Richard Noggin

It's a no-brainer to release an unhappy practice squad player. The team can only lose by holding onto, yet not elevating, a PS guy who wants out. Austin might feel like he was so effective in his scout team reps at QB last week that he has earned the elevation this week as a WR. It must be difficult to be so integral to a team's weekly prep and then STILL overlooked as a viable gameday contributor, especially for a vet who was highly drafted and likely sees himself and his value differently.

What about Davis being listed as a Full Participant in Wednesday's injury/practice report, which is in contrast to his DNP or LP statuses the past couple weeks, especially on Wednesday? Also, did you hear Bulldog on WGR today stress how much better Davis looked at practice compared to the last couple weeks? It is possible that Gabe Davis has avoided another setback and is in fact feeling better this week. Sure would be nice.

That's funny: you omit point #2, "2. The unsung hero on 2nd-and-goal," which is in fact my favorite analysis in this piece. It's about Brandin Bryant being the real reason Milano was able to make that 2nd-and-goal from the 1 yard line. Bryant logs a heck of a rep in beating/occupying an eventual triple team.

Never miss an opportunity to throw a bucket of cold water on the Bills and their fans... Keep grinding!

I'm reading mostly about ankle ailments for Davis, but talk in this thread has distilled down to the dreaded Byrd/Watkins boo-boo foot syndrome. Are we conflating things for the sake of simple narratives, or is this in fact an actual recurring foot injury?

So this is obviously intriguing of course. Now, if you please, share WHERE you're hearing such things about the player. Otherwise, your post is frivolous.

Thanks a lot, Vegas. Luckily, the Bills have the organizational quality to overcome this kind of potential motivational deficit. They're a proud group.

Buffalo as my survivor pool pick this week? What say ye?

Turns out Tuitt wasn't there last year either? Months back i was going to make a point about Pitt's d-line giving us fits, but it was without Tuitt in the opener last year. He retired suddenly, innit?

Now that I've watched Poyer's postgame interview...pretty obvious to me that his injury question dismissal of merely getting "the wind knocked out" of him is TOTAL BS. He definitely either tweaked his previous elbow injury, suffered new shoulder and/or rib damage, or I'm just wrong. His answer in the press conference felt obviously disingenuous. So rushed.

I voted defense, but, TO BE FAIR: Josh Allen is the best UNIT this season.

Exactly what an alien impersonating a Bills fan would post.

Hamlin flashed in the backfield on a few aggressive play calls (or reads by him, perhaps) last week, so I sure wasn't surprised that he got the nod this week alongside Poyer. If part of the secret sauce for this defense is interchangeable safeties, then Hamlin seems to have a similar game to Poyer.

Beasley looking like an ATHLETE with that catch and run lol

This is why I strongly condemn the Dolphins org in general and the head coach in particular: his comments COMPLETELY ignore the video evidence following the Milano hit. I think he wants to believe that he'd never knowingly put his players in harm's way, and maybe he did NOT in fact see Tua being obviously concussed and wobbly on the field in real time, but he has had NO comment on the replay that the rest of the sports world has seen multiple times? That's some soulless, corporate, litigation mitigation right there.

Tribalism is a powerful influence for many bipedal primates. To defend the Dolphins organization's handling of this situation is understandable, but also ABSOLUTELY DISQUALIFYING! The head coach, who I otherwise really liked, now looks like an absolute buffoon. There is no reasonable counterargument, given the abundance of damning video evidence. The player was concussed in week 3, obviously, and then, predictably, concussed even more severely on a short turnaround in week 4. The video is SO obvious it's infuriating. Coach McDaniel is now complicit in a shameful, dangerous injury cover-up.

It's really helpful to finally have that 1-Tech DT role filled for real. There was ONE game (possibly even two) last season where Star actually flashed in ways we hadn't seen, but had nonetheless been promised was in fact occurring (in unselfish ways, facilitating the successes of his teammates). Difficult for most average "fans" to pick up on. Not unlike the way even most skeptics (including ME) are now seeing Tremaine Edmunds flash on the field, whereas for years we we've been promised he WAS actually Doing His Job well enough to discourage the ball from finding him. I see an upgrade from Star to Jones, AND I see an upgrade from Edmunds to Edmunds.

I agree so hard with any and all DaQuan Jones praise. I've probably posted to that effect each week so far. The guy must suck to play against. The Bills DL, when healthy, is effing scary good. The top-10 includes a variety of complimentary traits and talents. Of course the same (or similar) can probably be said of most position groups minus OL and TE (and maybe RB?).

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Micheal Smith on the post-game Amazon broadcast is bringing attention to what everyone knows: this was badly mishandled, everyone knows it, and it needs to be addressed. Miami is showing to be the MOST unethical organization in the league now as a demonstrable pattern. That owner has to go.

Does anyone else (think I know the answer) think Tua is simply NOT an NFL QB? He has some skills, sure, but physically he is unsafe out there. Just unable to protect himself enough to withstand the game's violence. I've never seen a guy get ragdolled by every defender who really gets their hands on him. Almost every season, since college. Would have been better for him to get knocked out of last week's game, which we all know is what actually happened in the alternate reality where the NFL follows its own very important protocols.

I wouldn't take it personally.

I think I actually agree with this paragraph. The RPOs were really bad today.