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Bass has had several lower body injuries in his relatively short career. It's entirely possible that he's not physically the same guy he was just two years ago and I am definitely skeptical that he has greater range than Prater. I agree with your entire post except the part about Dan Campbell. Unless there's some video I missed, I thought that he handled himself well and with maturity after the Week 1 loss to the Packers... and I was definitely curious as to how he would take the loss. In fairness, many people lose their train of thought when that combination of words is used... I'm looking at Taron's and Cam's snap counts from Week 1 and Week 2 and I'm thinking that the Bills are reducing their use of the nickel as their base defense. I agree with those upthread who said that some of their heavy reliance on nickel has had to do with the lack of quality linebacker depth. I too hope that the Bills are more multiple in their base defenses... unless they can find a replacement for Taron who can play at the All-Pro level that he used to play at. There aren't too many industries where a person who is unable to speak in coherent sentences would be rewarded with a leadership position. This is 2 hours and 26 minutes. Is there an excerpt you could direct us to? A CliffsNotes? The question of how much influence 1) Josh has, and 2) cares to influence McBeane with... There are players that were close to Josh who are no longer with the team and I believe he wants to avoid the appearance (and maybe the practice) of being a diva QB a la Aaron Rodgers. Josh is a team guy and might flex his clout muscles a bit but I think there are limits to how far he'll go, in defiance of McBeane. Regardless, I'm pretty sure Knox will take a substantial contract modification to stay with the team.

I have to say, with the addition of Chris Tabor as Special Teams Coordinator and the additions of Sam Franklin, Matt Prater, and punter Cam Johnston, I'm feeling better about our special teams than I have in a long time.

Which makes them 984 years older than Tremaine Edmunds! Quit being so judgmental.

You can't be more injury-prone than to get banged up at a press conference... what did he do... walk into a chair? It's a popular prediction that Thursday night will be the last game for the Dolphins Head Coach. People here should love McDaniel but whatever. There's plenty of entitlement and spoiled child frustration in the game threads... for better or worse you don't have to listen to WGR to find it.

I'm seeing Tre out there directing traffic and getting his teammates lined up correctly. For a team which struggled with their assignments in week 1, I think this is an overlooked and under appreciated asset that Tre brings to the defense.

Is this where I post complaints that the Bills are only winning 20-3?

Regarding Bosa losing containment on the one pass rush, the rushes are ideally coordinated so that contain is not lost. If Bosa goes inside, someone else has to contain. Bruce and Darryl were quite good in this area.

He's being rushed to his pedicurist. Technically it would be, "You play to kick the extra point!"

Tre looking good so far.

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Also: Go Jaguars Go Saints

He's on the Jake Moody Highway.

As a reminder, here are the top 10 WRs taken in the 2024 NFL draft: 4 Marvin Harrison Jr. 6 Malik Nabers 9 Rome Odunze 23 Brian Thomas Jr. 28 Xavier Worthy 31 Ricky Pearsall 32 Xavier Legette 33 Keon Coleman 34 Ladd McConkey 37 Ja'Lynn Polk

I think the Chiefs would like to strike gold again like they did with Tyreek Hill. They clearly value speed... probably more than any other NFL team. Tyreek Hill. 4.29 Kadarius Toney 4.37 Hollywood Brown 4.27 Xavier Worthy 4.21 Despite their attempts, they've yet to replace Hill. Toney isn't in the league right now, Hollywood is an oft-injured journeyman and Worthy so far, is following in Hollywood's footsteps. Interestingly for all of their speed, their career yards per catch numbers are quite pedestrian. Toney 9.3 ypc Brown 11.6 ypc Worthy 10.8 ypc Regardless, one gets the feeling that the Chiefs will keep swinging for the fences until they find that fast, effective receiver that they covet so much. I love speed as much as the next guy but I respect the Bills for not getting lured into a sexy pick like Worthy or the other Xavier that Carolina took... that so many people here wanted the Bills to draft.

Maybe this is over simplistic but you don't make the Parsons Trade unless you think he's the piece that puts you over the top... that greatly enhances the chances that you'll win the Super Bowl. So IMO, if Parsons doesn't win a Super Bowl with the Packers, then the Packers lose the trade because it opens the door to people saying that they would have had a better chance of winning a Super Bowl had they not made the trade. Put differently, by making the trade the organization is saying "we believe by making this trade that we can win the Super Bowl." If they don't win the Super Bowl, then they lost the trade because the reason for the trade did not come to fruition. Again, JMO but if the Bills had traded for Parsons and it didn't result in a Bills Super Bowl Championship, then they would have lost the trade because (as above) the second guessers would be able to say that they should have stood pat and by keeping (for example) Rousseau and the 2 1st Round picks that they would have had a better chance to win a Super Bowl. You would only give up as much as you did for Parsons because you believe he's the missing piece. Yes, I didn't say this year... just during the time that Parsons is with the Packers. Agree that it's Super Bowl (win) or bust. I believe that it's an organizational failure to have Josh Allen as your quarterback and not win a Super Bowl. It doesn't have to be this year but it has to happen while he's the Bills QB.

Yes. One of the biggest factors in my belief in Coleman continues to be (and I've posted this numerous times) what Josh texted to Keon BEFORE the draft: "You're the guy I want." To say that Josh is invested in seeing Keon succeed is probably an understatement.

This is a reasonable response but: Many (most?) Bills fans here seem to believe that anything short of a Super Bowl win with Josh will be a franchise failure. The acquisition cost of a player like Parsons makes this an "all-in move" which implies all-in for what? We know the answer of course. So modifying the question, if the Bills acquired Parsons and he maintained his excellent level of play but we didn't win a Super Bowl, would the Bills have won the trade?

"1st Buffalo Goal, his second of the season, scored by number 20 Brent Peterson. assists to number 7 Dale McCourt, and number 23 Hannu Virta. Peterson, from McCourt and Virta. Time of the Goal, 13:22."

My position has been that you cannot declare a winner of this trade because we don't know the results. Here's a related question... to all those who are wowed by Parsons' performance in his first two games: Can Green Bay "win" this trade if they end up not winning a Super Bowl with Parsons?

Agreed. And even though I would advise against corporal punishment in this case (him being a respected veteran), maybe the implication of corporal punishment... maybe have a group of linemen take him into a small, dark room to have that stern talking to. Maybe have one of them holding a truncheon or a black jack... perhaps have a thumb screw on a table... just to drive the point home. From Brittanica: straight–arm /ˈstreɪtˌɑɚm/ noun plural straight–arms Britannica Dictionary definition of STRAIGHT–ARM [count] American football : the act of pushing another player away from you with the palm of your hand while your arm is fully extended — called also stiff-arm — straight–arm verb straight–arms; straight–armed;straight–arming [+ object] The ball-carrier straight-armed the tackler. Both terms are acceptable.

Agreed but conversely an eligible offensive player shouldn't put himself in that position. It's perhaps a failure of coaching as well but Coleman played that rep as if he was unaware of the rule.

Behind a paywall but to clear up once and for all... because there are two versions of how Oliver was injured: "“It’s unfortunate. Things happen, come up through practice. He got stepped on, friendly fire type of deal,” Bills head coach Sean McDermott said on Friday. "

I believe you guys aren't familiar with the rule. The call according to Referee John Hussey was "illegal touching" (of a forward pass). Article 8. Illegal Touching Of A Forward Pass: It is a foul for illegal touching if a forward pass (legal or illegal) thrown from behind the line of scrimmage:is first touched intentionally or is caught by an originally ineligible offensive player. If such a pass is caught, it is a live ball; (Penalty: Loss of five yards at the previous spot). or It is a foul for illegal touching if a forward pass (legal or illegal) first touches or is caught by an eligible offensive receiver who has gone out of bounds, either of his own volition or by being legally forced out of bounds and has reestablished himself inbounds. If such a pass is caught, it is a live ball. (Penalty: Loss of down at the previous spot). To me this invalidates 2 points that are the basis for arguing that it was an error in officiating: That he was forced out of bounds by the defender... it doesn't matter. That he re-established himself inbounds. Again it doesn't matter... according to the letter of the law, he cannot be the first person to touch the ball when he gets back inbounds.

Of Phillips, Logue, or Mathis, Mathis is the last one I'd want to play because of his unfamiliarity with the system. Already the Bills defense is struggling with assignments and I don't think it would be helpful having a guy on the field who's unfamiliar with the system. I understand the concern caused by Oliver's injury because the Jets have a strong running game. That said, I'm glad that we're in the soft portion of our schedule. After the Jets we have: Dolphins Saints Patriots @ Falcons @ Panthers We have a good chance at running the table without Oliver. Our next real challenge is the Chiefs (at home) on November 2nd. In the grand scheme of things, Oliver's injury comes at a good time.