Simon

Nice block Percy!

Tyrod cant run the fast offense they need now It's time to let EJ take his shot

That #1 must mean the first to run from the field

His decision making has been lacking is about as diplomatically as I can put it. Mr Wood needs to have a quiet chat with him about getting the ball out

Was it early in the game? Wondering if the Bills were playing fast and loose with the new protocol

Watching 7th inning of Mets - Dodgers Is the "neighborhood" no longer a part of the game?

Instead would we have 4 hour games with 1/4 of that being constant zebra parties?

Was there ever any postgame mention of when exactly he got dinged? I thought I remember him taking a big shot from a safety real early in the game and I was worried that they were going to have to sit him down due to the new protocol. I've been kind of wondering if maybe there were some folks who knew he got tagged but with no depth available, maybe they were hoping to keep it quiet

Fair enough. Maybe that wasn't the best way to approach it. I guess my concerns boil down to a) I'm not sure that kind of an offense is sustainable in the modern NFL and b) I don't think that is the best way to maximize the talent the Bills have on the roster. I know they want to compete for championships and to do that you are going to have to lean on your QB at some point. Keeping him handcuffed to a one-read offense is not going to make him better any time soon and now is the time to let him grow. The sooner, the better.

I think that is absolutely the key to this entire season. And it's been a while since they've had the good fortune to be able to feel that way. I hope they take advantage of it.

I think it’s time to take the training wheels off the Tie-Rod. The staff has been grilling QB’s for months and have settled on a guy that they feel they can trust. If you’re going to make him your starter then you need to go ahead and put your full faith and credit in him and let him run a fully realized offense. If the staff is not willing to trust him to do that, then they need to reconsider if they picked the right guy in the first place. Half-measures don’t cut it in this league and Taylor hasn’t given anybody any reason to think he still needs to be protected from himself. Props to Richie Incognito. A few years ago if he had been called for a chopblock on a guy’s ribs late in a frustrating loss, he’d have gone completely ballistic. He’d have probably jacked up a ref and it would have taken 6 Kyle Turleys to drag him back to the locker room. The fact that he shut his mouth and just kept playing was impressive and if I’m Doug Whaley, that’s the kind of thing that has me talking to his agent about an extension. Greg Roman’s tendency to stay conservative throughout the early portion of games is not necessarily a good fit for this team. Between the talent the Bills are carrying in the Front 7 and Rex’s strength being his ability to deploy them aggressively, the Bills are a much, much more dangerous team when playing with a lead. Banging away and keeping things close does not play to this team’s strengths and I hope Rex encourages Roman to open it up a little quicker so that Rex can do likewise. I hope that Rex has learned from experience that coaching guys to play under control does not necessarily mean you have to coach them to play less aggressively. It’s just a matter of channeling that aggression more tightly and focusing it on concentration and execution. If this team can redirect that emotional energy into their technique, they can beat anybody outside of New England. If Rex cannot teach them how to do that, they can lose to anybody outside of South Florida. As desperate as we are to see these guys consistently winning games right now, let’s not lose sight of the fact that this is their first year under a new staff, running entirely new systems and doing so with a lot of new and different moving parts. It’s not going to all come together right at the beginning of the year; it’s going to take time before guys really starting getting comfortable in their own roles as well as with the guys around them. The start has been pretty solid, if a little inconsistent, but for the most part I think we should be encouraged that this is the kind of team that is just going to keep getting better throughout the season. Some ballcoaches say that if you’re not getting better, then you’re getting worse; I’ve got to think we’re on the right side of that equation. Y'all have a great weekend......

Yeah, but you can't do it in 1.7 seconds. At that point it becomes the responsibility of DB's and LB's to play with a lot more chop and the responsibility of the DLine to get hands in passing lanes

Thank you for the comfort of company. The nauseating overproduction and constant manufactured "drama" is turning NFL broadcasts into more reality TV than football. Several of my friends who have spent their lives involved in the game have already abandoned the NFL. If this league continues to go down the road of 3 1/2 broadcasts that focus primarily on network promos, fantasy football, and the drama of officiating conferences and replays, I'm sad to say that I will be joining them sooner rather than later.

Do you think the league's and network's elevation of the officiating to a wildly outsized and grossly overproduced level could be a reason these guys feel comfortable throwing flags at penalties that they don't even see?

Yes

No, he was trying to send the message that he could go low at any time he wanted because there had been some liberties being taken with guys legs shortly before that. He knew exactly what he was doing and made sure the block was legal but still got a point across. This league has been chock-full of over-officious jerks for a few years now and it looks like it's finally coming to a head.

About 90% of them are

That rule was put in place to stop the increasing incidences of guys getting their legs cut from the side. It was turning into an epidemic and they finally made it a point of emphasis to protect the DL's legs. Not in a month of Sundays did I ever think I'd see some jackwagon interpret it from the ribs down.

We're undefeated when we have less than 20 flags thrown at us.

I cannot beleive that the Bills might not even be the stupidest team on the field today

ayup

Im really starting to think he may be able to play anywhere in the defensive backfield they ask him to

not to mention that the second he comes back, he's the best athlete on the Bills defense his preferred technique fits this defense perfectly too

good man corners are imperative in Rex's defense having 3 of them is probably worth more than any pick or player we're going to get

yeah, the title should be at least 4 weeks