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This is what coaching is all about. The offensive coaches will need to scheme to protect whomever plays rt tackle. Hopefully Doyle is at least marginal. (for God sakes he was drafted in the 5th round out of a MAC school so the team had to have seen something they like.) And agree to keep Williams at RT. Overall the offensive line play in this era is absolutely abysmal. The Falcons O line last nite was pathetic. Sad to see Matt Ryan going down like that. And how about the Raiders Alex Leatherwood at RG. He suks and was drafted in the 1st round by the Raiders. And their RT #75 is just as bad. One of the problems I think is the O lineman are just too frikin tall. Why the hell would you want someone over 6'5 playing O line. They get absolutely no leverage w their blocks. Build an O line with a bunch of reasonably athletic guys between 6'3 and 6'5 across, and you will have great success. For my money the best O lineman at least at tackle to play in the modern era are Tony Bosselli Anthony Munoz and Jason Peters in his prime. None over 6'5. And John Hannah at guard was probably 6'3. From the mouth of Paup. Go Bills!

That is a very disturbing video. And Zak Stacy will probably get 5-10 for Aggravated Assualt. And rightfully so. A lot of women hang out w bad dudes. Thats too bad. I am glad my young adult daughter is not afraid to throw down w anyone male or female.

Vegas loves the Bills this year. We have had a ton of double digit spreads. The key is to stop the Colts run. Carson Wentz is not going to beat us. Get some pressure on him and he will wilt quickly. The line moves based on where the money is going. Most gamblers who aren't Bills fans are going to know much about our rookie RT.

Rotate Bates and Doyle. No reason to even dress Ford. And Williams isn't much better at RT. At least he is a solid guard.

The Falcons suck. They lost by 40 to the Cowboys last Sunday. Their best receiver is getting Mental help. Not going to happen against Atlanta. Its a long NFL season. Not much to really talk about mid season. I think all the penalties from supposed violent hits has really dumbed down the excitement of the game in general. The Patriots will be a formidable opponent for anyone this season. Not unbeatable. Just formidable. The Colts will be this week for us as well. But that's the way it should be. To be a good team, you have to beat the good teams. Its that simple. If our O line can hold up and play reasonable well. (not lights out, because that is not going to happen with this group) we will be in strong contention for the Super Bowl.

Interesting suggestion 03. Our O line is flaming garbage. But our RB's are really not much better. Neither has any explosive burst whatsoever. As for Gurley, his knees seem to be shot. But Kerryon Johnson definitely has game. He was good at Auburn and has been good in the pros. He is head and shoulders above Moss and Singletary. I would be happy giving him a shot. War Eagle!! Why do you call Singletary motor? Take away the one long TD run at Miami and tell me what Singletary's stats are. His game is thoroughly forgetable.

I went to two Va Tech games in 2016. Sat down near the field. Didn't know much about their players. But certainly noticed the way Teller played. And he was also the leader of their O line which was a pretty solid line back then. Was pretty psyched when we drafted him. Not sure why we let him go. He wasn't great at first. But he certainly was solid for a rookie back in I believe 2018. Him and Spencer Brown manning the rt side of the line sure would look good right about now.

Agree about Sweeney. I am surprised. Thought he had more game from what he showed two years ago. Big drop off from Knox. Biggest problem is the O line is just brutal across the board. They are very slow at tackle without Spencer Brown, and get absolutely no push in the run game. I don't like throwing to Beasley outside at the line of scrimmage. He is not explosiveness enuf or big enuf to make things happen there. His game is catching in open space in the 10-12 yard range usually in the middle of the field. Noone can stay w him there. Do that w the TE running down the seam and spaces will open, even in the Tampa 2. The offense looked so ill prepared yesterday. Really wonder what the coaching staff is doing to game plan each week.

The officiating today was terrible. What did we have 4 personal fouls in the first half!! But watch around the league, it is like that in a lot of games. The taunting penalties. Almost any hit on the QB is called. Ridiculous. Football is a physical violent game with plenty of emotion. Watch a game from say 25 years ago the way it was officiated then and now. Completely different. Back in the day holding was called. But the physicality was off the chain. They are seriously trying to take the physicality and violence out of the sport. I am a big college and pro fan. For my money other then the Bills the college game is just a better brand of football. That all being said, today's game is shocking what happened to the offense. The chemistry is just way off. Hard to believe but Dawson Knox was our big difference maker this year. That Sweeney is our 2nd string TE is frightening. And for all of you who argue about Singletary vs Moss, I have news for you, neither of them is better then marginal on their best days. Our running game is non existent. Can we at least give Antonio Williams a shot? Heck TJ Yeldon got screwed for two seasons here. And he is better then both of those guys. Beane and McDermott really misjudged the talent level in a lot of positions on this roster coming into the season. Shame on them. We are still 5-3 but to get this turned around is going to take a huge effort across the board. This team needs a wake up call of wupp ass. Lets hope that happened today.

That is an interesting take what the Jaguars players said after the game. Can't win in the NFL like that. We are soft on offense because we don't have a good tough O line, and absolutely no running game. I would sit both Singletary and Moss next week. Neither of these guys has any explosiveness. What did we see in them to draft both in the 3rd round?? And play Breida and Antonio Williams. And yes cut Cody Ford. He is trash. And why we don't have a second TE better then Tommy Sweeny is beyond me. He doesn't look like he could start for a lot of college programs. This needs to be a come to Jesus week for McDermott and the entire team especially the offense. What we saw on the field today is not acceptable. (The defense played its ass off today with half the secondary injured)

That was a brutal drop by Gabe Davis. No replay either. Stunning loss. O line is bad. Dawkins Williams and Ford played about as bad as you can at the NFL level. Josh playing w no confidence. We have 4 really good receivers. Need to stop dinking and dunking. We are not paying Josh big money to look like Trent Edwards w wheels. Play that killed us was running Josh Allen up the middle on 3rd and 2 midway thru the 4th qtr when he fumbled. We were driving and no reason not to be throwing there. Coaching has been less then stellar. Terrible loss. Need Knox back. Sweeney is not a starting NFL player either. In fact, I don't think any of our O lineman are NFL caliber players. They all pretty much stink.

In Brown's first few games, he looks to have the most talent of any lineman on the team. And that includes Deon Dawkins, who is good but certainly not great. Obviously Brown needs time for his game to mature. But by next season he will be a very good NFL offensive tackle. Great pick by Brandon Beane finding this gem in the rough at Northern Iowa. So the starting 5 this week (assuming Spencer Brown plays) should be Dawkins Boettger Morse Williams and Brown. Which quite frankly is probably our best 5 when healthy. Boettger is more consistent then Ford or Feliciano. I think this offseason we need to bring in two starting caliber interior O lineman either in the draft or free agency.

Are you seriously comparing the athletic ability of Odell Beckham Jr to Mike Evans? That's absurd. If Mike Evans were on the Bills he would probably not even start. Gabe Davis has more upside. Guy has marginal hands, and is slow of foot. Doesn't suck but not overly athletic.

Good point. The Saints and Eagles games at home in maybe 2018 and 2019 come to mind. Its a long season. The bye week after 6 games allows for way too much analysis. We lost a tough game to the Titans. We should have won that game. Josh Allen gets a better spot on his 3rd down run late, and/or he doesn't slip on 4th down or we call a better play on 4th and short, and everyone is talking Super Bowl. We have 11 games left in the regular season. A long way to go. The cream rises to the top. We will be in the conversation come January. Lets enjoy the ride and watching Josh Allen and our receivers every week. They are awesome. If we play at our best every week, noone is beating us. But that's unlikely. A 13-4 or 14-3 finish is definitely a possibility. But even if we lose a few and finish the regular season say 12-5, we will be blazing come the playoffs.

The Broncos aren't dominating anyone w Teddy Bridgewater at QB. They were smoked by the Raiders at home last Sunday. Its a sucker bet taking the Broncos. Browns at home w that crowd on Thursday nite. Keenum can play. Its the NFL. Home team in a nite game. The Browns will show up. This isn't Alabama going into Mississippi State.

Good points. He was the 9th pick in the draft I believe in 2019. Thought he would be the next Kyle Williams, who was a 5th round pick out of LSU in the SEC. Kyle had an amazing first step off the line and was real strong. In his prime he was as good a DT as anyone in the league. Ed obviously has not played to that level. But I don't think he is as big or as quick as Kyle was. (Don't think Oliver's athleticism is as good as was advertised. Because playing defense in the American Conference is not playing defense in the SEC) He still has some game, which hopefully continue to develop taking him to the next level. I thought Harrison Phillips was a force on Monday Nite speaking of interior D Lineman.

It was an exciting game. We fell short because our Awesome QB slipped when trying to get a half yard. (We also could have done better w the play call) But we have loads of talent, especially on offense. We need to get more physical in the trenches on both sides of the ball, and definitely need more pass rush. But McBeane knows that. And as the season evolves, we will get to where we need to be. There is no QB I would rather have right now in the NFL then Josh Allen, period. The guy is the King!! Is he perfect? Of course not. But when he is really on, we are not losing. As for your main premise about losing big games and having to live with it for the next year. Go back and watch the Bills-Colts Wildcard playoff game. a tremendous game that we came out on top of, despite a horrible call on the fumble (that was not called a fumble in the last 30 seconds) that Jordan Poyer made an amazing play on.

Good points Filthy Beast. However, its a long season. We lost because Josh Allen slipped on 4th and 1/2 yard at the Titans 2 yard line. I didn't like the play call. Thought we should have run Josh out of shotgun where he has momentum and can see where the crease is. Or go under center, fake a dive and throw to a TE in the endzone. It was a heartbreaking loss. But a thoroughly entertaining game. There are some issues with our team. But there are with every team. The defense needs more then Rouseau that can rush the passer. Addison is done. And did Epenesa and Basham even dress for the game? Levi continues to be a liability against any good WR. He doesn't suck. But he is just not athletic enuf to play man coverage. The O line is inconsistent. And we still do not have a RB that is anymore then a little above average. That being said, Josh Allen is as good as it gets right now. He will be our guy for years to come. And we will win multiple Super Bowls with him. But the defense does need to up its game coming out of the bye week. And lets not forget the holding penalty on McKenzie's kickoff return. A Smith lets go of his man and we are up by 4 with 2+ minutes to play. Seasons are not made in Week 6. McDermott will have us ready coming off the bye. I fully expect and believe that. That is the moxie that the McBeane Bills have. If we played that game 10 times in Nashville, we win at least 6. We play that game in Buffalo last nite. We win 8 out of 10.

Great call. I loved it when the Bills signed Sanders. He is a great professional WR. Just knows how to play the position well. Takes care of himself, has not lost his speed and knows how to avoid the big hit. If he keeps playing like this the Bills need to resign him for two more years.

Good analysis KzooMIke. (Are you in Kalamazoo, home of Western Michigan?) It seems that teams do not blitz nearly as much as they used to. (Chicago Bears circa 1985 just does not happen anymore. Couple additional reasons. QB's on the whole are more mobile to escape the blitz. And the rules on hitting the QB are so strictly enforced that you just can not drill the QB w reckless abandon like years ago. Its good that you can't drill the QB in the head. But the call on Ed Oliver was weak. Unless you just nail a QB below the knees viciously, don't call it. And the phantom holding call on Morse was even worse. That officiating crew should be suspended for at least one week w the nonsense they were calling) The defensive game plan against the Chiefs was excellent. Guys understand their roles and are playing fast. A shout out to Tremaine Edmunds. I have been hard on him. (And I believe rightfully so.) But he was dynamite against the Chiefs and is really coming on. Nice to see him playing w confidence and not thinking so much, which lets his athleticism come out. We will be tough to beat every game the rest of the year. Bring on the Chargers, Browns, Ravens, Titans. Bucs, Rams. Don't matter. We have talent up and down the roster. And great coaching w great schemes on both sides of the ball.

He has to be better then Singletary. I would dress Breida next week or activate Antonio Williams from the practice squad. And make Singletary inactive. You don't play well, you should sit. But Moss has been stepping up and is coming into his own. Like what I am seeing from him.

Henry is not getting going. Our run D is much better this year. Star Oliver and Zimmer are all playing real well. And Henry is a plodder. Sure he is powerful but not elusive. Easy to tackle before he gets going. And they have Mike Vrabel as head coach. Knucklehead extraordinaire. The Titans should be very afraid. We are on a mission this season.

You are missing the original poster's point of the thread. Sure winning in the playoffs was great. Beating the Colts (in a great game) and the Ravens was awesome. (I felt a great sense of relief and joy after the Colts' playoff game) And the NE dismantling in Foxboro late last season was so sweet. But KC has been the best team in the AFC the past few years. And going in there and laying the wood to them would go a long way in making a statement to the rest of the league that the AFC Championship is going thru Buffalo this year. Winning is fun. But crushing the Fish 35-0 and the Texans 40-0 is like Alabama crushing Kentucky and Missouri. Its nice. But that's not what they hand the trophy's out for at the end of the season.

He is a good returner. In the Dolphins-Bengals game last year, he was wiped out fair catching a punt by the gunner for Cinci. Started quite the brawl on the field if any of you remember.

I feel your pain Muppy. Watch the college game and the same thing exists. Way too many Def pass interference penalties being called. And the targeting calls are absolutely out of control. Any hit above the chest is going to be looked at. I thought the rule was supposed to be about helmet to helmet contact. Not hitting someone in the face or the side of the head w your shoulder.