Simon

If we bid out seats on the horses, we could fill the Red Cross coffers in about 3 minutes!

I'd be depressed too if I knew I was about to be drawn and quartered on national television.

With so many quality guys suspended or on the sidelines in civvies, they're probably going to need to be up more than that.

Hang in there, brother. Things will get better. ❤️

This is probably unfortunately true. But if he can get himself healthy for spot duty, if not extended duty, then it might be all the Bills need from him.

All of which is compounded by being without our best DL and having to run a LOT of snaps with green rookies and with DE's out of position to fill that hole.

He's a first round pick that got multiple contracts from the team that drafted him; that's speaks to both his ability and professionalism, imo. He's been wrecked by injuries the last couple years and has already been banged up here as well, so it's hard to tell what we can really expect from him at this point. He definitely seems like the kind of guy that will work his keister off to get back to a level he can take pride in, but can his body endure the pounding any more? I don't think anybody really knows at this point. 🤷‍♂️

With Taron and Cam Lewis dinged up, there's a real possibility Hancock could end up getting thrown into the nickel role already.

Is he healthy?

COuple notes on yesterday: > He wasn't horrible for being tossed into a starting role unexpectedly when Milano went down, although he still has issues with angles and tackling at times. He actually had a pass defended, which may be the first one ever in his career. He also had my favorite play of the game. After he got called for roughing on the sideline while Benford was holding a guy up (the refs screwed up the number on the penalty) watch what he does on what I think was the very next snap; Babich sent him up the A-gap and I think it was Breece Hall that tried to pick him up. It did not go well for Breece. If you have access, it's worth finding that play just to watch what Williams does to him. > How long is Taron out? The Bills might be even more inclined to run more base nickel rather than try Andreesen or a hobbled Shaq Thompson in the 4-3 they've been messing around with the first couple weeks. > We're flirting with that situation with missing starters on every level of the defense again; you can get away with missing a guy here and there, but this stuff becomes exponentially harder to handle when it gets to be cumulative like this. You can do things defensively to hide soft spots, but those options become extremely limited as those soft spots multiply. > Thoughts?

Agreed on all counts. And for future reference, this young man's name is now Jackson Hoss. 🤠

I would guess in Week 1 it was more of a matchup issue, when they thought it would be wiser to run 4/3 for a full third of the game against Baltimore. Week 2 is harder to parse with Taron out, DWilliams becoming the #2 'backer in the 2nd half, a Jets O that had showed some success running read option vs P'burgh in the only game they've put on tape and then the whole thing becoming a farce in the 3rd qrtr. With a healthy defense and in a game against a more "traditional" opponent, I'm guessing they still want to run as much nickel as they possibly can.

Kincaid's not splatting people, but I do think he has gotten markedly better and looks like he may continue to do so as he matures.

Predicting that he was going to become a good coach over the next couple years has been proven wrong in 5 days?

Love it.