Straight Hucklebuck

Still, I’m not going to get overly disappointed with a 6th rounder from Villanova and a 7th rounder from Pittsburgh. They’ve done what they can and have taken the Bills as far as they can. In short order we have two corners with first round SEC pedigree coming back in to replace these guys.

Get Edmunds, Morse back. And you wonder how far Rousseau is?

When I watch a game, it’s like I don’t hear the announcers. I don’t have a favorite or a least favorite ever really. Only time I get annoyed is when they get stuck mentally on praising a Quarterback over and over.

The Lions played with more fight and heart yesterday than the Chargers under Staley ever have. I’m sorry, I think Herbert is talented as they come, but how about LA wins about 4 games in a row just once? He was only in the first couple of drives. McDermott said after the game they only wanted him in for 20-25 plays. It looked like they had the same strategy with Elam, but when they had to have it, Elam came back in the 4th.

Listening to 97.1 on the way in, the city of Detroit could feel it. Win 4 in a row for the first time since 2016. The whole building wanted it badly and the Bills fought that off. The Lions played hard today, regardless of what the expectation was. They fought and that crowd wanted it.

When the Chiefs win by 3 in a late game comeback they are lauded and praised. Mahomes ball washing ensues. When the Bills win by 3 by going the length of the field in 20 seconds we go what’s wrong with Allen and the Bills?

He’s been off. Another one today that he tried to throw in the ground and it went right to a linebacker. But that throw to McKenzie across the field was a beauty.

Dude, the Lions played their tails off tonight. They covered our WRs well, and made the Bills earn every inch. The Bills don’t get much offense in the middle of the field, a lot of their plays are to the edges of the field. But Diggs in the postgame was right, the Bills are finding their way to win when things aren’t pretty. I will say today, at times, the line blew holes open for our backs and Allen was much more aggressive in attacking with his run. The next level will be to see Allen really get vocal and gesture after big plays. He’s not quite doing that yet after the elbow.

The throw came right at where I was seated. It was an absolute missile.

Allen was methodical on the last TD drive, and rifled in that last throw to Diggs. It wasn’t the prettiest at times, but Allen was over 300 total yards and 3-TDs. His running started to tick up again and the Bills called some designed runs.

I don’t know he’s not limited? The Bills are lying then because he’s not on the injury report with any designation. You act like doctors encounter ACLs and think what do we do about this? Sports medicine is advanced, this procedure is done routinely. If it was a situation like Daunte Culpepper and everything was destroyed, that’s one thing.

Think the Bills COO sits outside in the cold come December home games?

They are just so slow. Jeff Wilson goes to Miami and he’s catching passes for TDs 4-days later. And yes I know he “knows” the system. McCaffrey is throwing passes a week after arriving. Our HC has identified Hines main skill as a returner and they can’t figure out how to hand him the ball apparently. For Cook it was 107-step plan for them to figure out that their 2nd Round draft pick from NC Georgia is an effective runner, after being told all summer about how they were going to move him all over the formation and put him in the slot. None of that has happened. The creativity is poor. Allen and Diggs greatness is keeping the Bills at 28 ppg, but Dorsey is a disappointment and McDermott? He outthinks himself with “too much on his plate” statements. They tell us they watch the tape. Shakir goes up in between three defenders and comes down with the ball. He catches a TD pass on an underthrown ball from Allen. Translation? He never sees a ball down the middle of the field since. He was good enough to trust in the 4th-quarter against Baltimore, but not trust worthy against Cleveland with a 2-score lead.

This saga is just entering ridiculous territory honestly. Modern ACL surgeries are performed every day. The recovery timelines are well established. He’s out there now fully practicing with the team for weeks. He’s not limited, he’s not working off to the side, he doesn’t have a red jersey on. Our coach is now saying things like we’re all encouraging Tre, sometimes you just have to go, it’s a team decision, etc. It’s not a wrong expectation to ask where he is and why he isn’t playing.

Gunner, it is not much of an ask for this offensive coaching staff to get screen touches for Cook, Singletary and especially Hines. Sorry, I don’t buy Dorsey’s excuses about “game flow” and not “forcing”anything. Nobody is saying make Hines the focal point of the offense. But frankly this team has done a poor (very) job of onboarding Hines. McDermott is laughable still talking about #20 getting acclimated, but then praising how smart and professional he is. He’s a 4+ year veteran. It should not be a scientific experiment to find dump off routes for running backs. There are 7 games left and Cook is barely around the 8-10 touch mark now. Shakir still has zero role, Hines has 1-net yard on offense.

He is fully medically cleared and practicing without restriction. If “concern” is the issue, it’s not from the doctors.

Yes, and what is the tipping point when it comes to injuries? We're not getting players back as fast as we are losing them. Thursday is setting up for no Rousseau, Edmunds, Morse, Epenesa.

I agree with this. The Bills have won games, so they get the benefit of the doubt. But it really shouldn't be hard to plug in a veteran running back and get him touches if you were that excited about getting him. He's not taking snaps from Derrick Henry or something.

Morse didn't practice today...

What is the specific issue with Tre?

Let a player go, then draft that exact position in Round 1.

I agree. Hats off to Detroit. The staff was friendly, I enjoyed the stadium. Parking and exit were easy. Nice experience.

My worry with McDermott and Hines is he has seemingly claimed him for special teams, and now can Nyheim ever escape that? Because this staff is strange with thinking that Special Teams is too taxing to play regular offense.

Maybe an easy thing to do is just hand-off to Hines 3 times against the Lions and just see what that looks like. Just see what it looks like on offense with him on the ball. The purpose is start getting more hands on the football.

There is just an impatience around the lack of touches for Hines. 3 games in, he's had the ball in his hands twice offensively.