Dan

Been saying this for years. There’s so much wrong with the “expansion” of the NFL internationally. But now, you have one team that plays there every year, and now multiple games in a row. Yet, the Bills have to consider that a home game? The travel is bad, but making a team fly that far to play a team that’s been there, and calling that a home game is just wrong. Bills fans travel well, and I’m sure people had a memorable trip. But the league basically craps on the fan bases of its franchises each year with this London series. if they want to expand internationally, then do it. Create multiple teams in each country, and recreate the World Cup series… but expecting American teams to fly all over the globe to play home games is just *****. But… they make a lot of money on it, so it’s ok. Now the Bills are tired, jet lagged, and injured. And the league just moves on and glosses over all that is wrong with this situation.

Von says he’s excited to play…. ??

I think the window may have closed back in week 1…. However… Josh and the boys kicked the door down and said.. we’re here for a while! Deal with it.

I would say extend him… but its up to Beane and his agent decide what the price should be. But he’s a good WR and I’m glad he’s on our team. But I’m a homer… Go Bills!

Gotta agree. It seems a bit ridiculous to have the Bills favored given the current situation. All I can figure is that both teams are fairly even statistically, even with the 70pt finplosion. This is easily, the early season game of the year. Huge swing in divisional standing based on who wins. Huge confidence boost either way. I think ultimately, come December, the outcome will matter less. But for momentum going into October..its a massive. I expect a dog fight, back and forth slug fest type of game. Miami wants to prove they’re the real deal… the Bills are the Bills. They don’t loose easy.

I don’t understand what is going on….is this real life?

You are overreacting. There’s one thing I’m certain of… no game, play call, or anything in September is going to win the Super Bowl in February. Enjoy the wins while we get them.

I truly don’t know what people expect anymore. I used to think people were spoiled at the end of the 2021 season, and the perfect playoff game against NE. But, now, I think people just like to complain. Or maybe people just aren’t happy unless they can drag other people down? Once again the Bills offense controlled the ball, had good balance running and passing, got everyone involved, limited mistakes, …punted once! And yet, it’s disjointed, players are under utilized, and lets just throw out entire quarters of play to prove how bad it was. I’m sorry none of this is critical discussion. This is just bitchin for the sake of bitchin. I’m sure there’s plenty of room on the Dolphin bandwagon for everyone that insists you're only good if you win by 50 or more points every week. Although I imagine there fin fans upset that they didn’t score 80.

Leave it to this place to find the cloud amongst all the silver linings. We stomped a 2-0 team in their stadium…. Maybe a lot of people are upset cause they bet on the wrong team?

I find it interesting how many people have completely dumped on Josh this week. He clearly had a bad game. Why is good question to ask. But.. for so many people to come to the conclusion that his entire career up to this point is a mirage - he cant read defenses, he cant make good decisions, he doesn't prepare, he can’t learn, he’s disobeying the coaches, he’s focused on holywood. I guess I just don’t understand the vitriol towards him. He had a bad game. Period. Was he concussed, the jets just that good, or he has been foolin us for 5 years, I don’t know. But seems we should give him some benefit of doubt. He’s not above criticism. But he should have earned a little more leeway than most people are giving him.

Thats not entirely fair. Josh had just drove the field to get a last second FG to tie the game. He wasn’t completely comatose. I agree with others, the draw play on OT on 2nd down right into the teeth of stout line is a cute play that rarely works. Hell, I woulda preferred a josh designed run over that! Any thing really. And there was nothing wrong with the FG on the first drive. The sure points, against a team that probably wont score a lot is not a bad decision. However, I will say, overall, they did seem to have a rather timid game plan. It felt like the Jets were dictating the game and the Bills were reacting. Thats not entirely fair. Josh had just drove the field to get a last second FG to tie the game. He wasn’t completely comatose. I agree with others, the draw play on OT on 2nd down right into the teeth of stout line is a cute play that rarely works. Hell, I woulda preferred a josh designed run over that! Any thing really. And there was nothing wrong with the FG on the first drive. The sure points, against a team that probably wont score a lot is not a bad decision. However, I will say, overall, they did seem to have a rather timid game plan. It felt like the Jets were dictating the game and the Bills were reacting.

I do. Week 1 does not define the entire season.

I think this post needs to be pinned for the next few weeks. You could even extend it through the first 4 or 5 weeks of last season. The Bills we’re literally unstoppable. How did all that September greatness pan out? It is a long season. What this team, and all of us need, is a win while showing some improvement. I’d love to see the coaches learn from their mistakes and actually develop a game plan to help Josh and the entire offense get into sync. Run the ball and find a way to start building confidence in the passing game. P.S. my theory on the all blues… its Kim’s favorite combo so they’re wearing it to show support during her recovery.

I have no excuse for Josh’s play on Monday night. I also haven’t read all this thread, so the conversation has probably spin off topic and by now. But just wanted to say that perhaps the most depressing thing about the Monday night blow up was ..Josh has almost always been the best player on the field in the prime time games. He always just finds that extra something to lift the team and will them to a score. But Monday, he wasn’t. He was one of the worst players on the field and the reason we lost. I thought we could lose the game, going in to it. But never, in a million years, would I have thought Josh would be the reason we lost the game. This is maybe the only game I’ve seen that, other than perhaps his rookie year? He just looked uncharacteristically…bad. So, perhaps not an excuse but an expectation… he will play better. Monday was a complete crap fest, I think his record shows that he’ll rebound and not let this one game define the season.

Just a thought… with all the gnashing about Josh and the team…. Could this just be a slow start due to lack of preseason playing time?

My contention is that Dorsey and Josh’s tendencies have been figured out and neither one is willing to adapt. I think they have tremendous success against half the league or more, which serves to convince them that they don’t need to change anything. But the better teams/coaches/players take advantage of these known flaws. Going back to last season, I’ve seen too many DBs jump a route as though they knew exactly where Gabe or whoever was gonna be. Or the middle of the field opens up… Josh takes off to run only to have someone immediately close the gap and hit him for a loss or very small gain. His roll to the right and hit a WR downfield for a big game… defenses wait for that now. Screens and half the run plays are telegraphed and the defense moves presnap to close it down. Josh needs to play within himself, but since about midway through last season… the entire offense has struggled. Yet, we see the same routes, same tendencies, same plays being run. They should have self scouted all summer. I think they just looked at the overall scoring stats and said… good enough. Thats all I got to explain it.

This is another theme going back to last year… opposing receivers make incredible, catch of the week type receptions to seal a win. Our guys ..not so much.

3 plays really stand out to me: 1. The first interception. I’m pretty sure he could have easily ran for the first down and gotten out of bounds. Last minute …throws deep to all the wrong jersey colors. 2. The toss to Cook (i think), that hit the LB In the head. If he leads Cook a bit, it’s likely an easy touchdown. 3. The last fumble. Just fall on the ball in that situation… every time!! Literally just gave the game away with that one play. The overall game plan, however, was too conservative. They played scared and Dorsey sucks at situational football. He has no feel for the game, no rhythm to the playcall, and gets too predictable. Defenses have figured out his and Allen’s tendencies. They’re breaking on a lot of the pass routes before our WRs, and shutting down Allen’s running lanes after flashing them open. Rather than adjust… Dorsey is just throwing random plays at the wall and hoping something works. Allen needs a coach, not a friend. And the offense needs someone else calling the plays.

I experienced far more on the morning of the 11th and in the weeks and months to follow than I would ever care to remember. But I have never forgotten, nor do I think its possible. This time of year always brings a certain sadness to me. The Bills have always been part of my therapy to get back to normal. I’ll be excited for the game, as well, but it will take some drinks to wear off the bitter memories of the morning. Go Bills!

It appears to be a type of wolf spider. They don’t make classic webs and are predatory hunters. They get pretty big. could be this guy… https://spiderid.com/picture/3206/

Thats completely outdated. You now have games on Thursday night, Sunday morning (london games), sunday at 1 & 4, Sunday night, and Monday night. And at the end of the year, throw in Saturday games. To watch them all? You need 4? (I’ve lost count) different paid packages of some sort.

I don’t live in Buffalo. So my question is: is all the irrational negativity prevalent throughout the fanbase and local media, or is it just the internet echo chamber of a place like this where a handful of posters can feed off each other and blow opinions out of proportion to reality? It does seem like this place goes from one player or coach to the next, always needing to denigrate someone and insist they be cut. I’ve never really cared enough to track posters and see if its always the same ones that spend years running a player out of town, only to criticize every move to replace who they said was the worst player on the team. And I’m sure its no worse, but it seems this off season has only gotten worse. The opinions and general negativity surrounding the upcoming season seem worse than any time during the drought. My brother in law used to always be in amazement how us Bills’ fans could always spend the offseason talking about the Super Bowl and we finally were gonna do it… when clearly the team sucked throughout the early ‘00s. Now? We’re closer than ever, and the majority of posts here seem to think we suck worse than ever. I usually just attribute it to the screwed up internet-age we live in where every idiot had a platform to spew. So I wonder, is that what this is? Do we discuss reality of what tje team is, or do the misconceptions and opinions of trolls become the reality?

I think lots of people appear to have this sentiment. But, regarding player safety, this is the worst thing to do. More meaningful games and longer seasons will only wear players down and make injuries, especially chronic ones, far more common. The NFL already walks the line with serious, life threatening injuries. 20 game seasons, with zero warm up, will cross that line. IMO Regarding the OP’s question. I haven’t seen any official league opinion. But i would think they stopped the last two games because it was preseason. But, it is quickly becoming an expectation. I think the league needs to let everyone know what the protocol is going forward. Personally, I wouldn’t suspend a game unless it was a Hamlin type situation. That was unique and far worse, just based on the players faces and reactions.

We simply cannot allow any positive news about this team. Each little nugget of positivity or fun, must be drowned in a sea of negative criticism and despair. A lot of folks need to go enjoy some fresh air and step away from the team.

This. Easily half of Bruce’s sacks wouldn’t have counted because it would be a 15yd roughing the passer penalty.