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I was a little surprised by Daboll's game plan. The best way to beat a strong running team - especially when you have a questionable run defense - is to build an early lead and force the other team to pass. Of course, you need the requisite firepower to make this work. We do. I thought Daboll would be aggressive and have us passing on nearly every play. This is true. But the NFL is a copycat league. I'm just wondering if Indy figured out something that other teams will emulate.

Moss and Singletary combined for a mere 42 yards. And Allen's 324 yards of passing didn't come easy. He was pressured. WRs were covered. Passes were contested. Every yard was well-earned. The Bills offense has a lot of talent - we've averaged 38.2 points per game since the bye. Yet Indy held us to 27. Any win is a good win. I just hope that other teams can't replicate the relative success of the Colts D.

I feel bad for Moss. But our best backs aren't great and our worst backs aren't bad. There's not a tremendous drop-off from Moss to Singletary to Yeldon to Williams. I hope he heals quickly but Moss's absence doesn't cripple this offense.

I know the Bills scored 27 points, Josh threw for over 300 yards, and the Bills won. Yet the every yard and every point seemed to be a struggle. What did Indy do to slow down our offense? Will we see more of the same next week? I'm like a lot of fans - my eyes tend to follow the ball. I never took the time to analyze or understand Indy's defensive game plan. Whatever it was, it worked fairly well.

I know Hawk, Raider, 49er, Steeler and all sorts of other fans. I used to try to explain to them how the Bills fans are - bar none - the best fans in the NFL. Of course, they just chalked my enthusiasm up to homerism. But deep in my heart, I know Bills fans and our love for our team is something different, special. Great vid.

They really need to rush the Moderna vaccine to Buffalo. Otherwise a SB win will cause a huge surge in Covid cases. There's no way a pandemic will stop Bills fans from celebrating.

Bills fans are like cockroaches: we're everywhere! Just the other day, I talked to a guy working as a cook in a little BBQ joint in Gig Harbor, WA while wearing a Bills beanie. In the past, I've encountered Bills fans on the streets of Seoul, in the sands of the Arabian Desert, on a beach on the little Colombian island of San Andres, and various points in between. It's a great and global fraternity we have.

Pyrrhic victory? What's the status of the injuries to Diggs and White?

Good question. I guess they're saying that if you took the average individual coach and had him make his key game time decisions based on their data and analyses, he'd win .75 games more. I'm not sure how much I buy this but certainly some coaches need to understand game data and probabilities better.

I'm sure this measures something. But I take analytical rankings of coaches with a grain of salt. The number nerds don't have all the same data points that are available to a coach. For example, a coach facing 4th-and-1 may know that his best short yardage RB just tweaked his knee. He factors that into his decision making process while the analytic geeks don't. Also there are immeasurable intangibles in a game. Momentum, for example. The players feel it. It's very real to them even if it doesn't show up on a stat sheet. A coach who has it, wants to keep it. A HC whose team has lost it may want to - very rationally - gamble to get it back.

I have a soft spot for vets... Very cool!

At his presser, McDermott mentioned flying out the day before the game when I guess someone asked if it might be better to spend more time in Denver to acclimate to the altitude. McD's reply was, "We do our research and I really rely on our sports science department - Joe Collins, Jo Clubb - that we have." So I'm wondering: What does the sports science department do, precisely? Incidentally, I once visited Bogota, Colombia (elevation 8675 feet) and really didn't notice the difference in elevation until I went for a run. Then it knocked me on my butt. Denver's elevation, at 5280 feet, is somewhat less challenging but you definitely still feel it when exerting yourself if you've been living at a lower elevation. Five takeaways from Monday's Bills press conferences | Buffalo Bills News | NFL | buffalonews.com

I would give Josh the credit for Josh's improvement. His 'growth mindset' is incredible. He's extremely open to criticism, new ideas, and new ways of doing things all in the effort to get better. Jordan Palmer has played a role. Beane deserves credit for giving Josh a good supporting cast. I'm sure McD, Daboll and others deserve credit too. Without more inside information, it's hard to conclude who contributed the most. But none of these mentors make a difference if Josh wasn't so eager to learn, work and grow.

I agree with the OP for the most part. Dorsey seems to be the logical choice: a former QB himself, now the QB coach of an offense that is thriving on the performance of its QB. But I'm just a fan. I don't know what kind of leadership skills Dorsey possesses. I don't know how smart he is or how well he understands offensive schemes and how to best attack certain defenses. I don't know the man's character: Is he trustworthy? Reliable? Does he get along with the other position coaches? Is he an alcoholic on the verge of a breakdown? I don't have the answers so I'm not going to champion any particular candidate to replace Dabs if he indeed leaves for a HC opportunity. I'm going to 'trust the process.' I think McD has earned my trust by now.

I'm an animal lover but I think BisonMan's dissenting voice about the bison idea is a bit extreme. If it's okay to have horses and cows on a ranch, why not bison? My suggestion: Rescue a bison from a ranch - save it from being a bison burger. Let it live on a Buffalo area buffalo ranch. Train it. And 8 times a year, bring it to a home game. For the chosen buffalo: Eight days of work each year to escape its destined end at an abattoir. It's a fair deal.

F@ck you, you Brady-licking, Belichick-loving wussy! I hate the Patriots because of all the cheating and the ass-kicking and, you know, the envy. As luck would have it, the greatest dynasty of the free agency era was produced by a Bills' AFCE rival. But I can't hate Pats fans for loving their team the way I love mine. In all seriousness, good post. Thanks for the kind words. And I'm okay if you guys finish the year ahead of the Fins.

Beane has missed - bigly - on some draft picks and FA signings. All GMs do. But the roster now is appreciably better now than it was when Whaley was here. I personally feel a sense of optimism - for this and future years - that I never felt during the Whaley-Rex years. So I'm grateful for Beane and glad to learn the Pegulas extended him.

If we win Super Bowl LV and Josh is named game MVP, I won't care he wasn't league MVP and I don't think he will either.

I get the fan frustration. But if I was a Bills RB, I'm pretty sure I'd rather have Smith blocking for me than Knox.

There ought to be positive consequences for good actions and bad/corrective consequences for poor actions. Otherwise chaos reigns.

But still used much less than Klein or Edmunds. Wonder how healthy he really is?

Curious to see Gabe Davis getting more snaps than any other receiving option.

Wins/Losses is what gets you into the playoffs. Power rankings predict how you'll do once you get there??? Maybe??? Obviously, different schedules, bad officiating, injuries and other variables can effect wins and losses. So a team's record isn't a perfect reflection of it's quality as we all know. We read power rankings to get a sense of how the "experts" see the actual strength of each team. And as fans, we want validation, we want the Bills to rank high. Except for some of us who just don't care. Most of the experts just aren't expert enough for me to worry about their opinion.

I think we all knew the D was getting better. Still good to see the stats. Thanks for posting, matter2003. And it sounds like Milano's coming back.

I appreciate the optimism. And I would LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE a SB win. I'm just not expecting it. I don't believe the Bills have "just a good of chance as anyone." Just in the AFC, I think the Steelers and Chiefs, for example, are far more likely to make it to Tampa. The Chiefs have have a dominant offense. The Steelers have a dominant defense. Neither the Bills O nor D rank in the top 5, or even the top 10. We're not dominant anywhere. The goal should always be to win the Super Bowl. But without a playoff victory this century, I admit that I'd be thrilled with just one playoff win. Beyond happy if we get two. A Super Bowl victory - however unlikely - would launch me into the supreme transcendental state of sat chit ananda - absolute being, absolute consciousness, absolute bliss - or the closest to it this sinner is ever likely to get.