough news about Kincaid though not unexpected. Coleman out. Amari either out or severely limited with the wrist. Spencer likely out...could be a long day for the offense.

I’m still good with the overpay and letting Amari walk, which was my position when it happened. We were stuck between a rock and hard place with the cap this past off season, and despite attempting to throw what little money we had at WR it just didn’t work out. Amari gives us a chance in Jan - that’s why he’s here. But I have little interest in paying him top dollar for a repeat of the end of his Raiders, Cowboys, and Browns tenures. Fool me once…

How many guys would need to not dress before we lose this game? Good luck, Pat.

These guys are running a business. This isn't the old days where Jerry Sullivan could crap on anything and everything Bills and get away with it under cover of Buffalo News. It's not that disimilar to here. You criticize Josh and you might as well take a leave of absence. Why would cover 1 risk their subscriber base (mostly Josh fans) by doing anything more than the lightest of touch when he doesn't play well? And honestly, he's such a superduperstar that being overly critical is kind of missing the point anyway. Games like Sunday (objectively a bad game for him) are run-of-the-mill for 70% of the league.

Hamlin is an inspiration story. He survived instant death and beat the odds to come back and play. Andrew Catalon was talking about it right before Hamlin recovered the fumble and then went nuts celebrating after. Everyone wants to see him succeed. We shouldn't underestimate how much the fact it's Hamlin playing impacts the locker room and McD's decision making. From a heartless Bills fan perspective, it doesn't matter, but for everyone else, it does.

I have nothing to base this on medically but Milano recovering so fast from the bicep makes me feel more confident about his leg. Also, Matt being back to 95+% by playoffs is the one addition that could realistically make us a SB favourite.

Pretty cool but if we're being honest it's been a bit smoke and mirrors. AFCE wasn't supposed to be this bad, and we're way out in the lead for league turnover differential. There's lots of promise with this team though, just need to clean up some things and have our youth take another step. Hard to believe we'd be in this spot back in March.

I disagree. Our receiving room has been banged up all year. We've hardly seen all these guys on the field together. Josh isn't going to play like this in the playoffs either. Outside of Lions and Ravens, we're as good or more potent than everyone else.

Nice to see our defensive backfield step up today. Taron Johnson was player of the game imo. Rapp played well. Even Cam Lewis looked ok. Hamlin recovered a fumble...

Anti-Josh crowd? Lol as if anything even close to that exists around here. I would argue today was on par with Houston.

Game

We're clearly watching different games. He's been inaccurate all game. He's made numerous poor decisions. He's had happy feet, leaving the pocket early. That said, his runs/scrambles have been a net positive. This looks like end of rookie season, early year 2 Josh.

I'm ok with it on days like this where Josh isn't right

Guys, guys. They're allowed cheap shots to Josh's head. It's part of NFL rules.

Uh oh. Hyperextended knee?

It's so weird that Cook turned out to be a better runner than pass catcher, and between the tackles no less.

How surprised would you be to find out Josh played this game with a concussion? That explanation checks the most boxes.

Bailed on the pocket again. Better than an INT.

That was amazing. Teams can literally punch Josh now and nothing happens.

That was worth burning a timeout on? *****

Nice route from Mack! Don't get to say that often.

I wish we'd try running more to the outside on this Colts D. Everyone has success that way. We keep going between the tackles. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

Nice coverage sack. For everyone counting at home, it takes 4 seconds for our Dline to pass rush.