Shakir and Oliver both out Sunday

[SoonerBillsFan]

Call and get Adams

[Captain_Quint]

  On 10/4/2024 at 4:55 PM, BuffaloBillyG said:

Pulled his hammy doing his My Little Pony dance is my bet.

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He isn't injured. Someone has to cook all the chickens that Von Miller is giving out, and Von is suspended. 

[2003Contenders]

• We'll probably see more 12-personnel this game than usual with Shakir out.  Hopefully that means more involvement from Knox than just blocking.
• We are going to miss Shakir for sure, but his typical 5-6 catches for 50-60 yards can be readily redistributed among Coleman/Kincaid/Knox/Samuel/Cook. (Notice I didn't say Hollins?) It would also be nice to see "playoff mode" MVS show up in this game as well.
• Through the first 3 games when the Bills were the top-scoring offense in the league, one of their hallmarks was their heavy use of pre-snap motion. For whatever reason, that was minimized in the game plan against the Ravens. Hopefully Brady makes that a bigger part of the offense again on Sunday.
• I remember after Coleman had that back-breaking drop at the end of the fist half Sunday night, he was clearly very frustrated with himself. He responded by making some difficult catches in the 2nd half. Maybe that will serve as a springboard for him to become what we hope (and need) for him to be.

[Charles Romes]

Bills were -1 favorites this morning, now +1.5 dogs. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

  On 10/4/2024 at 4:16 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

Yes, Sean just announced that Ed has a condition called Marcel Dareus.

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No ****.  

[Joe Ferguson]

The way Shakir abuses his body he is bound to get hurt. But this is a good thing. It's better for the Bills players getting injured this early in the season. That means they'll be healthy and peaking in late December and early  January. . We got the division wrapped up. There's no way the other dog turd teams in the AFC east can overtake the Bills. You don't win rings in the regular season.😎

Edited October 4, 2024 by Joe Ferguson

[Gregg]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:40 PM, Joe Ferguson said:

The way Shakir abuses his body he is bound to get hurt. But this is a good thing. It's better for the Bills players getting injured this early in the season. That means they'll be healthy and peaking in late December and early  January. . We got the division wrapped up. There's no way the other dog turd teams in the AFC east can overtake the Bills. You don't win rings in the regular season.😎

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I agree with you that the Dolphins and Pats have no shot since they don't have a QB, but the Jets can challenge the Bills for the division.

[Maine-iac]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:44 PM, Gregg said:

 

I agree with you that the Dolphins and Pats have no shot since they don't have a QB, but the Jets can challenge the Bills for the division.

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You might be right but that's a hard sell after they just choked for the Broncos.

[finn]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:29 PM, 2003Contenders said:

• We'll probably see more 12-personnel this game than usual with Shakir out.  Hopefully that means more involvement from Knox than just blocking.
• We are going to miss Shakir for sure, but his typical 5-6 catches for 50-60 yards can be readily redistributed among Coleman/Kincaid/Knox/Samuel/Cook. (Notice I didn't say Hollins?) It would also be nice to see "playoff mode" MVS show up in this game as well.
• Through the first 3 games when the Bills were the top-scoring offense in the league, one of their hallmarks was their heavy use of pre-snap motion. For whatever reason, that was minimized in the game plan against the Ravens. Hopefully Brady makes that a bigger part of the offense again on Sunday.
• I remember after Coleman had that back-breaking drop at the end of the fist half Sunday night, he was clearly very frustrated with himself. He responded by making some difficult catches in the 2nd half. Maybe that will serve as a springboard for him to become what we hope (and need) for him to be.

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Brady is also probably frustrated with himself for blowing a big comeback last game by getting cute. He's going to be very focused. I'm thinking a committed (boring) ground attack with 12 personnel with an occasional play-action deep pass to MVS and deep outs to Coleman.

[Bimmer323i]

  On 10/4/2024 at 3:29 PM, Marcus Aurelius said:

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Just like that lady said at the car rental place to Steve Martin… Your ****ed!!!!!

[finn]

Miami has great receivers but no quarterback, we have a great quarterback with no receivers.

 

I'll take our problem any day. 

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

  On 10/4/2024 at 5:59 PM, billsfan_34 said:

Injuries are a part of the game! Seems we have been banged up more than others the past few seasons 

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I feel like the ‘amount’ of injuries is comparable to other teams…but they always find our best possible defensive players at the worst times 🤣. 

[sleeby]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:55 PM, finn said:

Miami has great receivers but no quarterback, we have a great quarterback with no receivers.

 

I'll take our problem any day. 

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Hopefully you will eat these words Sunday evening.  😘

[Bleeding Bills Blue]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:29 PM, 2003Contenders said:

• We'll probably see more 12-personnel this game than usual with Shakir out.  Hopefully that means more involvement from Knox than just blocking.
• We are going to miss Shakir for sure, but his typical 5-6 catches for 50-60 yards can be readily redistributed among Coleman/Kincaid/Knox/Samuel/Cook. (Notice I didn't say Hollins?) It would also be nice to see "playoff mode" MVS show up in this game as well.
• Through the first 3 games when the Bills were the top-scoring offense in the league, one of their hallmarks was their heavy use of pre-snap motion. For whatever reason, that was minimized in the game plan against the Ravens. Hopefully Brady makes that a bigger part of the offense again on Sunday.
• I remember after Coleman had that back-breaking drop at the end of the fist half Sunday night, he was clearly very frustrated with himself. He responded by making some difficult catches in the 2nd half. Maybe that will serve as a springboard for him to become what we hope (and need) for him to be.

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I'm not concerned about his targets being dispersed, its more who he's looking to on a crucial 3rd down.  

[pigpen65]

Hamstring injury to a D lineman during a Thursday practice? Come on man.

[Mikie2times]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:31 PM, Charles Romes said:

Bills were -1 favorites this morning, now +1.5 dogs. 

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Probably shouldn't be favored here TBH. 

[LABILLBACKER]

  On 10/4/2024 at 6:40 PM, Joe Ferguson said:

The way Shakir abuses his body he is bound to get hurt. But this is a good thing. It's better for the Bills players getting injured this early in the season. That means they'll be healthy and peaking in late December and early  January. . We got the division wrapped up. There's no way the other dog turd teams in the AFC east can overtake the Bills. You don't win rings in the regular season.😎

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We're very fortunate that the AFCE teams are bad this season. We obviously have to use that to our advantage waiting for several players to return. Maybe this whole damn season will be one big "load management".  Maybe everyone is healthy going into January?  But then again maybe pigs will fly?

Edited October 4, 2024 by LABILLBACKER

[billsfan_34]

  On 10/4/2024 at 7:02 PM, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

I feel like the ‘amount’ of injuries is comparable to other teams…but they always find our best possible defensive players at the worst times 🤣. 

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Right? Baffling I tell ya 😂

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

  On 10/4/2024 at 7:14 PM, Mikie2times said:

Probably shouldn't be favored here TBH. 

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Were focused more on our own team here obviously but this ‘they beat bad teams but lost to a good one’ criticism easily applies to Houston too and they didn’t look particularly good in any of those wins. 

the spread being that close makes sense…I wouldn’t be shocked if it gets closer to even if Bernard or t johnson are active 

doesn’t mean they won’t find it starting this week but Houston has been pretty underwhelming so far 

Edited October 4, 2024 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[YoloinOhio]

  On 10/4/2024 at 7:17 PM, LABILLBACKER said:

We're very fortunate that the AFCE teams are bad this season. We obviously have to use that to our advantage waiting for several players to return. Maybe this whole damn season will be one big "load management".  Maybe everyone is healthy going into January?  But then again maybe pigs will fly?

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Yes very fortunate, as of now the Bills have the highest odds in the afc to make the playoffs. It was over 98%. Likely due to the division.