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Yeah, Goff looked absurdly slow back there in the pocket tonight, and missed a lot of throws he should have made regardless of the pressure and wind. It reminded me of how Allen would have likely been able to keep plays going with his feet, although I wish he had some of the weapons that the Lions have on O. If he feels any pressure, Goff becomes very average at QB. Hopefully we can get some pressure on Hurts and stop the run by the time we play the Eagles.

And there's our new guy. Guess we didn't realize Hill meant he'd cost the Bills like this.

Well, and the defense too. Sheesh, they can just call all running plays the rest of the game, apparently.

Yes, those 3 plays were all misses by Josh. 1st play was partially Samuel's fault on the busted play, but he missed Shakir completely on 2nd down, and then he throws into the worst coverage on 4th down. I think the swing guy was open for at least 2 yards - Samuel?

And Josh isn't playing well. That drive and INT are all on him.

Bucs already have 111 yards rushing. Sigh.

He didn't have a good game, but we are still 6-3 this year. The question is why? What are team defenses doing to get Josh off his game? In the losses this year, Josh has unsurprisingly looked a bit lost. Is he having to wait for receivers to get open and that is making him jumpy in the pocket? I do think that is part of it, but I also think our lack of weapons at WR is helping opposing teams keep more folks in the box to prevent Josh from running as much.

Well, I think we had better receivers last year. Largely, that's because of all the injuries this year. Cooper could at least good draw some attention away from Shakir and the TEs at times. I'm not sure what scheme to run with this limited group, but we need to change things up because opposing defenses are scheming against our fairly obvious gameplan. At the end of the day, we are still 6-3, but we need to prove we are a playoff team by winning at least 3 out of the next 4 games.

The Steelers have a different problem. Metcalf is one of the best receivers in the NFL, and the Chargers had one safety always drifting to Metcalf's side the entire game. Couple that with aged Rodgers not being able to deal with (e.g., elude) the extra pressure last night, and a few drops by the other receivers and you have problems. Rodgers also missed quite a few throws last night. But, we don't have anyone close to Metcalf's level on our squad. And, let's be realistic here, Coleman would be nothing more than a backup on the Steelers.

Quite possible, but the receiver was completely blanketed and we aren't sure where the receiver was supposed to ultimately go. That said, it's typical of Josh's poor games. When the run game is stuffed, opposing teams just don't fear our current receiving group. There isn't a lot of room in there for Josh to place the ball and he starts making questionable decisions. It is undoubtedly the worst receiving group in the NFL at the moment.

It's an avalanche effect - receivers not getting open leads to Allen holding onto the ball too long and makes him jumpy back there. Stop our run game, and most teams just aren't fearing our pass game at the moment. Where's the deep threat with Palmer and Samuel out? And now Kincaid is likely out for a week or two. Not good. Regarding the original post, I think, especially given the injuries, the receivers are more to blame than Brady, but Brady needs to try and find an answer. Even on the INT in the endzone, the Bills receiver was completely covered. Josh shouldn't have forced it in there, but given how easily our receivers are being blanketed he needs to try and force some action sometimes. But, the receivers are really bad, and Keon isn't an NFL caliber receiver. He just doesn't have the athleticism from what I see. Beane whiffed there.

Bigger than all the issues at the moment are injuries. I just can't believe how many starters we will be down after this game. Kincaid out with a hamstring injury, and Jackson down for the count. Who the heck can Josh throw to out there? It's no wonder the pundits after the game were commenting about how Josh was having to find ways to buy time for his receivers to get open today. They are just not able to separate consistently enough.

Yes, the Pats have too easy a schedule and this is another loss we couldn't afford. The good news is the Pats will have to play all the tough games next year as the division winner.

I mean, they just don't have any talent at receiver. None. It's all about Cook and the TEs. It's not working today.

This is starting to look like Josh Allen's worst game as a QB for the Bills.