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The Bills lead the league in rushing averaging 147.6 yards per game. Great! That seems like a lot! Unfortunately, every single team that plays us suddenly becomes just as good at running the ball as we are & averages 153 rush yards per game... I'm sure we all know our defense has been rough, but has any team won a Super Bowl while allowing teams to shred them on the ground? It's almost surprising that we've only allowed 4 x 100 yard rushers, but most teams have RB by committees or we got ahead on them to where they gave up on the run (like the Jets & Panthers). Even though we have a great RB, our D is such a liability that they all but negate any advantage from our own running game & allow opposing teams to dictate time of possession as much as we do. At this point, we're going to need to find another advantage, and it'll have to be Josh Allen passing the ball to win offensive shoot-outs like last Sunday. I know they're 2 separate sides of the ball & don't directly correlate with each other, but the advantages you expect from being a dominant run team usually benefit your D by allowing them more time to rest & recover. But this D allows every opposing offense to do the same thing, so it all comes back to Allen making plays to win.

Teams better than us overall (both conferences): 1. Patriots 2. Broncos 3. Colts 4. Eagles 5. Rams Teams on par/could beat pose problems in the playoffs: 1. Steelers (with Rodgers) 2. Chargers 3. Jaguars 4. Ravens Honorable Mention: Chiefs... if they get in. I don't care about record, I'm just going off of what I've seen & how they could play against us in the post-season. With our injuries, our offensive weapons & what we've seen of this defense, it's highly unlikely we make the Super Bowl. We lost to the Falcons & Dolphins, so we're not exactly world beaters. Every other week we have people calling for Brady to be fired, and our offensive weapons outside of Cook aren't great. Just a couple weeks ago I was saying we were a Kincaid injury away from having no passing offense, and while I was wrong, the passing game has been sloppy & the turnovers have been much higher than last year. We'll have to get healthy, buckle down on defense & somehow figure out how to pass the ball without turning it over every game if we want to be real contenders.

I don't think he'll cause locker room drama, just drawing unnecessary attention in the media & online. It could also hurt what little trade value he might have going forward.

More drama. Yay. Beane & McDermott sure know how to pick em. Glad they decided we didn't need to make a trade before the deadline though.

I agree with just about everything aside from benching him. There are definitely people open in these games, and he's not throwing to them. It's a reocurring theme. And although I think we definitely need better WRs, Josh isn't hitting the ones we have. Even in games where he plays well, he's not seeing people downfield. Look at these from the Chiefs game: And from the Pats game: People get open, but Allen's not seeing them or gets happy feet & runs into pressure.

People mocked me for saying we were a Kincaid injury away from having zero passing game, and the Chiefs win made Beane & McDermott think we don't need help. But no, this team thinks because we beat KC, we're built to beat anyone. Unfortunately, we've gone backwards, while the Pats have improved dramatically. Not only that, they have the most cap space in the NFL to get even better next year, while we have the least available cap in the league. Doesn't help that Allen just looks worse in general. Most of his sacks this year have been his own fault according to advanced metrics. I'm not sure how this gets better now, but it'll take a miracle at this point.

Told yall. Winning against the Chiefs made Beane & everyone else think we don't need help & the offense is set.

Given what the doctors did to him, they were more at fault rather than the assassin, so it's still in the ballpark.

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Or we could just sign any other JAG with a fast 40 time & serve the same role without risking our defense. I know Coleman's been a dud, but c'mon... lets at least be happy we're seeing a 1st round pick on defense be successful & not push it.

The Pats are a really good team, but still young. I don't know about the Broncos, but the Colts are legit. Offensively, they're 1st in PPG, 2nd in YPG, 3rd in passing, 8th in rushing. Defensively, they're 7th in PPG, 16th in YPG, but that's heavily skewed by their pass defense (26th), which they believe they just upgraded. Then you have Daniel Jones, who has played fantastic (aside from this last game). Leads the league in passing yards, has 19 total TDs, 101 passer rating, 70.6 QBR, etc. And like with us, the Colts have a strong run game complimenting him. Remaining on their schedule, their toughest games are: - Chiefs -Jaguars x 2 -Seahawks -49ers We've got: -Bucs -Steelers -Patriots -Eagles I don't know how games will shake out, and we need to catch the Pats first, but I think the Colts are our biggest threat for the 1 seed.

Well we should. How has doing nothing gone for us in the past? 8 seasons with Allen... how content are we wasting this time by doing nothing? This team is a Kincaid injury away from being extremely limited in passing potential once again. Unless we want to squander another year, they need to take this more seriously. Beating the Chiefs does not mean you're all set. Beane might not even be here next year if they scrub out in the playoffs again, especially against the Chiefs. Those early round picks are worth more NOW than they will be by draft time. The 1 seed is still in play. They need to catch the Pats though. Doing nothing & hoping for the best isn't enough anymore.

Just wanted to point out the Colts have the 4th best rush defense, are 7th in PPG, but 26th in pass defense. If this helps bolster their pass defense, they'll have legitimately strong D to go with a great offense. Never thought I'd see Daniel Jones as the league's leading passer over half way through the season, but here we are.

That's what a team does when they're trying to win a Super Bowl. They're currently the 1 seed, so what better time to address a weakness NOW? I was afraid wining against the Chiefs would convince Beane & McDermott they don't need to make any moves, but I disagree. I'd rather spend picks on an established good player than wait for next year & hope they draft well (and then wait even longer for those picks to maybe develop).

Defense looks much more competent with Poyer back there, Hairston getting time & Hoecht being inserted. Too bad Hoecht is lost already... I just don't understand how this keeps happening. Any hope we get is instantly balanced out by yet another injury. Maybe, if we're extremely lucky, Oliver will come back some point late in the season. But damn this sucks! That aside, Allen got his act together & showed up against KC yet again. Cook validating my offseason obsession with defending him to anyone who would listen 😅 And given all the injuries on defense, I'm shocked that one particular person is still healthy. I won't say his name in fear of jinxing him, but I was very wrong about him. He was great today!

How you win matters, and who you win against matters. If they beat the Chiefs, it at least gives you confidence they can beat someone relevant. If they lose a close game, it also shows they can hang with a good team. But if they look like crap, particularly on offense, it'll be a tough road ahead.

My vibe is several of these options. In order of priority: 1) I care most about HOW we play. Been saying this even in those first 4 early wins. 2) It very much is a must-win for home field advantage, or any chance we have of getting it over the Pats & Colts 3) A loss would be devastating, especially if Allen looks bad. But yes, we have won in the past & it hasn't really mattered. We either lost other games to put us behind in the standings, lost to them in the playoffs or both. However, losing to them doesn't mean we'll magically reverse the results & win in the playoffs, so ultimately I just care how they play more than anything.

At this point, I'd be excited too. Shakir & Gabe will probably be more competent than Coleman & co. Can't get much more depressing than what we've seen the last 3 games.

Guys, I'm pretty sure we're too broke to trade or sign for any of the exiting players. We're dead last in available cap, so it'd take a lot to get someone notable. Makes it even more painful knowing the Pats have the MOST cap space available with like $50+ million. They're just going to get better & better, which is sad to imagine given where we all expected to be.

Josh is only 5 rushing TDs away from tying Cam's record for most rushing TDs by a QB. Right behind him is Jalen Hurts, who only has 10 less rushing TDs than Josh.

That didn't answer my question though. It was 3rd & 6 inside the redzone... at the opponent's 14 yard line. That made an easy FG into a much tougher FG & eliminated any chances of going for it on 4th down. Those kind of things may be ok against the Panthers, but they've killed us in the past against better teams. You think it was better to take a nearly 20 yard sack rather than just throw it out of bounds? It made zero impact on THIS game. But not every game is a route of the Panthers & a backup QB. The game wasn't a blowout at this point either. We're also ignoring that he's been making bad decisions the prior 2 games (losses) and this was after 2 weeks of prep. I was expecting a fire to be lit under him & to come out with something to prove. Our kicker also missed an XP. Where Josh took a sack made a FG attempt significantly further back than an XP, so that could've been points off the board. It also killed any chance of going for it on 4th down, had they wanted to. Nobody would be ok with this had it happened against the Chiefs. It shouldn't be ok now just because it happened in a blowout, in his 3rd straight game of not playing great.

Yep. They need to make this less obvious. It'd also be nice to get Cook a little more involved in the passing game or just keep him in on passing downs, if only to make it less obvious it's going to be a run play.

I don't know, but he made a lot of bad decisions. Like look at this play at 2:33 in the video. That's absolutely terrible. Even after he sees FOUR guys closing in on him with nowhere to go, he cuts back inside to take a huge sack! Why wouldn't you throw it away? These are mistakes he made in his first 2 years, now popping back up again. 3rd & 6 at the opposing 14 yard line. Ran so far back that he was sacked past the 30 yard line.

And all off season people wanted to trade Cook... I had people telling me Groot deserves to be paid more simply because of the position he played. Now it looks like the only way we're going the distance this year is to ride Cook until the wheels fall off. If this is how Allen looks after 2 straight losses & a bye week for extra prep against the Panthers, that's a bad sign. You'd think he'd have a fire lit under him, but it just looked like more of the same. Thankfully, the D looked much better. But it was against Andy Dalton, so...

I've said it a million times, but I'm no longer stingy about trading away 1st or 2nd round picks. Given what this team has spent them on, I'd rather them trade for a player that has shown they can be good in this league rather than roll the dice on whoever Beane & McDermott use the picks on. Who's the only player we've drafted in the first 2 rounds that would likely get back equal draft value for where they were taken is James Cook. I'm sure some team would think Cook is worth a 2nd rounder. Would anyone give up a 1st for Groot? We got back 6th & 7th round picks for Elam & Basham, so that's a no for them. Nobody would give up a 2nd for Cole Bishop, nor would Kincaid command a 1st. Our draft picks won't be more valuable than they are BEFORE we use them. Might as well use them in a trade & try to actually win a Super Bowl this year instead of hoping we'll get there in a few more drafts.