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A 4-0 start would be huge, particularly since the Pats*** look competitive. The Raiders are not a bad team but the Bills are, again, more talented, and being installed as early 2-pt road favorites acknowledges that. If McD and Frazier make the appropriate defensive adjustments this is a game we should expect to win, setting up what looks to be a great showdown in Tennessee the following week.

Defense is physical by nature, and not going through a “normal” offseason of ramping up has obviously hurt these units. Also, I read a report yesterday that officials were told at the start of the season to “let ‘em play” and the result has been significantly fewer offensive holding calls — like, by a huge margin. I posted in the postgame thread that I have faith McD and Frazier will figure things out, but yesterday was definitely ugly. The difference is we finally have a QB and offense that can make up for it!

LOL I texted a buddy of mine in Philly last night that 7-9 will win that division. Dallas has the offense to win them enough games despite a shoddy D. Nobody else has any semblance of balance or even one-half of a good football team.

So who is still on the “I’m worried about Tyler Bass” train? For one, the Bills are only scoring touchdowns, which is cool, but I paid attention to the PATs yesterday and the kid boomed them all right down the middle. I think the rookie jitters are gone.

After today’s roller coaster I was thinking back to the 1990 season and a couple of games the Bills pulled out that they really had no business winning early that year. They also got shellacked in Miami in week two. Good teams — even really good ones — have lapses. The key is finding a way to overcome. There is plenty to “worry” about on the defensive side of the ball, but I believe McD and Frazier will figure that out. What really has me confident, though, is that for the first time in forever we have an offense that is never out of it. Josh is still making some bonehead plays but then he pulls out something brilliant. This is going to be one hell of a fun ride.

Bills by 10+ today. Book it.

Me three. Guessing Gabe/Gabriel doesn’t care much at this point. It’s GAMEDAY!!!!!!

Definitely one of the top 4 games of the week, and easily the premiere game at 1pm. BAL/KC, GB/NO, SEA/DAL, and this one. My dream scenario is the Bills win and Vegas upsets the Pats***, setting up a nice little 3-0 showdown next week.

I think Kroft, now that he is healthy, will be a pleasant surprise to a lot of Bills fans on Sunday. I’m not suggesting he should supplant Knox but he is a very capable TE in this league.

With respect to your first sentence, I think it’s fair to say that there are certain “triggers” it is hard to overlook — I.e., the negative or “skeptical” posters who repeat themselves without providing much (if any) insight. There are a few “the team is perfect” posters but not many. I think most want to defend their team but are not unreasonable. There’s nothing to disagree with about your second sentence.

It’s just a meaningless statement. How many underdogs defeat teams with winning records? You present it as if McD has “failed” and that’s what I think is disingenuous. If McD was losing games he should win, we’d have a problem.

I agree the lines will be tight.

So if we go by practice this week the logical projection would be that Milano plays and Edmunds doesn’t. Milano wasn’t in a red jersey at all and practiced fully on Friday; without a setback he’s a go. Edmunds didn’t get any contact but otherwise practiced, which tells me they didn’t want him banging that shoulder at all. Hard to imagine they play him when he’s had no contact. Our 2-LB sets will be Dodson and Milano and I can live with that for a week or two. Dodson was flying around last Sunday and will only be that much more comfortable this week.

Bring it on. I’m tired of the “tough schedule” talk. The Bills will be favored in nearly all of their games. Time to get the job done.

And more importantly, we saw rational explanation for why he wasn’t a polished product coming out of college.

So far the best thing to happen in an NFL stadium related to piped-in crowd noise was last week when whoever was calling the shots in Philly actually booed the Eagles coming off the field. That was fantastic.

Beane hit the jackpot with Daryl Williams this offseason. That guy is going to be getting another contract. Disclaimer: I have no idea what I’m saying when I discuss OL play.

Quick question: in how many of those games were the Bills favored? I’d suggest, without looking it up, that the answer is perhaps one or two, and most of the time the spread wasn’t close (i.e., greater than a 3-pt dog). When you’re a prohibitive underdog it’s because the team doesn’t have the talent or experience yet. Your repeated blurting out of this “record against winning teams” is not evidence of anything. Let’s see what happens when the Bills are favored (or pick’em) against winning teams, which will happen a lot this season, starting tomorrow.

Yes. This is the best thing to come out of the show, in my opinion. Peyton picking up on little things that take a good QB to the next level. It is clear that no matter who the analyst is, though, they are all “wowed” by some of Josh’s throws. There were a couple where Peyton was almost speechless. It’s a really good 20-minute watch. Edit: and I’m just going to add...if you don’t like Peyton Manning’s humor and charisma, combined with his knowledge, I don’t know what to say. The guy is absolutely awesome and would be amazing in the booth if he ever decides to go in that direction.

Your memory is off. The 2018 Jags were 3-7 when the also 3-7 Bills faced them. Sammy wasn’t on the Bills in 2017 when they beat KC. I think McD’s signature win was in Atlanta in 2017. That’s what injected real belief into this franchise.

For those of you who have ESPN+ this is a must watch. Peyton is great. Hopefully Josh watched this and got some tips. But it is awesome.

You have no idea what he has done off the football field.

What sort of run -- a 5K? That's nice -- is it for any particular charity?

This essentially means all three are playing. Great news.

Yeah, that goal line stand was disappointing. And then, after scoring to take a 24-20 lead, stopping Miami and getting the ball back so we could put the game away was disappointing as well. Against the Jets the defense was top notch. Against Miami they gave up short passes and played without two starting LBs. Go back and watch the replay -- Fitz was putting the ball in some tight windows. They've given up 30 points aside from two garbage time TDs when holding a double-digit lead. Some of you are pretty unrealistic with your expectations.