transplantbillsfan

I only had to look at who started this thread to know how sad and pathetic it would be. Aren't you a Bills fan? Move on.

We're fine. Go away.

I was thinking the same thing about both of Allen's interceptions. I was actually just so friggin impressed he was even able to stay upright and get the ball out on the 1st interception that I didn't care he threw it to the other team. He'll learn to throw those away. Or in some cases he'll actually shrug off the defender and make those plays positive plays, instead. Same thoughts for the 2nd Interception. I'm glad Dabol dialed up a throw like that from the end zone. I really didn't like Dabol's playcalling as the game began. It was obvious he was trying to protect Allen. Only as the game got out of hand did Allen get to really throw it around and did the offense move. Why does that always seem to happen? I hope Dabol and Allen are in each other's ears all week and they're figuring out how to incorporate more RPOs or something to make the offense more explosive from the beginning of the game rather than waiting until we're down by multiple TDs before opening up. I'm still pretty excited about the rest of the season, actually. Now that Allen is starting and hopefully McDermott retains defensive playcalling duties, I still think we can make some serious noise.

Won't go so far as you, but I think this team is starting to figure stuff out and I think we'll be at least highly competitive Sunday. I hope the combination of McDermott calling the plays along with maybe Allen and Dabol coming up with some stuff that Allen is more comfortable in running (more RPOs?) can propel us to a W. Yes, definitely a chance at maybe a W What the hell! I'm in... what could go wrong???

This is probably the reality here and hopefully Frazier is on board.

It's 7 AM in Hawai'i and I'm drinking coffee. Too early for the hooch... usually

Saw them 2 weeks in a row. I watch all the games sitting in a bar.

No, they won't. Save your ridiculous hyperbole.

I don't gamble. Yes, I really believe that. People need to simmer down. The NFL is so damn week to week it's insane. McDermott has this team heading in the right direction. But sometimes for every 2 steps forward, you have to take 1 step back before moving forward another couple steps.

At least 8, if you're asking for my opinion.

No. The Bills aren't "sacrificing" anything. McDermott and Beane are building long term, but they clearly care about the now, too. We were 1-1 last year after 2 games in a playoff season, now we're 0-2 after 2 games and our last half of football looked like we started figuring something out. We're going to be the butt of a lot of jokes nationally for the next few weeks, but it's clear to me that the part of what Joe B says in the "they knew this was coming" are growing pains with a rookie QB of the offense and Defense... and now toss in McDermott relinquishing Frazier of playcalling duties for the defense. The team is learning and adjusting and trying to get better. And they will. We're going to win some games, folks.

I don't gamble. If I did, I would.

I think we're very competitive next weekend. I wouldn't say we win, but I wouldn't rule that out. But that spread is just too big. Yes, I watched both games. It's a shame McDermott is having to adjust so much right now rather than having things perfectly in place, but last week's game was figuring out that his initial QB decision was wrong. This week was about Defense. I think McDermott continues calling Defensivelyfrom now on and the D rallies a little around Lorax and Kyle who are likely already pointing at Davis's quitting as something that's not part of the culture of the Buffalo Bills. The 2nd half today was a completely different half from the previous 3 halves this team has played. I think there's rollover. And I think Allen's promising start today is going to serve as a further rallying point for the team. I hope Dabol gets a little more creative than what he did particularly in the 1st half and gets Allen moving around quite a bit more. Go get Josh Gordon and steal 1 of our next 2 games!!! 1-3 at the quarter mark going into the softer part of the schedule isn't so bad

Ironic? I blindly love the Bills. That's my tribalism. The last 4 QBs who played for the Bills (Edwards, Fitz, Manuel, Taylor) I also liked to varying degrees for different reasons. The degree to which I liked each QB is different and it was never the kind of unwavering loyalty and devotion to each QB you could qualify as tribalism, despite the rather demented perspective otherwise from some around here who, I think, enjoy trolling me--I'm a big boy and can deal with that. I didn't like Losman as a QB and really hated Peterman as a QB, but rooted for both. I think it's pretty obvious most here will cling for dear life to whatever public presumptions they have here. Tribalism it is.

Holy crap... strong words from Lorax here. Davis retired?! Does Cleveland need a CB? Maybe we can convince Davis to go to Cleveland in part of a package to acquire Josh Gordon.

Oh my God...

I don't think anyone is blown away, just really encouraged. But like I said--tribalism

This was one of the best things I saw today. Always encouraging all of his teammates offense AND defense. Always looking at the playbook and with the headphones on while he's on th e sideline. Talk about feeling our way around to start the season... last week it was figuring out the QB position. This week it was figuring out the defense. I think if we can eek out a win in the next 2 weeks and be 1-3 going into the softer part of our schedule we should all be ecstatic.

We can always count on that kind of tribalism here.

Go away

Seriously folks... We've said games kickoff the "_______ Era" in the past, but this appears to be the closest thing to a beginning of a Franchise QB era we've seen in decades. Closer than Losman or Manuel, who were 1st round QBs we basically settled for. Closer than Rob Johnson or Trent Edwards or Ryan Fitzpatrick or Tyrod Taylor or Nathan Peterman () Kelly Holcomb or Kerry Collins or... Last week didn't feel like opening week to me. I felt only anxiety about who we had under center. Now...

Tomorrow is going to be interesting in terms of whether McCloud is active. This just can NOT be due to confidence in Foster. I mean I thought he was rather likely to make the roster because of Dabol, but it's obvious that at the very least he needs some time to gain some confidence in catching the football. McCloud, on the other hand, looked pretty ready to play and contribute. And the chemistry between Allen and McCloud was palpable. We're probably going to see a lot of 2 TE sets and I wonder if Croom is a name we start hearing a lot.

Well that's interesting. Who's our 3rd WR? Foster?

Funny. Revealing. Frightening. I haven't understood the infatuation with Peterman for over a year now. I find it pretty funny that most of those folks are in hiding right now. It's less painful if you just own being wrong, folks. Take it from a guy who's been there