Straight Hucklebuck

1. Miami doesn’t create big plays. Tua is shaping up as a dump off artist/check down master this season and they are the Bills from last year, living off defense and turnovers. 2. The hype around the Ravens is founded. Defense is full of household names: Peters, Jimmy Smith, Campbell, Williams, Judon, Ngakoue. Offensively the Ravens have made the switch to Dobbins, and whether it looks pretty or not Lamar’s running opens up passes down the field. If it comes down to a late FG, they have Justin Tucker, also a Super Bowl winning HC.

It’s hard not to say Pittsburgh right now with how flat their offense has become. But outside of that, I want Miami. The analysts lost their minds in the middle of this season with Flores is the next Belichick and Tua is a star talk. They only can win right, low scoring, defensive struggles. Now, I think the toughest game is the Ravens. They are starting to catch fire. Tennessee with Henry the Battering Ram would also be an respect boost for the Bills if they won. The Colts are limited offensively most weeks, and the Browns secondary can be soft.

You and I agree on this. The Ravens are the last team I want to play. Miami > Colts > Browns > Tennessee > Baltimore

I’d continue to sit him.

100% agree. The Dolphins are a limited offensively with Tua and have camp bodies at this point at running back. No way would I want to play the Ravens over Miami.

I’m not saying that. For years it’s been Jeff Tuel, Gilbran Hamdan, Brian Brohm, Thad Lewis, Cardale Jones, Tyler Thigpen, Nate Peterman, Derek Anderson and now Matt Barkley. Guys that couldn’t win a game if Allen went down. The Bills would be smart to upgrade that position.

This is the right idea. This team needs a better backup Quarterback. Barkley stinks and Fromm is a camp body. The days of keeping the backup as weak as possible so that the starter isn’t threatened should be over.

I would be too. Losing Trevor Lawrence. And even with horrible decision making - handing off to Frank Gore over and over again. Now the Jags slide in front of you and you're left with Justin Fields. And now talk today that the Jets should trade down from #2 and take WR's/RB's and try to build around Darnold? This situation just got uglier.

No fear against Cleveland, Colts or Miami. But the Ravens are different. Their talent level is higher on both sides of the ball, and they're not the team that lost 3 straight. That's not the team I would want to see right off the bat.

Every time Nick Wright says the Bills are on upset alert in Denver, just shove his face in it. When Colin is on your jock all week, then bails and says Bills are due for a let-down, just hit him in between the eyes. Next week, they'll be saying New England has nothing to lose, so they will be favored, just win again. And then beat the media's golden boys again, this time in Buffalo.

About the only title you can throw at him is Assistant HC. Other than that and paying him more, I’m not sure what you can do. With Herbert, Jags/Jets, Lions, Texans out there as possibilities.

Fitzpatrick is close to passing Jim Kelly in all the major categories.

Man this is great news! (3) similar WRs in Brown, Beasley and Diggs. Veteran route runners who just break corners off and work directly to Allen’s strength of pocket throws with gas to the sidelines.

Agree. The key for us is get John Brown back, continue to run 4-wide sets, and keep Allen in the groove. Because the threat of the run (Mostert/Connor) disappears when the Bills offense is on fire and scoring.

It is truly going to be a disaster if Barkley ever had to play significant snaps for the Bills. We need to upgrade at that position. The days of keeping the backup bar on the floor to prop up the starter (Trent, Fitzpatrick, Tyrod, Allen) should be over.

Watching the game last night, Lamar gets by passing on a lot of broken plays, blown coverages. In the telecast they are talking about how the Ravens really need another WR. But when they went to Hollywood Brown, he was having to dive for the ball on the sidelines as balls were sailing over his head ala Robert Woods when he was here. Nothing hits him him stride, except for the last bomb (which also was a blown coverage). Lamar missed Mark Andrews, missed Willie Snead. He gets by on scrambling around and floaters on broken coverages.

Nobody can argue with this. Knox is athletic enough to be on the field, but unreliable is the right word. His instincts for the game are below average, he drops the ball, the fumbles, and injuries. Keep him in the rotation, but the Bills need a starter, Knox has had plenty of chances to establish himself against a weak positional group and hasn't done it.

That was the one play from the Bills that made me angry. Ben underthrows that ball, Wallace picks it off - great, he fights for the ball and gains position. Then he gets up, and starts jogging like he's sealed the game, doesn't even try to reverse field and push the ball. He's jogging and slides down. You didn't ice the game with 7:10 left. Where was the urgency there? Return the interception. He left a lot of yards on the field. Yes it worked out because the Bills jammed the ball down the Steelers throats, but that was lack of awareness to me, lack of urgency. It was the exact right call. He starts his slide before the marker.

He's athletic enough, but he isn't very good. The drops, his field awareness, injury history. Tight End is still a hole on this roster.

The Steelers are a bigger brand Nationally than the Bills. You can get a good laugh from the fake-Steelers fans “how I became a fan” stories.

Nothing more predictable in the United States than a fake Steelers fan. Someone who didn’t grow up in Pittsburgh, has no connection to the city, but saw them on TV and hopped onto a bandwagon.

I’d be open to a first round WR or TE next year if the talent meets the correct draft slot. I also agree with others that state another swing at RB could improve this offense further. Moss hasn’t done anything to make me want to stop looking for RBs. I wouldn’t hand Brown’s spot to Davis as of right now.

I hope not. In fact I want the Bills to go the opposite way and keeping pouring on skill players. After the success of the 2013 defense, I wanted the Bills to double down and make defense an overwhelming strength my selecting Khalil Mack. In this case, keep adding to this offense. I think the OP is the old outdated way of Bills thinking where we look to save money, leaving us one deep at every position.

I don’t agree with the Thielen on the other side point. Jefferson is awesome. Diggs isn’t as vertical as Jefferson, and so his precise route running has shortened Allen’s average throw distance and he has become more accurate as a result. This is consistent with the change we saw starting in 2019 where the Bills shortened Allen’s throw distance and improved his accuracy that way. But Jefferson on his own is explosive and so Allen would have had to adapt to a more vertical #1 WR. I think he would have. Either way, Diggs breaks corners off constantly and Allen completes passes, but I agree with the controversial point that we didn’t silence critics, right now this looks like an even trade and Vikings have the player with more vertical upside and youth. Both teams got a #1, the Vikings is younger, but Diggs and Beasley run similar shorter routes.

Jefferson was projected to be drafted from the range #19 to #23 for the entire process. He was always behind Jeudy/Lamb and then Ruggs. Those three were thought to be the elite, then a drop off to Jefferson. After his Combine, I’m not sure why he didn’t continue to rise up boards more. Who watched his college tape and Combine and concluded he wasn’t going to be good? I’m not sure why it was concrete that he was behind Jeudy and Lamb, other than they attributed his numbers, in part, to Burrow. As it turned out he went #22 in the Bills original slot, but an interesting detail is the Eagles taking Reagor at #21, who was thought to be ranked below Jefferson. Beane talked about having to avoid trading up to #18 - #20. So it turns out both teams evaluated properly. Beane wanted a finished WR that could contribute immediately with minimal risk and Diggs style fits Allen perfectly. But you’re right, when you see Jefferson come in at 21/22 years old on a rookie deal, verses Diggs at $14M, and it wouldn’t have cost the Bills anything to stay put and get him, it does sting somewhat. But if the Eagles take Jefferson at #21 instead of Reagor, your entire plan goes up in smoke.