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By the letter of the law, it was a penalty. Ejecting Hamlin was completely bogus, however. That was a judgment decision by the referee, and it was a very bad one.

It looks like it's completely deliberate. Dirty actions seem to be part of the Patriot DNA. "Cheatriot" is a perfectly appropriate name.

Hackett is clearly in over his head, and may be one and done after this season. I do think there is a specific issue here. Hackett is a West Coast guy. I don't think Russell Wilson is a West Coast QB. Denver hoped he could be, but they were in essence trying to force a square peg in a round hole. It may also be that Wilson is hitting the wall of his career. In any case, he's been terrible this season. Compounding that is the fact that Denver overpaid him big time on a long term deal in the off-season. The bottom line is that the Broncos made a huge long term bet that looks to have completely backfired. They may be paying the price for their mistake long after Hacket is gone.

We don't really need the last 7 games of the season, do we? Let's just go straight to the playoffs.

Thanks for posting. I tried to watch frame by frame and it looks like the Patriot defender may have been blocked into Martin but the picture is so small and the quality is not great. It's tough to tell.

I hope they show the Gillette commercial featuring Josh Allen on their scoreboard every home game from now to the end of the season.

Yeah, his hit looks like the difference between an incompletion and a touchdown.

I think in general, the Bills look for players with high football character. In turn, they demonstrate respect in the way they treat the players. It looks like a solid philosophy to me.

That's what I thought. The question is why is it different for an in bounds catch versus Poyers' would be interception, where he caught the ball, got two feet in, then bobbled the ball as he hit the ground without ever letting it touch the ground.

I would guess he's probably full go for the Jets game. He'll take off the plays he usually would but won't be on a pitch count.

I would say probably, but a Super Bowl ring or two is always a big plus to the selection committee.

I don't disagree. My post was a suggestion for a way to encourage Josh to look at Knox more.

He's had a decent season. Essentially Knox has done everything asked of him this season. It would be incorrect to blame him for not doing more when he hasn't been asked. Tonight, he probably was kept in to block more than usual considering the "turnstile and potato" OTs Buffalo had to field. Allen is probably not conditioned to look for him in the way Patrick Mahomes is looking for Kelce. Allen is probably more comfortable with Diggs and Davis, so even when he's out in a pattern and open, he's not going to look at Knox first. I think Dorsey ought to design and call some plays where Knox is the first read.

Was he active for the game and sat on the bench, or was he inactive? Hopefully, whatever happened to prompt this action is a one time thing and he'll be able to contribute moving forward.

Agree. I don't know what they expect defensive players to do. Hamlin's hit could have been the difference between an incomplete pass and a touchdownIt was definitely not helmet to helmet. On the whole, I thought it was an unspectacular but very solid win by the Bills.

Buffalo has been through a difficult stretch. The injuries in particular have stressed the players. I'm picking Buffalo to beat New England, but it's not going to be an easy game. The "mini-bye the Bills have before their next game will do a lot to help them get their energy back, especially if the medical people decide Von Miller can play out the season with a brace.

I think the Bills are a better team than Miami. Miami caught Buffalo at perfect time. Buffalo was dealing with a bunch of injuries and the weather in Miami for the game was perfect to take advantage of the disparity in the two sidelines. As long as the injury situations are somewhat similar, I expect Buffalo to win the rematch in Buffalo.

Something like that is impossible to predict. Peterman does not have the arm that Geno Smith has, and that limits his ceiling. At best, he's probably a game managing backup, but he can make a career out of that if he can get his nerves under control and if he has improved his ability to read NFL defenses.

For the Bills, he was fine in practice, but his nerves got the best of him in games. After several years in the league, he may have calmed down enough to actually produce in games. I have nothing against him. He's been a fringe player not for quite a while, but he may have actually improved over time. Don't know if he'll ever get a chance to show it.

I'm assuming that Miller will need surgery at some point on his torn meniscus. The question is, do they do the surgery now or slap a brace on his knee and let him have surgery in February (after the Super Bowl). If Miller opts to wait on the surgery, and the tear isn't too bad, he may only need a week or two for the inflammation to calm down so he can play.

I expect that Tre White's reps will probably double next week. Elam will be another week removed from his injury, so the Bills should be OK at CB. If White can get back to locking down the opponent's top receiver, then the Bills can figure out how to control the rest of the receivers Buffalo faces. The guys they have all have experience going up against top flight NFL receivers. New England presents more of a threat running than receiving in any case.

Buffalo is the first team to win back to back home and away games in the same stadium

Yeah, that's very true. The entire starting secondary was out at the same time for a while. Now Von freaking Miller is out. Hopefully Rousseau and Epenesa will be back next week, Otherwise the line play is going to be struggling. Mac Jones isn't a threat to have an explosive day, but Rhamondre Stevenson will be Derrick Henry like if Buffalo doesn't have most of their rotational pieces together on the D-line.

That's true, but if they are happening, Buffalo still needs to work through it. In the meantime, they have won their last two games. There are three tough division games coming up. Hopefully, the offense can click sufficiently to win all three, and is running more smoothly after those three games. The other issue is Von Miller's injury. Looks like he will miss at least two games, but it could be season ending. Hopefully it will be on the low end of the spectrum.

Human nature. Of course, it's not everybody, but lots of people can only remember back to the last thing a person did. Josh Allen and the whole offense is working through some stuff, but the team would look for the next decade and not find a replacement for Allen who has his talent. The team needs to keep their focus and work through the challenges. Detroit is a good team, and Buffalo managed to win despite wrestling with their own mistakes. If at some point it becomes obvious they can't work through their issues, then maybe Beane will need to look at a personnel overhaul, but we are nowhere near that point at the moment.