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Add to that as much as we've been running the ball in game so f late, Hollins is the best blocking WR so he's definitely on the field. Also factor in we go with 6 PL often or today saw Gilliam out there a fair amount plus at least one TE on the field. Probably don't want to sit Shakir So if you got 6 OL, plus Allen, Cook, TE, Hollins only one spot left. Even without 6 OL only two spots left and 4 guys competing for them, Knox, Samuel, Coleman and Cooper. And Cooper has least playing time with Allen and as someone said maybe he's getting old?? Coleman is now been with Allen for 5 months so he's likely getting more comfortable with eachother too.

Has anyone seen the point spread for next week? I'll guess KC by 3

10 years ago, it may have been a TD

I noticed that too, I'll give him credit. Not a knock on Josh, but if Bills had lost, doubt he'd been smiling like that

Nate Burleson is this you?? LOL For those not watching on TV Burleson just talked about the same thing

I'd guess yes

I've seen that happen many times where they go too early. This time not so sure??

Yeah I was thinking/wondering the same thing.

So Clapp is likely incase Anderson can't go or maybe they already know he isn't playing. Did read on Friday McD said he thought he'd play??

I do think the Lions losing yesterday may help the Bills keep Brady. If the Lions had gone all the way to the SB, and assuming the Bills get knocked out, teams often don't want to wait that long to name their next HC so may be tempted to move to their 2nd or 3rd choice. But now both Johnson and Glenn are available though I do wonder if losing took some of their luster away from other teams desire to hire them? Good chance they both get HC jobs so that narrows down the opportunities for Brady.

I don't see any articles in BN or threads here about callups on Saturday, so I take that to mean Davis cleared concussion protocol and no one else is set to be out?? Or did I miss it?

When I first read the title, I thought it said Bills sign Aaron Rogers

Certainly the injuries made a big difference, but I do wonder if this loss will take some of the luster off the potential hirings of Johnson and Glenn?

Well if you did some checking, you'd probably find a lot of coaches meet that definition!! Reading it back now and looking at it, to be honest, I can't figure out now what word I was trying to write!

And even a bigger idiot if anyone thinks that if they fire McD, someone is going to come in a do a better job. Over the past 5 years combined, the Bills have won the 2nd most games behind the Chiefs 66 to 61. If you exclude the top 5 teams on the list, from that point down, the next 5 to 10 teams would need to take their 6 year combined wins against Bills 5 year totals to catch him and after about #15 on the list would take 7 seasons. Over the past 5 season the Bills are also first in TD's, yards, yards per game, opposing points and points per game (those 2 surprised me a bit) 2nd in first downs and 3rd down percent and a disappointing 4th place in fourth down %, a whole 1.1% behind the leader. When you look at numbers like that there is so little room for improvement, the likelihood is very very low. I get the argument too, that you can't keep doing the same thing and expect different results, but the counter to that is, If you're going to change something expecting to get better, you need a well laid out plan what's going to change so you get better. And in selecting NFL coaches there really isn't a plan, it's just getting lucky with the right person. If there was a plan many teams would have figured it out and succeeded already. Picking an NFL that will succeed is not much better than the equivalent of playing roulette and hoping you hit on your number. There was an article in the Athletic the other day discussing how: Teams should also realize that hiring offensive coordinators as head coaches is not critical or even important for making sure your offense and your team contends at the highest levels. and gave 5 examples of winning HC who never called offensive plays John Harbaugh, McD, Campbell, Bowles, and Quinn and then gave some examples of hoe name coaches to hire who never worked out for various reasons You may be onto something about those complaining about picking the wrong Josh

Yeah and I'd place Mahomnes closer to Allen and Jackson too. I also question McVay having the 2nd best coaching score. Yes been to 2 different SB with 2 different QB's but in between no so great. Since last SB win, this is first year they won division and that was more the other teams lost than Rams doing great.

Yup and how's they do lately? Did they win the SB, did I miss that? They seem to fit the model of exactly what I described, fast rise, plateau, then falling. Lets face if the Bills made it to the SB this year and lost, all the McD haters would still be calling for his head. Many would be disappointed if the Bills won the SB as then they'd not be able to argue he needs to be fired. But I'm sure they could still find a reason

Seems most teams who get that superstar QB often ascend quickly out of know where, make some bold sometimes somewhat risky moves to get over the top (see Diggs, Miller), but more offend it gets them close, but not all the way and puts them in cap trouble. Coaches and front office folks will also learn from some of their roster building mistakes and do it slightly different after that. So then the team rebuilds/retools around the QB and some other players which is where the Bills are now. Based on preseason expectations, think it went better so far than expected. Bills, Bengals, Dolphins, 49ers all followed that path to name a few. Think the Bengals and Dolphins are couple years behind the Bills so will be interesting to see how they recover. Will they quickly bounce back like Bills did or sink into oblivion like many other teams have done over the years. Dolphins also have the problem of having a QB who is very good, top 10 when healthy, but staying on the field is a problem for him. Why were the Chiefs the exception, likely because they were already a good team before Mahomes ever got there. Also had a coach with around 15 years experience with roster building (and never winning the SB) before he ever got to KC. Still took him 7 years there before winning his first SB. Chiefs didn't have to "grow up fast" like others did as they already had a decent core to build around the QB. Add to all that little bit of luck, favorable playoff matchups, avoiding key injuries and events and bad times, and not getting hurt by bad calls all help too.

Saw a good quote the other day: Jerry would rather lose doing it his way, than win with someone else calling the shots

Or is the a QB on the Chiefs PS??

Based on the odds most of the country think the Ravens are the better team and will win. Prior to the start of season most in the media for good reason,felt this was a rebuilding year, possibly the Bills wouldn't even make the playoffs and the team has certainly done much better than expected. None of that will matter if the Bills lose Sunday or the following week, or the SB if they get that far, the McD hater will be out in full force saying he must go. Some would be disappointed if the Bills won the SB as they'd have trouble making the argument he needs to be fired. I suppose they could still argue the team didn't win by enough points, so he needs to go!

Recall one of the concerns about him was he was pretty well off, so wasn't going to be all that motivated as didn't need the money.

I've read Hendrickson from Bengals is likely to get cut, think he'd be better choice.

It's promising at the least.

Yeah I just figured when you said evening, you must like in Iceland !