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They're trying to create a downfield passing offense with Joshua Palmer. That ain't it.

He's done nothing wrong tonight though. Made big play after big play. His team just continually lets him down.

Honestly I feel bad for Herbert. I've commented a lot over the years about Allen's supporting cast, but no one's been given less to work with than him.

Aw Tre. He's on roller skates trying to cut out there.

What in the world did that ref see that made him think that wasn't a TD?

The Chargers have a good slot WR and JAGs outside. Not a hard passing offense to stop.

That's the problem, they don't have downfield passing weapons.

They do an unbelievable job of getting big linemen squared up against smaller defensive players. Then you get people trying to arm tackle Derrick Henry which hasn't been possible since he came out the womb.

Meh. They have a lack of skill position talent which creates a pretty hard ceiling. If you can score 24+ against them you're probably fine.

Yeah that is still the book on Lamar - force him to throw outside. Easier said than done because this offense has a lot of ways to beat you unlike previous years.

That's fair but Baltimore has the tiebreaker over Denver. I find it unlikely that they will end up with less wins than Denver but it's certainly possible.

I don't know, if Purdy was guaranteed to not play we might be favored by 9.5.

I'm still assuming KC is the #1 seed. So we want Baltimore to enter the playoffs as a wildcard. That makes it likely they play KC in the divisional round which is the dream scenario. We could have something like Denver in the wildcard and Pittsburgh in the divisional... That's as easy a path as you can get en route to the AFCCG likely in KC.

The best run defense is a dominating offense. Our two worst run defense games happened because we couldn't keep pace with Baltimore or pull away from Miami. Against Seattle and Indy we made the run defense a non-factor. The goal is to sell out to stop CMC early, get up by two scores as quickly as possible, and dare Purdy to beat you with his arm. The 49ers defense stinks this year and we will seemingly have our entire complement of weapons fully healthy so that strategy should be viable.

Good! Give me Brock Purdy throwing in the elements. Freezing rain would be even better.

I love that you can immediately tell from these conflicting reports that Woody Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, and Joe Douglas are using the various insiders to engage in a public blame game battle. That franchise exudes dysfunction and they'll have a hell of a time convincing top coaching and front office talent to join the circus in the upcoming hiring cycle.

Watch every Bills TD so far:

I just don't worry about the money. If the cap goes up by the same percentage it went up last year, it will be $290M in 2025. OTC says we have $266M accounted for in 2025 so before making any moves at all we are likely to have $24M in cap space. Cutting Von Miller brings us to $32M. Rousseau will likely be extended in a way that brings his 2025 cap hit down by like $5M so that gets us to $37M. I bet we could finagle Daquan Jones into taking a pay cut and get us to $40M. Maybe we extend Josh Allen and kick some of his $43M cap number into future years. When all is said and done I would bet we have $40-45M in available cap space entering 2025. Signing Cooper even at $20M AAV would easily fit in, and it would just replace the Diggs contract that the front office had already accounted for in their long term plans. I hope Beane has learned you can't cheap out on outside WRs. A constant cycle of big contracts and big draft investments is the only way you keep that position at a perennial championship caliber level. I actually like Cooper more for the fact that he isn't an alpha personality. He gives you all the positives of a #1 WR without any of the usual personality drawbacks. Perfect fit for this roster and this locker room for the next two years IMO.

Correct. Thrown over the outside shoulder both times exactly like it was supposed to be.

He should be the priority re-signing in the offseason IMO. He'll be 31 in June so I accept there is a bit of risk there, but that's the same age Deandre Hopkins was when the Titans signed him last year, and I think Cooper's skill set will age fairly well. His presence on the field transforms our offense. Two of our TD drives against KC only happened because Cooper made big downfield catches on 3rd down, catches that the other WRs on our roster have failed to come down with this year. Those two plays are literally the difference between us winning or losing that game. We talk a lot about the need to have difference makers on the roster - what other proof do you need that Cooper is one? He's only been on the field 50% of the time or less in the games he's been active and he's already been able to make a huge impact with that limited snap share. So what is the argument to let him walk?

I'll take any team that is winning more with defense than offense right now. Pittsburgh, Denver, Chargers, I would even throw the Chiefs into that mix. Give me Allen and our fully healthy group of weapons versus any defense no matter how stout. Teams like the Ravens and Bengals scare me because they can drag you into a shootout and that becomes a coin flip.

Has anyone else noticed that Allen's deep ball miraculously looks better when Amari Cooper is the target? Must be a coincidence.

That's DPI in the first 55 minutes of the game. But the officials don't want to decide the outcome so they let it go.

Maybe that's why Jameis didn't see the defender there

Did anyone else just see two Steelers players become translucent? What a bizarre optical illusion.