Bob in STL

GREAT Strategy. Play two players that are coming back from injuries and completely ignore the others. Put the whole load on them. That will work.

Last year happened. We lost the game. It is over. Move on to this year. Anything can happen this year. Lots of football to be played and we are a strong contender. Enjoy the ride.

One of your best reviews yet Shaw.

Is this a trick question? Win the SB is the measure of success for a team this good. We are in the upper echelon, this is the only measure of success. Anything else means the goal has not reached and figure out how to get better.

Have you really watched football since 1972?

He is a 3rd year player that had zero development his rookie year due to COVID when he, for some strange reason, trained wrong and reported to camp too small to play DE. He has since rebuilt his body and his strength. He has 3.5 sacks in 10 games this season and is a rotational DE on a pretty stacked DL. He has 3.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumble recovered and 4 passes defended - not setting the world on fire but he is contributing. On a pace for 6 sacks if healthy. I can give you long list of Bills first round draft busts that never did this much. It is too early to call him a bust, but with the benefit of hindsight we could all list better players that could have been picked.

People here use the term bust so casually. Even on second rounders.

The chart is data, and it is useful data, but it does not stand alone. It assumes that every data point (player injured) has the same impact, which is does not. As if Josh Allen missing a game has the impact of Nathan Peterman missing a game. Example: KC has very low number of injuries relative to the rest of the teams. Take Mahomes out for the remaining games and see what the impact is. They will still be in a favorable position on the chart but that one injury could very likely cause a drastic change to their season. Injuries to star players, quarterbacks, multiple players injured in one positional group (i.e. secondary, OL, DL), can have a bigger impact than the raw data suggests.

Point #1 - He made some great plays and he missed some very routine plays. That is not "ultra clutch" in my view of the world. He is a young player that is still developing and is still inconsistent. As for the all the mental health stuff in point #2, you said you took Psychology 101. I took it 45 years ago so I will defer to you on all that stuff. Especially today with the all social media impacts that now exist. Psychology is not my expertise, maybe it is yours? As a fan I don't boo, I don't jinx, I don't root for injuries or harm to others. I don't bet either. I watch and enjoy the game and the competition. The only football team I care about are the Bills, after that I am a sports fan looking at the skills on display. Cheers.

Two things. Does being “ultra clutch” and also among the league leaders in drops make sense? He has been very good at times, but not yet consistently very good. Save the “ultra clutch” titles for the true greats of the game. Do you want a player that listens to fans and media and lets it affect his play? I hope and seriously doubt that Davis is distracted by the “12th” man. I would bet he isn’t. Playing in Buffalo is easier than many other markets when it comes to pressure from fans and media.

Eh, I’m not going to complain about Davis but I feel he has been a slight disappointment so far as a #2 this season. He just needs more consistent play from week to week. I will happily take the projection to 50-1000-8. No one could complain about 20 yd/catch. Comparing him to Don Beebe makes no sense. They played in different eras. The Kelly era Bills ran the ball a lot more. Beebe was a #3 with Buffalo, Davis is expected to be a #2 this season.

Yes.

The loss in KC was painful, 13 seconds, we would have beat Cincinnati, etc But what you say here is FALSE. Last year we lost in the Divisional playoffs. In 2019 we lost in the Conference playoffs. We wnet further in 2019. It is a FACT that we were closer to the SB in 2019 than we were in 2020. This should not even be a debate but for the emotion of having KC on the ropes and then blowing it. The excuses are made by fans who just assume we would have beat Cincinnati and then the Rams. We will never know that. The only FACT out there, the only thing written in the history books, shows that we made it further in 2019 than we did in 2020.

The first 7 games are over. We have a ton of injuries on both sides of the ball. Other teams are good too and they have seen all the film they need to see. We are how we are. Allen is the reason we are a contender. You know nothing about his elbow so why bother speculating. We are not going to win every game by 3 or 4 TDs. It is not happening at this time of year. We are still a top team in the AFC.

You don't know what putrid is.

Great win by the Bills. Hard fought game against a tough opponent, on the road, on a short week, after overcoming big adversity the week prior. Not to mention all the starters and key players that were out today. Some of the fans here gave up and do nothing but blame and point fingers. The Bills are not going to win every game by 38-10. They are not going to win every game - period. Some of the same fans complaining about losing close games are now complaining about winning a close game. Anyone who has been a Bills fan, check that - a football fan, would be happy to get that win and would be looking at the positives to build on. Next Thursday night in Foxboro. Expect a difficult challenge and a tough game. It will be like this every week, no matter who we play or were it is. Enjoy the rest of Thanksgiving and Go Bills!

Or, our OL depth is at least serviceable. We won on a short week with backups in 3 positions.

Actually, according to the story line his family was from Naples, Italy. Not Sicilian.

Surprised that they changed 2 positions with one injury. Not that I disagree with it either, just surprised that McD did that.

Tre will know when he is ready to go. All this guessing is not productive and the speculating that he doesn't want to play is really bad.

I say that play on TV, with him falling over after the throw - I worried that he got stuck in the turf.

They came home instantly - they clicked their heel 3 times and said "there is no place like home".

If Gilliam makes his block its a score with any running back

True. Every other team had the same rules and constraints. The Kelly era Bills could run the ball when they needed to, which is a big reason why they won at home in the cold and the wind. They were built for the wintry weather.

I think you are over-reacting but he bottom line is we have played this season with mostly all backups in the secondary and even down to 3rd team players. They held up for awhile and they are finally showing a few cracks. We need more heat on the QB to help the young and inexperienced secondary.