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Elam needs more playing time, and I'd keep giving him large chunks of game reps. Bills will need him in the playoffs.

Don't wait until the half to adjust, defense.

My commentary was on their head coach, not Stroud the player. Stroud wasn't available to rally the team, and that's when Ryans should have stepped in. I didn't see Ryans even talk to Stroud.

The Texans effectively left the stadium after the injury. I put that 100% on Ryans. Can't be Mr. Stoic in that moment, staring across the field, with your headset on.

All about as much rest as possible for the 30+ year old players. (I'd rather face the Ravens with a rested, relatively uninjured Daquan Jones.)

This is a game where in addition to Dewayne Carter, I'd give Zion Logue and/or Branson Deen playing time to see what they've got at DT. Need fresh legs at DT. I don't think Jones/Phillips/Jefferson provides much.

This Bills team is special.

Have always had a soft spot for the Cardinals and Vikings. Cardinals are one of the NFL's worst teams all-time. Vikings are better. Bills are almost to .500 as a franchise.

Most NFL teams can't dissect zone. The Ravens can via the run and the Texans and Rams can with their quick receivers. As others have said...if zone isn't working, they need to change immediately, not wait.

I was expecting Babich to adjust at the half. No answers on defense today.

Polar Express is a weird, unintentionally creepy movie. Bob Zemeckis got weird with age. It was the first movie where I had the opinion that all is not what it seems with Tom Hanks.

I think he will stay in broadcasting. I don't think any NFL team or Division 1 school is likely to hire a soon-to-be 73-year-old coach. NFL teams and colleges invest heavily in infrastructure around a head coach, with the expectation that it will remain in place for several years. At 73, concerns about health and the inevitable effects of aging arise. Why do I bring this up? I believe that if Wade Phillips were younger, he would have been an NFL head coach in recent years—especially considering the success he had with the Rams' SB defense. After that, you know what he did? He became the head coach of a UFL team, where he performed quite well, and that was it.

Some, to the positive. He's already the best Bills coach in the free agency era. I think he needs to get the Bills to a SB to be in a conversation about being the best Bills coach of all time. One thing that has changed positively IMO is this 2024 team is showing up to nearly every game. I thought the team took the Ravens game off, but otherwise, it has shown up. That *home* Cincy divisional game where the entire team appeared to rather be somewhere else has never sat well with me as a fan.

NBA Basketball. Just chucking 3s. Boring to watch.

No. The Jets (Johnson) would hire a firm to provide the entirety of the general manager and front office services. The Jets would not have separate front office personnel on their payroll like their own pro personnel executive, analytics, scouts, etc.

I won't be surprised to see this firm become the GM at the end of the process. I think that's the emerging trend - a firm running the FO, not just one executive. Why have one GM when you can have a group of GMs apply their experience and connections?

I don’t see the Bills committing to a long-term contract for *any* player over 29. While I’m a big fan of Rasul Douglas—he’s an exceptional zone corner—the Von Miller deal and the inevitable decline many players experience after that age suggest those resources would be better allocated elsewhere.

I'd put Ken Dorsey last. He had many advantages Rick Dennison did not. Dorsey had the advantage of being in the Bills organization for years before he became OC. He also had Josh Allen as a developed quarterback, an offense that had some playoff and big game seasoning, and Bills peak spend (so far) on offense. Dorsey's game plan was boom or bust, and it didn't change based on weather conditions or what the defense was giving him. Adjustments are what make OCs and DCs successful. Rick Dennison was tasked with working with the menagerie of the Rex Ryan holdovers, the first draft class of Beane/McDermott, and Tyrod Taylor as QB. I think the game evolved and passed Leslie Frazier by. He was the right guy for that 2017-2018 period but that Texans WC loss should have shown McDermott that his defense is a loser in today's NFL.

Recent history demonstrates that the Bills are more than capable of beating the Chiefs, as they've done in regular-season matchups. However, when it comes to the playoffs, the Chiefs excel at analyzing those regular-season games and making the 1-2 critical adjustments that win the playoff rematches.

I'd think from his perspective, the Bills would be the ideal fit at this juncture. He's not a plug and play football player. Knowing the defense instinctively makes him a better football player because there's no hesitation or thinking. He can finish 2024 strong and hit FA with a good year of play. It's going to be very difficult for him to jump to an unfamiliar team this week and be impactful.

I hope the Bills use some formations and plays they have not used yet this year in this game. - the Chiefs package. The entire key to any Chiefs game is keeping Reid and Spagnuolo off balance, with new stuff and misdirection, making them react, especially in the second half.

No. Too late. Wouldn't be anywhere near game shape. I don't think he's playing again.

He's like Hasson Reddick in an older body. He only wants to rush the passer, so he's not going to set an edge or do any of that "tackling" stuff.

50-50. He's obnoxious on ESPN but a surprisingly decent actor on General Hospital.

I picked the Saints. In theory, the Browns have an issue around one player, and could drop a nuclear bomb and take that dead cap hit of $172 million over 1-2 seasons and be done with it or negotiate a retirement settlement with Watson that'd be less than that number. Yes, they would likely field the worst team in league history, as every player would be league minimum, but it could be done. The NFL would likely go to great lengths to stop it. Fans would be apoplectic. However, they likely get the #1 pick in the draft, and are also getting a new stadium. Saints have a multi-year project of clearing dead cap and current cap with multiple bad contracts, and they have an aging facility. There's little to look forward to until 2030.