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blocking Judon. think about that for a second. This coaching staff is so in love with their own ideas that they absolutely ignore the matchups and assume that we can scheme anyone into position and it'll just work. REmember last year when we were all worried that Daboll was going to get a HC gig somewhere? What's the opposite of dodging a bullet? Thanks Doc, for your armchair analysis. This team is soft, that's a hard fact. They've gotten manhandled 5 times now. They're built to beat up on bad teams (except the jags, lol) and get smoked by physical teams. We all had hoped that Josh could do heroball at the end of the game, but given how the Pats had dominated our OL all game, there really wasnt any chance of it.

Echoing the comments here, Tampa is a physically tough team with good coaching and the GOAT at QB. The Bills simply aren't built to beat this sort of team. We're built to beat KC, just as the league seems to be going back to 'run and stop the run'. Well played, Bills Brass. Last night sucked and I'm going to disengage for a while because it felt way too much like a drought type game. If the Bills can win 2 games in a row i might tune in again but not expecting that. Everyone sees how to beat the Bills now so we're going to get the ball rammed down our throats, and we're utterly powerless to stop it. That sure was some good D, not putting in extra DL until the 4th quarter. Our coaches, O, D, and head coach, all suck on gameday. It's this, really. We've never had an answer for Brady, and I have far less confidence in this Bills team than I even did in the barnyard explosion teams that Sexy Rexy put on the field. Hopefully they call the mercy rule on this one after the Bucs get a 30 point lead

extremely meta

Agreed. I'm in NYC for work a lot, i've found that Curb (which is for the Yellow city licensed taxis) is a good alternative. Even without an app like Curb, it's helpful to remember that you can use that very same phone to call a regular taxi in most places

Indeed, i suggest you google 'surge pricing'

I expect the Bills to win on Monday, maybe bigly, but I also think Mac Jones could very well be their long term QB. People saying that Tua Tagovailoa and Josh Allen would be the long term AFCE rivalry had the wrong Alabama QB. Tua may still turn out to be adequate, maybe even good, but my money would be on MJ being the guy between the two of them

I mean, to this point, pretty clearly he should have been the first QB taken. As I've mentioned I'm an Alabama alum and fan. Sure, he had NFL talent around him last year, but he still made decisions and the throws. He's not going to terrify anyone with his long ball, but he will absolutely dink and dunk you to death and has an adequate middle game

Middling team from the south comes to Buffalo and runs for 329 yards against critically acclaimed Bills D. Cam Newton goes 3 for 8 for 17 yards for the win

Yup. The magical passing Offenses may have been a moment in time. We've seen it before. Houston & ATlanta in the early 90s are a couple I can think of off the top of my head, but the glory era bills always had a very balanced attack, not to mention none of the 3 stooges we have at RB today are fit to hold TT's jock

yeah, i mean, he was basing it on watching the Bills go from world beaters to chumps in the space of a few games. If you don't think there's a problem, then keep that spirit alive

I don't care what anyone says, this game is a must win, and is going to tell us what we need to know about this team. Anything other than a high energy performance with minimal mistakes and winning by at least 10, and I believe the die is cast

It's a good thing we're not up against a strong running team again! oh wait

What, you dont think they would have spend the #7 pick well? Im sure there was a high motor tweener DE available there, just imagine the rotation! we would be neigh unstoppable

yeah i was going to say 'but the texans suck' then i had a rare moment of self reflection and decided not to

To the OP's point though, the Bills did get some bounces last year, and we're not getting them this year. Add to that the one dimensional O, and it's a recipe for losing close games. If there was only some solution!

if the queen had balls she'd be the king

Lol. Like he's designing run plays to fail so he can say i told you so now let me get back to having josh throw into triple coverage

How many more times are we going to get to watch Moss slowly approach the line and gently bounce backwards off whichever OL is in front of him?

Oh God let's hope it doesnt turn into the same kind of situation that led to Wade Phillips leaving. I doubt the Pegulas force McD's hand but the entire coaching staff and leadership seem married to their own ideas and unable/unwilling to adjust Nobody is looking at Daboll as a HC now. He's a one trick pony. If you can't make his gimmick work with Josh Allen, i'm not sure there's any QB that can be successful with it beyond a flash in the pan like the Bills had last year

Based on video evidence, I'd say that the strategy was to wear Taylor out by letting him run windsprints up and down the field you asked for sarcastic takes.

If you just look at the Bills record, and the (incredibly misleading) stats, what you are saying would be true if you look at it as the tale of 2 seasons, first 5 games, last 5 games, i think the trend emerges. Anyway, i think Thursday will tell us who this team is. If we escape with a W, there's hope for a winnign season. If we get blown out, then that's who these Bills are

"Run it back" is incredibly ironic as an aspirational directive for this particular team

To your point, yeah the team has clearly quit. A little at first (TN game, all those mental mistakes) then some more (utterly inept O at Jax) then all at once yesterday where we saw the football equivalent of full body vomiting. I'd love to see a strong comeback against NO, but not holding my breath. I think McD has lost the team and it's all over but the crying. one more thought, any chance that the rest of the team are sick of it being the Josh Allen show 24x7?

It really is. I guess the true measure of genius when it comes to leading a team (coach/gm) is the ability to keep evolving because the league will catch up to your current cleverness before you can blink

regression to the mean and personnel/coaching built to fold in the face of adversity