oldmanfan

It’s going to be a helluva game Sunday. They’ll be tough to slow down but we did so last year in 120 degree heat and 4 non starters in the defensive backfield.

As I pointed out since so many fawn over PFF around here, Brown is ranked higher. Sorry if that also escaped you. And since you brought up Jones as a guy that you apparently think is better than Brown, tell me how many Browns games you’ve watched.

Yes. Inherent in that question would be a T who would be an improvement over Brown. Sorry that escaped you.

Would be interesting to ask the brain trust for the Bills O about this So one guy? And not that I’m a big believer in PFF rankings but they have Brown ranked above Jones. Thanks for trying.

The 220 some pound LB they drafted in the 3rd round last year seems to be working out. Rather than just random criticism, can I ask you to go back to that 3rd round or lower and identify a T that could have been drafted who is currently starting and playing at a higher level than brown?

And if you watch him this year, watch him without confirmation bias, he's not doing that bad. He certainly has room to improve but he's not playing that bad. But because, if you look at the rest of the roster there are no obvious candidates, Brown is targeted for the negativity. Interesting points

I know in my advancing years memories can sometimes be foggy, but I seem to recall in the first game against the Fish last year we had replacements in every one of the DB spots save for Taron, and we held them down pretty well. Given we have Tre and Hyde and Poyer in there and an emerging Bernard, plus McD calling what seems to be more aggressive play calls, I think we stand a good chance Sunday. We won't completely shut them down, but I don't see the Fish running wild.

The Commanders with 4 first round picks on the D line were weak? That was last year. This year is this year. Out of the 5 guys yes, he's probably the least accomplished. But no one will answer what reasonable expectations are for the guy.

Target. Hot seat. Whatever. There is a strange predilection around here to focus negativity on a given player. Right now it’s Brown. And no he does not, in your word, suck. He is good in the run game and needs to continue to improve in pass protection. If Brown shows marked improvement then the target will simply shift to another guy. One would have thought that it would be Bernard since.so much negativity in the off-season was about not having a MLB but surprise! - when he actually played he was pretty good. This is why I try to just watch the games and not let confirmation bias affect my view of how a given guy plays. Ironically enough there is only one guy on the roster who has played one truly sucky game, and that was Josh week one.

There is none. The real question to be asked is this: if you know you're overreacting, then why start the thread to begin with?

To address each of your points: 1. Spot on. He is good in run blocking, must continue to improve on pas protection. 2. Beane bought in Shell but he retired. He then brought in Ifedi. That's called addressing the position. And if we had drafted a RT and then stayed with drafting Torrence in round 2 the complaints would be that nothing was done to give Allen more weapons. 3. None

I think for RT's it's Target you go to, but I'd have to double check.

But if one actually watches the games thus far and focus in on him he is doing OK. Like any guy in the league he got beat a couple times. You tell me, what should we be looking for in terms of performance? No pressures or sacks given up? There's a name for tackles like that: HOFers.

John, he is this year's target. Not much you can say to remove the target from his back. He is not the best RT in the league, but not the worst either. Good run blocker but given his size can be susceptible to getting off balance at times in pass protection. Horrors.

I get the point several have made. My point is there seems to be an effort to single guys out even before the season starts. Brown is this year. He’s not an All Pro but if you watched the game Sunday he did pretty good.

Yes. It’s not almost every pass play either. Some yes. You’d be nuts to just let Crosby go wild for example. But he did just fine Sunday. What are realistic expectations? Should a RT allow no pressures in a game? If that is what people expect there are very few players who pass that test.

And it is not almost every play. Watch the games.

I have been watching Brown every game thus far. He has played OK. Too many fans have confirmation bias and/or think you should have All Pro caliber guys at every position.

Nope. It’s picking out a punching bag. Happens every year.

Why do so many fans feel the need to assign a player as the designated punching bag? This year it’s Brown. Last few year Edmunds with a sprinkling of Oliver and Saffold. Brown has done OK so far.

Should have had the one catch for sure. But the flow of the game is the flow of the game. Last week flowed to him more and he played really well. Gave us better at downfield routes and we didn’t focus on those yesterday. As teams have to start cheating up to take away our shorter stuff that we’ve done the past two games Gabe will get his share.

Gave had one bad drop and 1 TD catch.

And why did Howell make mistake after mistake? A smothering defense. You just refuse to own what you said about preferring exciting losses. You refuse to acknowledge winning with less than 300 yards passing is a good thing. Could we have scored another TD here or there? Sure. The 4th and 1 call was dumb. Knox. dropped a TD pass. But the actual NFL is much different than Madden. In the real NFL you see what is working and not and adjust accordingly. McD had Howell and Bienemy befuddled all day. That was the story of the game. There was one catch he should have made. And of course had a TD. I realize it’s hard to find negatives when the team wins in a blowout but we all don’t have to be so desperate to find one either.

I’m not taking it personally. Merely stating fact. And while you made your observation, when others offer alternatives they are not excuses, they are differing opinions. In a game like yesterday when you have a defense that is smothering the opposition an OC would be a moron to throw the ball around and perhaps turn it over. But because you would rather have exciting losses vs. less exciting wins you don’t get that.

The guy posting this is the guy who publicly stated that he would rather have the Bills have over 300 yards and lose vs. under and win because it would be more exciting. Just reminding everyone.