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Disagree with some of this but not the part about the offense. In this kind of weather, our offensive game plan should have focused on the short passing and run game. Josh hasn't been the designed runner as much this year as last. This game we should have leaned heavily into his dual-threat talents. More RPO. More QB sweeps. More Singletary and short slants to Diggs and Davis. And then a pass deep down field.

All the best teams get invited to the playoffs. All but one of them end the season with a loss. But, boy, this one hurts. We were totally outclassed.

O: Singletary 😧 Tre

Missing Hyde and Miller is killer. The Hyde/Poyer duo is great than the sum of its parts. Von made the whole DLine better. And while Tre is back, he's not 100% himself. I'm happy our injury report is better than it was earlier on. But we're still not as healthy as we might have hoped.

When was the last time the Bills had an elite offensive line? We make do with JAGS because Josh has other-wordly escapability. But we ought to give him a world-class bodyguard that can also open holes in the running game and create push in 3rd/4th-and-short situations. I want a faster, better #2WR. I want some help in the secondary. Most of all, though, I want some beasts to protect my once-in-a-generation quarterback.

FWIW, I recently met a woman from the Firebaugh area who went to high school with Allen's mom. She says the entire family are "just the nicest people."

Bills win 49 to 30 in my last sim. Allen accounts for almost 500 yards: 367 passing, 129 rushing. I like it.

I wanted to believe that Josh had reached a new level in the playoffs last year. I think many of us hoped that what we saw then would be the new norm going forward.

I’m just worried about Cinci at the moment. My brain is too small to consider anything else.

We were really banged up during the middle of the season. We might be making a playoff run reasonably intact. Exciting news!

My thing is opportunity cost. There’s only so much cap money. Spend a huge chunk on WRs and there’s nothing left for other position groups. As much as I like Hopkins, I don’t think we can afford two high priced wideouts. It may not be as sexy, but I’d rather invest in an OL upgrade.

I wouldn't call Josh the 'defacto OC' but as others have said, a good percentage of our yards are gained on improvisations. And that's concerning. Sometimes the OL doesn't hold up, so Josh has to scramble and the receivers start altering their routes. Sometimes the receivers don't gain separation so Josh starts running around. While I appreciate Josh's ability to make lemonade out of lemons, I'd be happier to see a team that can call a good play and then make it work.

I don't get the lack of Hines in this offense. The guy had 60+ receptions in two different seasons (2018, 2020). Yet he only has 5 receptions on 9 targets with us despite the fact he still has speed - an attribute we don't have in excess. I'm with the OP on this one. And with anyone who has offered up the word: "screen."

Funny. I just told a friend that I'm still not sold on Dorsey as an OC though I'm hoping for future growth. Yet an NFL franchise thinks he's ready to be a HC.

What really effs up a DC is facing an offense that can attack all parts of the field. It's great that Josh can dink-n-dunk. It's great the running game is getting better. But Josh needs to be healthy and get back on his vertical game so defenses have to defend the length and breadth of the field. The Pats game looked like progress!

Frazier's scheme is fine. Just look at the defensive stats since he's been here. This season, our D was decimated by key injuries. Miller and Hyde out for of the year. White out for much of the year and just now maybe rounding into form. Milano, Poyer, and Edmunds have all missed games. It feels like when a defensive player gets hurt, it's always one of our most-impactful, most-needed defenders. Even so, PFF has us with the 4th best defensive DVOA in the league. We would have been #1 if our defensive stars could have stayed reasonably healthy. Given the injuries to Hyde and Miller and my doubts about White being fully recovered, I do worry about our D in the playoffs.

I find PFF's results surprising. The Bills just haven't looked like a dominant team in the second of the season. Too many inconsistent performances at too many position groups. Then again, every team this year has weaknesses.

Good young man. Works hard. But... Too many drops. Too little separation.

I'm over the experiment too. Its not an experiment anymore. We've moved past that to the game time TD phase.

Tre does what Tre does really well when fully healthy. I'm just hoping he reaches 100% soon. I don't think Tre can do what Poyer and Hyde have done so well: play FS and SS interchangeably. Though I suppose it's not too crazy to say desperate times require desperate measures. Hyde's out. Hamlin's out. Poyer's playing on a torn meniscus... Lady Luck can be a b*tch. Our four best defensive weapons against the pass (Poyer, Hyde, White, Miller) are either out entirely or playing hurt.

Hamlin almost dies and the first thing he wants to know when he regains consciousness is: Did we win? This should be our rallying cry for the rest of the season. If someone puts this on a tee, I’m buying it. I hope and pray the team gives Damar a series of positive responses!

At some point... life goes on. We've probably all worked shortly after the death of loved ones. Damar is alive and recovering. And players need to regain some normalcy. I think the NFL was very supportive of the team when Damar got hurt. But I don't think they'd be as supportive if we wanted to cancel yet another game.

I agree, its BS. But that's how it's playing out. Unless the NFL figures out a fair way to complete the Bills-Bengals game, the Chiefs have more wins, a better win percentage, and thus homefield advantage. I don't know if extending the season by a week to allow the Bills-Bengals game to be completed is logistically realistic. If so, great. Otherwise, you have to assign wins and losses as they happened. I'm hoping for a KC loss this week.

I sat in Arrowhead last season, wearing my Allen jersey, when the Bills demolished the Chiefs in regular season, surrounded by Chief fans. They were nothing but class. They asked me about our team. They complimented our players. They congratulated me on our win. They were unerringly polite. Saying their fanbase is "complete trash" is silly hyperbole. Like teams everywhere, they have good and bad fans. My personal experience when I lived in KC is that they're mostly good.

I admit I'm greedy. I want Hamlin to recover and the Bills to win the Super Bowl this season. However, if I could get just one, it's not even close. My hopes and prayers are with Damar.