Mister Defense

Yes, I agree with you and most are saying so far, especially this point, but it seems the Bills finally must get that one disruptive guy on the D-Line who can break an offense. It will help eliminate this weakness, to some degree, even on days like this when they focus on stopping the big pass plays. If the Bills were to make a move, who could it be?

yes, of course we all remember last week... But we will also remember today for a while and the domination by the Ravens. To me, it does not make sense to just close our eyes and hope for the best. Not what teams like KC do. And I think that is true of Beane and the Bills too.

But if they had a dominant type player in the box, a big guy who can take on two blockers?, don't you think that can make a difference? If all goes as planned the Bills may meet the Ravens again in January. Or the Lions in February...

This can be a championship team. But they need some help, more so than some of the other contenders. They must shore up their run defense and at the same time get more pressure on quarterbacks to be a true contender. Seems a little negligent if the Bills do not do this in the next two days. They may really struggle against the best quarterbacks and run games if they don't get some help. The Dolphins' offense had their way with the Bills today. The Bills could not stop the run or get pressure on Tua. Great win today, because they pulled it out, going 7-2. But also because it was a canary in the coal mine, a warning to the Bills' leaders of what they need, right now, to take the next step. Do you agree that this is not a luxury item, but a need? And who is a likely target? Is it a defensive tackle or end? The time is now, I think.

Nicely said...

Bills 44, and the squished, squished 17 Lotsa running, with all of the backs getting in on the action, with both Davis and Cook getting 100 on the ground--and more in the air. But the Bills also having some fun in the air, with some big numbers there too. Keep getting Knox involved, as he fits in so well with the physical nature of the Bills.

I kind of pity the squished ones, as it is clear they are desperate, just throwing this out there to get some kind of traction for a game in which they will have none. They will not get under Allen's skin. But I think the Bills are under Tua's permanently. Can you imagine his mindset as he is about to play this now even more physical Bills' team again? Maybe it will make them feel better after the significant beat down they are about to get (once again) at the Ralph in two days? But I don't think so, as it will effectively end their season.

His fountain of youth will be his imminent retirement, after this year is over. Yes, he will do the inevitable, leave the team and nation waiting on pins and needles (no one will care) as long as he can, as no one loves attention more, but it is coming. You can see it in his face, eyes, body language, and after every hit, interception, bad play--and loss after loss after loss. Hoping for a Texans win tonight, even though we should be rooting for the jets.

Yeah, I had to rewind parts to see if I was imagining how loud the fans were in support of the Bills at several points in the game. Surprised me--it was in Seattle! The complete domination, and the fans' reaction, made me even more proud to be a Bills fans, and for the first time this year had me thinking that this team may now be a very legitimate championship contender. And if the past few years are a predictor, they will now just keep getting better.

Is your name Jimmy and does your last name start with a P? I ask because when we were (bad) kids, my siblings and I would sometimes try to sell odd things around the house, such as toys that were broken or never used anymore, etcetera, to make some money. There was a rich kid across the street and a few doors down, Jimmy P., who would often want to buy some of our junk. He had no conception of money it seemed, and likely could not count very well, even though he was older than us. He would hold out a hand full of quarters to pay for a few marbles and an aggot, and ask, "Is this enough?" We would graciously accept his offer and ask him he wanted to buy some more. He would run home, happy as can be, and come back with more money for his next purchase. It was a good summer. Jimmy?

No, I did not say you said those things you say above, but that you still saw something in them a few weeks ago that made you think they may still come through. rodgers was always an almost a complete, absolute obstacle to the jets' success since the day he was brought on board. I hope he comes back next year for another go round!

What about now? Change your perspective on the jets yet? Dumpster fire yet, or still think they may come through? To clarify: not a literal dumpster fire, as that would not make sense!, but I meant a wrecked, dysfunctional team, led by one man at the QB/OC/GM/Head coaching positions who has no leadership qualities at all. In fact, the anti-leader, someone who would probably run a good middle school football team into the ground too if put in charge of it, let alone an NFL team. To me, their team's destruction was inevitable since the first moment theysigned rodgers. I said so on here, and that the Bills would have one less AFC East team to be concerned about now that the jets made that awful decision to turn the reigns of their team over to this head case.

Bills 24, Hawks 13 But have seen almost nothing of Seattle this year and had this game as possibly a loss before the season. Bills run to set up the pass today? Need to get Davis and Johnson more involved in the offense now, to take the next step, and both running and catching. Use your weapons, like Detroit uses theirs. More passes to Cook, please! And outside runs. Get this fast elusive man in space more. And hope to see more screen passes again. Get Knox involved today, or please just trade him this week.

Yup, agreed, hoping this is the case. I have said the same thing on the bizarre and humorous thread implying/stating that the trades in Cooper's career were a canary in the coal mine that the Bills should take serious heed of, instead of the game changing player he is. And has proven himself to be, even over the last two years, with much lesser QBs throwing him the ball than Josh Allen: 150 catches, 2,410 yards, and 14 TDS. If he does that for the Bills over the next few years he may silence even the Beane and McDermott haters. (Okay, that won't happen. But it will be fun to see them falling over themselves to come up with new, creative things to trash them over!)

Hmm, I had never thought about that, that Cooper's weak attitude toward the game, not taking it as seriously as other top players, not being as passionate, "may be associated with more losing than you'd expect given the talent on the teams'" he's been on. I was surprised to read that actually. I had thought that Cooper's teams, especially the cowgirls and Browns were at least fairly successful when he was on them. And I had also thought that his own statistics during much of that time were excellent. And also because he made three Pro Bowls with those two teams, and two with the Raiders. I am shocked to find out that he may have actually been a catalyst in those teams' losses, rather than in the success they may have had. Well, he was likely their #1 wide receiver on those teams, so it does make sense that if he did poorly, the teams would too. I think I am starting to agree with the criticism of Cooper by the very few doing so in this thread, as I am learning so much about him. It is shattering my my previous perceptions and attitudes about the guy. Just a few days ago I would have rated the trade for Amari Cooper as a 8-9. But now I have moved that down to a 2! Oh, well, maybe another receiver will become available before the draft deadline.

Wow, great to hear and shocking.. I would think being the slowest wide receiver to ever play the game, and someone who could not get open if he was paid to do so, Coleman would likely be last in yards after catch in what everyone considered a superb rookie class of wideouts, one of the best ever. Instead, he is the best in this great group? And with his almost standing still speed, you would think his yards per catch would be dismal. But his 20.4 yards per catch is the best by far among rookie wide receivers this year. And also the 3rd best YPC in the NFL, among all wide receivers. Lkely just an aberration, luck. And Beane too, just seemed to get lucky, again.

Time will tell. I obviously don't agree with any comparison between Diggs and Cooper. Like Jaire Alexander said after Diggs went after him before the Packers' game, and during, and after, "He is a child". Alexander, taking the high road, was being kind. But I agreed with his assessment. On the other hand, Cooper has always seemed to handle himself like a man. I think others have made a great case in this thread by refuting the 3 trades as a reason to doubt him. From everything I have heard about Cooper, his character, work ethic and production, including great stats in the last two years, he is the opposite kind of player and person as Diggs. He would seem to be very happy just to do his job, catch a lot of footballs, get in the end zone a lot, and keep himself out of the spotlight. We will see how things turn out, but I definitely agree with your more optimistic options late in your post, and think the Bills will be very pleased with his production and what he does to improve the Bills' overall offense going forward. I think that the things we saw in his first week, including 34 points scored, Josh having his most productive 2nd half ever, and Coleman garnering 125 yards and Rookie of the Week, are harbingers of things to come, I'd predict that after 3-4 more games a high percentage of Bills' fans will be calling for Beane to sign him to a new contract. And I think they will.

But just like your designed to be misleading post, you know perfectly well that your and a few others' implication in this thread is not the more generic definition of malcontent, and one seldom actually used anymore, that he was just dissatisfied there and wanted to go elsewhere. I think you must know that likely applies to the vast majority of players on a team like that in Cleveland, or Dalls, right now. Instead, it is clear that you have meant the definition that now almost always applies to the term for most, someone who complaint, makes trouble, undermines. Yup, so zero, zlich to indicate that, which is your crystal clear intended use of that term.

It is obvious to anyone, or to any adult, that it is monumentally different than the Diggs' situation. First of all, unless their heads were in the sand, they heard/read/saw how undermining Diggs was here toward the end. Almost no one I know did not believe that was the seminal reason that Diggs was traded. And that, added with what we had heard had happened in Minnesota, convinced most he was a malcontent. And you do the same ol' immensely illogical--and unscrupulous-- thing, say you "don't know if Amaria is or isn't" a malcontent, but he was traded four times. Just sayin', right? Just throwing that out there, with zero evidence--and zero logic shown. Again. Literally zero to indicate Cooper was in any way a malcontent, but you just, again, throw out that BS to tarnish the guy. Just so no one is stupid enough to consider this hatesense as viable in any way. These are Cooper's stats in his last two years in Cleveland: 2022: 78 receptions 1,160 yards 14.9 yards a catch and 9 TDs 2023: 72 receptions 1,250 yards 17.4 yards a catch and 5 TDS, and elected to the Pro Bowl And zero, zlich, nada, not one single word or reference whatsoever by any Cleveland player, coach, reporter, water boy--no one indicating that in any way he was a malcontent. Why does the poster then say he does not know if Coooper "is or isn't one? Because the facts mean zero to some people. Don't let the facts get in the way of your hate.

Superb stuff Thurman! Always were one of my favorite Bills, a dynamic game changer, one of the best all around backs ever. Frankly, I was done with this thread, having given my two cents, or many cents, so it may have taken me a while to respond to that comically illogical mess of a post. Now I do not need to-- as I could not add almost anything to your extremely well supported slam dunk throttling. I read the version in red, in the quote box, and really like that, the structure making your points and analysis even sharper, more direct, You take every 'point', and carefully shred it, annihilate it, with superb facts, logic, and analysis, something he clearly cannot do. I wish that could be the last post in this silly thread, but hoping that logic like yours wins over most, and I think it does. We should wait to come back to this until after the Bills win in February next year. If you agree with what I say here everyone who reads that should give it an 'awesome'...

Great stats to back up excellent points, analysis. Almost comical how illogical the ideas are that you needed to respond to, as if there was no consideration of logic, facts, or reason: 'Darn the facts, I will just throw out some random disparaging ideas about out new high quality wide receiver, hoping a few others with similar low (no?) standards for truth and reason support me'. (Notice how they have not?) Excellent to see someone adding objectivity and reason to this discussion.

Nope, definitely not! Not a fan of Dorsey, thought he was the biggest weakness of the team going into the season and predicted on here then that he would be fired by Thanksgiving. When it happened, all Bills' fans and I had a big extra thing to be very thankful for. Hope. Probably not a bad guy, but an incompetent OC, simply did not know how to do vital parts of his job. To me, hiring him was McDermott's biggest mistake. I was worried he would not fire Dorsey before Thanksgiving and believed that likely would mean the Bills would miss the playoffs. May want to read my OP on the day of or after they let him go.

Now you are thinking! I likey.

Of course, you make great points--4 teams, so why not throw him under the bus with zero facts that the trades were because of his skills or character? Very logical of you, as usual. As always? I have zero evidence to refute the zero evidence of a post? Lol. And go back and read some of my other posts in this thread. I think there is a slew of evidence. The article is just as I stated in my response--zero details to show his lack of passion, only one man, and it looks like Jon Gruden is that man from which he got his info. But, yeah, for you, someone like Gruden probably is reliable and high character. Wouldn't be surprised if you have his poster on your bedroom wall.. And shoot, I hope the Bills can always find players who 'treat football like a job', and go to 5 Pro Bowls because of that dedication.

I agree, go all in. This season. Don't break the bank, mortgage the future. A 1 and a 2? A 1 and a 3? Knox too, as he is simply not used? For a great, game wrecking defensive lineman, one that will change the entire dynamic of our defense. Surprisingly, after losing so many key players in the off season, the Bills may be close to a championship caliber team. That, we will find more about in the coming weeks, month. But either way, if not this year, next, and the Bills, once again, will not be in a draft position to get the one thing they have never had, a dominant, take over the game defensive lineman, capable of breaking apart an offense. So, yeah, why not go for it? Now. But I would rather have Crosby, as he is only 27..