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Special teams thus far has been crisp which is a positive to take.

Bills completely changed the complexion of the game with that drive back to a one score game and the Bills can "double dip" at the start of the next half. Secretly hoping the Cards turn it over and the Bills can get a field goal .

Even if the Bills just can get a field goal and keep AZ off the field the rest of the first half they are down 11 with the ball to start a whole half. But man do they need some points on this drive, defense also needs a rest.

I get that but I also think with the lack of heavy practice and pre-season week 1 is kind of an extended pre-season that counts. Last year Josh looked awful as did the offensive line but both ended up being pretty good.

I don't think I can single out one defensive player, they all just look off for the most part.

Lets be honest here this is just week 1, relax even a blowout loss doesn't mean the seasons over stop being so hyperbolic.

Ugly start to this game, Bills gotta get a TD on this drive to end the half. Get a TD here it is 17-10 and you have the ball to start the next half. McD has got to call the defense. Bobby B has had a rough debut still believe in him but everyone has growing pain.

If I had to guess he thinks it was a hip drop tackle which is now illegal.

Bills at least get points on the drive which slows the bleeding and they keep the defense off the field for a bit. Not a bad drive just wish Torrence didn't have such a blatantly bad penalty that cost the team 4 points. Good to see Bass make the kick.

Good call bad penalty to take.

Offensive line looks very good as does Cook.

Get a TD on this drive and it settles down this game a lot.

Are you saying fans are hyperbolic?

As bad as the Bills defense has looked they should have at least forced two field goals on the first drives.

Bills at least got a big stop on third down there to force the field goal. Gotta slow the bleeding at least.

Josh getting all his turnovers out now...

Sloppy start to the game, Josh has to realize they are in field goal range take a sack and live to fight another down.

Special teams making an impact positive sign! I get an official in real time maybe thinking Ingram hit Murray in the head mistakes can happen in a fast game. But there should be some ability to challenge personal foul calls.

The defense held up and held the Cards to a field goal attempt had it not been for a horrendous penalty call.

They really need to make personal foul calls reviewable. I am so sick of these soft blatantly bad calls extending drives and impacting games, that one really horrible call (which would have easily been overturned on a video review) just cost the Bills 4 points.

Not that I care about the KC punter that much but his net average on punts in the opener was 33 yards not exactly lighting the world on fire. The eye test revealed that he's obviously got a strong leg but he's not great at placing punts which is going to limit his net. There's a reason why despite the strong leg and big highlights he wasn't the top punter taken in his own draft class. Now don't get me wrong I loved when the Bills drafted Ariza, they needed a punter and here's this guy with one of the biggest legs out there who they got via a 6th round pick. But he's still both just a punter and a prospect/player with significant flaws.

The data in the pre-season showed that the average kick was returned to the 28.5 yardline. So if you do a touchback you are only conceding 1.5 yards but completely eliminating the chance of a big kick return. I think the NFL is going to have to tweak it to touchbacks at the 35 so that now conceding 7.5 yards is a bigger deal

He was on a 3rd round pick rookie deal, how much lower could his cap hit go?

Had Diggs not imploded personally his extension at age 29 when WR’s tend to play at or near prime level until around 33/34 wasn’t that bad. You can argue investing in a volitale personality like Diggs in 2022 was not the best idea but the on field aspect was solid. Also while the Bills are eating a lot of dead cap this year the Bills did get a 2nd round pick for Diggs so even that extension returned some value

Gonna depend on the numbers but I probably am going to like the deal given that McBeane rarely makes bad resignings (only one I can think of is Knox and that’s not tragic). Bills lock down one of two major starting free agents going into next offseason (the other being Douglas) so the Bills go into next offseason with a lot more certainty as far as configuring their cap picture. The Bills are also keeping together the offensive line longer term which I always like doing as chemistry is big for offensive line play.