Utah John

I suppose he's lying about that too. His toes are all fine.

So has New Orleans recovered from Hurricane Ida? That was just a couple of months ago, and the damage seemed very severe. I'm glad Clark is having a good time there. I came to love that city from making so many trips there when my daughter went to Tulane. As the song says, "I know what it means, to miss New Orleans." You can keep Bourbon Street as far as I'm concerned, but there is so much great about the place if you stay away from vomit alley. Did anyone ask them to play the Shout song?

I remember one "piss missile" where he hit Beasley in the hands with a rocket, about 10 yards downfield, and Beasley couldn't handle it. Palmer is right that that one was on Josh and not Beasley -- it was way too hard a throw for the situation. I don't remember that one getting intercepted but I was in depressed oblivion by that time so who knows.

Let me point out that this scenario means we'd have four first-round picks on the DL: Hughes, Oliver, new guy, and Rousseau. That new guy had better be an unstoppable force to justify that much investment in one position.

Kumerow is on the roster because WRs are so important to the offense. The Bills have been lucky in that none of the WRs has been out due to injury, and only Beasley has been hurt at all. If any one of Diggs, Sanders, or Beasley was out, we'd be glad we have Kumerow. Gilliam. Hmmm. If the O line is having trouble pass blocking, shouldn't a FB or blocking TE be helpful? And yet Gilliam is never mentioned as a solution to that problem. I think I agree with you about Gilliam.

So two of the biggest liabilities on the team -- Philips and Ford -- were on the field because two starters -- Star and Brown -- refused to be vaccinated. The fact that Klein played because Edmunds was hurt is a normal aspect of football -- a good starter goes down with an injury, and his replacement isn't as good. The fact that Star and Brown weren't there just speaks to ignorance and selfishness.

The Bills needed to score on their first drive. They were all set to pick up another first down, and then Cody Ford did his magic, turning a promising drive into an interception. Presto, changeo, the Bills are down 14-0. I said recently the three things that can stop the Bills are injuries, covid, and Cody Ford. All three stopped us today. That, and Josh getting too wired up to hit easy crossers for first downs.

I had forgotten about that incident, but when I looked it up I have to agree, the man's a *****. Note I didn't originally write ***** but the system protected me from myself. It wasn't a compliment, let's put it that way.

White had more power, Smith had more speed. At the same time, White had good speed and Smith had power moves too, so the edge goes to whoever you want. They were both devastating.

Just control what you can control. Beat the Colts.

So is Tommy Doyle viable as RT, to replace Brown? Anything that keeps Cody Ford on the bench sounds good to me. Feliciano can play center.

Romo and Nance are getting to the point where Madden and Summerall were back in the day. Madden almost had god-like status. If he said a player was good, or if he expressed an opinion about the league, most of American just nodded and bowed. Romo doesn't have that level of authority, yet, but he's getting there.

Well it wasn't obvious but I caught your meaning after another reading. You're right that the Bills weren't able to attack the Jags the same way other teams have done.

Maybe Ed Reed. But no Bill was ever better at tackling.

Well, yeah, because it WAS cool.

It's the same story -- the most talented, flashiest players get the ink. The Bills defense probably doesn't have the best player in the league at any position, but it's the best overall defense because of the way they play together. Also the Bills don't get lots of sacks, and I certainly wouldn't mind improvement in that area, but they excel even without those sacks. Who has routed the Bills? No one. The only time the D faltered was when they wore down against Tennessee, and that was made possible only by the refs allowing three holds against our DBs on Henry's long run.

Let's have some historical perspective. None of the current O linemen is better than the O line during the Electric Company days. None (NONE) of the current offense is better than their counterpart in 1990-91. At every single position, that team had a better player than we have today. O line? No question. RB? Thurman and Davis both better than Singletary or Moss. WR? Reed and Lofton and Beebe (Diggs right now maybe beats out Beebe). TE? Metzelaars AND McKellar. And of course OJ at RB is the best player (IMHO) the Bills ever had, even better than Bruce Smith. The Bills have a 61 year history. On D their 64-65 team had an incredible line, all better than anyone on the today's team. The SB team D lines had Bruce Smith and some other guys, all good players but in comparison to Smith, JAGs. We've had GREAT LBs over the years. Too many to mention. And too many great DBs to mention. The current D is the best 11 man unit, for playing together and shutting down offenses, that I can remember. Kudos to Frazier for getting all these good players all working together so well. But individually, talentwise, none of the current team is superior to at least one and generally several players from the good teams we had in the past. Steve Christie is the best kicker we ever had, and Scott Norwood was also extremely good despite his famous miss. For punters, Paul Maguire (yep, the LB and broadcaster) was the most effective weapon we ever had, and Brian Moorman was excellent for many years. Finally, Steve Tasker. Nuff said. Quite a few current Bills are too new to challenge those older players but appear to have the talent to do so. Here's hoping they do! It would be great if some of them excel to the extent that they are honestly the best at their position all-time. By the way, no one has mentioned Ted Washington. Good Lord, if we had him now the Bills would go undefeated unless Cody Ford plays.

I remember when there WASN'T a Miami team. I feel old all the time.

He can just learn to dropkick. No need for a holder.

There are only three things that can derail the Bills. -- Injuries -- Covid -- Cody Ford (ironically, there was an actual person named Buffalo Bill Cody)

As I understand the rules, the player and the other team have to agree to the signing. Wildgoose could have stayed with the Bills on the PS. But the increase in salary is huge, plus this puts him on the Jets' 53 man roster where he's much more likely to play. He might bounce around to other teams after this year, or come back to the Bills, which is the path a lot of JAGs follow. They never pass up an opportunity to play, and to be paid.

He was better then. Most RBs don't stay good for long.

Bell is done. You could see his inability to run with power, make good cuts, or make quick decisions, on the few carries he's had the past few games. He had a great career but screwed himself up completely with his holdout. Should have been a Hall of Famer but now is just another retired guy.

Singletary's yards per carry (5.0) is great but deceiving. The other teams are shocked, shocked when the Bills run the ball. Their defenses are geared toward rushing the QB and stopping the deep passes, not preventing a RB from getting 5 yards.

This offseason, though, Beane better attack the OL better. Beane has actually invested a lot of draft picks and FA signings in the O line. He's just not done as good a job evaluating O line personnel as he has with other positions. Currently, two guards Beane discarded (Wyatt Teller and Quinton Spain) are starting for other teams and are playing better than the guards we have. We still have Cody Ford on the team (and we need to keep him for depth, but God help us if he gets in the games) and that just looks like Beane refusing to concede he missed on a second round pick he traded up to get.