Great Bills win. Wife and I were at the game. Upper deck, 35-40 yd line, logo upside down, faces in the sun. She is my good luck charm and favorite football fan. She's 2-0 at Bills games in person in Buffalo, combined score of 88-20. She's a Clemson / Christian Wilkins fan and kept yelling at him for his trash talking antics. Don't know if that was noticed on the broadcast or not.
Only downside of game was difficulty hearing the on-field referee announcements. Crowd was loud, but I don't think the PA / microphones were good, as evidenced by quieter lulls in the game.
The first 4 drives all scores making it 14-14 was a little unsettling, but eventually the Bills incremental talent and lack of mistakes allowed them to pull away.
I disagree with the 2-pt conversion down 17, 31-14, then 31-20. I don't care if the percentage was a little more than 50%. At that point in the game (3Q) with as much as your team had begun sagging offensively, I'd have taken the >95% chance at 1 pt (0.95) vs. the >50% chance at 2pts.
Re-report? Does he have to report each play he’s in?
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I've literally never seen someone called for not "re-reporting"
Yes, he does, I looked it up. Whether he did correctly re-report and it was not announced (i.e., official error) is a good question. Don't know if that was asked in the post-game or not. I'm 100% sure the rule in the 1990s was reporting for each and every play. I'm also 99% sure the rule was changed not that long ago so that the player with the non-standard number only had to report the initial time he entered the game on a series, but not on each successive play until he went out. Then re-report again when entering on another series. So my belief is they changed the rule back to the every-down rule. When? can't recall.
Bills need to add a corner even if Elam is elevated to starter.
We will need to trade for CB this week
The first step it to determine whether another NFL team has a practice squad CB better than whomever is on the Bills practice squad. You can sign a player off an opposing team ps, but must elevate them to your 53-man roster.
They are just fine with Jackson and Benford.
Regardless, they need depth.
Who's trading one at the point? I don't think there's anyone on the market who would fit that bill.
Agreed.
Difficult to envision a scenario where they are able to trade for a CB1 however if they want to add a CB there may be options out there who are better than current players on the practice squad.
That's the right way to look at it, IMO. CB1 trade will have trouble fitting with the 2023 cap. A cheaper depth CB better than the Bills ps squad CBs should be the focus. Or, an opposing team with a better scheme fit ps CB than whom the Bills have on their own ps. I doubt the CB depth on other team's ps squads is head and shoulders better than the Bills ps CBs, so you're looking for scheme fit. You can't take a player from an opposing ps and not elevate him to the 53-man roster.
Suggesting we trade for a CB better than Jackson/Benford seems very unrealistic
It's the depth that's needed as additional injury insurance.
Which in theory they can do with them. This is a big shot for Elam and if it doesn't work out, there will be some corners available on garbage teams around the trade deadline to where you could dangle Elam and something for them or just dangle picks.
Agreed, but Bills will need to decide if they can wait or not.
In thinking on this a bit more, assuming white is out, BBB really has to be aggressive to fix this.
A few things to consider:
1. This is probably the best version of the Allen/Diggs teams we've seen. The best D-line we've had (and we're getting Miller back) and the strongest O-line/run game we've seen.
2. Our schedule is straight up sadistic after week 11. @Eagles, Cowboys, @Chargers, @Kansas City, and @ Miami. I'd say that is 4 top 7 teams currently. And the Chargers aren't a joke. The 'easy' game is New England at home. Realistically, Buffalo need to have 8 wins going into week 11. Coming out with 4 wins in that last 6 would be an achievement, even with the Bye.
3. The defense IS getting older. White isn't an elite CB anymore and who knows who he will be after his second big injury next year. Poyer/Hyde have 1 year left after this. Miller is getting older.
Essentially, Buffalo needs to be all in. Adding a CB1 is priority 1,2, and 3. I'd say probably adding a depth Offensive Tackle is 2. Beane has hedged previously and skipped adding big pieces at the deadline. I think if there is a year to go all in Rams style...this is the year.
I have no idea how a true CB1 could fit with the minimal $3M cap space the Bills have. You go 50 deep at the position - never mind scheme fit - to get to $3M or below (source Spotrac), and the top 50 include Neal and Elam at $3.1 and $3.9M.
not for a corner man imo unless it's a partial tear, and even then
anyone here going btw
9:30 Et start reminder, our local pizza joint has already booked all their breakfast pizza slots ? lol
I got a fill-in for my usher slot at church (normally, fill-ins or swaps are only invoked when you're out of town). Marked this one when the schedule came out and told my wife we'll cook a Bills brunch!!! She's a Trevor Lawrence fan, so we'll be pumped up for that one too.
