JM57

Because he wasn't the problem. The poster you quoted just wants him to be. Kitchens was a problem. The awful OL and pass protection was a problem. Baker bailing from the pocket because of the awful protection was a problem. The WR were fine

I think he'd be a really valuable addition to the room for a year just like Frank Gore to the RB room this past year. Even if just for the off-field stuff, where he can impart some wisdom on how to take care of your body to last as long as possible in the league, what his routines and fun study habits are, etc. Stuff like that would be way more valuable to Knox and Sweeney from someone like Olsen than a plugger like Lee Smith IMO

https://theathletic.com/733940/2018/12/26/blue-collar-guy-at-heart-behind-the-scenes-with-bills-exec-dave-wheat-who-humbly-keeps-the-organization-running/ Interesting move here. Remember reading about him in the linked article and he seemed like a real "glue guy"

I've only seen some high-level stuff on Love (I mean honestly has anyone seen a Utah State football game lately?) but it's not unheard of for a team to bank on a raw, toolsy small school QB in the top 10 picks is it? ?

My kids brought it home from daycare this past April. First time I can remember that I had the actual flu and not just a quick stomach bug. My normally super energetic 4 year old was a couch potato for a full 3 or 4 days. I only had minor symptoms; fatigue, some chills and a little nausea but I wanted to do absolutely nothing those days. Didn't even want to move. And this was with the shot. I can only imagine how rough the experience is with full-fledged symptoms. 0/10 experience, would not like to have it again

Browns please take Daboll. Bills please hire Joe Brady

Football Zebras actually has the full crew and apparently they mix the crews up for the postseason. So it's Corrente as the ref, but the other guys are all from a couple other crews. Assuming they grade everyone out and then re-assign for the postseason. http://www.footballzebras.com/2019/12/corrente-hussey-cheffers-and-smith-are-wild-card-referees/ Assuming there's something like 18 crews to allow for extras, he just has to be in probably the top half at his position to get playoff assignments. Considering how bad some are, it's probably not too hard.

Third game this season with Corrente it looks like... https://www.pro-football-reference.com/officials/CorrTo0r.htm He was last seen in Pittsburgh calling a facemask on Edmunds who grabbed a man by the waist. Also called the Washington game

Came out from a few people on Twitter after the fact it was two-pronged. #1 is that the QB coach, Schuplinski, is someone the Dolphins wanted to keep in the mix. He was supposed to go to Indy with McDaniels, so they must have been worried that he was going to leave Miami if/when McDaniels gets hired. If they also think he's a good QB coach it would be important for them to keep him on staff for whichever poor soul they take in the draft. #2 is that there were at least a few voices in the building still unimpressed with O'Shea's ability as an OC and thought he was just a really good position coach. Still an interesting move

My mom doesn't really watch the games, loves having the grandbabies, and my brother lives right around the corner. Guess who's getting two small dinner guests Saturday? ?

I'm going to disagree to a point. There's really not a route on the tree or a concept that would call for the route Knox ran there. A deep out would have been a much harder cut to the outside, a corner post would have required any type of move toward the inside which didn't happen. There's just no route that looks like what Knox ran that directs you to the front pylon. I'm not Allen's biggest supporter around here, but he put that ball where the receiver needed to be/was expected to be.

I thought when it happened, and definitely upon seeing a replay, that the first one was on Knox. IMO the play design was clearly to have Knox running a corner route off the left side of the formation. Allen's throw was to the back of the end zone. Knox ended his route at the front pylon. That's..... Not the right "corner", Dawson

Yeah this is it based on the current standings, assuming the Bills do end up #2 in the division. They are likely headed to Nashville 3 years in a row; 2021 is the natural rotation there when they play the entire AFC South, as Jacksonville and Tennessee came here in 2018.

It's definitely got to be some sort of mental issue. His kickoffs are still flying the same as last year, but starting with the first Miami game last season his FG kicking has been pretty unreliable. Last season he missed one in the opener vs Baltimore and then was money through the Jacksonville game. 16/17 for the season to that point. Then 1/2 at Miami, 3/5 vs the Jets, 2/3 at NE and 0/1 vs Miami to finish the season on a 6/11 stretch and 22/28 overall. 15/21 this season puts him at 21/32 (65.6%) since that Miami game. If we want to call the Miami game a normal hiccup and use the cheapshot Jets game as the turning point, that makes it 20/30 and 66.7% which is still....not really good.

If that's what you gathered from that I can't help you.

I understand plenty. They have NO SHORTAGE OF CAP SPACE. Not this year. Not next year. Not for 2021. They can absorb it, full stop. A one time cap hit is something you deal with rather than keeping a guy around who cannot capably perform his job. Look at the dead cap hit they took for Dareus. The end.

Sometimes it takes a bit for guys to latch on when they're bouncing around as an injury replacement. I know it was a long time ago now, but how many teams (including the Bills) did Shayne Graham kick for before he finally caught on with a team long term and he had a decent length career. The question is really just "is he better than the guy we have right now" and based on the fact the guy we have right now is missing 1 out of 3 kicks for the last 16 games, it would be hard to find a case where the answer isn't "Yes." I just hope Hauschka doesn't cost this team a (or another) game before the end of this season.

And yet that was the only kick he missed in his time in San Francisco. And if he can't handle pressure how did he hit a 47 yarder as time expired in regulation to force OT in the first place

His problem is putting the ball between the goalposts which is a far more important part of his job, and one which he is failing to do 1/3 of the time over the last 16 games. I forgot that the Bills are right against the cap and not able to absorb a dead cap hit for someone who cannot capably perform their job.

Not sure where we're getting $2 million from. That's lower than even the base salary of his extension. Original deal was 3 years for 8.85 million. Extension was 2 years for 9 million tacked on. Cap hits were 2.6, 3.0 and 3.25 million on the original deal. 3.25 was ripped up with the extension. New cap hits for 2019-2021 are 5.025, 3.05 and 3.175 million. At the very least he shouldn't make it to the 2020 roster. They can cut him and save 1.8 million which is twice as much as you have to pay a kid to kick at the same 66% clip that he's been at for the last calendar year Sounds great but there's a certain Evil Empire that is looking for yet another kicker right now....why would anyone take a practice squad spot when there's a job available on the 53 somewhere

Yes the reason is he was brought in as an injury fill in on both occasions. Chargers brought him in because Mike Badgley hurt his groin right before week 1, they used their punter in double duty for a few weeks and when Badgley had a setback, they brought McLaughlin in. The Niners then scooped him up when Robbie Gould was injured and released him now that he's healthy.

This is exactly what I was thinking. He could basically use his experience on he defensive side of the ball and be able to say "Okay so if I were trying to stop your offense, I would do X Y and Z" and as an outsider, maybe Z was a thing the coaching staff might not have considered.

27th and 28th in FG% the last two seasons, in a league where at least a few teams are churning through multiple kickers a season, so right at the bottom of the barrel for the "every week" guys. Priorto the cheap shot Jets game last year, he was 17/19. He finished the season at 22/28, or 5/9 down the stretch, and is now 15/21 this season. That's 20/30, or 66.7%, in his last 16 games. That is A LOT of missed kicks. Hausch-money is gone guys. I don't know if it's mental or the cheap shot messed him up physically but it's probably time to accept that he could be washed.

Most of his misses came with the Chargers, in his first few games in the league. I'm still okay with it. With the 49ers he only missed one kick, and that was after he nailed one from 47 to force OT.

Agreed. He should be a Bill but they aren't going to do their brutally struggling (75.5% on FG since the start of last year) veteran like that, despite him being 27th and 28th in FG% the last two years