Mango

The Bills had a total of 15 players not dress or leave the game for injury yesterday. The Dolphins only won by 2. If anything I think it shows how important it is for us to be healthy late in the year. The Dolphins barely squeaked by a second string NFL team. Do whatever it takes to get 100% healthy in January and roll from there. If the Bills are healthy against Miami in December I am likely to take whatever is in my Fanduel account and put it on 2x the spread.

You can have a great OL and Allen can still move outside the pocket.

I was off all week on all my takes. Every prediction for injury was wrong. Every.Single.One After the "hopener" I said to my GF, "I don't like any bets across the league next week, let alone the Bills". I bet the over and the money line a few days later. Almost look KC -5.5, thankfully didn't. I was off all week.

Any word on Benford? Not great that he was in a club post game. Hoping to get Poyer back to help will be good. But we could be looking at starting CB4 and CB5 this game, which is wild.

The visiting team is only allowed to use what the home team is using. So if the Dolphins don’t use cooling benches, the Bills cannot use them. Doesn’t matter if they flew them in.

I generally agree and at large it doesn’t bother me. But a 30 degree temperature advantage where away team is at 112 degrees in the sun and the rules say no cooling fans/benches is wild. Most games aren’t as dangerous as it was yesterday. There has to be a league rule in the hot or cold so that when things are dangerous teams can at least have safety measures like fans.

The Miami sideline can be 30 degrees cooler than the visitors sideline. Some said above that Eric Wood reported 112 on field. That means the Miami sideline is a shady 82. I would certainly put injuries at the top of the list of reasons we lost. But this game is the exact reason the Hard Rock is built like it is.

I think you are basically allowed what the other team has. So I know they made mention of Buffalo bringing cooling benches. But if Miami doesn’t use them on our sideline, the way I understand it is we cannot use them on ours. Same with fans, etc. I believe the canopies are allowed because of the shade vs. no shade on either side. I could be wrong, I’m just going off of what a buddy of mine who is a Dolphins fan told me.

A healthy Bills team today wins this by a million. We had 4 new OL today and 5 new DB’s. And all 3 starting WR plus our TE were hobbled today. At some points this afternoon I was just laughing, like “how are we even in this game right now”.

That is our team. 4-OL 2- DT 5- DB 1- QB If you count heat you can add 1- TE 3- WR

Dude, I can’t believe we almost won that game. What a clown show. If this team can get healthy there isn’t anybody in the league that can stop them and it isn’t close. I hope Miami feels great about getting out of this match up by only two points. The team was down 4 OL. 2 Starting DL. 4 staring defensive backs, and WR 1, 2, and 3 were all hobbled, still put up 500 yards and allowed only 212. I hate losing this game; but I am amped. The mission has never been clearer. Keep grinding. Get healthy. Our time will come. Look for a 40 burger next time at home.

It’s the Jim Schwartz/Chan Gailey answer. It is part of the rotation. A lot of guys were struggling. Von could have been as well. And may give a clue as to why they rushed 3. This game was such a mess, I am not sure this is a decision I’m that concerned about.

The team got beat on multiple occasions with misdirection and play recognition. Which is where Poyer and Hyde excel. I was pleased with them in coverage today.

One thing I learned today is that this team is not ready for life without both Poyer and Hyde. I think we can manage without one for some time. But Johnson/Hamlin can’t direct traffic and don’t have the play recognition skills those guys have. I get it. One game. But still.

Not that it really matters in the loss. The Bills just didn’t hold up their end of the bargain today given all the injuries. But how the hell was Tua allowed to come back in? If that were any of us no doctor would let me even look at my phone for 24 hours let alone play NFL football.

Learns from what? The defense was missing half its starters. A total back up secondary and interior OL. We played third string players on the OL. Diggs and Davis are hobbled. Today wasn’t a situation where the team took Miami for granted. It was a preseason team vs. a 2-0 NFL team.

And 40 minutes of possession.

I actually thought coverage was serviceable today. We got worked with a lot of misdirection which comes down to Poyer and Hyde. As far as straight physical play I thought the secondary did “OK”

What a wild game. I’ve never seen anything like it. I have to assume this game is a blow out with a healthy Diggs Davis First or Second team center Bates Oliver Philips Poyer White Jackson

I was pretty bullish that Poyer would play this week. And I was pretty confident that Davis would go last week. Tuesday AM I took Buffalo to win and hammered the over. Based on my track record, I’m going to switch my bet to Miami -12.5 You’re welcome guys.

Nothing good happens when you bring another Johnson to the party.

Tua is the potential MVP candidate…and Buffalo is on the road. Got it. Buffalo Bills trolling their own team. I love it. I imagine that’ll add a chip to their shoulder.

I think Lewis Hamilton rolls his eyes at Diggs outfits. Is he wearing a smock today? Maybe do some finger-painting on the plane?

Before the Von signing I’ve been vocal that I think Poyer is the most important piece to the defense. He’s been lights out in the pass game and doesn’t get some of the national accolades because he covers up some of Edmunds early deficiencies in play recognition.

I think safety was our safety blanket for managing significant time with a rookie statue CB. Losing Hyde hurts that and creates a little more urgency around Tre coming back IMO.