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Just my opinion from seeing him unresponsive on the field. I was not there obviously but he immediately quit moving and the players around him signaled for help I believe. Just an educated opinion, and given that he didn’t return I am betting he lost consciousness for at least some brief period. Doesn’t meant he is not fine or won’t be , just that it explains why he didn’t return immediately. I’m sure given his past history being negative for multiple concussions as far as I am aware that he will be return quickly. I hope so because I love watching him!

Great point about the epidural hematoma. Nice to meet another Md bills fan in the board! I have been a bills fan since 63 , born and raised in Ohio but moved to Jax after residency / meds school in Toledo in 1985. Been on the board a long time and have met some wonderful people on here. Don’t post a lot as over the years the environment has gotten “ less supportive “ , as people become very negative and critical surprisingly on an opinion based format. Hard to figure why people attack each other and heaven forbid if you are critical of the performance despite the result. It’s like am Md who is still practicing despite multiple malpractice cases; an md but doesn’t mean his practice is sustainable and that he/ she will be ok despite repeating the same mental errors! Lol! Three of our 4 wins have been “ malpractice “ with performance and I just hope Allen can get past being a resident to become a full outstanding attending! ? What type of medicine are you in? How are things going for you and your career in today’s environment? Corporate medicine took over in my lifetime ( I am 62 now ) and it took so much enjoyment out of everything I love about medicine. Still would not change being in the greatest profession and all the amazing people who allowed me in their lives because of it. I have been exiled into just being a malpractice consultant now as 3 years ago I had 4 discs collapse in my cervical spine without much warning ( was walking down the hall seeing patients when my leg gave out and I fell against the wall) . Had urgent 4 level anterior decompression but my cord was permanently damaged and I have no feeling in either upper extremity , some muscle wasting , upper motor neuron hyperreflexia in my legs , and it knocked me out of seeing patients safely. I miss that part so much despite all the management changes with insurance etc Well forgive the long note, just nice to see a colleague and fellow Bills fanatic on here. Wishing you the best and much enjoyment of the season !

I am just writing this for information and not to be a smart a**. I am a board certified family practice and er dr with over 33 years in practice so I am giving you accurate info. There are well known cases of people surviving terrible traumatic things like car accidents and they miraculously get up and walk away from the scene, only to drop over unconscious or dead several hours later. The first 24 - 48:hours are a critical time for observation after a trauma , especially one where the person has lost consciousness. It’s why even after being cleared to go home after being seen in an er that every patient is discharged with the written instructions for for them and family listing symptoms to look for and why it’s necessary to immediately return to the er if things such as nausea or vomiting recur. Bleeding into the brain or around it into the closed space of the skull can have delayed symptoms and brain herniation can result with the patient dying. Even ct scans can miss a delayed bleed so no initial screening test is infallible. Look up subdural hemorrhage or sub arachnoid bleed for explanations of this scenario. So yes, it’s possible to easily get up and jog immediately after a very serious brain injury only to succumb later. That’s not the “ typical “ presentation , but medicine is anything but typical. Hope that helps .?

I agree with you ; it is becoming a red flag for my hope regarding Josh. He did the same things last year , in the preseason, in the prior three games and each time he has pointed out in press conferences how he is learning and won’t do the same thing again , only to exactly repeat the same obvious errors. I think it’s possible to now begin to look at this as a trend that to me suggests a possible processing error that he may struggle to overcome. Let me suggest a medical analogy since that’s what I am familiar with. In medicine students , residents , etc are given a “ playbook “ on how to deal with something like trauma patients.( advanced trauma life support , ATLS). You learn the plays/ algorithms so that you are able to perform under high stress, life/ death scenarios and you go over them until you can do those protocols almost instinctively. Before you ar cleared for the real world you have to demonstrate that you can perform under stressful , unpredictable situations. You are tested while people are screaming or nurses are panicking or not listening etc. , to be sure you can process the situation despite chaos with someone’s life on the line. Some physicians excel under these conditions, like surgeons or er Drs who are amazing people that thrive despite anything being thrown at them. However, some students/ residents just fold or don’t perform well under that type of rapid processing. They are still gifted , bright people , but they gravitate to specialties that are less likely to require that type of practice / processing and they are usually not found as career ER Drs. So I was watching Josh struggle today and he was holding and holding and holding the ball, or he was trying to “ process” what was going on leading him to finally Have to throw off his back foot , or wait until someone was grabbing him before he tried to use his legs or throw the ball away ( he just struggles to throw a ball away voluntarily) . He looks confused and it’s no secrets Dabol was frustrated with his decisions on the sidelines, suggesting he already expects more from Josh. I am beginning to have concerns that despite being a gifted, bright athlete, Josh may have issues processing under fire and sometimes people just aren’t fast processors. Not everyone can be a surgeon or ER dr! He may be a very good QB , but he may never overcome his puzzling tendencies for poor rapid processing. You don’t expect a senior resident with years under their belt to make errors that first year medical students make; and they won’t be allowed to continually to make this same errors and expect a successful career. I Expect more from Josh than continuing to make errors that frankly many good college QBS get over as they gain experience ( the buckeyes qb is young but has 0 ints this year, some guys just are different ), and I don’t expect to keep hearing how he says he won’t make the same mistakes while We are watching his actions defy that logic. I love the guy for so many reasons but I am getting concerned. His comebacks are usually associated with his athleticism, many times late he is making more plays running that going thru progressions so even those great comebacks aren’t totally alleviating the questions surrounding his baffling poor choices at times. Still have hopes but more guarded in my optimism. Also , lots of coaching errors continue with Mcd. Guy has no success at challenges and that affects his situational management. We lost all the time outs, Josh should have been coached to not burn that last time out just saving a procedure penalty ( 5 yards there not important compared to the to) , something the Pats excel at. We were in the game yet refused to take 3 when there was a lot of time left and points were obviously hard to come by. Mcd seems to lack an ability to solve the offensive lack of production. We keep seeing Zay fail , Smith on the field while Knox keeps making huge plays with very limited chances, no use of McKenzie ( again while Zay does nothing and I would argue even contributes to interceptions as he never adjusts to break up an interception while not catching in the first place lol !). He was out coached with the blocked punt that was the margin of victory and he was lucky a second punt wasn’t blocked as they didn’t adjust after first block. Doing the challenges with the first down as he questioned forward progress and then questioned offensive Pi at a time when we we already down a tie out or two. Just areas that Mcd is perhaps showing us glances of his talent ceiling. He is a good coach , seems slow to change strategies at times and his management errors contributed to the loss almost as much as Josh did today. Love the D and hope it doesn’t get wasted and that Mcd will actually try to change things not working. Go Bills ! despite it all they were in it till the end which is encouraging at least !

Running off means nothing other than right at that moment he was alert. He did lose consciousness and therefore did have a concussion and other additional things will define the severity of it. Many times patients are initially ok only to later suffer post concussion syndrome with symptoms like headaches , nausea , impaired cognitive function, mood lability etc. I would be surprised if he clears the post concussion protocols in as little as a week after a concussion / tbi with loss of consciousness that was about 1-2 min roughly. It is a staged process to return with increasing physical challenges that have to be performed with no return of any symptoms associated with the increased physical exercise demands, with additional cognitive testing as well. If any symptoms are precipitated by increased levels of exertion, things are put on hold to minimize risk of worsening outcomes with second traumatic head injuries. Since we are dealing with a literal bruise to the brain, it is easy to see how unpredictable it becomes regarding prognosis, just like you have seen as your own bruises ( a rough analogy ) heal at variable rates. I bet with a bye after Tennessee, they will be very conservative just like they have been with Singletary and I would guess Josh returns after the bye. It’s not impossible for him to make it in a week since he is healthy with no past concussion episodes / history I am aware of , but I think the odds are not in his favor to make it back for the Titans. Will know a lot more about his symptoms or lack of them in the next 24-48 hours. Will see tho, I’ve learned never to say never in medicine a long long time ago!

Hi. I am going to admit it was me who posted that and I said it sarcastically, jokingly, and as I was smiling as white sealed the game with the int. Sorry sometimes it’s hard to always get the right context reading a text, wouldn’t you agree? Maybe I should have put it in caps or highlighted it or put out a formal disclaimer. Well , no , I shouldn’t. I don’t owe you anything. I have been a loyal fan for 40 years plus, attended two Sb (27 & 28) ,endured losing in almost every possible fashion after becoming a non stop Bills fan in 1963. While I hate to see my Bills lose , believe me it has no effect on me past the last quarter of the game. I’ve noticed if anyone says anything at all regarding poor play at times immediately there are some people here ready to jump to personal attacks and unfortunately people are very willing to be nothing short of mean at times. I was in the shout box and was personally attacked over just making a statement that imho if the bills keep turning the ball over and the o keeps stalling , we will probably have a difficult time beating the patriots. I think history supports this fact and until the Bills best the pats a few times, logical thinking makes me take a wait and see response to the current success. Doesn’t mean I don’t love the wins, I do. But I am also not just blindly with my head in the clouds walking around thinking we are on the same competitive level with the pats yet. Hey, it’s my opinion, and I’m entitled to it. Why do I have my “ loyalty” questioned when we have two decades of frustration after all the success of the 4 SB era? Quit taking yourselves so seriously , it’s a game for entertainment and that’s all it is. I have been a practicing physician in Jax for over 30 years and my whole life has been based on helping people and I am a totally nonviolent person. If you took the time to know me as a person you would know I would never want a person to be hurt or get hit over a silly game. I was making a light hearted joke at the time because For ME , football is just a small interest in my life that has no real life day to day ramifications. I deal with real life illness , people going thru unimaginable suffering and loss, being with families as they lose loved ones from terrible REAL LIFE situations like cancer, infectious disease, and all the myriad of human conditions that we will all eventually experience. Please know Bills football is a distraction; it’s not a thing vital to you having a good quality life, won’t make you a good human who is loving to your family or community, won’t make you a good son , or parent, and your fandom will probably not be how your life is ultimately viewed as your higher purpose as a human being. Trust me in this as I have been with many people on their death beds and football has not one time ever come up as we talked about what a dying patient wished to be remembered for or what they found was important to their existence. Please remember, THIS IS A GAME, played by highly skilled athletes who participate voluntarily and know they are in a contact violent sport where it’s a given they won’t make it out without being hit at some point, but they know they are being rewarded handsomely for the risks they take. It’s like being in medicine. You are exposed to life threatening illness by body fluid exposure, and you make many sacrifices to EARN the honor of people entrusting their lives with your care. I spent my 21st birthday studying in a cadaver lab in July while most of my non-physician friends went out partying and drinking themselves silly as they became “ legal”. Good for them , but good for me too because I chose to make that sacrifice to have the honor of entering a very select field and 35 years later I couldn’t be happier having seen how kind and gracious people are in real life, facing real life and end life situations. Believe me, Bills football is not going to offer you salvation my friend. Take it and the discussions about everything associated with it as it is intended to be: a light hearted hobby with no real life consequences for you because in reality that’s all it is. I appreciate you didn’t name me outright and I only chose to reply because I don’t need your validation for anything to be happy in my life. I am replying as a public service because I am slightly saddened to see this amazing forum become a place where posters are personally attacked if they offer any opinion that is deemed inappropriate for a “ true” fan to have. I have seen whole threads being critical about people who have offered any well thought out criticism over the quality of the Bills play in these somewhat fortunate wins. Let’s not forget they have been behind in all three games. I don’t think the pats have trailed yet this year have they ? So while a win is a win, I imagine we all know there is more involved around how that end goal was reached. It just means despite the wins there is obvious room for improvement and I think the coaches and players are the first to be self critical about these past three games. To think otherwise is delusional. So if one is critical of some of their play , does that mean that person is not a fan or not as good or worthy a fan as YOU or someone who only is focused on the w or l involved? That’s a pretty superficial way of Looking at a hobby that has many different strategies and a plethora of ways to evaluate performance. My point is before calling out other posters or opinions or questioning their “ Loyalty “ , take a step back and ask why does your viewpoint have any higher intrinsic value. The fact is, it doesn’t. Have an open mind. Demonstrate some maturity and don’t strike out so impulsively. Be kind to other posters. Allow them the respect you would want as you post you non factual “ opinion”. If you don’t know a poster personally, perhaps have some pause before launching personal attacks or questioning their motives or judging their fandom. Be responsible for what you post and stop jumping to value based conclusions that are really no more than your own biased opinions about a hobby that is meant as a distraction in life and not something to determine the actual quality of your life. Be sure you are not revealing more inadequacies or superficialities about your own insights and values as you are calling out others for their supposed lack of loyalty or placing your misguided interpretations on things written in a forum where it’s impossible to know the context accurately. Is it that hard to just be nice to people, especially those already on a forum for those with a basic commonality, the Bills? Thanks and I wish you a happy week. Go Bills.

Haha! Was thinking the same thing. Ok so can he be ready to suit up for the pats against the Steelers for Monday night ? Somehow the NFL management types, pressured to win at all costs, always allow these personality types to keep having chance after chance after chance. I really wouldn’t be shocked if he ends up a Pat. Who else could even think about taking this on; only the Pats have personalities in place that still dwarf AB and his distorted self value.

Wow that is amazing ! Congratulations Scott ! I had no idea you were in this type of field. Bad on me for not knowing that after being on here so many years. I am really impressed and proud to know about you and always thankful for all you have done here and for the country as well it appears ! Great accomplishment!

I agree . There are no more rookies at week 16 in the season and he played thus way since game one. Getting run on for 273 yds has to raise doubts about ability and grasp of the d concepts. I know he is not solely responsible but he really stands out for missing plays and rarely stands out for significant good play. What I believe tho is that This is a symptom of the whole process. Terrible personnel decisions since preseason. A middle lb who looks better suited for the outside yet let’s keep forcing the square peg into the round hole since Since we ordained him as the next “ Luke K “ ! Then begin the season by astutely evaluating Peterman as your starter with no vet presence on the squad ; no wrs brought in and we stuck with guys like kB , Holmes who were so good they get cut prior to seasons end ; Murphy who had been average to just totally absent most of the season; bring in Anderson who was also terrible amd wasted games before luckily ( perhaps) hitting on Barkley who we sign for 2 years after one game ; run stopping that was terrible early in season and your Carolina man Star who is avg and has been mentioned as worst free agent signing perhaps in the league; sticking with shady until he takes himself out with “ hamstring issues” behind a terrible o line hard headedly keeping someone starting based on prior years yet not performing well currently ( his worst season ) ; we can probably all agree on terrible o line , terrrible special teams , and I believe terrible d coordinator who also had to have playcalling taken from him at one point as he continues to be here despite his vaunted d who gives up tds at a 75% clip in the red zone ( but they give up so few yards ! Too bad yards aren’t counted on the scoreboard as we continue blowout losses) ; irrational playcalling at times as Mcd can’t decide on whether to play aggressive or conservative even with playoffs long gone , wasted time outs , terrible clock management, 1/10 in challenges , undisciplined play resulting in being highly penalized, having new punters be the holder for your excellent kicker ( oh backfired again today ),sending your place kicker out for a long attempt soon after he was noticeably injured ; perhaps a tendency to trade up or overvalue players that appear to be struggling to say the least as other teams seem to be better talent evaluators ( unfinished products I know but so far Edmonds , Zay Jones , and I pray not Allen , seem to have been valued when talent like Watson ,maholmes, Dallas lb Vander whom ever, are passed over )! I give credit for Foster playing now and stealing McKenzie but this was done after the season was lost making me ask why couldn’t we identify a need for speed earlier and this good is offset by horrendous evaluation at the tight end position. This was a terrible performance on many levels today and I see no reason to believe just having more cap space is going to make a difference when poor evaluations and decision making is what we have as our measurable product so far. Who would have thought Indy would be playing like this ( proof that coaching does matter and gosh I wish Frank was here and not Mcd) . To top it off the prior 1-32 browns have a better roster and look to have a brighter future even with greggo than that mess we saw perform today. Feelsbadman! I just don’t see progress with the process In developing an identity as a team moving forward. ( oh, I forgot our starting cb retiring at halftime ,,,,, looking at all this in totality is scary). So having Edmonds playing mlb and struggling all year is a warning sign to me of more of the same play we witnessed today as our future. Disheartening performance today imho ! Apologize for the rant, really like Allen, yet will he get the coaching he needs under this regime!?! Perhaps the worst pats team we have faced in quite awhile and we were never really in this game.

May be one of the most idiotic theories ever, or perhaps better stated as most idiotic thought for a question or topic to a person in charge of a huge company ( the bills are a company/ part of an industry ) . What would you think he would say, yes that’s the case ? ! There are laws against discrimination by sex, age , disability, and certainly religious choice. I am sure mc d workday fall into answering these radio idiots and set up the bills and the NFL as fodder for every legal firm in America. Yeah, that’s why these guys are on the radio and not running their own companies. Ridiculous.

Where else would you rather be , right here, right now?,,,,,,,,Anywhere.

On espn pti trailer that bills offered Pryor a co tract. Just hit the screen.

Not picking on you but I have seen this written so many times on this board that it is at a minimum disturbing , at its worst delusional , that just having a large cap number is associated with future success. I am not a capologist but I have read elsewhere that there are several other teams with just as much or even more cap space available next year. So how does that possibly translate to us filling every need on this poor roster by spending in free agency? Don’t you think other teams will be bidding for the same free sgents? How many free agents are going to be available to cherry pick from? Do they fit the process players McDermott Cherish’s? Will Mcbean be willing to dole out several high money contracts just to repeat the cap problems over again? So far he has hit on some fre agents but also missed on others so just having cap space is an empty promise that we have watched several teams including the bills make errors with in the past. Good teams are not built on free agency. New England has not been built on all freee agents. They sign a couple of significant players a year but mostly fill in the roster with talent they draft or take other teams castoffs and with great coaching they produce consistently. The team with the most SB rings , Pittsburgh, is known to build thru the draft and a high percentage of their drafted players remain in their roster. Compare that to the Billls draft history where most of our players are elsewhere ( many doing well after leaving buffalo , Lynch , Glenn , Gilmore, woods, Hogan , Darby , I could go on ). Yes it was before this prior regimen. But the book is still just being written with this regime. McDermott was here when we passed on Watkins and mahomes. We will see how Allen , Edmonds do and I do think they at least look promising. But cap dollars available mean maybe getting two or three top tier players at best. There will be slot of competing money out there from organizations that have been managed better than Buffalo has. I have watched here in Jax as they had a terrible roster , years of losing , yet they have turned it around with the right management and drafting good players as Buffalos roster has continued to become almost laughable. I have followed the team since ‘ 63 so other than the Polian years , I have nothing to make me strongly believe that even with a large cap space available, that will suddenly result in a dramatic turn around as many expect in 2019. I don’t understand why other organizations have turned things around quickly or maintained high levels of success while franchises like the Browns and Bills continue to be inept. They will have to prove to me that having money available means success. Just remember tho there will be plenty of competition from other franchises will cap space. It’s not the size right,,,,it’s what you do with it. So far the Bills don’t even seem to have a good motion in the ocean !

I was just thinking how occasionally ironic things happen with this franchise as I’ve followed them since the 60’s ( so I’m not a “ young man”lol ). Probably the most anticipated preseason game in years for the franchise and a day I am sure many of us were hoping for signs of a bright future , yet it ends up as a day where the team performs terribly and has the crazy unfortunate luck of having their logo being associated with a terribly sad event on that same day. I was just being tounge in cheek about that foreboding anything for the season, but you have to admit this franchise has had some crazy associations / history over the years ( see OJ whose signed jersey I won in a formal nfl auction at supebowl 27 only to see him driving in the bronco the day I was hanging his jersey up in my office. So much for that investment! ). Obviously the franchise has nothing to do with the actions of a sad young man , but it’s crazy that the ONLY pic available shows the guy holding up a BILLS jersey! You have to admit that sometimes there have been unexpected events ( losing 4 straight SB s as an example ) that we have all shaken our heads at as we have loved the franchise Over many years. It’s ironic how such an amazingly loyal fanbase keeps experiencing such awful luck at times. I love the people on here and that I’ve been lucky to meet over the years because of being a Bills fan and I really hope JA turns out being the QB who brings the Lombardi home. You have to admit tho the day was certainly a letdown and then the jersey thing just piled on! I mean what are the odds of such a tragic event happening on the same day we were hoping to be associated with glimpses of a bright future for the franchise and then the logo gets flashed across the country associated however passively with a mentally ill person. That is Bills type luck ! ?

Rough day in Jax. They are showing pics of the shooter , a David Katz from Baltimore. He is shown holing a BUFFALO BILLS #17 jersey that says madden champ on the back. Apparently he lost earlier in the two day madden tourney. Didn’t get to see much of Bills debacle today in Jax as all covereage during game was devoted to this story. Sad day and hard image to see the kid holding a Bills jersey up. Local news is that other than 4 who died at scene will live. Just thought I would post because I couldn’t believe the guy was holding the Bills jersey in the photo they are showing of him. Hope this is not foreboding or upcoming season esp after that o line performance.

I was thinking the same thing about the broadcast team. Pretty sure we got blown out every time they covered us. Not superstitious, just not easy listening to Romo easily dissect defenses when we stick with plays that aren’t working. On pregame he said he expect fournett to run 20-25 times. I have been a bills fan since. 1963, went to Super Bowls 27, 28 , and miss that era so much. I couldn’t make it to wing it last night ( live in Jax as FP / er doc since 1985) but I used to go to that same bar back in the run of superbowls. Glad so many people have made it down. I am am worried that the things we are poor at are their strengths. Our strengths are running and this is a tough defense with a good front 4 and great cbs. Throw in Dareus , st doug , posluzny (forget spelling ?, great guy who pit hurricane shutters on windows of my friends house during Irma ) , the town is going to turn out despite what you think. I was at the playoff game when Tennessee came down after the music city miracle and slaughtered the jags , but my point is the place was crazy and really loud. Visitors bench is 10yard behind the visitors and I sat 8rows from that bench on the forty for several years. It is loud and they will be really up for this game. If the Bills can just not get behind more than one score we might do it. But heart and a good story only goes so far You need talent and other than shady , we don’t match up against that D well. Here’s hoping the Bills Mafia has something to cheer about. ! God I really hope so ! But my brain is just telling me the jags will come out running and our passing game won’t go anywhere like usual. Go Bills. A guy from Ohio who lives in Jax and loves the Bills. Maybe once we can actually pull off a miracle ourselves ! Good luck guys

This response gives me an early insight into how the Bills will fare under “ the process”. Is this the type of guy that nspires players to play hard or ” run thru a wall” for? He is disappointed and defends Gronk by saying I know he’s a better player than that! What a joke of a response and the hoody is thinking we will continue to out physical this,team. If fact after the game Burkehead said they discussed being more physical during halftime. This milk toast answer by McD I think tells the team he is not really going to stand up for his players but is more concerned about looking pc, analytical , and always under control. I can’t see Marv levy standing there and saying something that weak if Kelly or odomes was hit like that. This guy has looked confused , managed time poorly, done unexplainable challenges and has shown no ability to make adjustments during a game, at least in this limited sample. I’m getting less impressed with each performance like today by the offense and team as they play without passion. They won’t do anything when they play in New England because they will be out of contention and getting ready for vacation. Does this guy seem inspiring to you? Whoever mentioned the Jauron comparison was right on.

They are what their record shows, or worse ,so doesn’t matter how you label them. They are a very average team in a weak conference and they are no where near even being competitive with New England or Pittsburgh. I will say they have overachieved with this horrible roster. They have ONE elite player , McCoy , and they are average or below average at almost every position. I did forget hauska who is elite this year. I am sure as a team they are in the bottom ten of almost every stat category ,or they will be after another pats game and two games against a dolphins team that can score more than out usual one td or less a game.

Made a nice goal line stop that I saw. He is looking at least as good as Preston Brown. I saw at least three runs where Brown was just driven out of his gap resulting i big runs. Check around the league. Quite a few ex bills doing well with other teams.

Bradford is done. On Ir. Can’t stay healthy. Gil Brandt on Sirius said his body is shot. At best he might be a backup q.v. but won’t start or possibly even play again. I trust Brandt. Pretty good history of knowledge to back him up. I am am wondering about our talent evaluators. Besides Dareus et al , why do so many bills ex players or cast offs do well with other staffs? Ragland playing well. ( imho more upside than Preston) , lee taken off our practice squad looks like a rusher we desperately need. Even kailin clay playing better for panthers. Throw in hogan,Woods, gillslee,Gilmore , even nickel Robyn for rams all doing ok or much better than with bills who brought in only throw away player with maybe exception of Benjamin if he gets healthy. Then we use Tolbert in role he is not meant for. DiMarco has done? Humber still in more than Milano. Tate still allowed to eturn almost every ko where we end up starting behind the twenty every time and stats show it’s harder to score from 20 yd line or worse. Marcel is loving it down here in Jax now who have a tremendous defense. Geez, this type of constant poor talent evaluation is really embarrassing. Yes they hit on white , possibly zay. But how does a guy like lee in a need position exposed on the practice squad? Mcbean not appearing all that. Great so far. If he doesn’t go for a legit qb in this draft armed with the picks he has, then I think he wiil continue the futility. This is a qb driven league. Let’s hope he makes a bstter call than he has with his failed roster moves this year.

They better start questioning Frazier. Wtf defensive scheme is he running and why is Preston Brown , Humber both still on the field. When was the last time we made a tackle for loss, especially from the lb position. Hyde and Poyer are getting killed facing running backs with a full head of steam coming untouched into the defensive backfield. There are gaping holes and at least once I saw brown being pushed out of a play by a running back blocking in the area where Preston started the play at. Since taking Milano out the lbs can’t drop, can’t cover, and sure as hell are not plugging gaps. Worst play I can ever remember by a bills team and that’s saying a lot. How does a defensive minded head coach see this d and d coordinator as acceptable right now.? Unfortunately the the line is also a catastrophe now . They look ok starting a game ,eg the drive with shady scoring. But after that they were looking like an old line and resulted to typical holding penalties. I don’t see how you fix this slide. It’s both sides of the ball. It really does look like they may lose out. Every team they play coming up is playing at least competitive fotrball. Bills are no better than the Browns right now , and actually the Browns gave the jags a good game today. Team is being completely out coached They have enough talent with good coaching to at least not be blown out like this. This is a historic collapse and even clown Rex didn’t suffer blowouts like this. He must be laughing all the way to the bank as he deposits Pegulas money. Bad time to be a bills fan. I mean bad millennium!! This is hard to believe. BBFS.

Arm strength/ strong enough arm , maybe in place of Seinfeld reference .?. Nice job tho!

I know Dareus was good at taking on double teams and gap control , yet I find it hard to believe his departure was responsible for what we witnessed the past two weeks. I say this because we had already won games with Dareus being in on what , 20-30% of the defensive snaps? The first game after the trade I think we won and people on here were posting about how much we didn’t miss Dareus. So how does a team that was performing acceptably for 7 weeks against the run completely fall apart? I think some personel changes helped contribute to the poor performances. Humber returned to the line up, looked slow, no Frazier admitted this week his hand injury is an issue. Milano had come in and played with a lot of energy and hunger , and he contributed a pick 6 and also was in on other turnovers. He was coming on and I think reinserting Humber just because he was cleared was a mistake and took a lb off the field who was playing very well. I also think the absence of Gaines has hurt the run defense as well as his ability to play zone coverage well. I can think of multiple time S seeing him come up to either make tackles or keep rbs from gaining the corner. Wright is nowhere near as good in run support. Against the saints I saw him try to throw his left shoulder into Ingram , not even attempt to wrap up , and Ingram bounced off for a larger Run. I think those two personel changes are just as if not more important than losing Dareus. One other issue I think we have all seen is how many missed tackles occured during the past two weeks. That was not happening before. I believe thee team was buying into all the hype over the turnovers they were getting and it was being covered everywhere. Any show on the NFL Network and every pregame or post game show kept talking about the huge turnover differential. There was a ton of hype about it before the jets game. It was during that game that it was a recurring issue with no one actually making a secure tackle Before trying to strip the ball. The lbs and safeties were especially guilty of this the past two games. Result has been multiple broken arm tackles and the turnovers that were coming from secure hits FOLLOWED by a second player causing a turnover has suddenly dried up as now the players have gotten away from the basic tackling they had been doing well. That mindset was evident even in the first Saints drive and continued all day. I think it’s obvious the D also was affected by the multitude of three and outs and that also allowed the Saints time and again to have excellent field position while it seemed like the Bills O was always starting behind its own 20. The game had already been decided before the history making 24 straight run plays by the Saints and it just looked like the D wanted the game to end and no one was sellling out to make a stop at that point. The secondary was gun shy after facing untouched rbs hitting them play after play. I also think white , who had been burned at least three times recently, may be playing the run softer not wanting to give up plays behind him. He had been playing more aggressively I think playing the run before getting burned for the three big plays. Not a big issue but maybe combined with the personel changes and poor offense had finally lead to the perfect storm of shame we witnessed. I can see the O improving this week under Peterman. It can’t do any worse ! That alone has to spill over to help the D. I am encouraged that McD made the switch as I doubt any prior recent coach would have had the balls to make that change right at this point. Great move ! We don’t have a history of playing well on the west coast , and with San Diego’s d being 6 th against the pass and Rivers playing , I think it’s going to be a hard win. Hopefully they have stressed tackling and gap control this week and not harped so much on turnovers. It would be encouraging to see Gaines and Milano playing more. I also hope we don’t keep bailing the Chargers offense out with stupid , undisciplined penalties after we did manage to stop them in three downs. While I agree we don’t have elite talent on our D , I still think we have enough talent to compete and since Rivers is unlikely to scramble , hopefully we will rush more than 4 and go after him some. One side note; I read that the Chargers are preparing for Peterman to just be a pocket passer. It would shock me but wouldn’t it be amazing to see Dennison use some rollouts , or some RPO because Peterman looks like he can do more than only be a pocket passer. I doubt they will be emphasizing to keep him in the pocket like they have done to TT.

Thx for posting this. I had not seen him play much ( and I am originally from around the Pittsburgh area but now live in sec Jacksonville) and that is a great show of his athleticism! How do we get #85 tho?!! Lol ! That guy has some speed , hands ,, good yac! One poster made a valid point about the saints d having prepared for Tyrod and so that helped account for Peterman looking good at the end of the game. Well, why not throw Peterman in for a few series at least so that defenses have to prepare for something other than this predictable Dennison playcalling? I say that as I sit watching Cam Newton running the offense we should be running with Tyrod. When cam runs he plays better. I’m not a professional offensive coordinator but I’ve watched the Bills since 1966, slept in hotels better than holiday inns, and I could be more creative than Dennison. I’m looking forward to seeing more of peterman. Seems like a wasted opportunity when your starting qb standard has a game completing ONE pass to a wr, and 60 yds or so for a game total.

I agree with you. The NFL has changed and I don’t buy into this crap about playing a rookie QB too early can damage his confidence and career. If all teams folllowed that , someone like Prescott would have been left sitting on the bench after Romo got hurt in favor of using some journeyman player who has been in the league. Find out what you might have. The offense is an abysmal failure for the majority of this season. If Peterman can’t handle it ( hard to believe he could be any worse that TT NOW) then so be it and you use those draft picks to get a legit QB. MAYBE Peterson actually does perform close to what he looked like yesterday and I don’t see how that would not get some energy and passion back in this team. No way to deny that D quit yesterday or at least resigned to the fact they were getting their ass kicked. Watch the lackluster arm tackling , punching at the ball without wrapping up. They aren’t making the tackle first and then having a second man try to dislodge the ball , they just keep going for the turnovers. Getting some offensive production and actually scoring or playing with a lead and not from behind every game may get some passion back in this D.