CincyBillsFan

Truebisky is looking sharp.

Living down here in Cincy I suspect I'm better off for not knowing who "Bucky" & "Sucky" are. But if they were side kicks of Sal's then they must be tools! But that's NOT what he was critical of. He targeted specific players and overly exaggerated what he claimed was their poor play.

Or maybe they'll use telepathy to get the plays in!

Great throw no matter what the replay says. Wow, that was a great throw and catch!

How many people are claiming that the only reason the Bills are 3 - 0 is that they've played an easy schedule. Then these same folks turn around and tout the 3 - 0 Dallas Cowboys as an elite team. The Cowboys who have beaten the: NY Giants, Redskins & Miami. I get that in the end the Cowboys will probably have a better record then the Bills but at this moment in time you could argue that the Boys have played an easier schedule then Da Bills.

What a hack. He needs to up his anti-depressant dose. This article is a negative, mean spirited piece of crap. Living in another NFL city makes me appreciate how absurd this kind of garbage about a 3 - 0 team is. Damn, the Bengals are 0 - 3 and you would be hard pressed to find a writer this negative. The role of the local media IMO is to be a booster of the local team. That doesn't mean ignoring realty or looking at EVERYTHING through rose colored glasses but this guy and to many other Bills "reporters" look at everything through a dark cloud. We all get that the 3 - 0 start could be mirage and the bubble could burst. We're Bills fans after all. But how about we wait until it happens before sticking a pin into the balloon! This guy needs to let us enjoy the moment. Sure, he can gently point out some potential trouble spots but this article reads like we're 0 - 3.

Great write up! I have a theory on the deep balls. I suspect they've focused all their time getting the short passing game down that they've neglected the deeper plays. I expect we're going to see some strikes downfield every soon.

I think this play has been lost in all the deserved attention Dawson Knox's steamroller catch & run has gotten. But my goodness that should have been a 10 yard loss instead Allen somehow gets out of the hold of 3 D-lineman and runs for a 1st down into the red zone. Coming so soon after the awesome Knox play seemed to ignite the Bills O-line and the stadium. The Knox play gave me confidence we would get the tying FG but worried that Cincy would then go down and kick a winning FG at the end. Allen's run gave me confidence that we would score a TD go up by 4 and the D would hold.

Great review! One positive to take away which seemed like a negative yesterday was just how badly the Bills dominated the Bengals during the 1st half. At one point the Bills had 220 yards to the Bengal's 20 yards and 15 first downs to the Bengals 0. Sure we should have been ahead by a lot more then 2 scores BUT the ability to dominate another NFL team not named Miami was impressive. Now the next time we come out and stomp a team like we did yesterday we need to stomp them on the scoreboard to.

I don't understand why people think this offense can be explosive on a regular basis? It was the 2nd worst offense in the NFL last year. The good news is that it's moved up into the middle of the pack which is great progress BUT not evidence of an elite unit (top 10). The thread starter seems to be saying that Allen's play is holding the O back. I don't see that. Like the offensive stats overall, Allen has gone from being down near the bottom of the QB rankings to being in the middle. This is great progress for a guy who was called a "project" and has yet to play a fulls season of football as a starter. I love Frank Gore and what he represents for the ultimate classy professional football player. But he's in the twilight of his career; Singleterry is a rookie showing signs of being something special but is still a work in progress. and Yeldon is a below average 3rd string player. At this time, no one would look at this backfield and say it's dangerous. Beasley & Brown have been a huge upgrade at the WR position and their number of catches proves it. But again we had maybe the worst WR core in the NFL last season. Now we have a solid, middle of the pack group. Again, which of our receivers would scare an opponent in the way that the #1 guys for 10 - 15 other teams do? I think our TE situation is going to be fantastic in the future. Both rookies are players and Knox may be something special. But right now they're both still rookies developing their game. Knox is especially raw and just now learning the pass receiving game. Again, do people think our opponents are game planning these guys? Maybe by the end of the season they will be, but not yet. We had the 2nd worst O-line last season. The Bills have significantly upgraded this unit but right now they're at best middle of the pack in the NFL. If we didn't have such a mobile QB they would have given up a lot of sacks through the first 3 games. The improvement in our offense in all phases has been amazing and is a credit to the players, coaching staff and front office. This unit has made a huge jump from being at the bottom of the rankings. But let's not mistake this group for having the potential of being a high scoring machine - yet. They have a lot of work to do and that includes a lot more then just Allen. The turnover in personnel alone will probably take half a season to shake out. This is a defense first team. And frankly I've been pleasantly surprised by how well the O has played so far. If I'm going to complain about anything from yesterday it's that with the Bills still leading late in the 3rd quarter 14 - 7 the defense went soft allowing an 82 yard TD drive followed by a 60 yard FG drive. At home in front of a loud crowd an elite D should be able to shake off a terrible throw by a young QB and reestablish the dominance they had shown through almost 3 quarters of play. For the Bills to make the playoffs this year our O only has to be good. Our D has to be elite - at least in the top 5. if I have any angst after yesterdays win it's on the D. And frankly it's not very much angst because I'm confident this unit is a top 3 Defense.

Especially when they're taking ant-depressants and drinking heavily!

Good point about the lack of YAC for the Bills. That's what made the Knox catch & run so cool - it was one of the best YAC efforts this season with the other two being Brown's winning TD catch & run against the Jets and Beasley's big catch against the Giants. We need more of this though.

He would have gotten his 6th fourth quarter come back win!

Wow, just wow! We need to send them Thad Brown to get a healthy dose of negativism. Imagine what the Western NY press would say if next week Allen throws 3 straight incomplete passes from the NE 4 yard line and on 4th down is intercepted to end the game!

Well put.

I don't hate the Browns and when the Bills suck I actually root for them given their tough history. But I want them to lose now because I have a feeling it's the Browns who we'll be competing with for that last wildcard spot.

I was yelling at myself mostly as I was pretty harsh on Allen in my review and while I was watching the game. Also did you see some of the descriptions in the Western NY media of the Allen INT? The word "horrific" came up a lot. Well what I just saw from Mayfield at the end there was more horrific then Allen's boneheaded throw! And the Goff throw was every bit as bad to.

Judas Priest, I'm going to cut Allen a lot more slack in the future. Goff tried to give the game away with a terrible INT and then Mayfield had FOUR shots from the 4 and went 0 - 4 with an INT. That's 18 - 36 passes for 195 yards at home. IMO as a fan base we under appreciate Allen's good plays and overly obsess over his bad plays. BOTH QB's tonight were anti-clutch IMO. Bad mistakes at the end of the game and when it was on the line Mayfield couldn't get it done.

3rd down was the play to do that.

So does that Goff throw count as "horrific"?

I saw that to. 3rd & 10 is usually not the time you try to get a 90 yard TD pass. That was a bad series by the Browns.

Agree. We need a true #1 receiver who can take a 10 yard cross and turn it into a 75 yard TD. Next years draft is LOADED at WR.

Game heating up! Kupp is a fantastic receiver.

Lets be fair Bills fans what Mayfield just did there was every bit as dumb as Allen's INT. He misses the hand off and then follows Chubb into the hole trying to give him the ball. Are you kidding me! It was pure lick they didn't turn the ball over there. Here's the deal - QB is a tough position to play and these young guys are going to do some really dumb stuff.

Mayfield struggling so far: 9 - 18 for 88 yards.