harmonkillebrew

There goes our season. My professional drive and performance took a serious dip after the first child. I'm still recovering. That said, it took a few months to kick in, so maybe we can get past the playoffs....! but next training camp/season will be rough

Seriously. All the capital we've spent on rotational D Linemen over the years.... shouldn't these young guys be able to play a whole game? Share that draft/FA capital on other position groups (like WR)

obviously Cook and Allen. Kincaid Dawkins Ed Bosa Benford Bishop

I agree. I'm pretty satisfied with McD's job this year and overall growth as a HC. He used to be pretty bad at game management and not aggressive enough, but most of that has changed. He saw the way the D couldn't stop Burrow and was really aggressive early on, in turn. He went for the jugular on that 4th down throw to Hawes. I think he's solid. I think the OC and DC let him down sometimes and I think Beane hasn't hit on personnel. But McD is not our issue.

Josh saw that, as did Shakir and he snuck it right behind his back. amazing improvised version of the back shoulder

Tre, Poyer and Phillips all stepping it up late in the season. Grizzled vets and all-time Bills. Surprised Shaq Lawson wasn't out there yesterday.

I said something along these lines earlier - Beane prioritizes depth and seems to think that as long as you stay competitive year in and year out that the balls will bounce your way once and you win a SB. I'm not sure that's the case, but we'll see. I think having a few game changers on both sides that make critical clutch plays is how you win in the playoffs. Hopefully Benford, Bosa and others can step up to give us that on the D

Think Bishop was injured and Hancock was in, perhaps led to some of those

Bills D has a way of making bad running teams look good. I'm a little worried we play 2 high, nickel base against Burrow this weekend and get both gashed in the run and passive/gashed in the pass. Bernard and Oliver out doesn't help us against good pass teams and if we are game-planning to stop the run, those nickel packages expose us

I feel like the D gets tougher and meaner with Shaq in the lineup. It also seems to enable more aggressive play from Dorian and Milano. This 3 LB lineup is particularly good against run teams. Perhaps Bernard comes back in against the Chiefs or other stronger passing team, but Shaq definitely improves our run D. I also feel like some of our other (supposed) playmakers like Benford and Milano are stepping up with Bernard out. Bernard's lack of size and style of play leads to constant injuries, but he's is pretty good when he's fully healthy.

Nah, Gabe made no effort to beat the DB to the ball. I think they were all fooled by the switch in coverage, but Gabe should have come down harder to at least break it up

1988, 9-6 versus the Jets to clinch the AFCE. Fans stormed the field and carried the goal posts off

Bills had a horrible game plan for the texans too. Play them like we played the Steelers (smash mouth, ball protection) and we win

Feel like guys regularly play with elbow braces to account for bicep or other injuries

It's pretty damning combined with that DeMeco Ryans was saying about the Bills pass coverages. They try to get by with minimum pass protect, thinking Allen will just escape guys, largely to compensate for the inability of their pass catchers to win 1 on 1s. It's a recipe for disaster and for shortening Allen's career. Protect him and get guys that can get open! he was a healthy scratch against the Texans. Not sure what they saw in Samuel over Moore, but obviously wasn't working. At least Cooks brings in more #1, X vibes. He should at least threaten the outside better than anyone else on the roster Moore could have been a good addition, if we didn't already have Samuel and Shakir. We didn't really need another slot guy