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On 1/1/2024 at 9:50 AM, Doc said:
Barnwell's a clown. Always has been, always will be.
Edit: This has nothing to do with his All-Pro list, BTW
I’ve never liked him and roll my eyes when people try to cite him as someone that’s credible
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13 hours ago, BananaB said:
Calm down tough guy. I’m not saying he is an upgrade, all I said was Melvin Ingram seems to make a big play against us.
I didn’t even pluralize “play”…. 😂
Tough guy? I’m just calling out an old narrative that’s had been floating around here for a few years.
And by the way, what “play” did Ingram make the past two times playing Miami?
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2 hours ago, BananaB said:
Melvin Ingram always makes a big play against us
LOL uh huh and Josh Allen can never beat Melvin Ingram…right?
This was debunked twice last year - both in Week 16 and in the Wild Card round of the playoffs.
Ingram is probably a competent pass rusher. I don’t know - I haven’t watched him this season. But the drop off from Chubb to Ingram and Ogbah is huge in 2023.
Also there is certainly a reason why he sat on the couch until week 16.
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1 minute ago, Buffalo Ballin said:
This Terrell Bernard kid is going places.
You actually dug this post up to write this?!?!?’b
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20 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:
Waddle has a high ankle sprain, those take at least 4 weeks to recover from am sure he's definitely out.
Everything I read said Miami was optimistic Waddle would be back for the playoffs. It would have made the bye week huge. I don’t think he’s playing next week. If he does he won’t be 100%-
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35 minutes ago, Estro said:
1) Bills lose @ Dolphins
- current line Bills -3
2) Titans lose vs. Jaguars
- current line Titans +3.5
3) Ravens lose vs. Steelers
- current line Ravens +3.5
So what that last line shows you is the Ravens will be resting starters with the #1 seed locked up. I have little to no faith in the Titans......so I really think the Bills could entirely miss the playoffs if they don't get the W in Miami.
Next week could very well be the #2 seed with a win and missing the playoffs entirely with a loss. Crazy!
The Bills always marched up well against Miami. Even more now with their injuries and Buffalo coming in relatively healthy. It’s all in front of them. If they are going to make noise, they need to win big games like this -
3 minutes ago, johnk said:
Three Dolphins Starters Suffer Serious Injuries against Ravens
https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-sustain-key-injuries-against-ravens
...Tagovailoa’s throwing arm (his left) was rolled up on at the end of a fourth-down scramble for a gain that didn’t continue the drive.
Pass rusher Bradley Chubb, whose 11 sacks leads the Dolphins defense, suffered what appears to be a right knee injury on a late fourth-quarter drive, and was carted off the field.
And cornerback Xavien Howard suffered a troublesome foot injury on the Ravens first possession of the game and never returned to the contest.
All three injuries could drastically alter how the Dolphins operate on offense and defense in the season finale against the Buffalo Bills...
I wouldn’t say Tua’s injury was serious. It was an injury but he might have been able to go back in. He’ll play next week.But yeah Chubb and Howard were carted off. I’d be surprised if both played next week
2 minutes ago, YattaOkasan said:Don’t forget mostert and waddle didn’t play either. I assume 3/5 play
No way… Tua plays. Mostert plays. The rest are going to out
4 minutes ago, Einstein said:I think the Tua injury is a bunch of baloney.
The Chubb injury is big and maybe the Howard.
He was injured. It’s just not serious
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Miami fans are dejected over the Chubb loss.
But aside from Chubb Miami is also looking at not having Howard - they are already down Jalen Phillips and Jerome Baker too.
They should get Mostert back but Waddle is probably out and we don’t know where Hill is - he’s certainly not 100% with his high ankle sprain. Miami is also missing Conor Williams and Liam Eichenberg is not a great Center.
Bills have a HUGE opportunity in front of them. They need to take advantage
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2 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
Anyone else catch how long Belichick spoke with McD after the game. It had the feel of I'm going to retire at the end of the season and this is the last time we are going to meet on the field.
Reading too much into it?
Speculation from Boston beat reporters were that the interaction likely meant Belichick was not coaching in the division next year. He probably thanked McDermott and wished him well.-
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1 hour ago, Drew21PA said:
That one was huge
a couple other first down receptions Josh our right on the hands in the right soot
but that Murray one was annoying
To be honest, there’s been a lot drops that have just killed drives. I think this speaks to the talent more than anything. This is one part of the issue
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2 hours ago, Donuts and Doritos said:
Passing O. has looked off ever since the Philly game (has actually looked off a lot of the season). Philly game is the last game w/ more than 1 passing TD.
What's the problem? (Is it Josh, Brady, the Playmakers or something else)? Here's the player game stats (in order of top catchers on the team this season):
Josh Allen:
Yds. TD. Int
NE. 15/30 169 0 1
LA. 15/21. 237. 1. 1
DAL. 7/15. 94. 1. 0
KC. 23/42. 233. 1. 1
PHIL 29/51. 339. 2. 1
1. Diggs:
Yds. TD
NE. 4/7. 26. 0
LA. 5/8. 29. 0
DAL. 4/5. 48. 0
KC. 4/11. 24. 0
PHIL 6/11. 74. 1
2. Davis:
Yds. TD
NE. 2/3. 21. 0
LA. 4/6. 130. 1
DAL. 0/1. 0. 0
KC. 0/2. 0. 0
PHIL 6/12. 105. 1
3. Kincaid:
Yds. TD
NE. 4/7. 87. 0
LA. 1/2. 7. 0
DAL. 0/2. 0. 0
KC. 5/8. 21. 0
PHIL 5/6. 38. 0
4. Shakir:
Yds. TD
NE. 4/4. 39. 0
LA. 3/3. 45. 0
DAL. 0/1. 0. 0
KC. 1/1. 12. 0
PHIL 3/5. 47. 0
5. Cook:
Yds. TD
NE. 1/3. -4. 0
LA. 0/0. 0. 0
DAL. 2/3. 42. 1
KC. 5/5. 83. 1
PHIL 6/7. 57. 0
6. Knox:
Yds. TD
NE. No stats registered
LA. 2/2. 26. 0
DAL. No stats registered
KC. 3/3. 36. 0
PHIL Didn't play
Harty: 1 catch 25 yds KC game
Murray: 1 catch 21 yds KC game
3 catch 18 yds Phil game
Sherfield: 1 catch 9 yds KC game
(Source: https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/stats/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills)
Nobody wants to hear this but a big reason is JOSH ALLEN. You head that right….JOSH ALLEN. This is the hard truth no one wants to admit. You can blame the HC, the OC, the OL, the WR but he is the franchise QB and you need him to flat out play better when everything isn’t perfect. Fans here will blame anyone except the person who deserves the most blame.
He just is not reading defenses and missing open receivers. He’s also been off target of deep throws and this was on full display today. I’m not sure if he’s injured or what, but he has not played well
This is not to mention the turnovers. That INT today was a first down throw. It wasn’t an “arm punt” on 3rd down.
The second issue is the receivers. It’s been the same issue as last season. When defense clamp down on Diggs (or if he can’t get open) no one else gets separation. Davis struggles with this. Shakir can be schemed open but a Josh doesn’t always see him. Kincaid is good but maybe not ready to step up as a rookie.
With this crew you also have the issues with drops which has been a killer. This extends to the RB’s like Cook and Murray as well.
Finally it’s the scheme. I’m not ready to put this all on Brady. He’s running a lot what Dorsey spent 1.5 years designing and building. He can’t throw it all out mid year and start from scratch.
The scheme in Buffalo with the talent on the roster probably isn’t the best way to maximize Josh’s talent. I’m not sure if Brady is the right guy but the Bills will need an OC to design a system around Josh and have a commitment to improve the offense skill players.
40 minutes ago, Peter said:In your mind.
He’s right Dorsey was a big problem. Brady is running Dorsey’s offense using his personnel and likely many of his calls and concepts.
But perhaps both were held back by the lack of talent at WR outside of Diggs and perhaps from Josh himself who can be hit or miss
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It seems like a major screw up by Brad Allen and his crew. The league is now going into damage control and claiming that #70 reported but all of the video (and audio) will point otherwise.
I know we’ve seen the officiating crew converse on the field and also for the “sky judge” to step in and help make the ruling. I’m not sure why this didn’t happen
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3 hours ago, Big Blitz said:
I think they’re hurt.
But they won’t be in a good spot next week if Mostert and Waddle can’t play against us. Mostert kills us.
Decision: Try and pull this upset off without Waddle and Mostert (hurt enough won’t be effective - next week better chance) get as healthy as possible for the home game vs us.
Maybe.
All things just pointing to that game being not just for the division but a playoff spot.
The Bengals are beating the Chiefs.
There’s no way they are holding them back this week. Both are legitimately injured and if they could be active on Sunday, they would be.
Based on your logic, Miami would be smarter pushing them to play this week to try to earn #1, and then allow them 3 weeks to recover.
Even if they pull off a victory, Miami would still needs a win next week. Let’s say they play Waddle and Mostert. That gives them just 2 weeks to recover,
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26 minutes ago, Bad Things said:
Why do you care so much about Gronkowski?
I personally can't stand the sight of that big doofus.
I don’t care about him. It just seems silly that so many are angry at Gronk and the people most effected by it don’t care and are cool with him.
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50 minutes ago, benderbender said:
He has chosen to mockingly laugh at what any other human would be ashamed of. He’s shown his true colors multiple times on this subject. It is a dark stain on his career.
It doesn’t even seem to register in his Tide Pod eroded smooth brain that he should at least have the decency to blush at how lenient they were on him. Much less how smug he might come off to non-Pats fans.
But just about all of the Buffalo Bills have forgiven him. The Buffalo Bills organization did as well. I don’t get why fans are so pissed off, when the people most effected by the cheap shot don’t care. -
35 minutes ago, Rocky Landing said:
Tre White is beloved. Gronk can suck an egg.
White is beloved but he forgave Gronk…the whole org did…why are Bills fan so angry
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4 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:
Groot - Oliver - Joseph - Floyd
Lawson - Settle - Jones - AJE
Am I missing anyone?
Jones apparently has the ability of Poona Ford now
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Fans care more about the hit than Tre White himself. Brandon Beane actually tried to sign Gronk out of retirement in 2021. Plus Eric Wood just had Gronk on his podcast.
The Bills don’t care…fans should let it go too
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11 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:
I'm not talking about having money. I'm talking about being an attractive destination to quality players.
Star, Vontae Davis, and Trent Murphy signed with a 9-7 team which backed into the playoffs. This is the best a team can get when they're not an attractive destination.
It was only after Josh showed he was an up and coming star that the Bills could attract a higher level of player such as Stefon Diggs, Von Miller, John Brown, Cole Beasley, and Mitch Morse. These players would have had little to no interest in playing for Buffalo were it not for Josh Allen.
JMO.
Find me an example of one player who didn’t want to sign with the Bills in 2018? Who was a player the Bills wanted to sign and were unable to because “no one wants to come to Buffalo.”
The only example I can think of is John Brown and he signed with Baltimore largely because the offer was better - but perhaps Baltimore was a better destination. Despite this, Brown was hardly the top FA of the WR class in 2018. He’d fall in line with the type of players the Bills were looking at.
In 2018 the Bills were working to clean up the salary cap which included a significant portion of dead cap space. It’s not like Buffalo couldn’t get free agents. Plus Beane stated multiple times that his philosophy was to sign multiple FA’s who were undervalued in the market rather than go after big names. We would see this approach almost every offseason which a few notable exceptions (Morse, Miller etc)
Also I’m not so sure Josh’s mediocre rookie year would be a draw for free agents. While we were impressed with Josh as a rookie, the majority of the NFL was not. Plenty of media pointed to his 52% completion percentage and his ability to pass for more than 300 yards.
The additions in 2019, didn’t come the Buffalo for Josh Allen…they came because Buffalo paid them. And when you look at their profile, they are the type of undervalued players the Bills want. Beasley especially got a pretty nice deal despite being in the wrong side of 30. In fact, he was talking with New England and came to Buffalo for the money….not to play with Josh Allen.
Did the emergence of Josh Allen help make Buffalo a more attractive destination? Yes but that didn’t happen until after 2020 when he proved he had arrived.
So again, just as example of fans conflating the last and then trying to connect to dots to create a narrative which isn’t accurate.
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16 hours ago, BuffaloMatt said:
Hyde concerns me
Hyde’s been fine when he’s on the field. One area that’s dropped off has been his ability to find the ball. He has 0 INT’s this season and I can’t remember him coming close this season. At the same time, it seems like he’s done a good job preventing deep passes as usual.
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38 minutes ago, DCofNC said:
It’s a legs position anyway. If he has full range of motion with the arms he is plenty strong even with time off to handle his spot. It could actually be a major help for the team going into the playoffs. To have Linval and him available to take on the Ravens in the AFC Championship will be big 😉
40 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:In fairness to Beane, no one wanted to play for the Buffalo Bills in 2017.
However by 2022, tons of players wanted to be on the same team as Josh Allen.
This is incorrect. I think you are confusing 2018 with 2008. The Bills had a ***** ton of cap space and signing free agents wasn’t a problem. They just signed a lot of bad deals.-
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5 minutes ago, billsfan89 said:
The thing is that when he was out the run defense did generally speaking suffer but the run defense at times when he played also did get gashed up the middle too. He was so up and down in terms of plugging the run defense.It’s one thing if he is just was an elite run stuffer whose stats were fairly low. We have seen Joseph not have eye popping stats but the Bills have been a lot harder to run up the middle on since he signed.
You can’t have very limited pass rush upside and be inconsistent in stuffing the run and be on a massive contract. I was so glad the team signed D Jones to replace him.
That’s why I never bought the “doesn’t show up on the stat sheet” line. They were never great stopping the run when Stsr was active.Just now, Bockeye said:Is Kelvin Benjamin Beanes? Couldn’t remember, but if so, he’s got a bone to pick with you JohnNord!
Benjamin was a trade…he did not sign a free agent contract. But even if you threw Benjamin in the mix, I’d still pick star. There’s no doubt Benjamin was disappointment but unlike a Star or even a Murphy, his contract was short term and didn’t end up hurting the team for years-
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3 hours ago, LeGOATski said:
Nah. They're a tough team, but Flacco is still a weakness. He's an immobile, old pocket passer. That doesn't get it done in the playoffs unless you're a cerebral cheater like Brady.
100%. Browns defense is legit. But I think the Flacco Cinderella story is going to end early in the playoffs. Not only has he been helped by great field position since taking over, he’s also been incredibly lucky on some of his throws. This was on full display last night against the Jets.
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1 hour ago, I Am The Liquor said:
This should go over well! Hopefully the Ravens plan to Ray Rice the sh#t out of the fish!
That is such an odd choice. What on earth are they doing honoring him?-
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Bills one of the more popular teams in all sports
in The Stadium Wall
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Bills games in Western, NY have an absolutely incredible market share - this is basically the percentage of households that have the game turned on. I believe they averaged 77% for 2022, which is pretty insane.
Of course, Buffalo is one of the smallest markets in the NFL. We’re not talking huge numbers but that is a massive number locally. And when the Bills plays teams with popular fan bases from larger markets the ratings are huge