Bob in STL

Just like the Pro Bowl voters apparently.

Good job game planning with lots of backups in but I suspect he ran the same plays he would have anyway. I agree that he finally did things to help the pass protection. I really hated the play calling on 2nd and goal from the 1. Three passes was being too cute. Even though Sanders missed a catchable ball. Thankfully the defense bailed us out and forced a 3 and out. That could have changed the momentum otherwise. I don’t like that we don’t have have a heavy package that can grind out a few yards. Our red zone offense has been inconsistent. This roster make up is more on Beane and McD though.

He is nothing like Fitz because he doesn't gun-sling the football. That said, in the safe cocoon of the Pats* organization he is a decent game manager. He does not make a lot of mistakes, he makes the easy throws. He plays like a Tyrod Taylor type of player, maybe a Ryan Tannehill at his highest level.

Hope that Feliciano comes back next week so he can be the backup C. Let Bates play, he earned another game.

I am both relieved and extremely happy. McD had them ready. We started great and never looked back. We won in every phase of the game. With all the injuries and Covid related losses this could have been a bad game but there were no excuses. “Next Man Up” worked this week. McKenzie and Bates both really stepped up. Getting Dawkins back was huge. Allen had another MVP type game. Need to focus on Atlanta. They will be tough. A Christmas win feels so good.

Pretty rotten thing to do. Classless and entitled. Didn’t take him long to be a Pat*.

BB will likely have the DEs set the edge, forcing him up the middle where the likes of Boettger/Morse/Bates/Doyle will have to play better than they have all season.

Thanks. You never know. Maybe this team will rise up and overcome the adversity.

Can we play the game first?

Sure, we can do that that sometimes, but not all game. It more about personnel, not the scheme. Besides, I think BB might figure that out pretty quickly. We just don’t have a good “heavy” package. No blocking TEs and no blocking FB. Maybe a hybrid player like Gilliam can help? Daboll will need to be diverse in packages and playcall. Execution has to be better too.

Really? I don’t see this line being good at anything but this could be one of those classic Bills games where they rise to the occasion and play well. You never know.

If Sanders plays AND can be effective, then we can get by at WR. We essentially have only one TE that is even worth a damm. Now look at the OL without Dawkins, Feliciano, and Ford. It’s not pretty. It’s gonna take great defense and ST, a dramatic improvement in penalties and negative plays, and winning the turnovers. We can win, it will be an epic effort though. Something the 2021 Bills have not had yet.

Davis is a huge loss. Hopefully Sanders can come back. If not we may not have enough horses. Diggs, Sanders and McKenzie with help from Kumerow and Stevenson. Not ideal but we have had much worse. I think missing Ford is a even bigger problem. Brown, Ike, Morse, Bates, Williams. => ugh.

A very useful role player.

TE is part of the offensive line. We need a much better TE2 for sure. Get a TE2 that can block and catch and you just helped the OL and the red zone offense. We don’t have a “heavy” short yardage package that is worth a damm. This is an easy request that Beane should be able to fill. Otherwise, we remain one dimensional.

Gino Cappaletti was a flanker (WR) and a place kicker for Boston George Blanda a QB and kicker for Houston and Oakland Paul McGuire was a punter and LB for the Bills and San Diego Steve Spurier was QB and punter for SF. I met him last year at a bar were my brothers cover band plays. Cool guy.

Stats wise yes, overall talent yes, … but I would like to see more wins, a better home record, and a SB championship

You can’t be “in the stands”. You have to be on the active roster and dressed.

Brown, a rookie, played his first game ever at LT in the NFL with about 10 games of experience. Never played it before and had only a few days to prepare. It different than RT, a position he has been working at. He had a rough day playing against top tier competition. He said in and the post game interview he was learning on the fly. Learning things like what moves the DE made base on his stance (2 point or 3 point). We had another tackle that had a terrible day on his first start. Howard Ballard, who became a pro bowler, was so bad Jim Kelly chewed him out publicly and didn’t want him starting the next week. Some of you look for perfection on every play and in every circumstance. It’s never gonna happen. Brown will go back to RT and will probably end up one our best lineman someday.

Kelly Allen (and still rising) Kemp Ferguson Fitz Lamonica Flutie

Absolutely! The mid 60’s players are still the most accomplished Bills Teams by virtue of winning 2 AFL titles back to back, although the Suoer Bowl era Kelly Teams had the best Bills players so far. It was a different era for sure but I see no need to caveat them for their time. The AFL paved the way for the NFL to grow and provided opportunity for many excellent players, particularly African American players, many of which were not given equal opportunities. Those Bills teams were loaded with great players, fine men, and quite a few characters too. Harry was great and one of the many that stayed in Buffalo and made positive impacts to the community for many years after he played. RIP Harry Jacobs I’m betting he did it for free.

Feel good Promo. We won. We had 4 OL positions with different players in them, including 2 starters out of the game. We played a strong defense. That accounted for most of the penalties and sacks. Our defense was fine. We aren’t going to stop every drive, that is not realistic The Pats* have vulnerabilities too. Worry next week if they are not healthier and better.

eh, Last year

Good win, the game was tougher than the score indicates Allen had a strong game considering the pass blocking was mostly below average. Singletary gets a game ball. So does Gabe Davis. We need Dawkins back. I felt bad for Brown getting tossed into LT on 2 days notice. Pats* will be tougher for sure. I expect Daboll to do more next week to diversify the offense and help the pass protection by use of TE on edge and RB in backfield. BB is watching. Overall, a much needed win under tough circumstances.

We cannot win the division next week. We can take the lead with 2 games left. We still have to win games after that.