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Need a nice long drive followed by a TD.

I noticed he wasn't wearing the black compression harness last week.

Oh, yes. I'm guessing Beane and McD. had Norman in mind strictly for nickel or dime, not CB. He can't cover the long speed anymore. I wonder if he can replace Tauron at nickel, though.

I suggested maybe we should have taken Metcalf instead of Ford and was flamed mercilessly on this board. I understand, but it sucks there's no upside to be right.

You don't like girls and women? Or are you just worried about your manhood?

Klein, god. Even that fumble he forced, his one moment of glory, was after he was knocked out of the play--again--and falling backwards. Put the ball boy in, see what he can do.

I'd love to see a rout, but I'll be happy with a business-like win: run the ball, control the clock, and shut them down defensively. Win and go home. You don't need a lopsided score to make a statement.

You mean we would give up a seventh rounder for someone to take him of our hands 😁

Zooming out a bit, I don't think the Bills have changed much at all since the start of the season. They never were as good as the hype early on, nor are they as awful as the disparagement they're getting now (Bleacher Report just called them "lightweights"). On balance, I'd say they're about as good as they were last year. There's hope, though: the potential of the offense (getting Smokey, Ford and Feliciano back) PLUS the potential of the defense (Milano and Levi back, Dane Jackson emerging, Tremaine regaining form, some 1-technique guy stepping up) exceeds last year potential. They still can be a dominant team if all the pieces fall into place.

McDermott benching Murphy and Harrison reminded me of Levy refusing to play rookie Henry Jones against Washington in the second Super Bowl even though our safeties sucked, and later benching run stuffers John Parrella and James Patton in the last Super Bowl when Dallas ran the ball down our throats. Murphy and Harrison might not have been playing well, but they're probably our best linemen against the run. Fine not to start them--send a message--but to inactivate them? No hindsight is needed to see this as just bad coaching, especially on a rainy day when it was pretty likely the Chiefs would try to run the ball.

Be nice to have Wyatt Teller on the roster about now. I always liked him. Terrific run blocker.

Or Epenesa, Zimmer and Cox.

I'm not worried they'll lose. But I worry about a coach who inactivates two starters before a key game and replaces them with practice-squad players and an unproductive draft pick (Epenesa).

I was exaggerating out of frustration, but if McDermott keeps playing Cox, Epenesa and Zimmer, and Milano is still out, yes, I do think the defense will struggle against the Jets. They might struggle against even some of the better college football teams. Starting the practice squad defensive line was just a dumb move--and not in hindsight either. Add in Josh Norman and A.J. Klein as starters, too, and it gets depressing fast. Are you saying it was impressive that the Bills held KC to under 30 points?

Think of those three replaced by Klein, Zimmer, Epenesa and Cox. That's supposed to be a wakeup call to Murphy and Phillips. It's a wakeup call, all right, but to the fans and I hope Beane, who may be beginning to figure out that McDermott just may not know what he's doing after all. What a strategy. "I got it! Let's play the JV against the best team in the NFL on national TV! That'll light a fire under our D-line starters. And I'll inactivate those starters for good measure! My JV players are so good, no WAY will we need our best run stoppers in the game."

I don't need a blowout as a fan, and I don't think the Bills do, either. On offense, I would prefer a clinical, dispassionate win, where they pretty much do what they want to. I'm thinking a heavy dose of Singletary, an occasional deep shot by Allen, plenty of throws to the tight ends... Essentially what the Chiefs did to us. Treat it like a practice or preseason game to work out problems and try out players and schemes. On defense, though, good lord. The coaches and players might have to play their best game of the season to keep the score under 30. This defense is Dallas level.

That's what I've been saying. Two long bombs right on the money, one deflected by the DB in a great play, the other right through Diggs' arms. In neither case did Aikman have much to say beyond praising Allen's arm strength. What about his accuracy?!

Am I the only one that saw the perfect bomb to Brown that was stopped only by a superb play by the cornerback? And then another perfect end zone strike to Diggs that Diggs dropped? He did his job not just competently but spectacularly on those two throws, yet no one has mentioned them here that I've seen--and you know the media won't mention it. He's still the same guy. It's the defense I would worry about. They were embarrassing out there.

Four throws to the endzone, three of them perfect, and the announcers are like ho hum.

A surprise blowout: Bills 37, Chiefs 17.

I don't know, I think the Bills are pretty made at themselves, even a bit ashamed that they let down each other and the coaches. I think they'll come out firing.

Maybe an onside kick, with the defense playing so badly.

Well, let's see what they're made of.

This sounds right to me. Edwards has played ok, Milano is lights out. He may be the best coverage LB in the league right now. The hard decision coming up might be letting Edwards go, not Milano or Williams.

I'd say collar bone. Separated shoulder hurts a lot more and he'd show the pain. Less than a collar bone he wouldn't go off.