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I was meaning Taron Johnson and not Ty Johnson in my original post but it looks like I need to look at dead caps for all players.

I didn't consider the dead cap at all, thanks for the reminder. I just wanted to replace some veterans, thinking that we could get some new talents and voices in the locker room for 2026. Looks like it is easier said than done!

For 2026 there are some big name players that I think we should move on from. Dawkins - his play doesn't seem to warrant what he is being paid and the more he talks the less impressed I am with him. Knox - he has gotten enough $ already from the Bills, I don't care that he is buddies with Josh, we shouldn't keep anyone for the sake of "harmony". Shakir - it is less about him, more about I want to see other options in the slot, no problem if he stays but his ceiling has been reached and we need more. Bernard - I just cannot see what he brings, always injured, only had one good year, he will be a liability going forward. Johnson - Father Time is calling and he has been a great Buffalo Bill but we need a replacement for him as a starter. It seems like McDermott and Beane will be here next year no matter what so I would expect all the players to be back next year. I would replace all of them even if we win a miracle Super Bowl this year yet I am going to root for all of them whilst they are still Buffalo Bills.

Going to be interesting for the O-Line, will it be stability or transition? For example, next year, would we risk an line that consists of RVD-Grable-SVPG-Anderson-Brown? Those 4 guys would have waited at least 2 years for their opportunity to start on a full time basis, plus Lundt as OL6. Dawkins should go after this year, his play is in decline unfortunately and seems to be becoming a distraction. I would let McGovern and Edwards hit FA. Torrence might be our only trade chip in the offseason and he will be due a big $ contract after his rookie deal. We just don't look that good in pass protection, I believe Morse was well respected in helping call the protections. What should be our strength isn't looking that way at present and we need Coach Kromer to elevate the new talent.

Honestly (unfortunately) NE are in a great position, a 9 game win streak, 10-2, got the Giants at home for MNF in week 13. Followed by a Bye then another home game against Buffalo. So they are going to be 11-2 going into the Bye unless Jameis throws for a 455 yard miracle game, he got 350+ againt Detroit and lost. Then there will be some talk of "adversity" and I am sure Vrabel will get some extra motivation from somewhere. Our DL outside of Walker is just playing at a mediocre level at present, the NE OL will probably sleepwalk through the week 15 game.

Plus even if he was a rental and it didn't work out the acquiring team would be getting a compensatory draft pick I believe should he leave in the off-season? He got banged up and wanted to come back in as well so he looks motivated and maybe a change of scenery was all that was needed, at least for now.

Wow it looks like Morgan Fox might be needed at Pittsburgh - not good if Solomon is veering into ST only territory.

That Madden video in other threads suggest that we currently only run 5 offensive plays in any case, no problemo, arise OC Josh Allen. Brady demoted to waterboy.

I think the only thing that might have changed from a Thursday to a Sunday is that Keon might have had the chance to not be inactive and I would assume most fans would say that is not a needle mover. We lost in the trenches on both sides of the ball and you cannot overcome that on most Sundays unless Allen and/or Cook go nuclear, even less so on a Thursday. You can say that Houston's DE's are elite and they were as advertised. You would want to categorize ours as good and they were absolutely disappointing against an average o-line and a backup qb who isn't a runner/scrambler. The score was only relatively close because Mills took a while to get going. Why we didn't play the 6th OL and have Hawes in on 75% of snaps I don't know considering no WR is separating and Josh is under duress in 1.5 seconds. In contrast Houston had number 57 play a big amount of snaps as the extra OL. The established AFC teams just seem to be struggling for that intensity and fire this year so far, playing down to opponents and just squeezing out victories or losing by a touchdown or less.

There is the option to put Gabe Davis on the 53 man roster now given that one of Bernard or Brown will seemingly go on IR. There is time to get in sync with Josh before Pittsburgh and he is the closest thing to a number one receiver we can have this year and given what we have seen so far this year is the best option and yes it isn't ideal but here we are. Pray that Keon is motivated to put in the effort and turn the corner and bounce back. Use Kincaid more - play him all over the field - X receiver, big slot, FB - make him into a true difference maker.

I assumed it was just missing the bus but Lamb mentions being out late. I just posted this because we have got Keon being inactive for being late for a meeting for two whole games and then you have Dallas slapping their two receivers on the wrist by making them inactive for a series and their "mistake" appears to be a lot worse. I wonder whether Keon gets fined for being late for the meeting. Personally I can understand Keon being benched against Tampa, I cannot for the Houston game given we had lost Hardman and Samuel and Shakir was on the the injury report the previous week plus being a new father and Palmer and Davis just returning from injuries. If anyone got injured during the game there would be nobody to step up.

I have 33 guys I would like back next year - 25 veterans plus the 2025 rookie class. Josh Allen Reid Ferguson AJ Epenesa Gabe Davis Greg Rousseau Spencer Brown James Cook Khalil Shakir Christian Benford Dalton Kincaid O’Cyrus Torrence Dorian Williams Keon Coleman Cole Bishop Ray Davis Sedrick Van Pran-Granger Javon Soloman Tylan Grable Josh Palmer Mitch Wishnowsky Joe Andreesseen Alec Anderson Tyrell Shavers Ed Oliver Michael Hoecht plus the 2025 rookie class (8 guys) Rousseau and Benford I want to see bounce back and play well for us. Want to see what Oliver and Hoecht can do together in 2026. I am not enamored with Shakir at all but he is the only competent receiver that Josh has chemistry with and I would bring back Gabe Davis next year as well. I would be really tempted to have Kincaid as the full time big slot if that preserves his health. The problem we face is that any impact players we have outside of Josh and James are just always banged up in some capacity - Kincaid, Oliver, Brown, Shakir, Bishop, Benford, Hoecht. Bernard had one good year and I am totally out on him. Dawkins seems to be coasting on his laurels and has no fire. No to Dawson Knox at any $ next year irrespective of anyone's feelings. Same with Milano. I would seriously try Hawes as TE1 next year.

Cowboys' Stephen Jones says Pickens benched for missing bus Pickens and CeeDee Lamb were benched for the first series by coach Brian Schottenheimer for disciplinary reasons. Lamb told reporters Thursday that he and Pickens were benched for missing the team's 10 p.m. curfew Sunday after having dinner and drinks at a casino.

NFC West is a very tough division - SF and Seattle are always in the mix. Currently the three teams are the 2, 5 & 7 and I would expect all three to make it to the postseason this year. I don't see the JA to the Rams storyline as being a dead cert. McVay is always under speculation as to whether he wants to give up the grind of coaching. Stafford I think had 12 full years in Detroit and he currently looks good and why wouldn't you want to keep playing for a successful franchise? I can understand the notion that Josh would want to be coached by McVay but I don't think relocating to LA just for marriage/practical purposes is a realistic thing. Hailee is making movies and she wouldn't be in LA full time I'd assume. I wish Stafford plays at least another 5 years, that wouldn't be shocking to me.

I have said in another thread that if the Patriots are AFC champions this year then both McDermott and Beane should be fired on the spot immediately. The Patriots would have gone from the AFCE wooden spoon to AFC champions in one year and still have so many millions to upgrade their team in the off-season. If this scenario actually unfolds the word "devastating" would barely do it justice. Kraft saw the folly of his mistake and got rid of Mayo immediately, as soon as he realistically could have. For a winning team we are dangerously close to being a laughingstock. We are whooping it up saying please keep Mike McDaniel in Miami, Woody Johnson is a terrible owner etc but all we have to crow about recently are the accumulated AFC East titles. Having a legitimate in-division foe hasn't yet hit home to the Bills brass it seems. We were so worried about Hard Knocks and what distractions that might cause, yet Beane makes himself look like a buffoon with Jeremy and Joe and then is ruefully mumbling and bumbling when striking out at the trade deadline. Just keep quiet man, you and your head coach are doing the absolute bare minimum to retain your positions, you should be ecstatic that you have drafted and retained Josh Allen and James Cook and that your seats appear to be barely warm at all with all of your warts from all over the roster being displayed so easily. The Patriots, Colts, Broncos, Chiefs etc must be over the moon that we will just run it back in 2026 and have the same delusional expectations that something will miraculously click with McDermott in year 10. Yet still for all, I illogically think the Bills have a minuscule chance this year to win it all. If everyone truly believes they are toast they’d stop watching and bothering but I love the Buffalo Bills so still have to keep paying attention!

it is reported that both Beane and McDermott report directly to Pegula. Therefore if a new GM is bought in to replace Beane, that he'd be still having to deal with McDermott as head coach. If Pegula is the only person who can sack McDermott then the new incoming GM would still have to align with McDermott and to be honest it'd seem like McDermott would have the upper hand because he has survived his hand picked GM (Beane) and would have a very big input on Beane's replacement especially if the same structure remains (both reporting to Pegula). If I was the new GM I would have to immediately try and either trade McDermott to a needy team for picks or convice Pegula to replace him. Getting a new GM with McDermott is just more of the same pain of continually coming up short.

Please no further press conferences from Dion for the rest of the year. Post game in the locker room situations cannot be avoided but please do not keep offering him out there for the usual 10 minutes or so seemingly every week. His quote about the Gabe play at the end is a true "***** victory from the jaws of defeat" mumbo jumbo and to me is a McDermott vibes or belief system, "hey fellas we were really close tonight" - after losing to Davis Mills. The team is really testing our faith this year.

The Sunday 4.25 slot is my preferred time as a Bills fan in Europe as it has the most probability of being shown on television free to air versus streaming which is either slow or glitchy or both and most times the pay television option will show it as well. I am glad the 1pm fans are now happier, especially since it is a home game.

All depends on how desperate you are tonight and whether the basketball game is part of the birthday celebration. Is your kid a big Bills fan as well? Do they want to go to the Steelers game too?! Faking an injury or illness to get out of the game tonight lol or channeling their inner Keon and being late for both the basketball and piano practice haha. I think you will have an awesome night tonight and the following weekend no mattter what happens as long as the Bills win both those games - wishing your kid a MVP perfomance tonight and an impeccable performance the following Sunday.

In true Seam McDermott style your kid needs to be on IR with a a thumb injury so that both basketball and piano are ruled out. In reality, I would take the L tonight and somehow try and win the attending the Steelers game agrument, best of luck.

I remember seeing this on the television and thought the play he made deserved more coverage than it got, there wasn't a clear replay and onto a commercial break.

I do not regularly watch his content but what you have stated is not surprising to me. It is just recent history, the AFC in the 2020's have centered around 4 teams because they are the only ones which have reached the AFCCG, the teams you have listed plus Cincinnati. I guess the media is unsure whether this year is a blip or a potential changing of the guard situation in the AFC. Out of the usual 4 teams, as of now, only Buffalo is on track to reach the postseason. Most expect Baltimore to make it, KC is in trouble, Cincy is 99% out. So if KC are not in the playoffs then a new team will finally reach the Super Bowl from the AFC side. Since Indianapolis is at KC this week, lets see what happens. Only time will tell if any of the other contending AFC quarterbacks can join the top table with the other respected names.

With Davis under normal circumstances, I do not think he would have been elevated against Tampa because of the short turnaround to Houston. For me it would have made a lot more sense to elevate him at the Texans because it would then be 10 days until the Steelers game on the 30th. Given it was his first game back after a long layoff, that would have been the typical cautious circumspect approach from McDermott. The Miami debacle and the Keon drama makes it seem like Gabe was elevated because of these issues, remember Cover 1 initially stated that Gabe would not be active last week. I trust Gabe can actually handle the quick turnaround, I expect him to not to be overused and then he still does have the 10 days until Pittsburgh. He may even be on the 53 man roster by then. In true Buffalo style, our three 100% fit wide receivers are a 2nd rounder trending towards bust status, a JAG on his third team and a career special teamer who scraped onto the initial 53 man roster! Confidence should be up after last week, even Keon might have woken up after watching Shavers and Davis last week, there is a piece of the pie should he want it, at the very least work hard to restablish yourself. Josh went nuclear without Kincaid, Coleman and Shakir - 317 yards with Josh Palmer being the only true starter accounting for 17 yards and remaining 300 yards via the running backs and backups, Shakir was truthfully unfit last week and Josh believes that he can still play better, every future opponent should be fearful.

I understand but last week he was listed as limited and his performance was nowhere near his normal standard but I think he will bounce back this week.

Moore, Shavers and Coleman appear to be the only 100% healthy wide receivers we have. Assuming 6 WR will be active on gameday with Shakir, Palmer and Davis being banged up/listed on the injury report, 3 healthy and 3 managing injuries and playing.