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TT to Clay!!! And a great run by Shady! Come on offense. Very very early to say this but it's looking like we could be alright on both sides of the ball.

Break down in coverage there. I expect these types of issues on occasion though. Brand new defense and all.

Yes Sir! Let's hope it keeps up.

Yes!!! Tyrod to Clay! Nice pass TT.

I've been impressed by Tolbert so far.

Great block J. Matt! Greta run shady!

Agreed! The right side of the line isn't opening holes very well so far.

Wow, what a catch by Matthews!

Defense looking good so far (knocks on wood). Humber making some nice plays that drive. Love how the defense swarms the ball. Offense looking pretty decent too. Clay needs to step it up, and I'd like to see a bit better blocking by the O line. But I'm pretty happy with the start. But it kills me not getting points in the red zone... we're not good enough to make those mistakes. Crossman needs to clean up these special teams penalties though.

I am starting to worry about that too.

Ah, that explanation makes sense. Thanks.

Still don't understand how he was down by contact, but whatever. Great job defense!!

Can't believe the Bill's opener Finally here!!! Let's go Buffalo!

I hope for a competent team that looks well coached, doesn't beat themselves and plays relatively well on both sides of the ball (in the same game, during the same season... I know. It's asking for a lot...lol). I hope Tyrod shows he can run this new system well, and takes a step forward in his development as a starting QB. I hope the O line looks much better than they did in preseason. I hope both new systems (on offense and defense) look promising. I hope a bunch of the new guys show their potential. And I obviously hope for a convincing win! As far as expectations... I haven't a clue what to expect. There's been MASSIVE roster turn over (I believe there are only 22 players left from last year) They have a Brand new rookie head coach, brand new coaching staff top to bottom, which brings new schemes/systems/techniques on both sides of the ball and in general a new way of doing most things. Plus it's the First game of the season, expect some rust and mistakes/hiccups with the new schemes. Even more so on offense since Tyrod and the starting WR's didn't really get to play together during preseason (and that goes somewhat for the O,line as well). So yeah, no clue what to expect. There have been so many changes in such a short amount of time. I guess the only thing I can really expect with some confidence is that things are deifnirly not going to be anywhere near perfect. I'd love to come away from the game feeling like this coaching staff might finally be the answer, but I'm not going to jump to any real conclusions (whether things go bad, good or great) after game 1 of a brand new regime.

Not really sure why you say Kyle rarely talks. He's given plenty of interviews already this offseason. Here's another one from just the other day. http://www.wgr550.com/articles/news/williams-expects-overall-improvement-defense "It really wasn't this big, agonizing decision. I always wanted to play," Williams said with Howard Simon and Jeremy White on WGR Thursday morning. "It was just the question mark of what our new direction was going to be and if [the team] wanted me to be a part of it. When I talked to Sean [McDermott], he was like, 'Yeah, we definitely want you to be part of it.' That's really as far as the conversation really went. I said, 'If you want me to play and you want me back, I'm definitely in to play.' So here we are: year number-12, getting ready to go."

Good read. Thanks for sharing. I can't wait for Sunday!! I am really pulling for Tyrod to play well. I knew what we were seeing in preseason wasn't the offense. They were working on specific little sets of plays each preseason game. Very anxious to see what this offense truly looks like. Hopefully execution will be at a good level. Sucks that TT didn't get to play much in preseason again. We seen what happened last season when Rex was too scared of injury to play any of the starters. It took TT and the offense a couple of games to get in sync. Hope that doesn't happen this year.

Losing Gillislee sucked, but I'm still not ready to put 100% of the blame on McDermott. I am sure he was heavily involved, but The Gillislee original round tender and not matching is exactly the same thing that happened with Hogan the year before. Seems like Whaley's MO to me. At the very least I think McDermott was relying heavily on Whaley & his staff for their help with personnel evaluations, and I'd be willing to bet that Whaley thought that J. Williams could step right in and fill Gillislee's role, just like Gillislee did with Karlos Williams. Or Whaley thought he could replace Gilly with that 5th round pick (where he drafted both Karlos and Jonathan Williams). McDermott hadn't been here long st that point and hadn't coached these guys yet, maybe hadn't even met em... It's a moot point though, because we will probably never know for sure, and I'm not saying that it wasn't 100% McDermott. I'm just saying that I don't like assuming it was because none of us know. Anyway... honestly I'd take Nate Peterman over Gillislee at this point (we used the Pats 5th to draft him). QB is a much greater area of need for this team than backup RB is.

Damn... that's a huge blow to that KC defense. I feel bad for Berry. That guy has been through quite a lot in the last few years.

As happy as I was to see the Patriots struggle as that game went on (I Loved seeing Brady being repeatedly knocked on his ass in the 4th quarter), I'm not reading too much into it yet. They've started out seasons slow before. Belichick will have that team playing well by the time we face them. I remember talks in previous years of "this might be the year the Patriots and Brady start going downhill" only to be severely disappointed. They've owned the division for far too long for me to believe that they won't again this year until I actually See it happen. It'd sure be great though if they truly did struggle this year.

I'll take this version of Alex smith in Buffalo next year, if KC wants to dump him for Mahomes...

Great game. I think we can forget about possibly getting anything but a late 1st from KC... (not that I really expected anything other than that anyway)

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere, but Tyrod Taylor will be featured on NFL Network's Tackle My Ride, where he will help a lucky Bills fan's car get an extreme makeover - http://www.newyorkupstate.com/buffalo-bills/index.ssf/2017/09/buffalo_bills_tyrod_taylor_to_be_featured_on_nfl_networks_tackle_my_ride.html#incart_river_index Wish it was my car getting tricked out!

Damn, Brady literally had All Day to throw there.

I'm not actually sitting here rooting them on or anything. I am just enjoying plays made by both teams, while hope the Chiefs lose since we hold their draft pick and are more likely to be competing against them for a wild card spot than against the Pats for the division (not that either of those scenarios are all that likely anyway).

I'm still rooting for the Pats guys. I know we all hate them, but what's best for Buffalo is the Pats winning and I Always want what's best for Buffalo, no matter what.