ProcessTruster

agree

why waste your breath on them

The Pats are just flat out good. They would have been a very tough out last year had a dozen starters not opted out. Both Pats games will be dogfights.

Bills will need a heckuva lotta help to have home field throughout. Honestly don't think the roster is strong enough to get there. Love Josh, but Mahomes is in another category. Sweeping the Pats won't be easy in itself. That will be a dogfight. Go Bills. Don't try to figure it out.

will never understand why Beane swapped him out. we had the two best legs in the game and let one of them go. Must be something underneath the bojo release we are not aware of... not buying the cap hit excuse..

good for him... playing in NYC such a pain in the arse. their super fired up coach Salah is already choosing his words carefully.... so screwed

Offense is key. Happy to win every game 35 - 30. The way to get to and win a SB in todays NFL. IMO, No one stopping anyone cold in today's NFL, barring QB getting knocked out early in a game (which puts the backup in a bad way as they've had no reps with starters).

Injuries to key players really make a difference in NFL games. Looks like the Bills get a break for two weeks. We'll take it. Will need it later in the season when our guys are hurt. Its a long season.

you mean front 6. Bills play nickel on almost every down.

35-0 says it all for me

I would need to understand exactly what his role is in the defense before judging him. I am thinking the front 6 is more of a gap integrity, manage your gap and then go to the ball type of approach, rather than keep the LBs clean so they can make all the tackles. I might be wrong. Has any one actually studied how McD plays defense? It's not a "star maker" defense, it's kind of a 1/11th "control your gap/play zone behind it" approach to it isn't it?

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/08/03/all-22-film-disappears-from-nfl-game-pass-its-unclear-when-it-will-return/ yeah not there... crap.....

agreed. Bills O Line gets mowed by the largest D Line in the league and their DBs keep everything in front of them. if BD has brains enough to run at them , we'll be ok, but he will force the empty backfield offense again. Still think Bills go on a run thereafter, tho.

now there's a positive take. nice.

I see this roster as very competitive and will get to the playoffs, but KC or Tampa's defense would stop the bills offense cold. Bills have no answer up front for the Chris Jones's and really stout front 7s of rhe NFL. Not yet.

What I like now is the assurance that this team will be highly competitive in every game they play. For so long, there were 6 or 7 games you just knew were losses. Games now can go either way based on turnovers, injuries , whatever, but this roster is 110% competitive for the first time . So lets go play the games and enjoy them, win or lose. Don't get so invested in the result. Celebrate the successes, recognize that losses will absolutely happen. Its a long season.

I come nowhere near. Most Bills fans are a-way too invested in the team, self identifying with the ups and downs. I believe the profession calls it "reflected glory" syndrome or something like that. Losses generate all kinds of hate , etc. So, yeah, stay away until they cool off and realize there is more to life than how the freakin bills did last week. Having said that, Go freakin Bills.

If they make everyone mask up Outdoors, I will throw up. What a bunch of politicians. Cave dwellers in Egypt by now are aware Covid does not spread outdoors, per the scientists guys like Poloncarz worship.

Agreed with the Athletic. This is the issue that will get them a couple losses they cannot afford, if anything does.

so it seems... we don't bust that Seattle game open last year without that John Brown speed , not sure I see a guy like that on today's roster.

Anyone concerned that John Brown's ability to keep safeties deep was lost when E Sanders replaced him? Anyone have their relative 40 times? I don't recall Sanders being a burner. Hope I am wrong.. Concerned we have a great, but less fast WR group, and secondaries will accordingly play tighter to the line of scrimmage.

I heard that... ...and while we're on the topic of unvaccinated players... 00oops

ah heck, have it there anyway... new stadiums get SBs. period. make it so Mr. WNY Commissioner

Yeah, kind of a useless discussion. Watch out for the Pats, Mac Jones has looked very good with the starters and McDaniels will coach him up well. I know everyone is expecting a SB, but Pats will be a very different team than the Bills saw last year. Jets will be better, Phins will be tough,. Nothing is a given in the NFL. They will need to compete for every win they get this year. Go Bills.

McKenzie. Stevenson to PS. Thats my guess. He cannot be given a spot on the 53 at WR as that means you're cutting Kumerow. In a 17 +2 or 3 game season, at least two WRs will be down for multiple games in all likelihood. The way the Bills throw it, they will need 7 roster WR + 2 PS to get through a 20 game season. MS will get his shot. Kumerow is too important on ST. McD plays "field position" defense (pin 'em deep on punts and kickoffs with great, great ST play and then make 'em go the length of the field). This is why Bam and JK and T Jones are so important-- they are actually part of the defensive approach of the team. Also plays into why LBs are not really run stoppers but great cover guys, its all about gap integrity and keeping the game in front of you. Drives typical knucklehead fans crazy when teams are ripping off 10 yard runs between the 30s, but it works in the long run. Everyone bashes Edmunds, but he is just doing his job. He was not drafted to be a dick butkus downhill banger , but moreso a gap filler tackler, and flexible side to side cover guy. Its total team defense. Frustrating for the 3 and out crowd, but it works. and super strong special teams is a key to it working, by lengthening the field. just my view