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Effing AWESOME. Simply a thing of beauty. I have this saved in my fave's list on YouTube. I couldn't have said it better myself, this was back when football was football. Men running around on that field ready to end your career in a split second. The days when the Ronnie Lott's, and the Chuck Cecil's of the world roamed the secondary.. And I gotta say this....as much as I hate Tom Brady the New England Patriot, I give him ALL the props in the world for his toughness. Dude sprung right back up, clapped his hands and threw his helmet back on. If that woulda been me, I think I would've just turned into a pile of dust.

Gotta love this....

GOTDAMM SHE'S HOT!! HOLY F.. 🤯

Not a bad choice at all. It's nice knowing we have two solid, solid tackles. Williams has definitely been one of Beane's homeruns if you ask me. I know it's such an obvious and cliché choice, but I gotta go with my man Josh. During the off-season, he was saying all the right things, about working on his mechanics, and film study, and better decision-making. I'm not gonna say I didn't believe him, but it sounded like something any QB who struggled with issues during a season would say. I hoped to see results, but I NEVER expected him to make the jump that he has to a whole nother level. His accuracy, his decision-making, his PATIENCE!!! Wow! As much as I despise Tom Brady, one of the things that make him the GOAT is his ability to take what the defense gives him, to play dink-and-dunk football. And at times this season watching Josh play, I saw that same patience, progressing through his reads, going to his 2nd, 3rd, and even 4th options. Not giving up on the pocket and being so quick to tuck it and run. It's been just a beautiful thing to watch him grow the way he has.

The sad thing is we don't really have the depth at either position TO replace/bench them....especially at linebacker. I'm a pretty optimistic guy, and even I have to say Klein has been pretty damn awful. To think we couldn't even get a bag of footballs, some donuts and a used Samsung Galaxy S4 for him...smh. Taron IMO has struggled mightily, but I at least have hope that he can work through this slump he's in and turn things around. This is the same guy last year that was a solid nickel corner for us....

Thanks Hap. I thought he was still on that Covid time frame where he couldn't come back yet, so that's great news! The Bills are a different team with Knox in there. Even with his struggles with drops, he changes the dynamic of the offense because of his mismatch abilities, gives Allen another target in the middle of the field, and most importantly, IMO, allows Daboll to get way more creative with his play-calling. I'd love to see us run some more of those two TE sets with Knox and Kroft, especially with Brown still not quite 100% yet.

Hap I'm confused...now that we've activated Knox, does that mean he's eligible to play this Sunday or does he still have to wait until a certain amount of time has passed before he can play?

I'm for any advantage we can get. I'd have no problem with the whole team coming down with a nasty little stomach bug that keeps them on the toilet through the weekend, but runs its course by Monday morning. Let em all sit. Speaking of injuries, I'm really interested to see what the OL combination will be Sunday. Hopefully Ford is a go. I have a feeling it's gonna be a great game Sunday. I think this is the week we see the offense we saw games 1-4.

Agree. It's definitely been a disappointment not having Knox out there very much this year, especially considering how hopeful everyone was that he was going to blossom into the TE we all envisioned him becoming. Unfortunately injuries have prevented him from doing that, and I'm definitely not ready to throw in the towel on him. He did flash a few nice catches and runs, but unfortunately also had some critical drops. I bet Daboll really wishes he had both Knox and Kroft out there to run those two TE sets. But yeah, in those short yardage situations I'd much prefer Beasley on the bench.

OMG that just made me throw up in my mouth reading that. Yeah I have to admit his defensive acquisitions this past off-season have been less than stellar. I can't bring myself to believe that he's not going to swing SOMETHING by the trade deadline. We need defensive help in the worst way, and if we don't make at least one significant acquisition(1-tech PLEASE) this year, we could wind up being one and done come post-season.

This. I have zero problems with the Bills being excluded from the spotlight. I hate to say it, but it seems like every time the national media starts to hop onto the bandwagon and start giving us props, we immediately proceed to embarrass ourselves in primetime, and it's usually a blowout. We don't even make it competitive. I'm just fine being ignored. At this point we haven't earned any attention.

This. I don't think Allen has played poorly at all these last four games. I'm not a Josh Allen apologist at all, in fact I would consider myself one of his harsher critics who hated the pick. The strides Allen has made this year have been tremendous, and they aren't flash-in-the-pan type of improvements either. He has legitimately worked his but off, and it's paying dividends in full. These last four games, defenses are eliminating the deep ball and making Allen beat them with the short and intermediate stuff. And in my opinion, Allen has demonstrated excellent patience, progressing through his reads, and smartly going to his 2nd, 3rd, 4th and check-down options. He hasn't been quick to just tuck it and run like years past. He's been happy to dink-and-dunk and just take what the defense gives him. Let's also not forget that for the past four weeks he's been without his #2 WR and fastest deep burner, his starting TE, and his line has been patchwork since week 2 basically. Like drought pointed out, pretty much all of the INTs haven't really been his to blame. Josh Allen is playing fine. If you ask me I'd even go as far as to say I've been impressed with how he's handled these past four weeks. Has every game been pretty? No. Has he made mistakes? Sure, what QB doesn't? But I am very happy with who we have behind center, and the beautiful thing is this kid hasn't even come close to reaching his full potential.

I respectfully beg to differ sir. If we manage to beat some of the teams that are favored to beat us, say the Steelers and the Seahawks for example, first off that's two more W's in the win column. And if we manage to beat them, I'm guessing we found some formula that we know works and can continue to employ that formula against the rest of our opponents. And if we can beat the Steelers and the Seahawks, I believe it would make beating the Chargers, Broncos, Pats that much more realistic. I completely agree that if we are able to do this, how we're perceived by everyone will obviously change a great deal. But beating the big boys IMO would directly affect the outcome of the season when all is said and done.

That's why the second half of this season is SO very important. IMO, how we fare in these last 8 games will ultimately reveal the Bills for exactly what they are. And what they are remains to be seen, because so far this year, we have beaten the teams we were SUPPOSED to beat. Now its time to take it to the next level and start getting those "signature wins". Beating the teams heavily favored against us. And until we do, can we call ourselves anything more than a decent football team?

Damn.....just damn. That's not the most encouraging thing to see. I thought for sure he had more than that in his n time here. Okay I'm gonna revert back to my resident sunshine lollipops and rainbows guy and predict that McDermott will beat TWO teams this year that he can add to his signature win resume. My two most likely are the Seahawks and Cards.

Okay, one of our resident stat guys, or info treasure trove guys, please tell me McDermott has at least one or two "signature wins" in his entire 3 year tenure with us...surely we beat one or two teams who finished the season in the top 10 in the standings....

What was the Cowboys record last year when we beat them on Thanksgiving? Other than that, I got nothing...

I played RG from my sophomore year of college til graduation. I can honestly say that having a positive relationship with my QB, for me personally, motivated me to block better for him. Not to say that I didn't do my job no matter who was behind center, but when the QB and I were friends, it made my job just a little bit more important. And same with the RB. I used to block for Kevan Barlow, and he and I were roommates. I didn't mind pulling, and knocking heads off to pave the way for him. Just my two cents.

My condolences to your fantasy team, lol. Naw but seriously, the mere fact that we sit at 4-0 in the division right now gives me a good level of confidence that we'll win the division. Anything can happen between now and then, and if I had to make a guess at our seed, optimistically I could see us with the #3 seed. But we have alot of work to do defense-wise. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm happy I'm able to, I'm not worried at all about our offense. While Allen's numbers have dipped since his MVP-worthy first four games, to me he's still playing excellent football, making smart decisions with the football, having a much better feel for when to tuck it and run vs checking to his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th options. IMO today, the wind didn't seem to bother his throws at all. The majority of his passes were crisp and on the money, and as much as I love Davis, he absolutely should've had that touchdown catch to seal the game. I mean he's made several veteran-like catches this year, that ball should've been an easy TD for him. And to see our running game show up today, against a team who's strength was run defense, well that was just awesome. Feliciano deserves much credit for that. I pray Morse can recover from that concussion, because I'd much rather prefer Feliciano at guard then center.

Agree, I'm VERY concerned for Morse. That totally sucked seeing him go out, especially with getting Feliciano back. With the concussion protocol, and this being his I don't know how many, isn't he likely to miss two games at the very least??

Now that I've had a little while to calm down from today's emotional roller-coaster ride, I actually feel good about this game. Do I think we'll win? I can't say that I do, however it certainly can be done. Seattle has already proven that their defense is suspect. The additions they've made have been upgrades on paper, but the bottom line is they can be scored upon, from the ground AND through the air. Someone mentioned in another thread that perhaps now that Buffalo has gotten the proverbial monkey off their back by beating New England today, that they may be able to settle down a bit, and play looser. I can definitely see that being the case. Having Brown back in the lineup and at 100% was immediately noticeable today, IMO, and finally getting the running game going was very encouraging, considering that NE's strength on D was stopping the run. Feliciano was a sight for sore eyes, and we are a COMPLETELY different team with him in there. I expect to see more of the same next Sunday, and I know Allen will be able to capitalize on some play-action. I think this is the week we finally get our offense clicking on all cylinders. The defense though.....Russell Wilson at this point in the season is the unanimous MVP and it's not close, and if we couldn't stop Cam Newton, two future used car salesman and a FedEx delivery driver, I don't have alot of faith in us stopping Russ & Co. If Josh Allen plays his best football, a shootout is my hope for us to sneak away a victory. Either way though, a loss to an NFC opponent, specifically a team as good as the Seahawks, isn't that bad. But I'd love to see us steal one like this to give us wiggle room down the home stretch if we were to lose one we should've won...gonna be a great game and I'm pumped regardless.

I gotta say thank you for this post. This is the most upset I've ever been after a win in my entire life as a Bills fan. But your post put things in perspective...I forgot that as bad as the Patriots have been this year, the mere fact that they'd lost three straight made them both a dangerous and desperate team, PLUS a division rival. They fought tooth and nail til Cam's fumble. We won, and in the end that's the most important thing... Thanks again...I feel better now.

I hate to admit it, but I feel you may be right...maybe I'm still a bit emotional after the game, but in my heart I feel we'd have a real tough time beating the Steelers, Ravens even though they just lost(but both losses were to the two best teams in the NFL), Chiefs, Titans...it can certainly happen. When our offense is clickin, I believe we can score on anybody. I just don't see our D makin enough stops.... I really, really, really hope we get this turned around, and quickly. Being the resident TBD rainbow sunshine and lollipops optimist, I still don't see it happening, not with so many missing pieces and injuries...this may be something that won't be able to be addressed until the off-season.

I did notice that. Usually he stands out in the wrong way, but he did seem to be in on a few positive plays today....i thought Marlowe played well too....

I have never been angrier after a win than I am today. Heck I really can't recall a time when I was more than perturbed after a win, but today I'm quite pissed. Thank God for the W. It puts us squarely in the driver's seat to clinch the division, so yay for that, especially with the schedule shifting to the major leagues from here on out. That defensive performance today was straight crap for the most part, and what has me so damn pissed is Frazier and McDermott's lack of adjustment...while I do consider Bellicheck one of the greatest ever, I give him no credit for what the Pats were able to do to us offensively, I more consider it a colossal failure by Frazier and McDermott to have this defense prepared and up to the MODEST challenge to stop an offense that before today was well below average AND missing key starters on that side of the ball. Yet they made Cam Newton and a bunch of no names look like a well oiled offensive machine. And had Zimmer not saved the day, I have absolutely ZERO doubt that the Patriots would've scored a touchdown on that drive. I would bet my life savings on it. Frazier, IMO, needs to go. And McDermott needs to step up to the podium and man up and answer some questions about why this team is so ill-prepared on defense, why it is playing so damn soft, and why it appears, when it matters most, we can't stop ANYONE. A defense playing with no heart is a direct reflection of it's head coach IMO. Sorry for the rant guys. This one's gonna take a minute to digest....and I still can't believe I'm saying this after a win.