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ummm... we won

Reprioritizing the run game for the pass game today and finally found success. Allen was fine in what were very windy conditions. Interception seemed to be a miscommunication between Allen and Diggs. Davis should have caught a TD. Halfway through the season at 6-2 and solidly in 1st place. Onto Seattle.

We better win.

Patriots. I don't even need to waste my time looking outside of the division.

I don't agree with this. Neither are the worst. Problem in part has been Moss's lack of availability, poor run blocking, and Covid now striking our TE group.

Gotta say I'm stoked about Diggs and our WR corps this year. HOWEVER We're seeing too many dropped balls from them. Diggs included. That's a catch he needs to make. Another catch he needs to make is that bomb from Allen against the Chiefs in the back of the EZ that should have been a TD. Again. Love our WRs this year. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2020/passing_advanced.htm 16 drops so far this year and as a team Buffalo has the 5th highest drop % in the NFL. That's better than last year when we were the worst, but not good.

Why do you assume he's more likely to finish in the low 60s than the upper 60s where he sits? His last game was nearly 70% and he's only had 1 game with a completion % less than 60%.

Below is actually a pretty good drive by drive breakdown of what happened. Josh was partially to blame in some cases obviously. I'll just post the conclusion https://theathletic.com/2166434/2020/10/28/bills-jets-offense-film/ Individual errors doomed Bills touchdown drives: All-22 film takeaways ... These examples indicate that many of the Bills’ issues are fixable. First, the Bills need to stress to Allen not to leave the pocket prematurely, which was a problem for him earlier in his career. He’ll likely see all of the yards and points left on the field and correct it this week. Second, the Bills need Jon Feliciano to take Boettger’s spot in the lineup. Too often, Boettger was the weakness on the line and caused drives to end prematurely. Even if Feliciano can’t play, the Bills might want to give Ryan Bates a look at left guard or give a spot start to one of their two veteran practice squad linemen, Jordan Devey or Jonotthan Harrison.

I did. I fixed it.

Typo

If a few years from now we've won multiple games against the Patriots, I might then expect to win a game vs. the Patriots. Not now.

It's the Patriots. I never will expect to win those games for a few years and multiple wins.

Sure doesn't seem like it

https://theathletic.com/2157883/2020/10/24/matt-milano-bills-contract?source=user-shared-article Milano seems to be the glue that holds the Bills’ defense together, the straw that stirs the drink. Nobody will admit that publicly, not in an NFL locker room. McDermott and the players don’t want to excuse their lackluster defensive play by pinning it on Milano’s absence in three of the team’s six games this season. Anytime the conversation turns to a player missing time, players and coaches instinctively jump to “next man up.” ... “He does it all for us,” safety Micah Hyde said. Added Tre’Davious White: “When he’s on the field, you have total confidence he can cover the slot receiver, cover the back coming out of the backfield and get into the backfield and make big time plays. Any time you’re missing a guy like that with that type of talent, it’s a huge blow to the team.” And Jordan Poyer: “Matt is one of the best linebackers in the game.” Milano’s absence is providing a glimpse of what life would be like without him flying around the field. Milano, in the final year of his contract, has been an incredible bargain as a fifth-round pick. But he’s the only member of that 2017 draft class who has had to play out the final year of his rookie contract. Both White and Dion Dawkins got new deals before the season started. In August, Milano said he “wouldn’t want to be anywhere else” other than Buffalo but also said he wasn’t focused on a new deal. He figured the business side of football would take care of itself as long as he continued his strong play. ... “Matt knows everybody around the league knows what type of player he is and what caliber player he is,” White said. “He doesn’t have to come in and try to press or do things uncharacteristic to try to prove that he’s this type of player because he’s in a contract year. Everybody around the league already knows what type of player he is when he’s on the field. You already know you’re going to get one of the best outside linebackers in the league. That’s something where everybody in this building is confident in him and he’s confident, too.” Spotrac estimates the market value for Milano’s next contract at four years, $52 million, for an average annual salary of $13 million. That would put Milano in line with the contracts signed by Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson and 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander. ... The Bills, meanwhile, could be tight on cap space. If the NFL salary cap is at the $173 million floor, the Bills would have just under $6 million in space this offseason. Signing Milano would mean the Bills need to shed other contracts. It would also leave less space for re-signing players like Tremaine Edmunds.

I think he's our most important Defensive player... https://theathletic.com/2160660/2020/10/25/bills-jets-jerry-hughes?source=user-shared-article Bills’ third-down revival and Matt Milano’s return are not coincidental So, what was a big reason for their third-down revival? The presence of linebacker Matt Milano sure helped. After a two-week absence, the Bills welcomed Milano back on a pitch count against the Jets. He wasn’t an every-down starter just yet, but there was a clear plan of attack from the coaching staff for Milano to make the Bills a better defense. Milano took only 15 snaps, all coming on third downs, on fourth downs and at the end of each half. He provided excellent run support, and his read on fourth-and-1 helped force the running back wide to get the Jets off the field. He was also solid in coverage, and when asked to, threatened the Jets as a blitzer. The statistics backed up how much better the Bills were when Milano was on the field. The Jets gained 190 yards total. They gained only 16 of those yards when Milano was playing. The Jets tallied, on average, only 1.1 yards per play when the Bills used Milano. While that’s very likely an unsustainable figure, it simply reinforces the point about Milano’s wide-ranging importance to the Bills’ defensive operation. Without him, the Bills are a different team. But he can't stay healthy!!!

https://theathletic.com/2160660/2020/10/25/bills-jets-jerry-hughes?source=user-shared-article Offense’s failure to put the Jets away was a compilation of errors ... Josh Allen will naturally take a lot of criticism because of his position, though once again, I don’t think he was the problem on offense. Allen fulfilled his weekly routine of throwing a handful of inaccurate passes. Those plays always tend to stick out more than some of the successes that help engineer drives. While he needs to be more careful on those pass attempts, including an interception-worthy throw to the end zone, he avoided the truly baffling decision that is an easy play for the defense. During the rest of the game, Allen and the passing offense picked apart the Jets’ soft zone coverage. Just as they were in Week 1, the Jets were insistent on not allowing the Bills to beat them deep. And like the first meeting, Allen locked on his underneath targets and defeated the Jets with a ton of short throws with opportunity for yards after the catch. The only difference this time was that the Bills didn’t convert for a touchdown. Think of all the missteps throughout the game. On the second drive, Allen and Reggie Gilliam set up the Bills with a first-and-goal opportunity with a 15-yard reception. On first down, the Bills took a holding penalty. On second down, they took an illegal man downfield penalty. With the Bills backed up, Daryl Williams conceded a quick pressure around the edge and Allen lost the ball on a strip-sack. Later in the game, the Bills were moving the ball easily in the second half, but then offensive coordinator Brian Daboll went to the quick pass to Isaiah McKenzie one too many times. The Jets were ready for it and dropped McKenzie for an 11-yard loss on first down, and it completely ruined the drive. The Bills had a touchdown nullified because of an illegal formation penalty in a later drive. On a different one, Allen read the bust in coverage and put an on-point throw to Tyler Kroft with a clear path to the end zone, only for the tight end to trip himself up and fall well before the end zone. Those are four separate drives that should have resulted in more than a field goal, and yet the Bills couldn’t get out of their way. That’s 22 points not scored because of all of their errors.

Don't need much of an excuse for him. He played a good game. No INTs. Over 300 yards passing. Almost 8 YPA. One TD wiped out by a pre snap questionable formation penalty. Apparently we need greatness every week now. Last week Aaron Rodgers threw 2 INTs, no TDs for a 45.7% completion % last week. Shame on him.

You seem to like football on paper rather than watching actual games played. You said "injuries aside," which is pretty convenient for your apocalyptic perspective. But the fact remains that you can't put those injuries aside. They were part of the equation on top of the Jets getting their rookie WR back and a new offensive play caller and a 2 week "zone defense blueprint on how to defeat Josh Allen." This week Allen managed to overcome being without his starting Guard, his TEs, and the WR he has probably the most longstanding trust in. On top of that our D was clearly playing with half a Milano and without 2 of its 3 top CBS. But we won. You take it, get healthy, and move on happily with the W to the next game. That's the NFL, not your game played on paper.

How old are you? You must be a brand new Bills fan. Welcome, but understand that you will ALWAYS take a W for the team you're rooting for and move on to the next week because unlike almost any sport, the NFL is a week to week league.

Calm down. First of all you can never underestimate the impact of divisional rivalries. Second of all, Allen was playing without John Brown, all but 1 of his TEs and his starting Guard. It wasn’t especially pretty but it was a road divisional W. That's important. In the 2nd half I really think you're undervaluing something: Allen looks like he started figuring out the zone D. Say what you want about the Jets, but Gregg Williams is a darn good D coordinator and you can bet he saw Allen against the zone D against Tennessee and Kansas City. That's super encouraging considering he's about to go up against Belichick. Besides, if Kroft can keep his footing and Davis doesn't have a stupid pre-snap formation penalty, Allen has 350+ yards passing and a couple of TDs to boot. Who cares about the F'in spread other than people focused on making money on NFL games rather than focused on their own team?

Davis is right there... just gotta get him over the hump.

There were rough patches in this game for sure, but at a certain point it looked like a light bulb came on in terms of playing against the zone defense, which is how it seems opposing Ds will play us from now on. I really think we miss John Brown in this offense. Patriots, Seahawks and Cardinals in a tough 3 game stretch before our bye.

Update the title: https://theathletic.com/2157936/2020/10/23/antonio-brown-are-bucs-new-super-bowl-favorites-or-is-move-unnecessary-risk?source=user-shared-article Antonio Brown finally has a new team. A year after we last saw the four-time first-team All-Pro wideout on the field, Brown agreed to a one-year deal with Tampa Bay on Friday. The agreement reunites him with quarterback Tom Brady, with whom Brown played one game for New England last season.