Billsrhody

Sorry, wasn't trying to detract from your point, I completely agree. Punting in general is becoming a huge part of the game and Allen in certainly one of the best in the league.

Actual 40 yards per punt is the minimum right now... Robert Mays had a pretty good write up in his weekly recap on why we're in the golden age of punting https://theringer.com/nfl-week-4-recap-pittsburgh-steelers-ben-roethlisberger-bd5e78da8daf#.ole7dt3xm

It seems to me they're using this as a set up to something else. Based on how much they ran it yesterday I'm guessing they have a plan to install some pass / option wrinkles that will hopefully catch a defense off guard.

I wonder if there is always a slight drop off during an election year?

I just hope the new OC will be able to start drives going forward instead of backwards more than 50% of the time.

Wow.. not the move I expected.

29 yard run by McCoy (hand off by Tyrod).

I just read an interested article from Bill Barnwell focused on Red Zone performance. If you read his article, you'd think this was a fluke.. but he goes on to explain: Let's hope that doesn't happen this year. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/BarnwellNFLPreview160729/nfl-best-worst-red-zone-means-2016-season

Surprised by this considering he was the most dominant receiver in the league for a 5 year stretch. Calvin at his best rivaled any receiver in history. I'd be curious what you think about the HOF cases for Larry Fitzgerald or Reggie Wayne? Those guys will end up having played more seasons than Calvin, but will never have reached his peak. I think Calvin is a virtual lock for the HOF considering how good he was from the moment he entered the league to the moment he retired.

You lost me here.. Yards per attempt is not the be all end all when it comes to measuring QBs.. any stat you have that says Tyrod is better than Brady as a passer is clearly not telling the whole story.

Interesting read on the mmqb about this. http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2016/01/25/nfl-denver-broncos-carolina-panthers-super-bowl-50-ultimate-mismatch The Panthers and Patriots have fundamentally different offenses. Against the Pats, the Broncos got pressure with 4 and dropped everyone else in coverage because they typically faced 5 receiving options. The Panthers usually run much more "max protect" with only 3 receivers running routes. That will leave the Denver LBs free to spy or rush the QB.

I'm surprised that most people think this is going to be one sided. The Denver D just held Brady's Patriots to 18 points. And that was with short field on their first touchdown. If the defense plays like they did against the Patriots then Denver is going to be in this game and it could come down to the last possession.

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14415527/lesean-mccoy-buffalo-bills-tears-mcl-week-week

Couldn't agree more. The Pats are banged up and we might actually have a shot at them. The Chiefs got handed the game from Peyton and still struggled to get the ball in the endzone. Gotta win one of those.

This is exactly what i'm worried about

I like Fitz a lot as a person but he has definite limitations as a QB. He played out of his mind for a handful of weeks and got paid for it, but looking back the contract was a mistake. I'm sure jets fans like what they see out of him.. I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I didn't get to see the game and haven't seen anything written up on McKelvin. Just curious how much he played and where he lined up? How did he look?

we have a winner

So glad I clicked on this thread and read that

Unfortunately for Hughes his reputation probably doesn't give him much benefit of the doubt with refs... Same goes for the Bills in general

At least we can finally stick a fork in EJ. He's gifted the Jags 21 points in this game.

Just read the ESPN power rankings blurb for the bills Got me thinking that they've lost to some good teams and played some really good QBs so far: Luck Brady Tannehill E. Manning Mariota Dalton This is who we have for QBs the rest of the way: Bortles Tannehill Fitz Brady Smith Hoyer Bradford Cousins Romo Fitz Looking at that list makes me feel a lot better about the rest of the season. It isn't impossible to imagine 8-2 the rest of the way with our schedule. The defense will get going against some lesser passers and will hopefully hit their stride coming out of the bye week.

What a joke.. the #2 Steelers have 2 kickers that count for 32 "games missed". Stopped reading after that.

We'll find out about the Jets next week when we they play the Pats.

Love the optimism but I think I'd take the Bengals roster at every offensive position over ours... except for Tyrod and Shady (who both may not play in this game)