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I like the play call, but Benjamin running the deep route .?

Just as the 3rd and long bugaboo reared it’s head, a nice takeaway. This D needs to continue their trend from last year

That is one sparse crowd for just the 2nd home game of the year

Titans 26 Bills 12

At this point, you cannot do this. Fine if that was the plan all along and the Bills had another QB that can actually play ( not necessarily well) in the league. Now that Allen has been the starter, you must leave him in except in case of injury. In that sense, the signing is a good one. Being one play away from being forced to play Nathan Peterman in an NFL game is a place that no team should put itself in.

So now kneeling during the anthem can only be “ protesting” one thing ? Lol ... what an A hole this clown is. Anthem protests are dumb, but why can’t others join the fun and “ make it their own “ ?

Probably want to get Thurman a little face time on a national telecast ( the Bills only one this year) is all. Number retirements don’t happen all that often, so they usually get a mention / interview with the announcing crew.

The Bills need WRs far more than RB’s, and Castillo’s run blocking schemes are terrible anyway. They should be doing anything and everything to bring in WRs.

It’s relevant on a Bills message board. Our current FO invested major picks in this years rookies. They seem to have a penchant for paying multiple picks for specific players rather than taking best available with a single pick. Beane and McD may overrate themselves as talent evaluators. Their rebuild strategy of jettisoning talent from previous regimes places outsize importance on their ability to evaluate and draft players. These types of lists may give an indication of how this overhaul is going.

Depew Deli, 4911 Broadway . It’ll be exactly what you want. Wegmans is pretty good, but cannot beat a real Deli. Edit: they’re closed now. You can catch the Deli Shoppe at 4730 Broadway open at 9 AM.

It’s not on the rise ;more likely static and probably far less than decades ago. It’s just that we now have Twitter. Coupled with CNN pushing a racism narrative , it’s given the perception of a rise in racism. Obama was elected President twice. Wouldn't have happened if racism was so pervasive, and certainly wouldn’t have happened in decades past.

I saw somewhere that the Bills were bringing in Joe Klopfenstein for a workout.

You simply can’t underestimate this stuff. Remember Percy Harvin ? While we know how that eventually turned out , Harvin had a great relationship with the Bills WR coach at the time. He said it made a big impact on his decision to sign with the Bills instead of the Patriots. It’s too bad, because the Bills are desperately lacking in WR talent.

I’d generally subscribe to the philosophy that you’re either good or you’re not, but Allen seems like a possible exception. He’s absolutely a remedial prospect from a tiny program that can’t possibly get a guy NFL ready. The Bills botched this by not having a seasoned vet QB, thinking they could actually get by with Nathan Peterman as a starter. So Allen plays, but I’m not so sure this can ruin him. The Bills plan might not work , and Coaches and GM will be fired, and Allen will end up on another team. He may never get a legitimate shot at starting again, as teams may not want to invest in a reclamation project. He won’t be ruined, but rather he’ll remain an underdeveloped product. A could- have rather than a has-been. He may fight through the garbage around him and succeed, but the Bills are sure making him climb a giant hill.

Very true, as all 3 network announcers in the booth ( Patrick, Theismann, Maguire ) said it was an illegal forward pass while the play was still live. Seemed apparent and warranted a flag.

Actually, through the end of the 2017 season it’s .467. That’s 23rd overall and bottom ten in the NFL fwiw. Only 3 franchises have posted a .560 or better all time : Dallas, Green Bay, Chicago.

And the Bills paid two draft picks to boot.

Seems to have pretty good quickness off the line for a huge DT

I thought it said claimed off waivers ? Interesting , as signed instead of “ claimed” would mean a new contract vs claiming the existing one.

The defense looks more than passable. Offense looks all-time putrid capable for sure though.

The track record was certainly not there. It was a middling hire at best and uninspired.

We can expect this the rest of the way, save for what will likely be another prime time debacle vs NE on MNF. Although the MNF announcers aren’t exactly top tier either.

Well he was fired almost immediately after the draft. It would seem the owner could have forced this issue, not sure if I’m buying this one.

I checked out the analysis from YPP posted here. Perhaps you came to a different conclusion, but it wasn’t exactly kind to Allen’s performance.

I love the reasoning often stated as : Brady , Rodgers, other great QB etc... they’ll make stars out of average WRs, a beer truck driver can play OL in front of them etc... Then : Great QB X wouldn’t be great in Buffalo, as he doesn’t have a perfect team around him, doesn’t have the Coach to make him great etc. Circular logic rules the day, apparently.