Virgil

Just rename the thread “who should I add to my ignore list” for anyone who picks the Dolphins. Allen beating Brady in Foxborough is a no-brainer. Especially when it means something to them. This whole season would be a success to me in that moment

In the history of dumb questions and useless threads, this has to be the grand supreme. And I was here for Skooby

I love a good joke and an all about going along with them, but this...... I’d have to buy a new skin suit to even try. So all I can say is; I hope it burns when you pee

Nice write up. I hope the refs mail it in more often. It was a much more watchable game than the past few weeks

It’s both to me. I think the line created better holds at times, but I also think the young guys made plays that Shady hasn’t this season I’m not worried about him at all. If anything, I expect a bounce back game. He got picked on his first few games and then really turned it on as a rookie. I’m just acknowledging how he’s had some bad looks the past few weeks.

Can I just take a second to let you know how much I love your screen name and avatar. You should switch up the pic every once in a while though. The bloody nose while holding flowers, him on his go-kart....

Can’t it be both? I saw more arm tackles broken and guys escape piles today than I have all season. I don’t think it’s just one or the other.

Dear lord baby Jesus, please don’t let this turn into another Allen accuracy fight.

Are you flirting with me? Because if so, it’s totally working

Get....the....*****.....out....of....here.....

It’s the lupus man. It gets ya

Drinking or old man fingers hating these crazy kid's keyboards? ?

Zay is a slot receiver being lined up at #1. He's just not going to be that guy and will be good when they can move him back after acquiring a #1 guy this offseason. I don't call him out because I just don't have those types of expectations of him. That's not a slight, just who I think he is.

Another meaningless December home game in Buffalo where most of us are in evaluation mode as we plan for the next season. An injured Matt Stafford and much improved defense who's playing the math game every week to stay alive. Let's see who shows up.... 1 - Rushing Attack - I'm sure I'll get proven wrong here by google, but it feels like we try to run the ball more without McCoy. With him and Ivory out, we seemed to trust these young guys to run more and it paid off on many plays. I saw more broken tackles and players burst out the pile than I have most of the season. The rushing game wasn't dominant or a huge factor, but it existed and contributed to 2nd and 4/6 quite a bit in the beginning. My question is, why? When we are down to our 3rd and 4th RB, why are we featuring our rushing game more than when our top two guys are healthy? Is it a testament to the decline of Shady? I'm not sure. But I know that we saw better production today in bursts and it's something I hope to see them replicate. 2 - Decker - I don't call out a player on opposing teams very often and again, PFF or someone will probably prove me wrong with a grade, but this guy mauled us today. There were a few plays where I thought he was holding Hughes (the norm), but overall I saw him putting guys on his back more than a few times. They lined him up as eligible on a toss play and he took out 3 Bills by himself. He also did a good job of misdirecting pass rushers to create rushing lanes to the inside. Again, not normal for me to talk about the opposing team, let alone a LT, but credit where credit is due. 3 - Pass Rush - I understand that each team creates a game plan each week based upon the opponent. But how we decided to stack the box and rush Stafford this week after not touching Darnold once last week is something I will never understand. Now, credit to Stafford for getting rid of the ball multiple times while getting his and negating the pass rush. Seriously, the guy deserves and Iron Man award for some of the plays he pulled off. Our defense got there more often than not, but he beat them by a fraction of a second. Either way, it was good to see the defense show those and create a couple of interception opportunities, I just don't know where it was last week. 4 - You'll see one day when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it's gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It's like you feel homesick for a place that doesn't even exist. Maybe it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't ever have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for your kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I don't know, but I miss the idea of it, you know. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people that miss the same imaginary place. 5 - Lions Defense against Allen - I was wondering how long it would take for opposing defenses to run some plays to negate Allen's rushing attack. The answer came today as the Lions ran a few schemes. For starters, the defensive line pinched the middle of the field when we ran the spread formation, not allowing Allen to break up the middle for a gain. On most pass plays, the Lions kept a spy on Allen, usually LB Jarrad Davis who helped prevent Allen from taking off. Credit to Allen for breaking the spy on his TD run, but he was overall forced to pass the ball, which he seemed fine doing as well. 6 - Daboll play calling - Like our pass rush this week vs last week, I found myself frustrated with our offensive play calling this week. Not the plays we ran so much as when we ran them. There a few plays on 3rd and 5+ where we were in the middle 20 yards of the field where we took deep shots. I'm happy for the deep shots, but you're a first down or two from being in field goal range. You have the soft zone catches that have worked the past few weeks, keep at them at that part of the field. Keep the offense on the field. And don't get me wrong, some of them were close to paying off. I was very against Daboll getting hired and wanted him gone by week 8. I've change my tune on that and think he's done a great job since then. I haven't changed my mind on that. But the rushing attack and play selection timing on deep shots was frustrating at times. Also, maybe they were going to motion him back to block. But DiMarco was out wide a few times. Kudos for the 4th and short to seal the game, although I'm sure McDermott gets some credit there. 7 - Tre White - When is a player having a bad game and when is the opposing player just making a great play? Regardless of where you stand on it, opposing teams have picked on Tre the past few weeks and gotten away with it. Guys aren't wide open, but they are finding a way to make a play over him each week. What stands out to me is that he's playing the receiver, not the ball. I know that's what you are taught to do, but his head never seems to be turned back to see what he's playing for. Today wasn't any different and he resorted to PI on some plays. He's still a great defender and one of the best on our team, but it's strange to see this production against him. 8 - Foster - Do we have our #2 receiver yet? 100 yard receivers are rare for us and he's put back to back to back games together. Not only that, but his ability to track the ball in the air, find the first down marker on 3rd against the zone, and pure speed with hands. I don't care about his college stats or preseason anymore, the kid is getting it done. He may not win any jump balls, but the kid has done more than enough for me the past few weeks and I'm good with him as a starter next season. 9 - Poyer - Talk about a guy who single-handedly shut down an opposing teams drive. The Lions second to last drive was a highlight reel for Poyer as he blew up a run play in the backfield and then had a great open field tackle on 3rd down. Guy is an unsung hero most weeks and finds ways to make plays. He doesn't have the interceptions that got him attention like last year, but he still puts a solid effort out there each week and was a contributor today. I could easily call out Lorax here as well, but Poyer gets the nod for that drive. 10 - Allen - I'm going to say that this might have been one of Allen's better games this season. The rushing stats weren't there and he still made his weekly rookie mistake, but I liked how he adapted, his accuracy, and how overall he looked like a pocket quarterback this week. For the ugly, he still struggles to throw the ball away when scrambling out of the pocket and almost threw two interceptions. Someone needs to sit in a room and make him watch tape of those throws on repeat for a few days until he gets it. In the first half, he took a sack that knocked them out of field goal range because he broke outside of the pocket vs stepping up into it. It's worked in previous weeks, but not today. Now, for the positive. I really think this was his most accurate week. He had a few throws that required some extra effort by the receivers, but nothing that was un-catchable. I think Thompson will tell you he should have got his deep ball as would a few other guys. The Lions weren't going to let Allen break any big plays and it didn't really slow Allen down at all. Like every other week, he didn't look frazzled and just went with it. His deep ball to Foster was beautiful and he did what he needed to do to win the game. His hard count to get an off-sides on the last drive was well played as well. Overall, just a really good day for him. Bonus Thoughts Nice to have a game end in under 3 hours. Penalties also down from previous weeks. Coincidence? Special Teams were a non-factor and the Lions missed a FG. Even the announcers made a comment before getting cut off that the Bills had special teams play go in their favor for once. For a meaningless game in December, props to the fans who did show up. It sounded loud at times Another week, another game where Clay does absolutely nothing. Croom showed him up on that last catch too. Screw the better draft pick, I want these guys to show what they can win and build the young guys up going into next season. Go Bills!

Favorite Teams: 1 - Bills 2 - Anyone playing the Patriots

My favorite spot is my unmarked van across the street from his house. Usually between 2-4am when he does his naked bathroom run. There’s one window that gives me the best vantage point.

Lock this thread please

I live in Baltimore and it’s intereating to hear the talk radio shows. They remind me of the Bills after the 90’s where they just assume change will be for the better. The fans even acknowledge that he can’t throw from the pocket. If they move on from Flacco and Harbaugh, which I think they will, I don’t think they realize what they could be in for.

There’s more attractive destinations for FA’s that also have more money. We will have to overpay and I see some disappointment with not getting our guys.

What the hell is going on here?

1 - Special Teams 2 - Offensive Line, rushing attack 3 - Defensive pressure last quarter

I honestly believe Milano will be our OLB for years to come and I’m good with that. All he does is make plays and always seems to be around the ball. I think he’s made more of an impact than Edmunds at this point. I agree with Zay in the slot, but Foster is changing minds for me. He broke 100 yards today without a single deep pass. He broke down the defensive zones like a pro, had great awareness of the sticks, and made solid catches. I’m not getting crazy after just three games, but I think he’s earned the right to fight for a top 3 starting job through the end of this season and offseason. If we got a legit number 1, Foster and Zay would round out a good enough receiving Corp to me as of this very moment. My only real fear, besides it being a flash in the pan, is his size and how injuries could become a thing. If Teller pans out, those a solid acquisitions after round 3 that have shored up starting positions, which I think is vital to the success of any rebuilding team. I also think clutch play by Allen in the 4th has been a strength for him. Today’s final turnover was something he will do at any point in the game because he doesn’t like to throw the ball away, not because he’s trying to be a hero. He’s already orchestrated two game winning drives this year, and had the defense held up, today would have been 3. I’m actually more concerned about the defense preventing game winning drives than I am about Allen right now. Sorry to hear you missed the game as I look forward to your write-ups

You just made my day! Amazing reference and the perfect tie-in to screen name. Have you seen the YouTube video where they show all the times they mentioned the theory of it being lupus? Also, it’s never lupus.

That’s the one thing I forgot to add. This seemed like the first game in a while where we made zero halftime adjustments. Very unlike us

Where was the pressure? At all