WhitewalkerInPhilly

Welcome aboard!!!

Guys it turns out that Josh Allen is really good at intermediate distance passes. Maybe we should try more of them

Never stop your opponent when they're in the middle of making a mistake. I'll take it

The crazy thing to me is that we started off the year doing things like that. I remember week one having Coleman running a slant route against a guy he physically outmatched and got a PI call. He DID have offensive originality I just have zero idea what's happened

Oof. This is bad. Very bad. The sad thing is that it could be much worse

It turns out good things happen when you tackle your opponents QB

That is embarrassing. A huge turnover in opponents territory and you can't even get to FG range

Well. I guess we remembered we had Josh Allen

Wife's brother's wife. No wiggling out of this one

At an event at the Philly zoo. I've already seen four groups in Bills gear. Go Bills!

At an event for my sister in laws birthday. I am so glad I sprung for rewind

Bad News: Rudolph doesn't make the same number of boneheaded throws that Levis does. Good News: Rudolph is still pretty bad Better news: Rudolph is probably still traumatized from the last time he came to Buffalo https://youtu.be/bSJi0iuzBHE?si=9dikdrVb81TaOy5X Fixed it for you 😛

Ooof. I don't like it on a number of levels. For one I really just want the Dolphins to be bad and Tua is undeniably better than the scrubs they've had in. I still think the Bills are the better team and will be even better than their last matchup (Cooper will have been in, defense is recovering) and the Bills just have a schematic advantage with what they like to do (Phins are below average vs the run in YPG and YPC, Bills zone D has been consistently containing Miami's offense the entire Tua era) On a human level I don't want him dying on the field. I remember our collective horror and the horror of the players when Hamiln had his heart stop and that was far more a freak chance than another traumatic hit for Tua. I don't care so much that I wish that on Tua. Finally, as a fan of football: hitting is part of the game. I legitimately thought some of the Rapp hits would get him thrown out considering how the refs were flagging Dawkins, Epenesa and TJ. Those jarring hits saved touchdowns and killed drives and they were completely legal. We watched Epenesa put on a clinic of a wrap up tackle, attempt to strip sack and then brace his fall before he hit the ground and then rolled off Rodgers and they STILL flagged him. Imagine what will happen when Tua is out there.

How much did the refs get fined for that bullsheisse they were calling on the field? None? Then I don't care

I reasonably brave coach could say "Our franchise QB is indefinitely out. We aren't going to burn assets on a rental if we are so underwater that miss the playoffs anyway. Evaluating our younger players seems like a better use of our time, money and picks" Because if the Phins are likely to do that is Tua comes back later

Tom Grossi on the script writer meeting before Bills vs Jets https://youtu.be/nGNjpEn2Mfw?si=7MaOq6dVEHAAQjXz

I mean that's a low bar at present but I agree. Even a middle to low end starting X and/or reliable field stretcher opens up the space Kincaid, Shakir and Coleman have been missing. I think that they are the true beneficiaries and it's no coincidence that MVS was immediately shown the door

FWIW I'm listening to Beane on McAfee and he's talking about getting Cooper "onto the field"

Huh I thought he was going to take Lil Dirty's 19

Amazing to hear

Look I'll face the music. I was hopeful, I was intrigued, but this move doesn't happen if the team has faith that they were going to get over the hump this year without it Don't get me wrong, I love Shakir's game and I think Coleman is having a solid start to a second round rookie season. But without the gravity of a true X receiver or someone who could take the top off there isn't enough space for them to work. I think this is the best value meets price moment the Bills were going to get.

If you're talking about the entire length and breadth of their careers I think that's a hard thing to say and requires some hypotheticals. That said I think right now, at this moment, Cooper is doing a better job at the things that Diggs provided in his peaks years than what Diggs has done since November 2023 and is doing it at a bare fraction of the price.

I mean show me the lie

I am remembering the stretch last year where I told myself the Bills would get right and stack wins. Then we were 6-6. But still even then I can bring myself to be terrified about this game

In my mind what's damning is that Joe Flacco came off the couch and Cleveland was pretty damn good with him. Cooper was pretty damn good with him. So I'm willing to start with a blank slate