GunnerBill

I agree he was slow to adjust. But the Bills ran into some stacked boxes first half and churned yards out of it. I think the play calling on those two lost drives in the 3rd quarter could definitely have been better, but I don't think it was as bad as some think. And the one which I thought was a really dumb call - the tight end screen to Knox - watching back was a clear audible. Yep. Some of that was design but not all of it.

Agreed. It was a problem at the end if last year too and the Bills didn't address it sufficiently in the offseason. Cooper has helped a bit, but they seem to have got away from him. It's a credit to Josh and Joe that the offense has been as productive as it has given that limitation.

They did have deep shots called. They had two hard play actions in the third quarter that Josh came off and checked down to a back. Did they maybe come out still wanting to run a bit too much? Maybe. They had run it so well first half though I can see why they wanted to stick with it. But they did call plays to get the ball downfield. Josh came off deep shots and dumped off and he checked into screens.... I think you have to give Baltimore's defense credit and you have to ask questions of our receivers' ability to separate downfield.

They are published on this website. I always put my stuff out there and I am always happy to be shot down if I am wrong. Vrabel to the Pats and Johnson to the Bears were both in my thread the day after black Monday. It's linked above. No. I am banking on their talent. And Goff is better than you think. He didn't even take an interview there. He did interview in the end with the Raiders and Jags but for me he was only ever taking New England or Chicago.

We got two bad spots. At the 2 instead of the 1 and then they marked Josh back another half yard after the 3rd down stop. Could have tush pushed anyway on 3rd and 2 but I'd have had to be inside 6 inches to do it on 4th down.

He isn't Josh Allen but he is better than he gets credit for. That team is too talented to be doomed. Would I be surprised if they went 10-7 next year? No. But they are not gonna be 6-11 or something like that. They are too well built, have too many good players. If I could have a do-over I'd change the Saints to McCarthy. I didn't know he'd be available at the time. Cowboys weren't on my list but they will flirt with Sanders and hire Kellen Moore.

Anything short of 51-3 is failure, right?

That offense had Sewell and St Brown as rookies but didn't have Gibbs, or LaPorta or Williams. And Goff had only just got there. Sure, a bad coaching hire can hurt a unit: See Dorsey, Kenneth. But as long as they don't hire a dud they will keep rolling. Might not be quite as good as now but way too talented to stink. Brady did not in the event interview with the Jets. He took 3 interviews: Jacksonville, Chicago, New Orleans.

No. But it should have been a much easier one.

That is exactly what I'd say.

Firing any of those guys should land you in the dumb bucket.

You know what you do? Nothing. You go back. You try and improve your roster the same way you always do, the players turn up in April and you start install again. Only one team each year wins the Superbowl. Because we have seen two dynasties back to back in New England and Kansas City I think people have got a warped sense of what is reasonable to expect. Baltimore are an excellent team. A Superbowl calibre team. But so are the Bills. At least one of them wasn't going to win it. The same will happen next Sunday. One team capable of winning a Superbowl and in view of the top of the mountain will lose and slide all the way back down to base camp and prepare in April to start again. These games come down to wafer thin margins. It doesn't mean something is wrong because you don't hoist the Lombardi.

I think their initial gameplan was average to be honest. The Bills had a better plan. They made great adjustments, no question, and I wouldn't say Harbaugh was the reason they lost at all. But I felt like they were outcoached in that first half. Even take the turnovers away they had too many negative plays on offense and really invited the Bills to run on defense despite watching them maul the Broncos on the ground. They fixed it up at half time, but in the first half they lost the strategy battle.

You don't fire a coach as good as John Harbaugh. It would be utter lunacy.

Odd job to take. Not a lot of talent and a HC and GM on the hotseat.

No, I wouldn't. But I am not ready to say the window is shut on a team that talented returning all their key players. Is losing two good coordinators a blow? Definitely. But not a knockout punch.

He should have caught the ball. But the throw made it as hard as can be for what should be a walk in touchdown. Simms is 100% right.

Roster wise they are gonna return a ton of guys though.

I'm 2/2 on predictions so far.

One thing for certain, I am FAR more confident than last time we went there in an AFC championship Game in 2020. At that time I still felt we were a level below Kansas City in terms of talent but also in terms of Josh's maturity and the overall experience and mentality of our team. This time this Bills team is battle hardened and experienced. It has been on the field with these guys and gone toe to toe with them, beaten them, lost close games to them, there is no inferiority complex when we take the field on Sunday which there was in 2020. We are going to have to play a great game to win, no question. But the Bills are ready for this. I just hope and pray it's finally out turn to get one. Crikey, no!

He is correct. Exactly what I have been saying. It is late and behind. Makes an easy throw as hard as it can possibly be.

The first line had rushed hard before the great play by Lamar they tried to rotate to get fresh bodies in and got caught in a substitution look that they probably would admit wasn't ideal. But what do you do? Keep guys in who are worn down or go to fresh legs even if they are your backups? The best players weren't out because they were cold they were out because they had rushed their assess off chasing Lamar trying to stop the drive at source.

No I am not saying that. I am saying the throw unnecessarily increased the degree of difficulty. Of course Andrews should catch it. But the ball should have been placed better.

I listen to it in podcast form a day late on my commute to the office on the London underground. So today's show will be tomorrow morning for me. The presenters are meh, the callers are hilariously bad.

He has definitely taken a step back this year. I think Knox has pretty comprehensively outplayed him in 2024.