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You really hate to see it…. You would think Tua is having a season similar to Joe Burrow last year with what he is saying after these games. Blaming leaders of the team as the Qb and leader of the team is something.

At this stage Poyer is better than Hamlin and is better than how Rapp has played. All that based off the Coleman hit? At least he was there to make the hit. Something im not confident Rapp does with his current play. Rather a 15 yard personal foul or a completed pass over 20 yards?

I expect Poyer to take Hamlin’s roster spot. I think if Rapp isnt careful Poyer could replace Rapp for a series or possible game. Rapp has not been very good.

Let’s see what they do. Coming off the Panthers loss if they implode they could drop more.

Detroit and Buffalo are the class of the NFL. Eagles have been very bad all year. Colts have played well. Im convinced Daniel Jones becomes Daniel Jones before thanksgiving. Either way they are easily top 5 and the Bills have a superior qb by a good margin. Offense has been very good and is multiple. All of this points to the current philosophy working. The question is the defense with all of the off season investment bottom middle third is not what the investment was for. Heck top 15 is an improvement of what they have showed thus far and imo that is a disappointment. I will hold my criticism until Heocht and Ogunjobi return though waiting for both is a self inflicted wound.

They are a high variance team. Good weapons and some good defenders. I think the biggest miss match is the Bills run game vs Atlantas rush defense. They dont really scare you outside. London is good but wont run by Benford. Most of the year its going to look feel smell very similar. Take care of business and dont beat yourself. They did the later vs NE. I think Allen avoids that type of game. Allen in dome pushes the ball down field a bit more and has a big game.

The Bills have one of if not the most complete offense in the NFL. They have the reigning MVP. In high leverage situations they put the ball in his hands like they should. I don't understand the mood since Sunday night. 2 fumbles on early downs and a redzone pick. First time they didn't score 30 in a while. If it becomes a trend ok but nothing indicates that will be the case.

Buffalo has had either a 100 yard receiver or 100 yard rusher in every game this year. 3 games they ran it well and thats what they did. 2 games they passed more. Every game they were around or above 400 yards of offense. Every wr but Shavers and Palmer have touchdowns.

They could. It comes down to ball control to me. I dont see poor play on either side of the ball to the point that it is overly concerning. On defense, they have dug themselves out of the gutter statistically. The last 20 plus games Allen has shown the ability to be safe with the ball. I think Ne was an outlier in that sense.

Long runs happen against stacked boxes. Not against light ones. The reason you go heavy formation is to get a hat on a hat play side. Allen holds a guy backside. Cook forces a missed tackle and is out the gate. Last couple weeks Cook is a hand on his ankle away of 40 plus yard runs. He got 10-15 yards on them. A diving defender tripped him up just barely.

Dont paint me into a corner here. I see the whole picture. I do enjoy all 22 break downs. Football can be real complex and at the same very easy. I do understand how complex it is. I’d argue going frame for frame is also taking the complexity out of it though. The speed adds to the complexity. Those millisecond decision each player makes are the difference in good and bad plays. It all goes together. My point the game played out in the only style Ne was capable of winning. I dont think this is the game to dive into and find the “reason for the loss” I think it was quite obvious. Its this added to almost every other thread here. Sky is falling, nothing is working mentality. When no, Buffalo had its first multiple turnover game in over a seasons worth of games. It was bound to happen rather now than later. Sucks it was vs the Patriots. Tape, stats, eye balls all say Buffalo was the better team imo. Buffalo opened the door for NE to be competitive. Maye went above the scheme for Ne to get the victory.

On to Atlanta. Stopping Bijan is the priority. No different than they did with Hall and Achane. I think this is a get right spot for the Bills as a team. Offense plays a clean game. Defense gets out to a fast start. Their offense is good on paper. London and Pitts are hot and cold. Defensive head coach and wants to win a certain way. Allen and the offense come out hot imo creates a style Atl will have trouble matching.

Top tier jersey matchup. Home vs Bruce the pirate for Tampa will look great too.

The “deep diving” into this game is way too much. The coaches are bad, the defense is bad, the wrs are bad. 2 flukey fumbles don’t happen the game is over by half time. That isn’t even including the redzone pick Allen has never thrown. No different than the, Jets, Dolphins, or Saints games. Going into the game, how do those teams win? Multiple turnovers. The Patriots got them and Buffalo lost a game they shouldnt. NE is closer to NO than they are close to Buffalo. Deep dive, dont beat yourself by being careless with the rock. The end.

I get it. He is also having his best year thus far. A few more snaps he has earned. But im also ok rewarding Knox and Hawes for slamming their faces into des and opening up holes in the run game. I think there is a balance that can be found that doesn't make the offense predictable by personnel but plays into the rooms strengths.

I think we are getting too caught up in the overall numbers. Im curious the route run percentage. I expect without looking Kincaid has the highest route participation of any of the TE by a wide margin. Meaning they are throwing more when he is on the field and run more when he is off. Not snap for snap but skewed that way. After checking Kincaid and Knox snap share vs route % flip. Kincaid is at 60% of available routes and Knox is at 47%. Would like to see some more.

Thats part of the game. One of the things that I like about Brady. Willing to call plays not that surprise the defense but ones that they execute. That willingness leads to the Kincaid walk in Touchdown vs Miami. Cant break tendencies if you don’t create them. The Patriots game really came down to 3 plays. Both fumbles and redzone pick. 2 directly affected the scoreboard and I think they score on the Knox failed sweep. Thats guaranteed 6 points plus whatever comes of the Knox drive. 1 or 2 of those plays dont happen they win imo. All three put them in the position they were. Not saying they still didn't have chances to win they did but that is what leveled the playing field for NE. Hidden points for them and against Buffalo. Buffalo still outgained them and outrushed them. Imo hard to attack the coaches too harshly after that game. Brady didn't fumble the ball twice and throw a red zone pick. Babobich wasn't the free rusher Maye rolled out to who missed the tackles. This wasn't some crazy coaching miss match. The offense was sloppy when the defense was stout. They didn't make enough plays late to win it on either side of the ball. When not turning over the ball or committing penalties the offense was moving up and down the field.

Guys available in October are not changing the fate of the Bills season. A bottom of the practice squad player who could play if needed. Jenkins and Charlo beat out Spector. Jenkins is hurt. Poyer and Phillips only wanted to play for the Bills. White is the back up plan at cb. He is playing due to the injury to Hairston. With enhanced practice squad allowing vets why not have a handful of guys who have been very good in the system? Bills still considerable favorites to win the AFC. Have been one of the best teams the past 5 years. Guys willing to comeback for peanuts who have been paid elsewhere is not a negative. This is not 7-9 6-10 team bringing back failed players on failed teams.

Pretty simple to me. Avoid turning the ball over in the red-zone and -20 yard line and they are likely to win a lot of games. That was 6 points in a game lost by 3.

Get the stop leave time for Allen to steal points. Teams with good Qbs want the ball teams without will want to get to halftime. Basic stuff here.

I think he has a history of getting his teams “up” for games last night. Idk why or what but that same emotional input wont be applied to the Saints.

I dont think you’re familiar with Vrabel.

The noise coming out of that locker room and fanbase is what I'm alluding to. The 12 central Sunday game in New Orleans is going to come hard and fast imo.

I dont think they are that quality and didnt expect them to prepare for them more or less than they did for the Saints. Yes, it was a Sunday Night primetime game. Yes it was a whiteout. Yes it was the first game of October. The turnovers were going to flip at some point. Lost a sloppy game learn from it and onto the next. The narratives about the Patriots are just that. Let’s see how they are after thanksgiving when the games really matter. I think Buffalo has a chance to be the best they have been going into the playoffs.

Easiest bet of All Time NO plus 3.5 at home vs New England next week. Vrabel 101 beat a team you shouldn't followed up with losing to a team you shouldn't.