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That unlikely as he’s only 26. Former 5th overall pick who hasn’t lived up to that overall. Ankle injury this season. Missed the last game for “personal reasons” which might have something to do with him not starting. Or could be something that will keep him out longer. Seems like he wanted to be cut loose by Philly. He was on a one year, $4M deal with $3.5M guaranteed and another $3.5M possible in incentives. He got paid $2.17M of it already. So it doesn’t look like he’d cost much. But my thinking is that he will want assurances that he will get on the field for his new team so he can get paid next season. It doesn’t feel like a move the Bills would make though. He’s more of a fit for replacing Bernard than Williams IMO and that’s no bueno unless he gets injured. So that’s all I’d be watching for.

It’s rude to ask another question when you haven’t answered one already posed to you.

I was responding to the point brought up. The poster mentioned that a loss of consciousness doesn’t necessarily mean that the person has a concussion. I simply stated that if an NFL player is knocked unconscious then they are automatically put into the concussion protocol. What was unclear about that?

While loss of consciousness isn’t a sure sign of a concussion, the NFL’s concussion protocol is to automatically put a player in it if they are knocked unconscious.

yes. both agree on the hires

The independent neurotrauma professional is hired by both the NFL and NFLPA, but other than that…..

Not the case as it happened in Texas.

In the same game they would have automatically reviewed Coleman’s TD. Sure looked like he stepped OOB at least once, but they let it stand.

LOL. Now that’s funny. I’ve seen far worse calls.

Because NFL officiating never makes a mistake?

Now you’re just being silly.

And anyone who understands basic logo can tell you that you throw the challenge flag because the cost to you is zero and the potential benefit is large, even if the odds are small.

Because refs are infallible? Or are you saying that it wasn’t worth risking nothing on the off chance we get the call overturned and maintain the TO?

Chances might’ve been slim - they weren’t 0.0% - but the cost was nothing.

My post that you responded to very clearly referenced only the play with 3:30.

WTF are you talking about? The timeout we are discussing came with 3:30 left in the 4th qtr. It was after the pass to Cook on the sideline that was ruled incomplete. McD called a timeout rather than throw the challenge flag. At that point in the game the challenge flag would have been the correct decision if he was going to call a TO anyway. That’s because the Bills had both challenges left and challenges can’t be used after the 2 min warning. So he wound up wasting both. Better to have had a chance at getting the call reversed - especially since it would have cost the Bills nothing.

Exactly what I said at the time too. There was only 3:30 left in the game and we had both challenges left. It would’ve cost us nothing to challenge. It would have given us a longer TO even if we didn’t win it.

I honestly can see the Bills trading for a WR. It feels like it’ll be too little, too late. The team needs more than that to compete for a title (though it would be a good start). Even if they do make it to the playoffs they have to win there with a HC that has a consistent habit of freezing up and making mistakes. Allen can’t cover up all the deficiencies and that too. He needs more help than one WR can give him. Though an Amari Cooper or the like would make the season a lot more enjoyable.

Gotta find ways to scheme some people open more often. Utilizing Samuel in some rational way would also help.

That’s not remotely true. Lotta folks here bought into that exact narrative that the Bills pushed through their mouthpieces. Everybody eats! We won’t have just one stud WR that teams can key on and take away! No team wins if they have to pay an elite WR! This is the smart way to build a WR corps! All that garbage was posted here ad naseum. It was posters drinking the kool aid and being hopeful. The biggest issue this is causing is what we’ve seen the last two games. Allen is holding the ball because no one is open and that’s getting him hit a lot more. That can do damage to him and this team that lasts beyond this season.

After our 3-0 start I posted that I’d be stoked if we came out of the next three games 5-1. Also I wore a Bills sweatshirt a couple times this past week. So I’m pretty sure these last two are on me.

Combination of turf toe and horrifically poor usage.

Josh probably thought he was throwing to a competent NFL WR with at least bare minimum NFL speed.

Notably Allen was 0-5 passing after his head bounced off the turf.

Agreed. But it could’ve been done differently. They have really set Allen and the offense up for failure.