MJS

Hackett making boneheaded calls on offense.

He will make a few critical mistakes. That's who he is. That's what he does.

Yeah, he's the best QB in their franchise's history. It would be like us booing Jim Kelly.

We're not supposed to trust week 1. Strange things always happen. We need to have a few games before knowing what some of these teams are actually like.

Drew Brees and Phillip Rivers, although Brees was not traded (but neither was Jefferson in the above example). And Jefferson wasn't part of a trade either, so it's even.

We'll, it's apparently against the rules now, so they could have been called on that.

The Vikings beat the Packers last year and the year before too. I don't think they are suddenly a Superbowl contender. This is just who they are. They really get up for the Packers games. The ball gets there very slowly for all these other QB's. We should really appreciate our receivers being able to handle the insane velocity that Allen spins the ball with.

I guess he should have tried harder when he was here so he wouldn't get cut. He looked bad. He might be one of those players that turns it on for the actual games, but that is not going to fly here.

Worried? Sounds like something to celebrate.

I chose Denver because I didn't feel good about those other ones.

Did not know about that rule. It says the same down, so you wouldn't technically be able to do that for even one play, I guess.

Yes, the best thing would have been to just wrap up every player you can and not let them go anywhere. Two plays of doing that and the game would have been essentially over.

I don't disagree. I think Philly is getting too much praise, personally. I don't think they are that good.

I think it could be matchup based. I'd rather have Elam's speed out there when we play fast receivers like the Dolphins have. But I have a lot of confidence in McDermott's ability to make good choices with secondary personnel and to coach them up. It's his forte.

I would put the dismantling of the Patriots in the playoffs last year over this week 1 win, personally. That was a great day to be a Bills fan. As far as my confidence in the team itself, yes. This is the most confident I have ever been about a Bills team. I think they finally have the elite leaders on both sides of the ball, as well as excellent talent and coaching all around, and the most important piece to the puzzle in an elite QB. And they have a great GM who will keep making good moves to keep this team great for a long time. I've been saying for awhile that a truly great team doesn't just need good players and good depth. They also need a handful of elite players, and one of them has to be the QB. We now have Josh Allen, Steffon Diggs, Von Miller, and Tre White as those truly elite players that will take this team to great heights.

He is speaking about an elite, top 3 player in the NFL, and a generational QB. And he is operating under the assumption that Allen has not already been a cerebral QB who reads defenses, sets up defenders, etc. It's a load of bull crap. Allen is elite in all aspects and has been for awhile. Yes, he is getting even better, but Allen didn't have some epiphany about such a fundamental aspect of quarterbacking. It's pretty disrespectful and shows that these people don't know what they are talking about. They view Allen as a physical freak, but they are just now learning about how smart he is and how cerebral he is as a QB. So they spout this nonsense about him just now learning about how to set up a deep pass.

How long before Pats fans start burning their Mac Jones jerseys?

So crazy that Allen STILL has idiots out there saying this kind of stuff about him. They just can't accept that they were wrong about him.

The Chiefs struggled with the exact same thing all season last year. It isn't just on the play calling and scheme. It also requires the QB to be patient and take smaller plays. Mahomes AND Allen both struggled with that mindset at first. Mahomes still struggles with that, I think.

Well, he could get it there, but he would have to float it super high, which would allow the defender to get back into the play. Weak armed QB's can throw it deep. It isn't about how far you are trying to throw it. All these QB's at the NFL level can throw the ball 50+ yards. It is about the velocity that you can get the ball down the field with. Mac Jones INT to Hyde in the playoffs is a great example. Decently deep ball thrown with good accuracy, but it had to be floated high in the air, which let Hyde get to it. Josh Allen can get the ball there much faster, which makes it much more difficult for defenders.

Yep. I've been hoping for an upgrade for Hughes for years. He hasn't been an impactful edge rusher for a long time. I know some fans love him and he had a long tenure here, but he just wasn't producing when we needed him to. I hope fans can now see the difference with Von Miller. Miller is an elite, impact player who closes and makes plays. Hughes is a fine player, but never elite. There are a bunch of guys in the league a lot better than Hughes, though. Not just Miller. Guys who impact the game to a much higher level.

The regular season is important too. If we can get that first round bye and have home advantage through the playoffs, that's huge.

Go look at the depth chart on Buffalobills.com. He is listed as a running back. Yes, he only plays special teams, but he is technically a running back.

One kick to those skinny, skeletal legs should do the trick!

They kept all the running backs active. That is why Shakir was inactive, I think. I kind of doubt Moss will be active next game, and I'd bet Shakir is active in his place. For some reason they felt they needed all their backs for this game, but two of them fumbled, so I think they won't do that again for awhile. I think Moss took a lot of the plays that Cook was supposed to get. But then he fumbled too. Taiwan Jones too. So 4 RB's. I think Moss will be inactive often going forward.