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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.

This made me smile.

Theoretically, any player is available for the right price. The first problem is: what is their price? Who you wanna ship out? The second problem is: quality LB have contracts. How we fit their contract in under our non-existant cap? I don't think we're gonna be shopping at Anthropologie or Saks 5th avenue for that quality linebacker. You prefer Dorian Williams?

Just a note that Banged Up isn't down with the 2020 details. Milano missed 2 games with a partial pec tear, tried to come back the 3rd game with a linebacker brace, and was pretty much totes ineffective - couldn't lift his arm to tackle. At that point the Bills pulled the plug and put him on IR to let him heal for 3 weeks, then brought him back on a snap count where he was only playing 30% of the snaps initially. It's his 2nd

Bernard missed 2 games with a pec injury (partial tear) last year. He was pretty ineffective his first game back then improved (IMO looked good 4 weeks out from the injury) There was criticism of his play as not being as strong as 2023 the rest of the season, dunno if the pec was an influence. My guess more likely to be the ankle injury he suffered a few weeks later, that would slow him down and, if he was taking painkillers to deal could have slowed him mentally. Milano had a partial tear in 2020 and tried to come back after 2 games. He sucked, and was placed on IR for 3 games (could be 3 games in 2020) before being phased back in on a snap count and playing well in the playoffs. Feliciano had a bad tear requiring surgery in preseason in 2020 and missed 7 games on IR but when he came back he started and played 100% of the snaps It just depends, but it seems pretty clear you in fact don't want a guy to be out for too few games, you want to let it heal.

Seems to me that Bills like to try to disguise coverage then shift pre-snap Seems to me that Ravens were coming to the line and snapping quickly, while Bernard was still trying to set the D or the back 7 were just starting to shift We better figure it out because if that's what happened, NFL copycats stuff that works. Of course, without the dual threat of Lamar passing and running and the dual run threat of Henry and Lamar, might not be the same shredding

I've been critical of Bosa but in one of those plays Baldy highlights, Oliver gets the sack because Bosa is right there waiting and licking his chops when Jackson cuts back and tries to break out. So Jackson goes "let's try the other way" and Oliver sacks him A thing of beauty

McDermott talked about it some in his presser today about 5:20. The rule is if the QB is in the pocket, then it's illegal contact (illegal touching) to force Coleman out of bounds. I think the play would still not count, but there would have been a penalty and I think they would replay the conversion attempt. But if the QB is out of the pocket, then the contact is not a foul, Coleman was out of bounds, and the catch didn't count because he was the first to touch the ball after being out and coming back in. At least I think that's what McDermott was alluding to. The key with illegal contact is the QB must be in the pocket. As I understand it.

Eh. We did a decent job in the playoff game, because everyone knew there assignment and filled it. That's really what McDermott's defense depends on: 11 guys who know their job, and do it.

Crazy reaction from you IMO. Josh sometimes makes a point of jogging around the stadium close to the wall after a game. He does it to interact with our fans who come to away games, but there's no rule that says opposing fans won't be there too. Don't you think that ought to be able to happen without fans slapping or hitting at him and any teammate near him? Sure, Jackson shouldn't have reacted, and I'm betting he'll be fined and issue some kind of apology statement, but you think he should be suspended as many games for a push that injured no one, as Rashee Rice who was involved in high-speed reckless driving which injured people and could have been worse? Nuts!

Ravens were really into this notion of a "revenge tour". Unfortunately for them, they didn't keep their motors running hot for 60 minutes. Or maybe they did, and it took everything they have to stifle us for 45. Maybe Josh Allen is just an unstoppable force some days. When Knox deflected that throw intended for Shakir and it resulted in Coleman hauling it in for a TD I just laughed.

Who are you, his momma? Yeah, No. There are boundaries. It's all about having some respect, fan should not throw things at player, push player, hit player. That "fan" won't be missed. My guess is Jackson probably will be fined.

https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/bills-fan-banned-lamar-jackson-push-shove-nfl-stadiums-ravens-2025 Schefter has reported it and it's on ravens.com Think it's legit Good riddance, no place for that anywhere.

He wasn't Doing His Job in the first half. Not setting the edge and containing, which is crucial to McD's defense. Hopefully he improves.

The Bills LB, by design and like a lot of LB in the NFL now a days, are "tweeners" designed to be strong in pass coverage. That makes it axiomatic that if an offense is able to man handle our DL and get to the 2nd level, they're going to struggle. It's my problem with PFF grades. They look for plays - plays made or not made. But football is the ultimate team game, the ultimate chess match. They don't assess what is the effect on the LB of the DL getting their asses handed to them, or losing contain on the run. Spoiler: it's bad