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I feel like Lenny offers more upside than Murray personally, I mean he is still only 28 and I think he has more in the tank than Murray does. But of course, he needs to prove it on the field. But like you said, regardless who plays, good to have more solid bodies in the RB room for insurance. But I also think Lenny and his powerful legs and run style will be a nice addition come cold weather games that this team has needed.

How many other teams can sit back and say they added 3 upgrades to their roster this week? Fournette - He is a definite upgrade to Murray and once he is up to speed will only help our run game as he can pass pro, run, and catch. Rasul - Definite upgrade at starting CB and a long term answer as well, not just a fix for this season. Linval - Space eating DT who can tie up 2 OL, clog the run lanes, and help open up the pass rushing of Oliver and our Edge guys We added 3 guys this week, all who are upgrades to starters on this team right now, and all it cost us was about a round and a half trade down from our low round third to an early to mid round 5th. Regardless of what anyones opinion on Beane may be, he had a pretty good week considering what this team has lost to injuries this season

I can not fathom why anyone would have an issue with this signing or complain about it. Some people seem to be reacting like this is March and this was the only FA Beane signed or something rather than we are mid season looking for quality help after suffering a wrath of injuries. This was absolutely a good signing and provides like many have already said a nice run stuffing space eater in the middle. Helps our run D and def helps our pass rushers as well. Beane had a great week adding 3 quality players to this team in Rasul, Fournette and Linval. All 3 guys are upgrades and all 3 will contribute a lot this season to this team.

That would be a serious issue with the NFL, there is absolutely no chance McD and Beane would do this at all. Odds of this are less than 0%

I would dance for JOY! Anything that means he isn't our OC next year. Something has to change, either he leaves or they need to fire him if we aren't getting the job done offensively, too much talent on this team for that. They can't run it back the same if we don't get there this year and they just extended McD. NOW...if Dorsey gets it together the rest of the season and starts making less stupid decisions and keeps getting the talent on the roster more consistently involved, then I won't be so "get rid of Dorsey"...but TODAY...he is still a problem IMHO with his poor redzone decisions and lack of consistency and identity in the offense. Not all him, but it starts with him.

Lol, A DC was your OC one year and this year you lost all your talent. Its not so cut and dry. McDaniels has sucked everywhere Brady and BB were not in every capacity. He is overrated

Did he though? Or is BB the reason the Pats got to the playoffs and McDaniels was just along for the ride?

All true, and agree with you that our season isn’t over if we lose. But if we can’t beat Bengals and coming off bad performances against Jags, Pats, Giants, and Bucs to where we lost or nearly lost, it’s hard to have confidence in them winning 5 games over the last 8 with how tough our schedule is, and that is assuming 10 wins is enough where we don’t lose out on a tie breaker. That is why I feel like it is as close to a must win as it gets without actually being an absolute must win.

First of all, you just asserted multiple things in your post, so how is asking for clarification on whether or not those are just your assumptions or if there are actual facts being a "foolish troll"? Especially since you just confirmed they are just blind assumptions and not actual facts lol Second, as far as Elam goes, his season will go as he goes in practice. He obviously isn't someone they feel is ready or he would be active, so he is going to need to earn their trust in practice and prove he is worthy of being active on game day. And we have already seen that they are not afraid to keep him inactive, so I don't expect him to be active unless they feel he is ready or injuries force their hand again. Personal opinion is that I don't think Beane is ready to just give up on Elam yet, but they are also not going to just put him out there because of his draft status either. I think he is someone who will likely be traded in the offseason if by the end of this season he hasn't worked his way onto the active roster still.

Make no mistake about it...this is as close to a "must-win" game as it gets in the NFL for the Bills this year. There are currently 9 AFC teams with 4 to 6 wins, Bills are sitting at 5-3. If Bills lose this game, they suddenly are a fringe playoff team with all 4 losses in the AFC A Bills loss gives them a record of 2-3 in their last 5 games (which were 1 play away in both wins from being 0-5) and having Chiefs, Eagles, Cowboys, Jets, Miami, Chargers, and Jets still on the schedule to play. The Bills can not afford to fall behind in the AFC wildcard race, and 4 losses in the AFC really puts them in a bad spot with a difficult remaining schedule. The margin of error will be almost zero moving forward if they don't beat the Bengals. So...whether some people realize it or not, this weeks game is the most pivotal game of the season for the Bills on the likelihood of them making or missing the playoffs.

You got a link or are you just blindly assuming this?

Another source saying no trade today for Jaylon...

Looks like he might be staying in Chicago now...

My wife is going nuts, she is a die hard Niners fan. This is quite the scoop for a later 3rd geesh

I just hope Jaylon doesn't kill his own trade value by demanding a ridiculous contract as there is some chatter coming out of the trade talks that the contract he is seeking is "out of line" high.

Schefter says "Not a chance in hell" he gets traded today by the deadline is what he is being told.

Nah, Shakir in for Davis and let Davis backup Adams and Diggs. Would rather have more route running ability and YAC with Shakir on the field. Davis doesn’t excel in those areas, best suited as an outside WR Yeah I think you are spot on with this . Lot easier to commit to all in when you feel you got the roster where the player puts you over the top. With the defense in the state it’s in, adding an Adams doesn’t guarantee anything. But like you, I’m like F-It, go get him and let’s just try and outscore everyone cuz the NFL is wide open right now both AFC and NFC.

That’s awesome! I’m already loving watching football with him, CBs only imagine it’s gonna get better as he grows! The big question and war brewing is will he be a Bills fan like me or Niners fan like my wife hahaha #HouseDivided Honestly probably better for him to be. Niners fan living in CA and not suffer through Bills fan misery hahaha…but nah, he’s gonna be a Bills fan 😂. I already baptized him Bills Mafia and put him through a table I made for him week 1 too haha

I love football, so yeah, always watching regardless. Plus my wife is a big Niners fan, so we always have her game too. I mean this is why I have an 85" and two 42" TV's in our living room cuz we both love football. Its also nice to have the side TV's to throw other games/sports on while the wife wants to watch the Great British Baking Show or something like the Bachelor on the big one lol. My son just turned 5 months but he is a mad man and full crawling and standing already and loves to just be in his play area doing his own thing. So this weekend I just laid in his play pen watching football with him while he just had a ball climbing all over me and jamming around his play area haha. Having him to play with during these lame Bills games helps my mood too lol

Not exactly correct as Mahomes doesn't "lead" the NFL in interceptions...the answer is 7 QBs are tied to lead the NFL in INT's. with 8 each. Mahomes Allen Jimmy G Howell Hurts Mac Jones Love Tua and Stafford are next with 7 each.

Not gonna lie...after the Miami game I felt like we would be heading into this Cincy game not only favorites, but as the much better team. Today, I don't feel confident in this game. Can we win, sure...just not heading in with the same confidence I had heading into the Miami game for example. Since our injuries, our defense is a shell of itself and Bengals offense is starting to click again who just had a lot of success against a better Niners defense. For us to win this game, Allen and the offense need to be on point and just outscore them. The issue is, the offense has not looked great since the Miami game either. Against Jags we put up 20, Giants we managed only 14 points, then put up just 25 on Pats and then 24 against the Bucs. We have not broken 25 since Miami game and only done so in 3 of our 8 games this season. We won't beat the Bengals putting up 20-25 points this week. So I really hope Dorsey looks at what worked in the first half against the Bucs and builds on that because we need to be at our best to win this game. And make no mistake about it, this Bengals game is close to a playoff game given the crowded field in the AFC right now. If we lose this game, we will have 4 losses, all in the AFC and the division will be difficult to win and the Wildcard race will be very crowded with us being behind on tie breakers. So I just pray Dorsey gets rid of the stupid stuff (like idiotic shotgun runs on the goal line) and focuses on the things that were really working, especially the things we did to get Shakir and Kincaid going as that opened up the whole offense. And they better keep the foot on the gas the whole time, letting up in the 2nd half allowed the lowly Bucs offense to get back into the game late with a shot to win on the final play.

There were a number of people who picked them for the SB in the NFC prior to the season beginning...I was NOT one of them, but the NFC right now feels a lot more wide open than it did to start the season. Niners have lost 3 straight, Eagles have a great record but look more beatable than once believed, Det just got destroyed last week by the Ravens, and Dallas is well still Dallas. So I don't blame Seattle for making this move.

I like the move personally, better than using assets to trade for a RB. I don't know if we are going to make any trades, but if we do, I hope it is for some help for the defense because it went from probably the best unit in the NFL before the injuries to literally bottom third. And with our offense struggling with consistency and closing out drives for points, we can't have a defense that lets the Mac Jones, Tyrod Taylors, and Baker Mayfields of the world drive end of the games for shots at winning (which if we are being honest, we got lucky to not lose all 3). More importantly, we need to get Cook more touches not less, so signing a guy off the street vs trading for someone keeps that option open and doesn't feel like they need to force feed the newly acquired RB more than necessary. I still think Cook should be getting 18+ touches EVERY game between rushing and receiving, and I don't see Fournette as a threat to that and more of a guy who can hopefully do more with the touches being given currently to Murray. And if something was to happen to Cook, then Fournette feels a lot more like a guy who can lead the backfield than Murray could at this stage of his career.

10% drop rate on 20 targets is not a real drop rate though. That’s like saying Cook has a 10% fumble rate after 10 Carrie’s because he fumbled his first snap. That number will never hold up that high. And it was him as a rookie with limited playing time. And your comments about college are incorrect as well. He had very good hands in college, and you can read any of his draft profiles to see that as well. I was high on him coming into the draft cuz I loved him in college. He was projected to go as early as the 2nd round, his size and frame were his biggest concern coming into the draft, not his hands. I’ve even linked a couple below if you want learn more about Shakir. There is a reason he was seen as one of the biggest steaks of the draft when Bills got him and it’s why Beane heard from a bunch of GMs they were not happy we got him. So again, this notion he doesn’t have great hands is not fair to him based on his first 20 targets, and the claims he didn’t have good hands in college are not accurate either. And now he has no drops this year and that cuts that “10%” in half already and we aren’t even halfway through the season yet. All good, not like I think you have an agenda or something, just like to point out when I see people posting similar things that it’s really not a fair characterization of him and people should be more optimistic about him. https://www.si.com/nfl/draft/news/khalilshakir https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/10021509-khalil-shakir-nfl-draft-2022-scouting-report-for-boise-state-wr.amp.html

No disrespect at all here, but this is the stuff that makes no sense to me. On what grounds can you definitively say Shakir is “far” from having great hands? The thing I hear the most is the catch over turned in the playoffs last year that was more difficult than multiple drops Diggs has had this year. The sample size is too small to decide anything about Shakir’s hands but people still keep selling this narrative. I mean Shakir and Kincaid have been the most reliable pass catchers on the team in 2023 so far. To be clear and fair, it’s also equally too early to say he has great hands because again the sample size is too small. But the kid has been great when called upon this year in his second season and has also been a good blocker too. I’ve been beating the drum for this kid since he was drafted, all offseason and throughout the season to be more involved. And he’s done nothing but produce when given those chances here in year 2 but still see so many people with this narrative that so far is not accurate about his hands being unreliable.