transplantbillsfan

It was a moral victory. I hate to say it, but it was. Our defense is Elite. It's absolutely incredible. Kyle and Lorax have, very simply, found the fountain of youth. I thought this was obviously both of their last season's in Buffalo. Now I'm wondering why it would be. Hughes should be retained once his contract is up. He's a beast. 3/4ths of our secondary is Elite, and White is just a revelation. I've been on the Edmunds train since we drafted him and he's made some rookie mistakes, but he's been a lot more really good than bad. Why haven't you liked Milano? He might be the 2nd best player on our team right now. He's just been spectacular since he took the field last year. Our Defense must be so damn frustrated. What would there be on offense to make us remotely happy? Zay Jones finally looks like the WR we drafted... he's actually catching the friggin ball and can move a bit. Ivory should be running more than Shady, not because Shady has lost a step--I don't think he has and I'm not about to get rid of him--but because our OL sucks and Ivory is a strong and decisive runner. Benjamin did a little something... along with a little something stupid. I wish Allen were healthy. I want him to play and take his lumps and learn. With him playing, I'd be okay with the Ls. Last night was almost typical Bills vs Patriots formula... Bills stay close enough for 2 or 3 quarters to be competitive; often through unconventional methods. Final score is lopsided. Now Peterman starts. I'm more worried for Peterman the person than Bills fans getting an L. Every remaining game--except the Patriots in Foxboro--is actually winnable... even for this team. This sucks. But I'm still rooting for this team. I just wish they'd give us something to root for. And I want Allen back.

Absolutely. He has been the lone bright spot on offense this season.

I agree. Look, I am absolutely rooting for the kid, and I was incredibly happy for him when he threw that TD pass in the Texans game. I hoped that would ultimately be enough and we could eek out a W before the "real Peterman" showed up. We all know what happened. Peterman's a mirage. He always was. But evidently he's a mirage that manifests itself well enough to trick an entire organization on multiple occasions into sticking with him and then going back to him again and again. So, either the real Pick-Six-Peterman shows up and we're on our way to a top pick in the draft, or the mirage that manifested itself consistently for McBeane finally does so in a regular season game long enough to give us a little hope this season awaiting Allen's return. I'm expecting the former, hoping for the latter.

Anderson has been on the team barely 3 weeks. If you watched his last 2 games and aren't just looking at stats, you can tell Anderson is already better than Peterman in those 3 weeks and he could still improve as he gets more comfortable. This isn't saying Anderson is great. But I'd bet you we'd go 4-4 in the 2nd half of the season if Anderson started the rest of the way. Let's all remember, Buffalo had the most difficult schedule in the NFL for the first 8 games and our upcoming 8 games poses the easiest schedule. We've managed 2 wins... which is almost impressive given our offensive ineptitude. If Anderson remained the starter, we'd end up in that 6-10 / 7-9 purgatory we Bills fans have grown accustomed to. Peterman is such a friggin dumpster fire he will be significantly more likely to lead us to the top of the draft than Anderson.

Annnnnnnd Shefty reporting Anderson concussed and Peterman expected to start

I'm sure a rift is already in there for a now 2-6 team with an Elite Defense.

I disagree. I like all our young players, for the most part--Peterman notwithstanding--but Beane needs more time.

Kewel... isn't this the same guy who trained with Jordan Palmer over the offseason with Darnold and Allen??? Bring him in!!!

Anderson is bad. Peterman is the worst starting QB in NFL history. Start Peterman.

Agreed completely on Allen, but it sounds like the injury is worse than initially thought. Put Allen in if he doesn't risk making his injury worse. Otherwise, Pick-Six-Peterman!!!

... and yet... if you're legitimately paying attention... he's still better than Peterman

True, but if there's risk of making his current injury worse because it's not fully healed--which is how it currently sounds--he shouldn't. We've already won 2 games and if you're watching the games, Anderson will figure things out and winning at least a few more unless McDermott blatantly tanks. Pay attention!!!

Exactly why Peterman should start for a now 2-6 football team that would now, at worst, need to go 7-1 in order to make the playoffs.

If you're paying attention to the games themselves and aren't just looking at the stats, you'd know this isn't true. Anderson is figuring this out. We're going to win at least 4 more games if Anderson is our starter.

Yep. And he'd win us some games. Peterman, on the other hand, is an absolute dumpster fire and will guarantee us tons of losses for a better pick.

My sister, niece, and brother-in-law are there. Believe me, I take no pride in saying this, but prospects are dim, and now dimmer with Anderson apparently injured.

No need QB. Trade down for more picks for more weapons.

Whoop whoop!!!

If Allen is out til after the bye and perhaps the whole season and we're really looking to the future... start Peterman. Anderson might not have the stats, but if you're watching him, we will absolutely win 6 or 7 games this season even after this Patriots loss. Our defense is soooooo damn good and Anderson looks like he's starting to get a little more comfortable... yes, I know what his stats are. So, let's make everyone happy... the Peterman guys... the tank guys.... well... I guess not the "win now" guys-- I was one of those. But... can't please everyone. Start Peterman!!!

Not obtuse in any way. I just made that very clear. You disagree with the premise of the post. I just made sure it was clear. You can go back to your regularly scheduled personal insults now. I'm going to watch football. Go Bills!

I see I apparently have to spell this out because I'm accused of being obtuse when I thought it was obvious. You're calling me naive claiming the Russians and foreign entities have been trying to influence our elections forever. The operative word you use here is "try." I didn't use that word. Thus my confusion over whether you were actually addressing me since you were responding to something I didn't say. I wasn't trying to be tricky... seemed pretty obvious the difference in meaning.

I still don't understand. You're addressing me. But you aren't responding to what I said. I'd say you're using a simple twist of rhetoric politicians often use, but I was told this is a place of intelligent discourse and I could learn a lot if I just stuck around. I wouldn't think posters in a place so described would so subtly twist words to try to make another poster look foolish.

I'm sorry... are you responding to what I said? It doesn't seem like it, despite your choice of quoting me. Did you mean to quote someone else?