GunnerBill

Three main factors for me: 1. The injuries to the second level. Missing Bernard, Johnson and Milano is definitely a significant factor. I know two of them were back last night but as they get back into the groove that should help. 2. We are playing less split safety and more two high because we are worried about leaving ANY of our safeties isolated in center field. The days when if you started to get gashed you immediately put Hyde or, normally, Poyer into the box and went single high are gone. They don't trust these guys in single high, takes one more man away in run defense. 3. Daquan Jones is really struggling. When the wall comes from big guys it comes quick. Looks like it hit him like a truck this offseason. Oliver missing the last two doesn't help either. But they NEED a 1T upgrade next year. I was always against the Jones extension at his age.

But we rusher two on two consecutive plays. If they'd played defense on both plays no guarantee at all that he gets them into FG range.

I didn't like rushing 2 on the Hail Mary. I'd have rushed 4 - though worth saying we rushed 4 on the Hail Murray and got stung. But I'd have rushed 4. That said I understood what they were trying to do on the Hail Mary. Where they were trying to give themselves maximum cover guys to play the HM and the sideline at the same time. Wasn't what I'd have done but understood it to an extent then you just gotta execute better. Lazard beat all the Bills to the prime spot. The less excusable play was the play before where they also rushed 2 when the Jets had a timeout left and gave them an easy 15 yards. That made no sense to me. Just play your normal defense there. Okay move the safeties back 10 yards if you wish, but otherwise just play defense. Not sure what that plan was designed to defend?

And yet again last night he is struggling running clearouts to open other things up. Has been an issue for him all year. He has to be a lot better on plays where he isn't getting the ball as well as those where he is.

That might (I'm not convinced but might) be true of the US viewership but their international viewership is continuing to grow. The 2023 season was the best season yet in terms of TV numbers in the UK and the main NFL broadcaster has for the first time this year bought the rights to college football too given the numbers the NFL is doing for them. I know that doesn't go to NFL profit lines, but it is further evidence that UK broadcasters are pretty confident American Football is a winner for them - any the UK isn't unique, their international markets are growing. So until domestic viewership really drops off I think some of those markets will pick up the slack. And a point @Mr. WEO has made in the past that is relevant here as well is that unless the drop off in viewers from the NFL is disproportionate compared to the drop off in viewers in other forms of linear television (and it isn't, not even close) it will remain the best place for advertisers to get eyeballs and so the revenue stream remains strong. In a game that certainly wasn't "dirty" or even that testy for the most part. There was a point in the second half where everything felt like a flag.

I wouldn't worry. Churchill was drunk most of the time anyway. If he wasn't drunk he was sleeping off a hangover.

He was inactive the first three weeks with an injury picked up late in camp. He is doing a ton for them in Oliver's absence playing some interior as well as on the edge. Been a good depth piece FA pick up.

Yep real ticky tacky call.

Or safety. Or edge rusher. This is my answer as well. Win the East but early playoff exit. If they win a wildcard game that is probably the maximum potential of this group.

Yea they weren't biaised. Just useless. "The arm was coming forward even if the ball was going backwards" was the explanation from ESPN's "rules analyst". Can I just say as bad as the refs were - Buck and Aikman were worse. Thank God they are cast into the MNF backwater nowadays. Awful announcers.

Yea it isn't Josh's fault (or Brady's for that matter) that the offense doesn't have what it needs at receiver. It was frankly bordering on negiligence from Beane to think this group might be sufficient to get it done. It will look ugly at times this year but we are finding ways to move the ball.

I'm pretty sure the XP was good but agree on the rest. The other one that was an AWFUL call even if offset by a Jets penalty was the DPI they called early on Benford on the deep pass down the middle to Wilson. Benford played that as well as you can play it, timed it to perfection, got his hand in between Wilson's hands and affected his ability to catch the ball without fouling him. That was a horrible call. Luckily it was negated but seriously WTF were they looking at?

Throw out the first half at Houston last week (everyone is allowed a mulligan) and I think Josh has been terrific this season. The volume stats might not knock your eyes out but the decision making to move THIS offense with this talent around him, yea really impressive.

I said it before the game to @Chaos. I still have hope he is not fully healthy but its blind hope right now. Not got much evidence to support it.

Yea it went over the top of the upright which they generally allow.

Shakir wasn't moving well to me. Think he was toughing it out a bit to play. Hence the pitch count. Samuel just looks really bad to me. He looks slooooow. And while the throw in the endzone he started in the backfield he showed the leverage and body control issues he has outside when the throw went to him.

Josh and Davis. That's it. Josh Allen was literally about 95% of the reason we won tonight.

Touchdown. Unbelievable. That was some really bizarre defensive playcalling

Does a great job working back to Josh. Really good from Knox and Allen.

Touchdown Knox!!

That was a fumble as well. OCT with the save

I'd get Josh on the move here.

You have to try and score here now. The clock is secondary.

If Kincaid doesn't fall over he can score there. Josh needed to take a bit off it.

Samuel crikey.