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Piling on the pass coverage. The amount of times that Baltimore got Flowers one on one with Bernard was concerning. I thought Benford got burned bad a few times as well. Also I hate Bernard in 8. Hard to follow and train my brain that that is a LB. The same but opposite for Benford with no 47.

Not smart enough for my own thread but a couple of notes now that I'm home from the game 1. The 8pm crowd is different than the 1/4. It was shocking how slow the crowd was to get into it. This was maybe the least rowdy Hopener I can rember since pre EJ Manuel. My entire section was seated and quiet on the first two defensive drives and I am a season ticket holder. 2. Piggy backing on 1, it was INSANE to me that a third or more of the stadium left with 10 minutes on the clock, down two possessions, with Josh Allen at QB. I was embarrassed. WTF. Have we become that over privileged? Are we the Patriots? It gave me KC AFCCG vibes. I was there and 10's of 1000's of KC fans were leaving with Buffalo still alive. 3. I thought this game would be won by whatever team ironed out their early season wrinkles first, I thought it would be by 2 scores, but it wouldn't really matter. I was wrong on all counts. 4. We won today because of Josh. But he was rusty for sure. A couple of plays he should have taken off and he threw some bad balls instead. A couple of head scratchers. That will all get worked out. Worth mentioning but not a concern. 5. Bernard wearing 8 is something I'm not used to and I'm not sure I ever will be. Pretty sure I hate it. 6. I expected a couple of blown assignments to crack this game open. I didn't expect Bernard to get out on Flowers 1v1 on multiple occasions. And I didn't expect Benford to get targeted for so many large gains. 7. I like James Cook. I am glad he was extended. But man, I was hoping he'd be a three down back after signing his extension. His lack of presence on the final drive was frustrating. $12M, game on the line, and still on the sidelines. He was also not good on short yardage. Thats partially on him and and partially on McBrady.

His senior year he averaged something crazy like 300 yards per game and 4 TD's.

Funny you mention that. I posted something a few days ago. I've been wondering since camp. The whole thing seems odd. Total speculation but I thought maybe he even already had surgery because they were so vague about the whole thing. Total speculation but that's what my gut has been telling me.

I really hate the groin issue for Coleman. That just feels like a thing that will nag him all year. IMO, he likely should have stayed very limited early in camp. Missing 7 days and then being 100% for 5 months is better than being at 95% for 5 months. The margins in elite sports are fractions of a percent.

Weird rep indeed. It looks like he got beat inside, but he didn't have to. He just kep watching the WR and had no idea WTF was going on with the football. Speaking of, has anybody noticed that defenders seem to never turn around and look for the ball anymore? It seems like most replays I just see a WR running with their head upfield towards the WR with their hands in the air. Looking for the ball used to be the prerequisite for DPI. But now it seems like as long as you don't grab or truck the receiver you can do whatever. I would be fine with a little more grabby/physical play if DB's were tracking the football.

Part of me loves opening the season in primetime v the Ravens. It is an exciting game, and the Ravens very next meaningful game after losing at the Ralph. But part of me hates it. I think this one gets won by whichever team has the most early season wrinkles ironed out first. I have a sneaky suspicion that this one won't be close no matter who wins. The score will be meaningless, but it will drive the losing teams narrative for the rest of the year.

I thought it looked clean live and barely "meh" in slow mo. He was right there and he didn't really try and hit the guy.

What a bag call

Again. I'm a Bills fan. But the cognitive dissonance to say that when we seem to run into a brick wall against Mahomes ever.single.year. is wild.

I like being high up, but I prefer to be between the 40's. I'm last row right on the 40 on the visitors side. I'd prefer to be a bit lower than last row but I like the upper deck. I see more football. Don't get me wrong. The lower bowl has its perks. You feel like you're part of the game. But you watch so much from the scoreboard. For my season tickets I like to be higher. If it's a one-off game I like being low. I was on the field at MetLife and 4th row at the KC playoff game last year and it was great.

I think this is where Lamar is probably judged a bit too critically. I think that because he is such a good runner, people have higher expectations as a passer in order to "feel" like LJ is a "Complete QB". The "Lamar is a bad passer/RB playing QB" trope is way too overplayed.

Total speculation. But I have been wondering if Bass had a hernia/and or hernia surgery that he is trying to recover from and the team is trying to be coy as they manage it.

Total speculation. But I have been wondering if Bass had a hernia/and or hernia surgery that he is trying to recover from and the team is trying to be coy as they manage it.

I am a Bills fan, but this is wild. 1. We can't even begin to have a good faith discussion if we all can't agree that Lamar is >>>>>>>>>>than Tua. 2. Tua is exciting?

This is a fun week 1 match up. Exciting way to start the year, but a lot of pressure while both sides iron out early season wrinkles. For the Bills, the inability to lock down the secondary, the second boundary corner and other safety in particular, is a major concer for me against the Ravens. Much less so than any other team. We have relied heavily on on Taron and Poyer to help in the run game. Not a whole lot of margin for error for our undersized LB's and understaffed secondary. This is the Ravens first real football game since losing in the Ralph 8 months ago. Baltimore adding an extra chip on their shoulder doesn't make me feel great either. I think the Bills can for sure win this game. But a number of things make me uncomfortable.

Does anybody know where I can get that bucket hat Tre was wearing.

He's on the PS and recovering, with a possibility to provide nice depth as a backup on the outside and/or in the run game. In a pinch he may be able to step in and have a big game when a starter goes down. At the moment I don't understand why this is contentious. If he starts taking meaningful snaps away from other players it could become a problem. But that moment is so far away, if it even happens at all.

I posted a defensive post for Knox up thread. I think part of the reason he's been an unsung hero as of late is because he suffered from the dropsies early in his career. That seems to be better now, with less targets. But I'm not sure he's done enough to say "Dawson Knox doesn't drop that pass".

My quick $0.02 sense is that Kincaid has been fine. Still a very high ceiling, but hasn't really delivered on expectations yet. While Kincaid has taken the TE1 spot, Knox has low key been excelling at TE2. He's the better overall/well rounded TE at the moment, despite maybe not being as "athletic". IRC, I thought Knox was the much better option as the season progressed. I'm not throwing out Kincaid. I'm not even unhappy with him. It's just sort of where things have seemed to shake out at the moment. Knox might not be a $15M TE, but he has been really solid as of late, which has been overshadowed by the shiny new toy (Kincaid).

We "try" and do something away team focused for our tailgates. I'm having jumbo lump Maryland blue crab delivered,so crab cakes to open the season. I also make my own deli roast beef, considering doing beef on weck too. But might be too much food.

Actually he has precision issues. Try to keep up.

This! And more than anything this is a condemnation on the FO work on addressing the secondary the last 6 months. I am no film guru like some, but I cannot think of another S on the market, that keeps us under the cap, and can be ready in 10 days if something goes wrong. It is a fine signing that had to be made because of mistakes made 150 days ago. It is very strange that we have at some point this FO has done good job of identifying guys like Poyer, Hyde, Jordan Philips. Guys who can fill important roles in this defense that are under the radar. But then struggle with it going forward ever since. The inability to replace Poyer/Hyde with a complete pairing has really put our entire secondary on the backs of Taron Johnson and now Christian Benford.

The issue is the secondary as a whole. This is easy to absorb with Benford, Poyer, Hyde, Taron. Outside of this magnifying our issues on the boundary, a decent option alongside Rapp would make this all the more palatable. This secondary made Levi Wallace, Dane Jackson, and Damar Hamlin look servicable when they only needed to sub one piece.

Yeah, I always find this strange. I've had MRI's and CT's at loads of hospitals across the country and I've never waited more than 24 hours. Maybe 36 if timing was weird.