MasterStrategist

Agree, and he's not getting $20m per yr.... 1st off, neither of Giants/Cowboys/Bills can afford that with upcoming contract extensions. 2nd, as mentioned by many, he's no guarantee to return this yr (at full health). Max this yr, likely getting 1-2 reg season games and playoffs. It's likely true he's looking for a multi yr deal. Just can't see us spending what it will likely take to acquire him.

Same concepts as LY, TBH. We have "layer" concepts, with Davis and Diggs occupying the deep/intermediate and then Knox/Rb as outlets. This gave Beas alot of freedom last year, but with Isiah I think he's still learning where to sit in open zones. These concepts tend to struggle against teams that jam our WRs, ie:Chiefs, Dolphins. Because we basically have 1 WR who consistently wins on jams, and that's Diggs. Need to get more creative against them, and run stacked/trips to create natural picks and more misdirection/motion. I feel like this took Daboll time to adjust to LY, and same with Dorsey...but seems like he's figuring it out.

Thought this was his best game as a Bill, didn't look like his ankle was bothering him. He fired off the ball, had a couple great stunts/forced holding penalty, and a batted pass.

Knox about to come back in...good news

Time to get Dawson involved/playaction

Agree, it's either gameplan or Rhodes has been impressing in practice, while Elam has been battling back from his ankle injury. Surprising, but let's see how things unfold before ripping Coach. Dane is a baller, just had a few tough breaks recently...he and Tre were set as starters when healthy.

There was absolutely little to no chance he was playing against the Jets. People obviously don't understand this isn't a minor injury. Better than an ACL, but no sure thing he's even back this year... Hopefully hes back this yr for end of season/playoffs, but Bills aren't going to rush an injury like this. Also need that roster spot.

Felt like this was most likely scenario, despite what Von said. He might need a scope to see extent of damage, or even if he doesn't, returning in less than 3 weeks was unlikely. If anything, he's missing perhaps 1 extra week (against Bears). Allows us to have some flexibility with roster in the interim.

Bad take. Knox and Davis are both above average, and improving, at their positions. Problem is the OL. It has a trickle down effect.... 1. Knox: has to be used to chip/block .Orr often, limiting his targets and free releases. 2. Davis: because we have to chip with a TE or RB (even against 4 man rushes), that's 1 more defensive player to help in coverage. Beane has to have improving OL as priority #1 next offseason, then continue adding playmakers.

Yeah, I could see us running a lot more 2 TE sets this week. Since Dion is out, and one area to attack the Pats in the passing game is their LBs. Won't be surprised to see Sweeney active too, if our gameplan is to deploy TEs more this week.

Morse is playing. Quentin Morris is questionable, illness. I think he'll play too.

Your point about Daboll is spot on. Recently, he had tremendous success against NE. He seemed to mix things up perfectly and had NE on their heels. I'd like to see Dorsey/Josh get us up-tempo/ no huddle to start games...get the offense going fast. Josh has been clutch running 2-min offense style, get early leads then work the run game in more often. Need more 3 step drops to start games, get simple 4-5 yards on 1st down and ahead of the sticks. I don't have the stats in front of me, but seems like our 1st down offense is struggling much more this yr. Too many 2nd and long situations, need to get the early down success and get into some situations where we can take "shot plays" on 2nd down, or make our 3rd downs more manageable.

After listening to Coach's presser, it sounded like: Likely out this week: Edmunds, AJ Likely to return: Elam Limited/lean toward playing: Morse, Quessenberry Limited/likely more questionable: Groot Complete unknown: Tre Always tough playing on a short week, hopefully can get Klein up to speed quickly and get Elam/Morse/Quessenberry healthy enough to play. Groot would be a bonus, but I could see us calling up a P/S def end this week...also be interesting how they handle Gentry/Rhodes (each have just 1 callup remaining). Speedy also has to be close to playing, activating him this week could be something to watch.

Dorsey making some nice calls, mixing in short/intermediate....finally!! And keep getting Knox involved.

Down, wow these refs are horrible today....right in front of him, forearm down

Need defense to play with a chip on its shoulder, nows the time to start getting that MOJO back

Great drive, great series of playcalls. Need to stay aggressive in 2nd half, and nice if we could get some misdirection on offense....reverse/fake reverse screen/etc. Browns are over persuing.

Reminding me of Colts playoff game, need a drive now before the half. Dorsey needs to get Josh into a better rhythm of playcalls. Short/quick, then intermediate, then aggressive...mix it up and get into better 3rd down looks.

Dorsey really screwing up this offense... there is a weird passive approach, almost just not turn it over. Need that aggressive but calculated approach to return. This is maddening

If you follow real close, it's not difficult to understand the usage of Cook/Hines to this point: 1. Hines: don't bring up McCaffrey or any other trade, until you understand the offenses they are moving "from and to". Hines is coming to a new scheme, one that is that isn't built off common WCO principles like McCaffrey adjusted to. On top of that, Hines isn't near the player of McCaffrey (nobody should argue this), and we aren't going to force feed/creatively scheme up ways to involve him when we have Josh, Diggs, Gabe, and others. It will naturally progress, as Hines gets the scheme nailed down. 2. Cook: rookie, not near the pass protector as Motor. He's starting to get more early down looks, but until he's at or near Motors ability to chip/pick up blitzes, he's not going to be the reason Josh gets blindsided. The simple explanation is that both these players have to adjust for different reasons (new offense/scheme vs pass pro). Not to mention that Motor isn't some slouch, just doesn't have the breakaway speed.

Dorsey

Getting "in" the queue line is one thing, actually being able to checkout is another. So you purchased? What are prices?

You're going to need the code sent to STH, unless you found someone to give that to you

He missed the Steeler game this season, Dodson filled in just fine. Don't like Tremaine missing either, but Dodson wasn't the sole reason our defense gave up points to Vikes 2nd half: 1. Dalvin Cook long TD: Benford or Lewis should have contained that run. 2. 10 points in 4th quarter/OT: Josh fumbles the snap, 7 points. Could have been avoided with a 4th down and 18 stop. Too much being made of this...and to your point about Colts game LY, that was bc our dline was getting pushed into the stands all game. Hence the dline overhaul.

Unlikely. It's a 1 hour flight, tops. As long as team can take off by say 8:30-9am. Then they will be ok, time-wise. This is obviously worse case/very disruptive. Team is scheduled to fly out of Cheektowga on a charter plane, late afternoon/early evening Saturday. Cheektowaga weather looks like it should clear for that to happen. Getting all players/staff/etc, safely to the airport is step 1. That to me is the biggest concern/risk, getting team out of town on time saturday.