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Exactly!! I was at the game today. The atmosphere was fantastic. The Bills took control on the first series putting Tua in the ground. And were physical all day long. Milano is a beast out there. And the 4th down stop by Dane Jackson. That's was a BIG TIME play baby. Josh is not going to throw for 400 yards and 4 scores every week. He has not been at his best the first two weeks of the season. He did made some plays today, especially in the red zone w his two nice TD passes. But for god's sake we shut out a divisional opponent in their house by 5 TD's. It was a great team effort. The defense is much improved from last year. Playing a way more aggressive scheme too. Enjoy the victory. The Dolphin fans were mostly gone by early in the 4th qtr. They were a somber bunch. Its a long season. We are not going to dominate every week. Noone does. But when your defense plays like it did today, we will be in every game.

Here is an idea. If we want to cross some teams up, start using a 2 TE set more, and pass from it w Knox and Sweeney. In the NFL you have to mix things up. Our offense has not dominated against good teams going back to last season. Start sending 2 TE's down the seams w Beasley going underneath and Diggs doing a deep cross, and our RB drifting out into the flat. Dolphins won't know what hit them.

We need another starting caliber CB, and some O lineman who are tough and talented.

Agree about the O line. They just are not real good. I was excited when we signed Morse. But he has been nothing but average since coming to the Bills. Occasionally a little bit better. Both our tackles looked lousy on Sunday. And our Guards were no better. A good O line is paramount to offensive success. Personally I think the problem is not softness on the team. I think management fell too in love w the roster and its not nearly as good as we want to believe it is. I think after the playoff performance in all 3 games, that more changes should have been made. We did not dominate the Colts by any means. Very even game. Our defense dominated the Ravens. But the offense scored 10 points. And the Chiefs Championship game was not a strong showing on either side of the ball. Its a long season. 16 more regular season games. But I certainly hope the coaches and players realize we are going to have to up our game every week, otherwise there is no way we are contending for a Super Bowl this year.

Talking about going to the game in MIAMI next week. Just checked, no vaccine mandate at Hard Rock Stadium.

Great point about the O line. The O line played lousy from tackle to tackle. Very surprised that we went 14-3 with such a marginal O line. There are no studs on the line. Dawkins is not a stud. When he is on he is above average but never dominates. The rest of the guys are pretty much average to poor. Watching the game against the Steelers and last years playoffs, our roster is not nearly as strong as we would like to believe it is. I think management rested on its laurels a bit too much in the offseason and did little to upgrade the roster. We should have better then Feliciano, Ford and Boettger at Guard. CB2 is a liability. Levi Wallace is not a starting NFL CB. Has little athleticism for the position. The O line is average AT BEST. And we really do not have a dominant RB on the roster. Singletary has some wiggle, but no burst. The front 7 looked a lot better on Sunday. But at this point there are no dominant players in the Front 7. (Although a shout out to Matt Milano and Ed Oliver for playing real well on Sunday) I also think the coaching on the whole, game planning and in game adjustments, and decision making needs a whole lot of improvement. McDermott has certainly not shown he is ready to dominate in big games. (I have no idea why we did not kick the FG up 10-3 on 4th and 8 from the 35 with one of the best kickers in the league. We go up 13-3 and its a whole different game. And the 4th down backward pass was disgusting.) Allen is a stud. But he needs a much better game plan to get the most out of his talents. And stop the QB designed runs. NFL QB's can not run between the tackles. The defensive players are too good to allow for big gaps that are needed for big gains. Big QB runs come off of broken plays/scrambles in the NFL) This is a very big game this week. (Even for week 2) The psyche of a team is very important. We looked flat ill prepared and almost disinterested at times on Sunday. Coaches need to get the tempo and the intensity of the team to another level this week. This season is going to be a dogfight. We had better be ready to bring our A game every week. Otherwise we will be a very disappointed team and fan base come January.

That game has a story line w Darnold going up against his old team and his successor. I think Darnold has a lot to prove this year. I hope he gets his game together. Seems like a good kid. Maybe Carolina will be a better situation for him.

Brady was great. But he played in an era when QB's are protected and not allowed to be demolished. If he played in the 80's and 90's no way he plays into his 40's. Jim Kelly was battered at the end of his career. The head was fair game back in the day. Its like hockey. When do you see the crosscheck in the back w the player facing the glass anymore or the check to the head while skating across the middle? Scott Stevens on Eric Lindross. Its a kinder gentler sports world we live in. lol

Reggie White was as powerful a D lineman as there has ever been.. But Bruce coming around the corner was unblockable a lot of the time. Writing this I remember Bruce just crushing Jeff George when he played for the Colts. Both were all world.

I agree. I was very proud when I saw Bruce at #20. Elway is too high at #15. He was good. But not that good. The 2 Super Bowls he won at the end of his career were on Terrell Davis and a great run blocking scheme w their excellent O line.

I think that is a pretty fair assessment TBJunkie. Also Kummerow didn't look a whole lot smaller then Hollister. I think Knox and Sweeney (if healthy) and Gilliam will be fine for us at TE. We have a top 3 WR corp in the league. That is our bread and butter. Some teams have stud TE's. We have stud WR's.

You might be right on the exact number at Rich. I knew it was a little over 80,000. And that was definitely the number at the Aud. Remember that well, when the Sabres were a respected and respectable hockey team.. So long ago!! Given the size of the region, including Rochester and Southern Ontario, I would think the 70,000 is very doable. But I haven't lived in WNY in years, and entertainment is so fragmented in today's world, it may be more difficult to fill up the stadium. Interesting how many college football stadiums in the midwest and south sell upwards of 80,000 seats for every game.

Wasn't Rich Stadium's capacity 80,300 or so back in the day? We should be able to sell out 70,000 every week in the modern day.

No he wouldn't. He can lead infield practice with all the grounders he throws.

Its football. That's why we have 80 guys still on the roster. We will be fine come opening day. All teams have lots of guys on the injury report during training camp. The physicality of practices in today's game is nothing compared to yesteryear. I doubt they run the Oklahoma drill any longer. That was wicked. I remember when they used to do it in my son's Pee Wee practices. They would just beat the hell out of each other. LOL The game has certainly changed.

Kevin Harlan is excellent. But for excitement and energy, it is hard to beat Gus Johnson... He could make a game between the Jets and Jags feel like its the Super Bowl. Getting Charles Davis as analyst for the opener is good.

If you have You Tube TV all of the hilites of the preseason games are on in 10-15 minute clips.

Great point Greg S. Along those lines I was watching a 60 minute condensed version of the 1998 Alamo Bowl last nite between Purdue (w a very young Drew Brees) and Kansas State (w Michael Bishop at QB). It was an amazingly entertaining game I had recorded off of the Big 10 Network last summer. (A Purdue Classic. LOL) I was watching w my girlfriend's 23 year old son who was spending the nite. The game was tremendously exciting. But the hitting was off the chain. Guys were flying helmet first on almost every play. Receivers and backs were getting absolutely drilled. My girlfriend's son thought there could have been at least 5 or 6 targeting penalties with today's rules. He had never seen football played this way. He was amazed. And there was not one unnecessary roughness penalty called the entire game. Dam the game has changed over the past two decades!!

Nice idea. Fromm is well thought of here in Georgia. And the Falcons are in deep trouble if Franks ever has to play. (He was terrible against Miami on Saturday nite. And he was pretty bad in college to be honest about it) But a 4th round pick is not going to happen for Jake Fromm at this point in his career. I saw the play where AJ got hit. Did he tear his ACL?

I agree that we are done w the Dukester. Here is an interesting question? Who is a better NFL WR, Zay Jones or Duke Williams? Or are either really NFL caliber receivers?

Can't get rid of Stevenson. Guy has top end speed. Those guys are tough to come by. Kumerow is solid and will probably contribute in spots. And Hollister looks like a solid NFL player as well. We have a lot of talent on offense. But you can never have too much. Not sure why a guy like Duke Williams is even in camp. He is slow has no explosion and marginal hands. No need to keep a guy like that on the practice squad. The Duke Williams experiment needs to end.. It should be very interesting getting down to the final 53. Go Bills.

Reggie White, LT, Bruce and Ray Lewis. The modern NFL defensive Mt Rushmore. And we can squeeze Ronnie Lott on the lower tier of the mountain. Safety used to be such a position of violence. Wow, remember Lott, Steve Atwater, John Lynch, David Fulcher, Kenny Easley, Brian Dawkins, etc. Good grief receivers used to have it rough. Just goes to show how great Jerry Rice was putting up the numbers he did in the era he played.

McGinnest Harrison Seymour and Wilfork should all be in the Hall of Very Good. None should be in the HOF. Ty Law played at my alma mater Michigan. So I guess I am a little more biased to him. But while he was good, I never thought he was all world. Vinatieri is the best of all of them. And he played over half his career with the Colts. the HOF has been watered down w too many selections. It should be for the absolute best of the best. The Patriots mentioned while very good, were not that.

If Lawrence is as good as everybody thinks (and I thought he was good in college, but not the best QB to ever play college football as some want to bring the hyperbole about) then he should beat out Minshew fair and square. As for Peterman, is he still on the Raiders?

Agree about the upgrade at CB2. Levi isn't bad. And Jackson seems like a gamer who hopefully has a lot of upside. But Wallace is not overly athletic, and while he can tackle well, he has trouble staying w speed receivers and has to give a lot of cushion. To really compete for the Super Bowl I think we need someone a little more talented then Levi at CB2. The Bills did not make a lot of changes to last years roster. (We did go 15-4 overall) However, I hope if Jackson shows that he can consistently make plays that they don't just start Levi ahead of him, because they are more comfortable with him out there.