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Taylor was signed to the PS before the regular season. Based on what some felt was an unremarkable rookie year Philip's position in the rotation could reasonably have been regarded as vulnerable. In fact in the three games so far Philip's looked to have taken a step forward and so I don't think anyone was arguing for his snaps to be reduced. As for Taylor, he is a quality young DT who played well and showed good progression his two years in Miami following his draft as part of their rotation, albeit not as a featured defensive player. He was a surprise cut especially given management's public assertions that building both lines was job one (then they trade Tunsil so go figure). Apparently Taylor was cut because he wasn't a good scheme fit, not because he couldn't play. He was not going to be a FA very long and the Bills were smart to sign him immediately he became available. A poster earlier in this thread had some doubts about him as a replacement for Philips because he is not exactly prototypical as a nose. He has lined up at the position however and he's bigger than Philips. He's very athletic so I can see him as 3T too, but I think that mainly only highlights his versatility. Losing Harrison Philips is a bad body blow, but at least the Bills are deep with young DTs who can play.

True he looks to have taken a step forward this year. Hope he's ok and misses no time. If he's out I'll look forward to seeing Vincent Taylor take his spot in the rotation. Good chance we don't skip a beat. Bills are pretty deep with good young DTs.

There is nothing I would love more than to shove a red hot ramrod right up his a$$.

Sunday's game is by far the Bills biggest challenge so far. As others have mentioned it will also be the Pats toughest game so far and the place will be rockin. I don't expect the Bills to win. But I do think a victory is possible. I feel pretty strongly that Allen will play better, and maybe a lot better, than he did yesterday. I don't have a fix on how good the Pats have been so far pressuring the QB but if Allen is given or is able to buy time, and if DS and Gore can take some of the heat off, he could take some of the shine off their outstanding secondary. They have O-line issues. Steelers were able to shut down Michel. If Edelman and Gordon are limited I can foresee a close game. Win or lose this contest should be an important building block for the rest of the year and beyond. Bills have more room to get better than do the Pats and they are headed in the right direction IMO. Could be a primer for the match ups later.

Haven't seen enuf yet to assess his hands and route running. Not surprising that he should be a little behind the curve since he was not used as a receiving TE at Ole Miss. But if those parts of his game develop he will be as good as Hoch and a holy terror, calling it now. Great job here by Beane and the scouts.

Bengals DL got away with a lot of holding yesterday (not just on Jerry, the two Philips as well) and it was pretty blatant. When next playing the Pats I would not support dirty play but I would err on the side of aggression.

Frank Gore is ridiculous. He knows how to run the ball and at 36 he can still get it done. Then there is the veteran leadership. I think that some fail to realize that without his busting out productive runs when the air had gone out of the Bills offence we probably lose today. Momentum is often a big factor in determining the result. Gore and Knox breathed life into an almost dead effort in the 4th quarter.

I think Jameis and Mike Evans are gonna choke out that kicker.

Josh is streaky. If we get the good Josh, if DS is good to go, if Edelman/Gordon are not 100% then we definitely have a puncher's chance against NE. That maybe sounds like a lot of ifs, but each "if" is a reasonable possibility.

I remember the Giant's fan reactions on draft night when they picked him. I guess sometimes fans get it right and sometimes they are flat out wrong. The kid can play and has a lot of poise.

I had him at C. Gave points and momentum to the opposition, left points on the field, missing on several good opportunities. Stared down his receivers in the 2nd half a lot. Made a couple of bad decisions, the kind they are trying to coach out of his game. Ball security was poor. He's capable of busting out with a big play at anytime, and he had a couple today but what you want to see is a steady hand. Didn't see it today. Gore and Knox get the game balls IMO.

Maybe he has been keeping a low profile as you suggest. But then the question remains "does he get paid?" A league suspension would void the guarantee, but if none is forthcoming then I think he gets paid. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

I think that after a few days the Pats probably realized just how crazy Brown really is. You can't have a guy who is flat out certifiable on your team. I do think Brown has a good case for getting paid though. He may have done or said (and written) things that brought him into disrepute in the eyes of many but I don't see how it reflected on the team. Also, as has been mentioned, the behaviour that voids the guarantee has to be prospective, meaning post signing. I don't think the Pats could reasonably argue that they thought they were employing a choir boy with no skeletons in his closet. That Brown came with substantial baggage should have been well understood.

I can see how managing this WR corps presents the Bills with difficult decisions and I wouldn't be surprised if they opt to stay the course for the time being. Zay has underperformed relative to expectations but as others have noted he may be a serviceable # 3 with ST utility albeit probably with limited upside. Guys like that have a place on an NFL roster. Foster blows hot and stone cold. Duke brings some impressive attributes to the table but nobody yet knows how well (or not) they translate against starting calibre LBs and DBs. They are all pretty much of equivalent value for now. So I think the Bills probably stay the course at this time (assuming Kroft isn't going to miss significant time).

The majority of Jets fans know that they have been turned into toads living upon the vapour of a dungeon and, understandably, they don't like it. In the best of cases their rebuild is about a year behind the Bills IMO. Thing is there is a real chance that a clueless organization continues to shoot itself in the foot in which case all bets are off, which is sort of a shame (if you are a Jets fan) because they really do have some nice pieces. This Gase guy, idk.

There are three likely first ballot HofF QBs currently active. Two have gone down with injury but not Tom. Some kind of strange voodoo going on there IMO.

Knox missed time in preseason. He hasn't yet adjusted to the zip on some of Allen's passes. Something he's probably not seen before.

Meh...I'd say check back later.

Sure. If you build it they will come. Bills are already getting a fair amount of early interest. Everybody wants to be first to the party.

Incredibly Gase, a supposed genius on offence, apparently didn't even want him. No better proof that he's totally clueless. Ok so they know where to find him. All is well.

Whats Sanchez up to these days?

Daboll's scheming and play calling. And the players readiness to execute his offence. So much of success in this league boils down to coaching.

Football gods are busting a gut laughing at Rosen right now. I can't remember a young QB more in need of correction attitude wise than Rosen, if one believes what was being said about him (at least some of which was definitely true). I also can't remember a young QB being more humiliated than Rosen, especially given his self importance. And the football gods are probably not through with him yet, if reports that the Fins are out to draft another QB in the first round are true. Maybe if it doesn't kill him it will make him stronger (and better).

Greggo completely bamboozled Mayfield last night. Maybe just a case of an experienced DC getting the better of a young QB. Or maybe Baker has issues making (or attempting to make) adjustments based on post snap reads. If so, the question becomes whether with experience he can develop this skill. If he can't he will certainly be limited. I was surprised to see how inaccurate some of his passes were last night even when he was going where he should with it. If he doesn't clean this up soon he's looking at a lot of turnovers coming up.

No one, not his most ardent pre-draft critics, have ever doubted Josh Allen's ability to throw the long ball. He and Mahomes probably have the strongest arms in the NFL. And Allen's long ball was also always credited with reasonable to above average accuracy. It was the perceived inaccuracy of his short passing game that was flagged as a potential career ending liability (along with occasional poor decision making). Given a pocket to work from dude has the wherewithal to be one of the better long ball artist in the game without question. I'm pretty sure eventually we will see more of it, just a question of when Daboll decides to deploy it. Agree that we have an NFL passing attack. IMO a credible long ball threat very much helps to preserve it, especially against the better, more complete Ds we will in due course be facing. Like NE for example.