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I'm taking under. I'm guessing 13 from the Bills and 4 tops from the sabres. ugh

Disclaimer, this is from watching one of the "all the throws" videos, no all-22 or anything, so take this with a grain of salt. Anyway, I was pretty underwhelmed with his performance in the Clemson game. Five TD's and over 300 yards looks great, but a lot of it was well schemed plays by the coaching staff. I watched the video below and I saw a shovel pass for a TD, a busted coverage for a TD, a great play by the TE Orndoff for a TD, a good throw for a TD, and another shovel pass for TD. I'll give him credit, he took some shots, but he was also holding the ball in the pocket longer than I'd like to see. Now I'll fully admit that Clemson was probably much more talented so receivers were probably having trouble gaining separation, but I didn't see this game as Peterman carrying the team to victory as much as I saw the coaches scheming up a great game plan that Peterman did a well enough job at executing. He also got bailed out on a few PI's for first downs and overall I didn't see great deep throw accuracy. This video is also clearly missing some throws as it starts with Pitt up 7-0.

It's obviously disappointing from a fan perspective, but 100% the smart move. Beyond probably not knowing the playbook or having any rapport with tyrod, he hasn't had a bye yet.

At the beginning of the year, I was basically in watch, see, and evaluate mode. The first few games, I didn't get as hyped as I usually do. I didn't feel as much anxiety, excitement, or anger as in years past, mostly because I didn't expect anything from them. Of course that all went out the window as Milano ran down the sideline for a TD. Now I'm anxious as hell and am counting down the minutes to kick off tonight. I still don't expect them to win the SB this year or anything crazy like that, but I do feel really good about this staff so far. I like how McDermott seems to work so well with the players. Seems like a great leader.

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I think this should be stated again. It seems obvious, but sometimes I wonder about how much football some people watch outside of Bills games. People have been all over Zay for his drops. You see similar drops in basically every single NFL game. Tyrod misses throws you'd really like him to make, so do most QB's. Based purely on the eye test, I think Tyrod has done a better job this year at moving around in the pocket, not running at the first sign of danger, and making plays with his arm. He can still do better, but he's made a bunch of big plays by buying time and throwing versus scrambling and getting forced out of bounds for a yard or two, something I thought he did too much of last year. Tyrod can do better and the encouraging thing is he seems to be getting better. Of course you still want to upgrade, he's not perfect, but I surely don't want to run him out of town. Draft someone else and let the rookie and Peterman continue to learn on the bench as long as Tyrod plays at this level or better. If the rookie or Peterman clearly outplay him in pre-season or Tyrod struggles, then make a move.

I think we'll see Lorax at LB for early downs and then rotate to rusher for passing downs. He already does that a bit, but like you said, hopefully we continue to see Milano out there. He and Humber could make a decent pair of cover LB's. Receiving an extra 3rd round pick is very enticing, I can't deny that. At the beginning of free agency I thought it might not be a bad idea to lay low and pick up the extra pick. At this point though, I think the free agents they signed are too valuable to the team. If it was just one guy they had to cut, I could see it happening, but three is too many. I could see in future years Beane playing the system a little bit and trying to gain extra picks. In a HC's first year, he probably wants to bring in some guys he wants and can help establish the leadership and culture he's looking for. I think that's more important to McDermott than a 3rd round pick next year.

You can be objective and still not ask questions where you are looking for negative answers. He could have easily asked, what does Benjamin bring to the team that you're excited about. Instead they were acting like there was something bad about the trade they were missing and they were trying to find out what. Like I said, felt like pretty typical Schopp to me. Davis does count against it and I don't see him going anywhere either. I guess if they moved Alexander to full time DE, they could use him as the 4th DE. With the way McDermott likes to rotate to d-line so much, I don't see them cutting a solid rotational guy. Unless injuries start piling up and they go on a losing streak, I don't see them cutting these guys. They aren't fringe players like Joe Banyard or Deon Lacey. I'm sorry if my initial reply came off as aggressive. The comp pick thing is sort of a pet peeve of mine.

J/k, no this will not happen. Benjamin doesn't play special teams like Holmes does. Ducasse and DiMarco are starters, so no, they're not getting cut. Hauschka has been doing very well, he's not getting cut. Just stop with the comp pick. It's not happening, get over it.

Not sure he was a dick to him, just the usual downer crap. "When a team trades a player like Benjamin, don't you worry about why? Like, is there something with him?" It felt like he was trying to find out how or why this was a bad trade. It wasn't awful, but pretty typical of Schopp.

In that case, you are 100% correct. F'ing sports man, mostly lows, but I can't turn away.

He traveled with the team. https://twitter.com/buffalobills/status/925789918927966215

Ehh. The Bills have been mostly between below average and bad the past 17 years with some boneheaded moves sprinkled in. The Browns right now are a legitimate clown show. I'm aware that the difference is not that great and as Bills fans, we don't have a lot of room to talk. That said, the Browns are on their own level when it comes to horribly managed sports franchises. Here's part of why I say this. As someone that lives in DC and wears Bills stuff all the time, I talk to random Bills / NFL fans fairly often. Non Bills fans are almost always surprised when I tell them they have the longest playoff drought in the NFL. People know they aren't very good, but like I said, it's not at the laughably bad level the Browns are at. That is brutal. I grew up in Ohio and jumped on the Bills bandwagon when I was 6 or so. It hasn't been a whole lot better over the years, but man am I glad I didn't start liking the Browns.

Nice breakdown. Looking back, if there was a time that this franchise needed a "football czar," it was after the Donahoe years. Instead of bringing in Marv as GM, he should have been president of football operations and hired a GM instead of trying to become a first time GM at 80 years old. Oh well. So far I really like the current duo.

Good stuff, thanks for the write up. I can't wait for tomorrow night. It could be a chippy, scrappy type game. The Jets are at home with their back against a wall. If they drop to 3-6, they're basically done for the year. I have faith McDermott will have them prepared.

Seriously. I'm 90% sure that's what Matthews said. Same with most of the free agent signings. What he said is true.

I read that this morning. It makes total sense that each team has to send in the deal separately. None of those are good explanations. The Browns look like total morons here.

I wish they'd get rid of the mullet stripe, change it to an even, medium width stripe and then enlarge the logo just a bit. That would make their uniforms perfect imo.

"Hold the ball Tate. Hold the ball." That cracked me up. I think I say that to the TV about 10 times a game, possibly even on that same play. I was hoping they'd show that play. Hell yeah.

I missed that too the first couple times I watched that. I like that he gets excited, but doesn't seem to ever get too up. After the game he went right back to his usual, trust the process, coach talk. Gotta keep the guys in line and make sure they're focused on the next one. That said, I loved seeing him get pumped up with the guys.

I wish I could embed this. It's John Murphy's call, some of the sideline celebration, and them McDermott talking about the play. https://twitter.com/buffalobills/status/925052737259278337

Lol, go watch robot wars or something if you don't want to see people display emotion. Can you imagine a coach telling his players not to celebrate so much on the sideline, because it's not "professional?"

That's interesting. I think if I was a coach, I'd want the inactive guys on the sideline, but I guess I understand the potential distraction.

That doesn't make sense to me. Inactives aren't announced until about an hour before the game. What if someone tweaks an ankle a couple hours before the game? If they are announced as out for the game before they travel, that makes sense. If someone is healthy though, it doesn't make sense to me why they wouldn't travel with the team. In Gilmore's case, it sounds like's still in concussion protocol. As Ed_Formerly_of_Roch mentioned, they might have sent him home to continue to rest. If he left on his own, that'd be interesting.

A drunk Ryan with Romo would be absolutely incredible. Ryan: 3rd and short, full blitz here, get that mother f&%*$er! Romo: Well that leaves man to man and WR X does a tremendous job getting open in the middle of the field which could lead to a big play. Ryan: I'd still blitz. *Defense blitzes and a big play occurs.* Ryan: They should blitz again. Romo: ... Anyway, huge game here. Get the win and they finish the first half of the season in great position, plus with the Thursday game, it's a mini bye and hopefully they can get a few players healthy and rested for the home stretch. The Raiders game made me feel better about where they are at. I don't love relying on turnovers to get stops and that's kind of how the TB game went. Against the Raiders, they created some turnovers, but they also forced punts and were very stout on 3rd downs. Tyrod is getting better and better. He's still missing throws you wish he would make, but all NFL QB's miss throws. I feel pretty good about this game, but Thursday night, divisional games can easily go either way.