Game week thread - Buccaneers at Bills

[Warriorspikes51]

Just now, Kelly to Allen said:

 

 

You might see a lot of movement tomorrow at 4pm

 

Mathis to ir would open two roster spots. Kincaid would open 3. 

 

Plus two call ups....

 

 

TJ Sanders being activated?     Don't want to see Kincaid on IR.... not worth it.

 

Is Mathis expected to be out that long?

Gabe Davis to 53
 

Hardman & Fox  call ups 

?   
 

3 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:

Bills by a billion this week. Book it! 

 

This game is nowhere near as important to the Bucs as it is to us. That division is awful and they have a ton of injuries. This is one they'll just want to get past and never really think of again. 

 

This is going to be a steamroller of angry Bills players and coaches tired of being written off and criticized, miserable weather, Bills badly needing a W and the Bucs more so "meh" in terms of the effect on their season, and the biggest equalizer in sports: the NFL narrative buster effect. 

 

I've often thought that football especially is such a mental game and these players are all the best of the best, even on so-so teams and even the backups. What makes great teams and players great is consistent focus and execution. That's where the narrative buster effect comes in. 

 

Player A has been distracted, not totally into it, maybe not always giving his all. He hears it week after week until it hits a boiling point: Player A needs to be benched. He's a bust! 

 

So he locks in. He's already one of the most physically gifted athletes on the planet, or he would not be in the NFL. But now pride kicks in and he goes 100% into the game prep. As a result, he has a great game. Narrative busted, and everyone is so shocked. 

 

Same thing with teams overall. Fire the coach! OC is terrible! Defense can't stop the run! They're having a fire sale! It's going to be a cakewalk!

 

And a 6-2 perennial contender gets dominated and blown out by a 2-7 team that just fired its GM and traded one of its best players. 

 

It's because not everyone is focused 100% all the time. When they are, LOOK OUT. 

 

 

 

 

 

Really enjoyed this post.  Hope you are correct 

[Kelly to Allen]

2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

TJ Sanders being activated?     Don't want to see Kincaid on IR.... not worth it.

 

Is Mathis expected to be out that long?

Gabe Davis to 53
 

Hardman & Fox  call ups 

?   
 

 

If nobody goes to ir

 

My guess is 

 

Tj Sanders activated to 53

 

Gabe Davis & Dane Jackson called up. I think they'll rest Taron and Cam. Ingram is the starting nickel.

 

So the secondary is 

 

Benford 

Hairston 

Ingram 

Poyer

Bishop 

 

White

Jackson 

Franklin 

Hancock 

 

Inactives 

 

Moore

Kincaid 

Lundt

Mathis 

Codrington 

Taron

Cam

 

6 wrs active 

 

Palmer 

Big game Gabe 

Shakir

/////

 

Coleman 

Samuel 

Shavers

 

Pr - Shakir

Kr - Samuel/ Davis 

 

 

[JP51]

On 11/10/2025 at 2:58 PM, fasteddie said:

Oh nooooo! Not the throwbacks again.

The Waterboy just popped in my head lol 

[Warriorspikes51]

13 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

 

If nobody goes to ir

 

My guess is 

 

Tj Sanders activated to 53

 

Gabe Davis & Dane Jackson called up. I think they'll rest Taron and Cam. Ingram is the starting nickel.

 

So the secondary is 

 

Benford 

Hairston 

Ingram 

Poyer

Bishop 

 

White

Jackson 

Franklin 

Hancock 

 

Inactives 

 

Moore

Kincaid 

Lundt

Mathis 

Codrington 

Taron

Cam

 

6 wrs active 

 

Palmer 

Big game Gabe 

Shakir

/////

 

Coleman 

Samuel 

Shavers

 

Pr - Shakir

Kr - Samuel/ Davis 

 

 

not having Hardman immediately for return ability alone would be a mistake IMO.....

I also think just having him run go routes could help us a bit 

[Kelly to Allen]

5 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

not having Hardman immediately for return ability alone would be a mistake IMO.....

I also think just having him run go routes could help us a bit 

 

I think if Taron or Cam can go then Hardman will replace Jackson as a call up

Edited 1 hour ago by Kelly to Allen

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

I hope that everyone who's close to ready plays this week. No more sitting guys out if they can play. Send a message that this game and opponent is important unlike last week.

[Big Turk]

1 hour ago, bills742 said:

 

 

 

How the hell is Thompson listed as Full but questionable?  Never have seen this before that I can remember.

[sven233]

Obviously, we don't know how long they are projecting the Kincaid and Mathis injuries are going to be for.  But if they need a few weeks, IR isn't out of the question for either one which will open up some roster spots.  As of now, though, they are still on the active roster and we have 1 spot available.

 

You would have to think Sanders is the logical choice to fill that vacant spot.  With Mathis going down, and even with him healthy, we need more help at DT so Sanders makes a lot of sense to activate if he's ready to go.  If one or both of Kincaid and Mathis go to IR, I would expect Davis to be signed to the 53 providing he is truly healthy.  The other option is to release Codrington to open up a spot.  I think this is likely to happen as soon as Hardman is up to speed a bit on the special teams side of things and has enough on offense to run in a couple of packages.  Who knows.....that could happen this week.  But signing Davis to the 53 prevents them from having to waste 2 call ups on WRs.  This way, you could make Hardman and Fox your call ups if Benford is ready to roll.  But with our nickle guys still banged up, I wouldn't be surprised to see Jackson elevated even if he isn't activated.

 

Regardless, there should be a lot of roster gymnastics over the next 24 hours. 

[Warriorspikes51]

40 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

How the hell is Thompson listed as Full but questionable?  Never have seen this before that I can remember.

 

knowing how things go for this bunch he probably got re-injured on the last play of practice 

[Kelly to Allen]

If buffalo wins this game comfortably, what will you guys think?

 

Back on track? AFC championship 🏆 appearance at min

 

Still skeptical? Iffy?

 

Still anticipating missing the playoffs or early wildcard exit? Fire everyone?

[gordong]

20 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

If buffalo wins this game comfortably, what will you guys think?

 

Back on track? AFC championship 🏆 appearance at min

 

Still skeptical? Iffy?

 

Still anticipating missing the playoffs or early wildcard exit? Fire everyone?

if they lose fire everyone, if they win great but show me for 4-6 more weeks its not a one off.

 

[Goin Breakdown]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

 

How the hell is Thompson listed as Full but questionable?  Never have seen this before that I can remember.

Maybe he forgot the playbook 

[Big Turk]

29 minutes ago, Kelly to Allen said:

If buffalo wins this game comfortably, what will you guys think?

 

Back on track? AFC championship 🏆 appearance at min

 

Still skeptical? Iffy?

 

Still anticipating missing the playoffs or early wildcard exit? Fire everyone?

 

I expect them to win comfortably. This team's issue is focus more than anything. I expect them to be highly focused this game.

[quincy]

It will be interesting to see the roster movements for this game. 

 

I personally want to see Davis, Hardman and Morgan Fox play against Tampa Bay but then we would have 8 wide receivers which creates a roster imbalance and for this to happen one of those three (at minimum) would have to be on the 53. 

 

Coleman Palmer Shakir Davis Hardman and a choice of Moore/Samuel/Shavers for the final WR spot - I would choose Moore myself. 

 

Samuel has been a bad investment and won't be here next year, Shavers should be able to go back to the PS if needed as a number crunch scenario but if blocking and ST is the priority he will be safe. 

 

Buffalo cannot have Shakir being a PR any further this season. Hardman has got to take over the KR/PR role in my opinion because we aren't good in that area at all. 

 

Longest non-Codrington KR is 32 yards and the for PR it is 11 yards - we have to do better, we can seemingly never make the first tackler miss on returns!  

 

Interesting to see how it all plays out this Sunday.