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Tre was a great player for us until injuries robbed him of his speed. He has had a terrible year with the rams and was essentially benched. He has been inactive the last two games at least. I’ll take Elam any day over White at this point in their careers. For that matter Daequan Hardy brings more than Tre White. How about CB Greg Newsome from Cleveland for depth. Or Hey let’s trade for an actual safety.

It’s very difficult to imagine Coach McD benching a guy who has come to work every day for a guy who has been unable to play. It’s not as if Milano just missed two games. It wouldn’t be right, and likely wouldn’t be viewed positively inside the locker room. I see them working him back slowly. As others pointed out, he has to work his way back to playing shape mentally and physically after being out for nearly two seasons. We will need a boost in January. Hopefully he will provide it.

How about in real time we trade for a Safety—-Cleveland for Grant Delpit or NO for Tyrann Mathieu or Andre Cisco from the Jags. While we are at it, a linebacker——Jamin Davis off the street or Divine Deablo from the Raiders (for a day three pick). Baltimore loves winning the preseason and the regular season and they usually do. The playoff season they seem to fall short. Look for it again. King Henry will be off the field while they try to come from behind.

Jacksonville will push the plunger one of these weeks and Doug Pederson will be flushed. Who knows what will happen to his players. Travis Etienne is prolly gonzo. Coaches like their own schemes and their own guys. Maybe Thomas doesn’t develop or trajectory slows with a new system, new qb, etc. Life and football are funny. That guy could make his way to Buffalo after all. You see what I did there, it’s all a pageant here one TBD.

McDermott has his favorites. Only he knows who they are. They get the majority of snaps. Milano started early in his career, as did Bernard and Torrence. Cook, Shakir and even Allen had to wait. Mack Hollins is all over the place while Samuel and MVS with 9.3 speed get bubble screens or a kick out the door. It’s one of the frustrating and perplexing things about the organization. Beane brings in talent on the pro side and Coach wants his ground chuck offense and play it safe defense. The Bills have said their safety positions are interchangeable. That was true perhaps with Hyde and Poyer in their prime. It’s not true now. Rapp is a banger. Edwards is not. He may be listed as his back up, but that is not his game. Bishop is closer to the hybrid of a banger with some speed. Damar makes McDermott feel better. Lewis Cine has more size and speed than Hamlin or Edwards but he’s on the pine with Edwards wasted. Maybe he has a two cent head. I don’t know. Thank god we have this therapeutic outlet for our 4-2 AFC East leading Bills. Imagine if we were the jets.

The NFL is over saturated, over-hyped and over monetized. I find myself caring more about fantasy football some Sundays than about actual teams and games. Fantasy is interesting and I get to play gm/coach for a team. The nfl has become very frustrating to watch. They are always working new angles to get more money from fans. The games have too many rules that are selectively enforced by buffoons in striped pajamas. As I watch the jets -bills , I yelled at the tv—-let them play ! The nfl corporation like a giant government, has its fingers wrapped around the game. As they tinker, fiddle annd over legislate the games, they are choking the joy out of them.

One hopes that like Roy Hobbs, Milano can come back and make some big plays in big moments.

I’m grateful Ralph. I’m sorry I blamed you sometimes even when you did good things. You and the entire Wilson family have been good to Buffalo and Bills fans like me and my family. Cheers!

Clearly they are not done with Bass. He’s going to have to lose another game for them. Losing four points Monday almost did the job but the Jets always suck harder. You have to admire their verve.

We need a more athletic safety than Damar Hamlin. Damar lacks the anticipatory skills and range of a budda Baker. The answer on the roster in my mind is Lewis Cine. I read they are trying him at linebacker which is so Billsey. We are being torched by opposing QBs. Damar is there after the catch, it appears on many plays. The referees so affected Monday’s game, it’s difficult to assess an overall performance of the defense. That said the play at the end of the half should not have happened and that’s on the safeties.

Josh’s injuries have impacted his pocket presence. Also credit the Baltimore and Houston defenses for effectively pressuring Josh the last two games, and beating him up even more. The faintest pressure is causing him to move in the pocket; even when he hasn’t had to. That combined with some hesitancy to run (due to injury I think) has resulted in poorly thrown passes and more incompletions than we used to seeing. Of course the new receiving line up plays a part in the dynamics of pressure and a scrambling qb. If they don’t do what they are supposed to Josh doesn’t get receivers coming back to the ball or he hits them in the helmet.

Beane, make it happen!

Allen had the yips yesterday. On a couple plays he took off when he didn’t have to and on others, he had real estate and chose to throw bad passes instead. His protection was inconsistent again this week which is ingredient number one to yipage. Since he had little preseason play, he (and the entire league ) is forced to work out problems over the first five games. Lack of real game experiences with this receiving corp is part of the issues we see. Roster and scheme issues really hurt Allen yesterday. WTF is Hollins doing starting over anybody? Why is Allen hurling bombs from the end zone when all he needs is 10 yards on three plays ? Is he listening to his coaches? He passed up open guys again yesterday to try low percentage long passes. Just like the decision against the chiefs last year in the playoffs. We still have some hero ball issues at times. But that’s Josh. He blows your mind, and can break your heart.

Dark Clouds: 1. Not enough pressure from our front four. 2. Mack Hollins plays 39 plays a game too much. Two brutal drops today. 3. Cook should be on the field all three downs, why replace him with inferior players. 4. Run Curtis Samuel down the field, quit using him like Isiah MacKenzie. 5. Was Ken Dorsey calling plays in the fourth quarter? The sequence at the Houston 10 and at the end of the game was as brutal as anything Dorsey dreamed up. 6. McDermott is Chuck Knox. We are post season doomed.

What of Lewis Cine? We need playmakers, and this kid has more size and speed than Hamlin or Cam Lewis. It would be a shame if he just languished on the practice squad while we struggled on the field. Sunday will tell us much about the resiliency of this defense.

The defense lost its composure against Baltimore. There were some missing f@cking millionaires on the d-line Sunday night. The safeties and linebackers (save Williams) were in a boggle. It’s time to work in Lewis Cine in the safeties and maybe some Buffalo Joe or Nick Morrow in the middle. I hope Babich will bring in some new energy on the D. We need some heat seeking missiles. The bills were embarrassed, that’s gotta sting. Make Houston pay boys.

If he can’t kick, let’s try him at back up quarterback. The Mitch is inept. Could be second coming of Jared Lorenzen.

McDermott needs to call the missing persons bureau, maybe they can find the six millionaires who occupy spots along the defensive line.

Is this all it takes for the haters to come out? The Ravens were a more desperate than the Bills last night. Baltimore was 13-4 last year, where did they end up? Come to Buffalo in January fellas. We are 3-1. It’s not the end of the world. Better this should happen in September. McDermott and Babich will adjust. More importantly, those players will step up. The ass whopping we laid in the fins still counts. I do not fear Houston, their offense looks just ok. Look at the Super Bowl champion jets, how would you like to be a fan of that? I’ll take our team and coaches ! Accept and move on bit@hes!

Couldn’t you have started another “trade for a new kicker” thread instead.

(L)Dude Ever notice old man Cartwright is the same age as his sons? (R)No wonder they all get along on the Ponderosa….its like —-ok Pa you go into town with little Joe, I’ll stay here with Hop Sing. (R) Dude—I don’t think Bonanza is a realistic depiction of the old west. (L) Oh man they totally should do a re-make with Trevor as Little Joe….

NFL and gambling partners were pushing the fins. Then somehow “heart attack “Hamlin’s arm is three times harder than Tua’s helmet. Yes investigate they shall. Who is this MaJarkis Ingram? How did the Bills make the Fins look like a JV team Coached by a nutty professor. Two picks from an $915k player against $300 million in offensive players! It’s an outrage! He could have been AFC Defensive Player of the week, instead….he’s a marked man. Love it really. Enjoy it JaMarcus. I hope your urine is clean dude.

Terrific moment for that team. How nice it must be to have a kicker who will line up and put it through without everybody calling their analyst for an appointment because the moment fills them with dread and remembrances of games lost.

These were usfl point leaders among kickers. Dallas picked Brandon Aubrey from this league, come on Bean fly them in on Terry’s Winnebago .

While I am partial to blue on blue, I am more interested in this new group of Bills chloroforming the ugly history of Jacksonville games. Give Doug Pederson that “where the f**k did I park my car look” at the horror of his team’s demise. The dogs on Main Street Jacksonville will bay for some new flavor coach.