GunnerBill

I am not excusing it and the bad McDuffie call was an easy makeup call. That it still a brutal DPI to miss in the endzone inside 4 minutes. And I am the LAST guy to buy into the "its an officiating conspiracy" narrative. But that was a shockingly bad no call.

I'm not sure they are tinkering I just think this is who they are right now. They are a small ball offense that needs to win running the ball and throwing short for many of the same reasons as the Bills offense. And that is going to let teams hang around which means their defense will need to win them some games. Their defense can win them those games, and as long as Rice continues producing while Pacheco is out and Kelce is not quite himself they have just enough to get it done offensively. But I don't seem much sign that they could just turn the explosion on if they wanted to at this stage. Maybe if they can develop Worthy as the season goes along that will change but at the moment this is how they gotta play.

Those 2 play calls, while I agree bad, in a week 3 game are not defining the career of a coach. That is an overreaction.

For sure. But looking at two play calls in one game and concluding the HC is a problem? Big overreaction IMO.

We kinda had this conversation about the Bills the other day but the way KC are now playing they are not gonna blow a ton of teams out they are going to drag themselves into a lot of these games that go right to the end. It lets teams hang around with you in a way go back 2 or 3 years they didn't do. But ultimately they keep pulling them out.

They did run two bad plays, but that does not even come close to excusing the call.

Really? I hated the last two play calls - if you are running on 3rd down run it wil Bijan not Allgeirs and then a 4th down play that asks Allgeirs to make the key block is dumb (no surprise he whiffed). But overall I don't think Morris was the problem (albeit I haven't seen the whole game) and week 1 was all about Kirk being rusty as hell.

The first photo isn't from last week. They played the Bengals last week but I know the play from that game that you intended and it most definitely was PI. But so was the 2nd photo. Complete blown call. No idea how that isn't flagged.

Agree except the last bit. Collinsworth is fine.

The game management at the end was brutal.

I don't know if I'd quite go as far as "gem" but they have definitely found another guy as an UDFA who is good depth and can play in the league. Where his ceiling lies remains tbc.

For sure. The Bills did impact his failure to see him. But no question was a busted coverage.

Yea the Bills blitzed and the blitzer ended up right in Murray's eyeline as it pertains to seeing Harrison. That isn't to say the Bills are entirely responsible for him not seeing him, but they certainly contributed to it.

Yea once Mike Brown dies the Bengals are rip for moving IMO. The Chargers probably aren't in LA for good but who knows where they end up. My instinct on KC is they stay put but which state that ends up I'm less sure

Yea, I agree but he only lasted 2 games into 2016 though so McDermott couldn't have "kept him."

I don't really think that was a shootout. The Bills got the double dip and the Cardinals basically couldn't move the ball after that. The kick return touchdown made the game seem closer than it was. I mean a game where they come out 2nd half knowing they basically have to score every possession because the defense is gonna have a tough job getting stops. I agree Houston is where we might see that test come.

MVS was NEVER on the roster bubble. Despite what fans might have wanted or might have thought. They wanted his deep threat and his vet presence in the room.

I know someone who played for Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United team pretty well. He wasn't a star in the side but played plenty of games and he always said to me the joy of winning was dwarfed by what he called the "mourning of defeat." He said they could win 10 in a row and then lose one and the one had more impact on his emotional state than the 10. That is the life a lot of pro athletes lead. Especially those playing for teams where the absolute expectation is winning. I found it myself at a lower level too. When I was a semi pro soccer coach I made my reputation by overachieving for 3 years with a team that had low expectations. There the joy of wins outstripped everything else. I then had two years at a place where the expectations were much higher and I found winning stopped being so much fun and losing on a Saturday could ruin my week. It is hard to explain the mental toll that takes after a time.

This is completely why Tom and Bill worked. They were both relentless to the point of exhausting others around them.

I am not persuaded yet that Ingram would go in as CB3 outside if Benford or Douglas came out. Although the plays he is making inside in nickel and dime looks are not hurting his case.

Its who Tom is. But it also made him the GOAT.

It has been a constant issue. The Bills have consistently tried to develop a zone run game out of shotgun. But it's really ***** difficult to do. It is what cause Peyton Manning and Gary Kubiak to fall out. Manning wanted to be in the gun and didnt like passing from under center, Kubiak's run game was predicated on being under. It has made us a bit more predictable in that sense. The good news is our success rate running against heavy boxes is still well above average. But does bear watching.

Their defense looks better this year. It is just that their offense looks terrible and their QB might be a moron.

Milano wasn't Beane. Benford has been lights out so far this year. He has been our best player not name Josh Allen through 2 weeks of this season.

The key is keep the conventional run game in check. That playoff game the running backs had 20 carries for 82 yards. 4.2 a clip with a long of 13 yards. That is going to mean plenty of second and third and medium to longs. When we won there in 2022 it was 21 carries for 86 yards at 4.1 a clip. If you can do that and not let the conventional run game beat you then sure, Lamar will escape on a few 3rd downs and pick them up with his legs but there will be enough obvious passing 3rd downs where he can't escape and they can't freeze the linebackers with RPO / play action and Lamar just has to read the full field and throw. And if you can make him do that 8 or 9 times a game you will beat him.