Dan

And Foster did absolutely zero to catch thy ball. All he had to do was stop to catch it -And the DB get called for pass interference. We go into half with a bigger lead. Just a bad play by a WR doing nothing to catch a ball.

That was a bad game. The mistakes and miscues finally caught up with them and the Eagles took advantage of everyone one. Time to regroup and figure out how to stop all the stupid penalties, bad drops, bad passes, and blown assignments at critical times. And most of all time for Dabol to realize he need to run the ball more.

The single best thing they can do right now for Allen is extend Daboll or do whatever it takes to keep some consistency for the offense over the next few years. Changing offensive schemes is often a huge setback for many young QBs.

Now imagine if coach of low moral character found a way to keep the headset live and could tell the QB where the blitz was coming from or what the coverage was or whatever he wanted, right up to the snap. And then he took it a step further and recorded every opponents defensive call and formations. I mean that team, and QB, could form the foundation for a dynasty the likes of which the sport has never seen.

I don't completely disagree. It would definitely be nice to see them win more convincingly against certain teams. I'm not convinced McD has that killer instinct, but I do think we have to acknowledge that the offensive side of the ball is really in year 1 of the rebuild. They very clearly focused on the defense, allowing the offense to languish for a couple years. This past offseason they finally addressed it with a complete makeover of players. That's why I tend to be a bit forgiving with their mistakes and miscues through the first 6 games playing together. I dont think we really know how serious of a playoff team they're going to be yet. It does appear that we'll get our chance this year. Hopefully, the coaches and players will learn quite a bit between now and then. At that point I'll feel more comfortable talking about them as a playoff team. At this point, I think they're still learning how to win in the regular season. Fortunately they're figuring that out, the blowout losses at least appear to be gone. Next, perhaps they start to blow teams out in wins.

I think the issue now is for a seemingly large number of posters here is this team is in a no win situation. It they win.. as they've done all but once this seasons.. they didn't win by enough, Allen didn't throw for 300 yds, something. But the win just wasn't good enough. If they lose to the likes of Philly/NE; then it's a a see they're not good enough to compete with the top teams. If they lose to the Dolphins/Redskins, well they just suck. I guess my point is the Bills, although not perfect, are finding ways to win. They're learning, getting better. And there's a tone of room for upside. I'm not saying they'll be the class of the league for the next decade. But they are doing way better than we've seen in nearly 2 decades.

Exactly what I was thinkin.

I have to agree with you. The boos were kinda odd to hear. I think the expectations were/are too high. Although we're in year 3 of the rebuild, we're in year 1 of the offensive rebuild. Other than Allen and Dawkins the entire starting offense is new. It should be expected that continuity will be a problem and mistakes will be made. This team is 5-1. And unlike other fast starts, the way they're winning is sustainable. These aren't fluke wins. Its not the other team having bad days. Its the Bills playing for a full 60minutes ans making the plays they have to, at the times they have to. It's overcoming the bad officiating, the stupid penalities, the bad mistakes. This team won't finish the season 15-1, but they're playing solid football and winning games that past teams would have easily lost. I agree; we should all be enjoying it. This team is heading in the right direction. They're not perfect by any means, but they're doing what it takes to win. I'll take that for now. And continue to watch this team develop and grow together.

But in all fairness... isn't that what they did 2 weeks ago in TN? In that game, Gore got the yards and they ran the clock out. It was a great drive to end the game. In this game, eeehhh not so great. I'm not sure I can fault the game plan there. But the execution surely was lacking.

When the Dolphins had the lead, and all the momentum in the game, driving the bsll methodically on a 8+ minute drive to start the 2nd half... Tre makes an amazing play. Allen then walks out into the field at the 2 yard line. All he did was flip the script and drive 98 yards, and get the touchdown. Then get the 2pt conversion. At that point, everyone knew he was going to win the game. That.. is what Josh Allen brings to the game. We are all lucky he's on our team.

But don't we see this every year, almost every week? How many years have we all been saying that poor officiating is ruining the game? I mean... it is true. I rarely watch non-Bills games any more. I might watch a bit here and there, but can you really get invested in a game when you just absolutely know that the refs are going to do their best to ensure an upset doesn't happen? is it just lousy officials? Poor training on their part? Over complicated rules? Or game-fixing for the odds makers? I'm not sure. But, one thing I'm sure of... It's going to continue. The league is either unwilling or unable to correct it. What would I do? Get rid of Riveron, simplify the rules to make them more black and white, add a ref or 2 either on the field or in the box, and find the refs ..substantially.. for obviously blown calls (or just fire them). But that is one of the worst things in all this.. There is zero accountablity by the league or the refs when they practically gifted a win to Greenbay.

Completely agree.. I would love nothing more than to watch, relaxed in the 4th quarter as we're up by a couple of scores and stiffling the Dolphins all day. But, I'm just as good with a 14-3 win as I am a 30-7 win. Hopefully, a couple of the injured guys... Kroft and Singletary.. can get in the game and shake the rust off without really needing to do too much, as well.

We just need a win. All this talk of blowing them out and scoring big is just talk. A couple points to consider... We will play them again. Why show them the entire playbook? If you get a decent lead, why show any up coming team more than they need to see? Just win. Play solid and focused. Clean up the mistakes. Stay healthy. For the first time in a really, really long time, the Bills are in a game that they just ..should.. win. Don't lose focus, take care of business and just win. The we all get to move on to the next game. That's all we need to be worried about. That... And someone just beat the damn cheater team!

Honestly, I don't care what his stat line looks like. Just keep making good decisions and win. Josh is still very young and learning to play in this league. He's got 16 games under his belt and he was someone a lot of people said needed years to develop. IMO the coaches are doing everything right with him... developing him to be a well-rounded QB. We haven't seen this before... but part of that is developing game plans that don't require him to put up 300 yard passing games. It's a process ? He's developing into a solid, winning QB. That's all I want to see.

I don't give a crap about annofnthe stats... other than the number in the Win column. I say... don't take any team lightly and do what it takes to get a win.

In our section... it was all Bills fans and about 5 Titan fans. Bills mafia definitely took over Nashville! It was truly unbelievable how many Bills fans were there. So much fun!

Actually.. I'm reading sparingly because. ..yeah.. People have gone off the deep end. I think they'd rather be 1-3 with a win last week than 3-1. Its a messed up mentality.

Good write up, as always. One thing I'd like to add regarding Zay Jones and the passes to him. We see that type of stuff every Sunday... QBs throw a pass to somone they shouldn't and the WR "goes up and makes a play". Then the announcers and ex-player pundits all rave on how you gotta give your guys a chance to make a play, and praise the QB for doing that. The only difference yesterday is... Zay did not out jump, out muscle, out play any one. He failed to make a play. And Josh is being vilified for throwing the passes. Yes, Josh needs to be better with his decisions. Yes, Josh needs to take what the defense gives him. But, just once, once... I'd like to see a Bills a receiver make a play for the guy. Wait I did... It was Knox on that crazy, falling down, ball behind him catch. He made the play, and made Josh look good. Zay just rarely does that. I hate to rag on Bills' players. But Zay needs to be moved well down the depth chart and surrendering playing time to someone that can make a play.

I wondered this as well. We saw a lot more of this in the Jets game as well, and it was working. They don't run the no huddle to confuse the defense, as much as to lock a favorable matchup on the field and most importantly it seems to give Josh time to scan the field and make better decisions with the ball. I was hoping they would have relied on it more in the second half.

I agree with most of your comments, but I'm not so sure we have to wait till next year. We face them again and I don't think that's an automatic loss after seeing what they did yesterday. But, I agree, I'm waiting to see how they repsond next week. If they truly are contenders, turning the corner, they'll beat TN. Let's see how they handle a hard fought loss.

I woke up today with a similar feeling. Did anyone think we would be undefeated this season? Did anyone really think Josh was never going to have a bad game? It happens... and it'll happen again. So yeah we lost. We're still 3-1. And the way our drense looked, the way they made that team look, they can contend with anyone. They shut Brady down all afternoon. Yes Josh, and the entire offense, need to get their collective ****s together. We still need a lot of growth there. But, I don't think we're as far off as a lot of people here are making it out to be. They need to put this game behind them fast... this weekend we play a team trying to take a playoff spot from us. We need to go down to TN and get back on the winning track.

Completely agree with that. You have to capitalize because you know the league is gonna give them their shots later In the game. No doubt the Bills and Josh just made too many mistakes... but the league forces every team to be perfect when they play that team.

And as usual, when the game is on the line. The calls go the other way. So in the end.. the numbers all average out. But the most critical game changing calls... clearly favor the team with goodell in their back pocket.

If the Bills ever want to beat a team like the cheaters... they have to take the final step in the rebuild and get Pegula on the officiating committee. Because until the refs are on our side... we're never going to win games like this.

We'll all talk about the cheap ***** hitnto take Allen out. And how we got screwed ..again. But how about that interception that the DB clearly bobbled, as he's being grabbed by say Jones who's out of bounds. That play lead to 3pts for the cheating team and should not have stood.