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I am not counting them out at all...... I mean, how many more losses will it take for them to miss most likely? 3 at this point? I am not sure they have 3 more losses on their schedule and I am not sure a couple of the teams above them are going to be able to keep winning. While it would be nice of them to miss for a lot of reasons, I fully expect them to win most of the games they have left on their schedule.

Yup....it was great to celebrate this win for a few hours, but it's time to turn the page with the quick turnaround on Thursday. The offense showing signs of life with explosive plays was encouraging today, but this is a whole new level of test against the Texans defense. The team as a whole may not be great, but make no mistake about it.....their defense is elite. It was fun to light it up on offense today, but it is highly unlikely we have the same kind of success against this defense on Thursday night. I think getting into the mid 20s would be a huge accomplishment against this defense. Legit test and Allen will have to be at his best for us to have success. If you thought it was tough sledding on the ground today, it will not get any easier on Thursday. I think this is going to be a game where your philosophy has to change on offense. You won't be able to just throw 13 personnel out there all day and dominate on the ground and hope your passing game can make a few plays on every drive to control the clock. This is not a defense you can expect to play "complimentary football" and have multiple 10 play drives against. Not going to happen. You are going to have to beat them with explosives and hope you can score fast on enough drives and that the defense can do enough to hold the Texans offense down to out-score them. This is a legit test against a team that ate our offense for lunch the last time we played them.

You can tell he's basically running on 1 leg. Now, how much that is impacting his play remains to be seen. Yes, he has physical limitations, but that doesn't explain some of the mental mistakes he's been making. We just have to hope that his injury is the main reason for his drop in play and that he continues to get healthier as the weeks go by so his play improves.

Whether it was the plan going into the game or not, today we saw what the offense looks like with a pass-first mentality. And you saw, once they settled in in the 2nd half, because of the explosive plays they were getting out of the passing game, that it opened up the running game that was struggling to get going. Up until today, it was all about throwing 13 personnel out there, establishing the run and hoping to do enough in the passing game to win with Allen throwing the ball less than 25 times. But today, whether it was because Tampa was focusing on stuffing the run or whatever, for the first time this season, Brady said fine.....we'll beat you deep down the field. Now, not having Coleman sucking valuable targets away from other WRs probably helped, but I think what we saw, especially in the 2nd half, is what we should want our offense to look like. Pass first, mix in the run, hit explosive plays down the field if teams are cheating up to stop the run. Also, using Cook in the passing game is a good way to get them out of stacking the box against the run. I'm sorry, but basically putting a governor on Josh Allen, for my money the best in the world at what he does, is just not smart. Let him do what he did today and play free. Sure, he may make the maddening play once in a while, but you will get the best out of him allowing him to be the Ferrari he is. Now, will this carry over to Thursday? I have my doubts. Look....the Texans aren't a great team, but they have a GREAT defense and it's going to be a true test to see where we're at. Safe to say we're not hanging 40 on them. I think the mid 20s might be a great output against that defense. So, hopefully, they build off of today, but it's a completely level of test on Thursday night.

Not sure he's worth much at this point, but it's all hands on deck to get a real WR1 this off season. So, if he can be added as a sweetener to a deal to move up in the draft or trade for a dude, whatever...... Point is, he should be traded if possible to get his replacement.

This game was drunk.... The first half seemed to be a bit of a mess, but we found a way to have a lead. What I really want to do in my All 22 review of this game was to take a look at the 2nd half, mostly on offense. I think the first half was so wild and full of good and bad, it is hard to separate the 2 halves, but I want to say the 2nd half overall was much cleaner and in control. But the defense was so bad pretty much the whole day, I was having a hard time putting things in context live. But I think that the 2nd half overall was pretty solid by the offense. I said this is the game thread, but Coleman doesn't need to play anymore. He wasn't missed. When he played, he was a waste of time in Josh's progressions. All of a sudden, guys got open today and I don't think it was a coincidence that he didn't play. I still want to play Moore over Samuel and we'll see where Hardman is with his injury, but Coleman should be an afterthought until injuries force him back in. Finally, they remembered that they can throw the ball to Cook and Johnson. Makes a big difference when you have to cover the backs as it opens up things not only for them, but for other guys. Cook should see 5 targets+ per game. It wasn't perfect on offense, but we can win with what we had in the 2nd half. The defense? Ugh.....still a mess. Bishop was good. D Williams was great down the stretch. Hairston seemed to hold up again as well. But the defensive line was terrible once again and Bernard and Milano are brutal behind them. I just don't know what you do to fix it at this point. They refuse to change the scheme and the players are getting whooped physically. Not sure what you do to fix it when you refuse to change the overall scheme you play. Anyway, good win. Much needed win. Need to get another one on Thursday. GO BILLS!

He's been rough at times today. The thing is, he's playing WAY TOO MANY snaps. He should be around 50% at most, but he has to play so much more because of the lack of depth.

Quick poll...... Did anyone miss Keon Coleman out there? Even a little bit? Dude should remain a scratch. Put Moore in for Samuel and let's play the Feud.....

There's been some misses for sure, but Josh Allen is showing that he's still "HIM". What a drive by the offense. Up to the defense to finish this now.

I know it shouldn't be a surprise, and wouldn't be against most any other team that they are punting, but I'm glad they did.....

If you told me before the game that the offense would score 37, I would have guesses we won by 10. But with the way our defense is going, we're going to have to score 47 to have a chance to win......

Allen missed him, but I think he thought he was going to keep running there. I think that was a little miscommunication there. Oh well......gotta keep scoring because the defense can't slow the Bucs down.

BOOM!!!! Going to need 3 more TDs to win, probably.

Yeah..... just heard that. At least that makes sense.

Shakir is just not right........ Obviously hurt.

That's a catch........but come on man..... CATCH IT CLEANLY..... Let Hardman out of jail. Yes..... he screwed up. Give the dude a chance to redeem himself.

After all these defensive draft picks over the last couple years, you can count on 1 hand how many good/passable starters we actually have. Groot Oliver Benford (having a down year) Bishop Walker (up and down as a rookie so far, but shows promise) HM Hairston (not even a starter yet)

That one was on Milano.... But Poyer is washed too........

Get Milano off the field. Dude is completely washed.....

Sending run blitzers that run right by the ball carrier is not ideal.....

Bosa looked like one of those Madden glitches when you're on defense and you think the computer is going to come up and make a tackle but instead chooses to turn around and run down the field after a WR that doesn't have the ball....... Just stop making him have to play in space. He can't do it.

Bernard and Bosa looking like fools out there on that one.

About time they get Cook going in the pass game. We ran that same play against KC in the past with the same result. Cook needs more targets in the pass game.

While the defense has their share of issues, Bishop seems to be one of the solutions. He's a good player if he can stay healthy.

I feel like Josh is going through kind of a reboot here. After not making much happen the last couple weeks, the backyard style he used to play with is making an appearance again and you have to take the good with the bad...... He'll find the the balance, but it is frustrating to watch things look so disjointed in the meantime. Seems like we are almost over-substituting at times. You never know who is on the field. But that's what you get when you don't have a corps group of weapons you can count on play in and play out. I mean, one play it's Palmer and Samuel. The next it's 2 different WRs. Cook comes off the field on important downs all the time. Just out of sync.....