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And in Jimbo's era you could just beat the snot out of a QB. I remember when Bruce knocked out Boomer Esiason when he played for the Jets on the frozen turf at the Ralph. Just crushed his head into the ground. Don't even think there was a penalty called. Entirely different game today. But Josh Allen would have played well then also. He is a tough guy who loves the physicality of the game.

I would put the blame on Zane Gonzalez. You never should come up short on a 49 yard field goal. That was pathetic. And Kingsbury not going for it on 4th and 1 instead kicking the FG was a pretty gutless call. With Murray at QB, fake a dive play hand off and run the bootleg. That missed FG cost me the over in my live bet on the game. I had the over at 69 and a half. A made FG puts the game at 68 and someone was going to win in OT. You suck Gonzalez. And wipe that stupid look off your face after you were short w the kick!!

What world are you living in? Did you not watch the Sunday Nite pregame show? They spent close to 5 minutes talking about the Bills-Seahawks game, our offensive explosion against their defense, Josh Allen, and how well our defense defended Russell Wilson. Josh Allen is very well thought of throughout the league. If playing the underdog card gets you going, so be it. Going into yesterday's game we were 3-15 against teams that eventually went to the playoffs in the McDermott era. So any minimal buzz was well deserved. But I think we are well respected around the league. But until you start winning in the playoffs there is only so much street cred you will get.

Football is a violent brutal game. And when you play LB at under 230 pounds going up against huge O lineman you are going to get hurt a lot. That sucks for Milano. And it sucks for us.

It will be a good week to play Seattle, if our defense comes to play. And the problem with our defense is that we really only have one starting level LB on the roster. And that is Matt Milano. I watched the short cut replay version of the game last nite. And Tremaine Edmunds does absolutely nothing for our defense. He makes no plays whatsoever. While Klein is slow, he at least knows where the play is going. He just has a real difficult time getting there because of his lack of explosiveness. Edmunds looks like a basketball player and does nothing for us on the field. Bills made a huge mistake drafting him. And IMHO we would do well to release him as soon as Tyrell Dodson is ready to play again. Just saying. Some guys are stars. Some guys are solid players. Some guys are mediocre. And some guys just suck. Edmunds sucks.

Its a long season. Josh Allen gives us a chance to win every week. The guy is a gamer. He is still getting better. Will he end up being Brady Manning Favre or Rodgers? Probably not. But he still has a high ceiling, and loves to compete. Seriously would you rather have Carson Wentz Nick Foles or Mitch Trubisky?

Why do we have to be a constant story? We are 6-2 which is a nice record. But our defense especially the front 7 is not solid and gives up a lot of yards against the run. We will see where we stand after the next month against tough competition. If we can win some big games, we will get some positive talk. Its a long season w 32 teams. There are not constant big time stories every week in any season of any league. Enjoy the games for what they are and the football season as a whole. When December comes around, hopefully we are in the playoff talk as contenders. Thats all that matters.

Our coaches are average at best. Sure we don't suck. But no way are we dominating and putting fear into other teams around the league. We made the playoffs 2 out of 3 years and did nothing when we got there. We are 6-2 w wins against the Jets (2) the 2020 Pats, Dolphins Rams and Raiders. And bad losses against the Titans and Chiefs. What's it say? At the midway point we are a good but flawed team in several areas. The second half schedule will tell us what kind of a team and coaching staff we have.

Thats all warm and touching. But its all about winning. Whatever that culture may be. If the Bills can win more with being more "humane" to their players thats great. But lets see how they perform top to bottom over this next 9 games stretch. We are supposed to have a real good team. And we play a real difficult schedule. Mediocre coaching won't get it done.

The perfect example of your theory is Carson Wentz. He is garbage. But for whatever reason he was super hyped coming out of N Dakota State. So the Eagles have mortgaged their future around a brittle ginger who is erratic at best. And downright lousy most of the time. So much happier having Josh Allen. He is a unique talent. May not ever be a Brady Brees or Rodgers. But he has game. An amazing arm. And tremendous competitive desire to do whatever it takes to win every week.

What makes you think Gardner Minshew can't make big money in the real world? He may have some pretty cool talents besides football. He has the iconic look with the shaggy hair and mustache already going.

Not sure if the Bills are a good team or not. We definitely are not a bad team. But our O line is iffy at best. As is our D line. Although it was nice to see Jerry Hughes explode against the Jets. Our LB's are marginal after Millano. (Yes Edmunds is lousy. Was getting run over and missing tackles again against the Jets. Can't intercept a pass to save his life. The game looks very difficult for him. I would replace him as soon as possible. Dodson could be better in the long run once he gets healthy and has more experience) Our secondary has new life w Dane Jackson. Love what I saw out of him on Sunday. He looked very comfortable on the football field, complete opposite of Edmunds. On offense the sky's the limit w Josh Allen. But we need the deep threat of John Brown, and a TE who is a threat every time they line up on the field. Given the difficulty of our schedule, for us to get to at least 11 wins is going to take a really really strong effort from everyone including coaches. Not saying it can't be done. But we will need to get better everywhere on the field.

Jets coaching has been pretty bad for awhile. Todd Bowles and Adam Gase. And Rex before them were all lousy. (at least Rex was at the end w the Jets) Darnold looks like a deer in headlights with any pressure on him. He needs a new start someplace else with a coach who is going to build up the guys confidence. Right now I don't know if he can even get to the level of say a Case Keenum. The Bills coaching of Josh Allen has been solid. But the second half of the schedule after playing the Patriots is going to be tough. (Patriots game will not be easy either regardless of how they have been playing of late) We'll see how competitive McDermott has us playing. There is a big difference between being a decent coach and being a very good to elite coach. These upcoming 9 games should give us some indication of what McDermott really is.

Agreed. Roster is not good enuf on either line or at LB. (Edmunds will go down as a huge bust. Should be cut after this season. And defense should be built around Milano) Offense is very good at WR, but they are all fairly small except for Davis. Another bigger weapon would be a big boost. Engram is an excellent athlete. No comparison to Knox who is tough but a stiff w stone hands and no fluidity to his game. I would bring him in in a heartbeat.

Wagon Circler-Are you Chris Berman in disguise? LOL Your statement is sad but true. (Great Metallica song btw) The talent on Defense has fallen off a cliff. The past two years losing Kyle Williams and LoRax to retirement. And letting Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson go has crippled our defense. Combine that with the lack of development of Tremaine Edmunds (guy is not an NFL starter-I would cut him after this season if no improvement) and Ed Oliver and the free agents who we signed playing lousy, and you have a bottom 5 defense that plays with no intensity whatsoever. The next two weeks against the Jets and Pats may be the two most important games of the McBeane era. When the wheels start coming off and the players lose faith in what the coaches are selling, getting back on course can be very difficult. I have been following the team since the mid 70's. Thought this was the year we return to the glory of the early 90's. Not so sure McDermott has what it takes to coach a team to play championship caliber football. And not sure if Beane can get us the players we need to do that either. Getting Diggs and Josh Allen was genius. But the O and D lines are incredibly weak right now. And if this level of play continues we will be lucky to finish 8-8 which should not be acceptable to the Pegulas.

Good post SoCal. We did not dominate in any of the first 4 wins. We didn't play lousy, just not tight mistake free football. We always look a little loose and sloppy. (Josh Allen's two fumbles against the Jets in the first half for example. Big defensive breakdowns against the Fins and Rams. Stupid decision by Josh taking the sack against the Raiders and giving up some big plays) Not horrible stuff. But we never look like a well coached football team in all phases of the game. We have the offense to overcome when Josh is playing lights out. But our margin for error is slim. I think McDermott's coaching is lacking in putting a well prepared mistake free football team on the field game in and game out. He isn't a clown. But he needs to step up his game in the second half of the season in a big way. Otherwise for my money we can look elsewhere. There is a big difference between being a mediocre to a little above average at times coach (which is what McDermott has been) and a championship coach!!

We are missing a TE to go to in clutch situations. Most teams in the NFL use the TE or multiple TE's as big time weapons. We don't have one who can get down the field and hold onto the ball. This team is unbelievably flawed everywhere but QB and WR. And Josh still has his rough games as we saw the past couple weeks. But you have to love his competitiveness and the way he can throw ropes all over the field when he is on.

Best post I have read on here in ages Penfield!! (I had to come out of retirement to respond) We get bullied. We play scared. And we look completely unprepared against any top 12-15 team. (The Eagles game last year comes to mind right away. A combination of the Titans and Chiefs game. Totally run over. Not prepared. And played scared)

Seriously why did you feel the need to tell me that? I bet you were one of those nerds in high school who got a swirley in the toilet. I spell words in a way that looks better. Just like Thru versus Through. I seriously can not stand this message board. Between the nonsense about Covid and Social Justice on here for the past 3-6 months, and BS from clowns like you, I am done!! This place used to be about football football football. Don't know what happened. But it has become unreadable. I would rather spend my free time on an online gambling site then this nonsense. Wow it is painful to read. (Other then Yolo, GunnerBill and a few others just not worth the Paup's time) Bam.

Seriously man?? You are concerned about what they say or don't say about the Bills in the middle of week 2's Sunday Nite game. We have beaten the Jets and the Dolphins. Its week 2. There are 32 teams. Just be happy we are 2-0 and finally have an NFL passing game. When we beat Dallas and Pittsburgh late last season the networks were all over us. Us beating the Jets and Fish while nice is like Clemson beating NC State and Virginia. Nice but not earth shattering. Enjoy the ride. Its a long season...

The kick was lousy regardless. And so were his 3 other FG attempts. The kid was kicking off the inside of his foot pushing everything. Hopefully he figured out the problem this week. Otherwise he may not be coming back on the team flite from Miami after the game.

If he stops overthinking things with the misdirection running plays where Josh hands off to the RB while they are standing still instead of moving towards the line of scrimmage we should be fine. That worked horribly against the Jets. I do not like running with the QB in shotgun. The RB is always getting the handoff flat footed, and it allows the Defense to have all the momentum rushing into the backfield.

We have Dodson and Klein, neither of who suck. We will be fine. Every team has injuries. Football is a violent physical game. Our offense should be clicking. With our receiving corp, we should throw up at least 35 on the Fish, and win by 10-14 points.

Seriously Gore looks and runs like he is 55 years old. And Bell should have stayed with the Steelers. Football is such a physically punishing game. Careers are not long for a lot of guys. Sure you want to maximize your earnings. But you also want to play on a team and for an organization that has a chance to win every year and compete. Bell is finding that out the hard way. He did not look like a man real happy sitting on the Jets bench late in the Bills game.

He almost missed those two as well. He was kicking with his foot open. It's like swinging a golf club and leaving the face of the club open at contact. Its going to be a push or a slice every time. Someone needs to go over the film of that with the kid and get it fixed immediately. Otherwise his career may well be two games. Watch the kick (if you can find it) from two years ago at the Camila Bowl in the rain between Ga Southern and Eastern Michigan. Bass nails a 50 yarder on the last play of the game to win. The ball had a completely different trajectory.