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Speaking of Ed, it seems like there's no dropoff (actually the contrary) when DeWayne Carter comes in. I'm high on Carter but I'd still love for the Bills to make a play for Jeffrey Simmons. Our middle pass rush and our run defense would be dramatically upgraded. Simmons would be our answer to Chris Jones... he'd be the final piece.

Cooper's a better player and has more left in the tank than Diggs. He's as good in all categories and is a much better contested catch receiver. Also he's just as fast as Diggs but about 20 pounds heavier. Cooper doesn't get manhandled by physical corners. To finish your story for you, when Cooper made his Dallas debut he had 5 receptions on 8 targets for 58 yards and a TD. Today he had 4 receptions on 5 targets for 66 yards and a TD. Pretty impressive considering he had only been with the club for 5 days. Good guess. He actually played 35.7% of offensive snaps. He fought the ball on the TD... reminded me of Stevie Johnson catching his first TD after the unfortunate God-blaming Tweet. But here's the thing... Cooper has a reputation as a dependable ball catcher. In 8 seasons before 2024 he had 42 total drops... about 5 per season. This year he has 10 drops in less than half a season, but most observers point to poor quarterbacking, poorly timed and poorly placed balls in Cleveland. I would be very surprised if drops were an issue for Cooper here.

Beane traded for Cooper and talked about having conversations with several GMs as teams figure out if they're buyers or sellers. There's no question Beane's spoken with Berry about Garrett... the only question is what Berry told Beane.

I think you're McUnderestimating the situation.

Babich had better have something very McSpecial cooked up for Rudy...

To the bolded, I agree that something is very McFishy around here...

Yes, and Beane’s comments were made after the Cooper trade.

How many deals would check all 3 boxes? Rhetorical question…

Brandon, is that you? Lofton was a track star at Stanford and continued competing in masters events after he retired from the NFL. In that regard his speed was abnormal. Coincidentally enough I paid zero for your opinion.

He’s definitely bigger than Alex Van Pelt. Testing… 1 2 3… c anal, b anal Maybe hire Urban Meyer as the placekicking consultant?

Also the DPI against Benford late in the 4th quarter was a terrible call. In both cases his technique was near-flawless and the officials just can't seem to resist the temptation to throw the flag.

O'Cyrus Torrence. To those giving a game ball to "their kicker/the uprights"... our kicker missed 4 points and we won by 3. And they scored on a Hail Mary... what am I missing?

@That's No Moon, so with 2 new starters you expect the Bills safety play to not improve during the season?

Yeah, tonight's was a weird game. Yes, Orchard Park's Todd Schlopy with the game winning field goal... and Lawrence Taylor playing as a scab and lining up at tight end on a few snaps.

I'm not gonna get into a tennis match with you but I disagree with most of your takes. For me the bottom line is that the refs attempted to sabotage a football game, often times with little or no justification to do so.

To the bolded, I think that's a bit of an oversimplification. The Kincaid drop on 3rd down on the first drive was a big drop... then the disastrous attempted trick play... and Bass' missed field goal. Any 1 of those plays change the complexion of that game. All 3 went against the Bills. I'd love to play the Ravens in the postseason. Hopefully Oliver, Milano, and Miller are added to the current group. I'm really glad that Dorian and several other young players have received lots of live game experience. That's an intangible investment that could payoff later on this year. The NFL season is a marathon. At 4-2 the Bills are still on schedule. There's lots of room for improvement and hopefully they peak at the right time. To the bolded... the Bills trio of CBs in Rasul, Christian, and Taron might be the best in the league. If the safety play continues to improve our pass D will be just fine. It was interesting that Bishop didn't parlay his 2 game audition into a starting spot... and Rapp vindicated the coaches' decision tonight.

I don't know why but officiating in the NFL is consistently poor. Most of the time I watch an NFL game I'm irritated by the officiating and feel sorry for at least one of the teams playing. What really doubles down on their suckitude is when they make a poor call so they then make a poor makeup call... because two bad calls is better than one bad call. It's too often Super Effin' irritating watching these games.

The win makes it more likely Bass survives at least another week That said, I also wouldn't be surprised if he was released I agree with the observations made by others that historically it SEEMS that slumping kickers sort out their problems AFTER changing teams... I think this is because the change of scenery/fresh start is psychologically liberating.

Style points are meaningless. They won: in division against a team which always plays us tough on the road on national tv to break a losing streak against a team very motivated to win after a coaching change

He's a dependable runner. He'll get you at least whatever yards are available on any given play and usually a few more. On a related note... does Cook catch that downfield heave? Davis looked great tonight.

It's probably a good thing that the shopping mall industry is in contraction.

My gut feeling is that you're not a trial lawyer.

Devin White? Thanks Cris!

The irony of the endless Keon Coleman debate is that aside from Shakir he's the Bills best wideout and deserving of more snaps and targets. Put differently, the irony is that Coleman is not the problem... it's the other wide receivers aside from he and Shakir that are the problem. But Coleman is the lightning rod because his draft selection made many unhappy.

I don't think so Simon but that's only my impression. What I'm definitely seeing is that he has a longstanding habit of escaping the pocket to his right to create and the Ravens started a copy cat deal with the spy plus blitzes and dogs from the defensive left to take that comfort escape route from him. It's like "The Jordan Rules"... something teams start doing to contain a superstar. It looks to me like Josh and Brady have not adjusted to this. I'd ordinarily say he has to climb the pocket more but with a spy, that's not always a good idea. I believe that the counter has to be to escape left more often and change up the plaster rules accordingly. I realize escaping left for a right-handed QB is not ideal but neither is running right into the defenses trap.