Utah John

I hadn't realized how well the Rams D played, and yet still got beat 9 times out of 10. The Rams covered everyone just like a coach would want, but the X factor that they can't overcome is Josh Allen. Unless the league creates a new category of QB, for Allen, Mahomes, Herbert, and maybe one or two others, that lets the D play with 12 men, the teams with one of those super QBs will win over and over.

You know, you don't have to have to attempt FGs and EPs the traditional way, with a holder and a kicker. The drop kick is still a legal play. I don't think there's been a drop kick attempted in the NFL since Doug Flutie did it (successfully) in his last game in the league (with the Patriots). But as a safety measure, in case your team's kicker or long snapper or holder is hurt, it wouldn't be a bad idea to train up someone on the team to be able to drop kick. Place kicking is a completely different skill from what most players know how to do. We all grew up punting the ball to our friends in the back yard. At least for EPs, which a relatively short, a drop kick should be more reliable than having an inexperienced holder or kicker attempt a very specific, tricky skill. Plus, since the drop kicker doesn't need a holder, that makes another player available to block.

When a center snaps to a QB in the shotgun, the ball comes up quickly but softly so the QB can grab it easily. The problem for the Bengals was the substitute long snapper couldn't get the ball to come back fast enough (on the missed extra point) or accurately enough (on the missed FG in OT).

No excuse for letting the TE do that. Some DBs and even LBs will try to take down a bigger man by hitting his legs, but you still have to aim at the body. It's football, guys, a contact sport.

Kupp is the best receiver in the game, but he kept getting open. Better CB play would have limited him at least a little. Neither Elam nor Benford has really proved they deserve the job. Against the Rams, our D line overwhelmed their patchwork O line and that helped the CBs. An opponent with a strong O line will give their QB time to pass, and that could be a problem for whichever rookie is playing. As things stand both rookies look like pretty good players, not studs. There's no other position on the Bills where being pretty good is good enough to stick around, let alone start.

Having raw Josh turn into this Josh was a combination of terrific luck, hard work, terrific luck, great coaching, and terrific luck. Half the fans in Buffalo thought we'd drafted the wrong Josh. I don't blame any other team for not grabbing him. I never thought Mayfield was the best player, let alone the best QB, in that draft. The Browns took a gamble, and it didn't come up terribly but it didn't win either. That's a B- grade draft pick, not an F. Here's the thing about Seattle trading Russ Wilson in 2018. What's killed the Seahawks over the past few years was needing to pay Russ, so Pete Carroll traded away or let FAs walk, almost all his star defenders. If Seattle had a solid rookie QB on a rookie contract starting in 2018, they would have kept three or four of their defensive players, and still been an excellent team while that QB got his feet under him and was ready to lead. Seattle would still be a force and not the shell they are now, with all the good defensive players AND Russ gone.

Kupp just broke an Edmunds tackle.

Maybe you take out your best back in a blowout win, so he can't get hurt.

Another chance for sacks. OK, silver lining.

OK this won't be the popular opinion but I love it that the Bills are being aggressive, trying for the extra yard. They're not taking their foot off the gas like the Bills of old used to.

no no no no Be smart Josh

Greed is good

The look on Higbee's face. Love it.

Coffin. Nail. Done.

Coffin, nail, get er done

Who needs the punt god? Who needs a punter?

Let's get to double digit sacks

Great that they made the play but if Josh throws it farther out in front of Davis, it's a TD.

And to rip their guts out by jamming it down their throat. This is a statement for the Rams and the rest of the league.

And refusing the covid shot making him unavailable was probably the reason he's gone.

no no no no

There's a huge dropoff from the Bills starting O line to the subs, except for RT. This is bad.

OK, Crowder, now I believe.

This is a statement. We're bigger and stronger and tougher. Also faster and deeper, but we all knew that to begin with.

Well he can't play against the Rams every week