JOE IN HAMPTON ROADS

but … no one expects the unexpected!

run on third and short against 3rd worst run defense?

Im too lazy to look it all up, but I cant imagine there are that many QBs with a better win-loss ratio as starter. Are there other stats that matter? Update: I looked it up and at 11-8 he's just under 60% which is better than average. But heres the other stats that jumped out: 7 come from behind wins including 5 game-winning drives.

Ill bet Kraft knows where to find a good cat wrangler

Im pretty sure this is exactly McDermott's philosophy as well.

ikr they justly criticized Allen for making risky throws. But now they want 300+ yards a game. without an elite WR, you aren't getting 300 yards in the air without making risky throws. that's why Im happy with 160 yrds and a W.

Sir, you do me a great Honor.

1 - we've had 2 chances to play up - NE and Iggles. We pooped it last week, no doubt. But I say if we had Singletary the NE game, we would have won. Anyway, 24-9 is pretty convincing in the NFL. 2 - ikr, but we are not that team. I promise! 3 - agree Daboll is an enigma but cant bash him for doing one thing and then bash him for doing the opposite. BTW, agree with pretty much all your excellent (as usual) post-game analysis. 4 - we live in a world of walls. and deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you WANT me on that wall. You NEED me on that wall! 5 - agreed agreed. 6 - as I said to Doc, I do understand in-game frustration, but man some of these hot takes are just garbage. GO BILLS!

lolz noted

my expectations right now are 10-6. They may do better.

well Miami is the Fish, NJ is the Jests, NE is the Pats* … is there a more established nickname I was supposed to use for WSH?

"I don't know if Daboll doesn't understand what works for him or if he has a Martz complex where he feels like he has to prove how smart he is." This has been my complaint all year. Outthinking his own self. No one expects the unexpected!

you must have missed where I said "Redskins" right before that.

I like Tyrod, and many on this board did too. But Tyrod was not a rookie when he came to Buffalo, and he did not get better while he was here. Hw was what he was. If after three full years Allen hasn't gotten better, he will be dumped like any other QB over the last 20 years.

I feel you Doc, but in the game thread some of the posting is just over the top gloom and doom. Its like we have collective PTDD (post-traumatic draught disorder).

that's why we are still a year out on the rebuild. Bean will get r done yet.

I must visit this place.

not trying to steal Virgil's spot … this is more about the posts than the actual game. But good point!

OK guys, we are 6-2 woohoo! So why do so many Bills fans act like we are a terrible football team, edging toward implosion? Some of the posts today absolutely drove me crazy. I swear some of you are Russian trolls. 1. Just stop with the "barely beating bad teams" posts. 24-9 is a convincing win. Redskins are not a good team, but that doesn't mean we are going to win by 100 points. We had many missed opportunities, but at no point were the Bills not in control of this game. The R-words never led and never scored a TD. In the end we won by more than 2 TDs. 2. We are 6-2 halfway in. 6-2 x 2 = 12-4. Maybe we drop an extra game or two, but we would have to totally implode not to earn our way to the playoffs this year. That would be the first time we EARNED our way to the playoffs this century. Think about that. 3. Haters cannot have it both ways on Daboll. He drives me nuts because he outthinks his own self doing the unexpected at the worst possible times. But here's the thing: we collectively criticized him going into this game as not pounding the rock enough. And this game, he pounded the rock … a lot, and successfully. Yet, somehow, this became a liability late in the game with lots of "stop running on 3rd and 1" posts. Gore is getting those calls and we want Singletary, I get it but at least Daboll is finally running the football! Baby steps, sheesh. 4. Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today I hope he never goes away! 5. Still so many Allen-cant-get-it-done posts. He was 14-20, 160 yards and a TD with no INT. Those aren't great stats for fantasy football, but for NFL football it gets the job done. His job was not to score 50 points, it was to score more points than the other team. And once again, he made plays when it most mattered. And he is learning not throw INTs playing hero ball, throwing it away if he has to. And OK, I will admit he needs to hold onto the football better when he runs. But there was at least one put in Barkley post . . . SMH. 6. Booing your own team is never classy. I cant imagine it is helpful, either. Better to circle the wagons and support the team. Even online. Bottom line: By now you all know I like a good snark, and we all have fun with "any given Sunday" and "its hard to win in the NFL" tropes. But it is true that in this league, almost any team can beat almost any other team if they have a good game and/or get some lucky breaks. We won another game today, and are one win closer to earning a playoff spot. GO BILLS!

A for effort

sure why not

he was out 5 weeks or so … I doubt he was 100% even last week. Just glad hes back now.

Joe in Winslow may still be taking confessions

and we finally validate the run. even when they expect it!

you all know he was hurt right?