If the Bills defense is healthy, they're 6-1 right now

[Simon]

If D Jones, Milano and Tre White are on the field, I think they beat both Jacksonville and New England.

I don't know if they can find a way to overcome a second straight season of having their defense worse than decimated, but I also don't want to pretend they did a suck-ass job of putting together a roster that can win in this league. Because if they had the roster right now that they had at the beginning of the year, teams would absolutely fear them, and rightly so.

I realize that's ifs and buts; however, it does speak to the credible job the coaching staff and front office did in the offseason.

[Goin Breakdown]

If only I wasn't fat and ugly. It the hand I'm dealt. Bills can find ways to fix it though. I'm stuck

[SCBills]

This is true.   KC has won a bunch of rock fights with a healthy defense and that's where they are sitting.  

 

We just don't seem to have their luck.  

[Charles Romes]

I think we all knew deep down that the season was essentially over in terms of winning it all after the first five minutes in Jacksonville. Still I think they have enough good players to put up some performances here forward worthy of convincing ourselves they still have a shot at the Lombardi. Similar to ‘21 after Tre went down and ‘22 after Von went down. 

[Ramza86]

I do agree with this.

 

You can tell the way we planned our season was to play good defense and just work on taking what the defense gives. 

 

Unfortunately weve lost half our defense and huge positions....but guess what? Not seeing any adjustments offensively to make up for the lack of defense.

 

Nice job staff...

[boyst]

1 minute ago, SCBills said:

This is true.   KC has won a bunch of rock fights with a healthy defense and that's where they are sitting.  

 

We just don't seem to have their luck.  

they have 3 victories due to referee interference.

[Einstein]

Yeah I think this is likely true.

[EasternOHBillsFan]

28 minutes ago, Simon said:

If D Jones, Milano and Tre White are on the field, I think they beat both Jacksonville and New England.

I don't know if they can find a way to overcome a second straight season of having their defense worse than decimated, but I also don't want to pretend they did a suck-ass job of putting together a roster that can win in this league. Because if they had the roster right now that they had at the beginning of the year, teams would absolutely fear them, and rightly so.

I realize that's ifs and buts; however, it does speak to the credible job the coaching staff and front office did in the offseason.

 

All of this is moot if our offense looks like a disorganized mess. The whole point of the season is to win a Super Bowl, and so long as our offense looks as bad as it has, we have little chance in the playoffs beyond some wild card win. Our offense is broken and so long as McD continues to defend Dorsey, it will continue to be broken.

[Low Positive]

5-2. I think that the Jags game would have still been a loss.

[dave mcbride]

30 minutes ago, Simon said:

If D Jones, Milano and Tre White are on the field, I think they beat both Jacksonville and New England.

I don't know if they can find a way to overcome a second straight season of having their defense worse than decimated, but I also don't want to pretend they did a suck-ass job of putting together a roster that can win in this league. Because if they had the roster right now that they had at the beginning of the year, teams would absolutely fear them, and rightly so.

I realize that's ifs and buts; however, it does speak to the credible job the coaching staff and front office did in the offseason.

Plus Rousseau was missing in one of the losses and Oliver in another. So basically four top-shelf defenders have been out for either the full game or most of the game in each of their recent losses. 

[wppete]

I think it’s as simple as if Milano was playing we would be 6-1. He wins games single handed. He is a game changer. 

[Simon]

7 minutes ago, FrenchConnection said:

5-2. I think that the Jags game would have still been a loss.

 

If you don't think that Daquan, Rousseau, Milano and Tre White are worth one single score, I'll heartily disagree with you there.

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

Our offense is broken and so long as McD continues to defend Dorsey, it will continue to be broken.

 

I don't think it's broken, just a little out of synch right now.

Cleaning up some of the execution errors we've been seeing the last couple weeks, particularly on 3rd downs, would make a significant difference, imo.

[Beck Water]

36 minutes ago, Simon said:

If D Jones, Milano and Tre White are on the field, I think they beat both Jacksonville and New England.

I don't know if they can find a way to overcome a second straight season of having their defense worse than decimated, but I also don't want to pretend they did a suck-ass job of putting together a roster that can win in this league. Because if they had the roster right now that they had at the beginning of the year, teams would absolutely fear them, and rightly so.

I realize that's ifs and buts; however, it does speak to the credible job the coaching staff and front office did in the offseason.

 

How was their defense worse than decimated last season?

 

You're right of course.

 

I think a lot of us look at the offense though, because if the offense were playing better (fewer dumb-ass turnovers, someone besides Diggs stepping up) we would also be 6-1

[EasternOHBillsFan]

7 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Plus Rousseau was missing in one of the losses and Oliver in another. So basically four top-shelf defenders have been out for either the full game or most of the game in each of their recent losses. 

 

This was at HOME against the Bengals in the playoffs WITH Milano and WITH Tre White and WITH Rousseau. Would Von in October 2023 have helped?

 

Nope. Our offense was pathetic and still will be pathetic with Dorsey as our OC. I just don't understand why you disagree with my previous statement. 

 

 

"On the other side, the Bills didn't manage a first down until the second quarter. Cincinnati's defensive line had its way, keeping Josh Allen under pressure while the secondary limited the Bills' big-play potential. The 10 points marked Buffalo's lowest total of the season. The Bills remain one of the NFL's most complete teams, but their difficulty getting out of the AFC is a storyline that's becoming difficult to ignore after another disappointing finish."

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/bills-bengals-live-score-highlights-playoffs/unkfqo04nptoxspzbhbtwjtc

Edited October 25, 2023 by EasternOHBillsFan

[entropyrules]

37 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

If only I wasn't fat and ugly. It the hand I'm dealt. Bills can find ways to fix it though. I'm stuck

well there is cosmetic surgery and Ozempic

[Success]

I agree w/ this.

 

Part of winning a title is overcoming injuries, and every team has them. But we got hit particularly hard on D.

 

Still, it's why I'm not giving up on the idea of a title this year.  It would be such a huge boost if we still make the playoffs, and Milano & Jones can make it back.

 

[ngbills]

If the Bills O plays like it should we are 7-0. 

[Simon]

1 minute ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

This was at HOME against the Bengals in the playoffs WITH Milano and WITH Tre White. Would Von in October 2023 have helped?

 

Nope. Our offense was pathetic and still will be pathetic with Dorsey as our OC. I just don't understand why you disagree with my previous statement. 

 

 

"On the other side, the Bills didn't manage a first down until the second quarter. Cincinnati's defensive line had its way, keeping Josh Allen under pressure while the secondary limited the Bills' big-play potential. The 10 points marked Buffalo's lowest total of the season. The Bills remain one of the NFL's most complete teams, but their difficulty getting out of the AFC is a storyline that's becoming difficult to ignore after another disappointing finish."

 

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/bills-bengals-live-score-highlights-playoffs/unkfqo04nptoxspzbhbtwjtc

 

Thank you for a wonderful article about last year. We are currently talking about this year though.

Please find another thread to continue your Dorsey crusade and discussion of last year, it doesn't fit in this one.

[Returntoglory]

39 minutes ago, Goin Breakdown said:

If only I wasn't fat and ugly. It the hand I'm dealt. Bills can find ways to fix it though. I'm stuck

But you've got a GREAT personality!

[EasternOHBillsFan]

6 minutes ago, Simon said:

I don't think it's broken, just a little out of synch right now.

Cleaning up some of the execution errors we've been seeing the last couple weeks, particularly on 3rd downs, would make a significant difference, imo.

 

I don't know... the problems against Cinci in the playoffs have plagued them against the Giants and against the Patriots, two of the worst teams this season going in. I want to share your optimism WRT the cleaning up process, but I've seen this movie before and we have new players like Kincaid, Torrence and Sherfield.