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Rushing is a bit of an interesting can of worms…wasn’t sure how to quantify it which is why I labeled it as receiving stats in my post. I think Coleman is bringing more to the running game on a play to play basis than worthy is but we’d need a metric for yards gained on Coleman blocks. Worthy’s rushing yardage is pretty much negligible over 19 games but he does have 3tds to be fair. not sure what’s incorrect about the stats though? Comparing regular season stats is pretty much the standard way of doing it and worthy’s big superbowl was all garbage time anyway.

If I’m a fringe guy, I don’t leave the complex until I’ve figured out how I can help on Special Teams. I like to think that Solomon has that quick twitch, bendy skillset we slack elsewhere. I’d like to see him develop to know what we’ve got. It would be awesome if he reached his perceived potential.

Luke Combs Bruno Mars Keith Urban Stapleton Metallica All busy? Cmon man.

This is nonsense. It is impossible to determine the value of a timeout in a vacuum. The timeout value depends on time of game, score, and consequences of not taking a timeout (which are myriad and unpredictable).

AND.................................even with her Naval Academy record, we get this. Only a liberal would have this much gall.

Jerry Hughes, a first-rounder, only had 1 start and 1 sack in his first two years in the NFL. Not every football career follows the same trajectory.

The miss on 3rd down when the saftey layed out Coleman flat 10 yards down the field was insane to me.

Worthy's issue in the NFL was always going to be health. He's an inch taller and about 8 pounds lighter than Zay Flowers who many questioned as being too skinny to hold up in the NFL. Worthy had tremendous speed and good skills as he had multiple years of high end college production. I never questioned if he was going to be a good player or not. I questioned if he could stay healthy and be an every down player. He's already gotten banged up this year and missed 3 games effectively. I think as good as he is and can be if he can't stay healthy he's a glass cannon.

It’s the end of September, and one quarter of the Bills’ 2025 campaign is in the books. It’s a good time to take stock. Let’s take a moment to think about the realities of the NFL season. The first four to six games of the season are problematic, because the wins and losses count but the games are, in a sense, preseason games. Every season it’s the same: teams spend October and as much as half of October trying to figure out how to play. It wasn’t always this way. In the 50s and 60s, the season was 12 games long. Teams played five preseason games, the first two or three to get into shape and practice plays, the last two or three to fine-tune offenses and defenses. Along the way, the teams figured out which rookies could contribute. There was no free agency; except for trades, there were no new veterans in training camp. Today, those five preseason games are the first five games of the regular season. The games we now call preseason games are actually scrimmages designed to install offenses and defenses and work out new and unproven players to see if they might be able to contribute to the team. The players who will actually play during the regular season barely see the field in the modern preseason. In the modern NFL, each season teams are faced with the problem of playing preseason games in September that actually count in the standings. That is, the objective is to win games at the same time the coaches are trying to put together the team that will win games when the actual season begins sometime in October. That’s when we begin to see which teams actually are good and which teams that, despite having won a lot in September, really aren’t so good. What are the team objectives while they play these preseason games that count? 1. Win games 2. Avoid major injuries 3. Work your rookies and newcomers into the offensive, defensive, and special teams units 4. Begin to develop your offensive and defensive identities So, how are the Bills doing as the preseason winds down and the true regular season—mid-October and beyond—approaches? Very well, thank you very much. Number one, win games. Can’t do better than 4-0. Every team in the AFC that began the season with serious hopes of playing for the Lombardi trophy (Bengals, Ravens, Chargers, Chiefs) is now chasing the Bills. In fact, every team in the entire AFC is now chasing the Bills. Some fans are quick to say, “Yes, they’re four-and-oh, but blah, blah, blah.” It’s preseason, and all the “blah, blah, blah” is simply stuff the team will continue to work on as the preseason winds down and the real games begin. Four-and-oh is four-and-oh, and at this point in the season, pretty much nothing else matters. Number two, no major injuries. Check. As usual, the Bills know more than they’re saying, but—knock wood—there have been no season-ending injuries, and the guys who are down at the moment, including Ed Oliver, Matt Milano, and Spencer Brown, all seem likely to return in the upcoming weeks. Tyler Bass may be the biggest question mark, but Matt Prater has proven to be an excellent replacement. Number three, work your rookies and newcomers in. Check. Getting the newcomers up the learning curve in preseason is critical to late-season success, because there will be injuries, some guys are going to be asked to step up. TJ Sanders and Deone Walker both are getting serious playing time on the defensive line. Dorian Strong held up at corner against the Ravens, and the Bills were working into the lineup against the Saints. (Max Hairston, the Bills’ number one draft pick, is missing out on the opportunity to work into the rotation, at least for now, but Tre’Davious White and Strong are getting the job done at the #2 corner spot.) Cole Bishop, not a rookie but was still playing like one this summer, now seems to be settling into his safety spot. Put aside his spectacular read, reaction, and interception against the Saints; he was consistently in position, consistently tackling, and just generally playing like he belongs out there. Jackson Hawes is playing like he belongs out there, too. Joey Bosa is making plays, which is why the Bills brought him to Buffalo. Shaq Thompson, who played for Sean McDermott in Carolina, is making his presence felt. Number 4, establish your identity. It’s happening. The Bills are a team that can run the ball and can pass efficiently. They are a team that can be exposed to good running attacks but that stops the pass effectively—Sean McDermott’s style. They are resilient; they make mistakes, but they play through them, and at the end of the game they are ready to deliver the plays they need to win. They delivered those plays in spectacular fashion against the Ravens. The games against the Jets, the Dolphins, and the Saints all seemed closer than fans expected them to be, but in each game the Bills took charge when they needed to close out the win. Is everything great with the Bills? No; there are plenty of areas of concern. For me, one of my biggest is that three-headed running-back-by-committee that worked so well last season is missing. James Cook has been spectacular, but Ty Johnson has done little and Ray Davis has disappeared. It’s a long season, and pounding James Cook for 120 yards every game isn’t a great plan for a long season. Pass rush hasn’t been great, but maybe the Bills will benefit when Oliver returns, their two free agents come off suspension, and their rookies continue to develop. All of those guys also may help shore up the run defense, too. Here are a few things I particularly like: 1. The passing game. Every play, the Bills plug in a different collection of skill position players, and every play the defenses have to adjust. Each guy is a threat in his own way: Kincaid, Knox, Hawes, Shakir (oh, my, what a run after catch!), Coleman, Palmer, Moore, Shavers, Samuels, Cook, Johnson. And Josh Allen knows how to find them. His throw in the middle to Shakir on third and eight was miraculous. 2. Terrell Bernard. Lightning quick to the ball. 3. Tre’Davious White. A lot of fans are bashing him, but if he weren’t getting the job done as the number two corner, the Bills wouldn’t be leading the league in yards passing per game. Sure, teams are completing passes underneath against White, but he’s not giving up big plays, and he’s making big tackles. His play on the ball and his tackle to hold Alvin Kamara to two yards on fourth and three was spectacular. Unless I’m mistaken, I saw White lined up once or twice as the single deep safety. 4. Keon Coleman is looking like his head is now into the game and in sync with Josh Allen. 5. Cook has been sensational. The Patriots are coming alive. Sunday night will be another challenge as the Bills continue to become the team they want to be. Let the regular season begin! GO BILLS!!! The Rockpile Review is written to share the passion we have for the Buffalo Bills. That passion was born in the Rockpile; its parents were everyday people of western New York who translated their dedication to a full day’s hard work and simple pleasures into love for a pro football team.

So, where is the outrageousness you claimed? What words did I put in your mouth? A) I never said “no better options were available”. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We don’t know who the better option was, and we won’t for several years. Could some guys help more next week? Probably. Who is best for us in the long term has yet to be determined. The Bills thought in the big picture Jackson was the right choice on draft day. They have long term planning to do as well as preparing for this season. B) Since we don’t yet know who the best long term option is, throwing out names with the hindsight of a quarter season really doesn’t mean much, at least not yet. Obviously, some players drafted behind him will go on to have much better careers. That is the probably case with 99% of draft picks. Only an idiot could lose at the game of “Could You Pick a Better Player” in the draft over the long run. Every team has hits and misses, not just the Bills. Some guys hit right away, some need time and some never make it. I’m willing to see how this turns out, and I’m not looking back with hindsight pretending I’m smarter than the Bills FO.

What i think we're seeing is the NFL shifting from being a traditional sports league to a form of entertainment that exists to satiate fantasy players and gamblers. It's unfortunate, but there is just a lot of stuff that is now normal that is not good for competitive integrity (international games, 17-game season where certain teams get an extra home game, etc). Yesterday was a good example of that. One of the most penalized teams in football getting 1/5th of their season average of penalties while the team tied for fewest penalties getting more than double their average really suggests that the crew was told to keep that game competitive, for whatever reason. I mean, they were ignoring obvious holds by New Orleans and calling multiple penalties on Buffalo's long-snapper.

I am looking at some of the team defensive stats. The Bills are number 1 in a number of passing stats. Comp %, yards, yds/attempt at 5.5! 20+ yard plays. among the leagues worst in sacks however with only 9 which makes it pretty odd how good the pass defense is. new england is the flip side giving up alot of yards, td's, 20+ yard plays. So it appears the Pats have an excellent run defense because they have struggled in pass defense and had a blowout win yesterday.

My gut feeling, based on the OTHER shooting yesterday, was that this had something to do with QAnon.

Josh Allen won an MVP last year with an awful game in Houston.

Literally one of the biggest artists in the world and one of the most streamed artists on Spotify for the past 5 years. Little too dance music for me, but I totally get the choice. 🤷‍♂️ No one was going to bring in Smashing Pumpkins, LCD Soundsystem or the Clipse just for me, sadly.

All eyes see the figure of the wizard As he climbs to the top of the world No sound, as he falls instead of rising Time standing still, then there's blood on the sand Oh, I see his face Where was your star? Was it far? Was it far? When did we leave? We believed, we believed, we believed In heat and rain With the whips and chains To see him fly So many died We built a tower of stone With our flesh and bone To see him fly

Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree? I travel the world and the seven seas Everybody's looking for something

Eager to see how that Houston D does vs Lamar. He could be in for another tough day

You mean the defense that held the opponent to under 20 points, under 300 total yards (only 126 passing) and held them to 5-15 on 3/4th downs? Or the defense that has shown for 8 years now that they continuously take the ball away?

This is the way of McDermotts defense and has been for a long time. 1st drive, we play base, vanilla defense and then slowly adjust. But it leads to a gimme on the first drive alot of times (good teams and bad). It's frustrating watching it over and over each week, but in the long haul, it seems to work pretty often, too.

Maybe he can skip camp next year for an even bigger bag.

Interesting to see how Rapp and Bishop switched sides of the field on this one. Also, how stupid and unnecessary Williams blindside block was.

Are we allowed to grade Spencer Rattler’s appearance? 😬

atta boy JoeMama what was I thinking? lol

Love the addition of Shakir and Shaq also Dorian Williams and Strong looked poor to me.