MDH

Most likely, but leave nothing to chance. Until the Bills clinch a spot my rooting interests are always on what helps the Bills. And yeah, I hate the Cowboys too.

I don’t get the fans rooting for the Jets in this one, or the Texans earlier. Texans and Jets winning makes it tougher on the Bills.

You can’t say Allen makes mistakes. Don’t you know that? Makes you a “hater.”

Yep

Williams is trash.

Jet’s fans are going to be on suicide watch after they blow this game. And I could totally see it happening in the 2nd half

They have a stretch of @Ravens, @Eagles, Cowboys , @Texans and Chiefs starting in a few weeks. We’ll learn a lot about them during that stretch.

I see this type of statement quite a bit. What’s better, what he’s doing or a fan watching the telecast and deciding who is doing a good job based on that and looking at the stat sheet? All these fans can tell you Zay sucks by only watching the ball but when someone actually looks at the game tape people still aren’t satisfied. You're never going to know a player’s assignment. The coaches aren’t going to give you their grades. This is the best you’re going to get as a fan and it’s way more information that we’ve ever been given in the past. And yeah, grading a player is subjective. It’s how the draft end up being interesting. If everybody had the same grade we’d know the outcome. Don't just listing to Joe B. There are other people who do this too. Listen/watch/read them and take all the info you can get, along with your own eyes, and form an opinion. Nobody is saying he is absolutely right, it’s just another data point.

I keep seeing this and it’s simply wrong. There was no “route” at that point in the play. It was sandlot football and they were just reacting to Allen. Yeldon obviously thought he had a soft spot to sit down while Allen thought he was going to keep going. They just weren’t on the same page. It was not “Yeldon’s fault.” Allen just need to throw the ball away there and let his defense earn their money. Throwing the ball into a swarm of defenders when he’s not sure what his teammates are doing is a recipe for disaster.

Man, I love how Mack plays.

Mack reminds me a lot of Thurman Thomas. So patient, then hits the hole with a burst and seems always find a little hole and fall forward.

There was no “clearly” on that replay. Maybe it hit the ground, maybe it didn’t. There was nowhere near the evidence needed to reverse the call.

I, admittedly, don’t follow college football closely. But I don’t get how Mahomes wasn’t viewed as a sure fire QB prospect. I’ve never seen a more accurate QB. He throws off platform, he throws on the run off platform, he beats the blitz with quick throws, he can run...he does everything and just about all his throws are with pin point accuracy. He’s the most natural thrower is the football I’ve ever seen. I get he played in the air raid offense but if they just looked at HOW he throws the football it seems like it should have been obvious.

Don’t have to score on them now. Get the offense going by season’s end is the goal. With 9 new starters it’s not surprising they’re not clicking immediately.

Fans and “experts” seem to only care how good a team’s offense is. Chiefs are a flawed team. All time great O but just horrible on defense. They can be beaten.

Why the hell are Nantz and Romo doing the Den/LAC game?

I haven’t been this happy about a win since week 17 two years ago. This was a huge win for the Bills. It was basically a 4 game swing in the race for the wild card vs the Titans. Because of the win they have a 2 game advantage and the tie breaker, a 3 game lead in effect. Had they lost they’d have the same record and have lost the tie breaker, they would have been a game back in effect. This game and the Clev and Balt games are the biggest on the schedule. Test one: passed.

Totally agree Simon, they need a better ratio. That said, that last drive was the most impressive they’ve had all season. I f’n loved them running the ball right down their throats when they knew the run was coming. And doing it with starters at only 2 spots on the OL in the game. It was a thing of beauty.

I likely also has to do with how often Allen is blitzed. I believe the stat I saw yesterday was that the Bills were blitzed on 41% of their drop backs. It didn't say how often they were blitzed with 5, 6 or 7 but anything over 5 and it's on the QB to make sure he identifies the free man (men) and gets the ball out to the proper outlet. How many times have we seen the blitz come and Allen quickly dumps the ball off to the back or Cole for a big gain? I can't think of any. He usually takes off running. After games I've seen a lot of fans come to the board and say how horrid the OL was and I'm usually thinking, "they can only block 5, Allen needs to do a better job vs. the blitz." That said, Ford has been a train wreck at LT. I'd guess at least half of the legit QB pressures this line has allowed have come from him.

It was coachable in Favre. It doesn’t mean you can change every player’s mentality who has that particular gene. The article mentions that there have been quite a few players who went by the wayside who couldn’t be coached out of repeatedly making those aggressive, I can do anything mistakes. Let’s hope Allen can tame that aggressiveness somewhat.

I’m pretty sure he had high hopes for himself too.

My movie analogy for Allen is Nuke Laloosh from Bull Durham. “I want to bring the heat, announce my presence with authority!’ “This guys a first ball fastball hitter” “So what? He aint seen my heat.”

Air distance and distance downfield past the line of scrimmage aren't the same thing (those are called “air yards”) Air distance measures the actual distance the ball was in the air, not the yards past the line of scrimmage the wr caught the ball.

And then they blame “the media”

Jason Peters