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hmmmmmm...... Mustapha has 30 total tackles (13 solo 17 assisted), 1 int returned for 1 yard, and 4 passes defended. 0 sacks and 0 forced fumbles too for good measure. Taylor Rapp has 33 total tackles (17 solo, 16 assisted), 0 ints, and 4 passes defended. Also 2 huge plays in the Jets game to break up passes. Damar Hamlin - resident whipping boy has 47 total tackles (34 solo, 13 assisted), 2 ints for 19 yards, and 5 passes defended. 2x the player you say? How many 49er games have you watched this year be honest. Here is your boy getting trucked by Mahomes:

Just head this stat on gmfb that I wanted to share and remembered this topic: The Ravens just suffered their 8th loss when leading in the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter since the start of 2022. Imagine if the Bills lost to the 1-6 Browns with Jameis Winston as their qb yesterday! This thread was originally made tongue in cheek to the McD haters and I thought this was a good time to circle back. Just some food for thought as many people think he is a great coach (he is) and McD deserves to be fired (he doesn't).

Well he was what the 7th wr drafted? Also he is 3rd as a wr one of the guys above him is a te. Don't forget the killing from everyone when they traded with the chiefs who took worthy and how ridiculous it was they gave him to the chiefs.

All this arguing and nobody pointed out the gigantic flaw in your calculation that he wasn't running in a straight line? After his stumble he moved to the right side of the hash mark and then back to the middle of the field. At no point in time was he running in a straight line like in the 40 yard dash. https://youtube.com/shorts/7zi5eAu_JQY?si=y4bi4O0UQMW11CWg

4 of my legs hit in the first half (prop bets) the last one was over 14.5 yards receiving for singletary. He had a catch for 14 yards in the first half and then none the rest of the game! Daboll got the call from NYC! Lol

I'd like to bump this topic now that week 3 has finished up and see what people think are some narratives laid to rest as I had a new one: Ben Johnson is THE next big HC. When this board was at its bickering height and people wanted McD canned, the name always mentioned was Ben Johnson as the next great thing HC. The Lions have generated a robust 399.7 ypg which is good for 4th in the league. However the name of the game is points and the Lions are scoring 20.7 ppg. That is good for 16th in the league. They haven't played juggernaut defenses either. They put up 20 against the Cards the Bills scored 34 against. They put up 20 against the Bucs who gave up 37 to the Commaders and 26 to the Broncos. Their highest point output is 26 against the Rams. Their red zone efficiency is 26th at 38% just above Jacksonville and half of what Buffalo is.

That is 2 time coach of the year Kevin Stefanski lol. Agreed though it was such a boneheaded thing to do. Sometimes safe and boring is the right play!

To your point here.... 3rd and long. It's where I personally noticed the biggest change for myself. The other night it was 3rd and 13 and Josh threw a 32 yard pass to Ty Johnson and of course he did because that's what he does. It is such a great yet still strange feeling. To your coaching point, I also watch games thinking oh man McD would get killed on tbd for that call or series of outcome. Giants scored 3 tds yesterday, gave up none and still lost. Bengals had the Chiefs 4th and 16 and gave up the conversion on a penalty. Ben Johnson and his amazing offensive mind scored 16 at home yesterday in a loss to the Bucs. Ravens lost at home to Gardner Minshew. The "terrible" Cardinals team destroyed the Rams and MHJ went off and going 1 catch for 4 yards against the Bills. The Saints scored on every drive and put up 44 against the Cowboys who were at home! On a different note, some fun stats from the NFL through 2 weeks: Bills have gone an NFL record 43 games without losing by more than 6 points. 6 teams did that this week. Derek Carr and Baker Mayfield have the most passing TDs at 5, next up is Sam Darnold and Kyler Murray with 4. Carr and Mayfield are also 1/2 in QB rating. Top 4 qbs in completion % are Minshew, Carr, Jayden Daniels, and Geno Smith! Ja'Marcus Ingram is tied for the NFL lead in INTS. There are 32 PLAYERS who have more tds than the Broncos, Bears, and Panthers TEAMS

Yeah between that, poyer giving up the cook 49 yard td run, and hyde sitting on the couch those secondary losses aren't looking to bad right now

I don't like to bet game outcomes I prefer prop bets. My favorite is deebo samuel over 23.5 rushing yards. If you want to build a parlay I went for jordan Mason over 74.5 yards rushing too. If you're a degenerate you can add any time td scorer for both like I did lol

This thought also occure to me when I posted elsewhere about poyer moving down to lb last year in obvious passing situations. I think a 4-1-6 with 3 safeties could be very effective with someone like Rapp.

They scored 24 points in the first half. The dolphins ran the clock out on themselves at half time bc they were so concerned with giving the ball back to the bills. Then after half the pick 6 ended the game and they ran clock. They were pretty impressive in the 1st half when they had to be. It's weird to penalize them for the cook score not being a sustained drive. They went td, punt, fg, td, td. They scored tds on 60% of their drives and scored on 80% of drives. That's impressive.

That is kind of a funny line. If they hadn't put up 34 and 31 points lol. I don't regret anything in life as I have a good one but I do sometimes wish I had followed my dream of being a sportscaster. I could run my mouth all day and it doesn't matter if I'm wrong or right!

I don't totally disagree but I think the "Bills can only win when Josh Allen goes crazy and does it all" took a huge hit last night. He played well and I'm not knocking him but that win came from the defense and run game I absolutely agree with your 2nd point. I thought it was clear when they had to move Poyer into the box on 3rd downs and make him a lb that he was clearly on the downslope. Seeing Cook beat him as he took a bad angle was a weird familiar feeling that was nice to be on the other side of lol.

In a year with a lot of turnover and a lot of new names these things stood out to me as there was a lot of negativity and consternation headed into this year. Here are some interesting stats through 2 weeks for the Bills. I'm interested to see what other things can people find. Narrative: Josh has to do it all himself Through 2 games, Josh Allen has 42 pass attempts. There were 5 games last year where he had 40+ pass attempts. Through 2 games, Josh has 41 yards rushing on 11 attempts. He had more rushing yards in 4 of the last 4 games individually as well as more attempts in 3 of the last 4 games. Narrative: The o-line was great last year, they shouldn't have messed with a good thing and moved a guy who hasn't played C since HS to such an important position Through 2 games, Josh has been sacked 2 times. He had 7 games last year where he was sacked at least twice. Through 2 games, Josh has a 124.2 qb rating. He only reached that number twice last year. Narrative: "everyone eats" is just because they don't have any good WRs not because they want to spread the ball around. Through 2 games, The Bills do not have a 100 yard receiver. Total not in either game. Shakir is the leading receiver and has 96 yards through 2 games. Next is Keon Coleman at 51 yards. Narrative: The loss of Poyer, Hyde, and Tre White will cause major problems for the pass defense. Through 2 games, The 3 leading tacklers on the team are Dorian Williams, Cam Lewis, and Damar Hamlin. Through 2 games, Ja'Marcus Ingram is leading the team in both interceptions and passes defensed. Through 2 games, the Bills are giving up 179 yards passing per game.