fergie's ire

I think the issue is that it has been cold AND windy. I think Josh has been hearing a lot of "He was drafted to play in the bad weather of Buffalo with his strong arm" and has really focused on gunning it to overcome the wind...but the cold hands of receivers then become an issue. He probably overcompensated a bit...and put zero touch to show he could beat the wind (and that kind of overcompensation is typical of Josh) but he also has shown he learns fast and re-adjusts after the overcompensation. I think I heard him saying something about needing to take a little off when the receivers hands are too cold...so he is learning. Also, wind is not supposed to be as much of a factor Saturday, so I expect to see more touch.

Gesundheit.

His body language didn't look great, either...like he wasn't handling the cold very well.

I know there was a dust up with Beasley and McDermott earlier in the season....but don't remember the details. It seems to me that the whole Covid issue is just symptomatic of something else. In Dallas, Beasley became a malcontent as discussed here: https://cowboyszone.com/threads/cole-beasley-wrong-to-let-him-go.472288/page-8 It seems like something happens and is "just done" with a team or coaches and he is unhappy and trying to work his way out of town. This whole year he just has not been the same player and though not much locker room news comes out of the Bills camp, it does seem like he is unhappy with the team and they are not happy about him...for whatever reason.

I watched that game. It was awful.

And, in the late 90s, it allowed them to claim they were moving to Hartford.

I had been thinking the same thing. I am not one of those Edmunds haters and think he does bring something to our pass defense...and those that praise him must see something I don't. But I remember some middle linebacker talking about being like the running back but from the defense...that his job was to find the hole and run to it and meet the running back there. Edmunds seems to run right by the hole into a blockers arms....It's weird.

2nd in the league if you go from the bottom up. Sounds impressive to me.

Yeah...we've talked a lot about how even in the games where the Bills won...and even scored a lot of points....something seemed off with the offense with the exception of a few games (like Chiefs game). I think it was that ability to pick up key 3rd and 4th downs and just put together drive after drive after loooonnnnng drive to beat a team into submission. Today they did that and it was consistently McKenzie that Josh would hit to pick up those 1st downs. Last year, that player was Beasley but, for whatever reason, he hasn't been that consistent go-to guy this year.

That's my standard order as well....but with a Coney on the side.

Born in Iowa but actually went to high school in Athens Ohio...so he knows Cincinnati.

Beans or onions?

Adam who, now?

I think you also have to remember where we were at the time. Beane was trying to put together a competent line in a hurry and had signed a bunch of journeymen or backup linemen (Long, Nsehke, Felliciano, etc.) who were not great...but hoped enough of them were solid and experienced enough to keep their young QB from getting killed. The plan seemed to be to sign like a dozen veteran lineman in the hopes that enough worked out to keep Josh safe. The book on Teller at the time was good in the run game but could get over aggressive and off balance at times. So he was a boom or bust blocker, which did not fit with the strategy. While I think most could see that, like Josh, he had great upside that if he could become consistent he could be great, we could not afford those mistakes and we didn't have room to develop him (with the ton of veterans we had brought in).

Apparently, it's now the third.

It looked to me like the biggest issue with Mahomes was on 3rd and long. They would also find a way to convert those in the past. Now, he looks hesitant. It's as if he turns into Tyrod Taylor and will hold the ball and only throw to guys who are wide open.

He's here. He's there. He's every bloody-where.

I was thinking Wake Forest....scoring 70pts with 17 minutes of possession.

I'd like to see him catch Marino on Sunday.

High school English teachers will always tell you that a double negative equals a positive, but that is not entirely accurate. Sometimes it is used to designate a neutral. Are you comfortable? I'm not UNcomfortable (meaning I am neither comfortable nor uncomfortable). This kind of double negative construction is not uncommon in academic writing, for example. So, I think he is saying he doesn't feel like he is being pushed out...that they want to get rid of him...even if he doesn't feel they are entirely sold on him and want to keep him long term. Probably a pretty accurate read, actually.

With a broken hand.

I see this game and the Cowboys/Pats games as really similar. In both, the superior team failed numerous times to get touchdowns in the red zone, allowing the lesser team to stay in it. Then, at the end, the Cowboys made bad decisions (and won) and the Bills made good decisions (and lost). It happens. In the Pittsburgh game I was so annoyed because on 4th and 1 it was as if they said, "We have Josh Allen and so if we sneak him it'll work 98% of the time.....so let's throw it four yards backwards...they'll NEVER expect that." We had a play that works most of the time, they ran it and the line got blown up and Josh slipped....it happens.

Oh no, I fell for a counterfeit matriculate? I hadn't noticed.

And there it is...

I know it's a night game, but still....Shouldn't there be a call for matriculation by about now?