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But Beane isn't calling the plays, so even if was dealt a bad hand, he's not the one making the game time decisions. The Commanders & Sam Howell got more out of Curtis Samuel than the Bills & Allen have. Top teams with top QBs find a way to make things work, at least to a degree. The Bills have not been able to do that. The players we've drafted on offense have been average as best. So we're losing in FA, we're losing in the draft, and we're losing on the field. There's a reason that despite their records, people still kept believing the Bengals & Ravens were GOOD teams. The Bills don't look like them at all, as our only star player is supposedly Allen, and he's looked just as bad in our losses as everyone else.

You're not allowed to blame Josh. You have to go down a checklist of everything else before even mentioning his awful play. I'm glad I had to go into work, as what I watched left me SHOCKED with how bad he was playing. He still looks like he's playing nervous in big emotional games (no, I don't care what he's done in WC playoff games, so don't bother). Even though we KNOW his accuracy was garbage this game, we have to focus in on a handful of plays where receivers weren't open, getting enough separation and what Brady could've done instead. But Allen is supposed to be a top 1 or 2 QB, right? He's better than Lamar & Burrow! Apparently Mahomes "passed the torch" to Allen as the number QB in the league. Yet he couldn't hit a single pass when it mattered, had 21 incompletions, bailed on good pockets, made poor decisions, and we're supposed to not call it out because we attached our team's identity to him.

Apparently you're not allowed to criticize Josh, as long as we can point to other people's mistakes, just ignore 9/30 for 130 yards. That's rookie Josh kind of numbers. That's horrible accuracy & decision making. But because Brady didn't run 3 times at the end, doesn't matter that Josh has looked bad the last 2 weeks. But that's just how fandoms work. 2 weeks ago we had threads fearing Brady would get a HC job & leave us. Now it's all his fault we've looked like crap for 2 games. But we "quietly improved" at WR, so it can't be that either. It's just coaching. Not poor execution, not our favorite players and not injuries, it's gotta be the OC.

Had to go to work, but just saw the box score... How was Allen 9/30 for 131 yards? That's abysmal, like completely horrendous. Crazy that there was even a chance to go to OT at that point, which of course poor coaching ruined anyway.

Yeah, they know exactly what we want to do on offense. Also, I've been saying this for a while now, our running game hasn't improved as much as people think it has.

I dunno... seems like their defense is pretty locked in to everything Josh wants to do.

But the Jags are bad & don't have the talent that Houston has. We were also healthier/had more key players available against Jacksonville. Lastly, Diggs is more motivated to make Buffalo & Josh look bad.

Agreed, and I'm also a bit worried that Diggs has far more info to give on the Bills & their tendencies than the usual former players would. He knows Josh well, he knows some of Brady's playbook (and who knows how many concepts were carried over from Dorsey or if terminology stayed the same), he knows McDermott, he's practiced against most of this defense quite a bit, etc. so he'll definitely be sharing as much intel as possible in preparation for this game. Not sure how much it will matter, but you know damn well he wants to prove a point against his former team. How'd that close spread turn out last week though?

It's because of what fans said about him after he left. He even commented on it on social media, as did other players (I think, maybe it was just his brother). He wanted out, but didn't want the backlash that comes with that. Now he's probably got Texans players thinking fans treated him like crap the whole time. It's annoying.

Don't worry, we're only missing: Ed Oliver Taylor Rapp Matt Milano Terrell Bernard Von Miller Austin Johnson Taron Johnson And that's just on defense! Now if only we could lose a few more DBs, we could have the whole crew out! Isn't that neat? 😭

Kind of. Couldn't do it against the Ravens, not sure we can do it against more physical teams.

Dude, if Baker Mayfield keeps playing at this level, he could realistically win MVP this season. How crazy would it be if him & Darnold finish 1 & 2 in MVP voting...

I want a win here more than I do against the Jets. Unless the Bills just get ravaged with major injuries, I don't feel like the Jets are a genuine threat to win the division, so a loss there wouldn't kill us. But I don't want back to back losses to serious AFC Contenders. That would be devastating. It would hurt end of year tie breakers, and it would hurt Allen's MVP chances even worse. Most annoying of all, the chatter around the Diggs drama will ramp up exponentially if the Texans win. Not only will the media be talking about it, Diggs himself will likely throw out his own "told ya so" nonsense to stoke the flames. Texans fans will be unbearable, and it'll be the most annoying 2 weeks ever lol So please, just beat the Texans for my sanity! Thanks!

It's not just the media, fans were pumping up the Bills even more so. Look at the threads. Josh as the MVP frontrunner, Lamar being overrated, Mahomes "passing of the torch" to Allen, Joe Brady being anointed, etc. Fans ran with the wins & started getting big heads. That's what fans do, but it's like we never learn. I think it hurts more because it was against Lamar. If Allen has any shot of winning MVP at the end of the year & Lamar is in the conversation, people will look back at this game. A ton of Bills fans were very vocal on social media downplaying Lamar, and Ravens fans were keeping receipts. That's why it stings. I've had to stay away from all my typical sports outlets, YouTubers, etc. Just to avoid it all. But if we can beat Houston, things will be back on track. I care more about this game than I do the Jets. I don't want to hear the Diggs chatter ramp up again if the Texans win, and we may also need that tie-breaker at the end of the year. Even if the Jets win, we should still win the division.

Nah, we "quietly improved" at WR this year! Obviously they'll all emerge as stars soon enough, right?

Won't he be able to appeal & get that reduced to 2 games? Still want to know WHY this is happening now. Even more annoying thinking about Rashee Rice getting nothing 🙄

I really don't think the Bills run game has improved as much as people think, but that doesn't mean it hasn't improved at all. Cook's averaging 12 carries a game. When Davis comes in, it's a pretty obvious run play. At least we run some plays under center, but that just tells the D we're running too. I'm not sure Davis can do much to separate himself given the split carries & the situations in which he comes in. I don't feel like we're creative or committed enough when it comes to the run game. Then again, 2 of the games were blowouts & the runs were meant to kill clock. The Ravens were a real test, but we failed miserably on all fronts.

Is $7 million "too expensive" now? Again, I don't care if it's a "rental" if that helps us win games this season. Unfortunately, I don't see Beane making any kind of big moves before the trade deadline this year. They're still a year away from having the cap flexibility to do so.

I'd love for this to happen, but just a few days ago people were claiming $7 million was too much money to spend (in the D-Hop thread), so what would Cooper cost us? He's 2 years younger than Hopkins, but I'm sure he'd rather play with Allen than be stuck with Watson, so it's worth looking into.

Even if we beat the Jets, nobody will care unless we beat the Texans first. The Bills need to show they can rebound from such an embarrassing performance. Even if they blew out the Jets, people will just say it's because the Jets are an awful team.

I don't think McDermott could do anything. Our defense doesn't have the size or speed to deal with a powerful guy like Henry. If he ever got past our line, he was going to punish our secondary more than they could punish him. Injuries didn't help, but the Ravens offense was just way better than our D. What stung the most is how pathetic our offense looked against their D. Our offense did worse than any other team the Ravens played this year. That's just sad. I'm also sad for Allen's MVP chances. Thankfully, it's early in the season, but I'd rather see the Chiefs again than the Ravens. As long as Henry's there, they're a bad match up. If we don't come out & beat the Texans, those "September Champs" voices will get much louder. Lot of Bills fans have been calling Lamar "overrated" this season, so expect it to come back 10 fold ☹️

We didn't play them last season.

Well, this will pour some water on the Allen MVP / Bills the best team in the league talks. It also gives a conference rival a head to head win over us, and next week is the Texans. If we lose that one, nobody will care if we beat the Jets & are 4-2 (especially if the Chiefs & Ravens keep winning). This was embarrassing. Oh well, our tiny D got pushed around & we couldn't do anything on offense.

This is what happens when you can't run the ball & don't have playmakers available to just sling it all night long. But just this week people were saying $7 million is too much for Deandre Hopkins & not interested in Tee Higgins (not saying we'd have the ability to grab them either way, but just speaking on the mindset of fans believing we're all set as-is).

Just don't push it & force things. 1 TD puts us down by 4, no big deal. I was worried about Henry all week, but the other biggest issue is Baltimore's run defense. We have to keep chipping away & run a balanced attack.