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The Bills were simply not prepared for this situation. IMO, a coaching problem.

I feel Bass has been erratic all season. In game one (Jets) his game tying FG was a lucky doink and it's been downhill since then. I don't know how he was AFC special teams of the month in September. Trying to find a positive slant: a month ago I felt similarly but worse about Martin but he suddenly became an effective punter. Hoping against hope that Bass can turn it around. A bigger issue IMO is that the CBs and LBs the Bills played for most of the game are from way down the depth chart. And Mahome's is coming to town in five days.

I bodged the image insertion. Was supposed to be a an image of Norwood in SB XV.

Is Bass good: no. Do I trust him: hell no. What th-2874404779about in a high-pressure playoff situation.

Ronnie Harmon memories anyone?

Good point

I don't feel like wading through this entire thread to see which way the wind is blowing, so I'll just ask: are you, Bills fan, rooting for the Chiefs or the Bengals? I'm rooting for the Bengals. My logic: I don't want the Bills weasling into the playoffs as a six seed, but if the Bengals win, the #2 seed is just a win over the Dolphins away.

I agree with OP, Josh's accuracy has been subpar for at least the past two weeks and I suspect it has to do with physical impairments of some sort. I also agree with OP's fundamental point that JA has been missing a lot of throws that he normally makes. He was abysmal in the first quarter.

This PFF chart indicates that PFF views Dotson's play as nearly as good as All Pro Fred Warner. Major caveat, Warner has played more than twice as many snaps as Dotson. The chart is fromm an article about pending free agents who've raised their stock this season. I was surprised by this bit of ostensible good news in what has mostly been a very disappointing season. Do the All 22 film-watching gurus of this forum think Dotson has played this well?

I'm sure this has been brought up in this or another thread, but special teams have cost the Bills the season.

I haven't been following this thread so it's likely that someone else has already brought this up, but why don't the Bills have a better punter?

"Jeudy is not as good as Garrett Wilson or Chris Olave. That was never the argument. He is however better than Gabe Davis, and certainly miles better than the guys we have lower on the depth chart. And you know Davis has never had a 1,000 yard season either, right? In fact Jeudy had 136 yards MORE than Davis last year while playing 213 snaps LESS, without the benefit of an elite QB and an elite WR1 drawing attention away. This isn't even an argument. The only possible reason to push back on trading for Jeudy is his contract and the draft capital we'd have to give up for him. And personally I'm sick of always playing it conservative, always worried about how the move will impact us three years from now while Allen's career slowly slips away." Have you actually watched Jeudy's play as a Bronco, beyond what might show up in highlight clips? Having watched all of Davis' NFL career and a lot of Jeudy's, my "eye test" tells me that I'd much rather have Davis on my team than Jeudy. A lot of Jeudy's yards last year came in game and season garbage time. Davis is a frustratingly consistent source of drops but he's also made a lot of important catches in his career. FWIW, PFF rates Davis about 5 points better than Jeudy this season.

I live in Denver. Jeudy is held in very low regard here. Mark Schlereth, he of the three Super Bowl rings, is a host on Denver sports radio. He's been down on Jeudy for a long time, as have most of his fellow radio hosts (which include former NFL receivers), but he has gone nuclear recently, essentially saying Jeudy is completely worthless and that the Broncos should cut him ASAP. I'm not sure I'd want him on the Bills even if he were a waiver wire pickup.

Much of Jeudy's production last season came during the last third of the season, garbage time for the Broncos. Sutton last good year was for seasons ago, before he blew out his knee. He's in the doghouse in Denver. The book on him is that he can't separate and won't block. Bills should only consider him if Broncos are covering a good part of his salary and they don't want anything significant in return.

I live in Denver. During the three years that Juedy has been on the Broncos, he's generated more negative news than positive. He's hurt a lot, he drops a lot of passes and he's prone to emotional melt downs. Yet he's still one of the Broncos most valuable assets. No way the Bills should offer anywhere near as much as I'd imagine the Broncos would want for him. IMO, Bills resources should go into improving the OLine.