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Occam's Razor. The most obvious answer is the most likely. Dorsey is not an NFL-caliber coordinator. McDermott hired an Allen crony, and they've been paying for it since then.

The Bills are being embarrassed out there. They're playing at at home against a bad team suffering from the worst injuries in the league. There are no excuses at all. Can't blame the refs, the weather, even a fired-up opponent. They look like an overrated team, at least on offense. Is Diggs the only receiver on the team?

This, just this, is the only way the Giants can win. You go into the half 3-0 or 6-0 and do the same for the second half.

Sleepy team. That's on McDermott.

God, what a boring game.

Still too early to judge, I think, but not a lot of urgency on either side of the ball. Maybe they think they'll win by reputation.

Because he thinks it's now or never? And it's against his old team in his old town?

Still a long way from the record 28-point spread the Broncos had over the Jags in 2013, but sizeable anyway.

You think Bills fans are the only ones who react to losses this way?

This game seems like a good opportunity to get back to basics on offense, especially running the ball and play action. Maybe Dorsey will finally give Kincaid some deeper routes, even 20 yards and beyond. I don't understand why he hasn't yet, when the potential payoff is so huge.

I was just teasing. We did hear a lot of media figures pumping him up that first year. I recall which one--Nick Wright, probably--claim that Allen wasn't even the best QB in the AFC East (implying Jones was). That hasn't aged well.

What about Mac Jones? Future HOF, remember?

Not concerned about his age, although he might not be as mobile as he was in the past. But, true, he might just be out of practice. I hope so. Still, I'm expecting a savvy veteran who won't turn the ball over and can lead a few touchdown drives. The only way the Bills lose this is if they repeatedly turn the ball over themselves. Or if they're sleepwalking and let the Giants hang around in a low-scoring game. Daball might also pull out all the stops: going for it on fourth down all game, fake punts and FGs, trick plays, innovations, all-out blitzing. A desperate opponent is a dangerous one.

I would rather face Jones than Taylor. Taylor may be not be a risk taker, but he's mobile and doesn't turn the ball over. I can imagine him dinking and dunking down the field against our replacement LB and DB. Jones seems much easier to confuse into a turnover or sack.

Plantar fasciitis sucks. It doesn't really go away until you rest it for a long while, in my experience. NBA players deal with it all the time.

What do you think of Rapp replacing Poyer? Poyer seems to have lost a step, even more than Hyde, whose play also has seemed pedestrian (to my inexpert eye). I haven't given up on Elam yet. I'm guessing that confidence is the key problem now. McD. seems to prefer system CBs who are in the right place and tackle well, whereas Elam's strengths are his size, speed and length, which allow him to jam and then stick to the WR. Riding the bench because he's not good at what he's not good at might have led him to believe he's not good at anything. In other words, to tap into Elam's strengths, McD. might have to change his expectations, and maybe even his defense. He might not have a choice at this point. I'm talking about this starting lineup: Benford, Elam, Rapp, Hyde, Johnson. Jackson, Poyer, and Hamlin backing up. The key is Elam.

The real question isn't whether the Bills make the playoffs--Allen would have to be out for the season for that to happen--but whether they win the division. If they win the division and get a bye, their SB chances rise by a lot. One near-certainty: They won't have top seed. Between the Chief's soft schedule, the extreme bias of the refs in their favor (it's no longer debatable), and eyebrow-raising "coincidences" (e.g., the Broncos DB declining to tackle Mahomes), the Chief WILL be awarded the top seed, barring a season-ending injury to Mahomes. Not fair, but at least they have a chance to beat the Chiefs at that point. https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/10/13/broncos-damarri-mathis-patrick-mahomes-missed-tackle-video

No need to go that far. Still have to have the Chiefs win. But give the Broncos a call or two for appearances sake. Heck, let them even think they're going to win. THEN throw the PI flag on the Mahomes interception, the holding call on a Wilson TD, or whatever it takes.

Knox having to help Brown on so many plays is part of the problem, as many posters have pointed out. But it's not clear why Dorsey isn't running Kincaid deeper. Beane has to be frustrated. He gives Dorsey Hines (who isn't cheap), and Dorsey doesn't use him. Then he drafts Kincaid in the first round, and Dorsey doesn't use him, either, at least not well.

You got to wonder if Anderson, the backup, is actually worse than Brown. Brown's problems with pass-pro appear to be holding back the entire offense.

I wasn't sure about the Miami game, and I was worried about the Jags game. But I rarely been as confident about a Bills game in decades of watching them. They're pissed off and will rip the the Giants to shreds in front of a national audience.

Is this post supposed to be sarcastic, playful, ironic, satirical? If so, I admire the advanced humor. Love the "High Football IQ." Good stuff! If you're serious, well, yikes. Hope your family is taking care of you.

Could be that he's staying in to help Brown, so his routes are shorter.

I'm surprised Dawkins graded out poorly, especially when the Jags' Josh Allen was credited with just one tackle. I do recall him being walked back into our Josh Allen on one play (on which Dawkins was called for a hold), but Allen seemed to have as much (or little) time as he does usually.

Yeah, I meant to say Davis when I said Diggs. I'm just going to sit in the corner for awhile...