BillsFanSD

Has to be Denver, right? You give up all that for a dud QB, and now you're getting kicked around by the Carolinas of the world. Houston is tanking. The Rams have a Lombardi trophy to help them sleep at night. The Packers are at the end of a great run. But Denver? Oh man.

You're bringing some real quality content to the board here. Keep up the good work.

You'd think we were 5-6 with somebody like Simien at QB if you were just scanning this thread.

Very poor decision to throw the ball there with a defender in perfect position to pick it off, but whatever we'll take it.

Apparently even Sauce can't just outright mug a guy.

Easy TD pass for White. There wasn't a defender within three yards of the receiver.

I really like this as a change of pace. It's so nice to have the W in our pocket already. Now we get to enjoy a stress-free Sunday where we can just clown on these other teams.

Brady-Manning. Allen-Mahomes. Those were good times, but the torch has been passed to Peterman-White.

I think I may need to watch this game just to see how the other half of the NFL lives.

I truly don't understand why people expect our defense -- any defense -- to just keep humming along when we are missing half our starters and several depth guys, many of whom are pro bowlers and/or HOFers. Football is a team sport, especially defense.

This you?

I have to admit to having gotten this one wrong. I thought Miami would be a fringe playoff team this year, but not one that would give us any real problems. That was based on me having a comparatively low view of Tua. I'm still not convinced that he's legitimately good, but he's obviously good enough to take advantage of the weapons that the team put around him. I thought this would be the year that New England would just go away. The talent level of their roster is really pretty bad, and Jones is probably not the answer at QB. But as you note, Belichick figures out a way to make this team relevant even when it has no business being relevant. I should have learned that lesson last year, when he got a 5-12 roster into the playoffs somehow. I've really like the last two Jets draft classes, but I thought they were still a year or so away. I actually still kind of stand by this one. They're not as good as their record and we had no business losing to them. If they address the QB position this offseason I see them as a legit playoff team next year, but they don't have a playoff-caliber QB on their roster right now.

At first I was kind of appreciative that you were laying out pros and cons -- everybody has things that they can improve upon, after all. But by any objective standard, McDermott is an very good game day coach. The Bills are one of the best teams in the league on fourth-down decisions, he doesn't waste TOs, doesn't habitually make pointless challenges, and works the clock well. If you want to see bad game day coaching, watch the Broncos or Chargers. Or Lions. There are things that annoy me about McDermott, like his unwillingness to share meaningful information with the media. But IMO he's the best HC the Bills have ever had. He probably would have won at least one SB with Levy's rosters.

How cowardly of you to play this card now that the team is injured and struggling. Where were you during the bye week when we were sitting at 5-1, blowing everybody out, with a pretty firm grip on HFA?

Reaching the super bowl would count as "successful" IMO. That was my expectation back in camp, and it hasn't changed. The injuries just mean that this is likely to be a failed season through no particular fault of anyone. That happens, but let's no sugar-coat it. We're in the process of blowing one of #17's prime years.

Minnesota with a puckered butthole on that series.

There we go Vikings.

Justin Jefferson is just a Press X To Win button.

Not a catch.

Freaking Cousins.

Vikes off to a nice start. Cousins came to play.

I loved being on the winning end of this sort of thing. Honestly, I think Josh Allen has officially passed Thurman for my favorite Bill of all time. So much fun to watch.

Absolutely 100% this. With darn near everybody injured, we needed some studs to step up, and these three guys did.

I'm not sure you're wrong. I can't remember the math exactly, but I made a mental note a couple of weeks ago about how the Vikings missing that PAT probably cost us the game. Not sure this game would have turned out differently, but giving Detroit the opportunity to mis-manage the clock definitely worked out in our benefit.

Yep. Allen and Diggs deserved it, but I would have to go with Oliver over Bass. Probably Milano too.