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The honest answer is, we are a brutal fan base with a generation of irrelevance. When things are going well, we will make all the excuses. When things go poorly, talent be damned, GTFO. Yeah, he bungled that. But it the point remains, however odd topic, that Bruce was a premier pass rusher at a position that isn’t meant to rush the passer. Surely we can agree on that. With recency bias, does Gilmore fit into this category?

I agree with the 1/11th. On the flip side, we can’t keep devoting first round picks to the defense. They’ll need to find a way to find a strong unit with devoting a first every year to that side of the ball. I am interested to see how they manage the cap in the next few years with Edmunds, Oliver, Tre. Plus need on the offensive side of the ball with WR and OL. They could use another edge rusher plus Jerry is pushing age at 31. He won’t play at this level 3-4 years from now. 2020 and 2021 will need yo be this regimes most resourceful and strategic drafts.

We have one starting RB the last 2 weeks...4 weeks into the season. Even if Singletary was heathy, I’d rather pay Shady to be on the roster than to take the cap hit and not be on the roster. A. Fair. I’ll stop hijacking the thread after this post. Originally I was responding to a post here on here on whether or not Gore could be productive handling the work load given his age and mileage. He wouldn’t need to if we weren’t eating his dead cap for him not to be here. B. I tend (hope) to agree with this point. From a roster perspective we are better with his 10 carries and his cost, than without him...for the same cost.

We are eating the cap anyways. Money was a non-issue

Dude, it is a fair critique. It was a weird roster move to begin with. We just played the Patriots with the oldest RB in the league or had our QB run the ball...who is now injured....from running the ball... Hindsight isn't the issue here. It is lack of foresight.

This is the measuring stick....really? Pitt- Ben- It is very much looking like that was his last season opener he'll start in his career. And a good chance he retires this year. God knows he has been talking about it long enough. Rudolph looks ready to take over, but there is still a lot of football to play. MIA- They are literally trying to lose games NYJ- Luke Falk- 2nd year player--6th round pick--on his 3rd team in about 500 days- back up to the back up QB-- making his first ever NFL start. As fans we can scream and cheer for JA until our eyes bleed, and still be concerned about his level of play or progression. We don't have to change the metrics for what good QB play is.

If only we had a solution for RB depth a few weeks ago....

Yeah...I am gonna stay as far away from that as I can for maybe 10 years. At least v.3.0. This is a lawsuit waiting to happen. A couple HS or Pro football/soccer/lacrosse etc. players are directed to use the wonder cream/spray, and somebody permanently scrambles their eggs.Use the spray and cream, and follow the exact same timeline, because brain health is important.

EJ retired after being signed by KC to back up Mahomes. The league didn't give up on him. he retired.

They do? He has 22 TO in 16 games. You mentioned the bad luck in week 1. He also had 3 INT's in week 4. Doesn't feel like it is evening out 6 INTS and 6 Fumbles (2 lost) this year. 10 career games with 2 or more turn overs. Only 7 career games with 2+ TDs (Rush + Pass). This is a big one...Thrown more than one touchdown in a game twice in his career. Neither this year.... I am cool if he turns into Favre. He has a similar style, and some of the hero ball in him. He has to put up more points with his arm. I don't give a $h*t if he throws 2 INTS every game, but in 2019, you have to be able to toss more than 1.1 TD per game to go along with it. There have been great flashes that get me excited, but it has to stop being a play or two, or just a series at some point. This! I am actually fine with it, but if this is going to be the case, he needs to start putting up more yards and TD's with his arm.

We actually don't know this. We all hope it, but the jury is still out on JA being a long term franchise QB. I agree with all of this. The perfect QB for DJ. Trent was 'OK' but not good. If he had any fire he would have been much better. But he didn't, so he retired after a few years, even when he probably could have made a career as a backup. I mean, come on. He didn't just struggle for 2 quarters...he struggles for 2-3 quarters every game.

I mean, BB also ran single high or cover 0 all day as well.

It’s not even about being in a different style of play. Sure you can name 5-10 QB’s with shotty rookie year stats, that ended up in the HoF. But for every one of those, there are another 30 JP Losmans, Trent Edwards, Brian Brohms, etc. Sure there is a chance it turns out well. But the odds of a QB being “the guy” after turning the ball over 22 times (18 INT, 13 fumbles, 4 fumbles lost) in 16 games, is low.

I am unsure Starr gets cut unless there is a significant up grade. It basically means the Dareus trade nets us about $32M in dead cap space. Never mind the fact that we paid Starr $10M the same year we ate $13M from MD. I think it’s too bad of a look for the FO to pull the trigger. We shall see.

I would take Dalton right now on this team, for just this year. He wouldn’t be nearly as good at hero ball, but I don’t think we would have had to either. I’d throw Brisset into the mix as well. I am not throwing JA’s future out. Just looking at how this team is set up and the QB play they need.

These next few games worry me, and will decide if the Bills have arrived this season. We have a stretch here with similar teams that we "should" or could beat. The Titans, Ravens, Brown, Eagles, and Steelers are playing hard, even though their record isn't favorable. We need to win those games. If we get 2018 Barkley v. Jets, we will be fine. If we get Barkley yesterday or Allen v. Pats/Bengals/Jets, we are in trouble. We can't keep expecting to turn the ball over against similar tiered teams and expect to keep adding +1 to the win column. Sitting up in 300's, Allen had a few misreads on cover 0 with guys having a step out of their break on either a post or seam. It was frustrating. It got to the point where you could pick the route as a fan from the stands pre-snap, and Allen went somewhere else.

Part of the issues is JA is inaccurate with the deep ball. He can throw it out of the stadium, but not on target.

He isn’t morphing, he has always held the ball too long.

Josh Allen once again turned the ball over more than he found the end zone. The 2018 season, Bengals, and Jets aren’t an anomaly or a bad day. They’re now a pattern, and it cost us a W today.

We gave the ball up 3 times in 58 minutes. The refs were absolutely not the problem. Buffalo stole the game from thelmselves

And how not to treat women...

Man, the Jets game would have been a blow out if it weren’t for tipped passes, bad snaps, and poor decisions. But they did happen. Part of getting better is owning each and every mistake, not pawning them off as just a mishap, bad day, or other players.

16 games. Larger roster. 2 bye weeks. Same football games, but more TV weeks will add more revenue. Stop testing for weed. Make OTA’s non optional. Require more time in the facility, but no contact. Make the product on the field better. Add another round of playoffs with an extra two teams from each conference.

I’ve definitely criticized this FO and Coaching Staff for some decisions. But this absolutely spot on! McDermott is a tremendous leader of men. There shouldn’t be any question about it, and it’s his greatest strength.

Yeah, definitely not predicting, just saying what we need to be capable of. If I had to put my mortgage on this game, I think I’d be a homeless Bills fan.