Ethan in Cleveland

As I reflect on this it is weird. I have more knowledge of the AFL teams than I do most of the 1970s teams. I started watching in 1980. Love the comments and history lessons. And I would defend the position that OJ is the most physically gifted RB to ever play. Brown was bigger but OJ combination of size and speed I still do not think has been matched.

Go back and read the comments in the Cook thread. There were people that posted he was just as good as Cook which is laughable. I was one of those that thought he would be a solid backup. Now im not so sure. He made some bad cuts yesterday back inside when as Cook did the opening was further outside. Now maybe he was told to stay in bounds, but this was way before there was 5 min left so the clock would have restarted anyways. Maybe giving Gore a chance to play for a week against Miami wouldn't be the worst idea. All that said, backup RB is not in the top 10 issues this team has. Injuries at multiple spots and lack of WR talent is much bigger issue.

Hugely disappointing! Hated the pick when it was made. Oliver has never lived up to his draft status but he's been a solid starter. Can't even blame this injury or the ankle on being too small. Just bad luck. Not sure what his cap hit is, but unless Sanders looks like a ProBowl player when he returns, Oliver will probably be back next year.

Hairston looked good. At first I was thinking save him for the Dolphins. Now I say trial by fire. Let him start and play the whole game. If they lose, I'd rather lose with him than lose with White. And I know I'm a broken record, but please go no huddle early and often. I think that wil get Josh in a rhythm faster. You can still run the ball in the no huddle. Thurman did it for a decade.

I will partially defend Beane a bit here. He got fooled as most of us did by Gabe Davis. For a moment he looked like the perfect #2 to Diggs. If he had not regressed we would have had a top 3 WR duo in the league. But as we have seen he regressed terribly. Then similar story with Knox. He looked like a guy that could be a top 15 TE, but it never occurred. And lastly, Elam ended up being a complete bust. These last two meant top picks that could have been used on WR needed to be used on TE and CB again. I still think the Diggs trade was dumb. Even post ACL he is better than any WR on the Bills roster now. The question now is will he swallow his pride and make a move or will he call up a radio station on Nov 5th and tell people to suck eggs because we have Palmer and Shavers....

McDermott has said he doesn't like to rotate guys. When Milano came back last year he played 100% of the snaps even though Williams had played all year to that point. Will be interesting who starts and when Hairston plays the entire game. Im ready for 100% of the snaps for Hairston and White sits.

They all looked good. Hairston moved well. Only one play did it seem like he didnt know what to do and I think Bishop got him lined up. Hoecht plays chippy at time. He was hitting the punt block guy down the field well after the whistle. Already got one unsportsmanlike penalty at the end of the game. He's going to need to clean that up. Brings a lot of energy to that DE spot. I think the Lorax comparison fits well.

When Cook went over 200 with 4 minutes left in the third quarter I looked up the single game rushing record for the Bills. I thought it might be OJ and I was shocked to see he went for 273 in a loss!! I was only 6 at the time so I have no memory of this. Curious to hear what some members recall from that game. That 273 yards is still 6th all time. OJ is only player in NFL history with two games of 250 yards or more. Derrick Henry has a 250 and 238. Bills have three rushing performances in the top 20 with OJ at 273 and 250 and Cookie at 243. I'm glad McDermott pulled Cook, but with that much time left and a Carolina defense that was giving up huge chunks, he could have easily gotten 250+.

Matter of time? The Pats already did it. Cook had 3.3 YPC that game. Interesting in that game Kincaid was able to get 108 yards receiving on only 6 receptions. So the Bills have ways to counter, but I am not sure Brady is good enough to scheme guys open consistently.

Go ahead and flame me, but Amare Cooper is better than any WR on this team right now. It's not 2018 bad but its pretty dam close

Red rifle missed wide open

Not this drive

Im sorry but Taron Johnson is a garbage better player at any position than Buffalo Joe. Playing 4-3 with him on the field is stupid.

Beane apologists will never agree. They will tell us about all the late round gems.

Why can't Brady scheme Shakir open??? He should be getting a steady number of targets on short crossing routes.

F Beane and this WR group.

Brown got up slow after that last play. Talking to the ref all the way down the field. Wonder if he got cheap shotted

WR group is absolute trash.

Gilliam not elite but he is an effective lead blocker at times...

Not a single route more than 8 yards downfield

Weird throw. He actually had Coleman open deeper.

Bills got a sideline warning by refs McD is extra clappy today!!! Very forceful!!!

They just showed it. Great play by Groot!!!

No replay in the stadium. Who was that. Couldn't see

They are playing Joexwhen they go 4-3