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Matt Parrino
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Bills beat reporter Syracuse.com 🏈 Host of SHOUT! podcast 🎙 | Buffalo Kickoff Live 📺 | UB grad 🤘| Past: @UFC 👊
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Who took over for Michael Hoecht yesterday on the Chiefs' final drive? Javon Solomon.

Watch this move he puts on Trey Smith to force an incomplete pass and 3rd and long (Max INT). He has big shoes to fill, but I love what I saw out of the 2024 5th-rounder yesterday in crunch time.
What an unbelievable tease. I wonder if Beane looks to find a similar skill set on the trade market. Brutal, still, but maybe you can get something similar.
Michael Hoecht tore his Achilles tonight, per Sean McDermott. Just a brutal loss for the Bills.
Usually not until around Week 16 or a little bit after. Annoying.
The heartbreaking news on Ed Oliver has been processing for #BillsMafia the past 24 hours.

I wrote about the loss, what it means, what the Bills can do and where the spotlight will shine the rest of the way for Buffalo’s defense.

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5 thoughts on Bills DT Ed Oliver’s injury: Trade options, heavy metal savior, & rookie spotlight
What the Bills can do to replace Oliver with difficult stretch on horizon.
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Bills DC Bobby Babich describing Michael Hoecht, who attended IVY League Brown, as a player:

"If you compare it to music, he's a composer for classical music when it comes to scheme. But then when you put him out on the field, it's like heavy metal."
WR Joshua Palmer (ankle), DT DaQuan Jones (calf) and S Taylor Rapp (knee) are all OUT this Sunday vs, the Panthers, Bills coach Sean McDermott said on WGR 550.

Rapp is headed to injured reserve. The Bills will now have two open roster spots to fill.
The Buffalo Bills' plan to remake their defense began in March, when Brandon Beane signed Larry Ogunjobi & Michael Hoecht. After 6 games watching from home, the two big FA additions are ready to return.

“Defensive football, it’s juice and energy."

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Has the cavalry arrived for Bills? How 2 returning defenders could spark defense
Larry Ogunjobi and Michael Hoecht are back from PED suspensions, potentially boosting a Buffalo defense that ranks last against the run during their 4-2 start.
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I disagree. It’s not a one player away move if you’re attempting to add a weapon for Josh Allen. Because if the defense doesn’t improve, the offense will have even more pressure to carry the load for the team. Can’t do that with the way that WR room is constructed right now.
Depending on the compensation I’d guess the Saints would take on the majority of this year’s money. Bills could decide on extension in the offseason.
Feels like I’ve been arguing for the Chris Olave trade since March. Might be time to pull the trigger. Our full podcast today on a bunch of Bills bye week storylines.

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Bills injury list continues to grow. T.J. Sanders and Damar Hamlin set to go on injured reserve & Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo's best weapon in the passing game this season, is dealing with an oblique injury. Here's more.

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Buffalo Bills rookie DT heads to injured reserve as team’s injury situation worsens
Rookie DT Sanders to undergo knee surgery while Hamlin suffers pectoral injury.
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Bills WR Joshua Palmer had 9 targets in the opener vs. Baltimore. Since then, a combined 9 in the last 4 games.

Palmer spoke after practice yesterday about where he is in the offense and how he's staying patient while he waits for more opportunities.

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This Bills receiver is creating the most separation on the team but barely getting the ball
Despite being Buffalo's best separator, Joshua Palmer has seen his targets and playing time decrease significantly compared to his 2024 season with the Chargers.
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Mitch Morse & David Edwards formed a lasting bond after just one year together.

Morse returned to Buffalo this weekend and I caught up with Edwards, who explained how one night at a pool table w/ Morse changed everything. #BillsMafia www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bill...
A Buffalo Bills friendship that began over pool & shared concussion stories
Edwards credits Morse's friendship for helping him overcome uncertainty after multiple head injuries.
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Terrel Bernard found Cole Bishop after his 1st NFL interception to deliver a message:

"He saved points. That play that really changed the game.”

Bernard said the Bills know Bishop is going to continue to get better - and they need him to do just that. www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bill...
Bills’ Cole Bishop’s one-handed interception might be turning point in his season
Bishop hauled in the first interception of his career in win over Saints.
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