Richard Noggin

That's the Cincinnati playbook against KC...rush 3 or 4 plus a spy who often ends up crashing down on a delayed blitz. Holland is a beast.

It was fun to be there tonight, as always. The weather was fun. Josh Allen was fun. The fans were fun (minus the snowball-throwing dummies...).

The question remains, though: aside from an obvious mitigation of the sun's angle of incidence from early afternoon to late afternoon (as the sun gets lower in the sky its radiation is considerably more filtered out by our atmosphere), DOES that acceptably alleviate the dangerous conditions on the visiting sideline?

100% agree. Catch is, if an otherwise great QB logs just ONE bad quarter per game, that QB is not playing great anymore. Allen went from a historically great stretch to suddenly posting these quarters or entire halves of puzzling regression. There could be SO many legitimate explanations for this regression to the mean, but the fact is that #17 was overcoming all those explanations until suddenly he wasn't. I'm sure he'll learn from and grow because of this adversity, and hopefully the team (and coaching) around him will do the same.

But Allen was playing at an ELITE level with this same cast until he wasn't. It's not primarily about his supporting cast, except that maybe Allen feels more pressure to be a hero if we believe he sees his weapons as unreliable. Either way, he fell back into bad habits. He got sloppy, mechanically and cognitively. Hopefully, Beasley helps him regain his zen.

Allen's recent numbers are NOT great, FTR. They are "cleaner" lately, which has been good enough against some meh offenses (and good defenses). After an 8-game span of historically ELITE performance (2021 playoffs through week 6 of 2022), we CANNOT ignore Allen's sudden and stark regression beginning with the 2nd half against GB and lasting into the 4th quarter of the Thanksgiving game. There are SO many contributing factors to this regression to the mean, including injuries to Allen and his supporting cast, but NONE of that excuses Allen's sudden refusal to take what defenses give him and distribute the ball patiently and precisely. He kinda got the yips, TBH. Of course we still saw flashes of the absolute maestro he's become, but over the course of those 3-4 games we saw a surprising amount of bad reps from #17. It happens over the course of a career. He's by no means alone in the blame for these uncharacteristic stumbles. As for his supporting cast, they'd look a HECK of a lot better if the offense designed more plays for Knox. Use HIM as the #2 option, maybe? Let Davis be a third or even fourth option on some plays and see if that operates better. People weren't so down on Buffalo's skill positions last season, seemingly. And I KNOW Sanders wasn't some plus target down the stretch.

I've read comments on here suggesting the direct sunlight and heat index disparity is mostly a 1 PM kickoff issue? That maybe a 4 PM start mitigates it enough to at least keep these giant athletes safe? I did live on that godforsaken peninsula for the better part of a decade, and I have attended a couple early-season games in that South Florida nightmare factory (PRE-awning installation)...heck, it was the home team's "fans" who spent a LOT of time in the concourses avoiding the extreme sun/heat. It's no joke. I don't know if a later kickoff (combined with the new awnings) would alleviate some of the extreme conditions exacerbated by the relentless, direct sunlight of early afternoon in the tropics. We don't call it anything.

But WERE they really "rounding into an absolute buzz saw late last year"? Obviously, they were just on another level in the playoffs, and for a number of games early this season, but I remember some scrappy wins to close out 2021. Am I completely omitting a late season game or two? I more closely remember the Bills establishing an effective RUNNING game in the last handful of contests, before exploding in the postseason.

I have no problem with what she does. I DO have a problem with what HE does. And I'll bet such a petty, vindictive twirp is in part dealing with domestic indignities (to his mind, not mine) that fuel his weirdly personal attempts to rile the org and its fans.

My own insular, purely amateur, but also kind-of-observant thinking was ALSO that Allen could have been dealing with an injury suffered in the GB game prior to the sudden onset of his red zone yips. So many oddly unpropelled throws while moving to his right. Throws that just had NO thrust. I actually thought he'd hit his hand on a helmet. Didn't he? Of course he publicly denied his hand was actually hurt (supporting at least that this hand-to-helmet thing happened, IF Allen addressed it), but we all know that something changed, and changed quickly. I might be conflating a play from near the end of the Miami game with something else, mind you. But it DID seem like something happened against GB. It doesn't HAVE to be injury-related. It could be a simple dip in his play from absolutely ELITE, BEST-EVER level (including last season's playoffs) to something less godlike. I mean wow, what a run he had there. Time to adjust now. Looks like it's working. Let's go.

Worked at Soho back here in Buffalo, but I have no idea where she works out there. I'll bet her social media lays it out. But he's been SUCH a heel for decades. Regularly basking in the afterglow of Buffalo sports fans' heartbreaks. And if losing his current employment(s) is akin to his "destruction," then he should have been less of a public doosh. Should have been smarter. Again, he was legally allowed to say these things. And now he's dealing with the consequences. That's how adult life works.

Cut him some slack, people. He's probably salty about his daughter's very visible work out in Vegas. Seems like the uptight type who might let this kind of thing gnaw away at him, and then take it out on a family pet, or Josh Allen.

THIS is something to celebrate and build upon. Halftime adjustments and winning the 2nd half. Opposite game script of those back-to-back losses. "You either figure it out, or get figured out." Hopefully the Bills are in the process of figuring it out.

I think maybe he was being sarcastic.

Pro tip: the past-tense of "lead" is "led." I offer this in the spirit of goodwill and brotherhood amongst Bills fans. I tend to agree, actually, that JA17's poor play in that first matchup was in fact a leading cause of the loss. The defense definitely didn't rise up and win it anyways, but we can't have those turnovers and miscues. Have to score more.

Generally, giving McDaniels such sweeping power is a reach. Specifically, though, giving McDaniels the power to move on from Carr is VITAL. Baker threw a handful of good-looking passes tonight. I have never rooted for the guy, given his dooshy bro-privilege college and Cheesecake Factory antics, but...I have always, almost, reluctantly respected his moxy.

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Can't wait for Carr to cry for us.

It's a weird on-field aspect of the three losses, to my eye: the offense is what failed to win each of those games. Despite any and all of the defensive issues that we saw, the offense had clear and present opportunities to close out all three losses. And they failed. Offense gets to dictate. Defense has to react. Therefore, a good/great offense is in the driver's seat. And they crashed too often in those losses.

The refs are kinda terrible tonight, yeah? Bit uneven.

I don't think Reggie White is a reasonable comp for Von Miller or really anyone else tbh. Whether it's his position/alignment, or his physical stature and playing style, or even his personality...Reggie White was a remarkably different player than Von Miller. He was such a monster. Big, strong guys can remain effective longer than smaller, twitchier guys. Big players can maintain or even improve their plus mass and strength into their 30s, but EVERY player always gets slower.

We really out here simping for TB12?! This is a FAN board. As a FAN of the Bills, AND as a critical and ethical thinker, I find so many reasons to root against Tom Brady in ALL facets of his life. Defending him is embarrassing and super dorky.

What a perfect thread for sussing out the obstinate contrarians on this board; just look at the "reactions" to the OP. Not a lot of surprises there. Consider the 1st post I've quoted here: calling fellow Bills fans "McDermott bootlickers" because they appreciate the organizational transformation from historical ineptitude to perennial contender under this coach? THAT'S obvious and "laughable" hyperbole. The 2nd quoted reply is an appropriate response, and I should let that speak for me. Yet I can't help but wonder about this contrarian minority who seemingly HOPE for failure so they can be proven correct. It's a curious defect.

I believe the quote was "kill the head"?