Randall Flagg

I wondered that in real time but Nurse did a good job avoiding any grabbing Ragin' Tage, no need for a roof job there.

I keep rooting agianst the Oilers because I want McDavid to ask for a trade

Love our guys but they have a lot of growing to do!

Hoo boy.

Keep fighting boys

That's tough, because they spent that whole McDavid shift with the puck right until the end. They did it by choosing not to dump it in for their line change when they knew he was coming, and keeping possession instead. Smart hockey that didn't pay off that time

Definitely He's not Drury all the same

I like Tuch a lot and think he is a fine player to have on a good NHL team. I don't really watch him and think I'm seeing someone of the importance ascribed by a lot of fans. There are other guys on this team who look like they can become that foundational type of player though.

That is insane lol

Wouldn't be surprised that when all the numbers add up, they literally HAD to cut Beasley to stay under the cap. I loved having Beasley and think he was a huge part of Allen's development, right up until the last drive of the 2021 season. When I was thinking that Cole had gone missing for most of this season, rewatching the season highlights reminded me that he was a huge part of all of its most important drives. OJ howard and the 12 personnel whispers have calmed my WR nerves a little bit, but Id like to draft a good one, and even sign another solid veteran on top of that. If we have room for it, who knows if we do Diggs is great, Davis is on his way to being great, but I don't think McKenzie has proven much outside of being able to beat Bryant to the far sideline in a race, and so i worry about relying on him to be more than a handy gadget player (which he very much is)

@PromoTheRobot was just complimented by adams on wgr lmao

16 months ago Josh Allen, Cole Beasley, and Stefon Diggs led the Buffalo Bills on an epic-but-forgotten game winning drive in Glendale, AZ. Through no fault of their own, that drive was never recorded as one. As Kyler Murray flushed out left, chased by Mario Addison - a good NFL DE, but past his prime and never elite - Mario made a critical mistake. He dove at Murray when he wasn't quite in range to safely do so, and predictably, Kyler made sure he missed. The added time allowed Kyler to get his hips pointed in the right direction, which allowed the throw to be pin-point, in a place where Hopkins could make the play that only he can make. A little more patience from Mario and that throw would have necessarily been a wounded duck. 14 months later, Addison, Hughes, and a few other linemen fell into a similar trap against a man that is nearly impossible to bring down, much like Kyler, and much like their own QB. The story was different in week 5 - they played contain and executed with painstaking patience to keep Mahomes under control and keep him from leaking closer to the line as he scrambled out wide - the coverage did its (equally difficult) job well that night, and the Bills rolled. One big fourth down play in Bills territory exemplified this (7:03 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxiOnaTUows&t=636s). Sean McDermott's Bills teams have never had an elite finisher on the defensive line. They get a lot of pressures, and talk is made of the Bills' elite pressure rate. In a sense this holds up because the Bills are usually a nightmare for most opposing quarterbacks, who generally post terrible stats against Buffalo relative to their own baselines. But it is now a consistent pattern that this lack of finish holds the defense back when the stakes are highest, when the opposition is an elite QB in do-or-die territory. Brandon Beane, who to this point has refrained from making an all-in type of move, understood this, and has probably talked about this with Sean for dozens of hours. They have also surely noticed that while veteran leadership is not lacking in the Bills' locker room, there aren't a lot of guys in there, if any, that can say they have been a reason a team has won it all, and here's how to do it. The Bills have always incrementally improved under Beane and McDermott, aside from a decline from 2017 to 2018, which they explicitly told us was going to happen because of the cap situation. They promised that while that year (2018) would be painful, it was necessary and would be quick. They delivered on this promise. In 2019 they made it back to the playoffs, with the first big wins on a national stage that Bills fans had seen in decades (sealing the playoffs at 10-4 in Pittsburgh on SNF, Turkey Day game in Dallas). But they couldn't finish drives in the wild card round, their defense got gassed and fell apart, and they got their hearts ripped out in OT. So in 2020 they got better at finishing drives. But the team showed again that in critical games and moments (Hail Murray, Chiefs/Titans blowouts, and Chiefs playoff loss) they could fall apart, even though plenty of other games showed that they were slowly improving in this regard. I believe that the 2021 Bills were an improvement on the 2020 Bills, losing some absolute heartbreakers (really, what loss this past season wasn't gut-wrenching even by NFL loss standards?) but being as good as the Chiefs for 60 minutes of an NFL playoff game in their barn, versus getting blown out in the same circumstance the year before. Despite this year over year improvement, we endured another meltdown and heart break. While I place the blame for 13 seconds squarely on the coaching staff (Levi stood where he was told to stand), the Chiefs only punted twice, and to win the game the Bills needed to send them off the field at least one other time for a punt or a field goal rather than a touchdown. Some of those 3rd down plays that could have been made involved subpar finishing and patience from a line that did get good pressure most of the night. Some could have been made by having Tre on the field as well. Sean and Beane decided that now is the time to make sure something like that does not happen again, and that now is the time to make that "all in" move. When I think of Von Miller, I think that I have maybe seen 2 better defensive linemen over the last 20 years, and that number might be smaller. I think of artistry - a man who has perfected his craft to the point of ruthless efficiency, but at the same time isn't robotic. Silky smooth, the ability to vanish and reappear on the other side of a confused tackle. Choosing his moves from a bottomless toolbox based on an understanding of schemes and scenarios that can only be accrued through years of experience. I think of a guy that holds a pass rush boot camp in the summer on his own accord because he enjoys teaching what he has learned and genuinely wants to leave the position and the game in a better place than it was when he arrived. I think of what this means for Gregory Rousseau, Boogie, and AJ. I think of how he reminds me of Allen - he is incredibly goofy and fun to be around, but when it's go time, no mortal will stop him. This man is the archetype of what Beane and McDermott look for in players, on and off the field. I think that if Von Miller was a Bill on January 23rd, 2022, the Bills are probably hosting the season opener on Thursday, September 8th, 2022. I think about the long-standing missing piece of Sean McDermott's defense, and how we probably just filled it with an all-time great. I think about Tre White locking his half of the field down, and Poyer and Hyde licking their lips as QBs flail their arms in a panicked frenzy, hearing increasingly loud footsteps. I think about how I need to savor how far the Bills have come, and how rare this type of feeling and anticipation is for any sports franchise. This is what I always dreamed about when I was a kid watching the Bills in 2005, 2016, all the years in between. When I think of Von Miller and the 2022 Buffalo Bills, I find unwavering belief that at long last, Buffalo has its team. THE team. You know the one I'm talking about. Of course, a lot will happen between now and then, and even the best teams need a healthy dose of luck. Time will tell if these thoughts pan out. To me it seems like Miller took a while to get into a groove last year, coming off the missed 2020 season. This is typical for ACL injuries. His play ramped up and he finished the year with 9 sacks in his last 8 games, including 4 in the playoffs and 2 in the super bowl. He blows up so many other plays that don't find their way onto the stat sheet. He is not quite peak Von Miller, but there is no question that he is still elite and still has a lot to give. The Bills will have him on a reasonable pitch count, and he will know what to do as the calendar turns to January. So will Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, Gabriel f'n Davis, Micah Hyde, and so many others. I'm still floating. LFG BILLS

Interested to see allen use the best pass-catching back he's ever played with.

That's pretty surprising. i've heard a lot of comments from people in my personal life that Jack has gone out of his way to be great to their kids/kids they know, away from the cameras.

What's the story?

I also noticed that Joki had a positive impact on the game yesterday

This is good for the Bills. Chiefs 17th game is much harder.

Cozens 👍👍👍

Lmao what's the rule in that situation?

6 minutes of free leaf 2 on 1s that tire out our best players while theirs rested

Three power plays and they haven't set up in the standard manner one single time. But the leafs get an odd man rush for every attempt the Sabres make. Unbelievable.

Score 5 more and send these clowns home miserable

"Uh oh." ***** off with this *****

Lmao wtf? That was icing. There was 1 second left on the pp at face-off.

Not a single good decision or won battle on either power play, its actually impressive