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Niners ripping Giants Daniel Jones https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-players-anonymously-rip-daniel-jones-for-his-play-in-giants-week-3-loss-question-qbs-huge-extension/

Chicago has other problems too https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12550717/Chicago-Bears-searching-100k-worth-lawn-mowers-equipment-stolen-Soldier-Field-chaotic-week-Windy-City-team.html

Brandon Staley is dead man walking

I think he outsmarted himself by having Patricia coach offense last year. If I was Kraft that would really irk me given the results. It looks like BB is chasing Shula's record but that will require at least 3 more seasons if my math is right. I don't think Kraft would fire BB publicly if he was going in a different direction. BB's legacy is hanging in the balance if he can't win without Tommy.

76 years young

saw Iggy Pop last week. Great energy

Bills 30 Snyderbrenners 21

Probably the smoothest game I've seen in the McDermott - Beane era. Short effective passes that didn't expose Josh. Positive yardage on practically every run play. Stuffing Josh Jacobs for negative yardage. Solid pass rush courtesy of great secondary play. Starting to feel like we are hitting on all cylinders.

thank you NFL security for keeping us safe

Yes Brandon Staley is coach quicksand

Cook looking like an every down back

The secondary is creating great coverage sacks

Great 3rd down conversions

The Bills need their own testosterone supplement commercial with playcalling like that

Great execution

Love the maintaining possession

Liking the lack of lost yards on running plays

Nice balance on offense

Bills 27 Raiders 24

That Trotter would report the Pegula quote when it was reported to him second hand tells me that he is taking swipes at anyone and everything. Even if Pegula and Jones did speak as alleged, I'm not sure what this has to do with the non-renewal of Trotter's contract. Secondly, does Trotter know who he was working for? Does he think the NFL is going to support an exposé of racism among NFL owners? If he believes he has a story of this nature, he either needs to go independent or work for a media outlet that will back him. He needs to realize that such backing will not come from any media outlet that is a partner of the NFL.

That was a stinker of the worst preseason quality. The Bengals, Seahawks and Giants also stunk so I'm not hitting the panic button or reading this as representative of what this season will bear. We won't see regular season quality football till week 4. Such is the watered down football era we live in

I remember the season when Brett Favre was a Jet. He was still Brett Favre and the Jets were still the Jets. As I listen to their Rex Ryan style bloviating, I am reminded that no one has ever talked their way into a Superbowl. Yet, the Jets still try. They brought in Rodgers to distract people from the fact that they, as an organization, are incapable of developing a young QB. Joe Namath and Ken O'Brien were outliers in a sorry history of schmucks. I don't deny that Saleh has built a good defense but you can tell that he has effectively ceded head coach authority to Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers, like Russell Wilson, thinks he should have GM like powers and brought in his old buddies from GB in Lazard and Cobb. The NFL is not the NBA but the Jets are now Aaron Rodger's country club. Rodgers might be enough to nudge them into the postseason but country clubs don't work as a football business model. I too expect a low scoring game but more because the first three weeks of the NFL are effectively preseason quality football. We have the advantage of organizational and roster continuity. The Jets don't. Bills win 24 - 17.

Our window will never be more open than it is now. We know that on a given day we can beat the best teams. While the Eagles and Bengals still scare me, our greatest adversary is complacency. I hope we are angry enough at our near misses to come together and grasp our destiny. McDermott no longer has Daboll or Frazier as buffers. It is up to him to set a tone of achievement and accountability for us to take the next step to the promised land. I think he is up to the task but it will require digging deep on everyone's part.

liking Jacksonville (+5 @ Indy) and Washington (-7 vs Ari) in week 1 NFL

McDermott no longer has Frazier and Daboll to shield him from accountability. There appeared to be some finger pointing last season in Frazier's direction. I don't know if that's why Leslie left but it felt like internal politics. I think Frazier is a very good coach, and a well liked, credible leader. If he was thrown under the bus by Clappy, players will remember that. Damar Hamlin and the Supermarket shooting should have been rallying points to inspire. Bruce Smith's speech on his love for the city and appeal for community unity was very moving. That's what leaders do. Instead we wilted. The Bills are still a very good and talented football team. The Bills window is not closing but I think McDermott's is. Anything less than a Superbowl appearance will feel like failure. I expect KC to have a SB hangover. The Bengals and their playoff experience are the nemesis we should focus on. There is no good reason short of an injury to Josh why we should not challenge for the AFC crown.