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The offense looked disjointed more than anything else. There were some inopportune drops, but by and large drops weren't "the issue". We have had those games, and this one didn't seem like it. But that could be the early AM cocktails clouding my memory. Knox had the worst day with 50% catch. Davis and Cook had a drop each on third down that come to mind. Otherwise both those guys had good days receiving minus those two moments. I will be curious to look at the A-22 this week. I recall one or two throws were Josh looked at then away from open receivers. Off the top of my head the Cook drop was one of those decisions. But by and large this game didn't feel like it was on Josh. And it didn't feel like it was on the receivers either. It felt like a culmination of a handful of small moments and decisions across the entire offense. https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore/_/gameId/401547228

Because it was an early AM game I made bloody mary's, which means I didn't use my standard can coozie made out of the old turf from the Ralph. I realized this at half time. But it was too little too late.

He forced ETN inside for a big Ed Oliver stop on the first drive. I agree, I’m splitting hairs. But it was a good play.

FWIW, as somebody who’s done some stuff with international sport this is what was always told to me. To Turks point about 2 weeks is the preference. The Bills played a team with about two weeks in London. So it’s not so much a “the Bills got it wrong” as much as it is “The Jags were able to stay in London”. Land, hit the ground running, don’t nap, and immediately assimilate to the time change is standard practice for the world championships and the Olympics.

And they didn’t show a replay of the first one. A buddy of mine in NYC texted me this am and said “looks like you have the same crew as Jets/Chiefs”

Losing Milano sucks. The one thing that go me today was that at one point we were missing 6 starters on defense. Tre Jones Groot Milano Ed Taron All those guys won’t be gone all year. But it felt so ominous.

I thought Dane Jackson had a great game. Very physical out there today and a couple of big stops in the run game.

On the bright side he never really got burnt by Ridley. Hopefully more play time gets his head on a swivel.

It doesn’t feel like we lose a guy in the divisional and get them back for a Super Bowl or something like that. It’s always in the middle of the year and we wait to see them again next year. I think the intent was for Von to get a lot more than 5 snaps but guys started dropping like flies.

More so than any complaints about McBeane, Dorsey, Allen, Poyer, Kincade, whatever the flavor of the week is, I am the most frustrated that it just doesn’t seem like this town can get away from the injury bug. For what seems like the millionth time in a row we are down a bunch of high impact starters…again. I am not pointing the finger at the staff but it feels like such a gut punch.

I thought I saw him back on the field and that was situational. If true, very odd to sit a guy and never provide him safety help for your CB4 on Ridley.

Elam was in position more times than he wasn’t. But he needed to get eyes on the ball. Too often he played the man well without any idea of the pass. He stood up for 3-ish quarters. Hyde botched his 1:1 responsibility in Ridley too. I was shocked they didn’t help Elam out more with a safety over top. I was a little more upset with that than I was Elam.

Allen used to put everything on a frozen rope with almost no window for error and difficult to catch. I think this has been his correction. But I wish he’d have it more dialed in. Today wasn’t on Allen.

I posted concern the other day. The soccer field is 3 feet above the stadium foundation and the football field is on a rubber mat on concrete. It sucked. And it sucks more for the season than it does this individual game.

The good: - Oliver - AJE - All our LB’s - Dane Jackson The bad: - Refs - Injuries - Safeties - Jags time in London - No one unit of the offense but they never got it together either.

Other sports have been crossing oceans for decades to compete. OP pretends this is new to the world so all data is flawed because Bills. (And some weird statement about science in general). It’s just new to the NFL. Most sports who are far more invested in international travel have laid it out. Got at least two weeks early or show up close to game time. Science doesn’t mean “do this and 100% of the time everything will be great”.

This game is all stalled drives, dropped passes, mystery flags, and defensive injuries. I’m generally very quick to point fingers but I just want the guys to come home and I want to move on.

They’re saying he stayed on the ground after the Bills called a TO. But I swear I’ve heard of teams getting their TO back when the refs catch an injury after the fact. This one is a first for my memory.

The defense haven’t been able to overcome the 3 and outs and constant ghost flags all game. It was a matter of time before they popped. Just get back home at this point.

I’m no engineer of field surface guru, but my first thought was that the soccer field is a hybrid natural/artificial surface lifted off the ground. And the NFL is full synthetic laid on a 1 inch rubber mat directly on the foundation/tracks of the stadium. That has to hurt. Sheesh. It likely seems like it isn’t a huge deal. But even running on the sidewalk vs street as a normal human who occasionally jogs makes a huge difference on joint health.

This sounds like a guy I’d bump into at Brick Bar ripping coke on a casual Wednesday night.

Agreed, I’ve been critical of both, more so Rousseau. Oliver has always made a lot of plays just not as many splash plays as some would like. Also big props on Jones and Floyd. Their impact cannot be understated. They’ve both balled out.

I couldn’t watch tonight but checking the box score, you’d like to see more than 2 solo tackles from your big time FA. But in on 9 and 2 solo is the Edmunds stat line so….

I think the team travels with like 150 people or so +\-. I’m guessing that means any first class seat has to sit next to somebody and everybody else gets a row to themselves. If I book a flight last minute and can’t get extra leg room I always go to the back row window. More often than not the middle seat will be open and I can stretch diagonally.

For other sports who do a lot of international travel the standard operating procedure is either at least two weeks or go right before the event and don’t let the body slow down.