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On a totally separate note, I expect the defense to perform well tomorrow. Despite the huge losses (Oliver, Hoecht), we're pretty healthy, and our young guys (Bishop, Hairston) look fantastic. We're better set up to defend the pass, which is what Bucs want to do anyway, especially with Irving out. As bad as our LBers have been, there's a good case to be made that D will rebound big time 2nd half of the season (with McD calling plays). Lots to like currently on that side of the ball.

Wow totally deserved benching but still surprising. Hopefully, Gabe can give us something. Nice to have Palmer back too.

The issue is Keon is only getting about 2/3rds of the snaps now. That's not enough. He needs 100% of the snaps. That's what will allow for the most forced throws and therefore the most chances at catching something. The objective here is to justify the draft pick. Allen better get on board with this soon or we'll take away more receivers and pretty soon it'll just be Keon and eligible tackles.

Joe Marino, Joe B, and Chris Long were also somewhat critical of Josh’s performance in addition to that of the receivers, line, and coaching staff. I think there’s middle ground that makes sense between “Bench Josh” and “he’s been very underwhelming at points this year” even though no one outside of the running game seems to be doing him much favors.

One perplexing aspect of this season is how often Josh has been off. I just listend to Joe Marino's All-22 and his assessment was that out of 15 misses, it broke down as follows: 4x no one was open, 3x Josh turned down wide open, 1x Josh and Shakir not on same page, but this was Josh's fault let's be real, 2x drops, 2x inaccurate both to Keon, 3x protection.

I’m not surprised. Keon is immature and it seems clear Josh has lost confidence in him. Cat is out of the bag that he sucks and he’s probably clued in that his days are numbered. Any short-term impetus to try hard was removed once the trade deadline passed.

Serious question: do you guys want Bills to turn over every rock to create 2026 space? I ask because that just kicks the can down the road. Eventually you have to pay the piper. I’m starting to wonder if we’re not better off taking our lumps sooner to get out of this regime and starting over in 2027 with a clean slate. This would involve Terry prematurely firing McBeane with multiple years left on their extensions and any new FO taking a step back year in year one. Probably not going to happen because it’s impossible to justify to a broader fan base after years of winning. I’m just finally losing confidence enough in leadership where this scenario makes some sense, especially because we’re basically F’d next couple years with cap in terms of meaningful improvements unless we F ourselves even further in 2027 and beyond.

Gabe looked so far away in those practice clips. Other guys are doing the drills and he's just going through the motions with a limp. Maybe he'll be ready by Jan. In the meantime, we need Palmer back.

McBeane both got extensions. They're both going to be around for one more year after this regardless of what happens imo.

SB chances were probably done when Oliver got hurt but they were definitely done when Hoecht also got hurt. But it's not looking great for the offense. There's going to be a lot of pressure on Beane to find us a legit WR1 in the off season. Hope it's not a situation where we wind up trading up to reach in the draft. Also, Kincaid getting hurt every other game despite only playing one third of the reps is getting really old fast.

Bernard

Kincaid with a hammy. Offense has no chance now unless Oline and Cook can save the day.

Hey our guys can get open if they have ten seconds!

Holding or no holding, Phins are still winning the LOS

Someone needs to ask Sean why week after week we come out searching for answers in the first half. Like, it's great we find our way in some of these games, but getting outplayed in the first half so consistently, aside from Chiefs game, surely reflects on coaches.