Rocky Landing

I don't generally complain about officiating, but the refs stole 25 yards from the Bills on that drive.

Are you kidding???

Cole Beasley has a much better passer rating vs. the Chargers than Nathan Peterman.

Are they playing Ryan Bates like a TE?

Was that Beasley?

Watching NFL Today. Jon Gruden looks like he's morphing into Mark Davis. Scary.

Kinda doubt he's going to be on the field too much, but it would be interesting to see what Kumerow brings to the table. Aaron Rodgers had a lot of nice things to say about him... Also, limited though his time has been, Josh Norman has played well when he's been out there. Really hope he gets some good play in before he breaks himself again.

Does Ryan Fitzpatrick have a favorite charity I can donate to?

In.

We've survived this long without Norman. He would have been a nice piece, but not critical. Missing Wallace and Marlowe is huge, IMO. I think Marlowe is a bit of an unsung hero on this D. I suspect Siran Neal is going to be out there a lot. Klein needs to have another performance like he had last week. I hope this moment isn't too big for Dane Jackson. This game definitely just got a lot harder.

Why do you hate Josh???

Not even for Mahomes. Not that I don't think Mahomes is the better QB. But, I'm really enjoying rooting for this team, right now. THIS team.Josh hasn't even reached his ceiling yet. When he does, I want him to be in a Bills uniform.

I'll probably take a nap.

Good Stuff, DSB! I wonder if Siran Neal shouldn't get some more time at Nickel in this game. He plays fierce, and might be our best option at spying Murray? Also, Klein needs another performance like he had vs. Seattle. No way he's fast enough to get to Murray if he gets past the LOS, but he could be critical in keeping Murray contained if he can get the sort of penetration he did on Sunday. Also, this may be a game where Trent Murphy makes an impact (that's right, I said it). I could also see Poyer becoming very intimate with Murray. As long as we don't let him break up the middle. Honestly, I do worry that our D does not match up well vs. Murray. All our struggles have been vs. teams with a balanced offense, and the Cards' air raid offense notwithstanding, they do run a comparatively even balance of run vs. pass plays. As McD says, the hardest offenses to defend are the one's that use the entire field. I think our best chance is to keep Murray contained the way we did Wilson.

I was a little surprised at the time, as well. But, two things struck me: 1) I completely trust Diggs' instincts, and if he thought there were no more yards to gain there, then that's his decision. We've seen him fight for yards, and put his body on the line enough to know he's no coward. And 2) Thank you, Diggs for protecting your body. If there's one guy on offense (other than Allen) that we want to remain as healthy as possible, it's Diggs. So, yeah. Smart football.

If Ralph Wilson were alive today, he would be 102. How hypothetical do we want this conversation to be?

I believe they rushed to the line to get the Seahawks D off balance, which was the right call, assuming the refs git their call right-- which at the moment, it really did look like Davis had stepped out of bounds. It was only on slo-mo replay, a play later, that you could see that he had not dropped his heel, and was inbounds. But, even with that, there is no guarantee that the call would have been reversed. It was very close.

Interesting that Klein's first good game with us was against a team that had virtually no running game. Even Wilson barely ran. But, when we signed him, he was billed as a "run stuffer." I have to believe that McD is reevaluating Klein's role in this defense.

This D seems to have formed their identity.

Big props to the backup O-linesmen Bates, and Boettger. They were not stellar, and it took them a couple series to get their legs. But, it's not easy coming off the bench like that, and once they found their stride, they looked better than some of the starting units we've fielded in season's past. In fact, I think Boettger had a couple nice run blocks. You need some coffee.

Edmunds and Klein's best game of the season!

uh oh...

Really well run screen

Don't take your foot off the gas, Daboll!

Time for an Isaiah McKenzie end-around.