Buffalo Boy

You want to be the best , you’ve gotta beat the best. Chinese saying: Before you set out to change the world, walk around your own house three times first. I don’t like them but I don’t begrudge them either.

Who???

I watched the game, I did, receipts in the game thread, Dalton looking afraid to run and getting stripped= gold, doesn’t change my outlook.

Fanatic…..therein lies the problem. I’m not the only one who’s been a Bills Fanatic for decades and decades…..46 seasons for me. I have been in Charlotte since 1998. I enjoy watching the Panthers. 2015 was a Great season for them. When they got stomped in the SB…..meh. It didn’t hurt…..not my team. We will never have another JA level QB on the Bills in my lifetime. My eye test told me years ago that we needed a new regime if we were to win it all. They still tell me that. BUT, I’m a Bills Fanatic. I have no choice but to watch and want! ZERO Choice

“There is a season to reap and a season to sow” There is an ebb and flow to every great team, every great career. Watching a bonafide first ballot HOF QB join your team, especially when it isn’t clear that the HOF status is a possibility, is gold. It is a time to be awestruck and giddy. Watching said QB come into his own before your own eyes and lead a team is gold. These are the seasons sports fans dream of. Watching a QB of that caliber be squandered and be saddled with a sub par team and/or coaching feels criminal. Not being overly enthusiastic is within the range of normal human reaction. I always remember the Seinfeld line, “ cockeyed optimist” when I read that people looked at this team, this offseason , and thought they were SB quality. The objective eye test pointed to a middling season. What we couldn’t know was Josh was going to regress/ have a down year( for whatever reason ….him or coaching) . That fact alone feels like a gut punch. Every year doesn’t start from square one. The expectations of each and every team in any sport, and league are based on the previous year(s) outcomes to some degree. That being a factor in the level of enjoyment felt seems perfectly logical.

If they don’t give him that, the fix is in

It’s like you can get yards from your RB by throwing it to him🤯

I can definitely think of a guy who doesn’t realize January football isn’t the same as regular season…..February….. I can’t say.

My son was there yesterday and said the same thing basically. “Brady can’t coach up an NFL level passing attack. “ He told me he hope Penn state signs him. He also joined me in tapping out on this whole regime…. Coaching and GM.

My wife had bomb tickets to the game yesterday. 14th row behind the Bills bench. I’ve only missed one Bill/Panthers game. The first one was not by choice, this one was. My son hadn’t been to a regular season game here( Clt) since 2016 and I knew he’d enjoy it. So they went and I stayed home and topped a tree that was too close to the house. 100% sure we are not winning a SB this year…..99% sure we aren’t making one. My hopes have been displayed for all to see. At this point , hoping for good players for a next regime……a seer can dream.

Listening to Charlotte sports guys this morning, it was inexplicable that Canales didn’t lead with Dowdle and actually had Dalton holding the ball as much. Next week we are going to get a clearer view of what we have

Oliver was have a good game that was reminding me of the first game when he was on fire….. The he and an O lineman fall on top of his arm awkwardly 🤬 Freaking D can never catch a break. If you have him and Hoecht both in games playing like that , ooof

After that game we are😂 When he started to “ run” on that first strip/fumble I swear he reminded me of Kelly running…. It was awesome.

Hairston smacking the runner on the end around was nice. Tells me he is comfortable after the injury. Hoecht looked like a potential game wrecker and the “ energy “ he brought is something we haven’t seen on this D since? While not new, Shaq gets a shout out too. Dude needs to be on the field as a starter from here on out. For those who didn’t see it, he was an integral part of the AJE pick. They showed a closeup replay of him calling the screen before the ball was snapped. But, next week will give us a better idea about this D and how it is being called. And I suppose the O as well.

Rookie play by Dalton😍