Sammy Watkins' Rib

I agree OP. His excellence will either smack us in the face immediately like when Dak or Watson came in, or we really won't know with such a small sample size. If he can play well enough as at least a positive contributor for the most part and lead us to the playoffs (4-3 finish or better) I think he could possibly go in to next year as the number one without us drafting a QB with a first round pick.

LOL. And the poster "thinks" he was drafted by the Chargers but never got a chance to start for them.

I think we lose another close game in LA where Taylor fails to move the offense consistently again for the third straight week. We make the switch to Peterman and shock the world at Arrowhead. The rest is history.

Even the first Miami game is so far out still it's impossible to predict what either team will look like going into that game. Right now both teams look like dog poo.

OP is right though. Forget 'mathematically' alive. Even after these two embarrassing losses we are still in the 6th seed. Even if Miami wins tomorrow, which seems unlikely, I believe we would still be in the 6th seed too with a better conference record. It all just underscores how bad the AFC is this year from #6 on down. All that said, I don't see how we beat the Chargers either.

Why wouldn't he be frustrated though? Any QB should be frustrated playing like that. As far the comments he made, I don't see an issue with them.

Even if Dareus were here how is the offense going to score enough to win the last two games? 3 points today before garbage time. 7 points against the Jets before garbage time. Even if Dareus would have made a positive impact on defense, no way it would have been enough to get us close to a win in these last two games.

Any of those guys but Allen and I'd be happy. If Darnold does come out that would make it four legit prospects and I'd love to have either one of them.

For the sanity of us all, we need this one bad.

Yeah, our best win on the year is probably vs. Oakland actually. They are still a decent team. If Carr doesn't go down with an injury they possibly win both those games they lost to the Ravens and Broncos. I agree that we are pretenders for now. A win this week or vs. the Chargers could change my mind. But the good news is, when it comes to the sixth wild card spot and possibly even the 5th depending on how Jacksonville and Tennessee play from here on out, who is a contender for those spots? Someone is going to have to get it. Would just be nice if we actually went 11-5 rather than stumble backwards into a wild card at 9-7.

Too early to say must win. But it would go a long way in helping us out. For the Chargers, I do see them beating Jacksonville this week. And if they beat us the following week that gets them back to .500 and winners of five of their last six games. They have a tough slate still with @ Dallas, Vs. Reskins @Cheifs @ Jets and Vs. Raiders but they would only need to go 2-3 in those games to get to 9-7 and hold a head to head tiebreaker over us. Now if they lose this week to Jacksonville, the Chargers season is pretty much over.

This is how I see it too. Oakland has the talent on offense to make a run. If Carr doesn't miss a game and half they possibly win both those games he missed. The Dolphins are not great but they are also currently 4-4 while all the other teams behind us are 4-5 or worse. Chargers are a pretty well rounded team I think. Decent defense and a good enough offense. I would put my money on one of those three teams competing for the final wild card.

I don't disagree that they could be in the mix, but honestly 10-6 for them is a pipe dream. They are not a good enough team to finish the season 6-1 which is what they would have to do to finish 10-6. Finishing 5-2 would be difficult enough for them. Pretty much all teams behind us have to finish 5-2 just to get to 9-7. And they have to finish 6-1 to get to 10-6. There are four or five teams behind us, odds are one will go on a run like that, but two or more teams going on a 5-2 or 6-1 run is not likely.

The Chargers game has had loss written all over it for weeks now IMO. That was well before the Jets debacle on the road. I feel much better going against the Saints this week.

That would make us 11-5. Currently the wild cards are on pace for 10-6. 11-5 could win us the division depending on if two of those six wins come against the Pats.

Does this guy cover TE's and #4 wide receivers. Plus we are not much of a passing team anyways. If we were the Raiders or Lions I'd be concerned.

Only the ones that didn't win this week. That is always how it works. The most recent game is always magnified. Trust me, Bills win next week and it's get ready for the playoffs around here.

Yeah, they've only managed to do that twice in their last two home games with that same putrid offense. No way it happens.

LOL. It's fun watching them suck now.

This is actually one of the good things that has carried over from the Rex era. I think it has more to do with Taylor and McCoy though. The Everett game was my first ever Bills game. Flew out from California.

This has definitely been true this season. However, we had far too many penalties in this last game. But overall, the penalties and dumb mistakes are way down compared to the prior two seasons.

Finally Zay puts together an efficient game. As others have said, hopefully his past struggles can now be a thing of the past and he can build on this.

Because right now, through 7 games we are playing for a first round bye. Not just the wild card.

If Denver wins tonight they are only one game back in the loss column and hold the first half of the tiebreaker over K.C. with the final match-up between the two to be played in Denver. And the Chargers would only be two games back. Chargers are a much better team than their current record IMO.

Agreed. Between, New England, K.C. and Pittsburgh the the two places I wouldn't want to have to play at would be K.C. and Pittsburgh. Of course if we are playing at New England that means they won the division. Which also means we would likely also have to play at either K.C. or Pittsburgh in the wild card.