Reks Ryan

Yea #1 seed is more important than ever. Equivalent to a playoff win. Plus home field advantage, plus bye week to rest and heal after a long season

I actually thought about the Josh & Bills comp to Marino era Dolphins the last couple weeks. Marino was a super talented passer, but I believe he’s overrated because he was a poor game manager. QBs like J Kelly and Tom Brady we’re/are great field generals because they understand how to use the run game to their advantage, combined w the skill to execute the passing game at a high level. Also the best QBs are deceptive in run game. Marino was terrible at telegraphing runs, and the Bills O and Josh has also been bad in that regard. Defenses seem like they know when and where the Bills runs are coming and going. With Josh as a 1 man show. Biils O cannot consistently succeed. coaches and Allen need to do a better job helping the run game succeed. Put the RBs and Oline in advantageous position.

I would say the Titans too.

After the Pittsburgh game, i would have agreed to accept a 4 - 2 record at this point, figuring a split on the 2 night games. But once the Bills started destroying the weak teams I expected them to beat KC and the Titans. The Bills are really good team, an uncharacteristically bad defensive game plan cost them yesterday. Good point on the Bills Super bowl teams, that lost some tough road night games. Tenessee's division is really bad and the last 6 games of their schedule are easy. Between Titans, Ravens, Chargers, and Chiefs, at least one of those teams will end the season with only3 or 4 losses. That means the Bills can only lose 1 more more to have a clear shot at #1 seed.

It was a notably off game for Milano. Seemed like he was a step slow in both run and pass D. On Henry's last TD run, Milano got blocked by the off guard even though he had inside position. A play he normally would stop for 3 - 4 yards, went for a 13 yd TD. Both he and Edmunds were getting caught in no man's land on the play action, where they could not get deep enough to disrupt the crossing patterns. That is why I think they should have been more aggressive. If you are not helping in coverage then rush the QB. I don't remember seeing Milano blitz more than 2 or 3 times, it was mostly 4 man pass rush. I do think Tennessee is a difficult match up for the Bills D. But the game plan from Frazier and McD didn't help. Bills and Titans should both win their divisions, so they may get a chance to do better in January.

They scored on 6 consecutive drives. So not sure how you can say the Bills outplayed them. Even, sure, but not outplayed. Don’t understand why the Bills didn’t change up the plan pm D to be more aggressive.

Go 9'ers

I've never seen the board come to such a consensus agreement. It's unanimous Collinsworth is a biased d-bag.

Do you seriously believe that Ortiz didn't use steroids? Clemens and Bonds don't have officially reported positive tests. Do you think they were clean too? Ortiz was great clutch hitter, but the steroids helped a lot. Just like they helped Clemens and Bonds. And those 2 guys were great players before they started with steroids.

Oweh made a huge game changing play to beat the Chiefs. Forced and recovered a fumble with less than 2 mins in the game. Otherwise, Ravens lose. I did not see the other 2 Ravens games, so not sure how he performed in other games. Rosseau is playing very well. So far, he looks like an excellent pick for the Bills and definitely should be in the conversation of top rookies.

Both teams are caught using deflated balls. Brady, Arians, Belichick and Mac Jones are all booted from the game. Suspensions follow. Or at least, Patriots lose and Brady gets a concussion. Best of both worlds.

True. We've also had to play an extra game against the NFC. This means 1 less chance to win and AFC game. Which will hurt our tie-breakers as of today.

Any chance this opens the door for Watson? I know it has been written that he wont play for Houston this year. But they have been better than expected, and maybe management wants to win some games. That could take week 4, from almost sure win, to competitive game.

Amazing that the passing record has stood for 60 years. Someone will break that record soon. Why not Josh and the Bills. Looked at the box score for that game, what a but-kicking by the Rams. NY was totally overmatched. They returned a punt and a fumble for TDs and still lost by 40. LA Rams outgained NY Yanks 735 yds - 168 yds overall, and in net passing 541 - 8! https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/195109280ram.htm#all_team_stats

Bills 27 Fish 20

Little People Josh is a Lefty.

it was a bad offensive game plan. IMO it wasn't the pass vs run ratio that was so bad, it was the formations. Last year they were pass heavy, but mostly out of 11 personnel, 1 RB, 1 TE and 3 WR. I believe around 70% of their plays last year were 11 personnel and just over 15% with 4 or 5 receiver sets. Yesterday they ran more the 50% of their plays with 4 or 5 receivers. The Steelers had a good game plan against those formations and it was evident early on that the Bills O was not creating mismatches. In the end there were very few plays with open receivers down field or even plays where receivers could catch the ball on the run underneath with any space. Not sure why Daboll thought it was good idea to keep utilizing the formations that were clearly giving the edge to the Steelers. The Bills finally adjusted on the 4th QTR drive where Singletary ripped off a couple nice runs, but it was too late.

Yes. During that winning streak when the Bills were beating everyone by 20+. The Defense and Bledsoe played great from mid-season, until the final week flop. Still hard to understand how they missed the playoffs. In 2001 the Bills coach was Greg Williams and they hardly won any games. Very few well executed plays that year.

Stupid for Cowboys not go for it on 4th down. Man, I hate Brady. on the bright side, at least the Cowboys lost.

Very true. From my experience the Bills (Rich / Ralph / Highmark Stadium) are about the worst in the league the last 6 or 7 years. At some point after the stadium renovation, the wait at the gates got terrible. I try to get to 2 road games / year. 3 this year with such a good schedule. So I do have experience in other NFL stadiums.

Very strange that they haven't signed any players from another team, at least to the PS.

I don’t understand the argument. Both guys (Jones & Kumerow) made the 53.

Foles also has an excellent run w Chip Kelly. Had that season w 25+ TDS and I think only 2 or 3 interceptions.

I agree that they’ll keep 9. It’s just that IMO they only have 8 NFL active roster quality lineman. So they should be on the lookout for someone like Dilliard who has upside, I’m thinking a waiver wire player more than trade. Anyway, they’ll probably keep Doyle due to draft status. So let’s hope he develops. Let’s hope this is a moot point. It only becomes a concern if multiple interior lineman or multiple tackles go down. Otherwise they should be fine. But it is interesting from the stand point of who makes the opening day roster.