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Some truth here. Allen creates problems by working outside the design of the play "off schedule" as you say. He also creates plays. It's a double-edged sword, and there needs to be a balance, No Doubt. Did you watch that assessment of the Tampa game by JT O'Sullivan? There were a couple of plays where O'Sullivan pointed out the first read or the appropriate hot read being an easy short throw to a wide-open guy. It was there. Allen would fail to take that and go for a much higher degree of difficulty, in one case rolling to the left on the run and signalling Kincaid what to do - "a legitimately awesome play by Josh Allen" He made the throw, but Kincaid is pretty well covered with a safety over the top converging, and Allen throws a dime which Kincaid brings down with a brilliant double-toe stretch to catch it in bounds. O'Sullivan points out the play is mesh routes with a rail and a hook route, and the first read is usually the rail route because the mesh route kind of forces defenders to interfere with each other to cover the back. Murray is WIIIIDE open "if you throw it to 28 right there, it's an easy first down". As O'Sullivan says, "Josh Allen can do this stuff, but don't come at me sideways when he does this stuff when it matters most, and it doesn't work out". I don't have the all-22 to look at, but Bengals playoff game, first series after Cincy drove down the field for 7, 3rd and 4, Allen overthrows a deep left sideline throw to Diggs on 3rd and 4, and it's 3 and out. It would not shock me to learn it was a similar route concept and Singletary or Cook were Wiiiiiide open down the rt sideline for an easy "move the chains". When we're facing a very good offense which can score on every drive and we have to match them, when the conditions are sub-par so that little slips by Josh and little slips by the WR add up, when we're facing a top secondary who can react better and turn those plays into picks - Press the "Easy" Button, Josh. It's there.

In that sense, to @eball, how is Chao different (well, except for perhaps being a less upright and ethical person than some) from any other media figure who is paid to give an opinion based on his professional experience - all of the former players turned color commentator or announcer? They don't have actual direct knowledge of the play called or the player's assignment, but they have years of experience being on the field where similar concepts were called, so they can make a far more informed guess than most of us.

Dude, I'll take you at your word that your intent is not to troll, but you really need to re-calibrate; your tone and word choice are at a level of aggressiveness and insult-slinging associated primarily with trolls and disruptive visitors from other teams. I say this for informational and educational purposes - if you want to incite, Keep on "As you were". If you want good discussion, you might want to dial it back and tone it down a bit because otherwise, folks here who are worth talking to will read a couple of your posts, assess the word choice and tone, and decline to engage. Could fool me by looking at your posts.

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If searching for dis-offs gets a team to come out physical and motivated, then that's what they need to do. The Bengals came out ready to play last January and the Bills came out flat. They won. We lost. Until we stomp them into Tiger-fur carpets (as God intended Buffalo to do), I can't critique what they do and praise our coaches. It worked for them. Whatever we did, didn't work for us. Sunday night, let's hope that changes. He did. Let's hope the Bills remember.

Both Kincaid and Knox have 4.2 YAC/reception Knox can block though

I’m not quite sure what your point is here. Yes, Josh Allen has the 2nd most picks right now - unless it’s the 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th. Know who else that could be said of? Pat Mahomes and Jalen Hurts. Tua and Stafford are 1 pick behind. Looked at as a % Allen is 7th. tied with Jalen Hurts and 0.2% worse than Pat Mahomes and Tua. Guess who is #3 in TD thrown, 1 TD behind Tua and 2 ahead of Mahomes. Maybe….the league’s top QB who throw a lot of TD and just generally throw a lot, also throw a lot of picks? Just a thought

It was DH by rule, yes. As the announcers commented, you see that kind of thing a lot and it isn’t always called.

It wasn’t PI, it was DH. That’s why it was still DH even though the ball was tipped

He needs a better clock. Needs to get the ball out on time. DANG I wish we had D Hop, not sure any of our receivers haul that high pass in much less get some YAC

I think you need enough ganja to buy some vowels

We may have been trying, he may have wanted more than Beane was willing to part with, or negotiating with several teams, or maybe Beane hoped Settle would step up

DaQuan Jones approves this message From what I gather, teams have been making him offers, he didn't bite. My opinion, he knows he doesn't have a full season in him, and it worked for him last year to sit home and wait until a contender came calling in November. Hopefully it will work for him again. PS he was signed by the Eagles on Nov 16, and started Nov 20 against Indy.

McKenzie said some stuff about that One reason the Bills decided to move on from him IMHO One dude who got cut not too long thereafter is not "some of the players".

Well first of all, there's a lot of noise in DUI, malpractice cases, and so forth to say Dr David Chao is not an upright person nor as a physician, following best practices and the highest standards. But, he was a Chargers team physician for decades, so he has a strong grasp on what injuries are likely to occur in different scenarios where limbs are bent different ways, and what the typical timeline for recovery of those typical injuries might be. There are some things, like the fluttering calf, that speak pretty clearly to a specific injury like Achilles. When Josh Allen was injured his rookie year there was film of him being examined on the sideline by a trainer using a procedure called the "milking maneuver" and having a very strong reaction, which is indicative of a UCL injury. It would be awful for him to do this if he were actually "putting hands on a patient" and part of their treatment team, but I don't see what makes Chao more of a "w-h-o-r-e" for accepting money someone is willing to pay him for using his experience and expertise as a former NFL team physician to predict injuries and their likely recovery timeline. And I say that as someone who obviously, does not have a high opinion of Dr Chao based on his public record of DUI, misprescribing drugs, and patients suing him for malpractice. I heard debate on that point. We've all seen some cases where a QB tried to play through injuries instead of being shut down and it had a negative impact on his career. Allen himself acknowledged that he wasn't able to use his normal throwing motion for weeks but instead reverted to one he'd used earlier in his career when his accuracy was less. That implies to me he wasn't "throwing the ball just fine" There isn't a body part or parts on the team that's more important to "get right" than those the starting QB uses to throw.

Oh, whups! I thought we were talking about Dr David Chao You know, This Guy https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2016/04/30/chargers-doctor-david-chao-accused-gros-engligence-treatment-junior-seau/83777186/ https://consumerwatchdog.org/uncategorized/report-dui-football-doctor-responsible-death-chargers-star-seau/ https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/polar-care-500-david-chao-breg-international-jury-award/1929962/ And that's just 5 minutes work If he's still a member of the NFL Physicians Society that may not be a credit to that organization

1) It was mentioned that he had "tweaked" his ankle earlier in the season, but he's been on the injury report the previous 2 weeks 2) No information on this point 3) No. But since mid-season, most players are dealing with some kind of ding or tweak, almost any player can be added to IR with a genuine injury.

On LB, I think we have what we have. I think the Bills feel the strategy of platooning Dodson and Poyer as a "dime" backer will get them through. They may also have hopes that Williams will continue to improve. Offensive weapon, we picked up Fournette. He had 523 receiving yards and 73 receptions on 83 targets last season, of which 563 were YAC (nope not a typo)

He managed 10 consecutive games for the Eagles last season. 18-61% of the snaps.

I'd worry about that couch thing more, but Joseph pretty much did the same thing with the Eagles last season - signed actually mid-November after the Eagles had 2 DTs on injured reserve - and it worked out very well for them. He went hard, especially in the NFCCG. I think at 34 now 35, Joseph still loves football but knows his body can't handle the rigors of a full season. Hopefully the Bills verified that he's in some kind of 'good shape' (for a DT)

Unless I'm much mistaken, pass rush isn't so much what's wanted from the 1TDT in McD's defense. That DaQuan was doing his job AND generating some stats (tackles, sacks) was gravy. Keep the backers clean and get some push up the middle against the pass, clog up blockers

Wait, are you saying he doesn't sound like that Alanis Morrissette song after a win and during the off-season?

I don't know of any verified specifics about the injury. But I don't think you can assume there is no knee or soft tissue injury, simply because there isn't any "official" mention. The player is under no obligation to disclose specifics of his injury other than broken leg, going on IR. I'm not sure exactly where you read exactly what, but the 8-12 weeks is for the bone itself to form new bone, called "hard callus", bridging the broken pieces (but has some differences from normal bone). After that, bone repair is still underway in the form of bone remodeling to return the bone to its original shape. During the healing process, there's usually a period of time where weight bearing should not occur, because movement of the bone fragments can hinder healing. If it's true Milano had a tibeal plateau fracture. Google this and it doesn't take a lot of imagination to see this non-weight-bearing phase may be especially important because the tibeal plateau is one of the surfaces of the knee joint, and any disunion or displacement there would be ultra bad news for knee mobility and stability. So after there's a no mobility/no weight bearing period of time, there's a need to regain mobility, flexibility, and strength, not just overall but in all the little stabilizer muscles that you can't activate while you're not weight bearing lest you tug the bone fragments out of place. I don't think that's included in your "8-12 week FULL recovery period", which is just the usual time for initial bone repair to take place. Whether or not Milano and Jones could be back before Week 18, the Bills have to get to the end of the season with a good enough record for their return to matter eg, a good enough record to make the playoffs.

@HappyDays has a source. He doesn't always hear stuff (nothing about the realities of Allen's shoulder or Milano's knee) but on other occasions he's been proven right. For example his source said that Knox had a torn tendon and possibly a cracked bone in his wrist after Jax, even though he was "questionable" for the next game and no game designation the following game. Then he was "out" week 8 and went on IR, and we heard he had surgery on his wrist. So if he hears something, it's generally considered credible.

*chef's kiss* to your Good Gravy!