HappyDays

Yes I said in the live game thread he proved me wrong and made several great plays today. I suspect Taron will miss some time but after Lewis' performance today I'm not as concerned as I would have thought.

Yeah the commentators didn't analyze that play properly. He saw Budda with leverage towards Samuel and wanted no part of that throw. I don't have an issue with the turndown. I have an issue that his inner clock didn't tell him it was time to get out of there or get rid of the ball. But whatever, it's the first offensive drive of week 1.

Absolutely hilarious watching Baker Mayfield completely turn his career around while his replacement the massage weirdo plays at barely backup level.

I'm concerned about the offense because I'm concerned about the defense. It's what I've been saying all year. As a team we are going to have very little margin for error and much like today we are probably going to be drawn into a lot of quasi-shootouts. To win shootouts consistently you need a dominant offense. Solid first game but I didn't see anything that makes me think we have enough playmakers on offense to dominate like that. Of course when Allen puts the team on his back as much as he did today we are still going to score points.

Laughed out loud watching that one on RedZone. How do you not even give your receiver a chance? Just ate the sack. I guess he gets his $200 million from Jimmy Haslam either way.

The Chargers predictably marched down the field with zero resistance and scored a TD.

We have an offense full of role players but nobody that can take over games or command extra attention. That's what I thought they were all offseason and that's what they were today.

Raiders had 4th and 1 at the opposite 43, down 6 with 7 minutes left, and elected to punt... I thought head coaches like that were left in the previous decade but I guess Antonio Pierce is the lone holdover. What a loser.

Yes this was the most positive thing to take away from the pass catchers today. And there were a couple tough catches from Coleman and Shakir so it wasn't all gimmes. Although I want another look at the missed pass at Knox, in real time it looked like he got his hands on it and should have made the tough catch but they didn’t show a replay.

Uh this is not the game to be bringing up receipts about the play of the WRs. Most of the time when Allen was looking downfield he couldn't find anyone. Shakir showed he can make tough plays and has excellent YAC skills but he isn't a consistent target. The TEs barely showed up. Samuel was a non-factor. The most impressive pass catcher of the day was the rookie. I come away from this game with the same concerns I've had all offseason - we will need a near perfect offense to make up for the many deficiencies on defense, and I don't trust the supporting cast to be capable of doing that consistently. BTW the Cardinals have a poor defense so it is only going to get harder.

There's no argument lol

Brady did about as well as I expected, which is to say he was fine. No more, no less. I saw nothing from our offense today that makes me think he is close to a top 10 play caller. As usual it's going to fall on Josh to carry the offense. Teams are going to run blitz us and dare our pass catchers to get open.

Yep he's our #1 WR. All the offseason talk was about slots and TEs, but ultimately Josh Allen's offense will always run through the boundary.

I wonder if Allen's hand made them play conservative there. The final pass we saw from him skipped off the turf and it was all runs the rest of the way. I know it's his off-hand but it still effects his mechanics to some degree. Hopefully it isn't a major problem moving forward.

I won't lie, I'm terrified of our LBs and safeties versus their offense. They were mostly terrible today and the difficulty is only going up on Thursday.

His offenses have always been bottom of the league bad, except for those few years where he was lucky enough to be coaching Josh Allen in his prime.

I'll be the one to say it - what he did on the field was more impressive than what Worthy did on the field. Still not expecting him to be a dominant force or anything like that this year but you can see the raw skills that made him a good pick at that spot. Drawing two flags should count in his favor as well.

Allen Shakir Rousseau Lewis

Two UB corners were our best secondary players of this game. Unbelievable

Wow I have no idea what the Cardinals are thinking there. What a gift

Wtf is wrong with this team??

Way too conservative play calling there. Even if Bass makes this it's on the D to stop a TD drive

Would have liked PA on 2nd down there

No flag?? These officials are awful

Please just kick it out every time!! Why is McDermott obsessed with trying to get like a 2 yard net difference. I'm sorry but his coaching has been brutal in this game.