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The Benford situation highlights what is becoming a good problem for the Bills...extending all their promising young players. We've already extended Spencer Brown, and Rousseau is up next. Then we've got Benford, then Terrel Bernard, then Kalil Shakir, James Cook, etc. There are a lot of hard decisions coming because you can't sign everyone, no matter how good they are. The Bills are going to have to prioiritize certain positions, let some of these guys walk, and hope they keep hitting on draft picks.

The Dolphins were absolutely pathetic in their playoff game vs KC, fully living up to their soft reputation.

I agree. I think the Ravens are due for a down year and public opinion is just slow to recognize it. They never would have lost to the Raiders at home in previous years. Their o-line is not good and they have no outside receiving threat. They lost key pieces on defense, as well as their highly regarded defensive coordinator. I think the Bills are a particularly bad matchup for them.

That's why the Bills have been successful vs. the Ravens recently...they've taken the lead early and kept the Ravens behind the sticks. Lamar is not effective when the Ravens are forced to abandon the run.

The key is to keep the Ravens behind the sticks and/or behind on the scoreboard. In the Chiefs game, Baltimore had one good drive when they featured Henry, but the rest of the time, he was barely involved because they were (1) not gaining any yards on first down, and then (2) behind by multiple scores. Henry comes off the field on passing downs...He was effective against Dallas because the Ravens led the whole game (and because Dallas's run defense stinks).

I do think the line's going to move in the Bills favor, but it hasn't moved yet.

Nope. Still Bills +2.5

That's why, all things being equal, it's better to have an "offensive" head coach, like Andy Reid, Mike Shanahan or Sean McVay. You don't have to worry about your offensive mastermind being poached by other teams because they are under contract and are already head coaches.

I expect Taron Johnson to play vs Baltimore

Yes, if Evan Engram plays last night, the Jags could have pulled that one out…good take.

Cleveland is a bad football team right now, and I think the Ravens are highly overrated, as everyone will hopefully discover on Sunday night. I think Pittsburgh is for real and that they have found a formula that, while not pretty, can get them to 11-6 in that division.

I was on an international flight with no wifi that took off 5 minutes before kickoff and landed about 15 minutes after the final whistle.

And the NFC South looks like a bona fide good division…

I like Josh’s reference to “two-time MVP Lamar”… no question that that stuff motivates Josh.

They had a bad game yesterday against an underrated Vikings team, but the Texans are one of the top 4 AFC teams. Go check the Vegas odds if you don’t believe me.

Yeah, it amazing the haul Houston got for a guy who was never going to play for them again.

Huge W for Houston, too. The Watson trade turned them from a laughable doormat into an elite team.

I think fins are going to bottom out and will likely reach Carolina-like levels of futility and disfunction. They just made so many fundamentally awful decisions in the past few years.

I distinctly remember being told MHJ had the best hands in the history of the draft or some such nonsense. His refusal to participate in the combine was a red flag…one of the most overhyped prospects in recent memory…

Words no one expected to read in 2024…

Flutie at least took the team to the playoffs...Bledsoe did not. There were a lot of "false gold" moments like that...remember the Fitzmagic 4-1 start, where we beat the Pats...the 3-0 start before Trent Edwards got his brain scrambled against the Cardinals...they all turned out the same.

You didn’t miss anything.

All set up by Ron Rivera deciding to kick a field goal on 4th and 1 to put the Panthers ahead by 6 with less than a minute left.

Ridiculous. The Jets' schedule is not much easier than ours.

It must be tough, knowing your offense is barely capable of a first down, much less a touchdown.