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Baker didn’t sound thrilled with that #17 jersey Fitz: “What’s with the #17 jersey? It looks good on you” Baker” “Don’t Say That”

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Considering they gift-wrapped a couple first downs to the Rams at key times with penalties

Baker does always seem to get fired up and play his best when he feels most dissed off Hard to be more dissed off than being 3rd string and cut off a bad team

I wonder how the fans down in Carolina are gonna be taking this ”Hi, we just released our 3rd string useless QB…Oh”

OMG for the Raiders with the penalties OMG for the Raiders with giving up those two catches OMG for Amazon for getting an exciting finish Way to pull a good game Rabbit out of a crap game Hat

Needs to build up some timing and chemistry, but I’m actually pretty amazed that they got him as ready to play as he looks. Baker musta been Mo-Ti-Va-Ted I don’t think it affects the number. I find it quite amusing that’s the number Baker chose though. How Things Have Changed

That was a hellaciously weak-sauce personal foul penalty IMO Way to put your defense in a spot, #65

Von Jefferson could have come back for that one, I think. Didn’t track the ball well. Whoever just caught it tracked well and went down for it. I agree, missed face mask on that Baker did well to avoid 2 sacks in a row

I didn’t post that - you did. Just to be clear. Look, Milano missed 1 game this year. We lost. Would we have had a better defense if he’d played? Sure. But anyone who watched that game knows that despite being without Milano, the game came down to a bad read or decision by Allen that led to a 2nd down INT on the Buff 22 yd line and gave the Jets a TD 4 plays later. No one would disagree that Milano is playing lights out this year, but likewise no one football knowledgeable would deny that when the score ends 17-20 and 7 of those 20 points came on an INT thrown deep in Bills territory, the Bills had a real chance to win that Jets game Milano missed. If you don’t intend a statement of fact about actual results of games maybe you shouldn’t phrase it that way I guess according to you the Bills ought to just forfeit this one if Milano isn’t playing.

LOL it apparently doesn’t matter

Raiders Jeopardy Carr: I’ll take “stupid Quarterback decisions on the 10 yd line for $1000” I can’t believe they didn’t call DPI on that last throw by Baker. Receiver was literally tackled before the ball got there

Well, if they continue to play well on both sides tonight, it should encourage them

So….Rams OC (according to the announcers) all impressed with Baker’s intelligence and focus. And his highlighter collection

They still test players with symptoms for Covid, because there are specific treatments and they want the players to get them. Test for Flu as well for the same reason We now return you to your Theories of Personal Preference

They do have this guy named "Kelce". Teams normally seem to have trouble taking him away To the OP question, that's basically the coverage that the Steelers threw at us on opening day last year, which succeeded and other teams tried - until we adapted by using short passes and a run threat. To some extent, it's close to what Belicheck tried (he was more rushing 4 and dropping 7 into coverage). Belicheck seemed to have designed his defensive game plan to prevent the Bills from getting chunk plays, either from Josh Allen or from receivers. They basically dared us to throw it short, and bet on Josh losing patience and forcing something, or someone fumbling. The Bills answer to that was to run, including from 2 back formations and with sweeps - and to take the short stuff. They did get one fumble but that was it. Josh only had 1 pass completion over 20 yds all day (he threw 3 passes >20 yds, all incomplete), and that was the 21 yd pitch-and-run to Nyheim Hines. But 3 different receivers caught 5 or more passes, and two of them (Cook and McKenzie) have break-away speed and the ability to make guys miss in the open field.

Question: What teams manner of handling injuries would you prefer? I don't think most teams give you substance about injuries. It's part of the "competitive advantage" game, keep the opponent guessing about whether or not a player will be in the game.

No one knows. Banged Up Bills writes a post-game injury analysis and he picked up several injuries or potential injuries during the NE game, but nothing with Milano. Do you now? 2020 Games missed: 6 W-L 3-3 2021 Games missed: 1 W 2022 Games missed: 1 so far L Yes, Milano is important to our offense. But while I think he would have made a difference, I don't think he's the reason we lost that Jets game 17-20 either.

I heard a good discussion recently about how much the QB position in the NFL has changed. (Can't remember where) Anyway, the discussion was about how Rosen was the classic pocket passer and a couple decades ago could likely have had a reasonable career, but the game has changed so much that a QB really needs to have mobility, at least enough to escape the pocket and extend plays; be able to throw accurately off-platform etc. I kind of feel that where Rosen failed was from the neck up, but it was interesting.

It's a good question. Allen and Miller both talk as though the "choice is his". But of course, the "Devil is in the Details" and it *is* Beane's MO to extend an offer and say "here's our offer, if you want to play here and you get a better offer loop back with me" On the other hand....Von Miller has backed off a long way from "I guarentee he will sign here" or whatever he was saying earlier in the season.

Welllllll...... .......it worked for Geno Smith?

He played a good game. A lot of the yardage was on two deep passes to Garrett Wilson and Elijah Moore, 54 and 42 yards respectively Guy came out with some swagger last time we played, 5th round pick in 2018 "I should have been picked in the 1st round". Bills picked him - picked him 4x. Has he learned something since then? We'll see.

Josh said it doesn't bother him on game day. Maybe he's getting a shot, maybe it's just adrenaline takes over.

I will say this. I feel better about it with AJ Klein in the mix than I did depending upon Terrell Bernard to pick up the slack. Klein can't replace Milano, but in 2020 with Milano on IR, Frazier cooked up some little tweaks to our normal scheme that allowed Klein to win "Defensive Player of the Week" IIRC. Klein still has it from the shoulders up. Bernard may have a higher physical ceiling but he's got a bit of a climb mentally.