Mango

I have a feeling the Pats are going to mess up seeding for somebody. They play Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Miami down the stretch. Something in my gut says they win one of those games and it either changes the 1 seed or boots Miami from the playoffs.

I think the Bills could lose that and still be the 1 or 2 seed (KC). Bengals still have to play the Ravens again who currently lead the division.

I think the Jets/Dolphins game is likely to be a win and your in game for both teams. The Jets have more momentum at the moment. I wouldn't be so quick to pencil Miami in.

Yeah, I agree with that and was thinking the same thing. We are only dressing 4 WR these days, so it isn't like we don't have room on game day.

I am sorta jealous. He must save so much money shopping at Baby Gap.

I believe it has been confirmed he is in Buffalo. We just have no idea why. Is he even meeting with the team? Maybe he is selling his house? Or he is waiting outside Benny the Butcher's house because he wants to collab, but Benny keeps leaving him on read.... We just don't know.

My uneducated guess is that when Elam gets into games, he freestyles a bit too much to make up for some of his zone deficiencies. The staff can be patient with deficiencies but not with be willing to do your 1/11th assignments. I am totally guessing, but I agree that phrasing was odd. That was the best I could come up with.

Washed out in Tampa pretty quickly when they had a major need at the slot with Godwin on. I have some frustrations with the FO at the moment. They have done a little bit of poor scouting on their current prospects and lack of veteran FA presence. I think Josh has a little bit of the yips since the bye. In addition to only having 4 WR on the roster right now, I think that they are targeting guys like Beasley and Brown with minimal tread is to try and get him back in his rhythm with familiarity. 2 of the more frustrating plays for me yesterday was Josh throwing the ball away with a very open Cook and then Knox on the play. He didn't even look their way and they weren't plays with defenders bearing down on him either.

Catch % is not the same as drops. For example the only throw to Shakir on Sunday was totally uncatchable and OOB. I think Beasley is absolutely washed up. I think we have a bit of a problem with a FO who has struggled to figure out WR depth and a stud QB with the yips which is why we’re trying to sign a bunch of guys who are going washed up but the QB has some positive history with.

I don’t understand why the Bills would do this before giving Shakir any meaningful snaps?

I’m curious if he’s going off script a bit to make up for his deficiencies in zone and the staff doesn’t like it. It’s certainly not a discipline issue, but they might also be saying “you have to be better at what we’re doing, and if you aren’t going to do what we’re doing with playing time, we’ll play somebody who does”

I read it as “he isn’t doing stuff the way we want”. For all the talk on this board that Elam was playing well. His opposing QB passer rating isn’t very good.

I don't know why, but I love these so much.

Dude there is a giant store at the mall in Albany that is entirely full of knock off gear. It’s insane. An entire section of misprinted names, or numbers.

Is that for the current jerseys or the old ones? My Mitchell and Ness football jerseys are perfect. Most of my basketball jerseys are on point as well. I’m always afraid to grab anything current because when they’re off it is obvious? If anybody has a good reseller for hockey sweaters let me know. I got a couple and they’re “good” but not great. The necks are just way too large. Otherwise they’d be close to perfect. My buddy just got a fully stitched Milano from the Bills shop online. And it looks like absolute trash.

I know somebody who had a couple pair of fake Jordan’s taken. I have two pair that I bought from the same reseller in the same size, and one pair is way too small. I gave them to my brother in law. They aren’t that comfortable but in most settings they’re passable.

OP is saying Josh isn’t taking what’s given to him. You are saying sometimes Mahomes isn’t great. I am saying that no matter how good or bad another QB may or may not play has no impact on whether or not ours needs to be better.

So I have bought stuff through DHGate for cheap. You have to pick your seller carefully. There’s always something a little “off”. I almost always buy old jerseys through China. The new ones are obvious and I have a bunch of legit jerseys in my closet too. My Bruce, Thurman, and Andre jerseys are great though. I’ve gotten jerseys, sneakers, and watches watches. Not once have they gone through Buffalo border patrol. They always clear at NJ, NY, or sometimes Chicago (Chicago takes forever). It’s weird this came through Buffalo. This looks like some guy ordering a few Christmas presents for friends and family. This isn’t news. Meanwhile at the mall in Albany nearly all those jerseys are counterfeit. They have an entire section of defects. The NFL isn’t sending anybody misprinted jerseys for resale. So maybe we stop making news over some random dude who bought his kid something for cheap, and start cracking down on the retailers who are selling $15 knock offs for $100 at local shopping malls. Also, those look great.

I think the OP here is a little harsh maybe, but ultimately I think the premise of forcing low percentage plays too often has been accurate going all the way back to GB. Cincinnati playing the Browns tight, or any game Mahomes has is totally irrelevant to that point. This fan base is in SB mode, and I agree with the OP, if the team does not figure out how to get in a high percentage rhythm that keeps the chains moving, we won’t be able to reach that goal. I could care less if anybody else had a bad game. This! It might be on the table without a collapse if he was a McBeane hire. But that all changes when your QB goes to bat for a specific guy to be in charge.

I was at the game yesterday, I love going but don’t get to see much football. I’m catching up on watching it today. You’re right, with a stout DL, we ran a lot of long developing plays. But then in the first couple of drives there were some decisions that didn’t make sense that ended the drive in 3 and out. One was Josh quickly tossing it at his feet when he had Cook on a wheel route and open. The other was chucking it out of bounds to Shakir when he had a throw wide open underneath. I kept replaying them, total head scratchers.

This is the heart of the issue, and was even under Daboll. Our offense just seems to have no interest in targeting a big time TE early or often. Knox's contract is sort of similar to us continuing to draft, sign, and trade for receiving RB's that we never utilize. I have been going through the All-22 weekly and Knox is out there and open quite a bit, but we never seem to toss him the ball. So why pay a TE top 5 money if you aren't going to utilize him? His redzone targets are amongst the lowest for TE in the league. I think a huge problem with our offense sputtering is that we just don't spread the ball out enough. We are quick to defend our all-pro and stud QB, but it is a thin line between needing to put the team on your back and doing too much by yourself. There are a million things that go into executing a single play. I am certainly not forgiving drops or the OL. But Josh needs to see the whole field and take the easy money where he can.

This is a thing that people keen parroting but is 100% false. It is driving me nuts because it is just so not true…like even a little. Knox is 6th among tight ends in for total routes run, and 11th for total snaps in the slot. He’s also 11th for % of snaps/routes run at 75.8%. Considering he missed a week with a foot injury then played through a bad hamstring, that’s pretty high in relation to his peers. There’s a number of reasons Knox might not be performing, but being a blocker v. route runner isn’t one of them at scale. https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/dawson-knox/

I believe that Philips 2 year deal is a void year. Spotrac has him listed as an UFA for 2023. So we will be taking a cap hit for him but as of now is not on the roster for 2023 without a new contract. About OL, that is why I said 2 OL in the first 3 rounds. Losing Morse will be huge if he doesn't re-sign or retire. I have said for a bit, if the Bills find a LT they love, they shouldn't hesitate to move Dawkins inside. They can upgrade both positions with one draft pick in that scenario.

I would actually consider replacing Hines with Blackshear just because his contract over 3 years is half of Hines next year. I really like Hines as a PR/KR. But he provides nothing on offense. I would not be shocked if he is not on the roster next season.

We need help on OL and WR. Which makes me believe that we have to re-sign/extend Poyer, Edmunds, and Oliver. We just can't afford to create any more holes on defense that necessitate a top 100 pick on defense. Being able to somehow retain Philips and Lawson would be a huge bonus. Buffalo needs to grab a WR and 2 OL in the fist 3 rounds this offseason.