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Matt Milano. The defense truly goes how he goes good or bad. The Patriots game he was over pursing too hard and it showed. He is usually in lock step, but he will really dictate IMO what happens. He is also a big energy guy and you can see they feed off him.

It looks to be slightly taken out of context as he explains they have been careful not to go out as a team. So I think it is more with limiting what they are willing to do the options shrink. I have a buddy who lived in Cincy for 2-3 years and loved it said it was very vibrant.

Bills 24 Pats 20 Buffalo wins a tight affair to take back the division. The Pats get the ball first and Jones drives the field until their drive stalls at the Bills 10 and settled for a FG. Allen and the offense respond going the length of the field and cap the drive with a Breida TD from 5 yds out on rush to go up 7-3. Both teams trade field possession on their next drives until the Bills get the ball on Diggs gets a 30 yard completion down to the NE 5 yard line. Dawson Knox gets a TD in the redzone and Buffalo is up 14-3. The Patriots move down the field before half and Stevenson runs a TD in from 15 yards out to get the game to 14-10. Out of half the Bills move down field, but Judon sacks Allen and Bass hits a 45 yard FG to put the Bills up 17-10. After a few traded drives the Pats get a FG thanks to a big completion to Jonnu Smith inside the Buffalo 30 to make it 17-13 entering the 4th quarter. Allen leads a big drive that takes 6 minutes and runs in the TD himself to put the Bills up 24-13 with 8 minutes to go. The Patriots drive downfield and CBS broadcasters won't shut up about Jones who does throw a TD to Aghlor from 10 yards out to make the game 24-20. Buffalo runs some clock but the Patriots get one last drive. At the Bills 40 yard line with 30 seconds left Taron Johnson jumps a route for an INT to seal the game for the Bills. Buffalo finally wins a one score game while taking back the division lead. Allen 21-30 270 yds 1 TD 58 yds rushing 1 TD Singletary 63 yds 12 rushes Diggs 115 yds 7 rec Johnson 2 tackles 1 INT 1 PD

I tend to agree with this. I can't say I blame him his last year in some capacity as Rex really messed the place up, but he 100% made business decisions on plays which was frustrating. I know people got upset about his comments when he left, but he truthfully was dead on and I didn't disagree with him.

I do not disagree with you about the Pats reign being over, but if they take the division they still become an obstacle again and you went 0-2. I agree Buffalo is more talented, but beat NE when they are up for once not on a down year. I hate that 2019 we couldn't have got them once to have done that when Brady was still there.

1 - Josh - He had the game I expected after willing the Bills back singlehandedly vs TB. He played more then well enough to win, I wish late in the game they would've rested him for NE. 2 - Motor - Motor should be RB1 with mixes of Breida and McKenzie. Biggest thing is scheme. This game felt creative and I loved the running plays called. The issue all year for running the ball has been scheme to me and not sticking to a guy. Moss has not looked like the guy he was at the end of last year and I think that injury hurt him. 5 - Cam - It is truly a shame his shoulder fell apart because he is a dynamic player I liked watching. 6 - Diggs - It is funny people say its been a quiet year for Diggs when he has equaled his TD total from last year and pacing for almost 1200 yds. It shows how freaking good he was last year. I have had this feeling the upcoming NE game will be his magnum opus on the season. 9 - Milano - He is at this point the most underrated LB in the NFL. The plays he makes weekly and impact is insane. I said all summer he was the one guy on D they couldn't afford to lose considering how much he does. Maybe this year he will at least get a pro bowl nod. 10 - Moving Forward - This is weird to say but this game feels like a true defining moment with NE and the Bills overall growth as a team. If you really have turned the page to be the alpha team and NE being the giant they were is in the past you win. In a weird way it is like 2019 again where ok they are there for the taking can you win one of two to send then back. I actually think Buffalo will make the playoffs regardless W/L, but optically and perception wise its about the division crown. Part of being the alpha is having a relatively off year where not everything is roses and goes your way and you still win the division. I think the Bills know that and they also know many people are doubting them and crowning NE. I have a feeling that will serve as motivation, but in the end it really comes down to Josh. Outside of some weird flukey loss 38-37 and he throws 400 yds 5 TDs, you were paid to be the dude and you have proven to win these games before. Time to close bud.

I'm going to create a charity where any Bills poster who starts a Pats related thread has to donate a $1 in order to post.. Pretty sure we can get over $1000 by the end a full calendar year.

Their is a pettiness by Brady in this situation that I can truly appreciate lol

I have wondered if Sanders presence has made Josh maybe force more passes his way rather then taking the easy throws which Beasley is available for a lot. Brown was a straight speed guy very north south routes, where Sanders can do more but Josh maybe looks too much his way because of it also.

If there is a team I see them to it is the 2010 Packers that won the title.

That is a really basic take. The offense worked because the offensive line stopped being completely offensive to watch, the WR/TEs started running routes that beat, and Josh basically turned into god mode. Remember he ran for 100 plus yards not the other guys. Not saying the running game didn't have some impact, but the air game forever is the bread and butter they just finally mixed it well in design and Allen made plays all over. Truthfully felt like the first time since TEN Allen was allowed to just do whatever he wanted. I have really wondered if his knee injury from the end of last year is taking its toll. Knee injuries are no joke and can really mess with a player. I 100% agree Beasley has not looked right and for a guy that forever gets open and catches everything, he hasn't been that.

I can see it. Beating NE would be a huge momentum piece to finish the last two games with

Yea well no one has said we are winning out AND winning the super bowl! Now I did so take it to the bank! .... (no please don't do this lol)

1 - Allen - My only positive after this game is I feel confident knowing he will win us a SB. I genuinely feel bad we are wasting another good year by him. 2 - Daboll - Call me a conspiracist but I am starting to think Daboll is not the problem and want to pass more and McD is the issue. I say this because McD's conservative nature really has shown true this season and Daboll has seemingly indicated he want to never run again. He is not without his faults, I think this has been Dabolls worst year as OC, but it is starting to show the issues might be less him and the big tuna instead. 3 - Running backs in the first half - 4 - Elderly Women Elderly Women! love this song it evokes such interesting feels and you visually see everything as Eddie sings. 5 - Defensive Line - Biggest failure on the season to me is the DL. They kept certain players and drafted guys believing it would work and it hasn't. Star has stunk and they should've got a back up 1T for him. They really need to re-evaluate this entire area. 6 - Zone Defense - I think they did what they could with the parts they had. The defense did hold TB 7 - Edmunds - So my view on Edmunds is there is a $ amount I'd pay and there is a $ amount I won't. He is not the worst LB in the league and at times he plays very well with Milano. The difference is Milano makes farrrr more plays that you see and don't see. Truthfully for LB I do not value the position $ wise unless the player is regularly an impact player. Milano it is so noticeable what he does and his impact when he is out. Edmunds not so much. If he would would take $6-8 mil I would consider it. But I am not doing some giant deal for him, you can get a replacement cheap. Heck Klein played well when he was out to the point I forgot Tremaine wasn't there. Someone is going to overpay Tremaine and realize the 2 Pro Bowl appearances were because of the guy next to him. 8 - Knox - Disagree. Knox single handedly cost the team last week on three separate plays. I am not letting him go, but I would bring in or draft another TE to have another solid option. No doubt Knox has taken a step forward and go for him, but we need another guy so if Knox is out a true target exists and to potentially replace him as he just isn't as dependable as we hope. 9 - McD - Last week I said in rational thoughts that we are not firing McD. I am not firing him but the honeymoon is over, the clock is ticking, and at this point next year is the decider on if he stays. His playing not to lose has costed this team games this year and the times he actually decides to go for it on 4th down have been weirdly bad play calls made to. The 4th down punt was self fulfilling as Brady marched right past the area of punt with ease. Last week it was not going for 2 when you are down 8-6 after the TD. Fast fact Sean if you go for two you either or tied or down by 2. If you kick the EP your still down so what the heck is the difference. Just in general it has been utterly maddening the decisions made and it is costing his team. I do not want to waste Josh and if Sean can't figure out this stuff he needs to go. I appreciate the raised level of success and expectation, but his in game decision making going back to the AFC title are hugely problematic. 10 - 2nd Half - Agreed *Should we start to get worried about Digg's ability to track the deep ball? I said this last night that he needs to take some blame for this season too. Last week he blew the TD catch which would've won the game, this week two different deep balls he seemed unprepared. In general this year he has been off at the worst possible moments. Still love Diggs though and happy he is ours.

Sorry but this made me think of some humor. If you ever have seen Gone in 60 Seconds (Nic Cage version not original) one of the guys in his crew is a driving instructor and has an dreadful driver. She asks how she did and his response was pretty much this ^: "You can't negotiate turns. You can't signal properly. You can't maintain speed. You can't parallel park. Sh*t honey you can't drive" That's Tremaine at LB, you can't LB lol

Some do, others will announce at the start of the season the entire uniform schedule for every week. I personally prefer knowing every week in advance especially if you want to lineup what your wearing with the team.

Anyone care to explain to the OP what happens if they go 3-2 and how if it comes to AFC tie breakers they are woefully behind. Agreed. Go 4-1 and you are in and feeling good about a win over NE or TB to right the ship on some of the losses you've had. If NE is the win you might even get the division as long as they lose another game. But go 10-7 and you are tempting some really bad fate.

Relatively speaking the rest of JFK was perfectly fine besides his head having gunshot wounds.

Agreed. My biggest complaint with soccer is the flopping and acting like you were shot 7 times over. But my understanding is it is just because refs buy into these moves so the players do it until it doesn't work. Same concept here and any player not working it is failing in my eyes.

Only ultimatum I have is don't drink and drive

The most disappointing thing for me this season is how vanilla our approaches have been on defense and offense. Like you said given the way the game was go 5-2 and throw the extra d man out there, especially in the wind load the box 9 low and dare Jones to try and throw in that crap. I read BB was going 6 O Lineman last night. Why didn't the Bills do that on a Jet sweep or something with Josh in the redzone on one of the final drives. Virtually no play action, one designed run, no jet sweep, etc.. As I said of the five seasons as coach this is without a doubt the worst job they have done.

He flew across the atmosphere

Agreed. The offense talent wise is certainly more dynamic even with the line play being weaker. The biggest fall is Singletary who year one was sublime but never reached those levels. What really is wild is the Bills are a Josh Allen QB sneak conversion/TD & one good drive vs JAX from being 9-3 even with the Pats loss. The self inflicted pain, poor coaching from in game adjustments to game plan, and truthfully a little bad luck really has hurt this year. If you want to think positively lets say the Bills beat CAR/NYJ/ATL like they should, can you rely on Josh to have one baller game that he wins us TB or NE. I would say yes, but the realist in me sees some area of the lineup hurting his success which costs us that game given how our season has gone.

Which is why I said a mix of those two teams and underperforming plus bad luck and bad coaching.

I would say more our offensive line does not run block well. The offensive line passing is fine when healthy, not saying it is great but its good enough for what is needed. Upgrades will be needed next year obviously and I agree the RB situation is just a hodgepodge that can't figure itself out. The Zach Moss pick is looking like a real miss for what was expected vs his actual production. I think though whatever injury he had last year still is impacting him this year.