Brand J

The only ones who would retire are those who already had retirement on the brain and maybe needed something to push them to commit. For all else, football goes on as usual. If they weren’t playing, someone else would be on the field.

Cincy also jumped on KC with a 14-3 lead before needing a Travis Kelce fumble to win the game. I do think if Taron couldn’t come back, we would’ve been in trouble with Siran at nickel. The corners were Tre White, Dane Jackson, and Siran Nickel. Elam was on the bench, Rhodes was inactive. It’s on the coaches for not cross training others to play nickel at a higher level than Siran Neal. We drafted a first round corner and we don’t play him.

Some just want to talk football. It is possible to be concerned for Hamlin’s condition while posting about other things/players. Doing so doesn’t lessen the concern for #3.

The point you’re making is post traumatic stress, the horror of seeing what’s happening on the field and having that in the back of your mind whenever the next tackle needs to be made. Players have experienced gruesome injuries before, though a chance with death may not have been part of the equation. Seeing someone’s ankle bent the other way, leg bent at angles it isn’t supposed to go, I mean, the list goes on and on but players know what they’re signing up for. Let’s all hope and pray Damar makes it through okay and that death isn’t his outcome. But if you think the Bills as a team will just forfeit the rest of the season because their mindset isn’t where it needs to be, I’m not buying it.

Hamlin is still alive and hopefully pulls through. The other two lost their family member. Can’t believe you’d suggest one is easier to accept than the other.

Everyone processes grief differently. Remember Favre playing after his father died? Dawson Knox this season after losing his brother? Not playing may make it worse because all you have is time to dwell on it.

Siran always gets torched whenever he’s on the field. You’d think with a first round CB on the bench, the Bills would’ve found a way to get Elam out there when Johnson went out. If none of White, Jackson, or Elam have the versatility to move inside to nickel, then shame on the coaches for not cross training.

The Butterfly Effect, I think about it after catastrophic situations. How one single scenario in the day would’ve led to a different outcome. If that stupid college game hadn’t delayed kickoff 15 mins. If Josh and Beasley connected on that pass the same play to Higgins wouldn’t have happened at that exact moment. Man. Prayers to Hamlin, his family, and to the rest of the Bills breathern.

Absolutely unprecedented season in regards to injury. Never seen anything like it.

Many are speculating it’s this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commotio_cordis

No, but some around here may be a bit unhappy that Milano made it and Edmunds didn’t.

Why play our first round CB when we can continue to see Dane Jackson get cooked down after down?

Just looked up the stats for the Broncos/Chiefs game. I see Mahomes with another machine-like effort minus the INT.

I’m not overly surprised he’s producing once given the chance. I was one who held out hope that he’d work out based on the positive press he was receiving alongside Gabe Davis their rookie years.

Edmunds has had a fine season, but when we were getting gashed by the Dolphins, I felt it was exhibit A of why he shouldn’t get a substantial $14M/yr+ contract after this season. Allocate that money to the offense, specifically OL, and let Bernard or a rookie compete with AJK for the position opposite Milano. Sure the defense won’t be as strong, but seeing as how they never really shut down a top offense, it’s better to get Josh the help he needs to sustain a high level of play. For a team up against the salary cap, tough decisions will be made…

No hate, it’s true. I’d even go so far to say that he’s a streaky passer. Some games he’ll have all world accuracy where he does throw receivers open and just places the ball in the absolute best spot it could be, while the other 66% of his games he struggles with accuracy and placement. This year he’s been struggling with decision making too. I’m just hoping it’s more that his concentration is built for the playoffs than regular season.

1) We don’t have a timing based offense designed to get YAC yards. 2) Our screen game is terrible. At least under Daboll the WR screens were somewhat effective. Under Dorsey, yards from the RB/TE/WR screens are virtually non-existent. 3) Ball placement still seems to rear its ugly head for Josh, thus eliminating some YAC opportunities.

Chiefs fans will be rooting hard for the Bengals of course, but what’s interesting is that they hate Bengal fans much more than Bills fans and if forced to root for one of the two teams to win a championship, the overwhelming majority would pull for the Bills. This according to Chiefs planet posts.

Bills were 1.5 favorites even before the two played today. It’s imperative we beat CIN next week and lock up the 1 seed, because it’d all but ensure KC and CIN have to face off while the Bills get the 4 or 5 seed in the divisional round.

Thought he had 1.5 sacks this game. He was only credited with 1.

Is 2022 Zay Jones better than Gabe Davis?

No chance either of these are happening. Have you seen Edmunds on a blitz? He’s the least impactful blitzing LB I’ve ever recall watching. If he gets an unimpeded path to the QB, sure he can close quickly, but if someone is in his way, doesn’t matter if it’s a TE, FB, or RB, he’s not beating that block. There was video of the Pats game last year where he was blitzing with a full head of steam and got stood up in the hole by a 5’10 220 lb RB. I had never seen that before where a player’s momentum just gets completely stonewalled against a smaller player. If he was a more physical and tenacious player, maybe he’d be better in this category, ala “Micah Parsons lite,” but he just lacks everything necessary to be a pass rushing demon, despite his size and athletic gifts.

Every LB in the league would look terrible against Hill. I won’t fault him for not making a play in those situations, even if he didn’t recognize Hill sprinting into his zone, but as I said, overall Edmunds just doesn’t impact the game in a way that suggests paying him $14M+/yr. He does his 1/11th and that’s fine, but it’s not worthy of a hefty contract.

FIFY. Humphrey was a superior IOL to Linderbaum and was available a year earlier at the end of round 2. He’s now one of the best centers in the game, if not the best.

Tonight is exhibit A for why I don’t pay Tremaine $14M+/yr on his next contract. He may have played well tonight, but he just doesn’t move the needle for the defense in a way that commands top dollar. He’s not a defender that shifts the game, never has been. Allocate his money to the OL, protect the franchise at all costs.