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Sorry, it's crass to follow my own post, but I got a belly laugh at the big ol' "Disagree" an individual slapped on this post. It's a fact that the Bills won several games with Josh Allen being pedestrian in 2020. Bills 24 NWE 21: 38 rush attempts for 190 yds (of which Allen had 23). 11 for 18 on the pass attempts. Bills 27 Chargers 17: 30 rush attempts for 172 yds (of which Allen had 32). 24 pass attempts and Allen threw a pick and lost a fumble. One can argue that we've never seen the Bills OL set out to just plow the defenders downfield before, but that wasn't Simms point. It's also a fact that Simms often just opinionates and doesn't make any attempt to illustrate what he says with screen shots or diagrams It's a third fact that Simms was an NFL QB and a Patriots assistant coach. You don't get there without knowing ball. So I'm not sure what's to disagree with here.

Speaking for myself, I'm looking up what Poona Ford did in previous games and trying to persuade myself that "it's not so bad, it's not so bad" He played the largest # of snaps in the loss to NWE (45%)

Well...there is the point that the Bills seem on-track to be playing a backup DLman and perhaps without Floyd or with him hampered Then, possibly having Cook less than 100% due to illness and cross-country travel I see it in pretty simple terms not too dissimilar to what the chap upthread said. Either the Bills go in there determined to play solid December football and take care of business, or they don't deserve to go to the playoffs.

Joe Marino show with his Chargers peer. I know a lot of folks here like Joe. He points out that the Bills are at double disadvantage, short week and cross-country travel Also believes in the "interim coach bump"

Didn't see this on a quick glance, apologies if dupe Simms memory is off, as back in 2020 the Bills did win several games with Josh Allen being pedestrian and by leaning on the run. But his overall point (the drum he's been beating, to win the Bills must be more than the Josh Allen Air Show) stands. He puts up some nice screen shots of some of the Bills runs vs. the Cowboys. A more X's and O's based assessment than usual by Simms, reminding us that he was an NFL QB and a Patriots assistant coach and he does know ball.

I agree that cold rain is miserable, but the big misery is if you have to be standing around in it. The players have warm capes and heated benches between downs and I believe the trainers hand out chicken soup. So they'll stay warm while they're on the field, and then get a chance to get warm off the field. So even though I'm 100% with you on preferring colder but sunny or snowy, I don't think it made anyone sick. Getting some of the Cowboy plague-carriers norovirus laden spit on him during some of those "Snowplow" collectives more likely.

Saw on one of those Facebook reels 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can plain canned pumpkin Blend or process until smooth I used this as a sauce in a pot pie - fried up some peppers, garlic, onions, cherry tomatoes, diced summer squash, tossed in the sauce blend along with some spices, cooked until it thickened a bit, added diced hardboiled egg and a couple packets of salmon. Topped with biscuits and into the oven Yum Almost everything comes from some culinary tradition, anyone heard of this sauce? Wondering what its culinary roots might be Anyway, not the same flavor as a cream sauce, but simple and tasty Edit: if anyone is interested in trying the recipe, the spice blend I used was Vom Fass FassZination Kurbis Gewurz, which is German pumpkin spice. It's very different than American Pumpkin Spice mix. Ingredients are Black Pepper, Turmeric, Coconut powder (not sweetened), coriander, cumin, cardamom, paprika, salt, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, garlic, and sugar. I wasn't shy, I tossed in a couple of tablespoons. Curry powder plus black pepper and paprika or Garam Masala might be ~ similar.

Wasn't a rumor. There were apparently 10 players dealing with a "stomach bug" (which usually means norovirus) on Sunday. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10101516-cowboys-rumors-stephon-gilmore-brandin-cooks-among-10-players-dealing-with-illness

I thought that latter was believed to have kept one guy on the Bills roster 2 years

Not judging AJ, everyone's pain tolerance and ability to play effectively is different. Some players (Beasley) would strap it up and play. Whether they should or not is another question.

Von Miller was listed as DNP but he was evidently there in the fieldhouse? DaQuan sighting!

Yeah, norovirus is the bug that hits cruise ships and thru-hikers on the AT. It's super-infectious - only need a couple particles to getcha. It can be killed by a good soap and hot water hand wash, but it laughs at alcohol-based hand sanitizer and gel disinfectants. And there's something like 50 genotypes, so someone who has just had it, can get re-infected by a different strain. It won't kill ya, but you may have 24 or 48 hrs where you wish it would. Well, he practiced Tuesday, so, No. This....doesn't sound good for seeing AJ anytime soon

Have the Bills used Harty much if at all on those jet sweeps and reverses? The few I've seen they were trying to use Diggs. The main thing with Harty when I've seen him is he doesn't look either fast or quick to me. McKenzie legit had speed. Re: suspension Indy Press trying to find out why. Steichen not spilling any You got company in getting got

Depends on what he's got. If it's a norovirus (Cowboys were said to have stomach bug) he could have a really rough 24 hrs, but he should get all the medical treatment to make it less rough (IVs, antinausea, antidiarrheal etc) and that will help him recover better too than us ordinary stiffs who get dehydrated when we can't keep anything down. Problem is more likely, how many people in the locker room did he infect?

I missed that one I loved the dawg names though - went from dog breeds, to player names, to players' dogs' names Mmmmm let me think....maybe "be where your feet are" "stay hungry" etc etc But he got a ton of 'em He's being counted on to block, and from what I can tell it looked as though he were doing that pretty well On the other hand....the couple times it looked like he was running routes, he was covered like a blanket. It didn't look like he was serious about really trying either.

I think it varies.

It's about this I don't know what standard procedure is when a player is suspended. If they bring new guys in, I assume the new guys need lockers so.....is this remarkable, or is it unremarkable?

Eh. The former wasn't entirely a key point to me. After ditching McDaniels after the Lions loss, the Raiders won 2 in a row. The Bills O has looked more effective under Brady. I can see circs where a coach is like a black cloud over the building and moving him out lets the sun back in. So not to disagree with Orlovsky, but it's anecdotal. They may get a "bump", they may not - depends on too many factors we know nothing about. 4 games required, went on Nov 22 so he can come off any time now Just stop. You don't even know what his symptoms are.

Interim HC Giff Smith presser. Thoughts?

Good points, Thanks. I was puzzled about the latter then I realized that Corey Linsley has been missing since September with a heart issue!!!!! Wishing him all the best. So he's been missing all season. Bosa has been on IR for 4 games with what was reported as a "foot sprain", so technically he's eligible to return but I've heard no inklings of it (practice window open etc)

McD's Wednesday presser

RB Ekeler says he's building his resume for FA, so expect him to go hard. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10101931-chargers-austin-ekeler-im-still-painting-my-resume-ahead-of-2024-nfl-free-agency I know very little about Ekeler other than he had a fantastic game against MIA last year. Is he the kind of guy who can create without an OL?

Interim HC "Giff Smith" https://www.chargers.com/news/giff-smith-chargers-interim-head-coach-player-reaction Pretty much the standard boilerplate. "Players are excited for the long term coach in his new role" "We're going to stick together and go through this as a team" "Guys are looking forward to playing for him" "We've got a 3 game season, we're going to keep fighting, keep trying to win" I had forgotten that Giff Smith was a Bills assistant coach under Chan Gailey. From Wiki: "Buffalo Bills: In 2010, Smith was hired by the Buffalo Bills as their defensive line coach under head coach Chan Gailey. During his time there, Smith is credited with helping with the emergence of Kyle Williams. He was dismissed, along with the entire Bills coaching staff, on December 31, 2012." Basically, Smith has been with the Chargers since 2016 as a DL coach and OLB coach. Hard to know what he'd do if he had a free hand at the plate. Also hard to tell from the quotes in that article how much the Chargers believe in him and are truly motivated to play hard. A cornered rabbit will box and bite though.

A few talking points from Orlovsky: -no "vertical juice" to their offense, Keenan Allen injured, Mike Williams on IR -can create a lot of blown coverages, "you see a lot of blown coverages in LA", expects Joe Brady to take advantage of this -doesn't like to use the four-letter "Q" word, but it's hard to watch the tape of the Raiders game without seeing that there -Bills need to come out hard and jump on them early to encourage this