Ok on to Detroit....

[transplantbillsfan]

3 hours ago, Doc Brown said:

The third QB needs to be on your active roster for him to be considered the "emergency QB" that doesn't count against the game day actives.  White isn't on the active roster so the Bills can't use him as an emergency QB.

 

Doesn't elevating him from the practice squad to the active roster qualify him.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

I can’t believe there isn’t an emergency 3rd QB every single game for every single team. It’s either lazy or arrogant. You are 2 bad plays away from having a RB taking snaps. And why? How does it inconvenience these teams so badly? It doesn’t even count against the total. If there rules need to be changed to make it even easier, it’s in everyone’s best interest to have enough QBs to play a game.

[billybob71]

25 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I can’t believe there isn’t an emergency 3rd QB every single game for every single team. It’s either lazy or arrogant. You are 2 bad plays away from having a RB taking snaps. And why? How does it inconvenience these teams so badly? It doesn’t even count against the total. If there rules need to be changed to make it even easier, it’s in everyone’s best interest to have enough QBs to play a game.

Dont worry I am the emergency QB for the Bills, if Josh and Mitch go down they call me, I finish my buffalo wing dip grab my nerf football hop in my Ford Fiesta and head to the stadium

[Harold Jackson]

47 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:

Oh. Took me a while but I get it.

 

[Johnnycage46]

1 hour ago, finn said:

Someone cheer me up. I'm convinced the Bills will be blown out tomorrow. A vulnerable defense missing practices and starters on the road against a rested, beautifully balanced offense? A testy, beleaguered head coach against a head coach on top of the world? Give me reason to believe, guys. I'll settle for scraps. 

Cheerful thought? It's just one game and we are already in the playoffs? No matter how badly we lose tomorrow it only counts for one loss?

[WotAGuy]

51 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I can’t believe there isn’t an emergency 3rd QB every single game for every single team. It’s either lazy or arrogant. You are 2 bad plays away from having a RB taking snaps. And why? How does it inconvenience these teams so badly? It doesn’t even count against the total. If there rules need to be changed to make it even easier, it’s in everyone’s best interest to have enough QBs to play a game.

I think the issue is the 3rd QB needs to be on the active roster, but would not count toward your “active” players on game day. While you do not have to count the 3rd QB on game day, you do have to count them as a regular roster player during the week. Most teams feel having an additional position player count toward the 53 outweighs the threat of needing a third QB as part of their 53. 

[reddogblitz]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

 

That was the Dallas game but the refs actually screwed them in that game because they claimed the player didn't report as eligible where the replay clearly showed before the play he did in fact report as eligible to the ref and the ref acknowledged it.

 

That's the one.  Yeah well. Still trying to get too fancy.  Cost 'em the game. I know Coach McDermott would get skewered for making that call as opposed to giving it to Gibbs.

[Brianmoorman4jesus]

17 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

I think the issue is the 3rd QB needs to be on the active roster, but would not count toward your “active” players on game day. While you do not have to count the 3rd QB on game day, you do have to count them as a regular roster player during the week. Most teams feel having an additional position player count toward the 53 outweighs the threat of needing a third QB as part of their 53. 

Just fix it to make that a 0 roster spot and make sure everyone has one.

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

Doesn't elevating him from the practice squad to the active roster qualify him.

They’d have to sign him to the 53 so no.

2 hours ago, finn said:

Am I the only one more confident in White than Trubinsky as the primary backup?

Yes.

[VaMilBill]

5 hours ago, Charles Romes said:

No Davidson, so Kincaid looking good. 

Davidson has already been elevated three times this season. So probably won’t expect him to play again unless there is an injury 

[WotAGuy]

46 minutes ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

Just fix it to make that a 0 roster spot and make sure everyone has one.

I’ll get right on it!

[Goin Breakdown]

4 hours ago, finn said:

Am I the only one more confident in White than Trubinsky as the primary backup?

Someone said "yes" in another reply to you. BUT they're wrong. I'm with you. Maybe because we've seen Mitch as a backup and it's not good at all. I'm sure White could look

just as bad but I might be more optimistic with him for a game than Mitch. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

5 hours ago, finn said:

Someone cheer me up. I'm convinced the Bills will be blown out tomorrow. A vulnerable defense missing practices and starters on the road against a rested, beautifully balanced offense? A testy, beleaguered head coach against a head coach on top of the world? Give me reason to believe, guys. I'll settle for scraps. 

Josh Allen is reason enough to believe.  Does an MVP lose to Jared Goff?

[Mikie2times]

This is the write up from my all time favorite handicapper at Action.com

 

For what it’s worth he nailed his write up last week on the Bills/Rams game. I agree with his take on this one. 

 

I liked this a lot earlier in the week before the injury reports flipped in Detroit's favor with the Lions seemingly getting a bit healthier on defense (although still far from 100%) and Buffalo potentially down three starters in the secondary. Is it Micah Hyde time? We'll see what the veteran has left in the tank if he gets activated.

With that said, I still like the Bills catching 2.5 or better, but I'm going to wait all the way up until kick to see if I can get a 3, even if I have to buy it at a reasonable price (-120 or better ideally).

The Lions were going to have success on offense (especially on the ground in this matchup) no matter how many injuries the Bills have or how many snaps they had to play last week in Los Angeles (a lot!). Buffalo does at least play a lot of zone and doesn't blitz much, which you need to do against a Detroit offense that has had more success against man coverage than any other offense in the league by an astronomical margin. Sean McDermott's goal should be to bend, but not break and hope to get a mistake or two by Jared Goff, while getting a few stops in the red zone.

If Buffalo can do that, it can win this game. I don't see many paths for Detroit's defense to get stops against a Bills offense that has scored 30-plus in five straight games.

Plus, Josh Allen is just a different animal when playing indoors. Many reference Goff's success indoors, but Allen has sparkled in controlled environments. Including last week's loss in Los Angeles, Allen is 9-2-1 ATS (81.8%) indoors, covering by 9.2 points per game.

Allen should also see an extremely high frequency of man coverage, which he can absolutely rip apart due to his mobility — something the Lions have struggled with under defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn. This Lions' defense has played very well this season, but they haven't really faced an elite quarterback with a fully healthy offensive unit this season. They can get away with aggressive blitzing and man coverage on the outside with plenty of single-high looks against bad-to-mediocre quarterbacks, but that won't be the case against the top-tier signal callers in the league, especially those with supreme mobility.

The Lions have been the most dominant team in the league to date, but they have also blown out some horrendous quarterbacks. It's easy to forget they've also gone 6-1 in one-possession games.

Getting points with Allen will always pique my interest and I think this a great spot and matchup for the Bills to boot. For what it's worth, Allen has gone 27-14-2 ATS (65.9%) as an underdog or favorite of less than a field goal, covering by five points per game. That includes an 18-8-2 (69.2%) mark when away from home in that situation.

Trending: Teams with a win percentage north of 90% in December have gone 21-48-2 ATS (30.4%) since 2003, failing to cover by 3.5 ppg. When those teams also average north of 28 ppg, the results are even poorer at 8-31-2 (20.5%) ATS.

[Doc Brown]

7 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I can’t believe there isn’t an emergency 3rd QB every single game for every single team. It’s either lazy or arrogant. You are 2 bad plays away from having a RB taking snaps. And why? How does it inconvenience these teams so badly? It doesn’t even count against the total. If there rules need to be changed to make it even easier, it’s in everyone’s best interest to have enough QBs to play a game.

It's because of how rare two qb's getting injured in the same game is.  I'm guessing it's a once out of three years type occurrence (don't quote me on that).  They only made the "emergency QB" option is because the freak occurrence occurred with the 49ers in the NFC Championship game against the Eagles.  Even when they added the rule only 13 NFL teams rostered three QB's which tells you that teams aren't that concerned about losing their top 2 QB's in the same game.

Edited December 15 by Doc Brown

[Kelly to Allen]

10 hours ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

I can’t believe there isn’t an emergency 3rd QB every single game for every single team. It’s either lazy or arrogant. You are 2 bad plays away from having a RB taking snaps. And why? How does it inconvenience these teams so badly? It doesn’t even count against the total. If there rules need to be changed to make it even easier, it’s in everyone’s best interest to have enough QBs to play a game.

There should just be 60 man active rosters 

 

Mandatory 3 QBs active 

[Don Otreply]

It’s game day!!!!!!

 

GO BILLS!!! 

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Go Bills!

 

Didn't care about the Rams loss, but would love to see them win this game for McDermott. He should have won COTY, and has had his best season yet. 
 

Today is McD vs the guy everyone wanted to replace him. I think Ben Johnson himself wanted to replace him, which is why he didn’t take a HC position last year. 

[jcamm1966]

I give up with figuring this team out, just gonna watch and hope for the best

[SydneyBillsFan]

16 hours ago, No_Matter_What said:

What's up with these White elevations? They want him to be able to purchase more expensive Christmas gifts or what?

 

Part of Milano's recovery and return to form.