Jimmy Harris 69

We Bills fans can be a tough room. Coach hit all the right notes in his post game. Honored the past, reminded them, and us all about the temporal nature of life. That’s where his wisdom lives. On the field, his team has run the table with a decimated receiving corp and team that was rebuilding (remember). I have been very critical of this coach and joined many who doubted his ability to get a ring. He has shown us something this year. It turns out his push to improve the run game is a league wide trend. He has learned from his losses to KC. Instead of looking tight, he’s making snow angels. Yes, we celebrate on victory Monday then move on. This team has the talent, the intangibles, the experience and the Quarterback to climb the mountain. Sean McDermott is Buffalo’s Coach. Five straight division titles show he should stay Buffalo’s Coach for a long time.

So in each case the lousy team played true to form. Not really a surprise. What’s more disappointing is the slate of crummy games on Thursday and Friday. Talk about full blown stink. It was tv dinner for the thankgiving meal.

Once a dynasty is established, either people love them or hate them. At this point is a bit funny that folks get caught up in the Chiefs not winning well enough. But like them or not, the Chiefs find a way to beat lesser teams. Their fortunes changed here. That tells me we can do it again in the playoffs. Their close games also make the case that if a team plays the perfect game, the Chiefs will fall again.

I just hope to hell we get a new kicker next year. No kicker deserves this many threads.

This is tv, they are probably sober. What???

Thanks for the research Mike. For the record, Green Bay won the NFL Championship in 1965 before the Super Bowl began so they did in fact have a three peat; winning in 66 and 67. I see Buffalo winning this game. It remains to be seen whether they face KC in the playoffs. I remember the 1969 LA Rams went 11-0. They lost their last three and lost in the playoffs to Joe Kapp and the Vikings. The point being, they seemed invincible until they weren’t. The Chiefs might run into the same bout of mortality. Maybe some other poor sob will face them in the playoffs first and do the job for us.

Oh man a pro Edmunds take. Not too many of those here. It was one of his abilities (availability). I hope Cine gets his shot at backer. Buffalo Joe must be in blue heaven. Go Bills !

McD is going to stick with his low risk, low reward safety line up. It’s what he does…it’s all he does. Only something on the practice field in combination with failures(leading to loses) in games will give him the nudge to shuffle safeties after the kerfuffles in Baltimore and Houston.

It would be more likely in January or February than in the regular season. As others have noted any such appearance would be driven by another significant injury to our safety room in the playoffs. Similarly, the Rams brought back Eric Weddle for SB LVI as an insurance policy. Hyde, whose career I greatly admire simply had too many physical problems to continue playing. A Modern Roman gladiator, wounded from too many battles.

It seems clear the coaching staff doesn’t believe in Edwards so it would be in the best interest of the team to trade him for some asset(s). He would have been on the field by now if it was going to happen. Damar is a middling talent and Bishop is a rook, prone to giving McD agita. Yet Edwards is the forgotten man on Sunday. Cine has much to offer and he too can sit on the bench on Sunday. 🫤Time to cut bait.

I’m surprised Evans got a thread, in what scenario was a kid ever going to get a snap? There’s some kind of Tyrel shavers vibe going on here..

From the first Samuel has been miscast as a gadget player. The injuries set him back but the game usage is baffling. We see Mack Hollins running fly routes against Houston instead of Samuel. I know Mack is a super guy and a good blocker, special teamer, etc, etc….but he doesn’t have 9.3 speed, their 24 million dollar guy has that. Something doesn’t fit. It would be nice if this signing doesn’t go down as total shite.

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.