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This is not what I saw at all. There were a bunch of deep shots in the second quarter that were incomplete. And on all of those, you could see guys open underneath who probably could have gotten the first. Someone, either Josh Allen or Joe Brady, went away from what was working to try to open up the passing game. Then they went back to what was working on the first drive of the third quarter, and in retrospect, that was all she wrote. In general, there is a risk in downfield passing. They are lower-percentage plays that can either result in INTs or incompletions that put you behind the sticks. Those incompletions put a team in obvious passing downs, reducing the effect of the running game. Everything in football comes with a tradeoff. The Xs and Os of that are what make the game so great.

1) I don't think any fans are satisfied with their favorite team's tackling. You just don't notice it on other teams. When we watch other games, offensive guys from both teams make plays. When we watch the Bills, any play by the other team is the result of missed tackles, bad scheme, and horrible coaching. Sometimes the other guys make plays too. All that being said, the Bills need to stop letting teams score on their first scripted drive. The difference between the Jets games and the last two games is that we let the inferior team score early, keeping them in the game. 2) You're not wrong on the officiating. A team with 38 rushing attempts, some of them QB scrambles after he held the ball forever, had 1 offensive holding call. They did have an agenda. What we saw was a bunch of refs keeping a weaker team in the game. Another point: The modern NFL rules dictate that the other team, no matter how bad, is probably going to score some points. It reminds me of when I used to be more active on Sabres forums. A player like Crosby would score an amazing goal, and the forum would spend all their time trying to find whch defender missed their assignment. Sometimes the other guys make plays. And the salary cap dictates that even really bad NFL teams have some star players. In 2012, the Lions had Calvin Johnson, who had almost 2,000 receiving yards, and Matthew Stafford, who had almost 5,000 passing yards. They went 4-12. All teams have stars

Did I miss something? This entire board feels like the Bills lost to the Chiefs yesterday. We got Chiefs fans popping in to defend Mahomes. We got the Worthy thread bumped. We're firing the coach and the GM because the Chiefs beat us again in the playoffs. It's like a strange parallel universe.

My inclination is to let people wallow in their misery, but if you check the stats, you'll see that it wasn't as bad as it felt on TV. https://static.www.nfl.com/image/upload/v1759090809/gamecenter/f6aa26a6-311e-11f0-b670-ae1250fadad1.pdf

Sister kissing going down in Dallas tonight.

But that was a penalty 10 times out of 10. He saw the drop and decided to get a lick in anyway. A stupid decision that cost his team a game. Jerrah looks like he's gonna cry.

I'm really angry that the Bills lost this game. I didn't watch and I haven't checked the score, but i came right here to see if we won and it is clear that we lost and lost bad. The amount of complaining on here about the defense must mean that the Bills defense gave up more yards of offense than any other team this year to the Saints. What????!!!! You're telling me that they actually won???? The Bills worst in the league defense gave up fewer yards to the Saints than both the Cards and 49ers? Couldn't be!!! They're starting a head coaching search one thread down FFS.

You can't do that. If the Rams knew he was this good, they would have picked him 4 rounds sooner. They were just as surprised as everyone else.

You know how everyone here thinks Eric DeCosta is the best GM who has built the "Most Talented Roster in the NFL™?" Well, I just checked Purple Flock and Ravens fans want him fired for neglecting both lines.

And what do you want the Bills to do about that in late September?

I now see why we can't talk about the Bills in these threads. This discussion is really pointless and stupid.

They are missing a lot of dudes on defense.

They are.

How do the Chiefs get away with blitzing so much?

Or it was the national game on CBS in the early window and they wanted to keep people watching.

They had ran the ball a ton had and several plays where Rattler held the ball FOREVER. There is NO WAY that there were zero holds. NO WAY.

For all the angst in here, just imagine if you were one of the 20 Chargers fans...

We really should be paying more attention to the Colts.

Has anyone on this board ever mentioned that the Bills coulda drafted Creed Humphry and Xavier Worthy?

That could happen in almost any city in the world. In that moment, he wasn't an NFL QB, but rather a (probably) drunk tourist.

They play a physical brand of football and bring it every down. That's enough to beat bad and middling teams and get to 10 wins. By all accounts, he's hard-headed and doesn't take coaching.

That was an interesting decision by Wentz.

They were in a tough spot. From a pure football standpoint, sticking with Darnold was obviously the right thing to do. But they had an investment in a rookie QB that they felt they needed to play. I would have to imagine that ownership has a large say in that decision.

Always remember the Jags.