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OMG The snark is because it's very rare that a team will keep 3 QB. The #3 QB usually hits the waiver wire on cutdown day.

Turf toe is a fundamentally a sprain, meaning the ligaments are stretched or torn. Like any sprain, the stretching/tearing comes in different degrees. A badly sprained turf toe can indeed linger. A mildly sprained turf toe can recover in a couple weeks. I think the "week to week" designation implies the latter more than the former, but none of us really know. Will you bite your everlovin' gawdforsaken little pointed tongue? Mu - Unsay it! AVERT! You take that back RIGHT NOW!

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4801978/2023/08/24/fantasy-football-injury-mailbag-turf-toe-recovery-time/ So yeah, turf toe can linger, but if it's a mild Grade I sprain (implied by the week to week) he may be out a couple weeks to heal up and no problem.

I think Tannehill still has "legitimate chance to start" on his want list for a new team. Yes. Keenum is with the Texans and has a pretty good contract. Kyle Allen is under contract to the Steelers - did he play in the preseason game?

He was really bad in Pittsburgh. That's why they boo'ed him.

Um, yes? That was the point of the article I quoted and the examples Banged Up Bill gave. Is there a reason you deleted the rest of my post and responded only to the earliest possible timeline Bangedup found? I'm sure that's true, but I don't think it means he'll be back any sooner than the end of December - IF at all. Remember that Milano wanted to take the field like 3 weeks after a partial pec tear in 2020. Spoiler he wasn't effective, and after 2 ineffective games the Bills IR'd him.

Not being a trainer, I'm not going to comment but I've been told that a torn tendon is felt as it occurs as a burning pain and being able to feel/see the tendon retract. There must have been something atypical about Milano's injury. I agree, the Bills have had some really horrid injury luck the past couple years.

There's no question we need another safety since Mike Edwards seems to have an injury requiring prolonged rehab and Bishop hasn't been able to be on the field learning the system.

Chou really wouldn't know. He's making an educated guess based on his experience as the Chargers team doctor - during which tenure a number of players sued for mis-handled injuries. Bangedup Bills has a blog post with pictures of the biceps anatomy and how it's repaired. Whether or not you like him, the pictures are relevant and interesting. Assuming Milano has surgery Monday or has already had surgery, 19 weeks (like Judon) would put him at the end of December, and bear in mind that's Judon saying "I would have been ready" and his team shutting him down.

Dorian Williams is fast and can tackle but the problem seems to be he isn't "getting it" as far as being able to diagnose the play after the snap and understand what that means to his assignment. That's bad news as a potential replacement for Milano.

Well, you can't cut an injured player. Claypool is reported to have reached an injury settlement with the Bills. So, anyone wondering if he could beat out MVS for a roster spot, or challenge Keon Coleman for playing time, may now stop wondering.

They don't have to play safety better than Cam Lewis. They have to play safety, nickel, boundary corner, and ST better than Cam Lewis

I think several things are at play. One is, the scheme does rely on some fast but undersized guys who compensate by going hard and hitting hard. I don't think it's an accident that we had a rash of injuries playing on the turf-over-cement field in UK and then another rash of injuries during the Pittsburgh playoff game in cold weather that made the fill under our turf hard and unyielding. A second is, bad luck. When you have a player like Tre White who tore his ACL and then returned and tore his Achilles, that's just bad luck A third is, we did "age out" on some players like Poyer and Hyde and are ageing out on others, like Milano.

Interesting points you raise. So yes, Beasley was brought to B'lo to be that football-smart sure handed outlet who can move the chains. And he really exceeded expectations. But he was paid like a "good enough" guy - $7.25M AAV, 4 year $29M with $10M guaranteed at signing and the initial year cap hits being $5.6M-ish. That's "savvy vet with good hands who has shown he can bring in 500-600 yds and 30+ 1D on the regular. That's Curtis Samuel type expectations and $$ - Samuel $8M AAV, 3 year $24M, $13 guaranteed at signing is the "inflation corrected" Bease $$, and Samuel has been that "count on him for 600 yds and 30+ 1D guy" for two teams. That's what you pay a "move the chains" type guy. Diggs with the Texans, on the other hand, is a paradox wrapped in an enigma IMO. They are NOT paying him like a "move the chains" guy: $22.5M is #16 in NFL. BUT, the Texans #1 last year was Nico Collins, and his connection with Stroud should only get better. 80 receptions and 1300 yds last year on 109 targets. They also have Tank Dell, who was injured last year but did very well (don't know how far along he is in rehab). Greg Cosell said "the Texans aren't bringing Diggs in as a #1 WR". Maybe so, Greg, but they're paying him like one, like their "big splash" offensive addition who can take them to the next level, their Ja'Maar Chase to the Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd. So there you have it: the Texans are either planning to lean on Diggs as their #1 (the $$ say so), or, they're not (Cosell says the film says so)

I think Beane and Co are more likely to walk down Jefferson Ave handing out free platters of wings and blue cheese than they are to keep 2 safeties plus Cam Lewis, and I wouldn't stand by the curb with a bib and a napkin ready to dine, if I were you. "Worth keeping" by your standard isn't the way it works. One of the best ways of predicting future performance is by past actions. In 2023 the Bills kept 5 safeties and 6 CB. Two of the safeties were Damar Hamlin and Cam Lewis. One of the CBs was Siran Neal, who was their dime CB and primarily STer. In 2022 the Bills kept 4 safeties and 6 CB. Two of the safeties were Jaquan Johnson and Damar Hamlin. Cam Lewis was counted as a cornerback. So was Siran Neal, who again, dime CB and primarily STer. What can we learn by this? 1) the Bills will keep some players who are not "worth keeping" from the viewpoint of being every day, every week NFL starters on a good team - Jaquan Johnson, Siran Neal, in 2023 certainly Damar Hamlin. There might be a better backup available at their defensive position, but they will be kept for the overall combination of "next man up" adequacy and every game ST play. 2) when there is uncertainty - as in 2023, the Bills weren't sure Damar Hamlin would be able to handle being an NFL player, or if they're uncertain who the best 4 really are - the Bills will tend to keep an extra player at that position

MVS contract was certainly set up as though he was viewed as a lock, but he's kind of been drilling out the cylinder IMHO.

This makes a lot of sense. If the OL and DL are wearing approved helmet models, they don't wear them.

Negative on Mia in Buffalo, Shakir was 6 for 6 in that puppy

That's my point about Brasky selectively quoting to generate controversy. What Allen actually said was very carefully crafted to give Stef his propers, while at the same time being positive about the WR who are here.

Question: Last year the OL and DL were wearing those Guardian Caps and there were some comments that they helped. This year, I notice the DBs, RB, TE and WR are wearing them - but NOT the OL and DL Anyone know what's up with that? Example:

? Where did you obtain this info? Perhaps this is "fumbles lost", not "fumbles"? I think it's important to look at total fumbles, since statistics say it's 50/50 who recovers once the ball goes on the ground. Cook had 4 fumbles last season. Whether this was running after a catch, or just running, that's 281 touches/4 fumbles which is 1 fumble every 70 touches or 1 fumble every 59 rush attempts ; the 9 backs ahead of him for rush attempts were all significantly more rush attempts per fumble - and so were the 9 backs immediately following him. 2nd lowest was Tony Pollard with 1 fumble every 81 rush attempts. Of note, are the change in this from year to year; backs can and do improve. On passes, yes, he caught 81.5% of his targets. Good pass catching RBs usually have catch percentage of 80% or better because they're catching short passes. But Cook had 6 scored drops on 54 targets. That's more than 11%. If he hung on to half of those, he'd have a catch % of 87%, which would put him up with Kamara, Pacheco, and Rachad White - a top stat, but not unrealistic or unachievable. Bottom line should we pillory the guy, No, but he can do better, and if he wants to be a key player who helps the team to a championship, we need him to do better.

Good question. As far as RB doing rushing attempts, Cook was the worst of the top-10 backs with 59 rush attempts per fumble. There were 2 others in the top 20 who were worse, Raheem Mostert and Rhamondre Stevenson. It's a variable year to year, though - in 2023, Derrick Henry had 280 attempts with 0 fumbles, but the previous year was 58 attempts per fumble - same as Cook. So it can be fixed. Pass attempts are trickier because there are a lot more variables - was it scored as a drop (not an official stat)? should it have been? was it a catch than a fumble?

"Nothing is Given. Everything is Earned"

Brasky selectively quoted to create drama. Full quote: "Stef's a great player, and what he brought to this team was special...so...miss is...I don't know if I'd say miss. He was a guy that was reliable, that you could look to, he's gonna have the juice each and every day, I'm sure he's bringing it over there in Houston, so definitely, you can't say that you don't miss that. But I'm very happy with what we've got going on here, and how hard the guys have been working, and yeah." That was a great answer to effectively a "have you stopped beating your wife yet?" question. If Josh said he doesn't miss Stef, it's a knock on Stef and his 4 year contributions to the team. If Josh says he does miss Stef, it's a knock on the current receiver room and the guys he's trying to build bonds with. I thought Josh handled it well, and even so Brasky tried to slice it and dice it to generate controversy.

I saw this, and knew this response was inevitable: