BigDingus

Hmm, I think our TE played pretty damn good.

Yeah, putting up 325 yards, 1 TD & 1 INT is massively inferior to 254 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT's and 2 fumbles. And how many games have our opponents won? They're a combined 1-8, with the Giants being the only team to get a win this week after switching QB's. Also, the Rams defense is ranked higher than ours. Would you say we have a strong defense? Do you really think the 3-0 Rams are an easier mark than the 0-3 Bengals?

Bro... you're doing it wrong. That's why the offense disappears for long stretches in the 2nd half. You gotta sacrifice all 3 to Mars man. He's the god of war! I'll expect better results next week.

You might as well start breaking it down by half, because this disappearing act for an entire half followed by pulling it together at the very end isn't going to cut it. On the flip side, compared to 4 turnovers in week 1, I'd say Allen deserves a higher grade than that. Oh please, it took the Jets missing an XP AND a FG for us to eek out a win in week 1, and it's taken the defense to play at a ridiculously high level to even stay in all 3 games... "but whatever."

That gap closes a lot faster while running those 10 yards than it looks in a snapshot of a play. Could he have still done it? Possibly. But it's definitely not close to an easy run by any means.

Yeah, that Rams team & their awful defense should've been a breeze. Everyone knows Wade Philips runs a weak D. How come Mayfield couldn't dominate a great D like Allen did with the Bengals?

If it weren't for all the plays in between & after, I might agree. But what I saw was someone who was rattled. He couldn't complete a pass to save his life for a long stretch, and he completely stopped progressing through his reads. He would lock onto one WR from snap to release, worried to even look away from his primary target. If his #1 option wasn't there, he'd get happy feet & start running around, and it lead to an almost entirely dead half for the offense. I'm sure he didn't want another intentional grounding call, but sometimes you just have to take the sack when you're beat. Keeping a play alive is one thing, but when you're already going down, don't try to float a pass just to avoid hitting the dirt with ball in hand. Fortunately, I think that part can be coached out of him. Seriously, I think this is one area that he can greatly improve & actually expect him to.

Allen toughed it out at the end, but he really didn't deserve a nomination this week. Knox, White and Gore all get the nod over him. I'd give it to Knox. The guy had 39 receptions TOTAL in college and 0 TD's. For him to do what he did today, I'd give him the game ball. Probably his best game in his career, college included.

Hats off to Knox for that momentum changing, bulldozing reception and run. And props to Allen for avoiding that pass rush and getting positive yards out of it. Key plays to help us escape with an ugly win.

Yeah, who said Tre White was overrated again? The dumb takes people have, all to avoid calling out Allen. It was not the coaches, it was not the defense. Thankfully we didn't get punished for our awful 2nd half, but a W is a W.

Bills NEED to lock onto Boyd.

I swear, if I see one more person criticize Gore... The guy is a beast. And more importantly, reliable.

It's a domino effect, started by an inept offense. You cannot expect a defense to play lights out all game when they can't have time to recover. Allowing only 17 points in a game is very good. Scoring only 14 is not.

Hopefully more than what he's shown.

Fair assessment. Too bad next week he's playing in NE, and Belichick is going to expose every mistake. Hopefully he can look past losses and not linger on them.

Yeah, that INT in great field position was awful. Thankfully the great offense did so much with it.

Exhaustion. Look how long the offense has been on the field this half, then look at three defense.

And being 100% unable to complete passes and relying on your defense all half is ruining us. They're exhausted.

And if they got stuffed, Bengals would be in position to take the lead, and everyone would call McDermott stupid.

If you guys seriously think every time Allen starts frantically running around is due to nobody being open, or the O-line's fault, you'll see when you watch breakdowns after the game it's not. His internal timer isn't fast enough. Last year he hung onto the ball longer than anyone else in the league, and he's doing it again this season.

And hey, look, Gore is running the ball well AGAIN! If the QB wasnt rattled, this would be a great time to pass now, but when you're over throwing open guys, it's on you. Wow, almost threw another pick too.

Among the numerous GREAT calls he's made all game, it's ok not hitting on ALL of them. And when the only thing we've shown any success in is running the ball, better to do that than trust Allen to do anything. But I'm sure people prefer blaming the OC or HC to the 1st round draft pick QB.

And people wonder why we don't get more "respect" from the media. You have to earn it and show you're different. We've eeked out 2 wins against bad teams, and are now tied in the 4th with another one, that isn't deserving of much confidence. Due to our favorable schedule, I still think 8-8 is the final record, but still hoping for a miracle.

When you only pass for 3 yards in the 2nd half, you're not going to be very successful.

Well yeah, they're on the field way too much in the 2ns half. They're tired. Reminiscent of the Tyrod years. Don't convert on 3rd down, do nothing after turnovers, and turning the ball over yourself is going to put the burden entirely on the defense to protect a small lead.