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I have not seen this video posted on here, Stevie unpacks quite a lot from his perspective on the O in general. Playcalling needs to suit the receivers, player relationships have to elevate and the way I interpret it, if the called play sucks call your own variant of the same play. Interesting to see what others think.

Ray Davis is averaging 1.8 yards per carry this year from 24 attempts (44 yards) - he has barely contributed anything outside of his receiving TD at Atlanta. Do something positive on Sunday Ray, the team needs you. I think it will be two practice squad elevations on D this week, Morgan Fox and a DB. Having Codrington active is a real option, he also needs a big game if he plays.

It sure would be nice to have a competent CB4/WR4/RB2 to be a KR/PR with the actual threat to have a long kick or punt return and fill his role on O or D. At no point this year did I feel optimistic that our kick or punt returner would have a clutch return to help shift momentum and good field position. Codrington was fortunate to make the 53 and stay on it given that I think he has only played 4 games. Should we make the playoffs, our return game has to be better and at least feel like a threat as opposed to just going through the motions, especially on punt returns.

We 100% need a PR this week who is not Shakir, given his injury status, be it Hardman or Codrington with Hardman much more able to be a WR4 compared to Codrington being a CB4.

It will be interesting to see the roster movements for this game. I personally want to see Davis, Hardman and Morgan Fox play against Tampa Bay but then we would have 8 wide receivers which creates a roster imbalance and for this to happen one of those three (at minimum) would have to be on the 53. Coleman Palmer Shakir Davis Hardman and a choice of Moore/Samuel/Shavers for the final WR spot - I would choose Moore myself. Samuel has been a bad investment and won't be here next year, Shavers should be able to go back to the PS if needed as a number crunch scenario but if blocking and ST is the priority he will be safe. Buffalo cannot have Shakir being a PR any further this season. Hardman has got to take over the KR/PR role in my opinion because we aren't good in that area at all. Longest non-Codrington KR is 32 yards and the for PR it is 11 yards - we have to do better, we can seemingly never make the first tackler miss on returns! Interesting to see how it all plays out this Sunday.

Assume you mean Hollins, please send a thank you note to Brandon Beane at 1 Bills Drive, he will immediately open it ASAP with a MA postmark lol.

Diggs I think lost faith in McDermott and the coaching here in general and that was an accelerant to get the fire going in order to essentially force Beane's hand. Ironically the main nemesis for McD has been the playoffs and Stefon didn't excel in that same area when he was a Buffalo Bill. Having said that we'd sure welcome a WR who can achieve 100 receptions a year who can actually not faceplant in the playfoffs but elevate even further.

He appears eager to contribute!

I was thinking out loud as to whether the D was healthy enough to allow for 2 WR call ups, assuming Sanders does take Landon Jackson's spot on the 53.

So is it realistic that both Davis and Hardman could be the PS elevations against Tampa Bay? That would be 8 WR out of the 55 that are eligible to play this coming Sunday. Then one would presume that 2 of the existing 6 WR would be inactive and then guessing the two most logicial candidates would be Samuel and Coleman? Davis - Palmer - Shakir - Moore - Shavers - Hardman as the active 6?

The worst player who is active every week is probably Ray Davis, presumably not enough snaps to claim Milano's spot at the bottom.

I didn't know that two players could share a number in the same season and both still be on the same roster, since Hardman is now number 16. Looks like Johnston cannot come back at all this year because his number has been reallocated (as per your new roster moves post).

At eleven seconds, Samuel is open with only one man to beat and there is an 8 yard cushion, Samuel is on the 42 and the Dolphins safety is at the 50 and that could have been a 20 yard gain at minimum with a bullet from Josh and then Samuel is then doubled only after Josh begins to scramble to the right. I think there 3 receivers that could have been targeted on this play. Having looked at this play several times, it just shows you how long a second can be in the NFL, at one point also at eleven seconds, Samuel is at the 38, Josh is set, the pocket appears clean and an in stride reception could be a touchdown if Samuel wins the foot race because defensive attention is not directly at Samuel and he is only receiver running free with his body going towards the end zone. I might be wrong but it is what I think on this play!

If I could teleport myself into the voice, mind, body and soul of Terry Pegula during a Bills meeting this week for 15 seconds, I would say to Beane and McDermott, "if the New England Patriots are the AFC champions this year, you both shall be receiving your pink slip on Monday 26 January 2026, am I understood gentlemen?". If New England get to the Super Bowl this year it shows how flawed our processes have been, stalling and treading water at best. Arguments can be made that we already need a fresh start, for me if NE are AFC champions this year that seals the deal. How can year 10 of McDermott be feasible? Last place schedule, fluke season, whatever, even if they are 5-12 next year somehow, NE would have achieved more in ONE season than we have done in 8 years. It is disgusting to be even contemplating thoughts like this, yet here we are. The season is not over and we are still in it, we can lose any given Sunday but the way we lost at Miami was unbearable to see, we cannot be that flat against Tampa.

At the very least he knows post season success very well, 3x SB champion with a game winning OT touch down against San Francisco. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_(American_football) Fingers crossed that he can do something positive for us.