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Curry has a very interesting football history. He's one of the greatest high school quarterbacks in Virginia scholastic sports history and he proceeded to re-write the North Carolina Tar Heels record book as a QB. But he was drafted as a wide receiver and never played QB in the NFL... and now he's the position Coach for one of the greatest QBs in NFL history.

So a solid, assignment-sound veteran will do after all? 😆 I thought Buffalo Joe played well against the Giants and the Bucs. He played poorly against the Bears but the whole team did. Are you a betting man? 🙂 I have faith that if you think about your question, that you'll be able to answer it. Agreed. Knowing this team's MO, they're going to promote from within and backfill from the bargain bin. They generally believe that if they have the right people on the roster and coach them up, that they'll be fine. Doing things like trading for Amari Cooper are out of character as far as I recall. I liked Paul too and for the long term this would be a good move. But I doubt he'd be of much help this year.

I misunderstood your post. Yes, Brady will likely be another OC that benefits from his association with Josh and we shouldn't be surprised if he's not here for too long.

Fair question and I'm sorry that I took liberties with the facts. I thought I saw where Milano would definitely not play against Miami. I added "Out" to Oliver's "DNP" because I'm certain that I'm right... in both cases. Again apologies for mixing my convictions with the facts.

To paraphrase Greg(g) "Bountygate" Williams, "Kill the bottle nose and the body will die." I read here that the Bills have scored over 30 points in 11 of their last 12 games. They've scored 71 points in 2 games. You guys realize that talking about switching OCs is a bit crazy?

The Bills held a walk-thru practice today. Here's today's defensive injury report: Ed Oliver DNP/Out Matt Milano DNP/Out Taron Johnson Limited Cam Lewis Limited Shaq Thompson Limited Jordan Hancock Full Milano has been declared Out and I doubt Oliver will play. There's a question mark at nickel corner with Johnson and Lewis both on the report. The injuries are certainly concerning but my concerns are softened by the Bills upcoming schedule of Miami, New Orleans, New England, @ Atlanta, Bye, and @ Carolina. There couldn't be a better time for backups and young players to get live game experience. As Nietzsche said, "That which does not kill me makes me stronger" and I'm glad of the silver lining... that so many of our young players will have this opportunity to grow their skills in games where their mistakes are likely to be inconsequential. Moreover, the extra experience they gain now will mean that the team's depth will be that much better later in the season when the stakes are higher. For instance I love that Dorian Strong already has 72 defensive snaps under his belt. Because of Oliver's injury Sanders had 23 snaps and Walker had 22 snaps against the Jets. Zion Logue had 16 snaps. With the return of Hoecht and Ogunjobi, I maintain my excitement for what this defense will become.

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."