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I hope you're right, because we need him Still a concern to me.

Jonathan played 29 snaps Had 1 tackle, for a loss Basham has been averaging 40% of the snaps in 14 games. Has 18 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 5 QB hits, 2 sacks, 2 PD, and a fumble recovery Now maybe you're correct and Jonathan can do as well But he needs to come up with some game-impacting plays to prove it

Has Poyer been on the report for weeks with a knee? I looked Not on injury report since Week 12, up until last week when he missed 2 days of practice

? Po (knee) and Basham (calf) not practicing on Defense. For the love of the Bills someone take this guy some good Chicken Soup!

Per McDermott presser: Basham (calf), Taiwan Jones (hammy), Jordan Poyer (knee), and Stefon Diggs (illness) won't practice today Mitch Morse cleared from concussion protocol

Some truth to this take, I believe. I dunno about "breathlessly wait for him to fail", but people do hate to be wrong. Also the Bills have succeeded by being a "whole greater than the sum of their parts" "do your 1/11th type of team. Consider last year when we had the #1 defense in yards and points and what, no defensive players in the pro bowl and only Poyer as all-pro? Kind of similar this season where we have #2 offense on yds and #4 on points, but to hear the pundits talk you wonder how we manage that when we only have one "very good" WR and we can't run. Benford designated to return to practice from IR (not yet off IR)

Understood just providing another set of links folks could enjoy if they wish. And Erik's tweets are also quick, vs the more in depth Cover1 podcasts. Eric Wood on his weekly piece did run breakdown vs Bears, I like him usually https://www.buffalobills.com/video/chopping-wood-film-session

It depends upon what area you're talking about. Driving bans instituted 9:30 am Friday am. Some were lifted on Dec 26th, some were lifted at 12:01 this am. So between 3 days, to 5 1/2 days?

Here's an example from 4 years ago, 2018 https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/09/07/seattle-seahawks-dismantling-rift-russell-wilson-pete-carroll

17 found outside 9 no heat in home 4 due to heart attack while shoveling snow 4 found in vehicle 3 due to delayed EMS (I expect this will be found to be higher) It's really heartbreaking that to date, the stories that have been told about many of the "found outside" deaths are people who were safe inside with heat and power, and decided to walk for groceries or supplies and were found outside, frozen. I imagine as things settle we'll find there are many more who would have died but were saved by generous people who opened their homes and helped warm them. Others were people who had legit medical needs, like oxygen - but when I read their stories I kind of *facepalm* because, if you need oxygen and a "storm of the century" is approaching, wouldn't you ask your family to help you get filled oxygen tanks and a battery backup BEFORE the storm arrives, or as the family, wouldn't you move your loved one to stay with you before the storm hits so you can provide needed assistance? It's like yes, during the storm, EMS couldn't help people, but some of the people could have helped themselves before the storm got there.

3rd post in the Game Week thread, by YOLO - due to the storm conditions, the Bills cancelled media availability until Thurs this week.

The normal practice week for a Monday game is Thurs-Fri-Sat, walkthru on Sunday Driving ban was lifted in St Louis City at 12:01 am today. All remaining driving bans in Erie County were lifted at the same time MOST of Erie county had lifted driving bans earlier in the week. Status of driving bans as of Dec 27th: Status of driving bans as of Dec 26th: Orchard Park, Hamburg, and West Seneca were lifted as of Dec 26th. Of course, a driving ban lifted does not mean that all residential streets were clear, or that plowing services were able to plow out driveways, or that everyone was able to get to work. this is all in the game week thread btw. Normally I think that's kind of snarky to point out but in this case it's literally the first 3 posts in the thread (that the practice week is shifted from W-S to Th-Su due to Monday game, that the driving bans were lifted in OP/Hamburg/W Seneca etc)

Yet Kansas City ran for 138 yds on them, but passed for only 223 yds. This was Week 13, DJ Reader played 73% of the snaps. (138 yds is well above league average, KC's average, and the Bengals D average with Reader playing)

I normally like Chris Simms, but I don't know what he's eating or smoking this week. First we have the Bills won't be able to run _at all_ against the Bengals with DJ Reader - despite the fact that KC ran for 138 yds with Reader playing 73% of the snaps. Then we have "Bengals will play a lot of man because Diggs is the only Bills receiver who can get open against man" despite the fact that McKenzie has had big games when teams try to man him up.. Now we have "throw at whoever is covered by 27" despite 1) the Bills play a lot of zone 2) QB currently have a 53.6% completion % against White

I read it's door-to-door for residents who lost power for extended times OR who called for help during the storm. Which sounds more focused and sensible.

Yeah, it is tone-deaf Definitely "Rich Man Problems"

Is he having us on about the "two years in culinary school"? As someone else noted, I think the singular "a woman" may be a sticking point for Stefon. I also think that for some of the players with wives or steady girlfriends, cooking may not be their lady's thing Diggs and a number of the other players have personal chefs (Darien Bryan I believe, for Stef and Gabe Davis). So Bryan must not be able to either get the ingredients he needs, or get there to cook for Stefon. Whether they don't like the food at the facility, or it's closed, or maybe it's open but limited in what it can offer due to staffing and supply issues, can't tell you. Where does Diggs live, someone here surely knows? If he lives downtown and he tried to get home, he might not have been able to leave since then. I mean, McKenzie owns a BBQ restaurant and he says he doesn't know how to cook BBQ. He loved the BBQ his friend's then-BF served, and agreed to help fund it as an enterpreneur. So Diggs could maybe like the stuff he put his name to, but not be a chef

I like Chris Simms but when I hear his previews of the games.....sometimes I'm SMDH and let's just say, it doesn't necessarily work out that way. DJ Reader is a great player. Run defense can't be conducted by one player. It's a group effort. The Bengals are currently 29th in "run stop win rate" per ESPN. 27%. The Bills had pretty good success (>150 yds) running against the Packers, Vikings, Browns, Lions, and Dolphins as well as the recent cleat-stomping of the Bears. All those teams have better run stop win rates than the Bengals. Now, some of them are pretty mediocre overall in rush Y/A given up - Bears, Browns, Packers, and Lions are 27-30th in rush Y/A given up. Vikings are 17th. Dolphins are 12th. Jets are 4th in the league and we ran for 134 yds during our first meeting. Patriots #9 and we ran for 132 yds. So...do I think we'll be able to run for 254 yds like we did against the Bears, vs the Bengals? No. No, I don't. On the other hand...if it's not gale force winds, we shouldn't need to. And I think it's optimistic to believe we won't be able to run on them at all. I will say...Simms puzzles me with his "only have one guy who can separate against man coverage". Now, I will say, this is where the refs matter. If they let the DBs maul our guys all day, that could be true, but if they call some DPI and DH when merited, McKenzie can absolutely beat man coverage, it's zone that swallows him. Even Josh has given him props for "he does that very well".

Apparently Norman has been running a coffee shop: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35336662/truly-honor-back-panthers-norman-35-says

Who is B-rabbit? Why is Lawson being called "Crane"?

I can remember a couple years ago, around the time of the Houston playoff loss, it was all about how Josh got too hyped up playing Primetime Games and Sugar Rush Josh came out, he was better in obscurity at 1 pm. 🤷‍♂️