Low Positive

Fan sentiment is week-to-week because we all care about something over which we have zero control.

By chance, I happened to watch the 2022 AAC Championship game. It was just on. There was one guy on Tulane who was everywhere, 8 tackles and a sack (I did have to look up the numbers just now). That guy was Dorian Williams. He left an impression. He was also all over the field when Tulane upset Caleb Williams and USC in the Cotton Bowl. I wasn't elated with the pick because I wanted a WR, but I understood it because I saw the physicality in his game.

I think that she was in a suite for the Raiders' game too.

People don't have a problem with him touting his defense. It's the use of the word "embarrassed." In the past, most coaches would have used a word like "contained," or "kept in check." Even "dominated." But "embarrassed" is just a non-cuss word way of saying "made them our b**ch." It's trash talk, and these younger coaches don't shy away from it. I don't have a problem with it, but it's what people don't like here.

Kafka wasn't playing against Dorsey. Martindale was, and he embarrassed Dorsey and Josh. I never think that teams lose by being "outcoached," because the players on the field have to execute. But if the Bills had lost that game, it would have been due to Martindale's game plan which probably had a lot of input from Daboll and his knowledge of the Bills playbook and tendencies.

I think that Penix is going to be better than anyone in this draft, but that is probably a topic for a different thread.

Salah is part of a new generation of NFL head coaches who talk trash through the media. Shannahan does it. Mike McDaniel does it. Zac Taylor does it.

Wandale Robinson? Isiah Hodgins? Jalin Hyatt?

Best loss of the current Bills run? TB in 2021. That loss led to the Bills winning out and taking the division from rookie phenom Mac Jones. It was the second-half comeback that sparked the run that ended in 13 seconds.

So, just as a good luck charm, Kyle Allen should take at least one snap every game. I'm down for that.

And the Thanksgiving game last year was an extremely ugly win, and we lost Von for the season that day.

How about the all FG game against a 2-14 Jets team in an empty MetLife in 2020? https://www.nfl.com/games/bills-at-jets-2020-reg-7?active-tab=stats But that was back when this run started, and all wins felt good. Now we have expectations.

This one was especially bad due to the quality of the opponent, but remember this game? https://www.nfl.com/games/falcons-at-bills-2021-reg-17?active-tab=stats

It’s like the collective NFL world has zero memory for Mahones’ blunders. He mismanaged a goal to goal situation at the end of the first half just as badly against Cincinnati in the 2022 AFC Championship Game.

But he knew it inside and out for three years. You would think that he sat down with the defensive coaches and let them know some tendencies.

Chad Hall, WR coach. They get the playbook, don’t they?

The longer that I sit with this, the more I think that it’s better to win than to lose. Also, we have two week in a row where the Bills played against teams where opposing coaches had the playbook. That ends now.

Daboll had them fired up. They played with an edge.

Probably some of that. But also Martindale really disguised his coverages and confused Josh. He had no idea of who was blitzing in that first half.

Well, that sucks.

No, Martindale. Josh didn’t know where the pressure was coming from. That was all scheme.

People always say that we can’t win the close ugly ones. Well, we did. That was as ugly as it could be.

and the 4th that comes after it.

This team just watched another teammate get taken to the hospital. And that after the injuries last week. They are done for the season.

Where is that offense that played against Miami?