Simon

I would typically agree with this, but Morse has been the most reliable, consistent player on the Bills OLine for the 5 years he's been here and has also been its primary leader. I would have had no problem drafting Humphrey and letting him run at G until Morse aged out or moved on, but no way you get rid of a guy like Mitch Morse when he's still playing very well.

Project much?

In 20+ years, I don't recall ever having done that once.

For the love of god, enough of this bullshlt. This is the game week thread and nobody wants to read it in here. I already had to spend a bunch of time last night cleaning out pages of this nonsense. There are 4-5 of you that need to put each other on ignore and be done with it. Either that or take it to private messaging. Just keep the repetitive personal drama out of here, please.

They'll get better but they're probably going to be maddeningly inconsistent all year. They might come out in the 2nd looking like the '85 Oilers and then spend the 3rd playing like the '95 Sabres.

So a guy that makes millions of dollars talking sports is "difficult to find"? Maybe you should work on your internet skilz. You should definitely dial it back with calling other members of this community stupid.

They were ducking contact and taking chickenspit angles all over the place. I don't know why that was the case with that particular team, but I could smell the fear from 200 miles away. That's a fair point, but the archetype and the timing are so suggestive that it strikes me as having more meaning than just availability.

It's been more than one play and more than just around the goalline.

My guesses: Linval Joseph is dressed, gets about 15-20 snaps and is effective Rasul Douglas is maybe dressed and maybe plays some kick cover, but mostly spends the day working with the DB group learning the lingo, seeing how they communicate, asking coach questions in real time, etc. Leonard Fournette is dressed, but in civvies, and it is so much polar gear that nobody can tell who he is. These guys are all good on-the-field fits for this franchise right now, but I think they were selected as much for their attitudes and aggressive tendencies as their physical characteristics. That leadership rubs off on people regardless of what is happening on the field. It takes two to tango. They're not inert loaves of bread you just grab off the shelf, they have to agree to when they are going to sign or make a trade.

It may be a cliche, but that is exactly what this weekend is.

That's all well and good. But it is clearly not working for the Bills. And that's all we give a damn about.

I don't think so. It's a small 5v that costs like 40$. Nobody is going to be throwing them or electrocuting anybody. Marv would say they're being overofficious jerks.

I'm not going to give the Bills hell about the way the season ended last year. Between the absurd string of personal tragedies that started as early as training camp and the spate of devastating injuries they suffered by the end of the year, it's a miracle they made it as far as they did. What I will give them hell about is that they were absolutely, positively physically intimidated by that Bengals team. It's undeniable and there is just no place for that on a ballfield for any reason whatsoever. So what do they do the week before they play the Bengals again? Add Linval Joseph, a widely respected leader and genuine badass who has spent his career as one of the biggest, strongest, toughest players in the league. Add Rasul Douglas, another respected leader and oversized, physical, aggressive player who has zero fear on a football field. Add Leonard Fournette, a brick shlthouse of a running back who would rather run through somebody than around them. This is absolutely not a co-incidence. McBeane recognized the problem and took proactive steps to address it right before it was time to knock heads with these guys again.

I doubt there's a player or coach in the NFL who doesn't respect him.

It's probably not going to look great statistically, maybe middle of the pack scoring wise. But they're in a similar boat as us with some keys guys missing multiple games. Their offense has also put them in a lot of difficult situations, imo.

Highsmith and Fitzpatrick are also both ProBowl quality players and Peterson can still bring it. I think it's a very good defense when it's healthy.

There was about a year and a half at LSU where he looked like he was going to the NFL to become a first ballot HOF back. Then he looked like he just started mailing it in or protecting his investment or something before he finally got hurt in his last year. God gave him every tool in the box, expected him to build his own heart and he wasn't interested.

Their defense disagrees.

I love the higher camera angle but all the distracting gobbledygook on the field makes it unwatchable for me

That call on the extra point that put them at midfield on the previous drive was bad too.

*****. I wanted Will Levis vs Levi Wallace on the final play.

lol, they're going to get a couple shots at the endzone

I'm supposed to give you ***** about dragging Bills stuff into other game threads, but that one made me laugh.

https://steelersdepot.com/2020/02/josh-allen-explains-how-bills-coaches-used-renegade-to-beat-the-steelers/