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This. We seemed headed for “only Josh Allen can beat the Bills”

I mean, you’re not wrong, but this is a guy who put his coaching career ahead of the physical and psychological well being of two of his sons. Why would he put his own physical well being ahead of his coaching career?

I’d like to hear from one of our X’s and O’s guys - the first INT was obviously a choice route and Allen and Gabe were on different pages. I’m thinking Gabe chose correctly (based on coverage). Anyone? I know @HoofHearted on a miscue in an earlier game, confirmed Gabe read it correctly though Joe Brady was very diplomatic and took the blame on himself, pointing out that Allen was under duress and had very short time to decide (in that instance) Anyway, the point is - not to interfere with your feelings on Gabe, and I think there are reasons to question whether we should pay him or not. But if Allen is the one who is throwing to the wrong spot based on an option route and the coverage, getting rid of Gabe won’t help. Allen has to be better and make better decisions.

Joe Flacco Mason Rudolph Baker Mayfield could potentially have added in Geno Smith If you were asked before this season to pick 3 2018 draft QB, were those 2 on your Bingo card? Ay Carumba!

I tell ya, the NFL refs are the exact equivalent of our “Course Hazard” when our family plays ‘Extreme Croquet”. That’s our dog. She’s allowed to randomly, at her pleasure, pick up balls someone has expertly placed to go through the wicket on their next turn, run around with them, and drop them somewhere else. Players are allowed to wheedle and coax her, but can not complain, because she’s part of the game - she’s the “Course Hazard” and where she drops your ball, you must play it.

The problem with the no call of very blatant PI on Knox in the 1st half, is that they were calling a couple really ticky-tack DPI on us in the 2nd half. Consistency is the problem.

Schefter was reporting Grade 3 MCL sprain, yeah, grade 3 is significant tearing. That’s more than a week usually.

I had no idea rabid raccoons were such an issue in Miami. To think I believed alligators and invasive boa constrictors were the primary issues…well, that and frozen iguanas falling out of trees and bonking people on the head.

First half, I texted a friend “emergency rooms in WNY be hopping with cardiac cases tonight!”

I never did. That was one dude’s schtick. Disrespectful AF. JMO.

I’m unpersuaded, but tell me what you see

Indeed

Can someone explain to me how the Giants are curb-stomping the Eagles? Use small words and speak slowly

Hey. He’s got a Super Bowl ring, don’tchaknow?

Nah. ‘Guys like him are too egocentric and not self-aware enough to acknowledge any mistakes or flaws in their thinking. He’d find a bunch of reasons why it really wasn’t that impressive and excuses for himself.

Just goes to show why it’s too early to start booking travel for the playoffs at 8-4 and too early to stick a fork in a team at 6-6

Aged well

Will you recover if Mason Rudolph AND Baker Mayfield make it?

I would just like to go on record once more to say that in my opinion, Trevor Lawrence looks like a horse. A well-bred horse, of course, but still. This game should be the "Lee Smith Memorial Game" since for once, he can wholeheartedly root for both his former Bills team AND his home-state Titans.

My point is, I see two possible major causal factors for Bills poor offense down the stretch: 1) injuries to starting QB passing anatomy 2) questions about the competence of the OC That doesn't mean our roster build for next season will be cinchy, but neither of those require heavy bidding in FA or sifting through ashes to fix.

OK, so "no excuses" means if the Bills do not win this game, their roster construction is fatally flawed and they should burn it down? (I'm just trying to understand) What about Josh Allen's shoulder, now neck and finger, injuries? The mysterious plummet in Diggs snaps and effectiveness? And, for whatever reason, the comparative ineffectiveness of our offense for the last 2 weeks? I don't want to enter a debate about "excuses", but while I agree that if the Bills don't win this, they don't deserve to be in the playoffs - it seems to me that they might have a pretty good roster build with a couple injured key players (including the most important one) and possibly with an OC who really isn't up to the job Whoever Rapaport and Pelissero's sources may be. They typically don't report unless they have pretty good sources. But also, stuff changes, right? Mitch Morse was "questionable", now he has been revised to no game day status meaning he's good to go.

Ahem. Do not believe that this game is over if the Bills are up by 3 TDs in the third Q. Baltimore Ravens did just that thing on September 18, 2023...and then....

I don't think you should overlook losing Jordan Phillips at 3TDT, and DaQuan Jones being back for 1 week after rehabbing a surgically repaired torn pec. Tim Settle << Phillips. The DL position is not at full strength, for sure. IMHO this is all about Josh Allen's shoulder. Now you add in a sore neck and a finger injury. All that stuff going on with your star starting QB is no bueno. Then, there's the Mystery of the Plummeting Snap Counts for Diggs. And if one more pundit opines that having Bernard has made up for losing Milano I will seriously lose my shite. Yo, media dudes. Milano was playing NEXT to Bernard for the start of the season. Dodson is playing for Milano.

I keep reading this. What does it even mean "no excuses"? If they "no longer" have excuses does it mean they did at one point, and what were they? I'll hang up and listen.