Alphadawg7

Geezus your posts are the worst

Im not under estimating anythingS. I said the OL hasn’t held back the offense prior to injuries.

I didn’t say every player on the OL had a pro bowl level day. I said the OL was NOT a hinderance to our offense for 2 weeks against 2 of the best DLs in football where we were the top scoring offense in the NFL until we pulled all our offensive starters in the 3rd quarter and stopped scoring and ended at 2nd in the NFL. Our OL didn’t hurt the offense until we started losing players to injury, and Morse was a big loss today. Van Roten had multiple bad snaps today including one that cost us a FG at end of half that would have been difference in the game.

Huh? You don’t know think they did a good enough job in a game where we pulled our starters in the 3rd quarter? Come on bud. Not saying they were perfect, but they played well enough for our offense to blow them out and against one of the best defensive fronts that had their way with the Raiders today.

We played the 2 of the best DL in football and scored at will and sat our starters in the 3rd quarter against one of them. Our OL didn’t struggle. Are they the best unit, no, but they have been fine until they all got hurt.

OL played fine before injuries first 2 weeks, you don’t even know what you’re talking about. I’m confused how you’re even allowed to start threads anymore.

We started the game down 1 OL, lost a second one early. Injuries were the bigger problem. Then we would lose 3 more before end of game. No one had an issue with the OL play in first 2 weeks against 2 of the bet DLs in football. So yeah, everyone is over reacting to the OL today when we had 5 total get hurt for one game.

You mean having 5 OL hurt. If you don’t pay attention during games, don’t start posting nonsense.

It’s like you didn’t even watch the game. We were down FIVE OL including 3 starters. Lost Knox. DIGGS was hurting. But somehow you only see the defensive injuries? I mean our backup center cost us a FG at half time which would have been the difference In the game. This thread is absurd

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I can't see why they would put one of the top CB's in the league back at safety, especially one already having to adjust to being back after a bad injury that would then have to learn a new position at the same time. Plus, we have some young Safeties that have shown promise who can step in already. Look at last year, when Tre went down our young guys did a pretty good job filling in. And losing Tre last year was a bigger hit than Hyde will be this year. I don't foresee any drastic moves or changes unless it becomes an apparent issue.

At this point, like most people, I hope Poyer can play Sunday to bring some veteran leadership to the secondary with our young bucks. Hyde is a very good player and will always be missed, but I have confidence in the guys behind him to step in and play too. But on a more serious note...not gonna lie, this Hyde situation is giving me Aaron Williams vibes. It's usually pretty serious news when players start searching for 2nd opinions. AW had to retire not because he couldn't play at a high level, his neck injury poised higher risk for severe risks in the event of another neck injury that included paralysis or even death. So I am praying that is not the case for Hyde. I just really really hope for Hyde's sake that whatever it is, that it's both not career threatening or even season ending. It would be a shame if he wasn't on the field when we won the SB, he has given so much to this team since being here. Dude deserves that moment, so I want him out there more because he deserves it than I do because of need. As far as the team impact on him being out this week and the possibility it could be longer or even the season...This is where more kudos goes to Beane. He has built this team with the kind of depth we need to withstand inevitable injuries throughout the season, and that starts with his history of strong drafts. So I have confidence on the next man up guys on this roster at most positions to come in and get the job done.

Ill be honest, I was cautiously optimistic about Mitch there. Our staff and players seem to really talk him up and seeing improved play while he was here and getting better coaching. And considering how inept the staff was in Chicago under Nagy, I thought maybe he could be well suited for the Steelers given they had talent at WR, TE, and RB and his mobility could help mitigate the poor OL. Especially since he has been here with Josh this past year. And overall, I just wanted to see him do well, seemed like a real good dude. However, in week 2, I was already throwing in the towel on him and saying they should bench him at halftime, especially since I had the Steelers in one of my Parlay cards haha. But, a game and a half in and I was like he is still the same dude he was in Chicago and I already thought they should have let Pickett play the 2nd half. When that game ended, I actually thought for sure Pickett would start game 3 and was kind of surprised they didn't. Now normally, I wouldn't be so quick to pull the vet and put the rookie in, but the reality is that Trubisky did not beat out Pickett in the preseason, he did not prove to be the better QB. They had a pretty equal preseason, and he got the starting job by default for experience. If Mitch had decisively played better than Pickett, then I would be more patient and assume that the rookie is too far behind to be ready. But given they played pretty equal, might as well make the switch now because the offense can't get much more anemic than it is under Mitch and Pickett probably even right now gives them the best chance to win. Sorry Mitch, I was rooting for you...but I think it's pretty obvious it is time to make a switch and start the rookies on-field development now.

THANKS! Great write up! Bummer about Hyde, and I am not talking about even this game. The moment he was seeking a 2nd opinion we knew that what ever news he got on his injury was not something he liked, meaning it probably meant some sort of sustained time missed, possibly even needed some sort of season ending surgery. I really hope it ends up being relatively short term, not only because he such a good player, but just because this team feels on the verge of something special, and he has been a big part of getting to this point for a long time now. I would be sick for him if something happened where he had to miss the rest of the season. I agree on all your guesses too, that seems to be pretty spot on based on what we know. I think Dane will return sometime between next week and the KC game, and probably against Balt or Pitt. I really hope Poyer can go, its gonna be tough being down our whole starting secondary plus Phillips up front who has been wreaking havoc this season. Speaking of Phillips, I am concerned about how long he might be out. To be ruled out this soon on a hamstring injury is pretty significant. That tells me its not a minor hammy issue, and these things can linger and take a while to heal. So, it could lead to Phillips being out several weeks, but lets hope not.

A fellow Bills fan friend of mind just text me "Hyde is out. If these pu**ies cant beat us this week, they never will" We already talked about Hyde yesterday, so felt like he got new info or something. Has anyone seen anything? I asked him if he heard that was confirmed, but he hasn't gotten back to me yet.

Obviously this last game stat line was so big because Davis was out. But either way, Diggs and Allen look like they are out for blood on every play. This whole team seems to be playing with a chip on its shoulder after the KC game. It feels like they are out to step on the gas for all 4 quarters and avoid games even being close enough again for that to even be an option. And its a sight to behold so far and a whole lot of fun.

That had already been corrected, and was just a typo. And again, I have said over and over again I still think we win the game and Allen is who I take in a shootout 100% of the time. Just pointing out the importance of this game given our schedule ahead. Next 4 games are @Mia, @Balt, Pitt, @KC. Miami has Buf, @Cincy, @jets, Minn. If Miami manages to upset us this week, their next 3 games are all games they can win. Cincy has looked bad, Jets are the jets, and Minn looked horrific against the Eagles. Where we have to face 2 of the top AFC teams and offenses on the road in 2 of those next 3 weeks. And again, I think we can win all those games too, just pointing out their schedule is a bit easier than ours the next few weeks, so I think that makes this game a little more important as we don't want to risk going down multiple games early in the season to a divisional foe.

Yeah I agree, but I do think that both Lamar and the Ravens offense is better this year than before. Its in Baltimore too, but that D will definitely get carved up by Allen and this offense. Just a lot of speed back to back weeks while being down a lot of defensive players. Like you, I am still confident we win both games, but still, we have the tougher opponent in week 4, so I think this Miami game is just of higher importance than a typical week 4 game.

Yeah, I was never interested in CMC this offseason, but was very interested in Barkley. I thought if we could say flip Devin or Moss and like a 4th round pick for him, it was something I would have pulled the trigger on. At the same time, I am definitely a believer in Devin, so I am not worried about the run game too much. I mean our lack of run game is strictly by choice, not from the lack of ability too. Devin has shown he is quite good when given the opportunities, but the pass game has just been decimating defenses and unstoppable, so they really haven't needed to run much yet. But when we do, I really like our new blocking scheme and think Devin can be even better when given sufficient rush attempts like he was the last part of the season last year and playoffs. I just wish they would stop rotating Moss in, let Devin take those rush attempts, it's not like he has a heavy workload. I also can't wait to see Cook get more involved too, still think he will be a nice weapon for us as the season wears on.

Sorry I meant the Ravens, but I was just talking about going to the Chiefs game with a friend on the phone and had Chiefs on my mind. Brain fart, I will edit, good catch.

My bad, you are correct, I was mistakenly thinking about Saquan when both were being talked about during the offseason. Thanks for catching that. Ok, so yeah...0% chance IMHO we would trade for CMC then. If the one year rental is off the table, there is just no way we will absorb any contract at RB given we have other important players contracts looming as it is.

I still think we win this game too...but for obvious reasons, the pile up of injuries certainly makes this a more dangerous game. BUT...there is a reality here about this week, and that is the Fins game is going to be more important than I think some people realize for a week 3 game. If Miami wins, they go to 3-0 and travel to struggling Cincy next week, a game the Fins would be favored in given how poorly Cincy has played thus far. We would then be 2-1 and headed to Balt for what seems like one of our toughest road games of our whole schedule, and potentially still not a full strength still on defense. That would put us in the position of facing a potential 2 game deficit after 4 weeks to the Fins in our division. I still think we beat Miami with the injuries, because like you I like our depth and our ability to disrupt Tua while Allen and the offense should still put up 40+ points. While all divisional games are important, given the nature of our records and who we play next, this game against Miami is more important than a typical week 3 game. So going in short handed definitely makes things a little more dicey.

Damn, yeah I agree that this suggests the probability he out this week is pretty high. We are looking at possibly playing the Fins in Miami without our entire starting secondary playing. I still think we will win this game even if they all miss the game. Just going to take those guys up front disrupting Tua enough that allows our offense to outpace the Fins. And in the worst case scenario happens and we have to win this game in an old fashion shootout, best believe my money is on Allen to out duel Tua.

No chance on any RB not in the final year of their deal, and even then, we still wouldn't likely give up a trade asset for a RB when we barely run the ball, and when we do, Devin does quite well. OBJ is a possibility, although not a certainty.