Dr. K

I for one was delighted that they got rid of Norwood, who was an erratic kicker at best. He had missed a number of crucial field goals throughout that first Super Bowl season, and when the Bills lined up for that final kick agains the Giants, from 47 yards, I knew it would be a miracle if he made it. The fact that some fans protested his being replaced--if they did--shows how Bills fans do not always have very good judgment. Christie would have won them that Super Bowl.

Not since the 1950s, when they were great. Titles in 1952, 1953, 1957.

This to me was the most vital sequence in the game. Zay's decision to try to throw it as the play called for instead of getting the three yards that he could easily have managed was brutal. If he gets that first down, the Bills have a shot at scoring a touchdown, or even if they don't they run a lot of time off the clock and leave the Jets will much less time to score.

I admit I was one of the skeptics when the Bills drafted Allen, but I'm getting sick of all the harping on Allen's accuracy. Aikman and this guy question whether Allen can "throw the ball where he wants to throw it." Well, Allen can throw it where he wants to throw it, with pinpoint accuracy, on a wide variety of throws. Anyone who watches him will see many examples of this in this game, or the earlier one, even going back to pre-season. He's getting better at making decisions and putting the ball where he wants it. Looking at the trend curve, I think this is only going to improve. I expect there will still be mistakes and miscommunications and bad days, but I am really coming around to see Allen as a bright hope for the future of this team.

And there should have been a defensive pass interference call on the pay.

Yes

That penalty on fourth down for too many men on the field, which gave the Jags a first down, was inexcusable.

Ivory or Murphy would have had more yards on the same runs with the same blocking today because they hit the hole and drive forward rather than trying to dance. If the blocking were better Shady would have looked better, but not in this situation.

That was my point: Ivory and Murphy would hit those miniscule holes and at least not lose the yardage that McCoy loses trying to dance around behind the line of scrimmage. I don't think McCoy is necessarily done (though he's getting closer) but he definitely could not run against the Jags' front seven.

He had two third-down passes completed for first downs wiped out by penalties, plus the egregious drop by Thompson wiping out another first down. He passed better than the stats show. Yes, he needs to do better.

I was getting really frustrated at Shady's running. In a game like this one, against a quality run defense where there are not going to be big holes and the ones that are there will close quickly, his dancing style is exactly wrong. They needed somebody who would just hit the hole and keep driving. The Bills would have run better if he were on the bench and Chris Ivory and Marcus Murphy carried the load, in my opinion.

My father hit me with his belt; it was his go-to threat whenever he was mad. Most of the time when a parent hits a child the parent is not dispassionately thinking of the child's benefit, they are just frustrated or pissed off and they lash out. The use of the belt or any instrument is too much. These parents often say that they are teaching their child not to "act out" but 90% of the time they are simply acting out themselves, teaching intemperance, rage, and cruelty. The number of you who think this is a good child rearing strategy disheartens me.

I never assumed that calling Peterman a good guy was a result of his being a Christian. Lot of people are good guys. And I never assume that because somebody is a Christian he is automatically a good guy. Lots of Christians are not good guys.

Clearly I was wrong. I admit it gratefully.

At least Peterman knows the playbook and the receivers. He can take a snap from center without fumbling it.

I think starting Barkley is a bad idea. In fact I think it is idiotic. They guy doesn't know the playbook, he has had no time to work with the receivers, and at his best he isn't any good anyway. Not that Peterman is a great option, but Barkley is a worse one.

What in the name of heaven made you put an apostrophe in a person's name?

Williams is the only Bills head coach that I hated more than Rex.

Yes, I do know that. I even wrote a book about it. See my ID image.

Better to play Peterman and look forward than Anderson, who has no future (not that Peterman has one, but at least he's not 35). But the rest of this season is all about the young players and finding out who will be on the team next year and who will not. It's all pre-season now.

I don't see the long-term benefit of starting Anderson at this point. Yes, Peterman has been terrible but he is not 35 years old. I understand those fans who question why he is on the team. But here's the point: Mcdermott must think he needs him on the team. It could be that it's only as the disaster QB is Anderson gets hurt, but the offense is a disaster already. Two touchdowns in the last five games. Anderson is turning the ball over only slightly less than Peterman did. He was not brought in to play QB but to mentor, and I don't see any upside to playing him. Start Peterman until Allen gets back. Maybe he gets better. Probably not, but sre they going to score FEWER points with him at QB? If he is what most of us think he is, then McDermott will get it out of his system and he will be history.

Me too. I'm wondering if it will come to surgery, and a lost 2019 season, too.

Much as I question the McBeane regime and hate the words "The Process," this sounds rational to me. McBeane get another season. But I am not confident about their personnel decisions given some of the choices they have made so far.

He CREATED the freakin' cap mess. And there's no way, no matter how much money he has next year, that he will be able to fix the gaping holes on this roster.

Not just Beane, but McDermott, too. I've been saying this since they started shedding talent the minute he walked in the door. If they sign another lame castoff from Carolina I am heading for One Bills Drive with a baseball bat. I give McDermott credit for fashioning a good defense, and for getting the team to play above their heads last season. But the rest of the story is miserable. And anybody who mentions "The Process" should be strung up by his thumbs, or laughed into oblivion.