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If he could just ………...CUT HIS DAMN HAIR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jury still out on Allen. Way too many variables this year to rate him. The line is terrible, the receiving corps is awful, People like Benjamin seem to actually dislike him. He has had a mediocre running game at best.

Well he could start with sorry and leave the smarmy "I have a higher purpose" crap for people who care, (which certainly isn't most Bills fans)

I have never seen a QB telegraph his passes like Peterman does. He literally makes it as obvious as possible where he is going to throw it. Its almost like he has told the opponents dbs where he is going to put it. He is the most amateurish passer. Reminds me of playing touch football with my drunken friends. pathetic!!

Both also probably have exaggerated opinions on their self worth. In any event it would be extremely foolish for either of these guys or anyone else who is a Free agent to be snobby about trying out for a team just because they may not like the coaching staff or the city. Sure there are funner cities than Buffalo but who cares, anywhere is amazing if you are millionaire! Its also really bad for any free agents to be away from the game for any length of time. The amount of rust on these guys just becomes way too difficult to shake off. Watching someone like Manziel struggle in the CFL with Montreal just shows you that any time away from football is lethal for your career longevity. I can only assume that its the Bills who haven't bothered to contact these guys because they don't fit the "process" or the character requirement. Which is also pretty stupid under the circumstances.

How in the hell does someone amass this much money while being so stupid? Moving a team to London??? Worst idea ever! Even having games outside the USA bastardizes the NFL. The games in London are a joke just like the Bills in Toronto series was, same as the games in Mexico. Keep all the games in the USA and stop ruining the league with this nonsense.

The look in the Lindell's eyes in the first few seconds gave it away!

I have been screaming for calls like this for the better part of the last decade with these ultra boring Offensive coordinators we have had. I have to give Daboll some credit. He has shown some glimpses of innovation and daring. The only problem was surprise, surprise, the Bills receiver (in this case the lumbering Benjamin) had no separation and was double covered. They desperately need a speedy receiver who can fake a DB out of his pants and get open. Is there nobody on the team who is capable of this?

Exactly. The best NFL coaches (or coaches in any sport) learn and adapt on the fly. Most importantly they learn to put the success of the team before their stubbornness. I thought in the Minni game we might have had a breakthrough on this with Daboll, however the Packers game looked like a relapse back to the same stubborn game plan of forcing the square peg in the round hole that Daboll did in games 1 and 2 that resulted in garbage. I cannot believe how many mediocre coaches there are out there in this league, getting paid top dollar for uninventive and ineffective performance.

The Chiefs did everything right in this scenario. They saw potential in Mahomes and picked him when others passed. They sat him for a year and let him watch a seasoned pro like Smith. They prepared him for his debut by surrounding him with weapons and protection. If anything the Bills have failed in every aspect of this process with Allen. No mentor, no sitting for a year, no weapons and no protection. That's all on Beane.

My earliest Bills memory is from the 1979 season when I was 10. I remember quite a bit about the early 80s Bills but I must have scrubbed most of this painful season out of my memory banks. I can barely remember Ferragamo as a Bill. I do remember that Ferragamo was pretty much a shadow of his former self by the time he was with the Bills. The QB that took the Rams to the SB in the 79 season was long gone. I do actually recall Ferragamo's disaster as a QB in the CFL with Montreal a couple of years before that. He basically bankrupted the franchise and his performance was putrid. The 85 team was possibly the worst Bills team of all time.

That was the following year with Bullough.

Actually there are so many dumb GM's in this league I think we could still fleece someone out there!

When he does it for every TD up by 30+ pts on Sunday Night football like Bellichick did it vs us in that destruction in the Jauron era , then its a true Ahole move. This just minor dbag stuff compared to the Hoodie.

For a league that generates this much money, how in the hell can they justify such a low standard of quality with these officials. They miss stuff regularly, they call phantom penalties that the networks strangely don't take a 2nd look with replay at even though some of the penalties can change the course of a game. Then when instant replay gives some extra clarity to a confusing play, Al Rivieron or whoever it is on in the league office making the call from the booth completely ignores what the HD cameras are showing. The Josh Allen "fumble" was an absolute joke today. Good thing the game was already out of reach and it made no difference but both knees were clearly on the ground before the ball came out. Then the Cleveland first down call?? They overturned a GOOD call on the field despite having no evidence to do so!!! What the hell is going on? Perhaps the NFL should have officials on the field and in the booth who have 20/20 vision or don't need coke bottle thick reading glasses? Beyond ridiculous!

I thought today was a really dumb game plan from the offense. The Packers have a great pass rush, we knew that going in but the Daboll seems to have thought that somehow the O Line could deal with it. There should have been way more screens, quick slants, hitches or shovel passes to avoid this. Instead they played into the Packers hands by pushing Allen into throwing deep balls with little time to set up. Allen took a huge beating because of this, with sacks, hurries and knock downs after the throws. The Bills receivers just cannot get any separation from Dbs and they have difficulty with the zip Allen puts on the ball (judging by more drops today). Cannot stand that we constantly seem unprepared for teams whose strengths we know. Just plain dumb.

Nothing like Al Michaels talking up the post game meeting of Bellichick and Patricia after the game and how emotional it was going to be. Of course A hole sore loser Bellichick looked absolutely disgusted to be embraced by Patricia like a little kid being hugged a lecherous relative. That was one of the worst post game interactions I have ever witnessed.

Oh no you wouldn't. TJ Graham played for the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL and was god awful, dropping crucial passes left and right until they cut him in August. As poor as Zay as been, He's miles better than Graham. I am amazed that he is even still playing after that mental breakdown he had.

Of course Brady punishes them. Now lets see what the Lions are made of, hopefully something a little stronger than the Falcons.

I watched that "block in the back" play several times. I couldn't see the player called #30 (apparently Pitts the CB) on any of the plays or the alleged "block in the back" on any angle. In addition why would a kicking team player ever block in the back on their own punt???? Never seen that call in almost 40 years of watching football, NFL, NCAA, CFL, USFL or even XFL!!! Call makes no sense. Romo and Nantz didn't even question it.

The Refs were mediocre the whole game but those two calls against the Bills were inexcusable. The one that McD challenged was an obvious incomplete pass. You would have to be blind not to see it. The one vs White was a little more debatable but looked like a hard tackle that the receiver turned into and the heads met after the bodies had collided. I'm glad that McD got mad, it definitely probably made the refs think twice about calling some more dubious calls.

I thought the very same thing! Shades of Kelly playing his ass off in the 1986 season!!

I didn't watch the previous 2 Browns games where Tyrod looked (in the hilites anyway) better than last year. Last night he was back to the same Tyrod we had for the 2nd and 3rd year. That pass in the first half where he underthrew the receiver on the long bomb who had at least 5 yards on the db was vintage Tyrod of the past 2 years. Then there were all those throws that people were open but the ball was thrown out of reach. The only thing I didn't see that we have come to expect, was the Tyrod throw to an open receiver that is 3 yards out of bounds. He also isn't anywhere as elusive as he was in year 1 with was. That escapability has vanished. Mayfield has to be the starter from now until an injury.

I generally liked Tyrod and wished him all the best for the Browns, rooting for him in this game but he just looked like the same Tyrod from last year = absolutely maddening!

Strangely I can remember the game that got Bullough finally fired in 1986 at Tampa. I had to look it up to confirm on Wikipedia, but my memory of that season and that particular game was that Kelly was the shining star on a really bad team. I can remember him at his gunslinging best, fighting right to the end when the Bills fell just slightly short. For whatever reason, maybe because it was such a tough loss, Ralph had had enough and fired Bullough. Then the next week, Marv Levy started his era with the Bills, mid season!! Here is an epic YouTube video of that horrendous season!!