Game week thread - Bengals at Bills (flexed to 1pm ET)

[HappyDays]

Another mystery injury that pops up out of nowhere and likely keeps an important player out of an important game.

[Blank Stare]

16 hours ago, balln said:

 

so let me get this straight. He has been out with a hamstring. Hasn’t played. Hasn’t really practiced. And somehow with today’s walkthrough he has a knee AND hamstring listed. What is with the injury reports! This year has been very weird and suspicious. I love Sal trying to explain it away with nonsense 

Did he ever get surgery on the knee issue from last year? I could be wrong, but I’m not certain he did and then he showed back up on the injury report with a knee issue earlier this year or in training camp. I get that surgery and rehab are no easy thing to decide, but if that is the same knee issue lingering from last year he got bad advice. Should’ve just took care of it in the offseason. 

[MasterStrategist]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Another mystery injury that pops up out of nowhere and likely keeps an important player out of an important game.

Dude is a good player, but beyond fragile.  

 

That defines some of Beanes recent acquisitions that were supposed to be key factors on offense: Kincaid, Samuel, Palmer.

 

And obviously our slew of defensive injuries.

 

AJ not practicing today now, either vest rest or something else to monitor

[947]

If we play the soft zone with CBs 12 yards off & backpedaling like the last 2 times we played the Bengals, they'll score 40+.

 

Need to play aggressive coverage & probably still need 30 points to outscore them.

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

2 hours ago, RichRiderBills said:

 

Didn't seem it in that playoff game though. 

 

They lost the playoff game because they couldn't stop the run.  

Fun fact is that Buffalo ran the running backs 19 times across both games.  

Edited 2 hours ago by Bleeding Bills Blue

[Psautcsk]

11 minutes ago, bills742 said:

 

Uh oh, who will be playing DE if Empenada is out too? 

You

7 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

Dude is a good player, but beyond fragile.  

 

That defines some of Beanes recent acquisitions that were supposed to be key factors on offense: Kincaid, Samuel, Palmer.

 

And obviously our slew of defensive injuries.

 

AJ not practicing today now, either vest rest or something else to monitor

Slay withdrawals. Emotional distress.

[Allen2Moulds]

19 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Another mystery injury that pops up out of nowhere and likely keeps an important player out of an important game.

This dude is made of glass.  Has more injuries than games played.

[stlbills13]

How on earth did Kincaid pick up a different injury. What is he doing and what in the hell is our training staff doing

[Saint Doug]

3 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:

As scary as the Bengals are (and they absolutely are), Beane and McDermott have constructed our D specifically to stop teams like this that are so pass heavy.

 

Our back 7 have actually played awesome against the pass pretty consistently this year and with Shaq at MLB, I like our defensive chances against Burrow.

And yet the Bills haven’t beat the Bengals since 2019. 

[Casey D]

2 minutes ago, Saint Doug said:

And yet the Bills haven’t beat the Bengals since 2019. 

They have only played twice since then.

[SoonerBillsFan]

6 minutes ago, stlbills13 said:

How on earth did Kincaid pick up a different injury. What is he doing and what in the hell is our training staff doing

That is the 1,000,000 question.   I think its past time to flush the entire S&C approach amd staff.

[Olliemets]

4 hours ago, HOUSE said:

I hate the Bengals and a win would be huge for me.

Bills too

And as I stated in another thread looking at likely WC opponents.....I want Bungles out. Sundays going to be tough. Nip this in the bud right now.

 

If Cincy wins Sunday, they have more than a punchers chance of winning the Division outright if they stay hot. they are 2 back of Steelers and Ravens, who play each other twice and have mostly tough opponents other 3 games. Could see both losing at least 2/3 more games.

 

Assuming Bills make playoffs as a WC l don't want to go to Cincinnati WC weekend.

[bills742]

 

[Blank Stare]

7 minutes ago, bills742 said:

 

Give it time. Still a couple practices left this week. 

[boyst]

3 hours ago, QLBillsFan said:

And Kincaid hasn’t brought as much to the Bills as QJ?? 😂 ask some LAC fans. He was a good pick. Plenty of other poor picks to attack instead of Kincaid. 

His injury last year was caused by a bad pass by 17.. this year it’s a hamstring. I love how people think a hamstring is nothing. Check the league every team has these issues. 

QJ on this team may have been a bigger part and more succesful.  

 

i am not arguing the player as much as i am the position. we didn't need a TE and we didn't need a TE who can't block that combines with being able to not catch as much as a WR or run a full route tree.

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, HappyDays said:

Another mystery injury that pops up out of nowhere and likely keeps an important player out of an important game.

 

Didnt we use to have some of the best training staff and then a couple years in McD just fired them all? Maybe I am misremembering.

[QLBillsFan]

31 minutes ago, boyst said:

QJ on this team may have been a bigger part and more succesful.  

 

i am not arguing the player as much as i am the position. we didn't need a TE and we didn't need a TE who can't block that combines with being able to not catch as much as a WR or run a full route tree.

Bills have 2 blocking TEs and one who is a good receiver. WR is a problem but Kincaid opens space up  for them.. I don’t think he’s the problem at all. Adding quality WRs could have been done effectively in several ways that would not exclude having Kincaid as a very real TE concern. We can agree to disagree 🍻 

[co_springs_billsfan]

 

[Process]

AJ officially a foot injury he picked up during a walkthrough. Kincaid with a knee he picked up while not practicing or playing because of another injury. 

 

I mean this is just insane. I guess it's possible other teams go through this too and we only see it with the Bills because we follow them closely. But it's hard to believe this isn't extremely unusual. 

 

This is at least two years now where we have guys getting injured during practice every single week. 

[Warriorspikes51]

Kincaid really needs to play in this game 
 

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