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Honestly, it would be pretty difficult to cut him before 2019. The only way I see that is if he clearly was not buying in to the culture change that the rest of the team seems to be gobbling up and that McD/Beane believed he could be a cancer of sorts. My hopes are that they give him all the support they possibly can to get him to buy in. The problem with Dareus I believe isn't that he doesnt want to but more that he is very emotionally and mentally immature and that he lacks sustained focus and drive. Just got to stay on top of him until hopefully it clicks and becomes part of a lifestyle.

Despite all the yammerings from the peanut gallery it appears that the Bills made yet another great off season move by not over paying for Gilmore.

The Bills also won the red zone battle as well. This could also be key.

Uh huh, so when you say You aren't criticizing McD and Beane for putting Dareus on notice? You aren't fooling anyone.

I've always been a big proponent of immediately taking a shot into the endzone after you get a turnover or great field position off of a punt from midfield or better.

Of course technically they are the exact same, everybody recognizes that. The reason why this is a statistic that is often referenced is because it has various potential implications. Such as: A) Maybe a team is driving down the field and is on our side of the field or in scoring position and we get a turnover and then score. That would be potentially anywhere from a 6 to a 16 point swing because of that turnover that led to points. B) Maybe we get the turnover at midfield or better yet on their side of the field. Which gives us good field position and it led to points. C) Momentum shift, you not only stop the opposing team but you get the ball back without having to field it 45 yards down the field after a punt and you yield points because of it. So while you are technically correct, which I believe is obvious enough to say that goes without saying. It is an important stat, imo.

Denver's had been pretty damn good until they faced us.

I think the key to this offense aside from getting the ground game going is being able to provide TT enough blocking up front and time to throw the ball for those 20-30 yard passes. Defenses are keying in on all the short stuff and our offensive line typically hasn't been good enough to consistently give TT enough time to throw the ball for passes a little further down the field. The play action, opening up down the field and throwing on first downs I believe is something we will need to do more.

These "Jauron ball" sort of criticisms is the amateur hour take at the TBD armchair improv.

That's the only quibble I had with that, but aside from that the drive was executed extremely well.

Also we were much more efficient with the yards we gained largely due to our red zone performance both from an offensive and defensive perspective than the Broncos. Again, this largely has to do with good coaching, game day preparation and play calling.

Yeah, Rex is to blame for all of Dareus issues? You really are a piece of work.

Of course, because you love players who haven't performed consistently.

I don't know, here's a draconian thought, how about we keep and reward players that show consistent production.

Nice Bull Rush from Hughes on that play as well.

Yes, but Humber is 29, right? I could be wrong but the other guys are all in their mid 30's

There are three veterans who are giving us fantastic production that at some point in the not so distant future their production will drop off. Alexander, K. Williams and Meathead. Their production will be sorely missed and not easily replaced.

Against the Denver's defense no less.

I keep hearing that we are a bend but break defense yet we are 6th in the league in giving up yardage. If that's bending then I'll take it.

Sheppard went over to celebrate with him and and as soon as he saw him do the dog piss celebration he was like "Uhhh, ok I think I'm gonna bounce right about now"

I don't believe we will have the luxury to start off as slow as we have over the past couple games. I think we will need to put up at least 25 to have a shot at winning this one.

Yes, it is. But I wouldn't put it past Belichek to find a way to make their defense serviceable before the end of the year.

I largely agree but I do believe this team will need more playmakers to truly make this a consistent playoff caliber team. Me thinks with those 6 early draft choices and all those cap room savings moves we've made that this will be addressed.

Without doubt there was lousy blocking for him but there were a few plays that he could have gotten back to the line of scrimmage but ended up with a multiple yard loss. Yes, I get it with Shady you get the good with the bad and make no mistake when it was all said and done he was a net plus with those terrific run after catch passes he had, just that sometimes with his running style he will lose more yards than what could be given up which sometimes puts the offense a little further behind the 8 ball for those second/third and longs.

Yes, but the game plan for both the Jets and Denver yielded very nice drives and play designs. Not to mention that our second half adjustments in all three games has produced better second half results than the first half. The criticism for him has been over the top. Who would have thought that we would have scored 26 points against Denver? I'm sure there are a few yahoo's here who will respond to that but most observers did not believe that would have been the case.