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They played Las Vegas at home, then Tennessee and KC on the road. Give them their Propers. They had a good plan for Tennessee and a good plan for KC/Tenn. But that's 2 home games, not 3. As for this "better team than us until proven otherwise", if you're talking about last season, one of the mid-70s Pittsburgh Steelers has a comment for you: "You better take those rings off and put them on a shelf, Boys; they won't help us this year".

That could still be true, if Burrow didn't want to interact beyond whatever training interactions they had with Palmer.

Allen said that Burrows trained with Jordan Palmer. I believe Palmer has all the guys he trains with working on the same field at times, and also has them meet weekly and watch film together etc. So in terms of time spent together, it seems probable that Allen has spent more time interacting with Burrows than either Mahomes or Rodgers.

Mitch Morse asked his reaction to making the Pro Bowl: "well, at first, I thought they had mis-spelled Matt Milano's name on the piece of paper...I'm still under the impression that they did" 😂😂 This Team!

Does anyone else get the impression that Josh doesn't like Joe Burrow very much? Yeah he says all the right polite things ..."yeah, I know him, he trained with Jordan, the dude's all ball, he really loves football" "heckuva talent, heckuva player" "got a lot of respect for him as a person, as a player" "we've had some (pause) interactions over the last couple of years, some conversations (pause) but I have got the utmost respect for him, especially after his rookie year, the injury, coming back and lighting the league on fire, it's been super impressive to watch" I don't know, it's all very best-behaved and polite, but I just have the impression that maybe the two of them just don't like each other much - vs. - some of the things I've heard Josh say about other QB like Mahomes and Jackson and Rodgers. Maybe it just struck me by contrast with Josh being asked next about Logan Wilson, his former Wyo teammate "in my phone as LJ Wilson, Governor" "off the field, one of the best dudes you'll ever meet"

Speaking of that: Thad Brown ought to hang it up if he's got nothing better to do than quote Nick Wrong I broke it down elsewhere that 4 (now 5, after last Saturday) of Allen's fumbles are on center exchange. 6 are strip sacks. 2 on runs. Now at least one of the center exchange was on Allen, and a couple of the strip sacks were on Allen fighting too hard to extending the play instead of taking the easy yards and living to play another down. But a lot of those fumbles need to be cleaned up elsewhere than Allen - not whiffing blocks, cleaner center exchange (harder when injuries force us down to our 3rd string center). And those are fumbles, not fumbles lost. Thad Brown really should know better than to parrot as biased a media show as "First Things First", without at least doing some independent thinking. PS if we want to tut-tut over 2 of 3 losses being 2 INT games, let's be sure to tut-tut over 3 wins being 2 INT games Huh? It's been since 12/17, 12 days. The average time in 2012 to 2015 was 19 days to RTP, so Morse will be back out there in 17, just a bit less than average. What interests me is that the last 2 steps of concussion protocol ostensibly involve practice: "position specific drills" (at the end of which he must clear neurocognitive evaluation and balance checks) and then full practice, including contact. So if Morse has cleared before practice today, that would kind of imply that the facility has been open, and that the Bills have been in the facility, training, the last couple days. Nothing illegal about that - the driving ban in Orchard Park was lifted on Monday I believe - but McDermott gave his patented "I'm not going to go into all that" when pressed for details about what the Bills had cancelled or rearranged due to the weather.

I hope you're right, because we need him Still a concern to me.

Jonathan played 29 snaps Had 1 tackle, for a loss Basham has been averaging 40% of the snaps in 14 games. Has 18 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 5 QB hits, 2 sacks, 2 PD, and a fumble recovery Now maybe you're correct and Jonathan can do as well But he needs to come up with some game-impacting plays to prove it

Has Poyer been on the report for weeks with a knee? I looked Not on injury report since Week 12, up until last week when he missed 2 days of practice

? Po (knee) and Basham (calf) not practicing on Defense. For the love of the Bills someone take this guy some good Chicken Soup!

Per McDermott presser: Basham (calf), Taiwan Jones (hammy), Jordan Poyer (knee), and Stefon Diggs (illness) won't practice today Mitch Morse cleared from concussion protocol

Some truth to this take, I believe. I dunno about "breathlessly wait for him to fail", but people do hate to be wrong. Also the Bills have succeeded by being a "whole greater than the sum of their parts" "do your 1/11th type of team. Consider last year when we had the #1 defense in yards and points and what, no defensive players in the pro bowl and only Poyer as all-pro? Kind of similar this season where we have #2 offense on yds and #4 on points, but to hear the pundits talk you wonder how we manage that when we only have one "very good" WR and we can't run. Benford designated to return to practice from IR (not yet off IR)

Understood just providing another set of links folks could enjoy if they wish. And Erik's tweets are also quick, vs the more in depth Cover1 podcasts. Eric Wood on his weekly piece did run breakdown vs Bears, I like him usually https://www.buffalobills.com/video/chopping-wood-film-session

It depends upon what area you're talking about. Driving bans instituted 9:30 am Friday am. Some were lifted on Dec 26th, some were lifted at 12:01 this am. So between 3 days, to 5 1/2 days?

Here's an example from 4 years ago, 2018 https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/09/07/seattle-seahawks-dismantling-rift-russell-wilson-pete-carroll

17 found outside 9 no heat in home 4 due to heart attack while shoveling snow 4 found in vehicle 3 due to delayed EMS (I expect this will be found to be higher) It's really heartbreaking that to date, the stories that have been told about many of the "found outside" deaths are people who were safe inside with heat and power, and decided to walk for groceries or supplies and were found outside, frozen. I imagine as things settle we'll find there are many more who would have died but were saved by generous people who opened their homes and helped warm them. Others were people who had legit medical needs, like oxygen - but when I read their stories I kind of *facepalm* because, if you need oxygen and a "storm of the century" is approaching, wouldn't you ask your family to help you get filled oxygen tanks and a battery backup BEFORE the storm arrives, or as the family, wouldn't you move your loved one to stay with you before the storm hits so you can provide needed assistance? It's like yes, during the storm, EMS couldn't help people, but some of the people could have helped themselves before the storm got there.

3rd post in the Game Week thread, by YOLO - due to the storm conditions, the Bills cancelled media availability until Thurs this week.

The normal practice week for a Monday game is Thurs-Fri-Sat, walkthru on Sunday Driving ban was lifted in St Louis City at 12:01 am today. All remaining driving bans in Erie County were lifted at the same time MOST of Erie county had lifted driving bans earlier in the week. Status of driving bans as of Dec 27th: Status of driving bans as of Dec 26th: Orchard Park, Hamburg, and West Seneca were lifted as of Dec 26th. Of course, a driving ban lifted does not mean that all residential streets were clear, or that plowing services were able to plow out driveways, or that everyone was able to get to work. this is all in the game week thread btw. Normally I think that's kind of snarky to point out but in this case it's literally the first 3 posts in the thread (that the practice week is shifted from W-S to Th-Su due to Monday game, that the driving bans were lifted in OP/Hamburg/W Seneca etc)

Yet Kansas City ran for 138 yds on them, but passed for only 223 yds. This was Week 13, DJ Reader played 73% of the snaps. (138 yds is well above league average, KC's average, and the Bengals D average with Reader playing)

I normally like Chris Simms, but I don't know what he's eating or smoking this week. First we have the Bills won't be able to run _at all_ against the Bengals with DJ Reader - despite the fact that KC ran for 138 yds with Reader playing 73% of the snaps. Then we have "Bengals will play a lot of man because Diggs is the only Bills receiver who can get open against man" despite the fact that McKenzie has had big games when teams try to man him up.. Now we have "throw at whoever is covered by 27" despite 1) the Bills play a lot of zone 2) QB currently have a 53.6% completion % against White

I read it's door-to-door for residents who lost power for extended times OR who called for help during the storm. Which sounds more focused and sensible.