BigDingus

Well, everybody had a hand in this loss. Allen missing open TD's, receivers dropping passes, O-line giving up a ton of pressure, coaches with play calling & not challenging, defense giving up 3rd & 22 + drive-extending penalties, dropping gimmie INT's from Tua, Bass missing a 38 yard FG, and most importantly - INJURIES BLASTING THE TEAM. Hopefully next week we can have a healthier team to field.

I'd say they won't win anything with these injuries.

Well... that was on Josh. Ouch.

Allen... you're scaring us. Please settle down!

Well sure, if we want him to go down with heat stroke too 🤣

Now Diggs is hurt? This is absolutely RIDICULOUS... The Bills must've really pissed off the football gods this week

Jesus... 3rd string center now. Not a single O-line position filled by their starter in depth chart.

Today's problem is the O-line is too gassed & injured to give Allen any chance to look downfield. He's already thrown the ball 46 times & still not over 300 yards. The only way to slow down the Bills seems to be through injuries.

Missing 2 gimmie INT's from Tua throughout the game doesn't help either... Injuries clearly adding up. Anyone that thinks all these losses are sustainable are just kidding themselves.

This isn't even an exaggeration... for years now, defending 3rd & very long has been a layup for opposing offenses. I don't get it...

Oh surprise, Bills fail to defend a 3rd & extremely long... what else is new?

Yeah, it's called "frostbite," or hypothermia...

Obviously "player safety" isn't a REAL concern, otherwise why allow clearly concussed players to go back into the game? Knox hit aside, Tua clearly suffered a concussion... so how do you justify allowing him to take more hits?

Sure, but it would've been better to schedule the early games in Buffalo when the weather is nice, and the late games in Miami where it won't be freezing.

Well, defense did their job. But was that enough time for our heat-withered offense to recover?

I thought this O-line was bad BEFORE all the injuries & heat issues... Now it looks downright criminal. I get it though... playing in that heat & humidity, being that size? Gotta be miserable.

Speak of the devil, was just saying our O-line isn't good & hasn't been the past few years. Josh just makes them look better.

I still think we just don't have a good O-line. Each year, we just look to patch up & apply Band-Aids. We haven't committed to putting major resources into improving the group for quite a while.

Ah ok, didn't know that. I just imagined they could help recovery. But yeah, I can definitely see how it could make hits more violent.

If they do that, our play action means nothing. Have to run at some point.

What's your PED theory? At this point, I'm all for approving PED's if it can help reduce injuries 😅

We just can't catch a break with injuries this year...

My internet has been being weird, so had to check box scores & read up on the thread to see what's going on... Gist seems to be TD drive, followed by some bad play calling & Allen fumble, now it's tied?

I don't think Josh, or the Bills in general, are unstoppable on short yardage plays... and it's even harder that close to the endzone as it's more difficult to find space. If the Bills struggle to convert 3rd/4th & short when there's a far more space behind them, how will it become easier when the entire defense is packed into one crammed area? Either way, league average is 49%, so even if the Bills hit that average, they'd break even had they just gone for the PAT. It's just not a meaningful gamble unless you somehow develop a strong power running game to at least threaten the opposing defenses with. At this point, every team knows Josh is a good runner, so they prepare specifically to address that. That's why on those short yardage situations, Josh rarely has an opening, as every team is waiting for exactly that (and why you get weird sequences like against the Rams where he tries to scramble, & defenders are immediately in his face, resulting in him trying to chuck up a pass that just got batted down).

I get that, but getting mad at someone for standing 3 hours straight is actually understandable. But if people can get SO mad at someone jumping up periodically, enough to try & start a physical confrontation, seems like standing the entire game would be enough to burn the entire stadium down 😅