davefan66

Kinda figured once they sent Baalke packing, something was up. Too much made about what Coen said and that Khan basically said if a coaching candidate wants him gone, we will have entertain it. Apparently Coen went radio silence on the Bucs organization and swung the deal without them knowing he was a candidate again. Reportd by Florio, so who knows.

We got out of cap hell with the purge to get to a place we could function daily. Last year (or two) Beane has had an issue with end of season moves because of restricted cap. Biggest problem? Upcoming free agents. Per Sportrac next season should be decent on FA’s - Rasul, Ty Johnson, Alex Anderson. Also Smoot and Hollins (both shouldn’t break the bank). Few others that would be year to year or find someone else. 2026 is going to be a tough year as Epenesa, Rousseau, Cook, Bernard, Shakir, Benford are all due. Epenesa could be gone. Rousseau will be big bucks. Bernard will be huge money. Shakir and Benford will most likely be big bucks also. Cook may be expendable if we keep Ty with Davis and Gore getting more carries. 2026 isn’t doom and gloom. Cap purge was a way to deal with it. Cap will go up next few years, and Beane can structure 2026 contracts to kick the can so to speak. Another Problem? Josh’s contract will most likely need to be dealt with for cap relief and larger numbers. Although not sure how you do both? That being said, Beane will be judicious about giving contracts to league free agents. Khalil Mack is a good player but will he want to give him a large contract at the expense of keeping his own? Especially a guy at the end of his career with the possibility of production drop off? Personally, I don’t think he would.

So the back story here would be the Bills sign him in free agency before the start of next season? 🤣🤣 If he signed for vet minimum and Von retires, I’d consider it. Have too many upcoming FA’s on this team that need to be addressed.

No thanks. Maybe a few years ago, but don’t want to spend the money on him he is most likely looking for. Great player, outstanding career. Great back story as a UB Alum. Not for me at this point of his career.

Be interesting to see how the Lions staff rebounds if they lose him and collateral coaches for his new staff. Couple that with what’s already left could be daunting. Probably internal promotions and people they’ve spoken to already. Had to know this was coming.

Just tired of watching these games and bogus penalties. Regardless of who is penalized. Need a system where penalties are reviewed on the fly and ones that are egregiously wrong need to be reversed. Tough to figure out which are looked at, and how to manage the review in live games, but something has to change. I am especially sick of penalties that are called well AFTER the play ends. Tired of being excited about a play, then suddenly BOOM a flag.

Never is a head shot allowed. On any player. Now, if a QB runs he is not protected by any hit rules. Can be hit and hit hard, hence the slide giving themselves up. No penalty for hitting a QB who is running the ball….unless of course that QB is mahomes.

He did. He wanted that. If he had thought of it a split second earlier, it could have worked. I did love his line call of “meow, meow, meow” though!

Defense needs to hassle mahomes as much as possible, and do not let him get those first down scrambles. Gotta watch out for kelce. Not super worried about their defense as long as Josh keeps his head. Offense needs to come out fast and never let up. Coleman needs to get more involved. We know we can beat them, just need to do it on Sunday!

Not sure what happened 2nd half. Felt like they took the foot off gas and assumed the Ravens wouldn’t catch up. They did and very well could have won. End all is we won and that’s all that matters.

Bills forced turnovers that gave them the win. That was the difference. These teams are about as evenly matched as can be. Not player for player, but overall. I’ll be honest, if Flowers plays it may be different. More importantly, if they ran Henry more it probably would have been a different outcome. Bills gutted out a win. Even if they get the two point conversion, plenty of time for the Bills to get the winning points.

It’ll move some based on where the bets are. Line is so close it doesn’t have much flex to be honest. Bettor aren’t betting who wins as much as betting the line. A bit different when it’s such a close line of course.

Got conservative or Josh didn’t have a great game..or both. Would have preferred gutting them for points. Ultimately, they trusted rhe D to bring home a win! We won. That’s what matters. But…. Next week we do have to involve all our receivers. Josh was having issues tonight for whatever reason. Last few years I screamed at the TV to stretch the defense. This year they’ve done better, except the last few gems. That type of play calling/execution does not win the games moving forward. Cooper and Coleman involved more would at the very least allow Shakir to elevate his game.

Yup. Home team usually get 3 points in an even game… they are only at 1.5. Extrapolate that and Bills by 1.5. At least that’s how it used to be… At least it even or bills by .5. Home team gets point just being home..

Samuel’s had a couple good plays, one taken away by penalty. I get you for sure. I hope they have been saving Coop for now!