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Losing Milano sucks. The one thing that go me today was that at one point we were missing 6 starters on defense. Tre Jones Groot Milano Ed Taron All those guys won’t be gone all year. But it felt so ominous.

I thought Dane Jackson had a great game. Very physical out there today and a couple of big stops in the run game.

On the bright side he never really got burnt by Ridley. Hopefully more play time gets his head on a swivel.

It doesn’t feel like we lose a guy in the divisional and get them back for a Super Bowl or something like that. It’s always in the middle of the year and we wait to see them again next year. I think the intent was for Von to get a lot more than 5 snaps but guys started dropping like flies.

More so than any complaints about McBeane, Dorsey, Allen, Poyer, Kincade, whatever the flavor of the week is, I am the most frustrated that it just doesn’t seem like this town can get away from the injury bug. For what seems like the millionth time in a row we are down a bunch of high impact starters…again. I am not pointing the finger at the staff but it feels like such a gut punch.

I thought I saw him back on the field and that was situational. If true, very odd to sit a guy and never provide him safety help for your CB4 on Ridley.

Elam was in position more times than he wasn’t. But he needed to get eyes on the ball. Too often he played the man well without any idea of the pass. He stood up for 3-ish quarters. Hyde botched his 1:1 responsibility in Ridley too. I was shocked they didn’t help Elam out more with a safety over top. I was a little more upset with that than I was Elam.

Allen used to put everything on a frozen rope with almost no window for error and difficult to catch. I think this has been his correction. But I wish he’d have it more dialed in. Today wasn’t on Allen.

I posted concern the other day. The soccer field is 3 feet above the stadium foundation and the football field is on a rubber mat on concrete. It sucked. And it sucks more for the season than it does this individual game.

The good: - Oliver - AJE - All our LB’s - Dane Jackson The bad: - Refs - Injuries - Safeties - Jags time in London - No one unit of the offense but they never got it together either.

Other sports have been crossing oceans for decades to compete. OP pretends this is new to the world so all data is flawed because Bills. (And some weird statement about science in general). It’s just new to the NFL. Most sports who are far more invested in international travel have laid it out. Got at least two weeks early or show up close to game time. Science doesn’t mean “do this and 100% of the time everything will be great”.

This game is all stalled drives, dropped passes, mystery flags, and defensive injuries. I’m generally very quick to point fingers but I just want the guys to come home and I want to move on.

They’re saying he stayed on the ground after the Bills called a TO. But I swear I’ve heard of teams getting their TO back when the refs catch an injury after the fact. This one is a first for my memory.

The defense haven’t been able to overcome the 3 and outs and constant ghost flags all game. It was a matter of time before they popped. Just get back home at this point.

I’m no engineer of field surface guru, but my first thought was that the soccer field is a hybrid natural/artificial surface lifted off the ground. And the NFL is full synthetic laid on a 1 inch rubber mat directly on the foundation/tracks of the stadium. That has to hurt. Sheesh. It likely seems like it isn’t a huge deal. But even running on the sidewalk vs street as a normal human who occasionally jogs makes a huge difference on joint health.

This sounds like a guy I’d bump into at Brick Bar ripping coke on a casual Wednesday night.

Agreed, I’ve been critical of both, more so Rousseau. Oliver has always made a lot of plays just not as many splash plays as some would like. Also big props on Jones and Floyd. Their impact cannot be understated. They’ve both balled out.

I couldn’t watch tonight but checking the box score, you’d like to see more than 2 solo tackles from your big time FA. But in on 9 and 2 solo is the Edmunds stat line so….

I think the team travels with like 150 people or so +\-. I’m guessing that means any first class seat has to sit next to somebody and everybody else gets a row to themselves. If I book a flight last minute and can’t get extra leg room I always go to the back row window. More often than not the middle seat will be open and I can stretch diagonally.

For other sports who do a lot of international travel the standard operating procedure is either at least two weeks or go right before the event and don’t let the body slow down.

It just occurred to me that these stadiums are built for 25 person rosters. These NFL games need at least 53. Plus you have to add in that these teams will likely travel with a bunch of their practice squad players to account for injury being so far away. Pretty nuts that that whole build out is purely for the 2 NFL games per year.

For sports that travel internationally regularly that’s what the data has suggested. At least two weeks or just keep the momentum rolling.

Just to clarify you mean 3 games is post merger and 4 games is pre-merger? It might be the pot talking but I read this 100 times and it says “tied the record with 3…the most is 4”.

I think YAC is up. Not to combined two topics but I think part of it is just spreading the ball out more. It forces the defense to leave more open space and respect everybody. Josh, Dorsey, and Personnel are all pieces of that pie. I’ve been pounding the table on this board to spread the ball out. I’m just thrilled it’s happening!

There is a space in between your very extreme example. The Rams managed the cap in a way maybe only one other team in history has (Saints). It’s a terrible historical example. So sure we can talk about Kupp. And we can also say “yes they won that Super Bowl” but until they straighten their cap out, partially because of that contact, they’ll continue to suck balls. They risked their entire future for one shot. They’re lucky it worked out, it doesn’t make it best practices.. So no, I don’t want to sign Adams even if his cap hit is $3M this year if it means him, Allen, and Diggs account for us being -$60M over the cap going forward. And to an extent I don’t want Davis at anything more than $3-5M next year (he wont). I’m all for drafting a WR high to fill the gap in 24 and keep cost low. That’s the model that has sustained success for franchises that have won multiple SB’s. I prefer to follow that one. We have enough long term pieces to do this thing more than once.