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Bad news is Josh's AOL account is down.

I'm in the Collinsworth sucks camp too. He was holding Mahomes jock all night. I used to like him, but he's turned into an ass-kisser without any true thinking behind his remarks. Typical network d-bag.

We should. In the 4th Q when we are up 30, it's Mitchie time. Save Josh's body for the stretch run and playoffs.

Josh is a pure joy to watch at QB. I don't think we ever had a QB this good. Sorry Jimbo. We love you but Josh "so freaking good" Allen is tops.

I'd rather listen to Jacoby and Meyers. He did do the table jump so he gets a tiny shred of street cred..

Is plaiyng Polynesian for being on the field? Kidding aside, he does make a difference and Ed Oliver plays much better next to him. It has a ripple effect on our dominant D. But Star not playing is not the reason we lost to Pitt. Haak, a rusty Josh and bad OL are the main culprits.

NE defense is still good. Judon is a beast. Barnmore is looking good. Secondary is good. It's not a roll over, and I think in NE the game will be hard fought. I'd love nothing more that 40-zippers until February, but I don't think NE is total sh*t I think they are a .500+ team with some fight and the second best team in the AFC East.

Glad that Tampa one, still not a Brady fan. But NE's Defense is good and Mac Jones is learning to use those TE's and read the field better. They will not roll over, but I still want to sweep them.

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If Feliciano wasn't banged up, they should replace Ford with Boettger.

I live in Tampa and still can't get into the Tommy and Gronky show. But since NE is a division rival and a win helps the Bills, for one week I shall be a token Bucs fan.

No. ESPN sucks.

Will always be the New England Patriots.

Gonzalez, Gronk and Kelce are all neck and neck. Gonzelez is my #1 for now but Gronk and Kelce are still playing. I take into account the entire career. Kelce may push to #1 the way he is playing with Mahomes since they may have a longer time together. The Gronk-Brady window may have 2-3 years left tops. Maybe less. Then how will Gronk do with another QB. My wish would be that it's with Allen for a few years and a trip back home to the Super Bowl.

It's an area of concern for sure. He takes a big part of the blame for the Pitt loss for sure. The good thing is that I trust the FO notices our areas of weakness and constantly tries to improve on them. This will not be a problem all year long. There will be a fix, even if it means bringing in new blood.

We are a very good team. Just doesn't take away the fact that Josh needs to play like a Top3 QB because that is what he is getting paid to be. The game goes to the Defense. Offense did enough, but Josh missed a lot of throws he normally makes. Something ain't right with him yet and he needs to get back to his 2020 self soon. O-line looked much better. Run Game looked much better. Pass rush was awesome today.

I think it means the Bills have a lot of work to do to change this stat. The stat means something. The best teams win at home, especially in an opening game. Protect your turf. Every coach preaches this. Playoff teams rarely lose at home. Most are 6-2, 7-1, a few 6 seeds may go 5-3. (in the 16 game format) That doesn't leave a large margin of error for the rest of the home games. That means playing winning or .500 ball on the road can usually get you in. I think the other reason this stat resonates is the championship game. You start dumping home games you are going to be a 2,3,4 seed if you are one of the elite teams in the conference. If you are good, you are looking at a 5-6 seed and the road gets even tougher to the SB. That said, this week is huge. If the Bills don't rebound, it's going to be an uphill battle the rest of the way. I have confidence they will figure it out and take a road victory from the Fish. GO BILLS!

Exactly. Don't let them block a damn punt for a touchdown and we don't see this stupid stat again.

I think I saw the Bills come down to earth. Even my friend who is a die-hard Steelers fan went in thinking the Bills would blow them out. It didn't happen and our weaknesses were fully exposed for all to see. 1. OL They surrendered constant pressure and Never let Josh get into a rhythm. Run blocking was sufficient at times but: 2. Playcalling - left a lot to be desired. The 4-5 WR sets with no RB allowed the Steelers to read pass and T off on a rush. There was nothing to keep the Steelers off-balance. there was no pre-snap motion and everything seemed to be generic. 3. QB - Trying to run an up-tempo wide set was to conducive to Josh's ability and with no RB to chip in to block, Josh had pressure immediately and his timing and rhythm were off. He could never get comfortable and was releasing the ball early most of the time, or releasing it without being set as he was on the run. 4. Special Teams- the blocked punt was the seal on the coffin. I loved the kickoff return but after McKenzie got banged up, he was less successful. Bass was excellent. Hauk sucked. 5. Wallace - got picked on. and burned multiple times. He was the weak spot on the D and he was exposed because. 6 DL Outside of Addison's strip sack, no one got Big Ben off his game and he settled down in the second half and made the throws he needed to win. 7 Coaching Neither co-ordinator made the second half adjustments needed to take advantage of the matchups on the field. Play-calling was bad and they stuck with plans that were not working. When sh^t hits the fan, you got to be ready to adjust and we did not. So we lost.

Good write up. I love seeing fan takes on here. I pretty much felt the same way. I'm hoping we dont Fitz up Allen with big money. He definitely did not have that winners fire yesterday. Your point about using the same offense is excellent. It did seem like Pitt knew what we wanted to do and shut it down. I honestly thought that we were going to come out in the second half with adjustments on what we saw in the first half and Allen was going to take over the game in a route. I figured the defense would continue to bottle up Harris and Ben wouldn't hit much downfield. The blocked punt was unforgivable and basically changed the game. After that happened, the way the offense was playing, I actually for the first time since 2019 had doubts. It was obvious that Daboll was not the genius we thought and he couldn't scheme his way out. When he tried it was a miserable fail, especially the 4th and 1 lateral. To me a big blame goes to the OL also. Heyword and Watt were just eating them alive and it was pathetic to watch. No plays were designed to neutralize them or throw double teams at them. 4 and 5 wide sets expose the OL and Allen was not quick enough to compensate. Horrible offensive coaching and game-planning. Overall, I think the defense played well, not spectacular. Surprisingly, the big play came from Addison, who seemed to be on the TBD chopping block. The rest of the DL didn't do much outside a few splash plays from Oliver. If you can't knock Big Ben down, how are they going to get to faster, more mobile QB's. All said, there are definite areas of concern going into Miami. Perhaps this team read too many news articles. I expect "humble and hungry" next week. Hopefully this is lesson learned. I hope the OC and DC learn from this and realize you can't force a game plan down someone's throat based on perceived talent. You need to make adjustments to expose weak areas. On to Miami, GO BILLS!!

Right. That play alone decided the game.

Truth is that Allen wasn't great today and I place some of that on the OL. Just like last year, Watt and Heyworth dominated our OL and made life difficult for Josh. He had to hurry a lot of throws. He missed a wide open Sanders for a TD. He overthrew Diggs multiple times. He just never got comfortable and in a rhythm. He hardly looked like a 250m man today. Personally I think he was over-excited and reverted back to his 2018-19 form. I think the pressure of the big money and playing in front of fans, plus Pitts aggressive D and tight coverage made him look average at best. There were no "wow" throws all game.

I'm still in shock. Did not see this coming. What a crap game.

Wow. Wallace sucks. The are brutally singling him out.

SWEET! I will do that. Thanks for the tip.