BigAl2526

Somebody will draft him high in the first round. Then there will be a long holdout. If I were to bet, I'd bet that he never gets his share of ownership. The team that drafts him will regret it and he will be an epic bust.

Let's hope he isn't inclined to be nice to the Patriots because he has made mistakes that hurt them.

He has a completely different skill set from Milano. If you stick Miller in Milano's spot, you've got nobody to do many of the things you depend on Milano to do and you have to figure out how to compensate somewhere else. I don't know that it's worth the effort to rework your defense so that it can function effectively with Miller in that outside linebacker spot.

Jeremy Chinn is listed as a safety/linebacker. How well could he handle being a full time linebacker? He was listed as 6'3" 221 lbs coming out of college. That's not far from Milano's weight. He would be one of the fastest linebackers in the league.

I refuse to try and define a formula for how many yards the Bills have to gain on the ground. However, they do have to demonstrate the ability to gain yards on the ground with some kind of consistency. There were other things that went wrong in the Jacksonville game as well, that might have changed the outcome.

The game was an experiment. The NFL wanted to see if they could take what should be home field advantage and turn it into a disadvantage. They succeeded.

Another defensive tackle out there for the Bills to consider is Carl Davis. He's on Seattle's PS, 31 year old and has started NFL games. He was drafted in the third round in 2015 and has good athleticism to go with good size.

Oliver and Phillips play the same position - 3 tech. Lots of fans continue to think that Phillips is a nose tackle because of his size, but his game is not well suited to the nose tackle position. Ford and Settle will rotate at 1 tech, Settle getting more snaps than Ford. Phillips mostly rotates in to give Oliver relief.

I get the "familiarity with the system" criteria, but I can't imagine that he adds anything to the effectiveness of the defense.

He could give Josh the opportunity in practice to hone his skill at vaulting over linebackers.

If Dorian Williams has learned the defense well enough and is comfortable playing without having to think too much on the field, he would seem to be the obvious starter in Milano's place. He's a hair bigger and even faster.

I hoped the Bills would win, but I thought from the moment the schedule was announced that the league was screwing the Bills over big time.

With Rousseau injured this weekend, McDermott has a little more incentive to play him.

The earth is not flat! Who knew?

You're right about that. Just last week Hill was downplaying the Bills Mafia, saying there were the same as any other fan base.

Off the top of my head, Edwards-Helaire and Pacheco come to mind. Pacheco is averaging 4.9 yards per carry in 2023 and is on a pace to gain 1,000 yards this season. I did have to look up to learn McKinnon. KC ranks seventh in the league in rushing yards so far this season. I'm not saying teams need to maintain even close to a 50/50 balance. I am saying that teams need to have a legitimate ability to run successfully in order to enhance and maintain an effective passing game. Kansas City does. So did New England during the Brady era.

The problem Miami had with Marino is that no matter how hard the Dolphins tried to build a complementary running attack, they always ended up over relying on Marino's gifts as a passer. It made them one dimensional. As good as Marino was, if your team is one dimensional there are ways that smart defensive coordinators with good defenses can control the game. Buffalo has struggled with their running game the last few years, but that seemed to be mostly the result of weaknesses on the offensive line combined with the lack of explosiveness in their running backs. Cook gave us some glimpses las season, but it seems like it's really starting to take off now.

Could he be Von Miller's love child?

Small college background (Florida Atlantic). A UDFA in 2019 didn't make the team that signed him (KC). He's bounced around a bit since then, most recently with Cleveland. He's played in a handful of regular season games over the last three seasons. He has nice size (6'1" or 6'2" depending on the source of the data and right around 200 lbs. I couldn't find any other measurables like 40 time.

Hmmm, him, Dorsey or weapons? Yes, though you might also include better protection from his offensive line. Is there one of those four factors that is more important that the others? If there is, it is probably Allen's newly developed willingness to look for a short passing option. It's not the first time that lip service has been given to reading the defense from short to long rather than long to short, It happened under Daboll too, but Allen seems to have fully embraced it now.

They could have started adjusting their times to wake up or go to bed on Monday. They don't need to be in England to do that.

I'll be in church. Sunday School starting at 9:15, then the service until 11:30. I might catch some of the 4th quarter (on the radio).

I have no problem with recognizing a good player and good person on a hated team. I agree though that Hill is one of the NFL's low life.

I admit that I might watch an illegal stream if I could, but that does not mean if the option is denied to me, I will automatically shell out the bucks to watch over priced outlets and line NFL pockets. Radio still works. So it does not follow that if the sports industry can cut off the 28 billion dollar streaming industry they will get 28 billion more in revenue.

What Buffalo can do is keep a schedule that is close to what they would do at home, continue to live as if they are in the Easter Time Zone or change by just a couple hours. Start early in the week by suggesting team members get up and go to bed a couple hours earlier. Then when they go to London, they can just shift a couple more hours and they'll be pretty well adjusted by game time.