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29 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said:

 

GoBillsInDallas, I can't speak for everyone but your postgame contributions make you my MVP!

 

I have to give Beane some credit for bringing different guys in and trying to experiment with the roster.  He's trying to make the team better and not sitting on his hands.

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38 minutes ago, Looper said:

Agreed. should be the end of the Peterman experiment. Keep Anderson around the rest of the year for the mentoring.

 

Yea I agree. Peterman should be released come tomorrow. 

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What We Learned from Sunday's Week 10 Games

 

 
1. The Bills (3-7) unleashed an offensive onslaught on the Jets only the Minnesota Vikings could have ever saw coming. With Matt Barkley making his first NFL start since the 2016 season for a Buffalo team mired in a comatosed state since rookie Josh Allen suffered an elbow sprain nearly a month ago, Sunday's performance by the Bills looked like something ripped the NFL's bizarro world dimension. As strange as it is to fathom, the Bills did indeed jump out to a 31-3 halftime lead. Barkley made a ghost town out "New Jack City" and LeSean McCoy looked like his 2011 self. It was the kind of gridiron beatdown that left the Jets' secondary throwing up their arms in frequent frustration while reminding the Buffalo faithful that Week 3's impressive performance against the Vikings wasn't necessarily a fluke. Barkley wasn't on the roster for the Bills' first win of the season, but he looked as comfortable in Buffalo as a Niagara Falls tour guide despite signing on just 13 days ago. Barkley made an immediate impact, connecting on a 47-yard pass to Robert Foster on the first play from scrimmage before McCoy scampered in for his first touchdown of the season on the next play. From there, Barkley completed 15 of 25 passes for 232 yards and two TDs in an impressive performance that even featured a big-boy touchdown on a 7-yard pass to offensive tackle Dion Dawkins. Pretty impressive for a QB who didn't even manage a snap during his time with the Cardinals last year before losing out the Cincinnati Bengals' backup QB job to Jeff Driskel over the summer. All things considered, there's no need to rush back Allen onto the field now that the Bills have a better option than Nathan Peterman at the ready.
 
2. It's anyone's guess as to whether the Jets (3-7) will retain head coach Todd Bowles beyond this season, but Sunday's performance could be exhibit 1A in the argument for new leadership. The Jets' passing defense, which entered the game ranked 13th in the league, looked completely lost in the first half against a Bills team that ranks dead last in passing. Trumaine Johnson and Morris Claiborne were almost helpless in preventing Zay Jones from enacting some sort of second coming of Andre Reed. Jones and Foster caused chaos throughout the game with Jones finishing with eight catches for 93 yards and a touchdown and Foster adding 105 yards on three catches. New York also gave up a total of 212 yards on the ground with its defensive line giving up big runs to McCoy throughout the game. Offensively, the Jets were a dud. Josh McCown, who was filling in for injured starter Sam Darnold, couldn't string drives together for a team that went a forehead-slapping 1 for 12 on third downs. McCown completed a very backup-like 17 of 34 passes for 135 yards and two interceptions. While Bowles' future is tied closely to Darnold's future development, the other 52 matter, too. Surrendering 41 points to a Bills team that had only scored 96 points through the first nine weeks certainly won't help the claim that Bowles deserves a fifth season in Florham Park.
 
3. LeSean McCoy told reporters this week he knows time is running out on his chance to expand on his "legacy," and the running back responded with his best game of the season. McCoy churned out 113 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries. The Jets struggled throughout the afternoon to contain the 30-year-old running back, who added instant balance to the Bills' attack. McCoy is still on pace to post the lowest numbers of his career, and the Bills sorely needed to find a way to get him to produce more. Sunday's performance goes a long way in helping McCoy and Bills begin their claw back to respectability.
 
-- Austin Knoblauch
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17 minutes ago, BillsEnthusiast said:

 

Then he needs to become a lot better at teaching because it's the first time all season that the players have been able to execute his game plan.

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4 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

They figured it out by GAME TEN though...

I think they realized that even mediocre players with speed is better than having no speed at all.

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