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Josh Allen had a bad game. That's it, that's the whole point. The INT was the most glaring part of it, which is why I highlighted the INT when responding to a post about how Allen had a bad game. Hope that clears it up for you.

The pick in the end zone was BRUTAL. I don’t care how bad the receivers were. Still brutal.

I suspect Beane felt similarly about Shaheed. I also suspect (based on the quotes from his presser) that he was trying to make a bigger move - Olave or Waddle most likely.

The all-whites are nice; I slightly prefer them vs white-over-blue. The all-blues are okay but never my preference. I think they look a little better for day games than night games. The all-red Union Suit look is ONLY acceptable during a heavy snow game. Otherwise they just look like they're playing in their jammies. Might as well put a buttflap on the red pants at this point.

Our best unis! This bodes well for a W this Sunday.

Also, I just want to point out that the reporter said “a first and more”, not just a first. Sounds like the “and more” was probably like a high third or second or something. Given how low our picks are expected to be, I don’t think it’s crazy to assume that we’d have need to give our top 2 picks next year. If so, would I still have done that? Maybe. It would be an overpay for sure, and I’ll never feel good about that. But overpaying for quality can still work out.

I had a tinfoil hat thought the other day along these lines. There’s been more injuries showing up in practice this year than any year I can remember. What if some of those are just the player deciding he can keep playing hurt/hiding the injury? What I mean is that a player is playing through injury for weeks, but hiding it from team officials so he doesn’t have to be listed on the injury report. At some point, he realizes it’s not getting better, so he “gets hurt” in the next practice, and all of a sudden is missing games. Note: I don’t actually believe this. But I also can’t disprove it, and at this level of competition I wouldn’t put anything past these players.

If we broadly keep playing like that, the 1 seed is highly probable.

When the checkdown goes for 11, take the checkdown all day.

Not sure who you’re thinking of, but Corey Moore was a 3rd rounder.

Does anyone in particular come to mind?

Feels pretty safe to say that Shaq Thompson won't play this week. Getting Palmer back would be nice but I'm guessing he winds up as Questionable and doesn't play.

Multiple K injuries in one year. I’m not sure that’s happened to the Bills in my history as a fan.

Oh, you just meant least cap space right now? Sure, no argument there. Sorry to have misunderstood. Usually saying worst cap situation takes into account the overall picture, not just today. There’s no NFL coach or exec who would trade our cap situation for the Saints’.

The bolded is comically inaccurate. The Saints have the worst cap situation in league history.

This is a good take. Especially since Moore has been more effective as an outside WR than in the slot in the NFL. You could include Palmer in this analysis as well, although with the caveat that he was on mediocre teams with a good QB. Still, his per-game numbers are abysmal so far, after being reliably a 700ish yard guy on his rookie deal. To whom it may concern: I agree that too often, no one’s getting open. (Saw some of it in person this past week - every time I looked downfield during a scramble drill, there was nothing there.) I also agree that having better outside talent (Olave or whomever) would help. But I haven’t seen any plausible explanation of why these 600-700 yard WRs are turning into 200-300 yard WRs on the 2025 Bills.

Fair point with the kick returns! I was thinking WR specific and initially drew a blank. I still can’t think of anything impressive Moulds showed from scrimmage those first two years, but it was a while ago obviously.

I’ll be there! Look for the white guy in a Josh Allen jersey, you can’t miss me.

What examples do you have in mind? Not trying to be a jerk, but that doesn’t line up with my recollection at all.

Re: the bolded: In general, I’ve been a bit disappointed with our ability to be ready for opponent adjustments. We’re fairly good at coming up with effective Plan A gameplans, but too often we seem to be shocked when the other team adjusts and Plan A stops working. Did this not come up when gameplanning? “How will they adjust to what we’re doing, and what should we do then?”

I want yardage to be cumulative and cancel out. Meaning, if the offense commits holding and the defense was Offside, there’s a net 5 yard penalty on the offense. If it’s a face mask instead of Offside, net 5 yard penalty on the defense. Both Offside AND a face mask? Make it 10 yards total.

We ran it once in the Ravens game, I think. I seem to remember calling it when I saw their formation, but that whole game is a blur at this point. There was one play last night where I thought they were going to run it again - I think it was either the 4th down flip pass or maybe a goal line possession? I just remember that 1) I was wrong, and 2) the play they actually ran failed.

Money. My assumption is that they’d need to offload Samuel’s contract in order to take back either contract. Moore is a lot cheaper and has no money committed beyond this year. Meanwhile, the Bills are cap-strapped now and will be next year as well. I may be way off base, but I think Olave would be my goal if I was GM. Start going Rams “F them pics” style, at least a little bit. Would another Groot/Kincaid/Coleman/Hairston type move the needle next year? Probably not, and the odds of getting an instant stud at those spots is probably like… 5 percent? I think it’s worth it to instead spend it on a guy like Olave (or maybe someone without a massively concerning concussion history, but not sure how many might be available). Especially since you also get that guy for the rest of this year.

Really? They showed one on the broadcast. If the unofficial TV line was accurate, he was clearly offside. I stopped being mad at the refs the second I saw it. (Don’t worry, I got mad at them again later.)

I think in that scenario, you’d be looking at something like Samuel + a pick for Shaheed or Samuel + picks for Olave. And Samuel presumably has negative value, so the picks would have to be fairly substantial. Both guys are young enough to still be relevant after a rebuild, and both are popular enough to help keep fans coming to the games, and that’s something their ownership cares a ton about. We'd have to make them a serious offer. I really don’t know if NOLA’s cap situation would permit either trade, but if it did, it’s a fairly plausible trade partner. I mean, he is kinda built like a tweezer. On Hard Knocks, he looked pretty light for a safety, much less a linebacker.