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46 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
Last year at this time the Bengals were dead in the water and the Chiefs were fatally flawed without Tyreek. Going into week 2, Buffalo was destined to lay waste to all opponents on their way to a perfect season and super bowl victory. Its a long season and week 1 isn't any indicator of future success.
I think this post needs to be pinned for the next few weeks. You could even extend it through the first 4 or 5 weeks of last season. The Bills we’re literally unstoppable. How did all that September greatness pan out? It is a long season.
What this team, and all of us need, is a win while showing some improvement. I’d love to see the coaches learn from their mistakes and actually develop a game plan to help Josh and the entire offense get into sync. Run the ball and find a way to start building confidence in the passing game.
P.S. my theory on the all blues… its Kim’s favorite combo so they’re wearing it to show support during her recovery.
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I have no excuse for Josh’s play on Monday night. I also haven’t read all this thread, so the conversation has probably spin off topic and by now. But just wanted to say that perhaps the most depressing thing about the Monday night blow up was ..Josh has almost always been the best player on the field in the prime time games. He always just finds that extra something to lift the team and will them to a score. But Monday, he wasn’t. He was one of the worst players on the field and the reason we lost. I thought we could lose the game, going in to it. But never, in a million years, would I have thought Josh would be the reason we lost the game.
This is maybe the only game I’ve seen that, other than perhaps his rookie year? He just looked uncharacteristically…bad. So, perhaps not an excuse but an expectation… he will play better. Monday was a complete crap fest, I think his record shows that he’ll rebound and not let this one game define the season.
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Just a thought… with all the gnashing about Josh and the team…. Could this just be a slow start due to lack of preseason playing time?
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My contention is that Dorsey and Josh’s tendencies have been figured out and neither one is willing to adapt.
I think they have tremendous success against half the league or more, which serves to convince them that they don’t need to change anything. But the better teams/coaches/players take advantage of these known flaws.
Going back to last season, I’ve seen too many DBs jump a route as though they knew exactly where Gabe or whoever was gonna be. Or the middle of the field opens up… Josh takes off to run only to have someone immediately close the gap and hit him for a loss or very small gain. His roll to the right and hit a WR downfield for a big game… defenses wait for that now. Screens and half the run plays are telegraphed and the defense moves presnap to close it down.
Josh needs to play within himself, but since about midway through last season… the entire offense has struggled. Yet, we see the same routes, same tendencies, same plays being run. They should have self scouted all summer. I think they just looked at the overall scoring stats and said… good enough. Thats all I got to explain it.
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11 minutes ago, Doc said:
On the TD he got his hand on the ball but Wilson made an absolutely incredible play to snag it.
This is another theme going back to last year… opposing receivers make incredible, catch of the week type receptions to seal a win. Our guys ..not so much.
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3 plays really stand out to me:
1. The first interception. I’m pretty sure he could have easily ran for the first down and gotten out of bounds. Last minute …throws deep to all the wrong jersey colors.
2. The toss to Cook (i think), that hit the LB In the head. If he leads Cook a bit, it’s likely an easy touchdown.
3. The last fumble. Just fall on the ball in that situation… every time!! Literally just gave the game away with that one play.
The overall game plan, however, was too conservative. They played scared and Dorsey sucks at situational football. He has no feel for the game, no rhythm to the playcall, and gets too predictable.
Defenses have figured out his and Allen’s tendencies. They’re breaking on a lot of the pass routes before our WRs, and shutting down Allen’s running lanes after flashing them open. Rather than adjust… Dorsey is just throwing random plays at the wall and hoping something works.
Allen needs a coach, not a friend. And the offense needs someone else calling the plays.
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I experienced far more on the morning of the 11th and in the weeks and months to follow than I would ever care to remember. But I have never forgotten, nor do I think its possible. This time of year always brings a certain sadness to me. The Bills have always been part of my therapy to get back to normal.
I’ll be excited for the game, as well, but it will take some drinks to wear off the bitter memories of the morning.
Go Bills!
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11 hours ago, Maynard said:
I remember this!! I seriously want to know what kind of spider that is! Seems way too large for something out of western NY!
It appears to be a type of wolf spider. They don’t make classic webs and are predatory hunters. They get pretty big.
could be this guy…
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13 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:
Mlb and nba games are spread over the days of the week nfl Sunday ticket is two windows. 1pm a and 4pm on Sunday…that’s the difference. I wish it was cheaper too but dont hold your breath on it getting cheaper even on a single team basis.
Thats completely outdated. You now have games on Thursday night, Sunday morning (london games), sunday at 1 & 4, Sunday night, and Monday night. And at the end of the year, throw in Saturday games.
To watch them all? You need 4? (I’ve lost count) different paid packages of some sort.
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I don’t live in Buffalo. So my question is: is all the irrational negativity prevalent throughout the fanbase and local media, or is it just the internet echo chamber of a place like this where a handful of posters can feed off each other and blow opinions out of proportion to reality?
It does seem like this place goes from one player or coach to the next, always needing to denigrate someone and insist they be cut. I’ve never really cared enough to track posters and see if its always the same ones that spend years running a player out of town, only to criticize every move to replace who they said was the worst player on the team.
And I’m sure its no worse, but it seems this off season has only gotten worse. The opinions and general negativity surrounding the upcoming season seem worse than any time during the drought. My brother in law used to always be in amazement how us Bills’ fans could always spend the offseason talking about the Super Bowl and we finally were gonna do it… when clearly the team sucked throughout the early ‘00s. Now? We’re closer than ever, and the majority of posts here seem to think we suck worse than ever.
I usually just attribute it to the screwed up internet-age we live in where every idiot had a platform to spew. So I wonder, is that what this is? Do we discuss reality of what tje team is, or do the misconceptions and opinions of trolls become the reality?
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24 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
I think we’re heading to no preseason games very shortly. It’s how the league will grow revenue. 20 week seasons. 18 games, 2 byes on the way.
I think lots of people appear to have this sentiment. But, regarding player safety, this is the worst thing to do. More meaningful games and longer seasons will only wear players down and make injuries, especially chronic ones, far more common.
The NFL already walks the line with serious, life threatening injuries. 20 game seasons, with zero warm up, will cross that line. IMO
Regarding the OP’s question. I haven’t seen any official league opinion. But i would think they stopped the last two games because it was preseason. But, it is quickly becoming an expectation. I think the league needs to let everyone know what the protocol is going forward. Personally, I wouldn’t suspend a game unless it was a Hamlin type situation. That was unique and far worse, just based on the players faces and reactions.
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We simply cannot allow any positive
news about this team. Each little nugget of positivity or fun, must be drowned in a sea of negative criticism and despair.
A lot of folks need to go enjoy some fresh air and step away from the team.
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17 minutes ago, uticaclub said:
Bruce would have been kicked out of the league the way QBs are protected now.
This. Easily half of Bruce’s sacks
wouldn’t have counted because it would be a 15yd roughing the passer penalty.
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4 hours ago, RunTheBall said:
Thank God for the non-vocal majority of Bills fans who don’t tweet or post on this board. Otherwise you’d think what was once the best fan base in all of the league had devolved into an anxiety ridden, whining, entitled bunch of sky-is-falling Pats* fans.
Here’s a reality check - the Tops shooting did not impact the play on the field. Kim Pegula’s cardiac arrest did not affect the play on the field. Losing to Miami in the heat did not affect the play on the field later in the season. Hamlin affected the play, Josh’s injury affected the play, Roger Saffold and Brown sucking affected the play. Getting out coached in every aspect by Cinci affected the play.
This team did not handle the pressure of being crowned SB favorites. The vocal fan base is so anxiety ridden, so desperate for a SB win that it’s severely impacting the discourse to the point that every single practice snap is over analyzed to death.
Talk to me after the first quarter of the season. Then I’ll be able to form an opinion on what this version of the Bills looks like and make a prediction on their future which will likely be completely wrong.
Even if we had the consensus best team by every clown “analyst” out there we’d still have less than a 25% chance to win it all because no one wants to think about the role LUCK plays in getting there. Does the ball bounce your way in an important game? Do the refs blow a call in your favor at a crucial moment? Does your normally reliable RB cough up the ball (Thurman) at the most inopportune time? So much luck comes into play but we can’t quantify it so we ignore it. That does not mean getting clearly outcoached, which happened last year against Cinci, isn’t a valid complaint or concern.
I feel bad for those who feel in their hearts that if the team doesn’t win the Super Bowl then everything before that was a failure. They miss out on so much great football and fun because “the regular season doesn’t matter”.
My heart gets ripped out every Sunday when they lose but a Thad Brown tweet about a mid August practice doesn’t have an impact.
Enjoy the ride.
I did the emoji beer thing. But really wanted to just say thank you as well ..pretty much exactly how i feel reading this board lately.
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With all their preseason success, how many times have they won the Super Bowl in the last 5 years? I mean what’s the goal here?
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51 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
Also likely he was trying to not get hit, in the pocket or out. He was definitely playing overly safe.
That’s the issue i have with ..this board this week. It was a game that most people didn’t even want Josh or most of the starters to play in. But, when they do and clearly looked to be avoiding hard contact (presumably to avoid injuries) or the coaches intentionally try to put players in a position to learn (e.g., Kincaid blocking, not Knox), then everyone comes here and screams the sky is falling and ready to blow the entire team and front office up for being so inept. Hell, Beane is getting grief for signing a camp fodder LB. Its just ridiculous how bad this place has gotten after a completely meaningless game.
43 minutes ago, Boatdrinks said:Yes. If Josh is the “ problem” in regular season losses, then it’s time to re-evaluate the Bills entire program and probably the McDermott regime as well. I don’t think we are there .. yet . The offensive line is a huge limiting factor in where this team’s season is going to end up. If Allen is a limiting factor - again I believe he is a top 3 QB in the NFL- then what are we doing here ? This team has issues , but Josh Allen isn’t one of them.
You’re so hopeful though, aren't you?
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Bills forfeit after firing the HC and OC, trade Josh, cut 3/4 of the rest of the team because they all suck. We tank the season so we can draft another WR. Only bright side is half the posters on TBD get to say, I was right all along.
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1 hour ago, machine gun kelly said:
People are overreacting to Dawkins. He seems to come in overweight and look like crap in the PS. He’ll come around.I’ve been a Brown apologist for good reasons on his lack of off seasons and training camp minis, etc, but he has no excuses if he comes out against the Jets like his last performance.
There’s no doubt Beane will be working the waiver wire if Brown doesn’t look markedly better in this last week’s PS game.
Doyle will be gone after an injury settlement, but Brown is on paper thin ice.
Ya think?? People are overreacting to the entire game. I know people just like to B word but dang its getting unbearable. It was a preseason game. Priority one is don’t get injured. But folks around here seem to think this game had playoff seeding up for grabs.
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3 hours ago, boater said:
You have ONE blog article citing the K-Gun being other than Jim Kelly. You'll need more than that to convince me.
I don’t need an internet-based article to prove it. I lived it. It was the K-Gun In reference to Keith McKeller, the TE. When McKeller would come in, the defense would substitute to a favorable package for the Bills Offense. So, they would switch to the no huddle attack to take advantage. Of course, the offense evolved and wasn’t just reliant on which TE was on the field, but that’s how it all began.
And, yes, I experienced the Trent Edwards debacle as well. I think any person that experienced the Kelly led no huddle attack, realized that was gonna be a hot mess.
Josh, I must admit, may be another story. I’ve often thought he may have the skill set and mentality to run an effective no huddle offense all game.
edit: although now a days with OC to QB communications its a different world, all together, when it comes to a QB calling his own plays at the line.
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Barkley walking around with the hand held leg massager. LOL
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3 minutes ago, balln said:
He does. Second behind Melvin Gordon.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SingDe00.htm
13 fumbles in 672 carries and 145 receptions. Thats is simply not a crazy high fumble per carry rate.
Career catch % ..75.1%. I guess all his drops were in the playoffs?
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13 minutes ago, balln said:
He had a crazy high fumble per carry rate. And he would have big time drops in playoff games in passing game
That is simply not true.
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As someone thats never lived in Buffalo, I’ve always had to get my Bills news somehow. At one point, it was Shout!. I loved that paper. Then the interweb came around, and I found the HyperBills site. Unless I’m mistaken, my current avatar logo was used on that site. And like some, I found TBD in its infancy. Been here ever since.
In 1998, I was graduating from graduate school and off to NJ. It was a crazy time. Following the Bills and reading the hot takes here have gotten me through a lot of the major upheavals in my life. States, houses, a
marriage, girlfriends, jobs, family, friends, web browsers, QBs… they’ve all come and gone. But the stupid hot takes on this site remain. I can’t imagine my daily routine without it.
Thank you all and especially SDS for keeping it going.
(I do wonder, as said upthread, about the age range here. Its hard to imagine an old school message board still being this active after all these years.)
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10 hours ago, SCBills said:
Shakir seems to be the most polarizing player of camp so far.
Some reporters think he's been solid/stock up. Others keep highlighting him having an issue with drops.
We have to have a whipping boy… Edmonds is gone. Shakir… you’re up.
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Question: as diehard fans, are we on the same page about the team and about Josh ?
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I do. Week 1 does not define the entire season.