It’s still one game in 17, and at 6-3 the Dolphins are far from being out of contention. However, one needs to accurately put in context exactly what we are in contention for. To win the division, sure, its definitely possible, likely even if the Bills lose tonight against the Bengals. Winning the division is nice, but we have tried to assemble a team with a very small window of opportunity to go all the way. As currently constituted, that won’t happen. At least I should say “shouldn’t happen”, because we haven’t defeated a good team with a winning record since September of ’22.
We got back Jalen Ramsey, Xavien Howard, Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb and Andrew Van Ginkel are all healthy now and playing well, yet we still can’t close out a good team. The offense was more of an issue, and if I’m being honest, why was Raheem Mostert used so sparingly in this game until it was almost too late? Besides De’Von Achane, Mostert is our best RB, our most consistent guy. I know he’s a little banged up, but Ahmed and Wilson just don’t threaten the defense like Mostert does. He looked pretty darn fresh in the 4th quarter, I wish we didn’t save him until then because we squandered too many drives without him. Penalties have been a killer as well, and we escaped a penalty today that should have been called against AVG. It’s not that AVG was looking to hurt Mahomes, he actually turned away and hit him with his back, but the fact is, Mahomes was out of bounds when AVG ran into him and that’s a penalty.
I don’t want to hear the excuse that we had 2 OL out. Every team has subs somewhere, and the O-line was making plenty of room for Mostert in the 4th quarter. Tua had a subpar performance for him. Tyreek Hill dropped a big pass, but Tua with the game on the line let a pass slip out of hand and mishandled a snap, one which did not look egregiously off target. He said it himself, you can’t end a game for your team on a play like that. Another observation is we’ve had a few slow starts. Those of you that attended the Fest game know we were behind 14-0 after the 1st quarter. We scored 3 points against the Eagles in the 1st quarter. We scored 7 against the Patriots, and were shutout the entire first half against the Chiefs. If we’re going to defer, we need to do a better job in the first half because the really good teams put their foot on your neck and don’t let you back in the game.
What can I say, the narrative that we can’t beat the good teams will continue to exist as long as it’s true and accurate, and right now it’s 100% accurate. We look like a different team against the better teams, we’re tight, and we get shut down on offense, and sometimes it’s the defense that looks disinterested. Today, the defense did its best, but the offense was the weak unit that didn’t hold up their end of the bargain. It’s great to be the #1 ranked offense in the NFL, but it sucks when you can’t back it up against better competition. Who cares if we can score 70 against the Broncos when we can only score 14 against the Chiefs?
We have the BYE week next week. Last week we lost OG Isaiah Wynn for the rest of the season, and it’s likely the same fate waits for OG Robert Jones, who ironically just filled in for Isaiah Wynn after coming off this week. Hopefully, after 2 weeks of rest, RG Robert Hunt will be back, and be healthy for the rest of the season. Lester Cotton, who played RG today will probably slide to LG as long as Hunt as healthy. RB De’Von Achane should make his return in Week 11 at home against the Las Vegas Raiders. He will undoubtedly give the offense a huge boost, and when we split carries between the two backs, Mostert and Achane both really thrive. It doesn’t leave that vacuum every time Mostert comes off the field.
Listen, it sucks, if you have friends that are NFL fans like I do, you know they’re getting a hearty laugh at our team, and rightfully so. We have yet to look anything like a team to fear when the opponent has been top level. 48-20 loss to the Bills, 31-17 loss to the Eagles and now a 21-14 loss to the Chiefs. Just remember, the #1 scoring offense in the NFL at a whopping 33.9PPG, practically 34 points per game has scored 17PPG against winning teams. Forget the defense which on occasion has not played well, but the high flying offense seems to wither when challenged, and our young HC Mike McDaniel needs to find a way to stop that from occurring. That won’t be an easy fix, but it has to happen if we’re going to ascend to a playoff winning team. I think our defense is going to be good going forward, but the offense has to be as effective against the good teams as they are against the weaker ones. I needed to vent this, spew it out of my system, it’s cathartic.
GO DOLPHINS!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
No way 2 3rd down conversions in a row
There we go Broncos
WTF ?
I’m not watching the game, just have the game cast up. Why the heck did the Broncos go for 2?
They didn’t they bobbled the snap
Ahh, thanks.
Saw this coming
2missed xps are going to undo the Broncos
Holy shit, Broncos, don’t eff this up
Holy shit, this ending
Holy fuckery Broncos win!!!!
Woooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dolphins with a 2 game lead in the divisional loss column!!!!!
Wow, just wow
BRONCOS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Both HCs are idiots.
Looks like Bills have an issue beating “easy” teams 😝
Hahaha
🤣 we only put up 70 against the Broncos
Broncos win helps our SOV
Now you’re talking
lol
Josh Allen has 93 TOs in 87 games.
No QB has more since he came into the nfl.
The Bills loss is great!
The way they lost was priceless!!!!!!!!
So true
Again, we were a miracle last second play by the Packers from a perfect weekend.
Good night all. What a great bye week
Bills had sacks, Denver brought pressure😎
Just to mess with y’all🤡
Our SOV went from .250 to .263, hells yeah!!!
Bills fall another spot in the playoff seeding to #10 behind the 5-5 Colts.
It’s a game of attrition over a long season.
Our SOV sucks, because of 2 wins against the cheats, way too early to worry about SOV tie breakers
Wow. Waking up and seeing the Bills lost is pretty awesome! Let’s take care of business against the Raiders!!!!!
WOW! I went to bed thinking the Broncos would definitely blow it. Nice news to wake up to. I’m going to change my lunch plans just so I can go bust the chops of the Bills fan server at the local Mexican restaurant. LOL (She made sure I heard about it after we lost to the Bills and Chiefs)
Just keeps getting better.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12746277/Angry-fans-Buffalo-turn-fists-fly-stands-Highmark-Stadium-Bills-lose-Broncos-walk-field-goal.html
“That’s a good offense, a talented offense, and you’re going out there with five defensive starters out to begin with, and I thought those guys played their asses off,” McDermott said.
Way to make excuses
The Buffalo way
It’s nice to wake up knowing you own the division.
For those who didn’t see the game, the ending was beautiful. Bills fans probably felt more pain than we did in the end of our game vs the Chiefs because they had the lead.
Bills 22-21 over Broncos
35 seconds left, Broncos had no more timeouts on 3rd and 10 at the Buffalo 45. Bills came with an all out blitz like a cover 0. Ridley beat his guy but the blitz came so fast all Wilson could do was sling it up in the air. Ridley had to come back for it and the Bills DB ran into him. Defensive PI.
1st and 10 at the Bills 17 with 29 seconds left. Wilson kneels down 3 times using up all the Bills timeouts.
After kneeling down the 3rd time with 24 seconds left and neither team with a timeout left both teams rushed out their FG teams.
With 7 seconds left Broncos kicker kicks it from 41 yards and misses wide right.
Bills win! Bills fans are going crazy.
Oh, wait, there’s a flag on the play. The Bills ran out 12 players to defend the kick.
Broncos kicker gets redo from 36 yards and nails it. Broncos win 24-22!
Wilson also had a sick 3rd down conversion earlier in the final drive.
I was sort of watching the game cast on my computer, not watching the game itself. My wife and I were watching a movie.
When I saw the Broncos were driving after the Bills took the lead, I immediately turned the game on to watch the last few minutes.
Right when I did that, Wilson got sacked on 3rd down to make it 4th and forever. I yelled ‘What a shitty time to turn the game on!’
Then the PI.
Then the kneel downs and the Broncos decision to rush the fg team out so they could run out the clock, instead of spiking it.
Then dude misses the FG. I was yelling ‘Nooooo!’
Then the penalty and the Broncos make it for the win and I’m yelling ‘YES!!!’.
My wife- who was laughing at me the whole time as I instantly went from chilled out on the couch watching a movie to intense football mode- looks at me and says ‘Best Bills game ever’.
LOL
This made me laugh but reminded me we haven’t seen Uwantwat for an age
This is funny
UK – The Dorsey meltdown was fun to watch when it happened LIVE. Still fun to watch now!
Absolutely Mike. Also, the funny thing is it wasn’t Dorsey’s fault the Bills went cover 0 on 4th down after the 3rd down sack, then made the CB run into an uncovered receiver to give an auto 1st down. Pretty sure he didn’t send 12 men onto the field for the missed FG attempt which gave them a re-kick 5 yards nearer either. Comedy gold
So it looked like Hunt will still be out against the Raiders, and Phillips is now battling an ankle injury
Hype-machine!!!
lol, I knew you’d love the Phillips news.
I’m just really hoping Hunt is back for the Jest game.
Think we manage to overcome LV without Hunt.
Oh what a beautiful day
Bills fire OC
Broncos have now beaten Chiefs and Bills back to back. Our 70 points starting to look even more impressive
Yeah, I think playing them at home with all our weapons and them coming off 2 heartbreaking close losses their first 2 games caught them off guard and deflated also. They lost to Raiders by 1 point in first game and lost to Commanders by 2 points in second game.
Cowboys LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck) to miss remainder of 2023 season
Probably will have to retire from what I heard
Before Rodgers was signed
Now
Why I don’t listen to blow-hards
It’s coming crashing down on the bills pretty hard today
Houston Texans
2023 · 5-4-0
SUSPENSIONS
LB Denzel Perryman was suspended for three games for repeated violations of playing rules intended to protect health and safety of players. Perryman had his sixth use of helmet foul on Sunday against the Bengals.
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He’s been a big part of their defense.
You gotta get this Rock
“It’s in the game”
This is almost as good as a day after a Jets loss
Both teams deserved an L but josh allen just wanted it more.
Best comment on Reddit
The Bills didn’t just lose; they looked like shit doing it.
How do y’all feel about the Dolphins being on Hard Knocks during the season?
Me personally, I’m going to love watching it, but as far as the team is concerned, I hope it’s not a distraction.
Not crazy about it but it is the way of things to come. There will be more exposure and cameras in every team’s locker room eventually
I’m ambivalent. Like you, I’ll love the extra Dolphins-centric content, but I’d prefer for the team to not have the distraction.
I didn’t know that the Bills are the oldest team in the NFL
The loss last night aged everyone on the roster 3 years
Can’t wait for Diggs to start bitching
Was thinking that also when his brother CB Stephon Diggs posted something about Number 14 needs to get out of there. Or something like that.
Did you see the posts his brother made?
“14 needs to get outta there” or something.
and more
like how Allen wasn’t that great before Diggs arrived
He was a malcontent leaving Minny, he was a malcontent at the end of last year and going into this season, he’s probably making a bunch of noise behind the scenes. I’ll be glad to see him leave the Bills, as long as he doesn’t go the Jest or Pets.
Making room for Achane
Iggy officially a bust
or Cracraft, lol
Still have to release one more
Yep, making roster space.
That Iggy for Kelvin Joseph trade was one of the oddest things I’ve seen.
I think our FO and coaches just liked the person Igbenoghene
and felt sorry for him and couldn’t bring themselves to just cut him.
along with some other non football baggage like
admitting a first round mistake and saving some money
Swap of players neither team wanted
It gave both players a change of scenery and an opportunity to start fresh. Clearly didn’t help Joseph.
I owe you a beer, BBM.
Cracraft is another weapon and a guy with real chemistry with Tua.
jeez
Can we get any more stacked with offensive threats?
The Iggy trade showed real kindness. I liked that.
Actually, Iggy is #2 RCB on their depth chart since Diggs is on IR.
I am gleefully watching NFL live and the panic over Buffalo
Ahhh nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning
YAY!!
LOL!! James Franklin would have punted there and “only the bills get flagged for too many men
Howie’s List
Week 11
🐬 vs (please insert appropriate emoji for LVR) I don’t think anyone is picking them anyway. 😉
🦬 41-17 🐬
LOL @ Swagu
“Bills Mafia, go ahead, throw your slander, yo window is closing fast, right in front of yo eyes. It be closin
Howie’s List
Week 11
🐬 vs 🏴☠️
🦬 41-17 🐬
🗿28-21🐬
Not sure if anyone posted this already but we activated River Cracraft and released Kelvin Joseph.
Good because Berrios has been playing hurt. He’s almost disappeared from the offense. TG Ced has really stepped up.
Agreed
Cracraft was born on my birthday.
just 30 years later!
CavalierKong says:
November 14, 2023 at 4:17 pm
Making room for Achane
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I read somewhere that Achane was put on IR out of an abundance of caution. While his window to return just opened yesterday, I fully expect him to be activated very shortly.
Wouldn’t surprise me if he’s activated this week. Good guess on your part, and maybe we’ll see it happen.
For the record, I’m REALLY happy that River Cracraft is back!
He’s a really good football player, does whatever he can to help the team.
I think Achane will be back next game.🙂
That’s the way I see it, too. Achane will be back next game and River rocks! 🙂
I had to put the highlights back on (both college and pro) for the recently signed Anthony Schwartz to our PS. He doesn’t have wiggle and his vertical speed is nearly non-existent.
Really hope I’m wrong, but he looks like a straight 9-router to me… see Clyde Gates.
Apologies, I meant to say horizontal speed. Looks like he can only run in a straight line.
Vertical can be a straight line too. Just sayin’…
I very much enjoy reading the different takes from our fellow bloggers regarding this season, and that’s sincere. Some are fearful that we can’t beat a real winning team, some are fearless about beating a real winning team, and some are just waiting to see what happens.
Now barring a catastrophic injury down the stretch or in the playoffs (knock on wood), I haven’t felt this CONFIDENT in our team in a long, long time. Our Defense is arriving on time, our O-Line seems to be gelling (despite injuries), and Achane is about to come back.
Face it we have a name: SUPER BOWL CONTENDERS!!!
A presence not felt since 1973?
^
Howie’s List
Week 11
🐬 vs 🏴☠️
🦬 41-17 🐬
🗿28-21🐬
🐷56 – 7 🐬
Don’t know if he’ll be activated against us this Sunday, but here’s this…
In the big scheme of things the Raiders should be more worried about the Dolphins not the other way around.😉
38-13 Dolphins.🙂
Very rainy down here and all week,
but the forecast for Sunday
For Miami
is 81 degrees 85% humidity
and partly cloudy with only 10% chance of rain
So just like every other day
I know what 1973 felt like. I was a senior in college.
There was some palpable tension as we were trying to repeat.
Must be how KC feels now.
The previous year there was not only the tension
of a run for a championship but also to be perfect.
Good times
Me personally … I’m loving this season.
This is a stacked roster with depth and
not one huge hole.
There is no automatic weak spot.
Great coaching too.
This is a lot of fun!
^^^
Naples, yeah it’s been raining for 24 hours straight here. Not heavy but just non stop.
mf13ss says:
November 14, 2023 at 9:17 pm
I had to put the highlights back on (both college and pro) for the recently signed Anthony Schwartz to our PS. He doesn’t have wiggle and his vertical speed is nearly non-existent.
Really hope I’m wrong, but he looks like a straight 9-router to me… see Clyde Gates.
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That is why I likened him to a young Ted Ginn.
But what about his family?
lol
I think his only hope to turn it around in this league is to learn the nuances of route running under Wes Welker.
Browns QB Deshaun Watson to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery
I thought it was his foot because he keeps shooting himself there
LMAO
Actually, he also suffered a high ankle sprain last game also but was going to play through it.
New York Jets
2023 · 4-5-0
ROSTER CUTS
RB Michael Carter was waived. Carter was a 2021 fourth-round pick.
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Wow, he is a decent RB. Just needs to be in the right system. He would fit ours but don’t think he might be an upgrade anywhere. Maybe slightly over Ahmed.
His Rookie year
I wonder how Cleveland fans feel about Watson. Even if Tua wasn’t panning out and we still needed a QB, I’d still be grateful we didn’t trade for Watson.
Even before the injury ended his season, he’s been very mid
wow Deshaun being done impacts us … that might rebalance the AFCN … the Browns have the same record as we do.
I was hopng they’d give a few losses out to teams vying for the playoffs.
Now … not so sure if they can help us.
They still have to play the Broncos, jest, and Texans
as well as
the Steelers, Bengals, and Jaguars.
This second half is getting interesting!!
The Bills have a really tough schedule left.
They have to play the Jets that beat them earlier
and the Eagles, Cowboys, Chiefs, Chargers,
and Patriots, who also already beat them!
And they also have to play us!
The Ravens have a tough road left.
They have to play the Bengals, Chargers, Jags, 9ers,
and Steelers.
And us!
And the Bengals have to play the Ravens, Jags, Vikings, Chiefs, and the Steelers twice!
The Chiefs have it a little easier.
But they still have to play the Eagles, Bengals, and Bills,
as well as the Chargers and then the Raiders twice.
If we continue to beat all the teams we are better than,
such as the Raiders, Commanders, and Titans,
and for sure sweeping the Jets,
then we could be 11-3
with the Cowboys, Ravens, and Bills left.
This will be FASCINATING.
I honestly don’t think sweeping the Jets is a “for sure” thing. Our offense has shown it’s ability to struggle against good defenses.
But the Jets offense has shown the ability to struggle against air
True, but when our OL is healthy our O is great
Howie’s List
Week 11
🐬 vs 🏴☠️
🦬 41-17 🐬
🗿28-21🐬
🐷56 – 7 🐬
⚔️ 38-13 🐬
Ken
rotflmao
😃
BBM
against the Jets,
I’m hoping our D can get some points
or at least give us several short fields to work with.
Howie’s List
Week 11
🐬 vs 🏴☠️
🦬 41-17 🐬
🗿28-21🐬
🐷56 – 7 🐬
⚔️ 38-13 🐬
🌴 27-16 🐬
bailbondmike says:
November 15, 2023 at 9:04 am
mf13ss says:
November 14, 2023 at 9:17 pm
I had to put the highlights back on (both college and pro) for the recently signed Anthony Schwartz to our PS. He doesn’t have wiggle and his vertical speed is nearly non-existent.
Really hope I’m wrong, but he looks like a straight 9-router to me… see Clyde Gates.
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That is why I likened him to a young Ted Ginn.
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As usual, I think you’ve got a spot-on comparison to a young Ted Ginn Jr in Schwartz. And yes… perhaps Wes Welker can bring out the best in him. I’m not against signing Schwartz to our PC at all, but I’m not expecting him to turn into stud player, either.
His hips just seem to be built for straight-line speed and not much else, IMO. If he was a car, he’d be a dragster.
Hulkster,
You’re on a roll today! LMAO!!! 😆
😃
^
Jets released Michael Carter
We should Pepsi a key consider signing him and using him to replace Ahmed
Not real important if we get Achane back but Carter is a good scatback and we can use him in limited circumstances
I prefer Coke
Bills fans are accusing the Broncos of cheating because it looks like the Broncos place holder had some sticky substance on the back of his hand before the final kick.
Are Bills fans the biggest whiners in the league? Waahhh, it’s too hot in Miami, way we lost to the Broncos after committing 4 TOs and a 12 man penalty on a missed kick to win it, but it was the sticky substance’s fault…WAAAHHHH…good grief.
Don’t forget the Bengals wore their white uniforms in a snowstorm in the playoffs
The Bills window is not just shutting,
they’re pulling the curtains over the venetian blinds, too.
Jets FO is so smart, cuz yeah Michael Carter is the problem with their offense.
Cav you nailed it.
It could be said that James Cook fumbled 3 times and Josh Allen threw 2 picks and Diggs only caught 3 passes, …
but sticky stuff on the FG holder is what’s wrong with their team.