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Rolle, a former Rhodes Scholar and sixth-round pick of the Titans in 2010, planned on becoming a neurosurgeon once his football career was over. That time could be now. He’s too slow and not athletic enough to play in the NFL.

Robinson’s missed connection was an awful fourth quarter drop he quickly atoned for with 18- and 35-yard receptions to set the Giants up for a touchdown. Robinson was a distant second fiddle to an erupting Malik Nabers, but the 71 yards matched his season high from Week 4 as Drew Lock played the best game by any Giants QB all year. The mighty Eagles await for Week 18, but they could be resting many key starters.

He was actually out-targeted (3-2) and outsnapped (34-31) by Dawson Knox. It was a blowout, of course, which complicated things as the Bills were never really threatened on defense en route to a 40-0 lead. Kincaid simply hasn’t been a reliable enough source of yards this year to be a sure-fire TE1, and he’ll remain that way in Week 18 and as we go forward to playoff best ball.

With Joe Flacco back under center, Pittman revived for his second most yards of the season, and first 100-yard effort since Week 4. He was taking advantage of an awful Giants pass defense, but that was something Josh Downs failed to accomplish. Alec Pierce also had a 100-yard afternoon. At the end of a disappointing, injury-plagued campaign, Pittman does have a chance to close strong against the hapless Jaguars in Week 18.

Hicks is currently being screened for a concussion. He is the second Browns defender to get injured in this one; CB Denzel Ward (shoulder) was ruled out at the beginning of the second half.

Ford had a very difficult time getting off-field and up to the locker room after exiting in the first half. His ankle issue apparently responded positively to half-time treatment and his locker room examination evidently showed nothing overly concerning.

The Rams game remains the outlier, as Shakir’s other four December games have lines of: 4/30/0, 6/39/1, and 2/22/0. Buffalo simply hasn’t been forced to pass all that often lately, and so while Shakir is the easy leading target, he’s prone to games like this when things get out of hand. And against the Jets, they very much got out of hand. Shakir could possibly be rested in Week 18 against the Patriots. With Mitchell Trubisky likely involved how little the Bills have to play for, you can probably do better in leagues that aren’t over yet.

Even with pure pocket passer Joe Flacco back under center against an awful Giants pass defense, Downs couldn’t re-discover his mid-season magic. Flacco locked on to deep threat Alec Pierce and short-area magnet Michael Pittman. Downs was stuck drawing as many targets as Adonai Mitchell and Jonathan Taylor. Downs’ lost momentum has had far more to do with the Colts’ chaotic offensive environment than his own play, but he is still set to head into Year 3 without having “put it all together.” Maybe he can at least do so for a Sunday against the sorry Jaguars in Week 18.

Coleman led Bills receivers with 63 snaps and came close to an explosive week as he dropped a sideline pass that would have gone for another 30 yards and saw a Josh Allen end zone target go low enough for Sauce Gardner to defense it early. The rookie remains unreliable and it’s likely that the extended playing time happened because of the score, but the volume and upside might make him the best playoff best ball pick in Buffalo’s receiver corps not named Khalil Shakir.

Armstead’s recurring knee injury flared up in the first half. The broadcast announced that he had been ruled out at the beginning of the second half. The Dolphins’ injury-plagued offense is running low on starters.

It doesn’t exactly put him back on the radar, but Cooper did a good veteran job on the sideline to box out his touchdown catch from Josh Allen. Cooper continues to be Buffalo’s fourth receiver behind Mack Hollins. 38 offensive snaps for Hollins produced 2/33 on two targets, while Cooper had just 22 snaps. It’s probably not going to happen for Cooper even in playoff best ball as he just seems to be a pass-downs only option while Hollins is trusted as a blocker.