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Holly crap! How was Tyrod not sacked there?!

Oops. Another terrible hot take

Tyrod back out. I knew he'd push to get back out there.

Yeah I loved that there was 3 guys there swarming that ball/player immediately.

Wonder if Tyrod come back in? I'm thinking not, but knowing Tyrod he will really push to get back out there. Dude is tough.

Nice stop defense!

Yeah it was, I think.

That penalty really seemed to kill the drive, but I liked what I seen before that. All in all not a bad opening drive for a new offense. I like what Williams is showing so far. Looks like we could have our backup RB.

Tyrod to Watkins! 3 for 3! And now J. Williams hits a big hole. Damn it Richie. lol

Taylor got the ball out real quick there.

Yeah, good punt for sure. Tough bounce for the Bills, too.

Not a great play by Tate there...

Yarbrough!!

Nice stop by Darues there!

Here we go!!

All I really want to see is some basics - just all around competence. Defensive play calls coming in on time. Players showing that they understand how to run the defense. The offense demonstrating an understanding of the scheme and Tyrod looking capable of running it. Anything more in the 1st preseason game is a bonus. Obviously I want to see guys like White, Jones, Ragland, Dawkins (or Mills), Sammy, Tyrod, J. Williams, (etc) making plays/stepping up, and I'd like to feel good about their depth on both offense and defense, especially at the position groups viewed as weak (D line, LB, CB, S, OL, even WR although I don't view that as a weakness anymore). But it's only the first preseason game, so I'm tempering expectations. I'm very curious to see how TT fits in this offense. Hoping for the best! I'm also very curious to see how McDermott handles his first game as heas coach on the sidelines.

Less than 3 hours till some actual Bills football... even if it is only preseason, I'll take it!

Co-owner Kim Pegula played a big role in adding Anquan Boldin - http://nysportsbiz.com/2017/08/08/bills-co-owner-kim-pegula-played-big-role-in-adding-anquan-boldin/

Those comments came off kind of petty to me. It also seemed like Johnson is still kind of blaming everything/everyone but himself for his failure. I mean, the guy played on what, 5 different NFL teams? 1 before he came here and 3 after he left, and then tried out for a couple more teams in the years that followed. If he was a legit NFL (starting) QB, he would have latched on somewhere. I think sometimes the people who are always looking for excuses and trying to place the blame on others allow that mindset to negatively interfere with their lives/careers. Instead of just putting the necessary work in to better their situation, they blame others for their own shortcomings. I have no idea if that's the case with RJ, but it's just something I've observed in my life.

LOL

Lol. Nobody. I was just joking around.

Watson threw a completed pass. The Bills totally blew it by not drafting him! We are domed forever...

Can't believe the Bills play their first (preseason) game tomorrow! Super excited to see what the offense and defense look like. I'm not expecting them to show much, but it'll still be exciting none the less. I'm just so happy football season is here (just about, anyway).

Plus, it's not like a single Bills fan has ever tried to say that Tyrod is as good as (or better than) Matt Ryan, Derek Carr or Aaron Rodgers, so it's more/less a moot point anyway. Everybody knows Tyrod is not as good as those 3 QBs... The only QB who people have said Tyrod is as good as (or better than) is Ryan Tannehill, and Miami's defense was 19th in points allowed IIRC. Miami also had much better overall coaching and arguably more luck. Miami definitely had a better season overall but IIRC They won 6 one score games last season and Buffalo lost 6 one score games last season. Reverse some of those for both teams and things look a bit different. You can see where having the 19th PPG defense vs the 26ppg defense could factor in. I was glad to see you bring up how badly that one Pats game affects the Bills average in points allowed. I understand the argument that it's not fair to take a game off the schedule and I (somewhat) agree. But I would guess that there are not many other teams who had 1 single game skew their PPG that greatly (especially when you factor in all the circumstances surrounding that game). But what happens if Tyrod plays the Jets game? Obviously we don't know the result, but I have to think it'd be better than the game EJ put together. I believe the Bills were 7th in scoring before that last Jets game, with a very real chance to land somewhere between 4-6 with a decent performance. Like I said above though, I do understand that taking a game off the schedule can skew any team's averages and agree with that foe the most part. But I do think that Pats game and the circumstances surrounding it has to be taken into account, especially with how much that single game changes the average.

They seem to do that a lot, IMO. Like for example the media was doing that just the other day when Pegula was giving his interview. He'd give a short answer and just be starting to elaborate, and some reporter interrupts him to ask a different question. I was getting aggravated. They're so anxious to ask the next question that they don't even let the guy finish answering the previous one. Seems kind of unprofessional to me...