Mister Defense

Great news!! Outdoor stadium, with grass! How football should be played. And hopefully in Orchard Park.

Yes. He fails to use the talent around him, to see what he has, the way a great coach should. After the one dimensional nature of the offense last year, and the resulting inability to put up a strong effort against the Chiefs, allowing them to mercilessly key in on Allen, he started the year in the exact same way. We were screaming at The Ralph early in the Steelers game to run the f***ing ball!--with the running backs but he didn't do so until it was too late. It was as if what happened against the Chiefs never happened. Then, it took him most of this year to start creating a more multi-dimensional offense. While it is better late than never, I think it may have been too late for this team to reach its potential. Daboll has done some very good things and for that I am thankful, but I don't think he has good vision, creativity and the kind of high level coaching ability to use the players he has in the best way possible. I think it is pretty clear that this offense and team (and Allen and Singletary and Knox and Diggs... ) will not reach their potential, which is greatness, under Daboll. (I still think this team's talent can carry them to a championship this year, though, as will be shown tonight, 31-10.) But, I also think this is why he will not get a head coaching job this year and will remain with the Bills.

Just like I said last week, it will be Singletary again. He made those first two drives what they were and then made key plays throughout the game. This time, against the Falcons, he will finally get the 25 touches he should get. And he will run for 100 yards too. Immediately last week it was clear the Pats had to respect the Bills running and short passing game, opening up the pass game.

Devin Singletary will continue to establish himself as the Bills' primary running back after gaining over a 5 yards a carry on his first down runs against the Panthers. Between runs and catches he should touch the ball at least 25 times, and will get stronger as the game progresses, as most good featured backs do. More touches will play to his strengths--his elite vision, as he will learn more with each carry and establish a rhythm, and his motor. If the Bills are smart, and Dabol may not be, the Bills will spread the field and run from those formations. I don't know if the run will set up the pass or visa versa on Sunday, but this is what should happen. And what needs to happen if the Bills are to be true contenders again this year.

Losing what may be our best player on defense will make us better because he did not play "lights out" (in your analysis) in two games? Carson Wentz was 11/20 for 106 yards. But even if you were accurate there, and White had an awful game against the Colts and Titans, it is radically illogical to say that losing their best defensive player, and one of the best corner backs in the NFL, will mean the Bills 'defense will actually get better'. Makes no sense. The Bills may be okay if they lose White for the year, and may rise to the challenge. But losing White would be a big obstacle to overcome.

We turned down California drive off of Abott(?), and then soon on Southwestern, seemingly avoiding almost all of the traffic. Parked in large private lot on the corner. Checked out gates 5 and 6, and then found 7 was much less crowded. And then found that section 112 was right by the stadium exit. And, to me, great football weather. But bring on the snow. I don't think I have ever experienced as little traffic/delays in driving to the stadium, getting in, and then leaving as last Sunday. So, thanks for the advice from all, and WotAGuy. So, almost a perfect game last Sunday... Next Monday night it will be.

Thanks for the detailed advice, I appreciate it! Go BILLS! (and no rain until 4)

Ditto

That's real helpful--I agree Fasteddie. Had a friend nicknamed that at Oswego..

Cannot find a map online with the stadium seating that also includes the streets around the stadium, so... What is the best road to get into the stadium area, best street to park on if we choose private parking, and best gate to enter for these seats. I thought this would be the quickest and easiest way to get this info. Thanks! Go Bills: Bills 31-Colts 13

Has to be sarcasm here, right? Gruden will get nothing, just humiliate himself and his family even more if that is possible.

Lol Just go away, crawl into a hole where you belong, Gruden. What a complete jack**s he is. You'd think the moron would have just laid low and lived his life, tried to find a little dignity for himself. Nope! No dignity, no integrity, and both ignorant and stupid.

Stop. End this nonsense. At first I was thinking 89 represented Tasker, but now am thinking you may be 89, as you ignore Brady and Brees completely. If so, Congratulations! (And you are a Homer, of course!) Brady is maybe the best NFL player of all time, and almost assuredly the best quarterback. I too wish this were not the case, but it is very hard to deny. Those 'gates' you mention are just sour grapes. If there was any doubt how good Brady is it should have been erased this year by going to Tampa Bay and winning the Super Bowl in his first year, and he may go back this year (and lose to the Bills). Jim Kelly was an excellent quarterback and a great leader of a great Bills team for a long time. But Brady won SEVEN Super Bowls., his TEAMS did. So it is completely illogical for anyone to ever say Kelly is the better quarterback. Now, Josh Allen, that may be another story...

Umm, it was 29 years ago. Why wait almost three decades to accuse someone? It seems like the details needed to prove such a thing would be extremely difficult to both recall and to accept as reliable. I predict this will go nowhere.

With 9 1,000 yard rushing seasons and THIRD all time in the NFL, I think Gore will roller skate into the Hall of Fame.

yes, those stats are well beyond very good, 8 times over 1,200 yards! I was going to look them up then saw your post; surprised, and definitely very deserving of the Hall of Fame. And from what I recall, a good character guy too. Nice take!

That would be very funny, and would be the final straw for the very sensitive Wentz!

Okay, some good points, but if Wentz is not a high caliber starting NFL quarterback again, I do think he will go down as one of the all time busts. What if I was off, much too low in my earnings number, as I say, and by almost 70 million dollars, would that make you rethink things? It is actually $177 million dollars. That is almost a 5th of a billion dollars. For Carson Wentz! Biggest financial bust, most overpaid in NFL history, maybe? I know it depends on what he does from this point on, but it I think the guy may be done, will be a backup maybe, and the most expensive ever...

I always was surprised and irritated when people were comparing Allen to Wentz, that Allen had that kind of potential during his first year. Yuck, as I saw a very tough, driven, and immensely talented quarterback and leader of men in Allen, and none of those things in Wentz. Wentz never seemed to be a great quarterback to me, never acted the part, and never seemed like a leader of men. Throw in his injuries, and the guy may go down as one of the biggest busts in NFL history, and one of the most overpaid, if not the most. 108 million dollars have been guaranteed to the guy! (And may be off by a few tens of millions here, too low?) Welcome to the Jacob Easton era for the Colts? If not this week, then soon, as we can be assured a man like Wentz will be injured again, soon. Reich managed extremely well with Wentz' backup in Philly, so I assume he will do the same now.

Well, no, unless you are a professional athlete, an NFL quarterback, right? Then, that is definitely a problem for the Steelers, I would say. But maybe one less team for the Bills to be concerned about.

Umm...I am pretty sure the caption on that picture is sarcasm!! He looks like an average almost middle aged Joe Schmo Beer Belly, and not a professional athlete. He looks about as lean as I do. Is sarcasm common for Schefter, as this clearly seems to be that?

Yup, so glad that they have the integrity to keep their prized team off this show with train wrecks of teams. Just look at the list of teams on HK the last ten years, and the dysfunctional teams clearly dominate--Jets, Browns, Cowboys, Bengals... Teams that were either not serious about winning or that didn't/don't have a clue. At the very least, an awful distraction for an NFL team, which must be focused like a laser on improving, winning, and not on this nonsense. And McDermott would not even consider this crap for his team, not a chance.

Wrong. It is a very valid point; illogical to say otherwise, whether you agree with it or not. To say the Bills, clearly a player or two away from reaching the Super Bowl last year, would not have had a better chance with Teller, the number one ranked guard in the NFL by PFF, and Thomas, with almost 700 yards as a tight end, is ridiculous. To not think that the Bills two biggest weak areas, glaring holes, would not have been dramatically different, better, with, instead, the number one player at his position, and the number 14 player is shockingly illogical. Such poor analysis, when the facts of the matter seem very clear. The Bills have come a long way, but we should not be homers, should not ignore when they make mistakes. That won't make the team stronger, only honest, objective fact based analysis will. These were two big misses, letting two players go who seem to be on their way to top level careers at their positions-- positions that are still such obviously weak areas on the team, still obstacles to success--and, maybe, to beating the Chiefs. Kind of duh analysis, I think, a no brainer. Mistakes by Dabol, and, he makes them. A running game would not have just been nice last year, but as I said since September, would be essential in January. It was ,and the Bills didn't have a good one.

I think these were two very big misses. It is a weakness of Dabol's, I think, to not evaluate talent effectively. The playing of Gore so much, rather than Singletary or Yeldon two years ago, is another good example of this, in my opinion. I was enthusiastic about Teller and was very surprised when they traded him. Last year, two of the Bills biggest weaknesses were at the tight end and guard positions, and aspects of the game affected by those two positions. Teller is one of the best run blockers in the NFL and he is just getting started. Thomas had 670 yards and 6 touchdowns, (wow; how helpful would it have been to have that kind of production from a tight end last year?) How much better would the Bills running game have been last year with Teller as guard? I think the Bills were much more likely to win it all last year with Teller and Thomas. They would have provided a better running game, a high quality tight end for Allen to unload it to (and for the defense to worry about), and both of these things would have helped to diminish that dominating pass rush by the Chiefs. Now, the Bills still need to eliminate these weak areas, a year later, as they clearly have not yet, when they likely had the two guys they needed all along. Big and very important misses, in my view.

No, to me, almost assuredly the reason Bieniemy did not get a head coaching job and not many serious interviews(?), and may never become a head coach, is because of his many run ins with the law when he was younger. It does not, in my view, have to do with the play calling thing or the fact that he is black, but is because of the facts related to his sorted personal history and crimes. Do you think any NFL owner will ever put their over $2 billion team in the hands of someone with such a sorted legal past? I don't, at least not in the foreseeable future, as there is no way they would want this person as the face of their valuable franchise. Just a few of his many criminal acts/convictions would be enough to make almost all NFL owner not consider him. His best chance may be to replace Reid when he retires.