Ethan in Cleveland

I agree he is top 3 talent behind Reed and Moulds. But just as you discounted Lofton, Diggs has 5 years with Minnesota and 1 and a half with Buffalo. Reed was never best WR in the game becuase of Jerry Rice. He was in the conversation for second best frequently with guys like Tim Brown, Michael Irvin, and others. Hopkins, Adams, and Hill are great but still not in the class of Rice. Diggs will need 2 or 3 more seasons to surpass Moulds and 5+ to move past Reed. Knox is already the best physical talent to play the position in Bills franchise history. Agree 2 more healthy seasons and he will be the best ever, even if he will live in the shadows of Kelce and Kittle.

Recency bias.... While the safeties probably merit being in the conversation as will Allen and Diggs in a year or two, the rest have a lot of historical competition. There have been some very good LT's that played in Buffalo. I'm not convinced Dawkins is in the top 7 let alone top 2 or 3. Right now he is below John Fina and maybe on par with Cordy Glenn. As for Edmunds my opinion on him is well documented. Can he develop into a top 5 all time MLB for Buffalo. Maybe. But he has a long way to go. I don't even like Talley that much and I'd still take him over Milano. Bass is kicking lights out. And he doesn't have much competition. Christe was probably the best kicker Bills have had and Bass is more accurate and even a stronger leg. Let's hope he keeps it up.

We will learn a lot on Sunday

If I'm doing my math correctly, Shady put up seasons of 1267 (5.4 YPR) and 1138 (4.0 YPR) yards rushing well after he passed 1800 carries. He hit the wall more around 2100 rushes.

I'm over Moss (didn't like the draft pick much in the first place). Moss breaks tackles but he is too slow to the hole. He is an effort guy that doesn't have the NFL skills needed to be consistently good. Give Singletary five more carries a game and give the rest to Brieda. Moss should not touch the ball until the fourth quarter when the defense is tired and we need to grind out some first downs to burn clock.

I can't recall for sure and I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think I had Wildgoose making the final 53. I had him over Taiwan Jones or maybe Gilliam. I would still choose that today. I would much rather have a developmental CB or safety playing special teams than a 4th or 5th RB. Consider the blowout this past week. He could have gotten some low pressure real game reps at CB or safety. Wish him well.

Situation specific, yes. Taron is great in coverage and Edmunds is at his best dropping deep middle. In the 4-3 they are best if they play Klein at MLB and Edmunds outside. They did this a little last year down the stretch when Klein was playing so well. They also played Klein outside and Edmunds at middle too. I think Klein is a liability at OLB but holds his own quite nicely in the middle.

I dont see the route running ability from McKenzie but to be fair, he hasn't really been given the chance to play WR. He is used as a gadget guy moslty so its hard to judge his WR skills. After a massive game last year against Miami, he disappeared in the playoffs when most of our WR group was hurt. That was really odd.

I hope they bring him back on a reasonable deal. Sanders us fast but Beasley is quick. He is an incredible asset and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. I don't see McKenzie filling that role. He doesn't have the hands or the route running ability Beasley has.

I like Josh under center more too but didn't they set about every franchise offense record last year with Josh in shotgun a lot? Defenses adjust and maybe being under center more is a good countermeasure. I like the play action and it opens up a lot of options. But I also think the heavy sets with Bates and Sweeney lined up with Knox may have had more to do with run success than being under center. Being under center does have one draw back. It limits but not eliminates Josh running the ball. Like it or not the QB running the ball is the modern NFL offense. Can Josh be a pure drop back QB? I think so but he is most dangerous mixing in some well timed runs. Think of the first few drives against Tenn when Josh running hand throwing was executed flawlessly.

Brown and Williams are engaged with blockers. And Breida is running an angle route. There is really only two possibilities here. Breida is either supposed to pick up the blitz and that is why Josh never looked to his right thinking he had adequate pass protection. Or Josh failed to recognize the free rusher pre-snap and should have hit hit his hot receiver. If Josh looks right and recognizes the blitz he dumps it off to Breida for a few yard gain. Sanders played really well yesterday too. Difficult choices. But a little more Davis on the filed makes sense. Kumerow should not be dressing for any games moving forward. Davis should get all his snaps.

Klein should play MLB in the base 4-3 and when he does they should kick Edmunds outside. They should predominantly be in the 4-3 against Indy, the Pats, and maybe even New Orleans. The base offense should be 3 WR, Knox, and a RB. They should be in that set 80% of he time. 15% of the time they should go heavy with Bates at TE #3 and Sweeney at TE #2. 5% of the time it should be 4 or 5 WR sets. It's time to sit Kumerow for good. He isn't adding anything. Davis can block well and hell even Sanders blocked well this week. They should rotate Sanders, Davis, and Beasley an equal number of snaps. They all can line up anywhere. The punter is weak. Poor signing but at this point it's too late to make a change. Unlikely he is on the team next year. Pass rush - still not getting a consistent rush. Frazier sent 5 guys a fair amount against the Jets. Rousseau has not done much in several weeks. I don't think any one guy will make a difference. Best option is to keep up with a heavy rotation so guys are fresh and lean on Hughes and Addison in the playoffs. DT - Oliver is playing really solid football. DT takes a long time to develop and at this point Oliver looks to be at worst a high end starter for years to come. With Zimmer out, H. Phillips is getting a third chance at sticking with the team. I thought when he was a healthy scratch mid-season he would be gone next year. That still might happen but he will have several more games to prove he is worthy of a roster spot.

I was in the club when AJ got that penalty. Even the Jets radio guys didn't think it was a penalty.

Agreed. They tried to get him one more to Knox and when that fell incomplete it was just too easy to hand off and score.

Good to know. GPS gave me no options that did not include a bus which I have an aversion to.

There wasn't a train option that I could find, at least not one that got you close to the stadium. I was shocked there was not a train stop at the stadium.

Poorly titled. Like I said I was excited to see him play and I just wasn't sure if he got on the field earlier than the fourth quarter. I thought he would get some snaps subbing for Oliver who was a beast today

He was a net negative last year. No doubt he is playing better this year. All fans want to see him succeed. I just think for the draft status and hype we expect him to be a top LB. Given his size and speed I always compared him to Brian Urlacher. And we want him to be a dominant generational player like Bobbie Wagner or Ray Lewis. As for modern NFL defense, I still am trying to figure that out. No doubt the 2 down run stopping LB is a thing of the past. But you still need your base nickel MLB to be stout against the run. I think there is some truth to QBs not testing the deep middle with Edmunds on the field. That said Klein had two tipped passes defending the middle yesterday while still playing very good run defense. I hope he is healthy because they will likely play much more 4-3 against the Colts. When they do that Edmunds plays some snaps at OLB with Klein in the middle.

Kind of similar to MJ or LeBron. They are or were always so good they could win it every year. Brady is in that conversation, but the media and the league for that matter is always looking for the next great player. Wilson and Mahomes were that and now Josh is that guy. May come down to whoever plays better Dec 12th

Yeah I was shocked it was not at least reviewed. It was a turnover on downs though. Aren't those subject to automatic review not just the sky judge?

I agree. This worked against Tenn until Henry's big run. Taylor is good but he's not Henry. Classic game of if we score TDs early instead of FGs it may force them out of their game. The longer it is a close game the more they can pound the run game.

Along the same lined, there were two other plays that reviews came into mind.. Allen's INT was not reviwed. They never showed a replay in the stadium. I saw comments here that seemed to suggest it was not caught before hitting the ground. I would have thought that should have been reviewed. Diggs almost TD catch. Looked on the stadium replay his second foot was in bounds. Was it close enough that McD should have challenged or was it obvious it was not a catch?

Trevon Diggs now has 8 INT in 9 games. That is insane and worthy of being in MVP discussion. He won't win it but even if his season ended today he probably still wins DPOY. Its on the road but nothing else

Loved the first 3 and out with Hughes running stride for stride covering a RB out of the backfield. Impressive!

Any chance this same post was written 15 years ago when Losman was QB and Brady was on the wrong side of 30????