ChicagoRic

I'm going to refute the whole McDermott and Brady coached/playcalled "to not lose". This is silly. The Raven blew out their last 5 opponents leading up to this game and their defense has been spectacular. Henry ran for well over 100 yard for every single one of those games. Was it a flashy game? Nope. But the Bills stuck to the run and rolled up 147 yards of rushing against a very strong rush defense. They made safe, high percentage throws and converted first downs. They won the time of possession battle. They won the penalty battle. This was never going to be blowout game with long bombs to the endzone. Baltimore's defense is too good for that. Defensively, McDermott and Babich used the blueprint provided for beating the Ravens: Limit Henry and expose Jackon's weaknesses. As long as that plan was working, the offense's job was mainly to grind it out, protect the ball and not do anything risky or stupid. They achieved that in spades. Two hands on the ball and drive upfield. This was the right game plan against THIS team. On to KC. That game plan will be much different. Go Bills!

Stroud just doesn't seem to have "IT". Had a chance to get it close and at least give them a shot in the final 3 minutes and just straight up imploded. Game over.

Keon Coleman is gonna have a big game.

Y'all forgot Russell Copeland

This isn't about playing conditions, it's about driving conditions. 50 people died in weather like this last year.

This team is a MONSTER right now. Super effective game by Allen. Did what he needed, forced nothing. Cook? Holy. Guacamole. Defense? Awesome. So pumped right now.

Uh, yeah, and that's the problem. Sometimes the best ability is availability. Full strength Von Miller has not been available and instead has been a huge money pit of disappointment.

WTF REFS!?!

Chiefs D didn't snap that ball. Nice Fins choke.

The Bengals have one decent offensive game this year against a hamstrung 49er offense and slumping D. At night, under the lights, I see the Bills rising to the occasion and coming up with a convincing win. Bills 35, Bengals 24.

Ok, I get it. The Bills have looked a little flat over the last two weeks, but can we talk a little bit about recency bias? Bad games happen, but to make giant sweeping announcements that the wheels have fallen off the offense is a huge overreaction. Am I the only person who feels like I am in crazy land when people want to fire McDermott, fire Dorsey, and complain about too much Diggs? Dorsey is bad for Allen? McDermott is bad for Allen? Cripes. Yes. Two "bad" games in a row. Acknowledged. But looking at the season so far, I guess I am just way more optimistic than most and am expecting the Bills to get back on track this Sunday. This is a good offense with a great QB and a defense that has excelled despite injuries. I'll take it.

6 weeks in, is Deonte Harty an upgrade, a downgrade, or wash? For all of the heat he took, McKenzie had, statistically speaking, the best year of his career. As per usual, I'm just starting the discussion, which is sure to piss some posters off, but there you have it. Discuss.

Bernard: The opposite of "Looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane".

In seasons past this stat line would have been a disaster. Sure is nice to have a running game that does not flow through the QB. I like "Patient" Josh.

And bring on the soft D

2 runs up the middle? Awesome.

With KC and the Bengals both suffering losses, I'm super curious as to how the narrative might change. If the Bills win, are they "re-legitimized"? If the Jets win, are they the sudden SB favorites? Can't wait to see how this plays out.

Dude is all about the Civil War. North/South runner with just enough wiggle. Not expecting much but that's a nice highlight reel. The other thing I liked is that he seemed to have a knack for making something out of broken plays. Looks like he has some decent instincts. Will be a preseason favorite and then chill on the practice squad barring injury, but a good pickup nonetheless.

If you don't like it you don't have to reply, thanks. For what it's worth, I've been a member of some iteration of this board since way back in the Rochester D&C days, so give me a little grace. Oh wait, you probably don't know what that even is. Long enough ago where I was posting discussions about the merits of Gale Gilbert as a backup QB (I was wrong about that, by the way. Reich was THE MAN!) or if Russel Copeland could step up as WR1 (He couldn't, I got that one right). Go shovel your driveway. Belinda.

It's gotten ridiculous. Reoorter/talking head: "The REAL reason that Diggs is salty is because a source close to the Bills saw McDermott step on Stephon's shoelace and when Allen went to tie it he didn't double knot it." It's getting silly

Excuse me, what? The purpose of my post was pretty simple. I wanted a little more than the knee jerk "Fire McDermott" posts that have been making the rounds, so I asked "Ok, then what?" In the future, please don't attack my character or make assumptions about my personal life, just stick to the topic. Not cool.

Who is your replacement? Who will absolutely, positively, 100%, be that "better" choice you are clamoring for? I keep on hearing "McDermott is the problem." Who is the solution? Someone actually available to be hired.

Know what happens when you take a player like Josh Allen and continuously send the message "stop being a gunslinger, start sliding, play it safe safe safe"? You get the the playoff game against the Bengals. Allen got bombarded with that messaging by the media, fans and coaching staff in the days and weeks leading up to that game and we all know the result. Looked flat. Took no chances to the point where Diggs called him out on it. Let Josh be Josh.

Just so you know, I only put "Arm Arrogance" in my Allen Bashers posts as a joke, because it's a truly ridiculous term......

Dude, it's called SARCASM. Now, as they said waaay back in the old Rochester D&C days: Go shovel your driveway.