Bleeding Bills Blue

He got a lot of listeners from the barstool job he took after he left the NFL. One of the reasons he left was basically stuff like this - he was paid a salary but he didn't know the goings-on outside of his podcasts, blogs, etc. He was talent, not a business partner. He's not just NFL either, he has wrestled at multiple WWE events, and was the color announcer on smackdown for like a year. He works for ESPN on College Gameday every Saturday, and does a ton of other ESPN stuff related to both college and pro football. Sending a Cease and Desist letter to an ESPN employee is just so strange and petty to me. I know the reasoning is likely NFL+ related and there will be EXCLUSIVE podcasts that will be able to air whatever they want. It's a podcast, they're all free - they just do mid-show ads for things like fanduel and stuff. He's basically made his own barstool sports - but without the controversy that accompanies working with Dave Portnoy.

One just types them in and another uses a graphic that could be weeks old.... Not really sure what constitutes a win in pass rush win rate, seems like a made up PFF stat. He has fewer sacks than miller, and a couple more pressures (hurries + knockdowns + sacks) per Pro football reference. But he also played 8 games vs. 7 for Miller, and considerably more snaps per game. Chubb has recorded 2 pressures in the last 3 games.

Broken ankle - anywhere from probably 10 at the low end to season ending. Depends how bad everything was, but we probably won't hear anything for another 4-6 weeks.

Bobby hart szn.

He was injured in 2 of his last 3 games against buffalo too.

nope.

They had to do something Their Blitz rate was 28.4% to Buffalo's 14.7%. Buffalo has more sacks 21 to 15, a higher pressure rate 22% to 14.8%, Hurry% 5.5 to 4.7, and knockdown % 10.2 to 5.9. Their pass rush was trash without blitzing basically. 26 sacks in 49 games isn't elite pass rusher to me. He's a good player but not a gamechanger.

Tua's fine. He's only cheap for 1 more year though then things get complicated. I don't see a team like Miami able to win 3 road games to get to a super bowl though.

For a rental too - yeesh. At the same time, totally get it. They're blitz heavy because their pass rush isn't great, might help them get a bit more flexible there against some QBs you don't blitz come playoff time.

I think it probably makes the dollars make some more sense. If they want to sign beckham they need some cap space, and you need about a millionish for roster moves.

We're pretty limited on cap space at the moment.

Here's an idea... keep your helmet on?

They're hard to find... its why teams are taking shots at cody ford's. I know what i have is not good, maybe the bills castoff has some valuable football in him.

Yeah - RPOs don't work if i just always play the pass because your run game sucks. They need to get back to Mcvay basics, under center, play action, jet motion.

I picked cincy to miss the playoffs but i didn't really peg injuries as the reason, other than maybe burrow. I figured first place schedule in 2022 (they get KC, Tenn, Dallas as non-common's) vs. last place schedule in 2021 (Jags, Jets, 49ers as non-commons), healthier ravens, and i just felt they overachieved in 2021. 18th ranked defense in yards, 17th in points, 26th against the pass - and they literally didn't add anything. Burrow had a good year - but 900 yards and 7 TDs came against whatever baltimore had left on defense, and he was sacked 51 times. They also aren't a good running team despite people believing them to be. Mixon gets a ton of usage, but he isn't particularly dynamic.

It's so hard to upgrade mid-season though. Bad teams usually have bad offensive linemen.

and for like 30 years before that every other super bowl team did nothing.

Their defense is interesting, but their offense is bad. Even their defense, the best offense they played was Miami who was on their 3rd string QB. They have takeaways in every game, and their winning streak was largely because they took care of the ball and had some big plays. I don't see us giving up big plays to them, and i don't see them being able to handle our offense to the level that they need to.

I don't think Collinsworth would sign off on going to Buffalo 2 weeks after he was just there - so for that reason i say SNF is likely out. The matchup there isn't terrible either. As for 4 - thats the cowboys slot and i can't see buffalo booting the cowboys from the fox 4PM window. Right now they have the top 1PM game, and the top 4PM game on Fox.

He might not be - but that flexibility would help him stay active on game days.

I give it 0 chance tbh. Collinsworth hates buffalo, and the SNF games currently the chargers and 49ers. Their records aren't overly impressive but they're good teams and its a fairly compelling game.

What i find most impressive about this stat, and the defense in general - the strength of schedule. Buffalo is near the top in both scoring d, and yardage d. Rams looked inept as last years champions. Titans are a team who gave buffalo fits before, and looked terrible. Dolphins beat buffalo, but had 200 total yards and 15 1D's. Ravens couldn't move the ball in the 2nd half. Mahomes had 20 points and 2 INTs, and then Rodgers. Buffalo gets - Jets x2, Cleveland sans Watson, Patriots x2, Lions, Bears from here on out. Minnesota, Dolphins, Bengals are the toughest 3 games on their schedule.

My guess is when they activate white they may move benford there for some practice. Elam will already likely get relegated for a lot of the game.

I probably wouldn't trade him either unless the offer was absurd. There's a ton of teams ahead of them in standings. But the Jets and Patriots are 2 of those teams, and i don't see either as a playoff team. That leaves them chasing 1 of chargers, bengals/ravens, and dolphins. They lost a few tight ones, they have a generally rough schedule the rest of the year, but they are a tough out even with all of their issues.

Diggs target share is up from 26.3 to 28%. Slot targets are down from about 22% to 20%. Other outside WR targets are down from 22.6% last year to 17.3% this year. The big difference is RB targets are up from 15% to 21%. I'd say they miss his hands a bit, but a lot of his targets have shifted to Singletary and likely Cook as the season progresses. They both are able to create more YAC than Beasley. The crowder injury was unfortunate but Shakir seems to be coming along. I don't think this team is any better with Beasley tbh.