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I dunno. I'm a big believer in "dance with what brung ya". Scheming guys open typically involves precision and timing, stuff that's hard to practice during the dings and dents of the season. I hope you're right. If Davis ankle is still bothering him, it raises the question of whether he has the physical capabilities to play a season in the NFL because this would be the second season in a row that an early-season ankle injury which has not caused Davis to appear on injury report for literally months, has been raised on TBD as a hypothetical reason for Davis not performing as we would like to see. Allen was ignoring open guys for riskier chunk plays before he got hurt. Getting hurt did seem to increase his bad ball %

Ah! Well, some good, some bad. He's definitely taken a few more of the short options. But he's still, at times, ignoring the short options to throw the ball into danger. Throwing to a double-covered McKenzie when he had underneath options (at least 2) vs. Chicago would be one example of this. And in last night's post-game presser he was basically chiding himself for getting away from throwing the ball into danger at Diggs. If I figure out how to watch all-22 without paying NFL+ $25, I'm pretty sure I'd see open throws underneath on a few of those heaves to Davis. So improvement, yes, but I don't think we're where we want to be yet.

This, if you'll excuse me, rather echos the plaint made by cover1 and several others that Dorsey is doing less to scheme his guys open, but rather expecting the WR to win against coverage. Diggs can. McKenzie can if it's M2M and he's not held. Obviously Davis can at times. One reason the Bills moved on from Brown was that he suffers from the same problem McKenzie does - he can be neutralized by physical DB play and uncalled DH/DPI. In theory, Davis size and strength should allow him to win those battles, but like Knox, he doesn't always. The guy I'd actually like to see some more of is Morris.

Unsure why I'm being tagged here? In case it wasn't noticed, Tee Higgins had a terrible, no-good, very bad day yesterday. 1 reception on 7 targets. I think it's probable that he is still being affected by the Hamlin injury, and that several players on the Bills team are also being affected. Davis 3 receptions on 10 targets indicate him as a candidate. He's been catching much more reliably this back half of the season...except for (wait for it) the Week 11 NWE game which was similarly bad - so how he's being covered, and what type of routes/targets he's getting may just have an influence. If he contributes nothing else, Nyheim Hines gave the Bills players a huge lift, and a gift, by showing them he would play still play absolutely fearless (and that good things would happen when he did)

necrotizing fasciitis

Phillips is a big upgrade to Bryant when healthy I’m not sure how IR rules work for the playoffs, but PS elevations re-set and become unlimited for each player However, the teams still only get 2 elevations

That’s kind of been his story since he left Buffalo. The business of trying to chase people down and pulling a hammy or hurting his shoulder was silliness.

At the time of the injury, it was said it was a 6-9 month recovery Hyde may be a bit ahead of schedule in terms of being cleared to run on the sideline with trainers, but at the end of the day, bone heals as fast as it heals He’s got a wife and young family, no reason to risk returning when he might not be completely healed I just wish Beane could pull something out of his hat that would help the team, between Von Miller and Phillips and Hyde and Hamlin we’re pretty thin

Trevor Lawrence still looks like a horse

Oh, Spencer……I know he’s only missed, what, 2 games? But it seems as though he’s always getting dinged, has missed time in 3 other games But he’s the best RT we have at the moment so I hope he’s OK

No chance

I thought that was kind of ticky tack as holding calls go WHOA! Lions are keeping NOTHING back

C’mon Lions!

Def. Idiot. Not a Collinsworth fan but he had it right, if ever there is a week to put some respect on the trainers, this would be the week I would just kind of like to see Geno Smith get a chance at Playoffs

#7 on the Packers needs a double-dose of self awareness Shoving a trainer tending to a player when his teammate just got away with a personal foul forearm to the head of a down helpless player Never more glad than to see Lions get the TD on that

Uh-oh, especially since ankle/calf injuries were his Bane during 2020

What happened to Brown?

Dolphins are Mammals I don’t give a rat’s ass, Mate Squish the ***** ing Fish

Yeah, I think Tomlin may have a word or two with those guys I don’t think that was the intent, I think they’ve done that before. But like Yolo said “Read the Room, Boys”

Can he play safety?

Like every other Bills fan and compassionate human in the country, I was busy praying for a positive outcome for Damar Hamlin Now that he seems on track to have a good life physically and mentally and there's even reason to hope he'll recover completely, I'm back to worrying about the Bills. In addition to the team's mental health, it seems to me defense is a big concern. Not only does Von Miller's absence degrade our pass rush and Tre' White not yet himself, but we now have a big hole at safety. After Hyde went down, Hamlin had his Learning Experiences but overall, when both Poyer and Hamlin were playing we did OK. Jaquan Johnson seems to be enthusiastic, but a step down. Cam Lewis seems to have moved ahead of him on the depth chart, but he's 3" shorter and 20 lbs lighter and that shows up in both run and pass defense. Marlow has the height and size but since we traded for him, has played only on ST for 3 games in November and has been inactive else. The Rams improbably won the Superbowl last season by bringing Eric Weddle off the sofa to play DB, after he'd retired in February of 2020. Do the Bills have any available alternatives they could possibly sign to bolster the roster at safety? (I know someone will say "can Hyde return?" but the 6-9 month timeline given at the point of his Sept 25th neck surgery would put him able to return in March, and for the good of his long-term health I don't think he should push that)

There's not (as far as we know) major damage as after a heart attack. But even with immediate, high quality CPR, there was a period of low oxygen supply, then a big Whallop of voltage, and probably a pretty high dose of a couple of drugs. The body responds with a major inflammatory response. His heart is gonna need a little minute to "get right", even if it's fundamentally intact and undamaged. Ditto for his other organ systems.

When the doctors in their press conference said "he's still very sick", they likely weren't joking. It's fantastic that he's off the ventilator and able to ask questions and communicate. But there are a host of complications to almost every organ system following cardiac arrest and recovery. We already know Damar suffered from, and is on his way to overcoming, one of them (ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome, the reason he was proned) I started to write a longer explanation and deleted it. I don't want to Be That Guy. Suffice it to say that early signs of Damar's recovery are absolutely fantastic and his chance of a future look bright, but near-term, his doctors could be managing serious conditions of several organ systems. Keeping him in the ICU under the care of the same physician team is probably for the best. If you really want to know, google "post cardiac arrest syndrome" and don't say I didn't warn you it's scary. But keep in mind, his neurological status and the fact that he's off the ventilator are very very good signs.

A good question is: where is the locker room on McDaniels right now? Does the offense believe in Stidham? He did throw for 365 yds and 3 TD and take them to OT last week vs. SF My impression is that McDaniel has lost them and it's a dumpster fire But SF has quietly fought their way to the #2 seed in the NFC, and a team doesn't usually take an opponent like that to OT unless they believe in themselves And their coach So would love to be wrong. Maybe Carr *was* the problem?

I think the big disadvantage is the work that our guys normally put in on their own. Players like Poyer and White and Jones and Oliver and Phillips and hopefully now Rousseau and Epenesa spend hours watching game film of the opponent, looking for anything that can give them an edge. Same thing on offense. Very hard to be focused and put that grind when you're shell-shocked and worried about your brother player. But transitioning to giddy with relief and joyful doesn't make focus any easier. We do play them, but teams still scout and self-scout for the latest tendencies.