notpolian

The Browns may have a 100 yard rusher...just take the gifts that Sanders offers. That and double team Garrett.

I would. As much as I'd like to have Miami beat NE and the Bills win out, I just checked the schedule. Miami plays NE at Foxboro. Tua plays QB for the fins. It's going to be cold by game 18. The odds of it being over 40F are low. So are the odds of Miami winning.

Davis has been a weapon on kickoff returns. He runs fast, hits the hole, and about half the time he gets us really good field position or almost breaks it. My question is why don't they put him on punt returns? Do they not trust his hands or something? Most of the time Shakir can't do much and I worry about him getting injured. Anyway, Davis deserves a special teams game ball IMO.

While our run defense continues to give up huge plays, Bosa has definitely made impact plays while rushing the passer. The 4th down play today was almost like another strip sack. I wish we had one more healthy lineman that could generate pressure on any sort of consistent basis.

He's a good dog / blitzer. I think they left him in for at least some 3rd downs today.

Great win. Got to clean up first half game plan and execution. We may see this team again in a few weeks.

Biggest game for the Pats in the post-Brady era. At foxboro. Gotta win the turnover battle and excel in the red zone, where the Pats have had issues. On D, stop the run, aka keep Bernard off the field. Manufacture some sort of pressure on Maye but keep him contained if possible. Put Benford on Diggs and hope for the best. Work the middle of the field on O. Pass to TEs and RBs if you have a LB matchup especially. I'm sticking with reverse juju until it stops working: Pats 33 Bills 20

I was doing other stuff so I only listened to the Bengals game and it wasn't on TV around here anyway. Just got a chance to watch the whole thing on NFL Network. I would be curious how it would go with Milano out there as the only LB in the dime package on 3rd downs. Thompson helps on 1st and 2nd down but we really have some issues on 3rd. Our problem is probably mostly lack of pass rush, but I feel like Milano is our best LB in coverage. Is it even possible because he doesn't have the green dot?

I broadly agree with most of the OP points. What you have to be careful about with the AAV argument on contracts is that two edge rushers getting $20M per year don't add up to one true difference maker getting $40/ year. You can have 6 decent defensive linemen at $20M/ year and it doesn't add up to one true difference maker imo. (Obviously this is impossible with the cap, and you need depth). You have to have a couple real stars, and we just don't have them on defense at all. Benford is solid. I have hope for Bishop. It's too soon to say with Hairston. I keep hearing how good Rousseau is against the run but we normally suck against the run. Oliver comes and goes and we still get run over. Bernard looks like an albatross contract right now. Milano is getting old. I just don't think Beane can judge talent well, and he has got the team into a tight cap situation with only two difference makers (Allen, Cook). The WR argument has has been beaten to death. If it was me, I would reset this offseason. It would be risky, but we have a window to win it all and it'll shut if you don't do something soon. The current regime has run its course.

Bills 26 Bengals 35 Both defenses are bad. We have almost no pass rush without Bosa, so Burrow will carve us up with his excellent WRs while Brady calls five Cook rushes in a row. We fall way behind by halftime and have to open it up in the second half. It's in Buffalo but Burrow knows he owns this team. I hope I'm dead wrong.

Cincinnati is going to score many points. IMO the Bills can't afford to play grind it out on the ground because they just won't be able to score enough. Not every drive will be successful. The Bengals are vulnerable in the middle downfield. But I fully expect the Bills to grind it out and have to to try come back when Burrow and their receivers light us up. The Steelers QBs were terrible last week. It ain't going to be like that this week.

This is classic logic vs fandom problem for me. I totally agree it helps the Bills if KC to wins. But I really would enjoy KC missing the playoffs. Seems like maybe a no lose situation if you look at it the right way. 🤔

5 plays in a row to Cook. Bailed out by Allen on 4th down. Jhtdc.

Pittsburgh 27 Bills 24 Maybe the Bills have a better game plan. I'm not optimistic.

Offensive coordinator is the big need IMO. You can change out receivers all you want.