Big Turk

He also made desperate moves like trading up for Watkins.

Exactly. Look at New Orleans who was $110 million over the cap easily getting under it and then making splash UFA signings too. At the end of the day I'll trust Beane far more than some dork off the internet.

It is far easier to put a bunch of talented players together with no consideration for how they fit together as a team or into whatever culture you have or are trying to build than it is to sign players specifically to form an elite team of players... Whaley was good at the former... Beane is good at the latter.

How about Malik Willis? He damn sure can't play QB. Maybe GM is more his thing.

Smoke has 4 routes he is great at. The go route. The comeback off the go where he is wide open usually about 15-20 yards downfield. The deep over running all the way across the field 20-25 yards downfield. The WR screen, aka, the "Gold Rip" audible from Allen

Well there are different types apparently and I read in a different quote that it's the type of break that usually requires a player to miss several games because they cannot grip a ball properly or switch hands. And I would imagine the first time someone chops at the ball and gets his thumb that ball is coming out due to severe pain.

Mostert almost assuredly out.

I would feel it might be more likely the Bills announce they are going to open the window to return from IR that lasts 21 days so he might be able to return for the AFCCG and SB if we make it...

Too bad...they played an easy ass schedule and lost to both the Bills and Bengals.

Knox is kept in as a blocker on 3rd down more than I can ever remember to max protect and give Josh more time.

Bills wearing Blue on Blue this weekend...

No idea but Micah Hyde is trending on Twitter now Also, BangedUpBills says it would be an aggressive timeline for return but possible... https://bangedupbills.com/2023/01/10/buffalo-bills-vs-new-england-patriots-week-18-injury-recap/

Also per NextGenStats, Hines clocked in as the 18th fastest player in the NFL this season and the fastest Bill on his opening kickoff return at over 21 mph.

Teasing a Micah Hyde return??

Buffalo is the cloudiest winter city in the US...we have some sort of cloud cover an astounding 96% of the time during winter. The Great Lakes help stabilize things in the summer where we get more sunshine than anywhere in the Northeast but hurt us in the winter. Rochester is 2nd at 93% cloud cover and Cleveland 3rd at 91% cloud cover in winter...

just waiting for the NFL to announce him as AFC Special Teams player of the week. Don't think it's even a competition for the award.

No, they are separate.

Sorry for the lack of updates on this...updated post regular season. Allen is 126th and should start next season passing 3 more in his first game.

Considering the Bills tied with the fewest 3rd down attempts in the NFL with KC at 193 this season, I think they did pretty freaking good on 1st and 2nd downs.

Maybe he should start getting a list of the best Madden players out there and have them come in for interviews? I mean, what could go wrong here?

Yes, the Bills were #1 at 50.22% on 3rd downs. An absurd rate meaning they converted more than half of their 3rd downs to 1st downs regardless of distance. That is a very rare occurrence in the NFL...Saints in 2011 were the highest back to 2003 at over 55%! Chiefs last year and Manning led Colts in 2006 were over 53% but anything over 50 is exceedingly rare. Since 2003 only about 8 or 9 teams have accomplished that. They also were far and away #1 in the NFL at converting 3rd and 10+ at something even more absurd at like 40% when the average team is like 10%.

I just want to see the sun by then...been 12 days(and counting) since Buffalo has seen the sun.

No that does not. You are misinterpreting it. Regardless of how many yards to go they had on 3rd down, Allen threw the ball an average of 5.4 yards farther than he needed to get the firs down. If it was 3rd and 1, Allen threw the ball 6.4 yards down field. 3rd and 3, 8.4 yards down field(5.4 yards farther than he needed to pick up the first down). Also, the Bills did not fail on first and second downs, for the most part. So you pretty much made a completely baseless post. The point is contrasting what he did under Daboll the last 2 years versus what he did under Dorsey. Daboll seemed to reign him in in some situations like 3rd downs and the redzone while Dorsey has seemingly pushed him further towards pedal to the metal in those situations.