PoundingDog

I feel Brady is OK. He deals with what we have and throwing downfield is NOT the trend in the league right now. I don't think he's some genius and most of his play calls are what you see in the league every day. What surprised me is the execution has gone way down - the Bills offense now can't afford too many negative or zero plays. The lack of execution is on the coaching - I'd bet it showed up on Wed and Thyrsday practice field as well. You just can NOT let it slide because "we have #17 on game day." The opposing defenses play physical, man coverage and rush 5 to stop Allen and Cook. It goes back the early season prediction that outside receiver plays are critical for the Bills. right now we are not getting it.

It is odd for a 4-2 team to have a shakeup. But the fact is they really haven't been good this season. They just happen to play some bad teams, including the Ravens. The defense, save for the lone winless Jets, has not looked good in any of the games. Blaming injury, or hoping for white knight cavalry enforcement on our PED guys, is not realistic. It is not a matter of just one guy or two guys missing. Something mush deeper I'm afraid. They have to do something. The players are not dumb, especially the veteran guys. You don't want them to lose faith. The time is now at the bye week.

That one Defenseive play we get earlier in the season is not there any more

Josh's decision is not good today. The Falcons took Chiefs page of speed up the process.

can we hire Frzier back? He's assisstant HC for the Seahawks. We can give him DC title.

Just feel no energy for the whole team.

First I'm surprised he's NOT in the rush on that play. Maybe he was assigned to cover the middle area. Second, he just kind of watched, likely thought other Chiefs got Lawrence covered and he just needed to cover the middle in case Lawrence throw to where he was.

They must really like Ciarlo and believed if he has tape as a call up, someone will claim him. Have to imagine him being active.

Even though he may not be HIM any more from NFL perspective, but you can bet he wants to be HIM for one night. And you know Vrable and the Pats team would love to make him right. I hope he does not do what he did, as a Buffalo Bill, scoring a TD in NE in 2021 where he pointed out several fans and told them to shut the f*** up! He also could show the kind side by playing catch with kids in warm up, though I won't bet on that.

The better measure is absolute snap counts. 50+ is too much in my opinion. With our offense, I'd think the defense should be getting 60-70 snaps total. 30-40 snaps is what I think the target. I also like the fact that he mentioned stealing some 1st & 2nd down snaps in 1st & 2nd quarter. I take it as someone steals those snaps from him. That's good plan for a tight games. Unfortunately there is no one else capable of holding the edge better than him and Groot right now. So I don't know that plan is ever going to work.

Did Allen say anything about Diggs? Reporters may intentionally do selective quotes.

No. Groot is the workhorse DE. Bosa is near the end of his career and can't be counted on. Plus Groot just signed a contract and can't be traded/released without handicapping us. In my book, this last year at Highmark and next 2 seasons in the new stadium is the best windows for superbowl, assuming the recent picks panning out while the current extensions still in their prime. It is common in the past when a guy gets paid, his production dips - it's human nature where you worked really hard to see your fruits of labor and ... there is no new fruits and you relax and enjoy a bit. But in NFL if you don't push forward and just stand still, you actually fall behind. Does Marcel Dareus ring a bell? Super motivated guys, guys want to wear yellow jackets will never let that happen. Good guys will realize the mistake and pick up the hard work to get back on track (they do have the talent). So I do expect Rousseau to have good years ahead, even if not this year.

The Bills are a more talented team than the Pats. To have an upset, you typically need mistakes from the Bills, specifically turnovers. I also look into matchups to see if it aligns for an upset. Allen and the Bills are fairly steady with limiting turnovers since the beginning of 2024 season; in my mind, it is the biggest cause for the Bills not having an upset in that span. If we win the turnover battle Sunday night, I think the win percentage will be in the high 90s. Off the topic, I think the Eagles recent success is due to 1) they have might be the most talented team in NFL, and 2) they avoid turnovers, especially Hurts who looks to avoid any risky throws (60-40 is risky in his mind), even to the point of upsetting teammates like AJ Brown. On the matchup front, the Bill biggest weakness is run defense whereas the Pats rushing offense is ranked near the bottom this year SO FAR. So I don't see anything there. Now Maye may present a challenge in that he has top tier mobility but also accurate throws on the run ability. The Bills faced better running QBs in Lamar and Fields, but I will say Maye may be better in throwing on the run. So I hope when Maye scrambles, our DBs stay with Pats receivers instead of converging to Maye. I do expect Pats biggest play comes from Maye's legs -- that is a matchup favors the Pats.

Hollins might be the most dangerous man from the entire NE team. He knows Bills offense very well. Probably spilled all the beans to help their defense. He also knows the Bills ST very well, and very likely help them IDing the kickoff and punt coverage schemes and personnel.

Crazy huh? It's called gaming the system. Beane does not want to lose an O-Lineman so they leave Grable on the list. Next year we are going to lose Edwards and McGovern.