[10/20/24 Game 7 GAMEDAY Bills vs Titans PREGAME THREAD]

44 minutes ago, Low Positive said:

It's his 7th year. He was in Josh's draft class. Some people on here advocated for picking Roquon Smith in the 1st and waiting until the second to take Rudolph because it was "good draft value."

You’re right! Just think, if the Bills had gone the Smith/Rudolph route, probably would’ve had 5 or 6 Super Bowl parades already!!!

[10/20/24 Game 7 GAMEDAY Bills vs Titans PREGAME THREAD]

6 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:

Not loving the Rudolph at QB thing, at all. He's much better than people give him credit for. Hopefully our D line can gain some pressure all game.

Honestly what has he done? It’s his 5th year in the league and he had thrown 19 total touchdowns. The only thing he is known for is almost getting killed by Miles Garrett 

[Mason Rudolph to start vs. Bills tomorrow]

43 minutes ago, mannc said:

Then why do you think Rudolph is starting?

Levis is injured-if he was healthy Rudolph would not be starting 

[Mason Rudolph to start vs. Bills tomorrow]

2 hours ago, mannc said:

You don’t think he’s better than Levis?

Absolutely not-it’s classic backup syndrome, thinking the backup is better than the starter. The only thing Rudolph has on Levis is that he has been in the league longer

[Mason Rudolph to start vs. Bills tomorrow]

1 hour ago, mannc said:

Not good news. Rudolph is much better than Levis.  I thought he played well at Buffalo in the playoff game last year.

Hahahaha I wondered how long it would take to get to a post like this! 3 comments, that’s it 

[Week 7 - Titans at Bills Game Week Thread]

4 hours ago, LABILLBACKER said:

Cool...his 4th year of mediocrity.  It's all about knowing the system. 

I’ll take mediocre play but knows the playbook over mediocre play and is new to the system 

[Brown and Dawkins]

1 hour ago, billsfan_34 said:

Go back and watch the game

No need to, I know what I saw 

[Brown and Dawkins]

So let me add on a little more to my OP.  While it seems like neither did much, there was A LOT of pushing and shoving, clearly both were agitated throughout the game.  They allowed the Jets to get into their heads.  So while nobody "saw" was Dawkins did, it's very possible he had been warned that he was close to a flag, said something, and it put the refs over the edge.  Same with Brown.  The whole point of my statement was that they can't allow the other team to get in their heads - in this case it cost the Bills 30 yards, could cost more in the future.  They have several other high level, high intensity games this year, are they going to be foolish and get more penalties?

[Brown and Dawkins]

I’m sure this will be an unpopular take, but if the Bills had lost I would’ve put as much blame on Brown and Dawkins as I would have placed on Bass. Both of their unsportsmanlike penalties were absolute drive killers.

 

Even more concerning is just their lack of composure, especially Brown. Big game, they are amped up, but you have to control yourself. This isn’t the first time Brown has acted like this throughout a game. Love that he plays with an edge, but the stupid penalties are unacceptable 

[So about the refs tonight UPDATE: Rams game discussion on page 14]

4 minutes ago, JJGauna said:

The Rodgers fumble that resulted in neither a fumble or intentional grounding.

That one was the right call-although the correct call had to be made by replay, not by the refs 

[6 Games In, Josh Allen Has 0 INT's]

1 minute ago, MPT said:

 

If it's 3rd and 18 then I'd rather have a QB willing to take a shot down field and risk an interception than one who will dump it off for 3 yards to save his stats. And a pass is much more accurate than a kick so it's more likely to be downed with better field position.

How come no other QB in the league has “arm punt” interceptions then?

Unless it’s a 50+ yard throw down the field, then the punt is better. You have guys out there prepared and equipped to make a tackle. I get taking a shot on 3rd and 18, but an interception is still an interception

[6 Games In, Josh Allen Has 0 INT's]

Just now, T.E. said:

I like it, but I don't. A big reason for the zero picks is that Brady doesn't seem to call nearly enough downfield passes. I'm okay with a few arm punt TDs as long as they let Allen bring the cannon out of the barn.

Sorry but this term has to die. This wasn’t a thing until a couple of years ago when people started justifying some of Josh’s interceptions. No such thing as an arm punt

[6 Games In, Josh Allen Has 0 INT's]

Yeah but if you listen to Troy Aikman, he should have at least 5 or 6.

 

Not sure why he doesn’t like the Bills, but every game he calls he always has comments against them

[Lets Create Our Own Power Ranking]

7 minutes ago, nedboy7 said:

Bills currently suck folks. They are playing like ***** and I don’t see anything to get excited about.  

Cool, so what are you watching tonight instead? 

[Lets Create Our Own Power Ranking]

7 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

KC is 5-0 and the other two took our lunch money. 

Took our lunch money? What does that even mean?

[What’s the problem, Allen, Brady, Oline, Talent?]

17 minutes ago, Bangarang said:

 

Beane is planning for next year? We have little cap space available next year. So what's the plan? Hope that guys flip the switch or he strikes gold with a draft pick? Seems like a flawed process. 

I thought the Bills will have a bunch of cap space next year, is that not right?

[What’s the problem, Allen, Brady, Oline, Talent?]

12 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Yeah McDermott can't be allowed to just fire another OC and pick his replacement. Dorsey and Brady were his hires after sham interview processes in both cases. At some point the evidence is the evidence. If he can't get that side of the ball right, the league is brimming with coaches that can.

This is revisionist history at its finest. Almost everybody wanted Dorsey and the move was largely loved here, and the same thing happened with Brady. So “sham interview” or not, the Bills went with the guy in both cases that pretty much everybody wanted 

[Around the NFL, Week 6, October 13-14.]

11 minutes ago, HansLanda said:

 

I hear that. My first question to 'fans' of teams is: "Where did your starting right guard go to college?" then you drop the mic. 

See, to me someone asking that question is much more annoying than someone just rooting for the team…that’s just a douchey fan 

[Around the NFL, Week 6, October 13-14.]

1 minute ago, Allen2Coleman said:

Love of Lamar and Mahomes. You can’t blame them honestly. 

Yeah, but if the implication is the league doesn’t want Josh to do well, that’s not correct. They absolutely want to see Josh in these situations too 

[TNF - 9ERS/HAWKS]

7 hours ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Those Seahawks uniforms might be the best throwbacks in the league.

 

Funny how most every team in the leagues look from the 90s is superior to what they replaced it with.

All that means is you prefer nostalgia and the older look compared to now. Plenty of teams now have really good looking jerseys, but most of us on here grew up in the 90’s or earlier and we like what we saw as a kid. Personally I definitely prefer Seattle’s current jersey over what they wore last night (and I grew up in the 90’s)

[Around the NFL - Week 5]

16 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Nobody doesn't believe they can and will win the AFC East. 

However there are many people that aren't homers that see the flaws in this team and the coaching staff.

 

I’ve seen you mention this “not a homer” take so many times, as if actually liking the football team we root for is in some way off. Where is anyone says no there are no flaws on this team? 

You look at your take on the team as “rational” I look at it as someone who is A) playing both sides of the coin because either the Bills win or you get to say I told you so or B) thinks it will be less disappointing if/when the Bills lose

[Josh Allen Mvp and Liability.]

24 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

Nope.  Sorry.

You don’t think most receivers in the league catch that ball? 

[Josh Allen Mvp and Liability.]

6 minutes ago, oldmanfan said:

It was an overthrow.  We all love Josh but we don’t need to make excuses for him.

It was only an overthrow because of who he was throwing to. Even a halfway decent receiver makes that catch 

[Josh Allen Mvp and Liability.]

2 minutes ago, Lfod said:

I'll start by saying I understand the obligatory statement that I think Josh Allen is one of the greatest QBs of all time. When Josh Allen is at his best it  looks like he looks like a football machine sent from the future

 

At his worst it looks like Zack Wilson bust levels looking lost. After some seasons it seems clear to me now that this team will rise and fall to the level that Josh Allen does. 

 

The two losses remind me of what playoff losses have looked like for us. Ravens smashed the Bills like the Bengals did. Texans did today what KC has usually does to us and sneaks by because the offense is figured out.

 

The only difference is that today is that now I believe I can see what Diggs might of been hinting at. I love Josh but maybe he isn't all that serious and just leans on accolades and not going full cyborg all the time.

I love hyperbole as much as the next guy, but man is this laying it on thick.  He didn't develop the game plan that targeted Mack Hollins, also I'm not sure how much better he could've thrown that one deep ball to Collins - that ball has to be caught.

 

He had an off game, but dude, let's have some objectivity here.  I get it, extreme takes get clicks and reactions (congrats, I bit and I'm responding) but this is some major butthurt, low level trolling you got going on here

[Game was lost when we settled for 3 after the turnover]

17 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

If you let mItch throw a pass there and it gets int this place would have gone nuts

I agree - the people saying have Mitch throw are 100% playing the hindsight game.  No one wanted to see him throw when he came into the game there