RunTheBall

IDK if this needs its own thread, I didn’t see one that seemed to fit, but feel free to merge it if appropriate. I’m a doc, not a brain doc, but I’ve got enough experience with traumatic brain injury that I think I can opine with some credibility. I’ve always disliked Miami as a franchise but ever since 2022 I’ve had a searing hatred for them because I think they put Tua’s life in danger. The decision to allow Tua to play that Thursday night game after he got his first concussion against the Bills on a Sunday was criminal. When Tua fell/stumbled off the field and they said it was back spasms the NFL should have stepped in and said “WTF are you even thinking?!” That second concussion he suffered where he was fencing on the ground was the one that significantly scrambled his brain and has the potential to be life altering. Despite what that clown David Chao says, a fencing response is an indicator of a SEVERE concussion. You don’t get a fencing response on a minor concussion. What’s happening is near seizure like activity leading to spasticity and uncontrolled limb movements. We saw a fencing response from Tua again on Thursday night on what should have been a very minor head bonk. The reason Tua suffered another severe concussion on a minor hit was because his brain was significantly damaged back in 2022 and he’s highly vulnerable to future concussions and brain damage. There’s no question in my mind Tua should walk away from the game with his guaranteed millions and enjoy the rest of his life as healthy as he can. Miami is a disgusting franchise. The reason McDaniels looked so shell shocked on Thursday is because he knows he’s partially responsible for Tua’s marshmallow cranium. Every person who said it was ok for Tua to play that Thursday night in 2022, including the docs who signed off on it, should have been fired, and at the very least feel immense shame for what they did to Tua.

I’m remarkably relaxed. I think the pressure is on the Fins to prove they can beat us. One guy in Poyer isn’t going to change the fact that Miami is a soft/finesse/weak team that chokes in big moments. Speaking of Poyer, as much as I love him I think McD knows exactly how to exploit his weaknesses which led to him not being retained. I’m sure he and Brady have schemed plenty of plays to put Jordan in a tough spot and see if he can make the plays. As for offense, I think we can maul Miami’s defensive line and this may be a ground and pound, keep Tua/Tyreek off the field type of game. There’s going to be a lot of 12 personel and hopefully a sht-load more play action on first down after we get the running game going. If they put Tyreek back on kickoffs I’d kick every ball out of the end zone or out of bounds. No way I want any of that smoke. On defense, their O-line sucks but Tua gets the ball out so quick. Their weaknesses are their guards which plays into our strategy to get pressure up the middle, get Tua off his spot and first read. Oliver should feast and I bet we blitz the A/B gap plenty. I don’t expect Groot/Von/Aj to have a big game unless Tua holds the ball or tries to scramble out of the pocket.

Oh SNAP! Guess that theory was bunk. 14th best defense in the first quarter feels about right. McD and the DC usually adjust quickly though, although AZ took longer than we’d like.

JFC Are there really people on here saying Diggs was better than Andre Reed?? ANDRE??? Scott - this is blasphemy, theses clowns need to be banned. In no universe is Diggs better than Andre Reed as a Bills WR. NONE. I get that Diggs had the best 4 seasons as a receiver in Bills history but Andre was putting up 1000 yards seasons when he wasn’t the #1 weapon, Thurman was. Andre doesn’t drop that ball against KC either. Andre played in an era where the safety could DESTROY the receiver. Ronnie Lot is probably responsible for more CTE in WRs than any NFL player and Andre made his living over the middle. CBs could absolutely MAUL WRs down the field. It was 10x harder to play WR back then. Teams were running the ball 50-60% of the time. I’m sorry, I loved Diggs when he was here. I’m pissed he became a head case because he COULD have reached Andre Reed levels of reverence in Buffalo had he stayed but he didn’t give a sht about that. He could have been a Buffalo legend on the Wall with Bruce, Jim, Andre, etc. He didn’t care. To even suggest that he’s in the same league as Andre Reed is just flat out ludicrous and I can’t believe there’s anyone here that actually watched Andre through his career who would share that opinion.

Miami games don’t stress me anymore. The law of averages has to catch up with us at some point. Even the drought teams squeaked out a win here and there against the Pats* every 5 years or so. It wouldn’t shock me at all if we lose, it has to happen sooner or later. But, I really want to win because I f’n HATE Miami now again like I used to hate the Pats* (I’ll always hate them but they suck so it’s not as intense right now). Fin Fans are some of the most obnoxious clowns on the planet. Pats* fans don’t exist anymore, I live in NE and only the diehards talk football - biggest bandwagon fans on the planet are Pats* fans. But I digress. One of my favorite past times after the Bills beat Miami besides trolling Fin Fans on Twitter is to give it a good 24-36 hours, mix up a nice Old Fashioned and then go read Fin Heaven for an hour or 2. I’m sure other TBDers do the same but for those of you who don’t, it’s just pure bliss. Try it.

The whole defensive line game plan was to do a contained rush to keep Murray in the pocket. It didn’t really work, which is why Babich dialed up the heat in the second half, but it may explain why Oliver was MIA as he’s a penetrator. At least I hope so, because Ed tends to disappear when we need him most in the playoffs. He’s a streaky player who can be dominant at times but is no where close to a Chris Jones type player. Kincaid was MIA because AZ decided their defensive game plan was to take him out of the game. Watch the All 22, they were triple covering him at times and they always had 2 guys close to him. AZ obviously thought our game plan was to feed Kincaid to get the offense moving. The one thing I like about this “Everybody Eats” philosophy is that it seemed to work. They took away Kincaid, so Josh hit 9 other guys at different times to move the chains. IDK why everyone is down on Von. Guy had his best game since 2 seasons ago and a huge sack on 3rd down. I’m optimistic he can round into form. AJ Epenesa didn’t do jack that I could see but idk his snap count. He gets to play Miami Thursday where he usually puts on a performance so maybe he can lay out Tua a couple times.

I hope they do. Lewis played phenomenal stopping the run against AZ

I like educated opinions of which we have many good posters on here both positive and negative. You are not one of them.

Your opinion sucks. Go whine somewhere else

I see we have a bunch of new clowns to join our regular TBD clowns. Welcome! We look forward to your educated takes on how bad the Bills are after we win a game! One of my favorite post game rituals after a few cocktails is to come on TBD and laugh at the miserable fks who are complaining after a W. Comedy gold. Oh no! If we play like this against KC 18 weeks from now NO WAY we can win! Yeah we won, but we didn’t win the way I WANTED to win. We suck! Week one is always a crap shoot. We overcame adversity both self inflicted, ref inflicted, and opponent inflicted, and came away with the W! Is there a lot to clean up? Absolutely. Is Joshua F’n Allen the best QB in the league next to Mahomes? No question. Enjoy your misery. I’ll enjoy the W with all it’s warts. We are on to Miami!

TBD in mid season form!! I love this place. The first game of the year is always a complete sht show and is basically a preseason game that counts where starters get any reps. So let me get this straight. Down 17-3, giving up a fumble that resulted in 7, got screwed by the refs for 4 extra points, gave up a kick return for a TD and…wait for it…. We won! It was a perfect, absolute Billsy game and we came out on top. W. We are on to Miami

Lamar is like Josh in that way too often he has to do everything himself. When your QB has to be near perfect the entire game in order to give your team a chance to win, then the mistakes/misses get magnified. No one remembers the 20 plays you made to keep your team in the game, it’s the obvious miss at the end to tie the game that matters, not the fact that the only reason the team was in that position to tie/win was because of your previous positive plays. I like Lamar, I just think he’s overhyped by the media. No way he deserved that MVP last year. He’s a great player to watch but has obvious limitations as a passer which is why he sucks in the playoffs.

I think it’s hilarious that people put so much stock in a depth chart. The only thing the depth chart is is a tool for McD to send a message or make rookies think they are earning their spot. He’s been doing this from day 1. Coleman will get more targets than Mack, and very quickly Davis and Bishop will be moved up.

I meant Cordington has much better tape this pre season returning punts/kicks than Hardy does. Who knows why they picked Hardy? Maybe they liked his speed and thought he’d make a good returner but his decision making is suspect. Cordington doesn’t have the measureables but he has a good college pedigree with returns and he looked a helluva lot better than Hardy in the 3 preseason games.

Josh is the best QB in the playoffs even better than Mahomes. The problem is NO ONE other than Josh and Tauron Johnson show up in the playoffs, especially our D. That’s why we haven’t made the SB yet. Ed Oliver is MIA, Milano is either hurt or toasted, White didn’t show the past few years. Edmunds - hahaha. Von was never Von in the post season. Groot always fighting some injury. Diggs dropping perfect passes. Last year we had LBs who were retired in FLA trying to cover Kelce while Douglas was on one leg. KC’s defense makes plays in the playoffs and Mahomes does enough to win. That’s it. Our playoff defense is a joke.

This is 100% a Bill Belichik maneuver to get intel on Miami for week 2. White is an awful QB, his only claim to fame is getting cut in half by Milano and not only surviving but continued to play. I have no problem with him as a PS QB but he’s no Trubisky and Trubisky sucks.

Ahh the end of summer. Cooler nights, days a little shorter, pre-season games done, and TBD fans losing their SHT over the release of CB6 or RB5. Love it! Hardy was drafted as a returner, that came from McDs mouth. He was meh at best. McD doesn’t like bad decisions and Hardy made a bunch the first 2 games. Also, McD is a DB whisperer. You can question a lot about McD, you can’t question his judgement or coaching of DBs. Yeah, Hardy looked like he had some potential on the outside when he was projected as a slot. He wasn’t close to unseating Lewis or Ingram on the depth chart. Cordington has much better tape as a returner, that’s why he’s here. I suspect Hardy will make the practice squad as we tend to over value our bottom of the roster players and many teams do the same with theirs. Toohill is the 53rd man on the roster and wouldn’t be surprised if he’s gone in the next couple days as we make moves. Evans was the better RB for our offense than Gore Jr which is why they put him on IR to stash him. Gore Jr will not get picked up on waivers and probably end up on our PS. Andreesen is a great story and I think he’s got real potential. He showed more natural instincts than Edmunds did in 5 years. He will be a special teams demon to give him time to develop as a LB. Hope he makes a true Buffalo story for us. Where are all the people who said MVS was getting cut?? He was a roster lock the day he was signed. They will keep him inactive or quiet until mid season. Beane wants to unleash him to make or get through the playoffs since so many of our players disappear come crunch time. Milano being designated to return is a good indicator he may be back for the final push / playoffs.

I think there are a number of loud voices on here that skew the narrative a bit. If you only read this board you’d get the impression that unless we win the Super Bowl in a season then there is no fun/joy to be had during it. I feel really sorry for those types of fans. You’ve gotta be able to enjoy the ride knowing it’s probably going to end up in disappointment and the reason it hurts is because we care so much. So yeah, we didn’t get to the SB last year and there are plenty of reasons for it, but man did I LOVE taking the Division from the Fins after they had a 3 GAME LEAD! Enjoy the emotional rollercoaster and at least we have a team with a chance to get to and win the SB. I know that’s not enough for a lot of posters here where it’s all or nothing but that’s their problem.

This kid showed more instincts in his first preseason start than Edmunds did his career with us. Some players just have it and you can easily see it. He’ll make the roster, this is a McBeane type of player. He’s not ready to start, he’s not going to the pro bowl, he’s not replacing Milano. He’s a raw, young guy who probably has a higher ceiling than many thought and is the type you keep, develop, and maybe strike gold.

Wasn’t cook a football catching vacuum in college? I’m not overly concerned, I think his couple of bad drops on easy TDs have skewed a lot of perception. It’s gotta be just a concentration thing, he has the skill.

I thought he was eligible to return from IR but it counts against the 8 players that can return during the season

Typical Bills preseason game. Looked like ass but absolutely meaningless. I’m happy there were no injuries (Oliver is fine), Bass hit his kicks, and loved that McD yanked Josh as soon as he ran for that 3rd hahaha. I love that you can’t contain this guys competitiveness. A meaningless pre season game and he’s running for 3rd downs haha. McD noped the F out of that real quick. Martin shanking punts wasn’t optimal. Someone dub in the Benny Hill music to Buechele running around like a headless chicken behind that sieve of an O-line. Comedy gold.

The Bills already know 95% of the players who will make the team. MVS is one of them, he’s a lock. Pre-season is a joke. It’s only relevance is to get the guys in game shape and maybe take a flyer on an UDFA once they’ve figured out who they are stashing on IR. I think it’s hilarious the amount of importance the media and many here at TBD put on pre-season performance. They already know.

It’s the end of July. The sun is out, the beach is packed, cold beers on the boat, and the annual parade of TBD posters making definitive judgements after DAY 5 of training camp is in the air. McGovern can’t snap, MVS is MIA, Bishop isn’t lookin All-Pro yet, UDFA’s are getting the McD praise and are ripe to start. Hahahah love it

Zero percent chance Beane didn’t know who Morgan was going to pick when he agreed to the trade. There’s ZERO percent chance Morgan would screw Beane and burn that bridge. I don’t even follow the draft that close and I knew Carolina was interested in Legette. I wanted Legette at 32, Beane did not. In fact, I bet Beane knew Carolina wanted Legette and was getting calls for 32 so he called Morgan and said “Hey bud, I’m going to trade out of this pick unless you are interested”. That seems much more plausible to me than Beane not knowing Morgan liked Legette and was surprised Carolina picked him.