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Bills getting killed on the ground, got to make some adjustments.

That was me last week, I got a stream (My friends gamepass) that is right on top of the action but it seems like the Twitter of the Bills is either ahead of or on top of the TV feed.

West coast team going to the east coast will be a popular narrative. But let's not count them out just yet, this team can score. I think if the Bills can finish this game strong and win convincingly it won't assuage all my doubts but it will be good to see them beat an upper mid-level team like the Rams.

Bills Twitter seems to be ahead of the TV action. Dam I love Josh scoring but it was a bit of a spoiler haha

That's one of those plays that you just have to hand it to the other team, like a highly contested jump shot that goes in during basketball you just can only do so much sometimes.

Any team is going to have players that thrive elsewhere but the Bills for once aren't just losing players that develop elsewhere they are losing players at positions that the team isn't lacking in. 10 years ago the Bills would have had a terrible oline and traded Teller who would develop for another team and the Bills fans would be hounding the front office because they could have used help on the oline. Now because the drafting and development has been better the margins of the roster are stronger.

Another thing is that the Browns have a very good oline coach and they gave Teller a lot of snaps in 2019 where he was inconsistent. There is no guarantee that with this teams coaching and with less playing time he breaks out in the same way. When you have a good team players that are on the margins of your roster will go on to have success elsewhere.

I haven't seen too much consistency from him. I am putting him in the unproven category right now which to me is right in there with Haskins and Trubisky. Jones is probably the best of the bunch but none of the three have done much in my mind.

Teller probably wouldn't have gotten the snaps needed here last year to help him develop. Spain was proven and playing well and Mongo was having a good year. The Bills basically got back the pick they spent on him and the Browns developed him in 2019 due to their oline issues and now he is playing well. A case of good timing for the Browns.

I will believe Jones is better than he is when I see it. It is possible that the Giants have put him in a bad spot but overall I am not too impressed with what I have seen from him. I do not think he can drive the ball downfield needed for a full caliber NFL offense.

The Rams defense is solid but they aren't top 10 in my opinion. So I do feel confident in Josh and the offenses ability to put up points on a average to below average defense. However I don't know if Josh can put up a big number against an elite defense. The Rams defense will be a good test for Josh, if he can put up a good number against them it will show just how far he has come.

I remember watching that game and being elated but still the Bills had to get 4 picks and toss the ball all over the place on the Pats defense just to walk off with a field goal. It was a great win but it made me realize just how much better the Pats were. However last season while this team lost to the Pats twice it was in a pair of games that could have gone either way. Insane to think that this organization in just 4 short years has put it together to the point where they can legitimately go toe to toe if not be favored over the Pats?

The chemistry of the O-line is really noticeable. Dawkins-Spain-Mitch are right back from last year while Ford is continuing to pick up his play more and more. Curious to see where Mongo goes when he gets back. If D.Williams settles in it would be hard to displace him or Ford on the right side. Either way great problem to have.

I wanted this team to draft Josh Rosen so I have zero expertise in football but once I started to dig deeper on Josh Allen I liked the pick more once it was made and I dug into it. I kind of thought of Josh's accuracy issues in college being somewhat deflated because the system he played in was deep throwing and he lacked decent receivers. Of course I knew Josh had his issues part of his accuracy issues were decision making and footwork. I figured decision making and feeling comfortable in the pocket would come with experience but footwork isn't always something that gets fixed. But in 2019 Josh started to make better decision as the season wore on and he showed progress in his footwork. By 2020 three seasons of hard work and two years of starting really are paying dividends. Adding a true WR1 helped a lot of course. But while I still would like to see what Josh can do against better defenses I think he is more than likely the real deal. Let's not get crazy there might still be a few bumps in the road ahead.

People also forget that there is a big time pressure from the union for players to cash in on their chance to set the market. If Josh is a proven top 10 guy whenever he is negotiating his contract he isn't taking much of a discount. Tre had 2 years left on his contract and he was still getting the highest contract at his position (until Ramsey with only 1 year left topped him.) There is no way Josh takes a discount, at best he allows the structure of the deal to be friendly to Buffalo (maybe spread the hit out if he gets a deal going into next season or front load the deal in some way.) You always pay QB's no hometown discounts here.

I agree that it's best to sit them an extra game to make sure they are healthy for the rest of the season. But the game being a non-conference game should have no weight in that decision. With that being said I think they suit up Milano and sit Edumonds one more week.

I worry that the Bills get so enamored with getting Josh to spread his extension over the last year of his rookie deal and the 5th year option that they end up digging into their 2021 and 2022 caps significantly and it impacts the short term ability to win. I also worry that they extend him after this season (assuming he turns in a good season) and then the league makes adjustments to Josh in 2021 and he isn't as effective and the Bills get locked into a big money deal with him for the next 3 seasons. I like Josh as much as any Bills fan but this team should for once finally be thinking short term. The window to win is open in 2020 and 2021, use it, worry about the rest later.

I am predicting a shootout but in the end I think have at least one of the starting LB's back is enough to get the defense to make a key stop or two and hand this team the game. 35-31 Bills. Key game as the Bills for the two must wins to start strong but a win against the Rams would be a good confidence boost to Josh and this team.

If backup QB were a position that you could get into the Hall of Fame for Fitz would get in. 3 teams if you include the one year he played for the Giants.

I don't buy into the stuff about the schedule just yet, this season could change on a dime with injuries and other factors.

In the AFC you have Mahomes who is the big elephant in the room, he is where Aaron Rodgers was at in 2011 only even younger and a bit better. Then you have Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson as the new top young guys with Josh knocking on the door of being in that conversation. Of course in the third tier you have the guys with potential like Burrow, Darnold, Mayfield, Locke, Hurbert, Tua, and Minshew. In the NFC you are less top heavy with QB's under 30 but you have a lot of good young QB's some of whom might take that step up to rival the Wilson's and Rodgers up top. Kyler Murray, Goff, Wentz, Jimmy G, and Dak are all solid starting caliber to good QB's. None are at that elite level yet but any of them could step up. The NFC certainly skews older at QB. Brees and Brady aside you have Rodgers who is in his late 30's, Wilson who is in his prime at 31 going on 32 later in the season, and Stafford and Matt Ryan who are in their mid-30's. You do have some other third tier young QB's like Daniel Jones, Haskins and Trubisky but I just don't see them panning out. Overall this is the strongest time for QB play in a long time in the NFL if not ever. I would say half or just under half of all NFL teams have good QB's capable of putting up big points and improving the quality of play of the team around them.

The article I read was from 2019 so maybe the 5th year option is listed as 17.6 million. Not sure how fluid the number was/is. But I would wait to do an extension until after 2021. I get the idea of spreading out the hit using that 4th year to take on some money, but the window to win with this team is now and while I get that you want to think long term you can't pass up cap space in 2021 that could be used to add or retain other players to save cap space 3-4 year from now when the team might not be in contention.

Would the option changes be retroactive to current deals or for the newest first round picks? Genuinely curious as that does change the algebra a bit. Still I would rather wait to see what you have longer even if it makes it harder to do the cap. Too many times has this team overpaid a QB early (Tyrod and Fitz come to mind) not saying Josh isn't worth it but let's know exactly what he is before making the long term commitment.

Allen's 5th year option will be around 17.6 million, it is the franchise tag that is north of 30 million. You can still spread his contact out over the course of that 5th year option and lower the cap hit. Give me another year with a stacked roster around him.

Watson is in a wasteland in Houston luckily he is going to carry that team and we will see if the newer guys like Burrow pan out. Overall Mahomes and possibly Lamar remain the big elephants in the room. Let's just hope Josh is a big game hunter metaphorically speaking.