Big Turk

OK...and when Jeff Saturday took over a terrible Colts team when he never coached at ANY LEVEL of football at all and was on ESPN Gameday the week before, THAT TEAM with THAT COACH won their first game...then didn't win again the rest of the year. Discounting how much of an advantage it is to have a completely clean slate to operate with where a team has no tendencies and no real game film to prepare for what you like to do in certain situations is pretty silly, IMO. It's obviously a huge advantage. And clearly the players wanted to try and get a win for their new coach especially after getting embarrassed the week before. In short, we got the best they could give with some extra prep time and it was close, but not quite good enough. Take the W and move on. Pretty sure the Pats fans didn't say they should give back the Super Bowl Trophy when they were gifted the Tuck Game

I'm not surprised. There are huge advantages to having nothing to lose and no game film/tendencies their opponents can plan for.

The Chargers averaged 4.1 yards per play and only got 273 yards of total offense. I wouldn't call that "moving the ball with ease" exactly.

How important was the game for a terrible Colts team that had just fired Frank Reich and went off the beaten path to hire Jeff Saturday from ESPN's Gameday shows and who had never been a coach in the NFL and he promptly won his first game he coached...then didn't win another game the rest of the year. I'd put money that over the last 5 years teams that fire their coaches in season have a winning record in their first game with the new coach. It's a huge advantage to have a clean slate with the other team not knowing any tendencies or your gameplans on either side of the ball.

Not to mention having no real idea what their gameplans would look like on either offense or defense or what the new coaches liked to do in certain key situations. That advantage cannot be overstated. Bills prepared based on what they could but a lot of that changed I am sure.

He had a lane to get 30 yards and then run into 5 or 6 Bills players they conveniently made sure to only show the closer view and not the overhead view that would have shown them. Click bait post by a guy who showed a view that doesn't accurately describe what was going on there.

I'm not sure they did. Chargers had a lot of advantages in this game from preparation and tendencies...Bills really were flying blind in terms of game planning.

Oliver took over in the Chargers game down the stretch...

Only probably 7

I don't think people understand just how big of an advantage it is where a team can prepare for their opponent but their opponent cannot really prepare for them because they have nothing on film to really prepare for or know any tendencies about. It's why teams win so often the week after firing their coaches.

What are teams records the week after they fire their coach? I bet they have a winning record over the last 5 years. Teams are usually amped up for the game, lots of changes are made, the opponent has no real idea what they are going to do on offense or defense and have to basically gameplan flying blind and adjust on the fly and after being completely embarrassed the week before, they wanted to atone for that. We got the best the Chargers had to give and we took it and ended up winning in the end even without our best game. The D played well for the most part, offense was frustrating for a lot of he night but the Chargers had a really solid game plan and changed a lot of what they did for the game, especially with Derwin James playing near the LOS a lot more. I get what you are saying, but I think you don't realize that in these situations, a lot of times those teams actually win...

Tougher game than many expected but not surprising with the coaching change and having no real idea what they would do on offense or defense. Bills adjusted, took the lead but mistakes, penalties and turnovers helped the Chargers take the lead and kept them in it... Allen did what he needed to do to lead them down the field to take the lead late and then Oliver and the D shut the door again. Good win on a short week traveling across country to play a highly motivated team that was just embarrassed the week before and had a lot of moving pieces that you had to try and figure out on the fly.

Now that's what we need...dial up a few more of those...

Inexcusable performance tonight so far

Guessing the people who said the Steelers had "no chance" to win this game and laughed at my suggestion that the Steelers had a good chance since they typically give the Bengals issues even with Burrow are looking pretty silly right now. At this time of year there are no "lock games".

I've seen this happening for years now and it's never called.

There are absolutely NO LOCKS this time of year, so anytime you hear someone say "this game is a lock", they are full of crap...within the last 2 weeks I have heard National Media members talking about "lock" games on the air frequently and at least 5 of these so called "lock games" ended up being losses. Pretty sure the Falcons thought it was a "lock" they beat the 1 win Panthers last week.

You mean except when it comes to knowing when to get off the field for a FG at the end of a game?

They have the great equalizer in Allen. On any given day Allen can be so good that it doesn't matter what the other team does, they cannot win. My hope is that one day that will happen in a Super Bowl game and any of the other flaws won't matter for one day. Purdy will flame out as soon as he doesn't have an all-world supporting cast around him. I mean look at what happened when he simply was missing his LT and Deebo this year. He looked terrible.

I mean Pickett has been just as bad if not worse than either of those 2 anyway...basically it's a giant QB crapfest in Pittsburgh this year. Bengals struggle mightily with the Steelers tho, even when they had Burrow. Would not be surprised at all to see the Steelers win a low scoring slugfest.

Our offensive line is not slightly above average...by many metrics it is one of the best in the NFL. Allen is the least sacked QB in the NFL. Cook is averaging over 5 YPC, not much you can complain about with them really.

with the way Ty Johnson has been playing Fournette only gets elevated with an injury. Honestly same with Harris...Johnson has been too good to take him off the field...every time he touches the ball something good happens.

Bills 34 Chargers 10 Like my chances with a McD defense against inexperienced QBs...dude will be seeing ghosts out there like Howell did earlier this year

I'm taking the Bills all day in that scenario and 5 times on Sunday

Congress actually held that over their head and that is what ultimately ended local blackouts for non-sellout games...told them they could either end blackouts or they would open up an inquiry to talk about eliminating their monopoly...NFL caved. Fans won. Can actually thank NY Senator Chuck Schumer as he was one of the main people getting after the NFL about it and since he was the head of a very important committee related to that sort of stuff, the NFL did not want to make an enemy of him.