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I just did and it still is what it is. For instance, he anticipated Mack Hollins putting up 690 yards receiving.........and he has 41.......so he is on pace for 232. I guess that's close? Right? Otherwise just a lot of vague "we're deeper at WR" so they will therefore be a better WR corps. I mean, if I told you guys that Samuel would only have 40 receiving yards thru 3 games you'd have shouted me down but now the goal post has been moved. 😂 What it really comes down to is that the WR position has been de-emphasized thru 3 games. Last year thru their first 3 games(including a tough road game against NYJ defense) the Bills WR's had almost 500 yards receiving. Then they got warmed up and had two HUGE games after that "modest" start. They were a WR centric offense that really wasn't good enough at WR to expect to reach a SB. This year, thru three games their WR have just 350 yards receiving. They've been efficient but it's their weakest unit on offense(by a lot) so it makes sense to under-feed them if possible. When I tried to explain to people that you just weren't going to replace those 2023 WR stats by having a better 5th(or 6th) WR.......there was great pushback as people tried to backfigure how Josh Allen was going to get the same amount of passing yards etc..

Great song. Kickball is a sh!t boring game but the fans are great.

Play action you can't go wrong with but the QB has to want to do it. JA clearly hasn't liked getting under center and taking his eyes off of the defense to execute the play fake. Which as @GunnerBill pointed out recently is largely why the Bills have never been able to develop much of an outside zone run game. Brock Purdy and Kirk Cousins? That's how they gotta' make their living. That and throwing "contested" passes and back shoulder throws etc.. Among the things we are seeing is Allen looking better on short throws. We take it for granted but he hasn't always been very good on those. His timing and placement on throws at/behind or near the LOS looks much better to my eye.

Which posters thought they were "irretrievably lost without the luxury or a #1 WR"? I must have missed that one. I think you are hyperbolizing there. People like myself, @Kirby Jackson, @FireChans or @GunnerBill have been talking in terms of reaching and winning a SB. Not whether the offense turning to utter garbage or even "struggling" on a week to week basis. When you have Josh Allen in his prime you should always be at least good on offense. I mean, he makes a 3rd and long look like just another down. And we saw what this offense looked like in the final 9 games(counting playoffs) last season. They weren't going to go broke taking a profit but the goal posts weren't at midfield either.......the question is whether this offense has the horses to win in February.

1) Yes, it is possible. But that "legion of boom" "defend every blade of grass" style of defense is out of vogue now because the talent at the QB and WR positions has increased exponentially in the past 15 years and week-in-week-out it's just more effective to make most teams nickel and dime their way down the field. The Bills have adapted but it doesn't mean they've become indefensible. They've just moved the emphasis. 2) They faced a great defense on the road in the opener last year and then speedboated 3 teams more like the caliber of what they have played this year. They put up huge numbers offensively. 3) The thread is about the quality of the WR. Josh has indeed looked great and they are letting him run and take his lumps like they typically have tried to avoid until later in the season. 9 rushes in the opener of the season? Not ideal. Subsequently he was injured in the opener. That's all for another thread.

What looks dynamic(defined as constantly changing) can look repetitive/predictable later when defense's take it away and you can't use the entire field.

I've been hearing Mr. Brightside at sporting events for a few years now. The Bills pinched it. It's ok. If you want a Bills themed song..........Square Hammer by Ghost with the "Rite here Rite Now" refrain. It's not a scream along but it is escalating energy.......and it's fairly commercial having been used by the NFL many times and considered by some the best heavy metal song of the 2010's.

This could be the catch phrase of the group who claim the WR corps is clearly better this season than it was at this point last season. 😂 I am enjoying the Bills taking advantage of being better prepared and executing better than the opponents they've had to face. Just like I did last year(when I also didn't think their WR group was good enough to reach a SB with). But then the offense went from being incredible all the way to the point where the OC got fired at midseason. Teams will adjust. It's not natural for opponents to assume that Josh Allen isn't even going to try to stretch the field with his WR's so early season defensive game plans have been vulnerable. But the tape will force them to adapt. The thing about having playmakers as opposed to role players is that playmakers require extra attention to take away........which opens up other avenues for the offense. Role players can just be schemed out. I'd hate to see the Bills forced to have a heavy reliance on their outside WR's later in the season.........but if I was a DC that's what I'd be scheming to make happen. I'm not going to just let you run 12 play drives if you are going to execute them and score 4 TD's in the first half. I will make you throw it deep to MVS or Coleman or Hollins and take my chances that the mistakes will come in abundance there.

Yeah, I do know........because I have been there. I'm not the one calling out the fans who are there for the team for being "classless" when I am just some left coaster watching on TV sh!t talking and fan shaming the people who make it possible for you to be a low investment couch-fan. Know your role. Stay in your lane.

The WR corps hasn't been better than it was early last season. Diggs himself was putting up pinball numbers. The focus so far has just been taken off of the WR corps. Which was the trend at the end of last season. The numbers are clear about that. The OL is better. The RB's and TE's are better(and more of the focus). The WR's......nah.

His teammates loved Gabe because he fought with the fans for them. But he also just fought with fans because he hated the fans and wanted to take out his frustration on them. So the fans behind the bench grew to dislike Gabe because he constantly disrespected everyone in the name of fighting with a few people getting on him about his drops. And if the hecklers spoke to him during games the way he spoke to fans........barrages of f bombs..........they'd have been kicked out. So basically, like @Mark Vader you also don't know sh!t about the situation.

Oh give it a break. You live on the other side of the country and are in the dark about what really happens on the sidelines. You saw one clip where Gabe was going off and thought the fans must be mean to poor Gabe. Gabe had been screaming at a few hecklers for years and hundreds of others were collateral damage to his rabbit ears. It got to the point where even the bleeding hearts gave zero f*cks about his feelings. He's got less class than school on Sunday. You can't be screaming "go f*ck yourself" at hundreds of fans because some guy screamed "you gotta' catch that ball Gabe!". And that's literally the stuff that would break him off. People weren't f-bombing Gabe during games there is zero tolerance for that with security, especially because player's families are mixed in there. So keep your ill-informed opinion on Gabe to yourself por favor. 😂

It's called an analogy. "A comparison between two things typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification". In quotations for @Alphadawg7 before he pulls his "fake news" act. Analogy adds to the discussion. You are confusing that reality with your need to be told that winning a couple early season blowouts proves something substantial. The early season 2023 offense that obliterated Las Vegas, Miami and Washington in consecutive games clearly was NOT the same by the end of last season. Don't keep making the same mistake of assuming September football projects to January football. As I said before camp.........we will know if this experiment worked or not in February.

Has that concept been proven ill conceived yet though? I don't see the point in drafting 2 EVERY draft but maybe during a great draft for WR prospects it's a good idea. Do you remember a poster last season stating that "(Spencer Brown) simply does not have the feet to be a complete OT in the modern NFL and is never going to." That poster, of course, was you........and is an example of an ill conceived notion that has already been debunked. The takes on WR? Not yet debunked. It's premature to act like they have been just because the Bills as a team are having some lopsided early season victories yet again.

Hey Mario Addison should have had Kyler sacked on the Hail Murray too. When Murray is on the run it's not like Tua on the run........the receivers down field are still live. @Big Turk claims the Bills left Harrison unguarded because they didn't think it wasn't possible for Murray to reach him. That is clearly bullish!t. They blew the coverage and Murray didn't see him. But could Murray have still laid up a TD pass to the post there? Obviously, yes.

Context 😂

There are new helmet designs that are proven to work better than the guardian cap. It will be something we see in games for a season or 2 but I doubt we will see "tons" of guys wearing them. Just those who don't want to upgrade their actual helmets to the better tech.

We usually arrive 5 hours before kickoff for night games. So 2:15 for this one. The stadium lot's won't open until 3:15 so that can cause long lines of traffic from 2:45 until they open.......so my advice is get there well in advance of that or you might as well wait until after 3:15.

Predictability on offense didn't work at the end of the Arizona game when the Bills couldn't convert to close out the game and settled for a field goal and 6 point lead. Fortunately, Kyler Murray missed Marvin Harrison Jr. running undefended for the possible game winner in the closing minute. They could have scored with an arm punt he was so open. 75% runs on the easiest down to pass was unnecessarily cute. Escaped with a win. Shouldn't risk giving away games to set tendency in a 17 game season.

This board has come a long way..........not a single person advocating extending the 3rd year RB after an AFC OPOW award. I'm proud of you guys.🙂

Rooting for Seattle to go in the tank next 5 weeks. DK Metcalf is the ideal target. Checks every box the Bills need. Boundary WR1 with speed along with the size/physicality to dominate in the playoffs and/or bad weather. $1.2M 2024 base salary so doesn't make any real impact on the salary cap and a manageable number next year. Allen to Metcalf was the connection that was supposed to be. And if he is available and the Bills don't do it........watch for KC to do it. They were reportedly inquiring about him this offseason.

Matt Milano is 30. Taron Johnson is 28. I don't think the point of the OP was to declare guys like Dorian Williams and Cam Lewis as upgrades, was it @eball? The Bills are not a "young" team in any regard(starting or in total) when they are healthy. It's a veteran team, which is fine. Yeah I understood that. I am not sure either of Bookies or @eball are good sources just pointing out that where there is any statistically supportive evidence is with the roster as a whole, which is NOT young. Eebs started a "data" thread without any actual data. Could be fake news or could be significantly skewed by other factors........like current injuries........but who knows because he didn't provide any data.😂

Says here the Bills have the oldest roster in the entire NFL? https://bookies.com/nfl/picks/nfl-teams-average-age

Keon will just need to learn how to come back to the ball against Ramsey......

The mid-season swoon's of McDermott's teams are the biggest "narrative" that needs to be changed. They reach a point in October/November every season where they seem to hit a wall. Even though it's sometimes only 4-6 games into the season. 2017 of course was a defensively historic collapse but even in their best season under McD, 2020, they played games against TN and KC where they looked totally overmatched. It's one thing to lose but in these stretches they often just look like a bad team(which we know shouldn't be the case). I think Tyler Dunne might have hit on the primary cause........McDermott's intensity wearing on the team. So hopefully with McD reportedly adjusting his style some as a result they've developed the self-awareness to avoid those. Because they've basically been the reason that they have never earned the #1 seed despite all of the points and point differential data.