Utah John

The way I look at this is, they had three games against weaker opponents and have had time to get problems identified and work on solutions. They have definitely not been hitting on all cylinders and yet they're still 3-0. They have an opportunity to get a whole lot better if they keep on working, and from what I can see this team is not made up of men who are willing to let each other down. So yeah, it's kind of good news that some parts of the D haven't been playing well. Wait until they put it all together.

There's a difference between being a bully and just not taking any crap from people. The bully goes out of his way to pick on weaker people, and is generally afraid to stand up to those his own size. The Bills don't take any crap.

The Bills have actually been pretty lucky so far with regard to injuries. And they have had pretty good depth to replace the injured players. This is football, it's a tough sport, and there are street FAs out there who have kept in shape in case a call comes in.

Compared to 80% of past Bills teams, this one is so much better. More talent, better team spirit, much better coaching. Go Bills! But then I watch KC. Gotta keep on getting better. The Bills' opponents are 1-8 on the year, and the Pats' are 0-9. The Pats are winning more easily while the Bills have had to gut out all three wins. All in all I don't think there's a lot of predictive value in what's gone on already, with regard to what's going to happen on Sunday.

That's what a double move for a tight end looks like.

I was watching in Alaska, thousands of miles in a different direction, and I was totally into it. My dogs were all worried about my strange behavior as the Bills let the lead turn into a deficit (nothing broken, happily), and then when I yelled "intercepted" (thanks Tre White) they all went and hid until I got them back and told them I was just happy.

There was a noticeable change in the Bengals' D line after Feliciano went out. Their guys seemed to get a lot better. I think Ford is still a work in progress, and I suspect Ty wasn't 100% when he came back in, either. We never hear Spain's name mentioned, which is a good sign he's doing his job.

Depends on where the ball ends up on third down. Depends on what the coaches saw from our players and the defense on third down. Depends if the coaches believe they have a play that will work. Only if all those stars align would I go for it. Otherwise, you have to kick the field goal.

The AFC champ this year is probably either the Patriots or the Chiefs. I think there are some other good teams including the Bills, but no one in the class of those two. Neither will go undefeated, I think, but they'll both win 12 or 13 games, and the top seed in the AFC playoffs will win the SB. All that said, the Bills have a decent chance of winning next Sunday. They haven't played a complete game yet. If they do it on Sunday, they could win. As for the Pats fans, why bother getting into it with them?

There weren't ANY unanswered points. The Bengals scored 17 straight, and then the Bills answered all of them. If the Bills had failed to score, the 17 points would have been unanswered. But we would have had a lot more on our minds then than terminology.

I think what today's game showed is the importance of Singletary.

You never know. Josh Allen hasn't had a stinker of a game in a while. He's young and will still have a few of those to get through. Everyone's assuming he's going to keep playing as well or better than he has been, but that's not a sure thing.

How about if AB keeps signing with the team that's going to play the Dolphins the following Sunday, and then gets cut the following Monday. He'd be en route for some killer stats after the rest of the season playing against air week after week.

The Bills injury report has four players on it. Three are out but all have injuries that should be short term. One is questionable. This seems like a miraculously short list. Here's hoping the Bill's good fortune carries forward.

It would be well to remember that if the Jets' MLB didn't get injured, we're 1-1 on the year. I think the Bills are in the second quintile and the Jets are in the third. We're better but not by that much, and we need to keep winning to have it mean a thing.

The Jets and Giants did both pass on him, but come on. The Giants hit a home run with Saquon Barkley, probably the best RB in the league. The Jets took Sam Darnold, who could turn out to be just as good as Josh. Neither team deserves shame for their picks. I'm just glad Allen was still around when the Bills picked. Remember there was some serious concern about another team jumping ahead of the Bills to get him. Beane played it right and Josh was still there. There was also a lot of chatter in Buffalo that the Bills picked the wrong Josh, including from me, and good lord how wrong we were. It is ABOUT TIME things broke right for the Bills and I couldn't be happier with our guy.

Well, the guy did go to Harvard. He is no dummy. He's been able to play pro football for a lot longer than some people with more talent manage to do. He's never had the ginormous payday a franchise QB gets, but over time he's made many millions of dollars. He's a good guy in a stable marriage, and he's stayed healthy so he'll have many good years to enjoy the fruits of his labors. Ryan Fitzpatrick is a role model for all the people who are pretty good at their jobs and who make the system work for them.

I think he was right about the protests, but the NFL is not going to allow itself to be shown up by a mere employee. He was in decline when he stopped playing because he has a limited game and D coordinators had figured him out. He could still be a better backup than what half the teams have for their backups. But, he hasn't been in a training camp or OTAs, let alone regular season, for a couple of years. The game has probably moved on. For him to come to a team in QB need in the middle of a season would be incredibly hard. Early after he left, I think there's no question he was blackballed. At this point I think teams don't want him because he doesn't provide the skills they need.

I don't keep track of Edmunds so I can't agree or disagree with any of these comments. However he's very tall for a MLB. I know he's very fast but I wonder if that height means he can't be quick, changing directions and accelerating like a shorter man can do (almost all RBs for example). Some quickness comes from upper and lower body strength, and perhaps he could put on more muscle without slowing himself down. When I see him I'm not sure what position God meant this guy to play. Taller than most LBs, lighter than DEs, way too tall to play DB, certainly not a DT. Well the Bills seem to be doing just fine on D and the MLB is the key to that, so I guess it's been figured out already. I will make it a point to look for him during Sunday's game.

So if we, or newspaper writers, start looking ahead, does that mean the team will too? And lose games they should win, and disappoint us? While I seriously doubt any players are posting here, there's always the karma thing, that the players might pick up from the air in Orchard Park or East Aurora. I just don't think it's worth the risk. They're 0-0 and trying to get their first win of the year on Sunday.

That's a pretty fair, accurate article. Allen continues to look better than last year. He's gonna have a bad game sooner or later, so we shouldn't be too crazy when it happens, but for now it's nice watching him grow.

Doesn't anyone besides me realize how close we came to losing to the Jets? Doesn't anyone besides me think we WOULD have lost to the Jets if their MLB didn't get hurt? I don't think there's any reason to think Darnold won't be a very good QB. No QB can play well behind a bad O line and with a bad offensive game plan, and most QBs will have a tough time against the Bills D. But, with Darnold out for a month or so, I agree the season looks grim for the Jets. I've been in that place myself with quite a few Bills teams. FWIW, I googled 2-0 contenders or pretenders to see what people were saying about the Bills. I happened to get linked to a 2018 article. Guess which AFCE team was 2-0 last year. Miami. So it is possible to collapse really really fast, if you have the right coach.

Two or three times a game, the refs get out their Magic Eight Ball and do whatever it says to do.

He might be playing for the Chiefs but I still wish him well. He was a good Bill and deserves nothing but respect.

You can't be a champion until you make the playoffs. You can't make the playoffs without winning at least 10 games (most years). The Bills are playing to get Ws, not stats or publicity. I noticed my own reaction today, that I'm now watching games sort of expecting the Bills to win, unless they're playing one of the few really elite teams, and even then I expect it to be competitive. It hasn't been this say in a long, long time. Maybe we'll all get that one SB win before we die.