HappyDays

The pass rush is making the impact we're paying them for. Good to see. That quick pass was forced by the DL.

McKenzie is unfortunately too clumsy to have a primary role in an NFL offense. He does weird crap like that too frequently.

Ugh that is such a flukey play, damn it

Daboll held us back last year. That much is becoming very clear.

Man that is such a beautiful read and throw. We're watching Allen at his peak.

We didn't have an edge rusher remotely capable of a play like that last year. It's going to be the difference this year.

There he is!!

Benford in single coverage against Kupp is a mistake

That's how he calms himself down. He'll be fine.

Wow WAY too easy! I'm loving Dorsey already.

It is possible they plan on running the ball a lot tonight. Shakir didn't look good in run blocking duties in preseason. I wasn't expecting him to get a lot of snaps on offense tonight, if any. Still he is supposedly the starting PR so that part of it makes no sense to me.

How can they keep their listed starting PR inactive? Maybe he suddenly got nicked up in pre-game warmups? Otherwise I don't understand that move at all. It's also very disappointing that we're 3 seasons in to the Tommy Sweeney failed experiment and he is still somehow our #2 TE on gameday. A totally useless player wasting an active gameday spot.

Here's to you losing your bet

Apparently this is Allen's first professional game in his home state of California. I think he's going to light it up tonight.

I trust Allen's opinion on this question more than anyone on the planet. He has said that Dorsey changed the way he saw the game and publicly endorsed him for the job. That's good enough for me.

Oh Highmark.

I have seen Knox make plays in the red zone that only 2-3 other TEs in the NFL could make. It isn't just a matter of opportunity. It's a matter of talent. It isn't a coincidence that in the 2 games he missed - Miami at home and Jacksonville - our offense suddenly got stuck in the mud, after going on a tear in the previous 4 games against Washington, Houston, KC, and Tennessee. We paid him because he became a core player on our offense last year and the drop off from him to a replacement level TE is steep.

Outside of Josh Allen he is our best red zone weapon, by a lot. Last year he scored more TDs than any TE despite missing a couple games, not to mention two TDs in the playoffs. Yards are important but TDs win games. You're overlooking that.

12th in YPG (he missed several games with his broken hand) and 1st in TDs per game. As others have said he is still ascending, so they are paying him for his potential more than his production. But the TD number alone is enough for me to be happy with this deal. Always pay the guys that put points on the board. You can't go wrong with that strategy.

It doesn't matter who runs the offense better now, they need to put Wilson out there ASAP and see if he shows signs of development. Leaving Flacco the starter would be like if the Bills had left Barkley as the starter after we blew out the Jets.

I'm not going to sit here and pretend like I know exactly how they will use Cook. What I know is that this front office and this coaching staff are in lock step. Every roster move they make has a purpose. They tried to sign McKissic, when that failed they drafted Cook. So I know that the coaches have a plan for that style of RB and told the front office to make sure they got one. I'm not expecting them to throw out that plan entirely just because Cook is a below average pass blocker. I think they were in fact very intentional about giving Cook those kinds of reps in preseason instead of giving him the types of reps that he'll be given in real games. They already know he can do his planned role. They were just tinkering to see how he's developed in his weak spots. I don't think that's a sign that he will be inactive.

Not necessarily. Put him out there with Gilliam, or Singletary/Moss. The defense won't know what to expect. More to the point I am expecting the Bills to use him early in games and in obvious passing situations where a hand tip doesn't matter. He can pass block, "get in the way", on quick passing concepts. No way they're going to keep their 2nd round RB inactive because he can't stonewall pass rushers. If they do, the pick was awful to begin with.