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They’re competing right now in a weak division. Their fans got spoiled by Payton Manning and Andrew Luck and are becoming disinterested. Something had to be done and this is the thing that they did.

With the Taylor extension, the Zach Moss era is over in Indianapolis.

It’s a weird thing, being a fan of a MAC football team. You want your team to do well, but so well that you lose the coach. The optimal outcome is backing into bowl eligibility. After Miami beat Cincinnati this year I think Chuck Martin will finally be snatched up by a lower level BIG-18 team like Indiana. And then the cycle begins anew.

They weren’t playing him anyway after he went full-out attacking the coaching and the entire organisation. He was also a net negative for the Bears offender. He was lazy in not running routes but he was still openly demanding touches. He may work out in some way in Miami, but for Chicago it was addition by subtraction.

The Fins just put their LT on IR with a knee injury. I think that will have a bigger impact on them than Chase Claypool.

How can Tua vouch for a guy that he's never played with?

It's a flawed stat, but PFF grades pass rushers on their "win" on the initial rush at the snap. It's like an extension of training camp discussions where we talk about DL X "winning their rep" against OL Y or vice versa. All those sacks against Washington would not count as pass rush wins because they were due to Sam Howell holding the ball too long. Why did he do that? Because the BIlls DBs took away his first read. In the end, it doesn't really matter. All that matters is that the defense made a play. But just like with PFF OL ratings, they are trying to quantify something that is not really quantifiable but because as humans we love numbers and rankings we eat it up.

Strong character ≠ high character

Everytime I think about that play, I get to remember this:

People get frustrated (not me, but others on here) because the Fins are always taking swings. The trade for Hill worked out. The trade for Chubb last year at the deadline has not. But they are in a win-now mode and a lot of people would like to trade draft capital to take a swing for this year.

I was just trying to think of good WRs on losing teams in response to people wanting to trade for a player who won't be traded. Broncos might part ways with someone like Jerry Jeudy, but I'm not sure that he's any better than Gabe at this point and he's always hurt.

The Bucs have a real shot of winning that division. They're not trading anyone. If the Bengals keep losing, the Bills might be able to get Tee Higgins but that would be a rental as he'll get WR1 money from someone this offseason.

Any given Thursday.

I put DJ Moore in my fantasy lineup at 7:55 tonight. Seems that I made a good call.

Of course he wouldn't. You can't trust the blue checks. Always look at the actual account name. In this case, it is @mikmcdaniels. Notice the lack of the "e."

Lil Mike McDaniel just wants to be friends with the refs

No matter how the Bills won, it only counts as one win. American football is a game of matchups. The Bills match up well with the Dolphins and not so well with the Jets. I have no idea how we match up with the Jags, as we haven't played this version of the team yet. I have no idea how it will play out.

Just went and checked in Boogie. He only had 7 of 55 snaps on defense for the Giants on Monday night. He only has two tackles on the season.

That's probably the case. You can see those teams here: https://www.ftnfantasy.com/articles/FTN/105892/week-4-dvoa-buffalo-bills-greatest-3-1-team-ever

I would rather that he checked that one down and punt. The Bills have a really good punter. Let him do his job.

It was a gotcha question meant to bait him into blaming Joe Burrow. And Chase took the bait.

The Houston Fighting C.J. Strouds hung 37 points on the Jags in Jacksonville.

Bills are currently 5th in RAC in the NFL. For reference, the Bills were 27th in RAC in 2022. Really seems like something that they are working on.