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I don't disagree with you, but I think it calls for more depth. On DL, the Bills have invested: 2 1st round picks (Oliver, Rousseau) 2 2nd round picks (Basham, Epenesa) 3 3rd round picks (Carter, Phillips) This is in 6 years I think that's the biggest draft investment at one position on the team. In addition, the DL saw the flashiest FA acquisition in Von Miller, and typically the largest % of salary cap tied up - 16% in 2024, QB is only 13% and OL only 11%. So DL, year after year, is receiving a disproportionate share of the team's draft and salary cap investment, for typically a sub-par ROI I think when that's true year after year, one has to ask what the scheme is requiring of the DL and whether that's something that somehow requires a "unicorn" as far as physical and mental ability, (or a rotation of 8 uniconrs) It's not like the guys we draft or sign can't play football - 'Horrible Harry" Phillips has started every game for Minnesota the last 3 years, and they've gone from the 28th to the 13th to the 3rd ranked D, Tim Settle could barely see the field in Buffalo and didn't look good when he did, he's played every game and started 10 games for Houston and has looked like he could play. Jerry Hughes went from 2 sacks to 9 sacks and 1 QB hit to 10 QB hits in Houston.

I would just like to point out that in 2019 where you pin it on the "hall of fame QB", the Bills were leading 16-0 halfway through the 3rd Q. The Bills D then allowed 2 TD and a FG to allow the Texans to take the lead. There was an offensive fumble involved in the 2nd TD, but 3 successive scores, and then a score in OT? I don't think you can put that entirely on the QB.

Times of India, seriously? quoting a podcast? C'mon Man Of course the Bills don't feel good about giving up 40+ points in back to back weeks. They also don't feel good about having their entire back 7 banged up or MIA I don't think Pittsburgh, Houston, Denver and "a couple of NFC teams who also lost" all play the same D

Oh hell to the noes, that ain't 925 (sterling silver). That's white gold, probably palladium white gold. And I'm sure those diamonds are genuine. C'mon, Dion is getting paid like $640k per game, McGovern $231k, they aren't gifting their man lab grown diamonds.

Don't recall finding out what he got them last year either. It's not about Josh winning the league MVP award. It's about his O-line saying "you're the MVP to us". It was engraved with all their names. It's a "this is how we feel about you" gift. Dion was asked about it in his interview, said it's something Josh will keep in his house like a trophy and never wear and that's cool.

Can anyone explain why he would be ineligible to play this season if a team claims him off waivers, but eligible if they don't?

This is off-topic, but after the Seattle-Bears game, Geno Smith was asked about the offensive struggles and mentioned the rain. On some kind of bet, former Seattle player Richard Sherman had to get in an ice bath, which he did, gingerly, up to his waist. Fitz then peeled off and hopped in, dunking himself up to his neck, splashing water on himself, and pouring extra bags of ice over his head before sprawling out over the barrel with his arms outstretched like he was sunbathing Wonder which of them played in a dome then temperate San Francisco, and which of them played outdoors in Cincy, Buffalo, NY, and Washington. Fitz is a national treasure. I understand your perspective, but I gotta say - I thought that about the Browns when we lost DC Mike Pettine to be HC of the Browns, "if he's smart, he'll use that interview as practice but stay the fudge away from that Factory of Sadness". But he took the job. There's only 32 of those NFL HC gigs in the world, and when a man is offered one, it's hard to turn it down.

Adamantium. Like Wolverine.

I got a Prime trial I was offered for $1.99 to watch that game. Not sure I got my money's worth. I see flashes from Caleb Williams. They got to get him some decent coaching and OC though.

Perhaps. But they did recover a fumble, intercept a pass in our endzone, and recover a lateral in their endzone for a TD last week. So perhaps it's healing up.

? thought Allen was wearing a glove on his left hand the last several games (rummage) looked at NE highlights - yeah, Allen still wearing a glove. Lions highlights, same. My guess would be extra protection against opponents stomping on his hand, though it could also be he's been practicing and playing for 11-12 weeks with the thing so he didn't want to make a change.

I think what that says is that it's pretty well healed at this point and the glove is just there for protection at this point. Allen stopped showing up on the injury report for his hand in week 13; 11 weeks should be enough for a break to heal, but maybe not enough for the bone to come to full strength thus still wanting to protect it. *shrug* having had several hand and finger injuries that did not involve broken bones, but that did involve tendon damage and that were splinted for long periods of time like, 12 weeks....was clear there was a hand injury, was not obvious to me what the injury was.

In case anyone missed it, Josh admitted it's true during his presser after practice today. At 5:16 into the interview, someone asks Josh about the report that he's been playing with a broken hand, is that accurate? Josh says "yeah, ah...(little smile) it's the left one so it doesn't really matter all that much" https://www.buffalobills.com/video/josh-allen-be-smart-with-the-football Says his shoulder and elbow are a little sore from last game because he gave them too many opportunities to lay their hands and pads on him, just got to be smarter.

I wish the post game team would have given Fitz a little more airtime and encouraged him to talk about what he sees. Because Fitz was a young QB in the NFL who was smart but didn’t know where his answers were, once upon a time. AFter being in the NFL a couple years, Josh Allen admitted as a rookie “it embarrasses me now to recognize how little I understood about our protections then”. I think Fitz saw some stuff and could have given some good insight into what’s probably going on in Williams head and what he likely needs to be given, as far as learning his answers.

Ya hate to see it, but it Is what it Is. Can't say that Pittsburgh put up enough of a fight.

Yeah, don't see Beane trading 2 1sts or whatever. But as far as assessing credibility, Garrett is gonna be 29 in like 4 days, let's start there.

Imma gonna try it with the traditional red then!

Oh, my, those White Christmas margaritas sound good - but where do you get the White Cranberry Juice? I have never seen such of a thing! Tonight, we will be drinking egg nog spiked generously with rum. This is home made eggnog that our upstate farm-dwelling forebears would make, the eggnog Almanzo Wilder carried out to the fields in Farmer Boy, no relation to the oversweetened supermarket product. Tomorrow we will start the day with mimosas at my moms Assisted Living, then move on to wine and brandy But, those margaritas.....

It appears to be Dell's kneecap sticking out the side, kind of muffled from view by the pants It looked like it might have been the same injury that Teddy Bridgewater suffered, in a shorts-and-jerseys practice with the Vikings. Several Vikings teammates reportedly threw up after seeing it. The Vikes cancelled the rest of practice and sent everyone home, that's how hard it was to look at. Stroud identifies Tank Dell as his "best friend". You do You, buddy

Of course he's playing today. The question is how effective he'll be playing today.

Huh? What did Tim have to say? Edit: Oh, I see. Shut Up, Tim. https://kckingdom.com/texans-player-threatens-patrick-mahomes-before-chiefs-game-01jfdp7tqwat

No, not at all. I was a "wrong Josh"er. Heck, I kind of wanted the Bills to draft the Reindeer. The differences are: 1) I don't hold myself forth as a draft expert 2) I didn't make exaggerated claims like "If Josh Allen succeeds, the Bills will have outsmarted basically all regular humans and the entirety of math itself" or call him a "joke of a first round draft pick" 3) I sign my work - I admit I was wrong and take my helping of Crow Pie 4) I'm not going back in the archives of this site and trying to change or remove my bad takes, they're all there The above is true of most folks on this board.

I haven't watched Drake Maye much or listened to McDermott's pressers this week. Historically McDermott exploits rookie QB. He'll say stuff like "show me another QB that's playing better than Mac Jones right now" and then turn around and figure out how to bemuse and confuse them. d There are a couple QBs he's said something like "he sees the field extremely well, I don't think we'll be able to make him see ghosts" I don't know what category Maye falls into

I'd take a one point win. Just WIN

Looked it up. 8 ST snaps against Miami. So yeah, we got 'Nard-dog, Buffalo Joe, and Ulofoshio. I'm guessing Willams will go, maybe wearing a brace on his elbow, but that Milano and Spector may sit this one out.