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3, 4 When you were young And your heart was an open book You used to say live and let live But if this ever changin' world In which we live in Makes you give in and cry Say live and let die Live and let die Yeah live and let die Live and let die

Actually found a Reddit thread on him about how he did a good job holding even with bad snaps. This is a Bills kind of guy.

There are some adults, but not enough.

As I pointed out there are good and bad teams. Bills, Steelers, Lions, Chiefs, and Colts are among the league's best teams It's just data like I said. And yes your point about whether it is special teams or offense//defense is a good one. I gues the counter to that is Jackson isn;t een able to dress to play special teams. Yes I have pre-conceptions but the data in my opinion validates them. Most 3rd round picks are playing in some capacity and at a decent rate. Only 1 other healthy player has not played. I never implied anything about Jackson's long term outlook. It would probably be very interesting to look at the fourth round snap counts. Walker might lead the league for all I know.

It's a basic adage of football that strength in one area generally means weakness in another, and this can be found at multiple levels. Teams with a good offense often have a bad defense, and vice versa. Defenses with a strong front 7 often have a weak backfield. Offenses with a QB and good linemen often skimp out on the skill positions. It doesn't take the best player in football at each position to be the #1 defense or offense. But it does take talent and a comprehensive plan. Similarly, striking the right balance teamwide (and invariably, a whole lot of luck) is what makes a Super Bowl champion in the salary cap era. So, to McDermott's credit, I actually think this defense is designed to be complimentary with the offense. Afaik, the Bills still run a variation of the EP offense. That's the offense the Patriots used in the Tom Brady era. Idk how many of you guys have noticed this, but the way the Bills "possess" the ball reminds me so much of the Patriots games during the draught years. It's exactly how I remember the Patriot offenses being, and how quickly we'd go three and out without even using 30 seconds, and how badly they would kill us in time of possession and gas our defense. But today, the Bills are very good at the time of possession game imo. Allen is always watching the game clock and taking his time with every snap. The coaches and the players understand the importance of possessing the ball with a potent offense. If you're likely to score anyway, it's better to take 8 minutes to score than 2 minutes (sorry 90s Bills!). Joe Brady and Allen have both said they'd like to be a physical, run-oriented offense... and I think a big reason for that is their overall philosophy as a team and how that can complement the defense. A ball control offense that is potent puts several dimensions of pressure on the opponent. Your defense is fresher. Their defense is more gassed. They have to contend with both the scoreboard and the game clock when playing from behind. They know that even if they counter-score, your potent offense is likely to chew up clock again on their way to another score. All that pressure changes the way an opposing offense has to play to keep up. The pressure isn't just on them to score, it's also to score fast. That affects play calling and puts mental pressure on a QB. And it's that pressure that feeds back directly into the way the Bills play defense. Even with the ghastly run defense we've seen through 4 games, the Bills are still 17th in scoring defense. Even with all the missed tackles, gang tackling means that chunk running yards still won't match chunk passing yards when the pressure is on. I know it's kinda true around the league that everyone runs 3 corners as a "base" defense, but McDermott has run a base 4-2-5 defense since his arrival and rather overtly by comparison. And again I think that's by design. The Bills go all-in against the pass and plan for defending against big plays, because the way they run their offense feeds into creating a big-play desire in their opponents. So no, I don't think Babich is in the hot seat as long as the offense continues to do its part. Tackling aside, I think everything is going according to the big-picture plan, and 4-0 is my proof.

You had me until you said AJ has developed... I too still have hope for Jackson. It's obviously incredibly early in his career. We probably had hope for Basham as well though...

Our defense remains bad. As the season progresses, our weaknesses amplify. When we hit playoffs, those weaknesses amplify 5x. Always. But go ahead, keep on defending our current defense. LOL that's hilarious. 4-0 is great although we been here before. Josh Allen, James Cook, and our o-line can only do so much.

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Yep. He's literally McDermott's main pet-project and protege. Telling.

Stay humble Joshy. can you imagine Mr Rogers at BUF. Face it everyone. we are blessed.

Of course.

Sanders would kill for Manziels physical gifts. Johnny would still be in the league if he loved football more than he loved being a celebrity.

One of the things we have to factor is who is being activated in his place, and right now that's Solomon. By all accounts, Solomon has been horrible. I don't see how Landon Jackson can by any worst, and if he is, even at this early juncture, it's concerning. I'm not one that cares about being right, especially when it comes to the Bills. I rather be wrong. That being said, Landon looked extremely stiff in College. Not sure how that gets better in the NFL. He will need to win with sheer size, power, and technique, if he's going to succeed.

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The war I heard Trump talking about today was against the “enemies within” America. What are their plans beyond deporting immigrants?

I forget: are we allowed to go to Walt Disney World now? I just saw that Michelob Ultra Light - a curiously beer-like soft drink - has supplanted Modelo as our top selling beer. Can my wife drink it, or is it too close for comfort to TransBeer? At least you'll still have Matlock. I mean, the old one. The new one is on CBS, which is, perhaps, ok now that Larry Ellison's kid owns it. You tell me.

Yes. It's finally made some articles but a lot changed after that. Hughes was a spark plug of it - he always butter heads with McD. The offense vs defense.

He's not coming back. An idiot GM will sign him based on his name. Stupid move though. That would be a waste of time and a roster spot.

The game was in Miami.