BigAl2526

Isn't Hoecht on a two year deal? He should be back. Whether or not he'll be as mobile as he needs to be coming off an achilles injury is another question, but when he's healthy he can be a difference maker. Dorian Strong was showing promise before he started having problems. I don't know if the Bills have any idea whether or not he can get better and play again. Jordan Hancock is another player who shows he might have upside.

The "mini-bye" helps the Bills chances, but they are really shorthanded now. I don't know that they will get enough healthy bodies back to make them as competitive as they need to be against Pittsburgh or not.

Just 31 actually. Granted, that's the wrong side of 30, but there are plenty of productive NFL players who are older.

Has anybody asked Brady about the declining effectiveness of mesh routes and receivers not getting open in recent press conferences?

Giving the team a pass does nothing to improve their playoff outlook.

Brady also calls a lot of behind-the - line pass plays. Shakir was targeted there several times during the game. Houston stopped it every time. Not having ever played or studied football, there is much that I miss when I watch a game, but when it's blatant and obvious I can see as well as anyone else.

Since there are a limited number of games on any day in the playoffs, additional officials would be more available. Granted, a Thursday night game means other officials could be made available, but the league isn't going to alter their policies just for a Thursday night game.

There were a number of "if points" Throughout the game. For instance, If Praeter hadn't missed the extra point earlier in the game, the Bills would have been only 3 points behind at the end of the game. They would have had the option of kicking a field goal to tie it up and send the game into overtime. Hindsight is a beautiful and frustrating thing.

I doubt McDermott does more than make his philosophy known to Brady. The individual calls are up to Brady. IO do think Brady gets cute in his play calling at bad times on occasion.

Buffalo has plenty of time before the next game. I imagine that one day between now and November 30, McDermott is going to have his team sit down for an extensive film watching session of the Houston game. Maybe it will be done by position group and I suspect Dawkins and others are going to get to watch themselves quitting on plays, and in Dawkins' case getting his QB dumped on the turf. I think the position coaches will try and make guilty players feel every bit of that guilt.

If Buffalo and New England end up splitting their two games against each other and have the same record at the end pf the season, what is the next tiebreaker? Division record, then conference record?

If you want to be great, you have to do the little things, all of them. You don't get to choose which ones are important to you. He's showing that the most important thing to him is his paycheck. Ironically, if that is what he thinks, the paycheck will eventually disappear.

Retirement is the one good thing about growing old.

I have always believed that Josh Allen and the Bills have the ability to beat, or lose to any team in the league. They just have to do it the right way on the field.

Just means I'll have to teach adult Sunday School that morning. Our regular teacher works as a game day photographer for USA Today. When it's a late game, he'll teach the class before he heads to Orchard Park (from Rochester). Early home games don't give him enough time to do that. I assume the league figures that's not going to be a great game. Joe Burrow coming back from injury could make it more interesting though.