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He has a chance to be a Pro Bowl level safety IMO. Bishop is really developing. He has the physical skills to be a very good centerfielder

It is. Eventually you can post your guidelines for when and how it’s ok to kill time here along with the proper way for everyone else to stay abreast of current affairs. Try not to be so sensitive and agitated when you do so. Thanks in advance.

Looked like he was calling the defense to me. He's had the play sheet in hand and talking into the mic in between every snap with the sheet guarding his mouth.

10 million illegals? do you think that's going to happen, and where are these illegals living that suddenly the market will drop because there's so much open housing? there's no logic to it really. how do you feel about the 50 year mortgage that was posed as an option?

So here is the balance - you want to go all out and let Josh sling the ball all over the place, there is higher chance for a turnover. You want to minimize mistakes then I think it is likely a low scoring game because their D is going to make stops if you expect us to have 8+ play drives to score.

He has missed much time in his 1st 2 seasons, but he's clearly starting to get it. He is also an excellent athlete -- RAS was 9.88 out of a possible 10.0. Assuming that he enjoys relatively good health, how good will he be 2-5 seasons from now?

We got a 2025 5th & 2026 7th in exchange for a 2025 6th (I think). I’d take that deal tomorrow

Hopefully we get a W in Houston on Thursday, if we do, what are the odds that Cinci beats the Patriots next week. The game is in Cincinnati so, maybe we have that going for us?

trump always a step ahead playing chess. Too bad he don’t know how to play chess.

it's a decent time killer. it's also become fun sifting through the drama. why did you assume i was ok with illegals because i don't think moving more out will help the housing cost issue? i'll discuss anything if you're reasonable. otherwise it's a monday and i'm fired up.

You could write ad copy for an agency. That phrasing put me in mind of tough actin' Tenactin! 🤔😁

He gets bodied too easily, I would rather give a contested catch to Shavers.

I'll feel a lot better if Shaq is gtg.

Thank goodness for Bishop and Poyer. They made a ton of tackles to prevent more runs to the house. Bernard basically played well also. As stated earlier Milano is not the player he once was. Poyer also would have made the tackle on the long touchdown run had he not been blocked in the back, and no flag. I almost think our poor play against the run falls on the shoulders of our DC more than a lack of talent on the line.

The Bucs punted 4 times yesterday. Now, one of them resulted in pinning the Bills deep and the resulting INT, and another of them was a Hardman fumble and a TD, but the D did force 4 punts.

Talk about a wild game. This is the type of game that you could draw fifty different conclusions from and probably be equally correct with all them. For my version of events, please understand that I had to watch half of the game on my phone because my daughter's dumb soccer team decided to make it to their championship game of their tournament, which was at 2p. Thankfully, this was the last tournament of the season and they won. 1 - Josh - Between Josh's post game presser, comments we've heard from coaches, and plays within this game, I think I've decided that Josh's overall issue as of late has been a matter of trust, timing, and rushing. In this game, we saw all the big throws, runs, and passion that makes Josh our MVP. But we also saw some mental mistakes that could have sank us. I'm only going to focus on the opportunities, because none of us need help glazing Josh more than we already do. On the first interception, the smart play would have been to throw the ball at the receivers feet, in order to avoid the safety and intentional grounding. But, more often than not, Josh's shuffle passes work out and we are so quick to praise his backyard football moves. In that moment, Josh needs to understand that a weakly lobbed pass into traffic is most likely going to result in a negative play. On the second interception, as we've seen reoccur over the past three weeks, Josh is late getting the ball to motionless receiver that has a defense on his back. This to me indicates that Josh is looking for bigger plays, waits too long to take the easy pass, and allows the defenders to adjust. This is confirmed to me by Josh and the coach's post game pressers where even Josh has said he saw guys earlier, but wants to keep looking downfield. There's nothing wrong with that, and we finally saw where those big plays finally game to fruition and has sparked our success in the past. Hopefully, this game is a sign of more of those big plays and Josh will get his timing and quick decisions back to where they've been. 2 - Shakir - As discussed in my previous thought, there were a few plays where Shakir was open underneath and Josh did not throw to him. On one play specifically, Josh had Shakir and Shavers both wide open on crossers and Josh threw to Shavers. Both were clearly visible to Josh and Shakir is known for his after catch abilities. With that being said, I have to wonder if that was a conscious choice to keep a hit away from Shakir due to his injury. Shakir didn't really have a stat line and I have to think he was more of a decoy or only to be thrown to in emergency situations. Or I'm an idiot and completely wrong. 3 - Shavers - Really just wanted to take the time to congratulate this young man on his journey and all the hard work he's put into this team. In a game where Palmer, Davis, and the RB's got more passes, Shavers still found a way to lead the team in yardage, all while contributing on special teams. He earner his targets and his touchdown pass was beautiful both in the pass and in the way Shavers used his hands to secure the catch. Well deserved game and I hope to see more of it. 4 - RB's - You could argue that the passing to RB's started two weeks ago, but it was really effective today. Not only that, but Cook and Johnson looked fast AF out there. I don't know if they've been running in mud lately, but both looked like olympic sprinters on their touchdown catches. While the run game itself wasn't great overall, they made up for it in the passing game. Great to see the Bills give opposing teams something else to worry about. 5 - Run defense - I'm not an X's and O's guy, so I can never tell you why a specific part of the defense broke down. My first thought is to blame the linebackers, but most of the post game analysis pointed out deficiencies with the defensive line. What we do know is that injuries are not part of this, as Oliver and Hoecht are more pass rushers and our big guys were all there to play, including AJ. Maybe credit is due to the Bucs offensive line, as our pressure rate seemed low as well as our ability to contain. Either way, it was not great to see us get gashed on the ground, especially after the Achane experience and the possible JT one to come. 6 - Secondary - I also read post game that Hairston had a large majority of the snaps during the game, but I honestly don't recall ever really seeing him out there. Maybe that's a good thing? Either way, I thought Lewis looked good out there in spots and Benford stepped up. I definitely noticed Tre out there a lot and they overall seemed to do their jobs. Bishop continues to impress and made a great interception. Poyer's speed seemed to hurt at times, but also saw a lot more Hancock out there. 7 - Milano - This hurts to say, but Milano needs to go the way of Poyer this offseason. Sign with Miami, get cut, then join us back on the practice squad. Whether it be injuries or age, Milano just can't get to the ball anymore and it's noticeable. I was going to call him out for the run defense concerns, but I don't know that it was all him. Either way, between him late to the tackle, getting taken out by second level blocks, or him coming off the field on passing downs, the signs of his glory days being over are there. 8 - Special Teams - If not for a questionable defensive holding call and fumble by Hardman, this might have been the best special teams performance of the season. Like the RB's, our returners played fast and had solid overall gains. The Bills were blessed with solid starting field position multiple times and the wind didn't seem to affect the kicking game too much. Hardman's injury isn't great and hopefully we will get more details on that soon. 9 - Miami - Someone made a thoughts thread last week and I was out of town to comment. But how in the actual ***** did we go from the Chiefs game to that, and now this?! I mean, what the actual *****? 10 - Coaching - Do we know if McD called that game on defense? Against a team missing their starting RB and top two starting WR's, we got ran through most of the game. The Bucs had a lot of 3rd and shorts, which didn't help. Baker looked like Lamar out there at times and we missed a lot of tackles. With that being said, we did make some solid halftime adjustments and held our own in the second half. The offense, minus the running game, was on fire and people were getting OPEN! I don't feel right putting it on Coleman, but maybe not trying to force feed a guy and giving him the majority target share was a bad idea? Either way, Gabe was probably more productive in the same role, has a better chemistry with Josh, and Palmer seemed to open up some lanes. I also read that Shaver's separation was elite in this game. Not sure if the fan/media comments finally got to them, but this is the offense of everyone eats that we've been wanting. Texans on the road with short rest isn't great, but the 10 days off after should be nice. Hopefully we don't see Stroud, as the Texans usually play us hard. Go Bills!

I know its not in McDermotts wheelhouse, but I'd be interested to hear peoples thoughts on this. Does anyone think a Bear front might help us in running situations? I mean its designed to stop the run and pressure Bosa Williams Walker- D.Jones-Rousseau Thompson Bernard Poyer Benford. Bishop Hairston

For some players football is a means to an end. Handing someone a few million dollars gives them opportunities they never had. obviously it’s myopic on their part to not put full effort into getting a second contract but if they don’t truly love the game 🤷‍♂️

This is what we need to do Thursday...

Crazy Milano stat: 75% completion percentage (not including the Bucs game) - worst (by far) of his career. 9% missed tackle rate - Best (by far) of his career.

Or for him to show that he has the ability to function as a member of the offense, and not expect to be the focal point of every game.

So banged up at LB unfortunately. And the Bills got very fortunate with finding Shaq Thompson. I think the Bills ideal LB situation is to have Bernard and Shaq healthy while using Dorian as the third LB in running and QB spy/blitz situations and mixing in Milano to try to absorb some snaps for Shaq and Bernard early in the game. I think Milano for 15-20 snaps a game can still make plays he is just no longer an every down LB. I also think the team should consider rotating in Buffalo Joe 10ish snaps a game esp when Shaq is out. This team just simply is so short on bodies and banged up at LB.

Same for me. I didn't pour any alcohol until halftime, when I went back to Vodka and Water. Yesterday I also went back to my Josh Allen Jersey and Potato logo hat. I swore it doesn't matter what I drink or wore during the game, that the Bills are going to do what they do. But you can bet your booty I'll wear my Allen Jersey, Potato Logo hat, and drink Vodka and Water next week.

Well I’m certainly not asking for there to be mistakes