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Murphy is in the last year of his contract. Buffalo is already liable for what remained of his prorated bonus figures. His cash salary is 6.4 million. His new team would be on the hook for about 3 million, and would have no liability past this year. That doesn't seem to be an intimidating amount if some team thinks he can help through the last half of the season.

Anything off topic available at the deadline? Plenty! Oh, you mean offensive tackle. Probably some scrubs. That's not the position I'd be looking at.

Romo. Smart, knowledgeable and has a sense of humor.

I think the Patriots were obviously counting on getting more from Newton than they have gotten. Now they're stuck with a roster of very average to well below average QBs. There's not enough talent elsewhere to compensate for the quarterbacking they're getting. Buffalo still needs to play better than they played last Sunday or the two prior weeks to beat them. I'm optimistic because I think they can, but they still have to do it.

Ellis was a high school QB and walked on as a WR at Tennessee before winning a scholarship as tight end. Interesting footnote: Ellis is diabetic. Charles Jones II timed at 4.9 in the 40 at his pro day. Not the fastest ever, but then it is late October, not exactly prime free agent season. On the bright side, he does have a few NFL snaps with Jacksonville.

I believe it is possible to play hard and play clean at the same time. If I see a play where the Bills player is playing hard and clean, and hurts a guy, then gets called for a penalty, then I'm mad at the official. When a player is being edgy and gets called for a penalty, I'll be irritated at the player for giving the official an excuse to call it.

Frankly, I see more entertainment value in watching Bill Belichick's behavior in the midst of failure. Now that's good stuff.

I became a Bills fan when the Bills drafted OJ Simpson. For those of you too young to remember, that was before Simpson became a murderer.

It would not have been hard for Hyde to get a little lower. Three inches lower, and there would have been no questionable contact. There were some ticky tack calls in the game, but I'm OK with the call on that play.

Tougher than we thought? Maybe a little, but we knew it was not going to be a cakewalk. Still, it's more about Buffalo than their opponents. If they are a team that is expected to go far into the playoffs, then they have to beat good teams. The challenge facing the Bills is not so much the remaining teams on their schedule. Rather, it's the challenge to get better, healthier, and to fix the issues that have been inhibiting them.

I'll take your word on this, but it does beg the question, what did the Bills do differently that allowed them to limit the yardage they gave up to the Jets on first down. The Jets got first down yardage in huge chunks in the first quarter.

Buffalo certainly needs to figure out why the running game hasn't worked that well and fix it. Today was better, but it was the Jets, and it was Allen who was the leading runner. The Bills have 13 days to figure it out, but when the opening whistle blows they need to do whatever is working. If Devin Singletary is still gaining 3 1/2 yards a carry, they can't continue the whole game giving him half of the snaps. They also don't want to be giving up 5 or 6 yards per carry to a 37 year old running back for the other side in the first quarter. The Bills kind of figured things out as the game went on, but most other teams will put them in a hole that's tough to climb out of if they start the way they did today against the Jets, and I haven't even mentioned the inability to finish drives today.

As long as there are games yet to be played, there is the possibility of improvement. The Bills got the win so I'm good. I'm assuming some kind of light came on for the defense in the second half (really, it started happening in the 2nd quarter). Whether it was an adjustment by the coaches, or the players themselves just got tired of their own sloppiness, I don't know, but I hope it continues. The offense has some big issues, but the bye week is going to give everyone a chance to step back and get a fresh start. The bye week couldn't come at a better time for trying to get players healthy.

I don't think Joseph was really catching on to the discipline McDermott's defensive scheme requires. Put him on the field - expect mistakes.

The New England game is far more important than the Seattle game. Beat New England and Buffalo will be close to a lock to win the division. I'm counting on Buffalo being much healthier after their bye. If they aren't Both Seattle and New England are going to be real tough games.

Same reason Jordan Phillips isn't a 1 tech, I guess.

I'm sure that a color analyst puts in a fair amount of film study in preparation for his announcing assignment on the weekend, but it doesn't begin to compare to the year round work that a coach has to put in in order to be successful. Coaches have to have an obsession with their work. Tony Romo has a real good feel for what's happening on the field and an uncanny ability to anticipate. Only he can say whether or not he's sufficiently obsessed with the game to put up with the time demands, frustrations and extreme pressure than come with the job.

I'm on board with this. I don't think he has evolved much with the game, but at his best his defense gives offenses a lot to think about. But besides Xs and Os he has nothing to recommend him to a head coaching position, and a head coach needs more. In fact X's and Os is less important to a head coach than the ability to identify and hire coordinators with a good command of Xs and Os.

The difference may be CEH has holes to hit.

I'm not against having a back with speed. In fact I rather like the idea, but Clyde Edwards-Helaire is a virtual clone of Devin Singletary if your talking physical profile and running style, right down to the fact that they're both slow. Yet Edwards-Helaire is leading the league in running yards and Devin is chewing out 3.3 yards per carry after a promising rookie year. The evidence suggests something else is going on. I'm not really buying Brian Daboll's solution either ("I've got to call better plays.")

Honestly, there probably are few if any free agents left out there with above average talent, and there would likely be major red flags, not just blips, among those who are above average.

If he ran the 40 in 4.96 minutes, then I would be faster than him.

Meh. He's 6' 1" or 6'2" depending on who you believe. He has good mass at 245+ but he's slow for a linebacker and lacks explosion. Played at a lower level of competition. Seems to know what to do on the field with a decent skill set given his athletic limitations. https://www.ganggreennation.com/2020/1/10/21058281/scouting-jets-outside-linebacker-ahmad-gooden Provides a fairly detailed scouting report. If I were the Bills, I would have the kid lose a few pounds and see how much quickness that might add.

Bledsoe and Allen have similar size and Bledsoe had plenty of arm. Otherwise, I agree. Athleticism and playing style are night and day different.

Complaining is what we do. I admit I'm concerned. The offense has not shown they can run the ball effectively and the defense has not shown they can stop the run effectively. That's a bad combination even today when it's allegedly all about the passing game. I think priority #1 for the rest of the season has to be figuring out those two aspects of the game. I don't think Brian Daboll's line of thinking will do it ("I have to call better plays.")