Utah John

If Taron Johnson plays, I feel pretty confident. If he's out, I don't see any way the Bills can stop the Dolphins.

Herbert is a far better passer than Jackson. But, as you say, there's a lot more to being an effective QB than passing.

Unless that QB was being knocked sideways by Chris Jones. Which Jackson wasn't.

1. Great DT, Chris Jones, in his face all night. 2. Terrible O line protecting him. 3. Excellent DBs for the Chiefs. 4. The sun was in his eyes, his shoes were too tight, he had a cold, he had a scratch on his throwing hand pinkie -- any more excuses? The point about Jackson is that he doesn't do what the elite QBs do which is make plays when the game is on the line. Way before the final flurry of lousy Jackson passes, the Ravens wasted a lot of time moving downfield. And even getting as far down as they did was largely due to great catches by their new TE. With their poor-passing QB, and a terrible O line that leaves Derrick Henry helpless, the Ravens show themselves not a top AFC team. MVP?? What joke! MVP twice????? You've got to be kidding.

Would it be too much to ask for the equipment managers to misplace the all-reds? You know, someplace in deepest Arkansas? I don't think anyone likes the pj look.

Maybe that was meant to be sarcastic, but I've been saying that about 2025 since March this year. Call this a reset year or just hitting the pause button, either way, the main thing is for the Bills not to lose their winner's mentality, even if they don't win the division again or even have a losing record. The culture shift a few years ago, from perennial losers to kick-ass winners, was a small miracle, and I don't want to see the Bills slip out of that mode just because this is a somewhat down year. This year doesn't have to be a collapse, but it the injuries hit again we no longer have real NFL quality players as depth at all positions. If no significant injuries, I think 10-7 is achievable. A couple of injuries at DB or LB, and we'll be lucky to win 8.

I can't name a single song by her, nor could I pick one out if I heard it. As far as I know I've never had the experience of hearing one. And somehow I sleep just fine at night.

Stepping away from being a Bills fan, this is really sad for the Jets and their fans. Their FO has finally put together a very strong roster assuming they'd plugged the hole at QB with Rodgers. For him to fail to be a leader is really inexcusable. OK, putting my Bills fan hat back on. Carry on.

Could be right about releasing him after Hardy returns, but who knows, maybe he'll surprise everyone and be a good pickup. Very little cost to the move.

Says the Josh Allen fan. (shakes head)

Thanks for that link! It was an enjoyable fantasy discussion. I can remember as a child of 8 or 9 talking to friends about whether there could be a championship game played by the Bills against the NFL champs, but it wasn't to be until the 1966 season, when the Bills were aging and the Chiefs had gotten really good.

I think the reasons a team would release players early, are to give the players a leg up on finding a new team to try to stick with, and to open up roster spaces so the Bills can bring in players other teams cut to see if they might be useful, probably just for the practice squad. For the Bills, except for a possible QB3, I can't see how a new player could absorb the system quickly enough to be useful.

The Browns were the NFL champs that year. Jim Brown was playing great. But so was Cookie Gilchrist. The Bills' run defense might have been the best in football, so it would have been a very tough game, but the Bills certainly would have had a good chance to win.

Deion Jones being cut is a good sign for Joe Andreesen sticking.

OK, in 2022 they had three losses, all close games. But the nature of the NFL is that you also win close games. The week after the loss to Miami in the heat, but Bills fell pretty far back behind the Ravens, in Baltimore, and ended up pulling that game out by 3. Later on they beat the Chiefs (in KC) by four, and they beat the Lions and Dolphins by 3 each. All four of those wins could have been losses, just as easily as the three losses could have been wins.

The Bills have quietly gone large with their WRs and TEs. Except for Shakir at 6'0'', all the WRs and TEs are all around 6'3" or taller. With many teams following the Bills D by going to fast, smaller LBs, I think the Bills plan is to create height matchup problems in the pass game, and body mass problems in the running game downfield, for defenses. This is a completely different approach than the typical WR1 diva mentality. I have no idea if it will work, but with the Bills cap situation this year probably they Bills didn't have any choice except to be creative with their offense. They're going against the grain, which works sometimes and doesn't work others.

To evaluate safety play you'd have to know what the player was supposed to be doing on any given play, and then see whether he did the right thing. That's tough to do in a complicated three-level defense. The Bills defensive structure relies on smart, athletic, and brave men (considering some of the big guys they have to take on) working as a unit. Fortunately players like that are usually available.

Karl Malone.

Well he WAS a favorite of McDermott. How do you know he got worse in Pittsburgh? He never played in Buffalo as far as I can remember so we don't really know how good he was while he was here the first time. Trubisky can't be the backup until he's cleared to play. Until then it looks like Larry Daryl and Daryl will be the guys. Hope to God that Josh Allen doesn't get hurt. This year they went with expensive mediocrity.

Moving McGovern to center is just the best band-aid available for McBeane. Morse was a lot better than many of us realized, and his loss is huge. But McBeane couldn't patch all the holes at once. So they are taking a chance with this move, which on paper seriously degrades two positions (center of course, but also left guard, where McGovern played well at his best position). My hope is the rookie with all the names learns enough to take the job, and McGovern can go back to guard where he belongs.

In the Music City Mugging game, the Bills had both Andre Reed and Eric Moulds playing. Thurman Thomas and Antowain Smith. Great defense still led by Bruce Smith. But no QB. Not sure what this has to do with anything, just reminiscing about past years brought on by seeing these old names.

4.62 40 in 2021. If you think Coleman is slow... But putting another really big guy out there would be very interesting. The two starting TEs are 6'4" and 6'5". Most of the WRs are 6'3" or taller. Davidson is 6'7". It would be strange to see a Bills huddle where Josh Allen is one of the short guys. (OK, that's an exaggeration, but maybe the Bills are going to try winning with bulk.)

I'm sure there were several Beane would have been delighted to get but our draft position meant the top few were out of consideration. I am convinced Beane is building for 2025, counting on Josh to keep things respectable this year, but really lighting the fire next year. The personnel losses after last year were really devastating. This year's team will not be as good as, but next year's could be better than, 2023's.

I'm sorry but I don't think so. Before Milano's biceps injury, there were a small handful of Bills the team could not afford to lose. Well they just did lose one of them, and the playoffs are out of reach, i think. If they lose another key player, they won't even have a winning record.

I have to disagree because I want injured players to have enough time to get back on the field. I don't care if the Bills play scrubs for the next two preseason games. I wonder how large the burial grounds were. If they extended far enough south to be under the new stadium too, we're screwed for life. Hey! A lot of us are OLD slightly porky keyboard warriors. I'm just glad it's not related to the leg he broke.