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    Ken Dorsey with a tremendous debut

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    7 hours ago, billsfanmiamioh said:

    Really liked the play calling but I agree with this. Motor was by far and away the best back. Sorry Moss & Cook, gotta earn those touches. Less mad about Cook even in spite of the fumble because I like McD giving him the chance. I think Moss should have less touches, he just doesn’t do it for me. 

    Moss cancelled out his good game with the soft fumble.

    Dorsey called a great first game. Only flub giving Cook a touch. Should’ve waited for an ordinary 1pm game for Cook 

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    Beating Bengals would be more impressive than last two.

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    As impressive as the last two wins have been, it is altogether different to go on the road against a familiar conference opponent as a slight favorite and pull out the victory. It was not too many years ago that the Bills went to Cincinnati 'on a roll' and got their ass handed to them.

    I am cautiously optimistic at the moment, but get this W and I will be fully on the bandwagon.

    Two road wins in a row seemed like an impossibility a month ago. Go Bills!

    Crow Eaters Thread

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    I had us winning this game all offseason until this morning. Really pleased with how we played.

    So happy the defense is nearly always in position. Tackling is good, cornerbacks are playing like they've been together years. Defense and special teams coaching is way ahead of where they should be this early on.

    The Insanity of Tanking Talk

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    I know everyone seems to struggle with nuance here.

     

    Up until recently "tanking" was not part of the sports vocabulary. You can build something without tanking. That is what the Bills are doing.

     

     

    • The Bills already have 6 picks in the top 100 next year. They will have great flexibility to go after a QB if they are dissatisfied with Taylor at the end of 2017.

    • Peterman was picked to be a backup. Mid-round rookie QBs occasionally turn into Kirk Cousins, but regardless they are great ways to have cost-controlled backups who turn into future trade assets. New England has been doing this for years (Hoyer, Mallet, Jimmy G, etc.) We could get lucky with him, but right now he is completing 50% of his passes against the 2nd and 3rd stringers. He is not remotely prepared to start an NFL football game.

    • Taylor could probably garner a 3rd rounder at this point - not a game-changer given the ammo the Bills already have. Somehow one bad preseason game proves that he cannot play and yet we could get great value for him. Okay.

    • McCoy was traded 2 1/2 years ago and the Eagles got nothing. The Bills would not profit from that trade and he would represent a ton of dead money. Trading Kyle Williams would get what, a 5th round pick?

    • The idea that the Boldin retirement would trigger a tank is bizarre and would truly mean that this team has no plan. Up until he signed, most Bills fans had given up on the idea that he was coming in the first place.

    McDermott and Beane know that they are in the mushy middle of the AFC - nowhere close to Pats and Steelers, but several steps above the misery of Jags, Browns, and Jets. They HAVE to build for 2018 and beyond - and they have been doing that starting with the trade down for Tre White. The Watkins trade fits in that framework, but IT DOES NOT REPRESENT A TANK. Look at the Bovada odds - the Bills expected win total did not go down. Watkins or not, they are at best a wild-card team this year. They are like 10 other teams in the AFC that could win between 6 and 10 games depending on injuries, officiating, schedule, penalties, etc. The wild card is a worthy and realistic goal to compete for and would be a huge step towards where the team wants to go. Even if they go 7-9 again, McDermott wants this team "in the hunt" until December. It doesn't help him to start of his coaching career by going 3-13 with Nate Peterman. You are always on the clock in the NFL.

     

    One great indicator of an executive's success is his/her ability to be future-oriented. If you read War Room you will see Belichick/Pioli were looking at the future, even as their '02 team unexpectedly went on a run and made the Super Bowl. Because of Brady's unexpected rise, the Pats have always been able to focus on the future. This is the way that McDermott and Beane are trying to run the team but it does not mean strip-mining the current roster.

    The heavy lifting is done. We can go 12/4 and still have great draft possibilities. However when Thanksgiving rolls around, if we're not looking good, I can see us folding like a lawn chair.

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