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12 hours ago, 90sBills said:
I watched the game. Denver was definitely hyped for this. Losing 16 in a row has to be bad for their psyche. I banked on that fact and took Den +7. Comfortable win.The scariest bad teams are always the ones on losing streaks ... and the longer the losing streak, the more dangerous the team.
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4 hours ago, BillnutinHouston said:
No. That short of a FG try has a make percentage far greater than 50%.
Especially as Gano is good kicker, not a scrub off the waiver wire or an easily iced rookie.
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The small flock of pigeons that infest my yard has been reduced by one. Some time this morning a hawk or falcon snagged an unlucky one, leaving a large bunch of gray and white feathers scattered around the far end of my backyard. Cooper's hawks and peregrine falcons are the most likely culprits since I live in a somewhat suburban area of my city, but as this is migration season, it could have been several other raptors less common to this area.
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1 hour ago, GoBills808 said:
Are we supposed to believe you think Jimmy Garoppolo is a better QB than Allen because winning%
Well, of course!!! Garoppolo took the 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2019. They lost but at least he got them there, which is more than Allen has done!
//sarcasm off
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58 minutes ago, ToGoGo said:
They don’t know what winning looks like. How many perennial winning season did the Ravens or Steelers have compared to their SBs? 10:1?
Pats and Chiefs are serious exceptions, and whether people want to ignore it or not, the Pats SBs have been tied to cheating.
These fans play the game of extremes. If you are not as good as the very best, then you are no good at all. A projection of their own internal low self esteem.
Well said. Aaron Rodgers has won 1 SB. I don't think that he's been to another. That's as many as Joe Flacco and Nick Foles have won. Peyton Manning, the best QB of his generation, only won two. His younger brother, Eli, who was an excellent QB but not nearly as good as his sibling, also won two, including one against the Patriots on the infamous "helmet catch".
Football is a team game, and it's well balanced teams -- teams good at all three phases of game -- that have a lot of luck on their side, particularly in terms of injuries to key players -- that win Super Bowls. In the salary cap era, putting together a well balanced team when a team has to pay an elite QB is a very complex proposition.
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5 hours ago, Dr.Sack said:
Concussion and neck sprain? Hopefully nothing that requires surgery, just rest and PT.
I rolled a pickup truck many years ago and ended up with a concussion and neck sprain. It takes at least several weeks to heal the neck. Of course, Harris is a very fit 20-something. I was a nearly forty year old softee.
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4 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:
We all know fans who believe McD should be fired if we don't get to the Super Bowl when we have Josh Allen as our QB.
But Josh has given us some clunkers. There are games when he bails out of the pocket when he doesn't need to, makes bad decisions with the ball, and delivers errant throws.
But are Josh's subpar games truly his fault?
Sometimes I put the blame squarely on Dorsey for poor play design and bad play-calling.And when I blame Dorsey, McD deserves his share of blame too. He made Dorsey the OC and oversees the entire team. He doesn't escape culpability.
But sometimes I blame the receivers who, at times, struggle to gain separation. (Though maybe that's more of a Dorsey problem).
And some games I blame the OL. Josh has spent much of his career in Buffalo scrambling for his life.Of course, Beane deserves some blame, too. He's never prioritized the OL. You would think that when you've found a generational QB, you'd build a line to protect his health and well-being as well as give him time to throw. Beane didn't do that.
There are days when Josh looks like one of the best to ever play the game. Other times, not so much. So, I've been wondering how good Josh really is and who's principally to blame when he's not as productive and efficient as he 'ought' to be.
The last time I looked, there are defenses in every game trying to stop the offense from scoring.
3 hours ago, Araiza Curse said:I’m done making excuses for Allen. When you compare rosters vs KC. I don’t see that much of an advantage.
I've never seen any post of yours ever making an excuse for Allen. 🙄
3 hours ago, Araiza Curse said:We need to start identifying the problems. is it coaching or is it talent? If you guys truly believe that Allen is being held back, then we need to do something about that before he is totally wasted and not wait around.
It sounds like you're advocating some kind of revolution. Are you and your army of indignant fans going to storm One Bills Drive, take Terry Pegula hostage, and force Beane, McDermott et al to resign?
3 hours ago, BananaB said:Before Mahommes the Chiefs were racking up double digit win seasons with the same cast. 🤷🏼♂️
Before Mahomes, Andy Reid was considered a coach who couldn't win "the big one".
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15 minutes ago, Wayne Arnold said:
Because they're wide receivers Beane could have chosen. What's your point?
For your sake I'll assume your first paragraph is sarcasm.
We don't need two #1 WRs (although Miami has that). We need a #2 and a #3. We have neither. Davis ain't it. Nor is anyone else on the roster.
Since this is a thread about Davante Adams trade speculation, I assumed that you were pushing for the Bills to trade for Adams.
The sad reality is that teams find affordable high-end WRs in the draft not often via trades or FA signings. Their draft success is dependent upon the WRs available in the draft and where the teams draft. It's further complicated by how the teams rank their priorities in each draft.
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1 hour ago, boyst said:
We gotta pay AjE,Floyd, and Davis among others... It's gonna be tough
I think that they'll manage to keep at least one, hopefully AJE, most likely at the sacrifice of veteran DBs like White, Poyer, and/or Hyde.
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19 hours ago, boyst said:
and we are going to be losing AJE and Floyd, to bank on an aging Miller with Rosseau. I just don't get tingly thinking of that and our FO malfeasance handling the DL
Can I borrow your crystal ball for the next big Power Ball drawing?
16 hours ago, Araiza Curse said:As much as I want this to happen. It won’t. Why? Because this franchise has no clue in what it takes to win a Super Bowl. Another great WR opposite of Diggs is the medicine we need, which is precisely why I’m not expecting it.
How many Super Bowls have you won?
15 hours ago, Wayne Arnold said:Yeah - part of why I say Beane can't evaluate WR talent is because he doesn't even try to land great wide receivers.
In his six drafts as the Bills GM, the highest draft pick Beane has used on a wide receiver is a 4th rounder, which is absurd:
2018
Ray-Ray McCloud (6th)
Austin Proehl (7th)2019
None
2020
Gabe Davis (4th)
Isaiah Hodgins (6th)2021
Marquez Stevenson (6th)
2022
Khalil Shakir (5th)
2023
Justin Shorter (5th)
So I say he can't evaluate WR talent because year in and year out I see wide receivers that would be very valuable to the Bills drafted by other teams and Beane constantly lets them pass by.
Notable wide receivers passed on by Beane in the draft (chosen 20 picks or less after the Bills draft pick - (round - position and player chosen instead)):
2018
DJ Moore (1st - LB Edmunds)
Calvin Ridley (1st - LB Edmunds)
Antonio Callaway (3rd - DT Phillips)
2019
Marquise Brown (1st - DT Oliver)
AJ Brown (2nd - OL Ford)
Mecole Hardman (2nd - OL Ford)
*DK Metcalf (2nd - OL Ford)
Terry McLaurin (3rd - RB Singletary)
Hunter Renfrow (5th - LB Joseph)
2020
Van Jefferson (2nd - DE Epenesa)
Devin Duvernay (3rd - RB Moss)
Darnell Mooney (5th - QB Fromm)
KJ Osborn (5th - QB Fromm)
Donovan Peoples-Jones (5th - QB Fromm)
Quez Watkins (6th - K Bass)
Jauan Jennings (6th - WR Hodgins)
2021
Elijah Moore (1st - DE Rousseau)
Rondale Moore (1st - DE Rousseau)
Josh Palmer (2nd - DE Basham)
Amon-Ra St. Brown (3rd - OL Brown)
2022
Christian Watson (1st - CB Elam)
Wan'Dale Robinson (1st - CB Elam)
David Bell (3rd - LB Bernard)
2023
Jonathan Mingo (1st - TE Kincaid)
Marvin Mims (2nd - OL Torrence)
Tank Dell (2nd - OL Torrence)
Jalin Hyatt (2nd - OL Torrence)
Cedric Tillman (2nd - OL Torrence)
Josh Downs (2nd - OL Torrence)
Michael Wilson (3rd - LB Williams)
Tre Tucker (3rd - LB Williams)
*chosen 26 picks after Ford
So, Beane "doesn't even try to land great wide receivers"???? Really? The fact that the Beane traded a first round pick for Stefon Diggs in 2020 flushes your premise down the toilet, dude.
The reality is that a team can't afford two #1 WRs on 2nd or 3rd contract as well as an elite QB beyond his rookie contract unless the team is going to ignore the OL and the defense. That's exactly why Tyreek Hill is in Miami.
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3 hours ago, BIGFOOTspaceman said:
I know I know....I was ridiculous last year too. I was ridiculous when I said the Bills wouldn't beat the Chiefs in the playoffs the 2 years before that. Guess I'll just continue to be ridiculously right.
When the Bills are at home watching the Super Bowl, DVOA means nothing.
Even blind squirrels occasionally find nuts.
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40 minutes ago, Your Brown Eye said:
It's the injuries to arguably the 3 best players on each level of our defense that is the kick to the grundle for me. 4-2 albeit, not great, is fine.
This is infinitely more detrimental to the Bills' chances of the Bills making the Super Bowl than any other current issue. Luck plays such a significant role in a team making the Super Bowl, especially in terms of injuries to key players, that it's definitely a case of being "better to be lucky than good".
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12 hours ago, ngbills said:
Its not comparing the Pats to the Bills. It was responding to the mindset of we used to suck so just be happy that we are winning at all.
I have no problem with valid criticism, and I've frequently agreed with posters with such criticisms and/or reasonable suggestions for fixing apparent problems. The posters I do have problems with are the fools that live in an alternative universe where the salary cap is irrelevant, firing coaches and trading out current players for has-beens, never-weres, and/or a couple of big names in season result in SB wins.
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5 hours ago, newcam2012 said:
Is this type of thinking that creates acceptance to medicity.
Nonsense. All this hysterical angst about the Bills performance in the last two games is a collective temper tantrum by fools who
thinkknow that the Bills need to do SOMETHING -- ANYTHING -- ASAP, from trading for has-beens and never-weres to firing the coaching staff. None of these whiners offer realistic solutions. They only demand change for change's sake.5 hours ago, ngbills said:I wish the Pats had this mindset and stuck with Drew Bledsoe
Actually, the Pats did stick with Bledsoe until they found that they had a young QB who was better. What young player on the Bills is better than the current starter? One could argue that Kincaid is better than Knox but the Bills have changed their offense to incorporate both TEs in the offense at the same time. Is Quintin Morris better than Knox? Who knows? His TD catch against the Giants was only his second reception of the season out of 10 or 11 targets.
It seems to me that the Bills are not standing pat with veterans when they believe they have a young player who's better. The Bills didn't offer Trey Edmunds a new contract because they figured Terrell Bernard would be better. All the message board GM-wannabes were up in arms about the Bills not chasing after veteran MLBs until they actually saw Bernard play.
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I have to wonder how many of the whiny, angry, hysterical posters on TSW are either too young to remember the Bills pre-2017 or have chosen to block out memories of the misery that Bills fans suffered between 2000 and 2016. Any ugly win is infinitely better than any loss, particularly early in the season.
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9 hours ago, PatsFanNH said:
What owner would fire a HC mid season that has gone to 9 SB and win 6 in the last 23 years? Now would he be in outages to retire at the end of the season? Yes but definitely not fired half way threw it even if they are 1-7 which they probably will be.
I'm sure that among the 31 billionaires who own all but one NFL team (Green Bay), there's at least one who would do it just because he can. I'm not familiar with NFL owners. I know the names of only 5: Terry Pegula, Bob Kraft, Jerry Jones, Mark Davis, and Bob Irsay.
On 10/9/2023 at 10:39 PM, Ethan in Cleveland said:I predicted Stefanski before the season started. I still don't think he makes it to the end of the season. When the 49ers crush the Browns and Purdy outplays the sex offender Cleveland fans are going to go nuclear
Ooops.
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5 minutes ago, corta765 said:
lol it actually is a play on joke on a song by Pete Seeger "Where Have All The Flowers Gone". Long story short it is an anti war song, but in this context it fit for the title.
You must be almost as old as me! I think that most of the posters here aren't old enough to have any idea of the folk music movement that swept popular music in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Who cares if McDermott and Daboll aren't besties? It has absolutely no bearing on the Bills play going forward.
My guess is that neither coach was particularly happy at the end that game for reasons that had absolutely nothing to do with the coaches' personal feelings toward each other.
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I think it's ironic that the ditzy blonde of "Three's Company" was a really sharp businesswoman.
RIP.
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1 hour ago, uninja said:
This was a weird ass weekend of football, I blame mercury being in retrograde.
Maybe it was the ring of fire eclipse on Saturday.
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1 minute ago, 90sBills said:
Chiefs didn’t scored many points and are still figuring out their offense. But at no point in that game did it looked like Denver had a chance. When KC went up 10-0 it was done. Meanwhile, the Bills gave me and the rest of the fanbase a heart attack right up to literally the last second of the game. I don’t think the two performances were similar at all.
Let’s hope Bills can muster up the ability to give us a stress free win against the Pats this week.
In previous years, they might very well have hung a 40 burger on the hapless Broncos.
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43 minutes ago, CincyBillsFan said:
I've heard that playing the week directly after the London game has also had issues for teams. It's why the NFL apparently offers all teams playing in London a bye he next week.
According to the NFLN Insiders, since teams could choose to have a bye or play a game after returning from Europe, the teams that played the week after coming back from Europe have won 9 out of 13 games.
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15 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
Miami and SF get it: you need to load up your offense with weapons instead of just relying on the QB
The Niners lost to the Chiefs in 2020, 31-20. That's the last time they went to the Super Bowl, and most of their offensive weapons have been added since then. More to the point, the Niners not only have lots of offensive weapons, they also have a seriously good defense with guys like Bosa and Warner.
The Carp haven't been to the Super Bowl since 1985.
The Chiefs and Eagles have been to the Super Bowl 5 times in the last 6 Super Bowls. KC sacrificed some offensive firepower in order to bulk up their OL and defense after getting smacked by Tampa Bay in 2021. Philadelphia has always had great offensive and defensive lines, and that's been the key to their success for more than a decade. The Bills have been trying to model themselves like KC and Philly: investing cap space and draft capital in the defense and this past year, the offensive line.
9 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:I think some of it can be chalked up to the fact that it was one of those weekends: Cincy, Buffalo, KC, Philly, and SF (five of the league's six best teams; the other is Miami) all failed to score 20 points. Cincy should have lost, SF and Philly did lose (due in part to stupidly aggressive play-calling on their final possession), and KC failed to get 20 points at home against a historically bad Denver defense. Just a weird early-part-of the-midseason weekend.
I think it was the rebellion of the bottom feeders. The two undefeated teams lost to teams playing back-up QBs! The Chiefs and Bills struggled against teams that shouldn't have had a prayer to win. Finally, the Seahawks had looked a whole lot better than the Bengals this season.
5 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:Just the NFL in 2023. Defenses have fought back a bit. Other than Miami no offense really looks like it is firing to me.
The Carp look good beating up on bottom feeders, but the Bills smacked them around. They may not look so good against the Eagles.
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20 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:
It doesn't mean they made the right choice. The choice to leave on Thursday isn't looking so good. Maybe they just messed up the entire London thing.
Harbaugh brought the Ravens to London early (Tuesday I think) specifically because the Ravens lost so badly the last time they played in London. I think we'll see more teams start coming earlier in the future.
15 minutes ago, Dillenger4 said:London has nothing to do with last nights ugly game.
The Bills played poorly. Full stop.
Something is wrong with this team and it clearly shows. I bet we lose to NE. If so, heads better roll!
I hope we beat them bad but I just don't have any confidence in this team anymore.
Actually, London had a lot to do with how poorly the Bills played last night IMO. Both Knox and Kincaid were "questionable" for the entire week because of injuries they suffered in the London game because the Bills have morphed from a team that seldom used 2 TE sets to one that goes primarily with 2 TEs. Knox was able to play, but Kincaid is still in concussion protocol, which limited how effective the Bills could be in 2 TE sets since their #3 TE is Quinton Morris who has caught all of 10 passes in his 2 year NFL career. Now, Morris did catch the game winning TD, but Morris isn't Kincaid, and who knows how well Knox could catch the ball with a bad wrist?
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Jets sign Saffold - Will be on active roster
in The Stadium Wall
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Apparently the Jests' guard McGovern displaced or broke his knee cap against the Pats, which sounds like he's done for the season, so the Jests were obviously desperate to bolster their OL. 😁