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Maybe Elam and Gilliam could just tackle the guy. How about that? Bills waste tons of cap space on players that come up small in the big moments. Matakevich last year was on the team for the sole purpose of being on punt team and yet they give up a punt return TD to lose game 1. I loathe this regimes over emphasis on special teams, but McDermott didn't miss those tackles. Also I dispute the thought Bass couldn't kick it into the endzone. He didn't even try. He had a 4 yard run up. He should have kicked a low line drive kick that cut through the wind. You better teach him how to do that because the weather isn't going to get any better. Oh yeah and this should piss people off. I'd rather have a second kicker that only boots it out of the endzone than Gilliam on the roster. If you think about it that would be far more valuable than the 4 snaps Gilliam was on offense. Rant over....lol...Go Bills!

Should have been an NFL record 14 if not for Tawain Jones drop DiMarco was another useless FB No idea who Marcus Murphy is/was. Maybe he was an OL that caught a deflected pass???

The other 31 teams should have an issue with this. The Browns should be stuck with that contract and the cap ramifications.

The 3rd down call and execution was the worst part of the sequence. To go up by 6 is a reasonable choice. If they only need a FG to tie going with the wind, that would have been a tough ask of the defense. I said in the moment to kick it. I also said to myself if McD goes for it and he doesn't make it I would not rip him for that decision.

Quote of the week! Well done!!!

Odd. A break would be easy to diagnose. Tendon rupture would be harder to diagnose.

Zero drops! Bills record? Lol

Not sure Epenesa even makes half the rosters in the league yet he is starting here on a second contract. He has had some good games against the Dolphins in the past. Let's hope he has a nice breakout game.

Probably true but you are burning clock at that moment. You would not want to snap it early. As others have said, play action probably wins the game right there. Super easy pitch and catch to the vacated area.

I think this is a fair criticism. I don't have facts to back up your point, but it did feel like Brady passed up some kill shot opportunities. With two very good TEs we should be seeing 10-12 play action passes a game and killing them in the deep middle.

He was only on the field for 4 plays and I think those were all on the final drive. Pretty sure he lined up wide as an HBack and blocked a guy that wasn't near the play on two of them. I'd prefer he wasn't on the roster. I'm sorry but paying a midlling at best FB when you are in cap hell is egregious. A fourth true TE or a big bruiser RB would be better use of the money. They routinely played an extra linemen #70 all game as an eligible TE for run heavy formations.

I agree. But if you remember Cook had gain of 9 yards on one first down carry and had a 12 yard run called back with a hold. Modern NFL you have to be able to dial up a high percentage play that keeps the clock running. And you have to trust Allen. All that said they burned the clock down to the 2 minute warning and still got points.

Seems like more of an advantage for Bills. Miami offense is no different. Bills offense is much different than last year

Agree. That is such a lazy take. Yes one guy didn't go off for 125 yards but Allen and Brady spread the ball all over.

So did Gilliam

To be fair to Brady Allen threw a bad ball to Johnson on 3rd down. The QB run on 3rd down on the last drive was weak though. Bills have two very good TEs surely you could scheme one of them open for a 4yd curl

But he doesn't suck at CB. He has 4 career INTs compared to Benford. He had two post-season INTs compared to zero for Benford. I agree tacking is an issue for Elam but Tre White couldn't tackle anyone either. He is still recovering from probable broken scapula though I dont think Bills ever officially said what his injury was. He was inactive.

I think it was a different one. There is no face guarding in the NFL. Rapp made no contact with the WR when it him him in the back. If the WR turned and came back to the ball it would have been an easy PI call.

Davis had 3 carries for 13 yards. I think he got 13 on one carry and got nothing on the other two. He did fine but so did Cook. No reason to change the rotation.

The only problem with that is everyone focuses on Kelce and a host of other great TEs and they still produce. Now most of those guys don't have a very good TE#2. And it's only 1 game. Let's see if it is an issue with a few more games played.

I still think he was told to kick it short. Now maybe that's because he knew he couldn't kick it long enough. Not sure. It was windy but more cross wind than anything else. He should be able to hit a line drive deep enough to at least get to the endzone.

Multi millionaire with a Duke education vs screaming football fans My guess his lifecwill be just fine Stupid contract that will cost both Daboll and the GM their jobs. As to your question, I take Wilson for sure. I'd take him over Cousins too.

How can u say McDermott has his team prepared? It's usually just the opposite. The last two years they looked terrible against Jets and Steelers. The defense was terrible in the first half The offense was fine the entire game except for the penalties. If Allen doesn't fumble on first drive they probably match Arizona score for score in the first half. This team overemphasizes special teams and yet they give up the biggest play of the game. Gilliam is mostly on the roster for special teams and he is one of the guys who whiffed on the tackle. McD simply does not evolve. The best part of yesterday was spreading the ball around. That is what we wanted to see and honestly need to see without a #1 WR. I think most of us want to see more Shakir and more Kincaid. They drew up a TD pass to Kincaid that didn't work on Allen's second TD run. The offense again relied on Allen to do too much but for game 1 I will take it. As for the defense, Williams looks lost out there. Epenesa was a non factor. Didn't see much from the DTs but I was more focused on the DE play to be honest. Miller showed improvement. Arizona challenged the short zones all game and it worked well. Not sure if that is Miami's best approach but rest assured they will test our safeties this week. Bass did well in bad conditions but all were fairly short kicks. But so far so good.

My two perennial targets played terrible today too Epenesa was almost a total nonfactor. He had one nice effort that caused an incomplete pass that won't show up in the stats. Other than that he lost contain a few times, they ran at him well, and zero pass rush. Gilliam missed a tackle along with Elam on the kickoff return TD. He was not being blocked. On final drive he blocked a couple guys 10 yards downfield but the play was already dead and his block did nothing. I still say both are useless

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