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OK but….arguably, Miller has been taking snaps from Epenesa etc who was arguably playing better than he all along since Week 5 I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer here, but it’s not uncommon for a player who has some trouble looming to be inactive one week and then show up on the Exempt list or a suspension. It could be a message “show up, or sit out”. Or it could be a sign of something coming down

Right. That “awful Pats team” has had I think 3 or 4 losses by more than 1 score….so of their 12 losses, 8 were by 7 points or less, and given a missed penalty or a bad bounce could easily have gone another way. That includes one of the two times they played the vaunted Dolphins, who won by…..7 points. Is our offense looking like a juggernaut right now? Hell to the Noes. I share the concerns several have expressed about Josh and Diggs. But people were “sticking a fork” in the Bills back in mid-Nov when we fell to 5-5 with a loss to Denver. So I’m personally just going to enjoy the ride that’s put us in position to play for the Division title next week. Win or Go Home, Boys - it’s Playoffs! I think that’s fair, actually.

How can I put this nicely? You claim to be a Bills fan. OUR TEAM WON TODAY! It’s well known that the NFL is a “parity” league, and on any given Sunday, any team can lose…we lost to the Pats earlier this season. In addition, this was a Division game against one of the greatest coaches in the game, bar none. And yet your reaction to our win is: ”The Bills, at home, played an awful NFL team who started their 3rd string QB, was missing their #1 RB, #1 WR, #2 WR, missed 2 FGs and had a -3 turnover margin. The Bills won by 6…SIX points! 🤮” That’s right, a Vomit emoji. Let’s just say I’m not interested in the opinion of “what looks good on me” from a so-called Bills fan whose reaction to a critical team win is a Vomit emoji, and leave it at that.

I can see where people may feel that Miami is the better team. They have more skill player talent I feel - two very talented fast WR in Hill and Waddle, a lightening bug at RB in Achane. They have significantly fewer offensive turnovers. They had the #2 scoring offense in the league going into this week. The Bills were #5 on offense going into the week and again (going into the week) had the edge on defense, #4 to Miami #12. What that means IMO is that they are both good teams who know how to win, and it’s going to come down to preparedness (including coaching) and “want to” - who wants it more? - on the day. That said, what kind of fan doesn’t fancy their own team as the better one? I certainly can’t call you too much for that.

OK, I give you credit for self-awareness

Oh, hell, why should the team bother when their QB was poor, the WR can’t separate, the OC sucks, you’re surprised they can run (after the Cowboys game?) and they just don’t have the makeup or talent to make a deep playoff run? According to you, that is. ⛈️

Anti-Matter, meet Matter 🤯

I can tell you’ll really rock the NYE party

To be fair to Beane, once a team is paying full salary at 4 key positions (QB, WR, Edge, and CB) he really can’t afford to be going for a second “proven player” at WR. He’s either drafting or going for guys he thinks can make a jump. And I thought most folks thought Beane had finally done significant moves on OL Now should Beane have done some cap manipulations to bring in someone better in FA or put a little more draft capital into it sure.

Uh-oh, what’s Diggs posting now?

Negative on London. It was the Giants game. After that, Josh appeared on the injury report “right shoulder” every week until this past week.

Where is anyone saying Baley Zappe is better? I’m not saying you didn’t see it here - I’m continuously surprised by what people say here - but I mean, the guy threw 3 interceptions, that’s not good.

I didn’t say he was a #3 WR. I said he “can play it”. Different statements

I’d agree with you but I dont want to be responsible for poisoning your dog when your head swells and explodes and the pooch laps up the pieces

This is true. Sherfield is what he is - a good blocker and ST guy who can play #3 WR. That works only if you have a good #1 and a #2 I just watched the guys Lamar Jackson was throwing to and I don’t see either separation or focus/ability to complete the catch from our guys

Dammit Goff!

If you want to rely on pressure like that it better get home

Detroit has no answers for CeeDee Lamb

Correction Boston papers are most worried about draft position. Belicheck if he’s out in NE would like nothing better than to fling a turd in the Bills NYE punch bowl on the way out the door. The players are auditioning for their next contract and trying to put best foot forward, plus no competitive athlete wants to lose.

Correct. And it wasn't just those 2-3 starters. On DL we had Settle, Jordan Phillips, Poona Ford, and Kendal Vickers. We released Vickers shortly after that game. At LB we had Bernard and Dorian Williams, followed by Dodson. The young LB got totally played by Belicheck. At DB we had Jackson and Benford I feel a lot better about a DL of Big Ed and DaQuan, even if we do see a lot of Settle and Ford. I also feel better about Rasul Douglas and Benford. At LB, both Dodson and Williams have developed and improved since that game and Bernard has no game-day status so we'll hope we're good to go on D My biggest concern is that Belicheck is going to treat this as his Superbowl and pull out ALL the stops with trickery and deception. Yes, I missed Bourne tearing his ACL. The OP to which I responded was asking with TikTok Boy out, who the Cheats** had at receiver. My point was even if they had him, he hasn't been very productive to them. The point is, on a screen play, timing is key; individual player execution can't make it work, they need to practice together.

Eric Wood talked about this...how when he was our C under Chan Gailey where the screen game worked well, he said the team spent a lot of time practicing them to get the timing down It's not necessarily on Josh at all, though it's been true since before he was drafted that the short throws to the flat have been the most troublesome for him.

He’s basically just a year out from a torn ACL. What’s our track record with performance from guys who are a year out from a torn ACL? LOL. No you don’t.

Supposedly he had a lingering back injury all last season, then he tore his ACL and MCL and went on IR before the Bills game that was cancelled It didn’t seem like Hakeem Adeniji was a dro;p off at all

What I was thinking No just played like it in 2022. He’s 30

Yeah, somehow I missed Bourne on their IR. So Douglas, Geskicki (if one accepts him as a wide receiver), and Parker