TheBrownBear

I've been hearing stirrings all day, but I'm not supposed to say anything until it breaks... Okay, I give. I'll spill the tea. It's Eli Ankou.

Ridiculous. Feels like we are cursed. He's basically toast until 2027. 🙁

The Bills were 3-2 at one point last year with horrific offensive performances against Houston and Baltimore. We averaged 27 ppg during a 5-2 start. This season we are 5-2 with a couple of bad offensive performances against the Pats and Falcons. We are averaging 29.6 ppg. I know the competition has been weak but it was nearly as bad last year. What we see is an offense that is scoring more (despite a recent uptick in turnovers). It just looks and feels different because we are running the ball so much more and more effectively than we did in the past while the passing game has fallen off a bit. Also, we are #30 in the league in penalties over the past 3 weeks, which might be as big of a culprit than anything else when considering our offensive inefficiencies during that stretch.

I honestly think he's just burned out from constantly coming up short against the Chiefs in the playoffs, and failing to bring the fan base a championship. I think his talk in the off-season about having no expectations is his way of trying to manage that disappointment and stress. Part of me also wonders if he hasn't been hurt and had his bell wrong more than we realize as fans. Regardless, and I hate to say it, but I'm getting the feeling that we may have seen the best of Josh already.

It lowers testosterone by 30%, but usually not until the baby arrives.

It's approaching the 2011 Stevie Johnson, Donald Jones, David Nelson, Naaman Roosevelt, Brad Smith, Ruvell Martin level.

I agree and was just pointing out the flipside of highlight videos. I'm actually looking forward to Gabe's return at this point and want to see him taking Keon's reps. Gabe, Shakir and a healthy Palmer might be a serviceable enough WR corps to get the passing game moving again.

Wow. That's an exciting video. Now somebody post a video of all of Josh's arm punts that were intended for Gabe.

Couple things: the backend of that KC defense was in shambles (Dan Sorensen was especially toast) and we had a real NFL receiving room (prime Diggs, Beasley, Sanders and Davis).

4.54 vs 4.61. Also, Gabe is a stronger dude than Keon.

I'm feeling pretty down on the Bills at the moment. I don't like our O and Mahomes will find a way to slice up the D with short little zone hits and dump offs. I think it will look a bit like the Falcons game.

Have there been any updates on Gabe's health? He should be recovered from a meniscus tear at this point (11 months). Would be nice to at least have him as an option.

To be honest, I got that vibe while watching Hard Knocks. It just seemed like the Bills were so relaxed, as if the philosophy was that they didn't want or need to be super sharp, focused and aggressive right from the get go. That they would ramp up as the season wore on or something. You kind of saw that in the Bears preseason blowout (I know it was our second string vs their starters).

That's where I'm at. We mostly just shot ourselves in the foot during the Pats game. Josh didn't play great, but he didn't look like a chicken with its head cut off. The Falcons definitely screwed him up though. He looked great on that first drive, but the Falcons blitzes/pressure got to him and you could clearly see that he was mentally defeated by the third quarter. That carried over into yesterday's first half, but Cook was able to bail us out. Josh seems to be hearing footsteps or seeing ghosts or whatever you want to call it at this point. He needs to find his comfort level again and quick.

It was genetic. He knew about it since 2006. Just terrible news. RIP.