Simon

Maybe. I said in the game thread we were wearing them down with physical play and I still think that was the case. But losing another couple starters in the worst spots possible was going to make it difficult to for them to shorten Bengals possessions. With Bernard and Benford, yeah, we probably win that game if it's 15 minutes longer. With Bernard and Benford, we maybe could have even stolen it in regulation. 🤷‍♂️

He pissed the other one away avoiding a Delay on a Dorsey call coming in late. Both were mistakes and he should have had 3 to work with late. I don't know if they could have got a stop though. They literally had no NFL LB's to put on the field at that point, were rotating guys at corner who had next to no snaps with this team, were using Rapp too much because Poyer was walking down at LB again and couldn't maintain any defensive integrity with the wrong guys out there in waaaay too many places.

He could teach a Masters class in outsmarting himself. Or could he? 🤔

Not get himself upside down in mid air That was a mistake from a young overeager player; he seems smart enough to not keep repeating it. I think it would look better missing a few teeth that produced a more natural snarl. Teef?

I could not believe how they opened that second drive.

The one and only caveat I get for busting my ass to keep this place clean is the right to run my own occasional thread. Don't bring the bullspit in here. Yeah I was exaggerating for humor, but he was definitely toeing (or not toeing) the line all night.

You don't have the foggiest idea who was open

I bet you're awesome in a foxhole.

This is 100% pure horseshit. Take it somewhere else.

Ed (and Linval in his snaps) were both strong tonight. But Settle was invisible and Phillips was awful, imo.

Yeah, he's much more effective when he gets the ball already in space. There's some hay to be made out there but I'm losing confidence in our OC to be open to more change.

I had actually left the room at that point so didn't watch the sequence live. I'm not too upset about not trying a Hail Mary at halftime. 🤷‍♂️

If he had tried it, Taylor would have just called TO and they have to punt anyways.

Yeah, it changed the scoreboard in a game we lost by 6

It really did. That whole game started to change right there. Was he working?

I think you're kinda nuts on that one. Those boys brought it tonight. They didn't play well enough but they played hard enough.

Tomorrow

Frustrating game (again) and a bad loss for seedings. But it's not the end of their run. They lost by 6 to a desperate, playoff-caliber team at their house in primetime. That happens to good teams, too. I will say I did like their attitude tonight. They've been intimidated by the Bengals in the past and they absolutely were not tonight. It was their guys doing some ducking tonight and their guys taking home extra ice after the game. >Who'd have ever thought our defense would desperately need Terrel Bernard going forward? Because they do. They really do. > Thrilled with what I saw from both of our new acquisitions tonight. No way you could take Dane off the field the way he was attacking, but I'd have liked ot see Linval taking more of Jordan Phillips' snaps, who was a liability tonight. > Most pissed about the leg whip. I think it was Hendrickson AGAIN (it was the RDE) going after Allen's lower legs on a freaking dirtbag play that causes real injuries. I hope he gets drunk and gets rolled in town tonight. >Diggs and Kincaid are a nice duo for Josh. I'd really like to see Shakir more involved as the 3rd guy. Those two threats from Diggs/Kincaid can be leveraged to create space in various parts of the field that Shakir can take advantage of. Wasting more key downs on Gabe Davis is never productive. > The DLine is going to take a ton of flak, but they won the trench most of the night. That ball was gone as soon as his back foot hit and they knew they were going to keep having success attacking the Bills "linebackers" and struggling safeties as soon as Bernard went down. > There are too many good players on this team to look like that over extended stretches. This is not as well-coached a team as it should be, particularly on offense. I don't want to see anybody fired tomorrow, but I would not shed any tears if they went in a different direction at OC this offseason. >Interesting night for both the Bills OT's. Anybody going to call out Dawkins for his borderline Jawaan Taylor impersonation tonight? Not to his face, though. And I also wondered several times tonight if Linval can just start at Tackle and play two ways.

it was 50/50ish in the discussion in here

it was a great call

Rare opportunity for coverage not rolled at Diggs

Hendrickson just went after his ankles again That was a ***** leg whip

Disagree. They're winning some brawls up front but the ball is gone in under 2

Both Taron or Rasul could transition into that eventually. Which leaves another hole.......