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I'm waiting on this game to determine whether or not these Bills are actually different. We've seen the Bills kick ass through September nearly every year since 2020, often with blowout wins against inferior opponents. Thankfully, this game is still in September, so maybe we'll have just enough juice to make it 4-0. But the Ravens run the ball extremely well while not allowing anyone to run against them. Unless we can somehow be the first team to rush the ball successfully, it'll require Josh heroics again. The biggest difference to this year's start is the lack of turnovers committed by our offense. If that continues in Baltimore, we should win. If the INTs start showing up, it'll feel like the same ol' Bills. Problem is that even if we win, people will get louder with the "they haven't played any good teams!" narrative. Baltimore will drop to 1-3, which makes them look like a "bad" team. Then we have to go on the road to face Diggs & Co... As much as people will want to downplay that game, it's going to get a LOT of coverage. There will be a lot of "told ya so's" going on depending on who wins. I really need to see the Bills come away 2-1 to think this season is truly going to be special. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FOOTBALL DEITIES, BLESS US IN OUR COMING GAMES!

Josh has been playing great, but it should be noted that receivers are dropping very few passes. I don't think Shakir has dropped any. Having sure handed receivers can only help a QB's completion percentage.

We’re going to be 6-0. Josh and the team is going to be FIRED UP like no other against Diggs. It’s obvious they were sick of him

After Diggs left minny he said the writing was on the wall. a new coaching staff came in..they wanted to change the process to more of a run oriented game plan. This took away from the "its all about me theme? that Diggs lives by. When Diggs came to buffalo Daboll was all about throwing the ball and as things progressed I think Daboll went into a shell and expected Josh to do everything, we were throwing the ball on every down most games almost for a while. This was a euphoric for someoene like Diggs. But once again once things wernt going diggs way he started to pull back and rebel. Diggs has always been a me first player. This is not to say that he isnt (wasnt) a great player but he's not a poster child for putting the team first. I think once Daboll left it was more of battle getting the same focus from Ken Dorsey, plus Dorsey wasnt the play caller that Daboll was. So diggs once again was starting to read the writing on the wall and by the time Brady arrived he was in full Minny mindset all over again forcing a team to trade him. Diggs is a total narcassist who constantly undermined the team with his passive agressive actions on social media.

The "everybody eats" language has high correlation to all the questions about "whatcha gonna do without a #1 WR?" and "how are you going to fill in for the 152 receptions and 1929 yds contributed by Davis and Diggs last year?" (as best I can tell). I don't think it either increased or decreased in frequency in response to the GQ article from Diggs. I think Josh's trash talk is limited to on the field. Is there probably some private motivation, if Diggs was lighting into Josh after practice and games, in Josh showing he can do or avoid whatever those criticisms were, probably. But I don't think Diggs was criticizing Josh for failing to spread the ball around. He made it clear in so many words (in mic'd up episodes) "I Need My Bag"

If they can't win in February, I'm doubtful that it will be because Allen didn't have the luxury of an All Pro in the WR room. If there's 5 of them and they're all genuinely good? Good luck with that; it's a tough ask of any defense.

Very few bad plays but far more than just 3 1. Allen fumble 2. Torrence face mask taking away a TD run 3. Two overthrown passes to wide open MVS 4. Cook drop 5. Douglas getting lost in coverage and giving up TD pass against Jags 6. Coleman showing up late and getting benched

Despite the Ravens' record, this will be our first real test against a team we know is good. I won't say our first three games were powder puffs but they felt easy. What's scary in a good way is that we haven't really played our best football yet. Josh has yet to synch up consistently with the WRs. Our first three games except Arizona were effectively over at the half. We only needed a solid second half to put the Cardinals away. While the Ravens don't look as dominant as last year, I think we'll need a full four quarters to beat them. We now have a strong running game and a respectable pass rush. We haven't had to put it all together in one game yet. This could be the week we hit on all cylinders. If we do, we will be the best team in the league for as long as we can sustain it.

Yeah, agreed. Even between this year and last year placement and ball speed as well has really gotten better on the short balls, IMO. And he just seems more willing to take those shorter throws rather than hoping something will open up later. Orlovsky was on One Bills Drive last night Chris Brown and Chris said this, "I don't know what it is, but there was a play last night, he thought for a half a second about throwing a 40 yard rope to the end zone on a low percentage play and he checks it down instead to Cook and it goes for 15 yards and my eyes opened up really big and I said, 'Oh, my Gosh, that was a Mahomes-like decision right there that he just made on the check-down to Cook.' It's a small sample but I'm wondering if we're seeing a maturation of Josh with that decision-making that makes him even more consistent." Orlovsky said, "Yeah, I absolutely think you are, it sounds like you are as well when you sit there and you talk with him and you hear him kind of share how he's feeling in the offense. ... I'll go back two or three years ago, sitting with Brandon Beane talking about where Josh at least in that moment they were hoping that Josh was going to get kind of where he sits right now. And Brandon said, 'it's my job that I have to put enough people around him that he feels okay with making some of those decisions, that if you do check the ball down that there's a person there worthy of checking the ball down to and that you can go get 12 or 15 yards.' When you rattle off the names, the sum is greater than the individual parts. It reminds me of 2017 when the Eagles won the Super Bowl, there wasn't this thousand yard receiver or this superstar." This hit the nail on the head for me. The Beane quote there isn't that we have to get him a Diggs, it was that they have to get him "enough people around him that he feels okay with making some of those decisions." They didn't want to get rid of Diggs, but they did want to bring in a lot of guys that made Josh feel comfortable. I think Josh has improved and the situation he's in isn't as bad with guys to catch the ball as many had feared.

That’s fair. But I am using it as a bit of a catch all for the wording around the offense this year. It feels like it’s been particularly pointed since before Allen’s recent stats comment.

We got the wrong Josh Allen

A lot of things can be true at the same time without being so binary. Do I think Brady designed an entire offense to spite Diggs? No that’s insane. Do I think that all the frequent use of language like “everybody eats” has some correlation to the guy who just told the world that he forced two teams to move on from him and wants to chase his own stat line? Yes. Does Josh “I don’t know who the fork they thought I was” Allen keep receipts? Yes, he has a record of it , and not to mention he’s named one of the biggest trash talkers in the league .

Was listening to someone the other day asking “what is the Bills offensive identity “ … My response was that they don’t have one. That’s the beauty of it. Totally diversified and unpredictable. .. This is a much different offense than has been seen around here during the Josh era.

I think that's what the betting line is thinking. They're looking at the Ravens and going "*****! They ran over Dallas for 275 yards! You see dem itty bitty linebackers on the Bills? Henry gonna go 'Choo! Choo!' and run over 'em!" And he might. But the Bills ran over Dallas to the tune of 266 yds last season, of which only 24 yds were Allen's. So maybe....the Dallas run D has something to do with it?

You might read what follows and think it's a distinction without a difference, but I disagree that the entire ethos of the "everybody eats" offense is "100% rooted in turning the page from Stef". I think it's entirely the other way around. Stef turned the page on this offense because it became "everybody eats". I think Brady took over after the Denver loss and said "OK - defenses feel they don't have to defend the run, they feel they don't have to interpret pre- and post-snap motion, our personnel groups are often a tell, and they can choke up the middle of the field and put their best guy on Diggs (or double him). Done. So what'r we gonna do? We're gonna make them defend the whole field on us - run the ball until they show they can stop it, use the middle of the field that defending the run opens up, and spread the ball around so they get the flick: they can't just clamp down on Diggs and wait for Josh to force it for an incompletion or maybe a pick". You're right, Diggs said it in GQ, he wants yards, he wants receptions, so if that's Brady's game he "wanted things to shake". But you wrote the above as though the offense was designed by Brady as a reaction to Stefon Diggs and a need to turn the page on Diggs. I think Brady designed the offense as a reaction to how teams were playing the Bills last season (and to some extent in 2022), and a need to re-cast the offensive philosophy in response. And then Diggs wanted out.

Literally, that entire piece about QB singles hitting in The Athletic WITH ACTUAL LONG AND DETAILED QUOTES FROM JOSH ALLEN said it all. All the rest, including our ex post facto analyses, is noise, IMHO.

Josh Allen statement game. 2 time MVP was a shot at the press, well he's a two time MVP and I'm not so they must be better than us quietly passive aggressive dog. Well done Josh is taking no prisoners this year. There is no one on the team second guessing coaching, or adding that negative energy. The rest of this team will feed off Josh. Looking forward to what they put out there Sunday. I'm expecting us to all be quite happy come 11 pm Sunday. Get your wives ready, rock their world Sunday night gentleman

I just did and it still is what it is. For instance, he anticipated Mack Hollins putting up 690 yards receiving.........and he has 41.......so he is on pace for 232. I guess that's close? Right? Otherwise just a lot of vague "we're deeper at WR" so they will therefore be a better WR corps. I mean, if I told you guys that Samuel would only have 40 receiving yards thru 3 games you'd have shouted me down but now the goal post has been moved. 😂 What it really comes down to is that the WR position has been de-emphasized thru 3 games. Last year thru their first 3 games(including a tough road game against NYJ defense) the Bills WR's had almost 500 yards receiving. Then they got warmed up and had two HUGE games after that "modest" start. They were a WR centric offense that really wasn't good enough at WR to expect to reach a SB. This year, thru three games their WR have just 350 yards receiving. They've been efficient but it's their weakest unit on offense(by a lot) so it makes sense to under-feed them if possible. When I tried to explain to people that you just weren't going to replace those 2023 WR stats by having a better 5th(or 6th) WR.......there was great pushback as people tried to backfigure how Josh Allen was going to get the same amount of passing yards etc..

"Everybody eats" doesn't mean "everybody eats at once." If there's a matchup to exploit, Brady will. If anything that implies more of a chance of a non-Allen Bill being the focal point in any given week depending on matchups. Not every team will be the Jags and take away nothing, but no team will be able to take away everything.

I care inasmuch as think it's interesting you don't believe Allen when he says he isn't talking about Diggs Because i don't think they particularly care about Diggs anymore as he's no longer on the team You seem to believe otherwise and I'm trying to understand why

I am tempering my expectations, considering we face the Ravens, Texans and Jets defenses all on the road. The Ravens pass defense is abysmal, but the Texans and Jets are in the Top 10. The true test of our team is in this stretch. Brady has an opportunity to really prove he is the new top genius on the block. I am also fully aware that the last time we had a non-Josh led team like this, we went into Arrowhead and lost 33-6, so even the great teams stub their toe once in a while. Let's hope we can go at least 2-1 in this stretch!!!

The early rounds are typically consistent of great athletes who are usually good football players.. The late rounds typically consist of good football players who are not the highest NFL caliber athlete It just shows you that drafting is not an exact science and it's never been... Over 30% of the league is undrafted free agents You're always trying to weigh Big Time athlete versus the football player in them.. when you can get a football player of Josh's caliber with the athlete of his caliber you're changing franchises Kaiir was a really good athlete, with solid production at a high conference that made them think he will be coachable... His football skills were lower than they thought... Benford came in with good football skills but the talent level he played left questions About his NFL athleticism since he wasn't being tested by NFL wide receivers People think a 4.55 is slow nowadays.. but that's actually almost 20 miles an hour sprinting... Some people reach that speed quicker than others... Somebody who reaches it in the first 20 yards runs a 4.4 or faster Somebody who it takes 30 yards runs a 4.5 But both are actually really fast on a condensed football field when there's 22 people and game plans involved.. Benford might not run a 4.3 like Elam... But he plays with the correct leverage and technique and football smarts with absolutely enough speed

Rousseau and Benford both need to be extended. They look like two of our top five defenders for this new era of Buffalo Bills football. I was thinking just today about how excited I am about the Bills' young offensive and defensive cores going forward: Rousseau, Oliver, Carter, Epenesa, Solomon, Bernard, Williams, Benford, Bishop on defense. Josh, Dion, McGovern, Torrence, Brown, Shakir, Kincaid, Coleman, Cook, Davis on offense. And to think, the Bills took their cap medicine THIS year, and enter 2025 with not only these exciting groups of players on both sides, but also 10 draft picks and a healthy cap situation. The present and future are both very, very bright. The window is WIDE OPEN.

Great write up man, enjoyed reading it. A few things I came away with post game, apologies if I am redundant: 1) Josh Allen - I don't care who he's playing, he is playing out of his gourd. Some of the throws he makes, he makes them look so easy. He's throwing straight lasers to his receivers, and it's scary how accurate he's been. I mean he's barely flicking the ball off his wrists and he's hitting receivers dead in stride. If he keeps up this level of play, honestly, it wouldn't even be close in MVP voting. He put on an absolute CLINIC out there vs the Jags. My God. 2)Khalil Shakir - What can i say. Not only does the guy catch literally everything thrown his way, his ability to get some serious YAC is unreal. I honestly don't think I've seen a catch yet where he didn't have additional yardage. I held my breath for a second on that touchdown pass when he got hit after his spin move. Kid is tough as nails to boot. 3)Oline play. On Josh's touchdown, it brought back memories...you guys remember the AFC Championship game in 1991, against the Raiders? Kelly dropped the snap, had time to pick up the ball, dust it off, then throw a TD pass to I can't remember when...but I was simply amazed at all the time he had. Our run blocking I do believe is playing well, but our pass blocking has been unbelievable. It's too hard not to get excited about this team's start. So I won't.... LFG BUFFALO!!!

I know "drama" is in the title but, really? This week's story is silly. Sorry for all y'all who had to buy new lawn signage when diggs left but who cares about him now? If josh did mean about him I could not care less. He wanted gone from buffalo. Ciaocito baby!