harmonkillebrew

this week is pretty critical to show the Bills can get past the blueprint the Ravens just showed the league. Also, to show their mental toughness. If they respond against a good Texans team than I'll give them 13 wins. But if they have another dud on the road, the season could go south fast. That said, I still think they run the AFCE. The division looks horrible

I mean, WTF are they waiting for? Micah should have been starting next to Rapp from Day 1, when it was clear Cole wasn't ready. Going with Hamlin is a nice story and all, but not a plan for winning

What did they start doing in the second half because it seemed to work relatively well? From what I saw they crowded the box with Safeties and had more penetration by LBs

Upon reflection, the Offense is more my concern. 10 measly points, little momentum. The O had no excuse of missing personnel. They just were exposed by a good D as being the shaky unit we were all scared of after the offseason. Baltimore has very good LBs and S and a strong Dline. We got away from the run too much too soon, But they took away our short passing game and that's all we have.

I mean, this was the big question heading into the season, could Josh lift everyone up? Did he need elite playmakers or would he suffice with good role players surrounding him. So far he has shown it. Him and Brady are getting the most out of a diverse set of role players and a solid Oline. Man, I hope it continues. Right now we're the highest scoring O in the league. Use that dead cap next year to fortify the D, but we seem set on O. I never thought I'd be saying this, three weeks in....

I don't know if McDermott teams always come prepared for game 1. They laid an egg at the Jets last year. Stunk against the Steelers in 2021. That's what I was kind of holding on to during that crappy 1st half. Credits to the team and staff for turning it around in 2nd half, although that kick return felt like another classic Bills pulling defeat from the jaws of victory. The Cardinals were a 4-win team last year, so I'm cautiously optimistic. The Defense looks like a work in progress, but the spread the ball around offense and the new Oline had a good debut. And of course, Josh is still a beast. He single handedly wins games for this team week in and out.

I'm not sure how Miami got better. They're basically the same Offense, which McDermott owns, and a worse defense. The Jets are praying that 40 yr old Rodgers can save them, but will he make that much of a difference for a team that missed the playoffs entirely? I think its still the Bills division to lose and everyone is just hoping we regress.

that's a surprise. He's definitely an upgrade over MVS and probably Hollins.

Another GM and coach would have traded for Ayiuk or Davante Adams by now. The Diggs investment paid immediate dividends for Josh. But after never finding a legitimate #2 (Gabe was a 4th round pick), they are now back to shopping the bargain bin for WRs, hoping Josh wills the offense to win.

I'd agree if we had actually drafted many WRs. They invested a 4th in Gabe Davis and seem to have gotten lucky with Shakir in the 5th. Certainly need to give Coleman time, but I'd rather ease him in than throw him to the wolves year 1 with so much riding on his ability to quickly take on the NFL game. Besides Diggs, the Bills have largely chosen for the most part to target bargain or mid-value WRs in FA. It would be nice to see them give Allen another weapon, but it's probably not happening. It's just not in McBeane's DNA.

No. We need a #1 WR, not a #3 and not for that price. Trade for Davante Adams or Ayiuk. That's about all that's left.

Wider point is that Beane and McD seem to undervalue WRs compared to other top teams. The Bills draft capital investment has been skewed toward DE. Is that right strategy? Hasn't gotten us to the SB or even AFCC, except once. Despite it, they again this past year they subtracted more than they added.

You missed out on the Eagles, they traded a 1st (and 4th?) for AJ Brown You also have to compare the decisions teams made despite already having talent at WR. Bengals had Boyd and Higgins and still drafted Chase. Chiefs had Tyreek Hill and Kelce and still drafted Hardman. Niners got Pearsall on top of Aiyuk and Deebo. Meanwhile Bills didn't draft a WR until Keon, but after they already got rid of Diggs (and Davis)

I'm not sure MVS makes the squad at this point. Claypool is gone. Coleman looks lost/ineffective. So far Hollins is the only signing besides Samuel that is making a decent contribution. And that's not exactly comforting. Dare we look at the trade market a little more in earnest??

I guess Curtis Samuel sat out the last game, so that's why we got a lot of Keon, Hollins and Shakir 3 WR looks. But in 12 personnel and in normal 3 WR sets, who do we expect to be out there? 12 - Kincaid, Knox, Samuel and ... Shakir? 3 WRs - Does Hollins start with Samuel and Shakir? or is Keon in their with Hollins with only one of the slot guys at a time? I can't say I've seen a lot of Samuel and Shakir on the field at the same time but they seem to be our best WRs, by far. Has Samuel been playing Z? I still find it hard to believe that Hollins is leading the competition for the X role, even if Keon will eventually replace him.

Agree. The Coleman trade down selection is not looking great so far, coupled with refusing to add a real FA replacement

Really hope we're kicking the tires on the Ayiuk trade option. Doesn't sound like we are though....

His own VP compared him to Hitler due to his white supremacist, anti-immigrant/ethnic rants. I don't think it's necessarily fair, but in the current context of resurgence fascism, ethno-nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment it is worth remembering the lessons learned from WWII. Trump does a lot of fear-mongering and ethnicity-baiting reminiscent of a dark human history that was not that long ago. Don't be so quick to dismiss the evil sides of human nature. We have not evolved that much since the 1940s, or even the 1960s. It's not an elephant in the room. It's a chronic, complex problem that we have been trying to deal with - both Dem and Republicans - for decades. There are push and pull factors. Trump's simplistic, appealing solution was to build a massive wall. But there are many many issues caused by US intervention that drive people out of their countries for a better life. This is not a new issue. Yeah, HRC and Biden both are pretty unlikeable. Trump would have been destroyed by Obama. Unfortunately the Dems post-Obama are in such disarray. I don't care really that much about national politics and parties and such, but I do think Trump is a dangerous wild card and I do think we need some federal level checks on the innate human tendencies of discrimination, racism and environmental exploitation.

I'm just calling your complete ignorance as to what anti-communist means. Do you even know what communism is? Did you not know that Hitler fought Soviet communism and that in WWII when we aligned with the Soviet Union it was a marriage of convenience to take down Hitler's, at the time, much worse brand of fascism. So you are anti-communist and pro-fascist?

Just noticed your avatar. Hitler was anti-communist, so you should actually be flattered that Trump is compared to Hitler. It means he is a true fighter of the red scourge and should be celebrated....

Just saying, the conspiracies can but both ways. If you want to dabble in that. Turns out securing the building and roof were the responsibility of the local police. Obviously, the Trump campaign struck a deal with the local police to give the shooter access to the roof to set up the fake assassination attempt (after all shooter was a registered Republican and noted right winger). He was supposed to miss by a good deal more, but obviously got too close for comfort. Nonetheless, mission accomplished. Make America Great Again! (I'm being sarcastic, in case you need that spelled out for you)

Obviously he was planted by the Trump campaign for the fake assassination attempt. No surer way to win than turn Trump into a living martyr through a kid with crap aim

Just saw that JD Vance once likened Trump to Hitler

I think the only thing holding us together as a nation is football. We can all agree on it and come together to cheer our team, without reference to political party

He called them animals and not human, just the other day. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-expected-highlight-murder-michigan-woman-immigration-speech-2024-04-02/ rapists and murderers https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-rapists-murderers-crossing-border-calls-biden-not-visiting-disgraceful-1598228 "They're destroying the blood of our country. That's what they're doing. They're destroying our country," https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-doubles-immigrant-blood-remark-says-never-read-mein-kampf-rcna130535 (Which is why he gets compared to Hitler) There area tons of other examples. He's not talking policy choices about immigration, he's peddling hate. See other comment. He did say "peaceful" but lots of other stuff Yeah, "deplorables" was a regrettable mistake that ignored serious concerns of Trump supporters. And it ultimately killed her bid. Trump was a new phenomenon then and poorly understood. ..... still I didn't know Trump supporters were so sensitive over that one word. It's not like she called them "rapists and murderers"