VaMilBill

Is this a practice injury? We can’t stay healthy on the back 7 ever

First off, calm down on the rhetoric. I’m not getting into an argument with you. I’m simply stating what I believe to be objective points. That’s a fair point on Tre, but know one thought his injury would make him pretty useless at this point. Or maybe it’s both the injury and changing systems. Also, Poyer was slowing down, but the drop off in changing systems with getting older only exacerbated his ineffectiveness. Keep in mind, he was still a solid player for us last year. And I’m not saying McD is our only option. I’m saying what I think Terry is probably thinking. And your opinion doesn’t matter and neither does mine. Only Terry’s. one last thing to consider, how many times has a new coach taken their team to the Super Bowl within their first two years on the job. I can only find 5. Not great odds.

Sounds like an excuse to bench him so they can throw the game for obvious reasons. Totally understand them doing it. Why risk his health for a meaningless game that would actually hurt the franchise if they win? My only problem is when they portray they are doing everything in their power to win this game.

I mean our defense is built around a pretty unique system and a lot of its players are system players. Have we had any defenders leave our team and go be successful elsewhere under McD? I’d argue no. I can think of Levi Wallace, Tremaine Edmunds, Tre White, Poyer, Jordan Phillips. I’m sure there are more. All those guys were successful with us and regressed after leaving the Bills. Plus you think of players like Hamlin, who are subpar athletes, but are solid players for us right now is because they’ve been developed within our system. They have experience in the defense and how it functions. I can guarantee players like him will struggle in another system. Even Benford would struggle if we went or a largely man defense in my opinion. Or at least he wouldn’t be nearly as good as he is in the current system. Same with Bernard. Keep in mind, the talent level on our defense is not very good. We really don’t have any elite players. Just players that are greater as a whole

It’s not that I don’t want to win a championship It’s just my objective opinion on the matter. if there was a coach that I believe could come in right away and win a championship I’d do it in a heartbeat. If you fire McD you lose all player development, now need to bring in new players to fit the new scheme, and rebuild the culture. That’s a couple year overhaul which takes us past Josh’s prime. So we are basically in no man’s land. Which is why I think we sit pat with the current regime outside some major catastrophe

Honestly, it’ll be nice treating next week like preseason. Low stress. Get to watch out 2nd team play.

I’m glad the jets released Ty. Ty is low key one of my favorite players on the team. He is so dependable, has some play making ability, smart. He reminds me a lot of what the patriots always had in James white in their later SB years. im sure the spouses club for the bills is also a lot more tight-knit than the jets which makes family life that much better

I’d say the jets killed themselves with turnovers and missed opportunities

I really believe that with the Sabres being a mess and Terry’s and Kim’s medical issues at home, I don’t think Terry will want to fire McD and destabilize the bills. He’s got a good thing going and needs to sell PSLs at the new stadium still. McD can win. It just hasn’t translated to the post-season

I mean you can look at Darnold’s career and believe he will regress back to the mean. plus McCarthy will be on a rookie deal allowing them to go get more players. although I haven’t watched any Vikings football so I am not too familiar with how darnold has actually looked. Is he a product of the system being supported by elite players (see Brock purdy) or has he been making magic on his own (josh Allen)

Josh looks indecisive. Curious if anyone is getting open. But certainly not the MVP performance he really needed to hold off Lamar thus far

They haven’t even forced the jets into a third down yet I think

Run defense is awful

I do wonder if some of those injuries are hangover from the Detroit game. Josh didn’t seem to be throwing the ball very well last week. Just curious if they didn’t report it in the first place

Really what it is gonna take for josh to win MVP are the voters, or a select few, making an argument for josh to win. Sticking to more in-depth statistics such as EPA. But also bringing up the point of Josh’s big wins, how early they locked up the AFC East, Lamar having a potential OPOY candidate on his team in King Henry. Most importantly, in my mind, is having a consistent standard from last year. Josh hasn’t lost us any games this year. Yeah he stats aren’t nearly as good as Lamar’s from this year, but the roles were pretty much exactly reversed. if they were to give Lamar the MVP, I honestly think there would be some sort of major media bias against Josh / some sort of love affair with Lamar. that being said, josh really does need to have a great game Sunday to put the race to bed, even if he sits week 18.

Only way I see that happening is if our defense played way better than how they’ve been playing. or if josh is able to jump to leads in all those games and we outpace those teams. Denver not too much of a worry, but we’d need to do thaf against baltimore

Does this still count as a shutout for the ravens if they only have up a safety?

Stupid mistake by Henry. That’s a rookie mistake.

Is the ravens defense actually figuring it out or is Stroud just playing like crap?

Kansas seems like they are turning it on at the right time. Things seem to be clicking more than earlier in the season

Don’t think the Texans will stand a chance against the ravens.

If your plan is to start him in the playoffs I say yes start him. But you need to get Hamlin and Rapp back in there when they are ready to get back into game shape before playoffs. Don’t want them not having played for 5 weeks entering the post-season

I gotta say, when we drafted James cook this is exactly what we hoped he’d be. A guy who can split defenders and beat angles. At least 5 of his touchdowns this year, including one from yesterday, would have been stopped if we still employed devin singletary. Having that extra gear is huge. And he’s been a boon to why the offense has been so good this year

That’s how the chiefs have been winning all season right? but I’m sure the media will knock us for it. Sadly, I think this game hurt Josh’s MVP race badly

Josh hurt his hand?