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Bills 34 Hou 17 Sadly, I don't Billieve. . .

put a "C" on his jersey next season

Bills 31-24 Texans

Infrastructure all over America is aging out or not adapted to current conditions. It’s a giant problem which this bridge is just a tiny part of. It’s another problem which we largely ignore and kick the can down the road, figuring it’s a problem for our kids to deal with.

We are talking about Florida not NY or CA.

I'm not that impressed with the Texans' Defense as the PR department is: The only good (top-level) offense they have shut down was the Rams in week one, who they held to 14 points--but still lost. [Note, they did stifle the Ravens, but Lamar was out.] They have given up 20 to Tampa Bay (a loss), 27 to Seattle (a loss), 17 (a loss), and 29 to Jacksonville (which they somehow won). That’s an average of 25+ in these four games against these three playoff teams. Their average points allowed against the six playoff teams they have played is 22.5 points per game. Further skewing their D stats, they have had the luxury of playing the Titans twice already, who have scored a grand total of 13 points in those two games. And, they held the Lamar-less Ravens to 10. Yes, they are good. And mainly because of their defense, they have won 5 games. But the Defensive numbers are not as impressive when you look deeper. Take the Over on 22.5 for the Bills' offense.

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!! GET IT FIXED SEAN!! THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR SPECIALTY. McDermott constantly speaks about players not maintaining their gap responsibility. Why is this consistently happening?? Year after year it's the same answer to the question. If said player/players aren't doing their jobs, why aren't they replaced? I'm, personally, just tired of the excuses from the coach. The Bills lost to the Dolphins and Falcons because their RBs gashed his defense. This season is a perfect opportunity for this team to win a SB. I know Josh will do whatever it takes offensively to win. Will McDermott be willing to do so?

That’s what you do when that’s all you got…..

To determine the height of an NFL players ceiling, we must first calculate his median floor height and add some yet to be determined number of feet / (his propensity for injury variable x his average number of missed meetings) squared . It's that simple!

I don't see us getting much back for him, and unless we really feel he truly has no value to our team I would prefer we keep him at his current cost which is minimal. He popped vs Baltimore and that was a game we needed him to do that

I will always “boo” refs, but yeah, they stayed pit of the action. Too to ask for a lot of them. Very glad the NFL doesn’t have the ejection culture that the nba and mlb have. Imagine paying all that money and the guy you can to see gets tossed because the ump doesn’t like how the player scoffed at a call.

Bills 37 Another Diggs former team 31

17-14 Bills

Bills 23 Texans 16

Well that's actually correct. Houston hasn't played a Thursday night game yet though so they gave them the bills. I'm sure they try to do two teams at the same time but can't always make the schedule fit for that.

if keeping him keeps Coleman in street clothes, that works for me

Random, but some of the above reminded me that this current punter has been pretty good.

Like anything in football, it is never a single factor. I’ve worked through the first half, so I can only comment on the run defense thus far. Considering they gave up 120+ plus on the ground through two quarters, it is a significant piece to the defensive puzzle. You would be right at times putting it on the line backers. Other times they made phenominal plays. It’s a mixed bag. From Ogunjobi getting completely washed by a double, to Poyer missing a tackle in the box, there are countless examples where it was a 1/11th failure. It puts a ton of pressure on everyone to do their job. 1 blemish in the armor is all it takes. That said, I think the biggest issue they had at LB in this game is the misdirection Tampa used. Many times the perception is that we struggle and get bullied in the run game, but actually they held up quite well when the ground game was deliberate and immediate. Rather, there were a handful of times LBs and DEs got caught up with some window dressing, watching the flow of backs, reacting to motions, too aggressive on the mesh point, etc. Bakers running hurt them a bit, as did the long TD run. Below you will see two clips. This is Tampa running counter, the exact concept in two different variations. You’ll notice the first is with Epinessa/Williams handling the pullers and the second with Bosa/Johnson. It is impossible to know what they are trying to do schematically as a defense but my best guess here based on what I’ve seen is they’re trying to spill this play to the force player and boundary, working inside out allowing for guys to run to the football. In this first clip, you will see Epinessa use a wrong arm to try and sit in the hole. As the pullers work to reach Epinessa, Williams is there maintaining outside leverage. It is clear he is the force player here keeping them from getting the edge. He plays it very well stringing this out without giving up ground while the troops rally to the ball. However in this clip, you will see how the window dressing I referenced impacts the result of the play. The motion by the WR strongly influence Taron Johnson here. Between him and Bosa, one of these guys should be the force player on the edge and the other in the C gap. Based on the previous clip, I’d think Johnson is supposed to be the force here but the motion pulls him far to inside. Bosa wrong arms the puller again, bouncing the play to the boundary but with no force player they get the edge and it’s off to the races. It is impossible to know if there was a change in assignment here, and Bosa actually should have been maintaining leverage as the force. All we can do is guess. Based on the first clip and how Bosa plays the TE, I think the motion paired with what appears man coverage lead to a lack in gap integrity for Taron. Without that motion, you’d likely get a different result.

When Keon finally matures he will still have the same amount of talent on the field. His brain is part of the issue but not the bulk of it. George Pickens has a smooth brain too. He also can run and catch really well. Plenty of immature wideouts have been incredible in the league. Keon isnt going to start being great at 25 because he becomes mature.

I really feel like an absolute snoozefest stinker. Something like 10-0 Bills at half and a final of like 19-6 or 26-6 with a garbage time TD. Their defense is very legit and the first to double digits wins imo. FG galore game.

I think it is pretty high. The issue was a pretty low floor and until JoPo got in alongide him that is what we got. But no question - Bish has been great the last 4 or 5 games. Very optimistic now for his future. Bishop, Benford and Hairston is three nice young building blocks in that secondary.

Buffalo 28-24

1. He was absolutely wrong factually wrong with his example. The Bills GM has drafted more than one good player. you are factually correct. 2. The fact that you had to bring up a bunch of KR/PR’s, gunners, kick team specialists and punters to prove him wrong really just served the spirit of his argument and highlighted how low the bar truly has gotten. It’s silly to say things like “not one.” You won that fight, easily. But I’m afraid your 11 examples lost the war lol.

Ya I'll never understand that approach either. Unfortunately that's what Joe Brady and McDermott have been doing a lot of this year as well which have cost them. Never understand that when JA17 is the QB. Its like Tom Brady when they played the bills in the drought days- They didn't go into the bills games and say "let's be conservative on offence and limit turnovers " lol

I think we learned last election that Ron was a bit too much of a dud to get the nod. I would have preferred him too, but I can’t imagine he’ll ever beat out Vance. All this thread bump did was remind me how ***** stupid Florida for lifting all mandates on school vaccines. For health reasons? Nope. Just political. Beautiful weather and homes, stupid state.