TheBrownBear

I made homemade Buffalo wings and guac. I swear they've lost every time I go out of my way to cook something specifically for a game at my house. Last time I did it was the AFC championship game.

I agree. I was thinking about it more today. We should just feed Cook and Kincaid (and Shakir too) as much as possible. Those are our best players and they need to be touching the ball over and over. Teams are going to keep Cover 2 shelling us, so work the underneath with these studs until someone shows they can stop you.

Thank you. I think outside of having both the #1 ranked rushing and passing offense and defense, a kicker who never misses and an undefeated record where we never win by less than two touchdowns, there will be some here who will be dooming about one thing or another. Now, please understand, there are legitimate complaints to be aired and discussions worth having, but I think far too often many here lose sight of the reality in front of them. We have the #3 offense, #9 defense, a 4-1 record and arguably the best QB/RB combination in the league. Life is good for a Bills fan.

I think he's referring to Josh specifically. But yes, I'd lay the majority of the loss at the feet of the offense. Just way too many penalties and a couple of bad turnovers. If we play disciplined and protect the ball the way we usually do, that game ends up looking a lot like the previous three weeks I think.

Hate to say it, but everyone is likely to get their wish soon. Given Tre's age, history and heavy usage it's only a matter of time before he breaks down again. yeah, what's the deal with Rapp? He was never great, but at least he used to fly around and hit aggressively. He flat out stinks now.

It honestly seems like a reflection of the broader (especially online) society at this time. The first sign of adversity or discomfort and people completely lose all objectivity and want to blowtorch everything.

This is today's NFL. Teams, even good ones, generally don't blow their opponents out. The high point totals and amount of comfortable wins we've seen from the Bills over the past half-decade are not the norm. Now, this isn't directed solely at the OP, but the board as a whole - we lose one game against a decent team by a last second field goal where we lose the turnover battle -2 and commit 12 penalties and suddenly everything is wrong with the team. We act like Sunday night was the norm and not the exception. And I'd love to have the Lions or Bengals receivers. I'd love a more consistent (or even existent) down field passing game. But even so, the fact remains that we are still averaging 30+ points per game. The offense isn't the problem here.

We'll probably end up signing OBJ...lol.

They know the system and are better options than another random guy off the street in a break glass in case of emergency situation. They also know the guys from a character and chemistry standpoint, and probably feel like they can impart some of that "Bills culture" on the younger guys on the 53. Truthfully, how often does any team's practice squad hold some impactful player or diamond in the rough?

Yes, but DID YOU KNOW THAT THREE OF THEIR RECEIVERS RUN SUB-4.28 40s???????

He's on track for nearly 1000 yards and 10 TDs. He's turned into a real weapon and needs to be a focal point of the offense with Cook.

It took John Wooden 17 years to win his first of ten championships at UCLA. We just need to give it another 8-9 years.

Clearly Cook, Kincaid and Shakir are our best skill players and we need to get the ball in their hands as much as possible. We just need one semi-serious field stretching threat to open the middle of the field a bit for these guys. I'm starting to move into the camp that passing on Worthy was a big mistake.

I was told that Palmer and Moore were elite (or at least very good) separation guys. So, what's the deal here? Is it scheme/Brady, Josh or can these guys really just not get open (which does appear to be the case with Keon)? As for Gabe Davis, I had the same thought this morning when the YouTube algorithm sucked me into watching the 13 seconds game again. I know the Chiefs defensive backfield was atrocious, but still it was hard not to think that we could use that version of Gabe Davis again.

He was good considering the circumstances (2nd year, on road in OP, SNF), but nothing he did wowed me or struck any fear in me. Now, that may still come, but last night wasn't it.

Pretty good stuff. Agree with most everything except the Brady criticism. The penalties and early turnovers hamstrung the offense in the first half and Josh refused to take the easy stuff (at least to my eye) on the final field goal drive. I don't see the offense as feast or famine as you suggest - we've been one of the most efficient offenses in the league this year and under Brady generally. This is what it looks like when you shoot yourself in the foot. The Bills formula is not making mistakes while letting the other team beat themselves. We didn't do that tonight and in a league where every team is so close, you can only get away with that kind of sloppiness against the worst teams. The most glaring issues remain the lack of real WR talent and the secondary, and those are mostly personnel/Beane issues.

The D has issues for sure and we played like crap generally. A lot of those yards were our inability to tackle and finish plays. It wasn't guys running wide open all night or getting blown off the ball. Pats were the more disciplined team and made the important individual plays. I'm just not too concerned about this in week 5.

Pats are a good team and they were game tonight. We still out-gained them and won the TOP battle. It's not like they pushed us around or dominated us. We lost this game because of penalties, turnovers and poor tackling. I'm not that bothered by the loss. These are all things we can and should fix.

Agree. Bills teams under McDermott seem to need the occasional humbling loss to refocus them.

Holy crap. I haven't been in a postgame thread in a while and now I remember why. Tons of posters whose names I've never seen with the most kneejerk idiotic takes.

We had 10 penalties and 3 turnovers and lost by 3. Let's pump the breaks on the full on doomerism.

Oh well. Hope we learned a lesson not to take an opponent too lightly. We were sloppy and dumb most of the night and paid for it. We have two very winnable games coming up and we should hopefully get healthier in the next few weeks. Defensive backfield is still a huge issue.

I bet he'd make a piss-poor jockey.

Check the comments in TikTok. Bunch of butthurt Lamar fans. 😁

Not ready to kick him to the curb yet, but he also looked poor in the preseason and camp compared to Gore. His regular season stats (2.6 ypc) mirror his preseason stats (1.71 ypc). He was at 4.6 (PS) and 3.9 (RS) as a rookie. All signs point towards a regression.