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Sherfield wasn’t an attempt to replace Crowder. He was an attempt to replace Kumerow on ST. Network doesn’t show enough for me to tell; how successful was that? Gunners don’t show too much on the stat sheet. I don’t think there’s a lot of question Sherfield >> Kumerow as a receiver. (Yes I said that at the time of the signing, I have the receipts) Beane explicitly said they saw Harty as slotting into their #4/5 WR role. In 2021, when that was McKenzie’s role, he racked up a mighty 20 receptions for 178 yards in 24% of the offensive snaps. Superficially, Harty has not done vast well with 14 receptions for 138 yds, but he’s only seen the field for 15% of the snaps. As far as #3 WR, the Bills plan was to have Kincaid factor in with more 2 TE sets, and also to have Shakir step up. Since Shakir has put up 460+ yds and Kincaid 500+, Shakir has been rocking 48% of the offensive snaps vs. 54% McKenzie had last year. So it’s a reasonable case that Shakir has had about the same productivity as McKenzie. PS as far as your points about the silliness of claiming the Bills need worse WR a la Zerovoltz you’re right on that of course

That's basically it. We think we should beat some of these teams in blowouts, then we don't and fans yelp "aint it awful". Reality is that every athlete in the NFL is amazing at a level most of us can't imagine. You know "that kid" who was easily the star of every sport he played when your kids were in high school? He washed out of a DII team after 2 years. The incredibly athletic big guy who just DOMINATES the pick up volleyball game at the company canoe trip? He played DI ball, signed as an UDFA, and was cut from the Raiders at the final 53. They offered him a practice squad spot but he decided he didn't "like pain enough" to play football at the professional level and fell back on his industrial engineering degree. The practice squad guys on the worst teams are still incredible athletes, and the difference between winning and losing a game can be the attitude and energy the guys take into preparation and then the game. A guy like Cook who was extra-sore from a fantastic game last week and then battling illness this week is probably putting himself back on the level of being an ordinary athlete and being susceptible to ordinary athletes '***** him up' with fumbles, just as Micah Parsons was against us last week.

"Reality" around here usually means "align with my personal point of view"

Too much information

Scroll down https://www.buffalobills.com/team/players-roster/ *ding*ding*ding*ding* He has a pregnant partner and it must have hit him hard to think he might not be able to hold his son.

Yeah I need a road map for these things myself many times.

The Chargers social media team likes anime social media videos. https://www.chargers.com/video/chargers-anime-schedule-release-2023-edition They troll each of their opponents (usually in a fairly classy way) based on the previous season. So for the Titans, they show Derrick Henry being rebuilt as part cyborg, they show Dallas throwing Dak Prescott under the bus etc. The Bills (1:37 or so in there) shows Von Miller, Josh, and Poyer (I think) standing in front of a burning console with the Bills 4 Superbowl appearances on it and "Burn It All" (what Von said before the season), then Diggs standing off at a distance watching. So the Bills social media team was trolling them back

I understand different folks have different viewpoints, but I had a little look and I didn't see you expressing this view last week after the Cowboys game. Can it be you're a bit of a...Weather Vane?

Heh.

In other words, you have a dogmatic religious belief on this topic?

Indeed

Needs to hold onto the rock better first. Sleep with the damned thing or carry it around with you, Cookie.

From Hero to Zero in 60 damned minutes. Let's hope he was suffering lingering effects from his mid-week illness.

He’s on IR

OK - well, who do you see on the team as a top talent? Allen, obviously Diggs but he's been kind of invisible the last 5 games for whatever reason Kincaid is coming along nicely but not quite there yet, top defenders can still blank him That could have been a breakout game for Cook, we'll see We don't have a "dynamic duo" at WR like Hill and Waddle with a dynamic RB pair like Achane and Mostert. We don't have a 'terrific trio" like Chase, Higgins, and Boyd or AJ Brown, Devonta Smith, and Dallas Goedert. We don't have a ''quality quartet" like Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, Brandon Aiyuk, and George Kittle. On the defense - Oliver Floyd Rousseau But I think they would be regarded as 2nd tier relative to TJ Watt, Khalil Mack, Maxx Crosby, Trey Hendrickson, Josh Allen, Chris Jones, one of the Bosa bros. We have aging talent at safety and no-names at CB right now I don't have to agree with his opinion, but objectively I can see where he's coming from. I think actually Cosell's credibility should increase, not because you agree with him, but because people question whether OBLive is just homers and rose-colored glasses. The fact that Cosell feels comfortable coming on there and giving his frank opinion even if it's negative should speak to that.

Let 'em chirp. Save their receipts. Correct

Exactly. So that's why it's not quite a game plan that "Kyle Allen could have delivered".

This is weird

Well, not quite. You note it yourself in your next sentence. One of the reasons why Dallas struggled to cope with that power run stuff, is that 1) their attention was divided between Cook and Josh....you could see it on several plays, they were worried about what Josh could do to them as a runner, OR, 2) if they threw all their chips into stopping the run, they feared the Josh Allen Air Show.

Goodness.

I think they're pretty much as good as their record. They've had two losses that were inexplicable to me at the time, but it turns out the Colts are an up-and-coming team and they're a division team for the Steelers who always play them tough. They split with the Browns. Going to be very interested to see the 49ers game. That will be touted as a possible Superbowl preview.

If we told you that, @Simon would have to kill ya. But I see that you joined on Sept 29, so you haven't quite been here for 3 months, amirite? I'm thinking "new Year, new Threads" for ya (*nudge nudge wink wink*)

"Mostly" for values of 1 page (a dozen posts or so) out of 12+, including this? If you want more Bills/Chargers content, why don't you add some instead of adding to the Dallas/Miami discussion?

FIFY See above

Josh gave them customized golf clubs a couple years ago and customized golf scooters (last year I think). That's how I took it, for what it's worth. I'm currently not drunk.