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Will Jaylen Waddle Follow Storm Duck to the bench? Squish the Stinkin' Fish

I actually thought the Jets D played pretty well. Seemed to me they had a very aggressive pass rush and very aggressive pass coverage. They got bitten a bit because of Josh's pocket presence and escapability, and because the refs actually called a few DH penalties and a RTP on them. On the other hand, they got Josh for two intentional groundings (rare) and our WR for an OPI and OH.

You wrote all that based on...one game, against one of the strongest offensive units in the entire NFL? The Bills D was 11th in the league on PA last season, 17th on yards. By the standards of McDermott's tenure as HC, it's "not up to our standard" as McDermott would say, but factually, that's not "poor", it's middle-of-the-pack What I saw last season was that the D suffered when multiple starters were out and we played a good team.

Nice clip. McGovern took that hand off sooo smoothly.

That is pretty unfair to Tua, though. I mean, some of the greatest QB to play the game, like Brady, have said they can't do half the stuff Allen does. Brady has pointed out that isn't necessarily a positive: aspects of what Allen does may not be conducive to prolonging his NFL career. First World Problems

Two of the biggest questions of the game are Taron Johnson and Cam Lewis. They're both tough as nails and miss very few games. I don't know his current situation but Lewis played for several years with a bone infection and (I think) a non-disjunction in his arm. That's pretty tough. But will McD play either, on a short week?

I don't want to sound like I don't take the Dolphins seriously. But it's nard not to chuckle when a team has players named "Waddle" and "Storm Duck".

I'd like to know your source for this? Not saying you're right, not saying you're wrong, but it's easy to say stuff. I did find the Douglas interview interesting. I heard Tre' White interviewed when the Rams traded him to the Ravens for a 7th round pick swap, and had only good things to say about the Rams and their style of coaching and the way they do things, while also saying positive things about the Ravens.

I don't think you're going to see Rapp or Bishop acting as LB. Prank. Funny AF though.

I would have to disagree somewhat. While not #1 WR money, the Bills paid: -$5.9M for 13 1/2 games, 1 1/2 playoff games from Emmanuel Sanders (45 receptions) ($131k per reception, $393k per game) -$1.9M for 4 games, 6 receptions from Jamison Crowder ($316k per reception, $475k per game) -$12.5M so far for (so far) 14 games, 31 receptions from Curtis Samuel ($403k per reception, $898k per game) For comparison, Stefon Diggs was paid $78M over 4 playing years and appeared in 73 games with 398 receptions ($196k per reception, $1.07M per game not counting last year's dead cap after whatever went awry). Something something about paying for production - Diggs was paid more per game, but a bargain on a per-reception basis vs. Crowder or Samuel) In the same time period (2021-2024) the Bills used a 6th round pick and 2 5th round picks on WR and finally a 1st in 2024. One has to believe that if they hadn't signed Sanders, then Crowder, then Samuel, Beane might have put a bit higher priority on acquiring WR talent in the draft. It's a mug's game to scan the drafts and say "we coulda had this guy, we coulda had that guy" but I believe there were some guys in the 2nd-4th round I think we must consider the opportunity cost of trading a 3rd and paying $819k to Amari Cooper : 8 games, 20 receptions ($102k per game, $40k per reception isn't much, but the big loss was the 3rd down pick IMO. Perhaps @JGMcD2 can help me frame how to think about that. My opinion overall is that Beane has tried to "cheap it" a bit much at WR and the Bills offense and ability to draft have suffered for it. And while the Diggs trade was a home run at the time, once the Bills offered him a 2nd contract and then "things fell apart" it became a problem, in the bad sense of the word.

Skiiers wear goggles, including in cold and snow and mixed precip. There are products you coat the visor with that prevent fogging.

Kirby, respect your ball knowledge, but Williams had an 11 game chance last season and he didn't "take off" as far as I can tell. Bills were still adjusting their D to cover for him. He's athletic and he can *thump*, but as someone said upthread: "when he can play a downfield, attacking style he's a playmaker. But when he has to read and react, he's illiterate." Bernard had a much better year in 2023. Why? Well, in 2023, Bernard started next to Milano and looked great for 4 games. After a 2 game Dorian Williams experiment, the Bills started Dodson platooned with Poyer on passing downs. Dodson not nearly as athletic as Williams, but could read and react. That's one difference. Last year IMO, Bernard spent 12 games thinking for 2 people, himself and Dorian Williams. He's a quiet guy who takes responsibility on himself, but when Milano came back he said something that I thought spoke volumes. It was something like "it's nice to play next to someone who sees the game the same way I do." But then Milano was rusty AF and many thought Williams had been playing better, so there was that. I think Williams has improved, but curious how many games we need to see this "taking off" phenomenon? He looked fine against the Jets, but their QB didn't seem to make us have to think too much.

You're absolutely right about the impact of missing players on every level. I thought Williams was OK. I'm not sure he's grown into a complete player. The Bills covered his shortcomings before by playing a sort of heavy dime with Poyer.

I wouldn't take the Bills depth chart too seriously. They historically reflect a need to put all 53 names somewhere on a depth chart rather than who is actually "next man up". Showing Shaq Thompson as Milano's backup, Buffalo Joe as Bernards backup, and Dorian Williams marooned at the rare 3rd LB sighting position may or may not reflect what will actually happen.

The 0-2 Giants. Whose coach Brian Daboll must have naughty pictures of Mara or something, given how the G-men changed coaches every 2 years from 2016 to 2022, including McAdoo who took them to a better record (11-5) and a playoff appearance his first year.