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I'm a yes, he's an ex Bill from the glory years, don't know anything about the other stuff. He changed the D when he arrived, team's were starting to slide to Bruce and he kept them honest. More than pass rusher.

I used to be a huge baseball fan, but can't stand to watch the modern game. Still play fantasy but that's just the numbers, you don't need to watch. I love football and watching the NHL. Could care less about the NBA and the NCAA is starting to fade for me.

I think with a healthy Milano we may have more upside defensively. Our secondary is better than Kansas City's. Chris Jones is better than anyone the Bills have, but we may be deeper upfront. I think the Bills skill players are plenty good, even lacking a Kelce type. The bigger question is can Josh continue to make strides or is he done for the year? Again I'm not making the case we're better than KC, just that it's possible with improvement to be in the mix.

I actually think the weather could play to the Bills advantage. The Chargers have played almost all their games indoors or in really good weather with no wind. Looking at the boxscores the worst weather they've seen is the 60s and light wind in Denver and they lost.

Last year's Chiefs started 6-4, and then went on an a 9 game winning streak to win the Super Bowl. I would argue that winning the Super Bowl depends on the improvement of your team during the season in the modern NFL. What led to the Chiefs improvement down the stretch? Better defense and an improved running game to support an already efficient passing game. The Chiefs defense (comparing the first 10 games to after that) went from allowing 370/yg to 332/yg and allowing 24/pg to 16/pg. Also, they improved the running game from for 91/ yg to 113 /yg. And, Defensively they went from allowing 148/yg to only 99/yg! Offensively: the passing game remained efficient, though worse in terms of yards gained. Overall, they saw a slight uptick in scoring going from 28 to 32 p/g, gained fewer yards, but ran much better while maintaining the passing attack. Defensively: After a slow start, they shut down the running game, pressured the QB, forced Turnovers and took a big step forward. How do this years Bills team stack up after 10 games? a 7-3 record against arguably a tougher schedule with 7 winning opponents vs only 5 for KC. On offense the Chiefs 28/pg 405 /yg is a bit better than the Bills 27/pg and 377/yg -again schedule difference. Rushing attack are similar. On defense KC 24p/g 370/yg the Bills 27/pg 374/yg. KC allowed 148 yg/rush, Bills 135. I'm an not arguing this will happen. I'm simply pointing out that improvement from the Defense, getting better production from the running game and continued strong play by the Josh Allen/ Stefon Diggs led passing game is the ticket. Is the Chiefs model from last year plausible? Can McDermott get his Defense to step up, can Daboll get the running attack to improve, can Josh Allen continue to play efficient QB? Personally, I don't think it's impossible.

This thread appears to be more about style preferred.

Hockey is sooooo much better its not even funny. The speed, size, athleticism and skill of the players is way better. Watch a game from the 80s and 90s the skating looks like beer league compared to now. I should know I played hockey in the 80s and 90s at a pretty high level.

On PFR the Pats are listed 10th at 35.8/drive and 20th in pts/drive. I think they are a pretty mediocre, middling type of offense. They can be very effective running the ball, but are subpar throwing the rock.

Like the great Hank Stram used to say, "to win it all, you gotta have it all!". The point being if your weaknesses are too weak, somebody will expose them. Maybe not playing the weak teams, but getting through the playoffs and Super Bowl it's essential. If good teams don't have to worry about anything but overloading against our passing attack we'll lose.

100%. all the other avenues have been improved from JA improving his accuracy to getting better receivers. The run game is next.

Retractable Dome option available?

I'm still not seeing the results on the Line of Scrimmage I'd like to see.

Should they not play them?

somehow I don't believe you

Pass me a beer!

Guys, Miami is living the good fortune train right now. Yes they're better than the recent past. But, keep in mind that they're not as good as their record. They have produced a grant total of 737 yards winning the 3 Tua starts (170 yards pass/game). In that time, they've scored on a Pun Ret and 2 Fumbles. The defense has given up just shy of 400 yards a game during the stretch. Scoring 91 pts on 737 yards is in no way sustainable, they will have some clunkers along the way.

PFF recommends a 6th round pick

Matchups? Hmm how about Stefon Diggs vs. Patrick Peterson👀

Looking for emojis again

I watched them both, every game, and I think he has a real chance to be better. Not willing to say it definitevly, because of the resume Jim has. But, I suspect Jim knows himself how great Josh can be if he stays healthy and continues to improve.

Letting the boys play I'm down with it. Hell with having some pencil neck referee decide the game.

Really good post I agree with a lot of it especially the last paragraph. When they left the old 80s-90s platform and started going to the "Star" system of hiring big name ex-jocks and reporters it lost me. I remember when guys like Vitale, Raftery et al where no names and became stars on ESPN. Instead of grooming their own talent, they decided to hire the names. 30-30 is one of the best things on TV.

They are under so much pressure, tough opponent in Bills, after a loss to Fins, and a game on Thursday w/Seattle. 3 game losing streak?

Anyone who can't appreciate what a great performance that was yesterday, not to mention getting through 4 weeks with a separated shoulder and not missing any time needs to look at themselves seriously. You have issues!

Yes a large part of their offense is him running around and causing chaos. Play disciplined and get hands up, make him make many plays with his arm from the pocket and force patience.