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Especially given Buffalo's relative lack of production from the wide receivers this season.

Now let's see him do 50 pull ups.

Ed Oliver getting healthy enough to play by the playoffs would help. Joey Bosa's hammy appears to be a minor one. Hopefully he's back soon and can stay healthy through the playoffs. Otherwise, McDermott and Babich may need to be willing to dial up some timely blitzes.

Update: Buffalo has signed Devonshire to their PS. He replaces an offensive lineman (Broecker) who was released.

Solomon has been underwhelming to be sure. The question is, who is Buffalo going to find to play defensive end for them next season? I think both Epenesa and Bosa are at the end of their contracts. One or both are likely to be gone. Rousseau will be here. Hoecht is still under contract as is Landon Jackson. Rousseau isn't exactly crushing it this season, Hoecht is probably not going to be playing at full speed at the start of the season, assuming he's on the field at all in September and Landon Jackson has yet to show he can figure out how to play defensive end in the NFL. The Bills might draft a defensive end next spring, but I'll be a bit surprised if it is in the first round. I don't know that there are any future superstars among defensive ends in the upcoming draft. The Bills will be very lucky if they can find a real productive guy after round 1. Good free agents defensive ends are expensive unless there are unusual circumstances.

Interesting. Wide receiver is Buffalo weakest area on offense. Buffalo only gets a handful of receptions out of their receivers anyway. Running back and tight end, along with Josh, of course, are the skill players carrying the Bills offense this season. Those realities, along with New England's strength at cornerback has got to inform and shape Buffalo's offensive strategy.

Just going by the article itself. I didn't check it for accuracy. Wikipedia says he spent 2024 on the Patriots PS. He made NE's initial 53 man roster, but was cut on September 9.

CBs MJ Devonshire and DJ James try out for the Bills Both were drafted in 2024. James was drafted by Seattle, but is currently on New England's PS. He has decent size and speed. He played three seasons for Oregon in college. Devonshire was a teammate of Hairston at Kentucky. He's a little shorter at 5'10" (compared to 6 foot) and not quite as fast. Since James is already on New England's PS, the only way he can come to Buffalo is via the 53 man roster.

I think he needs to finish strong to get much consideration. The guys who have more yards passing than Josh are: Dak Prescott, Drake Maye, Patrick Mahomes, Matthew Stafford, Jared Goff, Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones. If I were voting, I would eliminate Prescott from consideration as the Cowboys are a long shot to even clinch a wild card berth. even though he is far and away the passing yardage leader. It's hard to argue that Pat Mahomes should be the MVP for the same reason. Daniel Jones probably gets knocked out of the competition because he's out with injury the rest of the year. I would guess the favorites at the moment are probably Drake Maye and Matthew Stafford. Sam Darnold might be a darkhorse. Josh is no doubt hurt somewhat by the Bills' decision to focus on running the ball when possible.

Poor Colts. Daniel Jones stands to miss at least part of the 2026 season too. Things looked so promising for them just a few games ago.

There are fans of every team that are unreasonable in their expectations. The Bills and Patriots are not exempt. My favorite is Jets fan Jimmy Spagnola who shows up before every season spouting off about how his Jets are going to crush the Bills and win the division. As long as he's posting I feel comfortable that the Jets are going to fizzle as usual.

McDermott will take risks, but if he thinks he can be successful by playing safe and close to the vest, that's what he would prefer. That's what he was doing defensively at the start of the Cincinnati. It didn't work against Cincinnati and it won't work against New England. I believe the Bills are capable of winning, but they will need to be more aggressing on defense like they were in the second half of the Cincinnati game.

That's called "flipping the script."

I didn't post, but I was very frustrated that Buffalo's defense was essentially conceding the short passing game by giving Cincinnati's receivers all kinds of room. Later in the game, they turned more aggressive out of necessity.

as it happens, Chicago versus Green Bay was also a great game, Chicago's late touchdown bid to tie or win was thwarted by a late interception in the end zone.