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If Allen and Singletary are out, okay. If they're in and still lose to the Titans, I'd lean towards the "same ol' Bills" notion. After 4 games, the Titans look like an okay team. It's one of the games the Bills should win. The Bills' schedule is just as easy, but I get what you're saying. They're the Champs. It's kinda like Alabama getting a bunch of easy matchups every year.

If Allen and Singletary play, I'm very confident they will. I have confidence in Barkley, but he's a backup in every sense of the word. I've watched every Titans game and they don't impress me overall. There are plenty of weaknesses for the Bills to exploit.

The BIlls suffered their first loss of the season, but remain 1 game ahead of the rest of the conference. Let’s take a look at the conference as a whole. AFC Standings Which 2-2 teams are going to separate themselves from the pack? Playoff Contenders: The top 6 teams. The cream of the crop. Chiefs Pats Ravens Titans Bills Chargers Both the Chiefs and Pats found themselves in trouble on Sunday, but were able to eek out wins. Against the Chiefs the Lions came out swinging (literally throwing punches to cause numerous fumbles), but just weren’t able to match the talent of the Chiefs, who showcase some awesome offensive play design at times. Mahomes is on pace for 6,040 yards and 40 TDs. In that offense anyone can make a play at any time. At one point third string TE Deon Yelder caught two consecutive passes for 50+ yards combined. Very Pats-like. In the 4th quarter, Kelce caught a pass while getting tackled and flipped the ball to McCoy, who gained another 15ish yards. Very rarely do you see an impromptu lateral like that. The Pats got lucky in Orchard Park. A number of crucial calls went their way, like the Gilmore PI that would’ve given the Bills 1st and goal. Instead, the refs waved off the flag without any explanation and the Bills were faced with 3rd and long. ?It was a catchable ball. There’s just no reason to overturn that. The ref saw the clear facemask and threw the flag. McDermott was visibly upset at the ref and you could lip-read him yelling "you threw the flag!!" Then he clapped 3 times and returned his attention to the field. Anyways...I think the Pats’ defense showed that they’re susceptible to the run. Gore was the only Bills runner besides Josh Allen and he averaged 6.4 ypc. Expect the Pats to clean that up by the time the Bills meet them again. Don’t look now, but the Ravens have lost 2 in a row, while the Browns and Steelers registered wins on Sunday. Their hold on the AFC North is in jeopardy. The Ravens defense was gashed by Chubb and the offense turned it over too many times. Despite the INTs, Lamar Jackson still looked pretty good. The Ravens don’t need to panic, but they need to refocus with games against the Steelers, Bengals, and Seahawks coming up before the bye week. The Titans looked good in their win over the Falcons. They simply brought an intensity that the Falcons couldn’t match. Has Dan Quinn lost the team? You’d think the Falcons would show more fire when playing at home in the beautiful Mercedes Benz Stadium. Derrick Henry and AJ Brown embody their team’s namesake. Absolute beasts. That said, they can be shut down. Marcus Mariota ain’t anything special. They’ve faced some decent defenses so far, but nothing like the Bills. Buffalo’s defense can likely contain Henry and limit big plays from Brown. They’ll force the supporting cast to make plays and that doesn’t bode well for Tennessee. The Bills’ offense just needs to limit mistakes and they’ll likely do enough to win the game. The Titans defense is no push-over. However, they’ve given up a disappointing 4.6 yards per rush to go with 7 yards per pass. They’ve only allowed 16 points per game, but I think 16 points will be enough for the Bills to win this week. I’ve watched the Bills game 3 times and each viewing was equally frustrating. Most of the frustration comes from Allen’s poor performance and the missed calls/non-calls. The silver lining is that the Bills could’ve easily won this game. They weren’t outclassed by the Pats to any degree. Belichick did not out-coach McDermott. McDermott’s contempt for the officiating crew was displayed on multiple occasions and he was justifiably angry in the post game presser. There’s no time to dwell on it, though. They have to just learn from it. The Bills’ offense was the first to score a TD against the Pats this year. I’m so happy for Frank Gore getting to 15,000 yards. He’s everything you want in a RB and professional football player. It’s gonna be a sad day when he hangs up the helmet, but his career will be celebrated forever. Let’s continue the conversation on Dawson Knox, shall we? He is 2nd in receiving yards among rookie TEs (after being the 8th drafted), 22 yards behind Hockenson, but with only 8 receptions. That catch over Chung was amazing. Maybe they’ll start featuring him in the offense more. Defense, defense, defense. They looked like the best in the league this week as they stifled the Pats’ entire offense. It was really nice to see Tremaine Edmunds up his intensity in this game. Anyone complaining about his run defense had to be happy with what they saw on Sunday. He was decisive and explosive. Towards the end he almost grabbed Brady’s pass for a pick 6. I would’ve lost my mind if that had happened. Silver lining continued: the Bills still have one of the easiest schedules over the next two months. Titans, Dolphins, Eagles, Redskins, Browns, Dolphins, and Broncos. They need to win at least 5 of those. That will make this Pats loss as meaningless as possible. The Bills might be the top AFC wildcard contender at this point and they need to keep it that way. They just can’t lose focus. Do your 1/11th and take care of business. 2nd place in the AFC West is wide open and the Chargers drew the league’s most favorable matchup this week (Miami Dolphins). Miami’s stadium was half empty. Pathetic. Rosen made some solid throws, so maybe there’s still hope there. Miami looked strong in the first half and the Chargers looked like the Chargers: the league’s most talented underperformers. However, the Chargers took care of business in the second half. The Broncos already look finished and the Raiders suffered a big loss with the Burfict suspension (in terms of on-field performance, at least). The Chargers may have a clear road to 2nd place in their division, but I’m not sure that they’re strong Wildcard contenders yet. The Texans, Jaguars, Colts, Raiders, and Browns all look like good Wildcard contenders after this week. Now we even have to keep an eye on the Steelers, considering their solid performance against the Bengals (granted, it’s the Bungles). Let’s see how they look against the Ravens and Chargers the next two weeks. Who’s going to separate themselves from the pack? My money is on the Colts right now. They have the Chiefs before the bye week, but then some decent matchups against the Texans, Broncos, Steelers, and Dolphins. That’s probably the easiest run of games among this muddied group of AFC hopefuls. That’s all. Thanks for reading.

Allen also threw a couple off his back foot. Not kinda leaning back, but while striding backwards. We saw him stand tall in a muddied pocket for the last 3 weeks, but today he wouldn't for some reason. It was a little frustrating. If he had just kept his cool for a split second more he could've made a better throw. I'll need to watch it closer on the Game Pass.

As long as there is a rebound, I'll be fine. The Bills have to put another string of wins together before the schedule gets tougher. If they don't beat the Titans, I'll be worried. They weren't outclassed by the Pats today, which is a good thing. It was a tough loss where some things didn't go their way.

That's exactly what this is... Except calling them crybabies while handing out the trophy ?

I'm inclined to agree. "Terrible" is a strong word, but I do think others should be starting over him.

Yes, I'd say the loss is mostly on him. Gotta go back and watch the tape....

You're baiting them, though, by calling them a derogatory name. The intention of the thread is fine, but the execution is not in line with how a moderator should act. IMO

That's what I'm struggling to understand. Why is contact needed when the action is obviously intentional and takes the defender out of the play illegally

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Oh, good... They finally made up for it. Justice has been served...

You think he's gotten a whiff of the truth?

And who even knows what alien farts are comprised of....

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How do they know exactly who's buying and who they're buying for... credit card info? It seems likely just from a common sense perspective, though. Blacked-out stuff is cool and bad-ass when you're young, but then you grow out of it....generally speaking. It's odd when teams completely change colors like that. Actually, I can't think of any NFL team that has done that since the merger. I can think of a few NBA teams.

I do too. It's like a rush of color. Like you're accelerating on a motorcycle, but instead of a motorcycle it's your eyes and instead of moving your looking at color.

If it's in mason jars, it must be good!

This feels like a wasted opportunity, tbh

This feels like a good time to bring up Christian Wade. Remember him? He's super good.

Not for me... They should go back to red helmets and update the logo, though

Meh...the Giants marched right down the field and scored. Look what happened.

That is a clever answer "Less than zero"

You pick the home team? Only 9% picked the Eagles

Yeah, but you're grandma's 6'2, 250