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The Bills are 82-43 under McD. They are 58-34 against the AFC, but only 1-3 against Baltimore in the regular season.

Here is a possible Von Miller replacement who might fall into our laps in the 1st rd this coming draft. Say hello to Jalon Walker. https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/roster/jalon-walker/8140 Has been compared to the Jets/Saints longtime star Damario Davis

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In theory we can, but they are a terrible matchup problem for us as they kill us with Henry running and or Lamar throwing and running. Our defense is designed to allow rushing yards but not at the volume created by the Baltimore rushing offense.

For the 2025 draft with a 1st and 2 2nd, but no 3rd, I expect WR, CB and a pass rusher to be the highest priority list, but a re-sign of Cooper and faith in Elam could quickly change the list.

The Bills have 40 players under contract for next season (Cost: 265 Million) Offense (17) QB (2) - Allen, Trubisky RB (2) - Cook & Davis TE (2) - Kincaid & Knox WR (3) - Coleman, Shakir and Samuel OL (8) - Brown, Clayton, Dawkins, Grable, Edwards, Torrence, McGovern, SVPG Defense (21) DT (3) - Oliver, Jones, Carter Edge/DE (4) - Groot, Miller, Epenesa, Solomon LB (6) - Bernard, Spector, Milano, Andreessen, Ulofoshio & Williams CB (5) - Johnson, Benford, Elam, Ingram & Codrington DB (1) - Lewis S (2) - Bishop & Rapp Specialists (2) - Martin and Bass Dead cap (with 3 deals on void years - Smoot, Douglas & A Johnson) - 11.1 million approx So what do we need? On offense - 2 WRs, 1 depth TE, 1 depth RB, at least 2 OL (Anderson & Van Denmark?). Gore vs Johnson for 3rd RB? Re-sign Amari? On defense - At least 3 DE/DT, maybe a starting CB and depth at safety. Hamlin re-sign? I'm sure Ferguson will be back as the long snapper. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/overview/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total

The best slot receiver in the NFL will come with a sizeable price tag. Can't wait until the heads on the this board explode when they re-sign Cook as well. Don't forget Torrence and Groot have only one year left on their rookie deals. Torrence (2025 - $9.385 cap hit) is also going to be extended. Groot has a club option for 2025 (13.875 cap hit) which the Bills will certainly exercise if they don't extend him as well.

That's absolutely true. Last season Milano played the first 5 and then missed the next 14. This season he has missed all 11. His replacements have been primarily Dorian William and Tyrel Dodson. Last season Bernard missed the 2nd playoff games and this season he missed games 3, 4, and 8. Last season White played the first 4 games and missed the next 15. Last season, Douglas joined the Bills in week 9, then missed the 1st playoff game but hasn't missed a game this season (knock on wood). Last season Benford missed games 5, 10 and the 2nd playoff game. This season he missed game 9. Dane Jackson and Elam started as the Bills coped until Douglas was acquired. Rapp took over for Hyde or Poyer last season whenever they were injured and became the started this season. This season even Taron Johnson missed games, forcing Cam Lewis into the lineup. You can add D. Jones' serious injury last year, Von Miller's injury recovery and suspension, Safeties Bishop's and Edwards' injuries this pre-season plus Poyer and Hyde's injuries last season to the list and I don't think the Bills have played with their intended starting 11 on defense for 2 straight years. On paper the Bills defense was supposed to look like this Groot, Oliver, D Jones, Miller/Epenesa Bernard, Milano Benford, Johnson, Douglas Bishop/Edwards Rapp Benford, Rapp, Oliver, Bernard, T Johnson, and Milano have all missed games, plus depth guys Smoot, Spector, Carter are currently on IR. Edwards was cut and Bishop, after recovering from his injury, can't push Hamlin from the lineup.

I hate to be a party pooper, but how much have Bernard and Milano ever really played together? Bernard started 1 game in 2022 for Milano. Then they started 5 games together to start 2023, but the Bernard was a raw new starter. The Bernard of today evolved without Milano by his side. In fact, Milano has missed 25 consecutive regular season and playoff games. During those 25 games, Bernard became the QB of the defense. I do have a concern how Bernard and Milano will work together as Milano shakes off nearly 2 seasons worth of rust. This is not a shot at either player, but we don't know how good Milano will be when he returns and Williams has done a very good job in his place. Just watch the video above to see how much Williams has improved in coverage. This post is not to say the Bernard/Milano can't work or won't work, but don't be surprised if it's not "great" immediately.

I'm not sure this is a bad take. We never got to see the initial vision for the Bills offense as Samuel and MVS got injured in camp and never really had a chance to develop chemistry with Josh then. It's taken 10 weeks for Samuel to ramp up and MVS, now cut, looks much better with the Saints. I like the addition of Cooper and with Samuel looking healthy and engaged, the passing game looks much improved. Now if we could just get everyone healthy for a change. If everyone can get healthy, we are moving much much closer to the original vision of the Bills offense this season. A healthy Bills look like this TE 1 - Kincaid, TE 2 Knox, (TE 3 Morris, but he isn't really relevant to this discussion) RB 1 - Cook, RB 2 Davis, RB 3 Johnson WR 1 - Cooper, WR 2 - Coleman, WR 3 - Hollins Slot 1 - Shakir, Slot 2 - Samuel That's ton of players to scheme for where anyone of the 10 can catch the ball and break tackles. Cooper, Shakir and Samuel all showed their worth yesterday. With so many targets to throw to when healthy, no receiver, other than Shakir, will put up consistent numbers. The ball is going to go to who is open.

Hard to argue with getting contributions from the top 8 picks plus the trade for Codrington. Bishop will be a starter next season. I also think SVPG is the future at center when McGovern's contract expires.

Against one of the best defenses in the NFL and without a key WR, our starting TE and starting tackle.

The real question is was Hailee Steinfeld there?

no. They are using him like GA did, anywhere and everywhere.

How good are rookies Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey? Bowers - 10 games - 70/89 706 yards 3 TDs ----- First in receptions and yards of the 2024 rookie class McConkey - 10 games 43/63 615 yards 4 TDs ----- 3rd in receptions and yards of the 2024 rookie class

Irrefutable proof that..... 1) The Bills can beat anyone in the NFL at any time except Balitmore. 2) That Shakir and Bernard are the two best Bills players not named Josh Allen 3) Josh Allen is the most entertaining player in the NFL 4) This team is actually getting better week by week and just wait until they get healthy 5) Curtis Samuel lives. 6) The officiating remains terrible in the NFL.

I agree. I think he did a great job. Alec Anderson, Van Denmark, and SVPG have all stepped up and played well when called upon.

There is no excuse for not looking in the last 2 minutes on whether a juggling ball hit the ground or not.

And multiple missed face masks and a shot to head on a tackle.

I was contemplating the Bills playoff situation and I came away with the realization that the Bills need 2 wins and 1 more loss by each of the other divisional teams to clinch the division. The Bills are 3-0 in the division with a 5 game lead in the win column with 7-8 games to go. Miami, with 8 games left, has lost 2 to the Bills and if they win out the max they can have is 11 wins. When they lose one, even if both teams finish 10-7, the Bills own the tiebreaker. The best the Jets and Pats can do is 10-7. For the Pats to get there, they'd need to win out including 2 games against the Bills. Odds of that happening are about zero. The Jets can also finish 10-7, but again they'd have to win out including beating the Bills in Buffalo in week 17. That's not happening either. I'm admittedly an optimist about this Bills team and I think they'll beat both KC and SF over the next 3 weeks and the SF win will essentially clinch the division as Mia, NY and NE will have at least 1 loss over the next 3 weeks. We should probably be rooting for Indy. They play the Jets and Pats over the next 2 weeks.

At least he played 1 full game.

Maybe this is one former Bill Beane won’t bring back.

27 - 17 Bills. Back and forth game until Cook breaks a tackle and runs for a 50 yards TD to seal the game.

It's kind of funny for the media to call this season a rebuild when we brought back 8 starters on offense (JA, Cook, Kincaid, Shakir and 4 OL) and arguably 10 on defense (Groot, AJE, Miller, D Jones, T Johnson, Milano, Bernard, Rapp, Douglas and Benford). Any reasonable GM would have moved on from White, Dodson (with Milano coming back), Floyd (with Miller coming back), Poyer, Gabe Davis and Hyde. The only real shocks were Morse and Diggs. Given Morse's age and concussion history I understand why Beane made the move. Moving Diggs without a proven outside threat was the biggest shock, but Diggs' poor attitude, drops and decrease in performance once Brady became OC created the environment for him to move on as well.

There was stat in the Sunday broadcast that Kincaid is 8th all time in receptions by a TE in his first 25 games. That’s a good way to start a career.