Billzfan37

As Singletary gets chased down from behind by nose tackles...game after game after game...decent first move that can make people miss, but has ankle weights on and can't run.

He just had the number one defense in the league missing his top corner. He's NEVER getting fired with results like that unless he has a huge beef with the head coach or GM.

If you really believe that then you need to go put $$ on TB now - since the line is -3. This mean that Vegas believes that the Bills/Bucs is a tie on a neutral field. Despite the Bills issues and lack of continuity so far, a lot of people still think they are a Superbowl favorite.

Every year, there are a couple of high flying pre-season favorites that puke out. For example, the Browns are sitting right there with 6 losses and like the Bills, they were a preseason super bowl favorite for some. Last year, Tampa Bay went 7-5 through their first 12 games with an embarrassing blowout loss to the Saints that mirrored our Colts loss, and another bad showing against the Bears, and 3 straight November losses. The Bucs were 7-5 (like us) going into their December 13th game against the Vikings, and they never lost again that season. Like the Bills, they had a deep, talented roster and had to find their identity. So far, our identity has been to piss away opportunities...but if we wake up this weekend, it could start a hot streak that wins the whole thing.

The issue was that we had a 100 yard kick return called back because of Andre Smith (who had 2 bad penalties). There's 7 right there. We also have to stop kicking 24 and 28 yard field goals. You go for it there, and if you're 50% on converting those to TD's you're still a point ahead of taking two field goals. Last, we had AJ Epineza and Boogie Basham inactive. Why? WTF do we have FOUR backup linebackers in Metakavich, Dodson, Klein, and Smith ACTIVE - and two young stud pass rushers inactive when all those junk LB's do is special teams. This game was lost earlier in the week when they decided who to play and who to sit. I get that we need special teams studs, but most of that game is fair catches and touchbacks now - we could have brought pressure from guys that know how to get pressure. Addison is soft and played way too many snaps.

Can you imagine if the Pats would have won the game yesterday against Dallas? It would have been a situation where everyone was blowing Belichick again nonstop for a whole week. The Pats fans would be insufferable. As it was, the officials almost gave the game to the Pats on multiple occasions. They can go 0-500 in their next 500 and I wouldn't feel a single twinge of compassions for any Patriots fan. They could draft the #1 QB with the first pick in the draft and lose that player to a career ending injury on their first NFL snap for 10 straight years, and I'd feel nothing for them - especially since there aren't any pre-Brady era Pats fans out there anyway. Bandwagon addicted, smug, pompous a-hats. Can't stand that franchise, and never will.

2019 ranking were a joke, they had Drew Brees at #2 and Cam Newton at #16. What a crock of crap

A huge factor will be whether the Bills can get the 1 seed and be at home, with fans and normal noise for the entirety of the playoffs next year. I think that's as important as finding an upgrade.

I didn't mean to sound so snarky - and I agree that only total abstinence works for some. I can see how that "techinically" makes them an alcoholic forever, if they literally have a single drink and immediately spiral back to rock bottom again. However, I've found that often times alcoholics just trade going to AA meetings every day for drinking. It's very cultish - much like a religion. For some, all they can talk about is sobriety. And man, the caffeine and energy drinks. It's as if their addictive personalities and traits have to be expressed through another drug - the drug of acceptance from other for their newfound sobriety, or loads and loads of caffeine. I dated a girl a few years back that cracked a red bull by 10 AM and didn't stop pounding them all day. For others, it's exercise. I have a buddy that does marathons, 50K races, 50 mile races, and 100 mile ultra-marathons. He said sometimes 1/3 of the field is either a recovering narcotics (NA) or alcoholic (AA) - it's as if they never sought out a psychologist/therapist or ever truly looked within/inward to work on (and resolve or get to the root cause of) the addictive personality, they merely traded the destructive alcohol or drug addiction for a healthier alternative - but still an addiction. There's no calm, contentment, or peace of mind with any addiction - be it sex, drugs, scratch tickets, excercise, booze, whatever. I ha.ve a golf buddy that is 8 years sober - smokes weed all day, every day - but won't touch a drink. Odd thing is, he goes to an AA meeting almost every day (even when he travels for work and is out of town) - but can't live without a constant flow of THC.

This is such AA regurgitated crap - you're not always an "alcoholic forever" any more than you have to "yield to a higher power" - the two stupidest things about AA (and why it will be dead as an organization soon) are the "once an alcoholic, forever an alcoholic" and all of the Jesus pseudo Christian crap... all the 12 steps and all that are fine, so is the sponsorship and regular meetings for those who need it, but those other two things aren't universal laws for drinkers.

I see a Carson Wentz turnaround of Ryan Tannehill proportions about to take place. They are the same player leaving the same situation. Yeah, maybe Wentz doesn't have a Derrick Henry but Jonathan Taylor is no slouch and they have pieces that can play, good tight ends, etc. Don't forget Wentz was probably taking the Eagles to the Super Bowl when Big D*!k Nick took them there just 3 seasons ago.

That's cool - I'm a Chiefs fan, grew up in southern Missouri and even though I live near Boston, MA now - all of my family back home are rabid Chiefs fans... They are all sympathetic to the Bills plight having been so close but not quite to the promised land for so long themselves. Man, Mahomes is an amazing talent - how he wasn't the #1 overall pick escapes me.

Zerevolt visiting our board days after the Chiefs game is over reminds me of that guy in a zombie movie that gets bit, but doesn't tell anyone - just kind of has a look on his face like he has to poop. I think he wishes he was a Bills fan, maybe there's something the mafia brings that he's missing in his Chief's fandom and life

Kelly had his success in an era where defensive players could hit the quarterback. It all ended when Tom Brady came in the league. We all remember those games where a woozy, bloodied QB would roll around in pain - that doesn't happen in today's NFL. Hell, Josh Allen as he was hitting the ground on a late hit was signaling with his right hand (that he didn't even need to use to break his fall) that it was a roughing the passer penalty and more free yards. What the NFL has done protecting these QB's has completely changed the entire game. There's zero fear of even getting touched for most of these guys - they are just playing catch.

If only they took the free bye week off with a meaningless opponent and then remembered not to party like feckless rock starts during Superbowl week. Honestly, all accounts are that they threw spring break ragers during their superbowls and were not anywhere near ready at kickoff each appearance.

That's why Trent Murphy and his 8 million was a MISTAKE. Could really use that for a position of need now.

When I watched the game yesterday, I still saw a Zay Jones that couldn't get separation from anyone - and still very iffy hands. He should have dove (slightly) and laid out for an almost perfectly thrown ball - if that was Beasley, or Diggs (or even Brown) - he makes that catch.

It's like the Jim Kelly era where the threw a pick and broke the guy's leg tackling the defensive back that had picked him off. Check out the video on-line of Jim Kelly destroying Anthony Phillips after a pick. That's who we have at QB now - except a much stronger and overall more athletic guy.

Still should have gone cornerback with that pick. Had to be someone available at that pick better than Levi Wallace

Can't believe Kevin Johnson isn't still here - I feel like the Bill screwed that one up royally.

So is the fins at +6.5 (buy the half point to get it to +7 and take the fish all day)

He (Josh Norman) has one of the highest QB ratings against his coverage in the NFL. Statistically, he's awful.

Adam Gase's 34 losses as a head coach, 24 of them have been by 2 touchdowns or more.

Exactly. Greg Roman had receivers that couldn't get separation from single coverage, man defense (cornerbacks). That was the issue - he tried to run a very similar system with Tyrod (unsuccessfully) that he's running with Lamar in Baltimore now. Different players - Baltimore has a ton of receivers that can actually get separation down-field. I completely expect Buffalo's offense to take a huge step forward this year, simply because our play makers can get open. Imagine the New England games this year when Gilmore is in press coverage on Diggs and smoke and Beasley are matched up with Belichick's second and third option - we might finally see a 300 yard game by a Bills QB in Foxboro.

BLM is definitely real stuff. Today I burned a hot dog in the back of the grill, and when I grabbed it with the tongs I could see that it was so dark its life mattered.