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Poona will take Phillips spot (on the game day actives).

Sorry, but i’m not a “blame the ref” guy. It’s lame. Our QB held the ball for 4+ seconds and literally fumbled INTO THE ARMS of the Pitt defender, who returned it for a Touchdown. Definitely not blaming the ref after that happened.

How young do you think the crowd here is? Yes, the Steelers had some backups in. But they were VERY GOOD backups. James Harrison, an All-Pro and potential HOFer. Willie Parker, who had three straight thousand yard seasons and multiple pro-bowlers, after that game. Antwaan Randle El. Tommy Maddox. etc. We lost that game because our statue of a QB fumbled and the Steelers returned it for a TD.

Being overpowered =/= physicality. His attitude and mentality. McDermott actually talks about it often.

Eh, i'm a big Phillips fan, but overall he hasn't played well this year. More than his play, I think we may miss his energy and physicality for a few games.

I’m thinking he meant for the 2 games before Miami. But i’m confident we will just roll with Poona.

I need someone to slap me. I’m more nervous about this game than I was KC or Dallas. I was reading the Chargers forum and one Bolt fan made this comment: “When there is nothing on the line, this team tends to win”. Hopefully they have a beatdown from Buffalo on the line.

8:45 - Allen slides into the end zone. I completely missed that during the game!

But in that case the NFL would be involved.

Whether big, small, spicy, or not... the skin has got to be crispy. Can't stand a fatty/mushy/flabby skin on a chicken wing.

For me, it’s simply that i’m not all that impressed with Murray. He is there to be the heavy, but, for example on Sunday, he gets stonewalled and needs the line to push him in. He also dropped that wide open pass in the KC game, and unlike Cook’s drop, it wasn’t raining. And on a night where Cook and Johnson averaged over 6 yards per carry, Murray averaged his typical 2 yards. Im just not impressed with him. That being said, the coaching staff sees what Fournette is currently capable of in practice, so perhaps they are not impressed with him either.

We want the Browns to win. This is good for us.

Agreed. This is the most optimistic i’ve felt since the 2021 playoffs. I truly believe that was a team of destiny (grumble, except for 13 seconds, grumble). I’m getting that same feeling right now. .

Wow. If this is true, then im glad I didnt waste any time 0reading all the pages of this thread.

Maybe im just a mallard, but I give the NFL and its partners what they want. Im not missing a game. Life is too short.

Think through this (for the Division): Miami is 10-4. The absolute WORST they can do, if they lose all 3 remaining games, is 10-7. If the Bills lose another game, the BEST they can do is 10-7. Therefore, if the Bills lose another game, Miami has to lose ALL THREE remaining games, for the Bills to win the division. As for the Wild Card: If the Bills lose another game (to anyone), they would need TWO of these teams (CIN, IND, HOU, JAX), to lose 2 of their next 3 games.

Edit: I thought you meant "loss to Miami" as in, Miami loses a game. Not that we lose to them. .

We would need more than half of the teams above us (WC) to lose 2 of their last 3 games. Highly improbable.

OP, you may want to edit the thread title to update the news that the Bills have designated DaQuan Jones for return from IR

Yep. That's two losses. It's possible, though highly improbable, for those teams to go 9-0 and not lose a single game. if we don't win out, we don't make the playoffs. It's that simple. Not even worth discussing IMO.

This is true. But it is also true of Watt. Watt is a hand in the dirt defender and often has to fight through two players (because teams put extra guys on him). He is ont he left here:

Fish would need to lose 2 of the 3.

You’re not wrong… But players tend to come back much more slowly from ACL’s than pecs. For example, TJ Watt had 10 tackles, 2 QB hits and an INT in his first two games back from a pec tear last year. Milano had a sack, 5 tackles, 1 TFL, and 3 QB hits in his first two games back after he came back from his pec tear in 2020. Because of the position he plays and the leverage he needs, this may be different for D Jones. But in general, we have seen players hit the ground running after a pec return.

If they lose to a Chargers team without a QB or Head Coach, or get swept by a New England team with a backup QB and lame duck Head Coach, then we don’t deserve the playoffs. Its honestly that simple in my opinion. A true playoff team, this deep in the season, should crush both of those squads. Bills don’t need the Bengals & Texans to stumble. Why is everyone making this so hard? If ANY of these teams lose 1 of their next 3 games, and Bills win out, we are in: JAX, CIN, HOU. Any of them.

I assume he means that torn pecs typically take 8 to 10 weeks to heal (TJ Watt took 10 week, Milano 8 weeks, etc). And we are at that 8 week mark.