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While Klein lacks in the athleticism department, he knows the scheme and understands exactly what he's supposed to do. My guess is Dorian Williams is getting a crash course in the complex MLB position for the Bills, and when he can handle the basics of the position, Klein might become expendable.

The rookie guard, Torrence certainly seems as if he's a far better fit for a gap scheme in the run game. Bates, who went to backup center was more of a zone guy.

Weather.com is saying that the biggest impact in Washington from the tropical storm will be on Saturday. Sunday, they are predicting showers with 10 -15 mph winds. That's enough to affect the game, but not enough to destroy any semblance of a passing offense. Washington is already going to make a deep passing game difficult with their pass rush. Too much wind will make it that much more difficult. I expect Buffalo will make heavy use of a short passing game like they did versus the Raiders.

Injury report. Only Knox did not practice because of injury. A few players were limited. What's with Washington though. Doesn't the league mandate an injury report. Washington hasn't posted any either for Wednesday or Thursday. I can't believe they don't have anybody dealing with bumps and bruises at least.

That's too bad. I think he would have been at the very least a decent backup for Bernard. Klein can play, but McDermott will have to tweak the defense if Klein has to start for an injured Bernard at some point. Klein's skill set is different from Bernard's and he can't do some of the things the Bills are asking Bernard do. At least he can't do them as well. I wonder how Dorian Williams fits in the Bills' plans now. Has that changed with the departure of Kirksey?

James Cook is what he is, an undersized back with speed. I don't expect he's ever going to break a lot of tackles, but that doesn't mean he can't be a valuable and productive running back for the Bills. I don't know that I'd want James Cook on my team without a good run blocking offensive line, because he's not the kind of running back who is going to make yardage inside without some holes. He's also going to struggle when defenses have lots of speed on the outside. The Bills have to be careful not to broadcast their intentions in running the ball. They have three different running backs. One of them (Cook) has speed to the outside and can be used like a receiver. Murray is a bruiser with some straight line speed. Harris is a slippery medium sized back who can get through small holes inside and also has some power for tough yards in short yardage situations. The team needs to figure out how to use Cook successfully inside so defenses can't just assume he'll run outside and defend accordingly. Likewise, I think they need to pass occasionally to Murray and Harris and even run them outside, at least enough to keep defenses honest.

Unlike Levi Wallace, who accomplished everything he did with mental preparation and technique, Benford actually has some athleticism and size too meld with his mental preparation and technique. If he ends up being the starter across from Tre White long term, I think the Bills will be fine.

I agree. There is no reason to think Allen is a finished product. If Jeremy White's point is that Allen will remain a Bill for the foreseeable future and that his athletic gifts are worth the occasional lapses in poise, I kind of agree. Allen's gifts are virtually unmatched. How McDermott and company would feel about that, I couldn't say, but I think they agree with me (and you) that Allen is still learning, and he may yet learn to play with more poise game in and game out.

Jeremy White may be thinking of Josh Allen as a finished product, and his week one performance is part of who he is. If that is the case, then White could be right. Hopefully, that is not the case and Josh can become more consistent in his exercise of discipline in passing.

Kudos to Dorsey and Allen for understanding what the Raiders were doing and showing the discipline to adjust and take what the Raiders were giving.

Well, most of his competition for that award was pretty underwhelming last week too.

It is interesting that the Bills were able to stifle the Raiders run game so completely after giving up so many yards to the Jets last week. The Raiders and Josh Jacobs have been known for their effectiveness running the ball over the last couple seasons. It doesn't seem as if they would have suddenly have become terrible at running. We'll have to wait and see, but it's possible the defense just needed a little time to gel in it's present makeup. Bernard will have some time to demonstrate that he can be effective against big physical offenses.

Any time your team wins by a score of 38-10 is a very good day.

I don't think there's any reason that a group of die hard fans can't have a variety of opinions about their team. As for Josh Allen, he is what he is, a supremely talented QB who has lapses in judgment from time to time, particularly when the team is struggling. I really have no doubt that the Bills will make the playoffs, but I'll need to see how they're playing at the end of the season to have a solid opinion about what they'll do in the playoffs.

The "process" is not the problem.

Unless there is a recording that proves Pegula said this, I think the appropriate take on this is one of skepticism. I don't like racism, but I don't think we want to live in a society where someone makes an accusation, and with no other evidence or corroboration a person's life is destroyed because of it. I don't know who this Trotter guy is, but he's going to have to come up with more than his word for me to think it's any thing more than his own vendetta against a group of owners for whatever reason.

I agree with the OP. The Jets won not because of the play of Zach Wilson. Most of the Jets' points came off of turnovers. If Josh take better care of the football and the defense shows a little better discipline in run defense, the turnovers don't happen and Breece Hall doesn't break 80 yard runs, and the Bills win comfortably. The Jets are a good team. They will rank top five in defense at the end of the season. They do have some weapons on offense. Zach Wilson was not terrible, but that game was winnable for the Bills.

It's been said in this thread (correctly, I think) that the Jets have built their team specifically to beat the Bills. If the Bills win the game on Monday, it will be far more devastating to the Jets' hopes for the season than it would be for the Bills if the Jets win. I'm expecting a tough game, but there's no reason to think the Bills will lose if they play to their ability.

Micah Hyde was limited on Thursday but a full participant yesterday. He is listed as "unspecified" which essentially means he's good to go. The Jets starting offensive tackles are both questionable. Breece Hall is also questionable. With Dalvin Cook on the roster, the Jets should be fine at running back, but if both tackles are out or hobbled in any way, the Bills could take advantage, given the fact that the Jets have a 39 year old QB. Aaron Rodgers was a mobile QB once, but he has to have slowed down. It the Bills pass rush can get to him, it would make winning a lot easier.

Ravens. I'm actually in two survivor leagues. In the other one I took a slight chance and picked the Bengals over the Browns. I think the Bengals will handle the Browns, but the Browns do have some weapons and division games have a higher chance of defying the odds.

Any strong opponent will make me a bit nervous. The includes the current edition of the Jets.

Absolutely. I don't know what the laws in boating are, but I would hope most states would require some sort of insurance for boat owner/operators. Unless the guy is either wealthy or carries some sort of liability coverage in might be tough for Hines to collect any meaningful compensation, but as they say, it's the principle of the matter.

Legitimate year to year comparisons are impossible before the season starts. I am hoping that Josh keeps learning from his mistakes and becomes the best version of himself, but we can't be sure that will be the case. I think the running back room is stronger than it's been, but Damien Harris does have that worrisome injury history and Cook is awfully small to take the pounding if he has to be on the field too much. I think there is untapped potential in the receiver room, that we still haven't seen the best of Gabe Davis. Trent Sherfield also might be really good. Harty can be an explosive gadget player, not to mention returner, but he also has an injury history. If they all play to their potential this could be the best Bills receiver group ever. Unfortunately, it's rare that best case scenarios work out for every player. The tight end group is highly likely to be among the best ever for the Bills. The offensive line should be the strongest of the past several years, but as we just learned Dion Dawkins had to lose 40 lbs over the last five months because he got really heavy by the end of March. Significant weight loss and improvement in strength and technique are usually mutually exclusive. Hopefully, Torrence is the real deal and is as solid in the regular season as he seemed to be in pre-season. Hopefully, Brown can rediscover his earlier promise and McGovern is as solid as we hope. None of those outcomes are guaranteed. I think on defense, the line should be solid to start the year and great when Von Miller returns. That's pretty close to a sure thing. Von is obviously on the back end of his career though and that could mean he'll be more prone to injury going forward. That is the main fly in the ointment. Linebacker is the obvious choice for the position group that took the biggest off season hit. Terrel Bernard won the starting middle linebacker position without taking a preseason snap. That says a lot more about the Bills lack of trust in Dodson than it does about Bernard having been great. The Bills have to hope he is a huge surprise to the upside. I suspect they'll also be hoping that Kirksey can get comfortable with McDermott's defensive system with all its intricacies. I think the secondary is really good. I don't see Benford starting as a problem at all. The depth is solid at both CB and safety. The primary question mark with the secondary is the durability of Hyde and Poyer since both are over 30 now and coming of a year where they dealt with injuries. Put it all together, and I think the Bills are potentially better, but there are so many ifs on the roster, it's possible we'll look back in five months and wonder what happened.

Given that Buffalo is playing the media darling Jets in the first game, those two hopes are probably mutually exclusive. If Buffalo beats the Jets, they automatically put the league on notice that they will be a significant factor in the playoff race.

Stefon means they all need to shower.