Ray Stonada

Yeah! Love to hear this. Rodgers is definitely playing the game at some kind of wizard level.

If this was a statement game then this is the statement: even if Josh Allen plays badly, Buffalo can dominate anyway. The Bills found a smash-mouth running game that is impervious to weather. That's HUGE. If Josh can trust that the team has his back without him having to press, he will be even better. Buffalo is growing abilities fast, just in time to peak for the playoffs.

Darn. Football means Sunday at 1pm. Don't like when they mess with that.

Agree with you, OP. That was a tough break. The Titans' record since Derrick Henry went out shows they are a very solid team. And Buffalo faced them at full strength. I am concerned that the Bills' passing attack doesn't look in sync--Rodgers to Adams last night looked psychic and unstoppable by comparison. However: if the power running game continues to emerge, the Bills' passing game will open back up.

Our offense is better with short passes to McKenzie who adds 10-15 YAC instead of Beasley sliding down after 3.

Singletary was Buffalo’s best player! It’s great to have more balance. Team has the ingredients to go on a huge run.

Singletary over 100. Yes!!!

Need a plan B. Running, screens, etc.

Is there some technical reason we don’t run screens well?

Run the ball

Run the damn ball.

Classy move, Stef.

I love Diggs. Such a cool guy. I need to try Bar Bill. Growing up Anchor Bar (right next to my dad's work), the original Duff's, and La Nova were our go to's.

Absurd. Mac and Cheese inheriting some of Brady's privelege.

Was with my sister and nephew watching on his phone, jumping up and down in a parking lot in Louisville, KY. People were looking at us pretty funny!

Agree 100%. I can never, ever get over what Gronk did to Tre White. You can’t unsee someone being capable of that kind of sadistic lunacy.

Josh is the literal most valuable player to his team. Rodgers is incredible to watch though, just drops balls perfectly in buckets from anywhere.

"I was busy eating wings, winning games... you know, Buffalo stuff." [grins] "Oh look! A football." Josh is an incredibly natural actor. Super funny dude!

Yep. And it’s not about his views themselves. For all we know, Josh or Gabe or any number of guys have the same views, but they’re smart enough not to make it a disruption for the team using Twitter and IG or whatever.

There’s a lot of talk here about people “bashing” Cole Beasley unfairly. I get it. The guys has been a very good player for us and a warrior, kept us in big games… made huge catches and is generally clutch. Loved his impact last year until his injury, and his clutchness in general. It’s just that his actions this year have shown another side, that is disrupting team unity. You don’t wanna get vaxxed? No problem. But don’t run your mouth about it, expressly disobey the team policy on keeping vax status private, make yourself the center of a media storm, and miss the most important game of the year. Dawkins, Feliciano, and now Ford are suffering from this thing. Don’t minimize it just because it might not affect you as bad. Team above all. Buffalo has the talent and the will to win it all. The last thing they need is Cole’s random decision to die on this vaccine hill to drive a wedge into the team.

Me neither… could also be a nickname for Ibrahim, the Muslim version of Abraham. In 50 years, the slime watch should go in the sports exhibit at the Buffalo History Museum, in the section devoted to Josh and Stef’s friendship

Yup. That’s why I wrote “within reach.” I have maybe forty years to live and just really want to see the Bills get one. Everything after that, after a lifetime of rooting for them, will be gravy for me personally and maybe for lots of us fans. But I do think the Bills’ young core could become a dynasty—they have that talent and potential.

Three of the four are mentioned. Hyde and apogee are still only 30 and should be playing well as the leaders of the secondary for minimum 2 more seasons. Hopefully 4-5.

Good point. I just meant he doesn't need older mentors anymore, just good teammates and a decent scheme.

Sean McDermott has always been vocal about having steadying, wise old veterans in each position group, and has brought in a number of players for this purpose. Lorax and Kyle Williams would be the archetypes of this role on the team. The 2021 season suggests that the younger and medium-age players are ready to take the reins, and are beginning to outplay and "out-mature" their veteran counterparts. On D-line, Ed Oliver and Harry Philips are emerging and making players like Hughes (33 yo) and Addison (34) less critical. Star (32) has been neither productive nor a team leader. Efe Obada, who is 29 but without much tread on his tires, is playing better and benefiting from getting more snaps at DE. Epenesa, Rousseau and Basham need seasoning but have great potential. In the secondary, Hyde and Poyer are indispensable but still just 30. Younger guys like Dane Jackson are getting good playing experience this year and holding up. Klein is playing alright but the younger starting LBs (Edmunds and Milano) are better. The last two weeks, at least, Gabe Davis and Isaiah McKenzie were more effective than their veteran counterparts, Sanders (34) and Beasley (32). Knox has improved his play and has no more need of a veteran like Lee Smith. I would love to see Antonio Williams get some carries over Moss as well. Dawkins and Brown are the most promising players on the line, and if Buffalo drafts a great guard and center to complement those two and Daryl Williams, the O line could be super solid AND young. Josh Allen (25 y.o.) just played his most mature and effective game; he needs no one other than himself to become the most dominant QB in football. All in all, this season the younger guys have stepped up--in almost every case this year, they have shined when called on. And the veterans (Star, Addison, Feliciano, Sanders, Beasley, etc) are not providing leadership which Buffalo would fall apart with, either. If the Bills want to keep one vet in the symbolic Lorax/Williams role, I'd vote for Jerry Hughes. A crucial aspect of this is that McDermott and Beane recognize this shift we are making, from a young team in need of those older warriors to one ready to thrive and dominate with our increasingly experienced young core. These potential of these guys (Allen, Diggs, Davis, McKenzie, Knox, Singletary, Dawkins, Brown, Oliver, Philips, White, Wallace, Jackson, and more) is massive. And they can begin to mentor the incoming 22-25 year olds themselves. One of McDermott's best qualities is the ability to change, not to stay locked in any dogma other than the "process" of improvement itself. A small example would be benching Moss and going for it on 4th down 4 times in NE. As McDermott matures, he can let go of the need to have expensive veterans and guys from Carolina around as safety blankets, and let the players Buffalo drafted, developed or rejuvenated (like Diggs) take over. When this dynamic shift is complete, the older veterans will drop away, and their money can go to retaining our young core, who will respond to being given true responsibility. They will answer the call. If they complete this process, multiple Lombardis are in reach.