MJS

Yes, Knox being out has been a huge issue to overcome. Hopefully he is back this week.

Of course. He had that on his resume when applying.

I have no reason to believe that they will play like that for the rest of the season. The offense got on track in the 2nd half of the Dolphins game and ended up winning the game by double digits. The defense has kept us in every game except the Titans game, and even that was a last second loss. Josh Allen has consistently shown throughout his career that he can step up and play better after bad games. The oline has had much better games. I'm totally concerned about the offensive problems, but they can be dealt with. And I've watched a lot of other teams and seen their issues too. The Bucs have their warts too this season. Every team does.

Bills fans will never be satisfied. They have an inferiority complex that can never be overcome.

Bills fans are the thinnest skinned cry babies of all fan bases. They can't handle a loss. It's embarrassing. It's a joke.

Lose-lose situation for the Bills. If they beat the Jets, fans will just say it's because the Jets are terrible, even if the Bills blow them out. And, obviously, a loss looks really bad regardless.

If the rest of the NFL has our number, how did we get 5 wins?

Obviously he will be. Will he be playing? Hopefully not, but if injuries continue, he'll probably be playing. It's not complicated. They aren't just going to cut him.

The Titans lost to the Jets. Which team hasn't looked terrible this season? Can you name one? They've all had bad losses. I don't think you actually watch other games. The NFL seems to be just this romantic idea of mythical elite teams in shining armor dolling out blowout losses to peasant teams. That's not what the NFL is like. This year especially. A team gets a big win one week and then gets blown out by an inferior team the next. That's how it has been all season.

The blame goes everywhere. They stuck with the oline because of the reduced cap and no money to upgrade. It was a gamble by Beane that it would be sufficient for this season, and it hasn't paid off. That's on Beane. I'm not totally sure what he could have done about the oline given the restrictive cap, but the money to resigning Feliciano and Williams could have gone somewhere else, I suppose. They drafted guys, and Brown looks like a good player, but rookies can't always help right away. McDermott's coaches are not getting the offense ready enough. The offense lacks an identity, lacks creativity, and sometimes play calling is lackluster, especially in the red zone. That's all coaching and scheme and falls at the feet of the offensive coaches, including Daboll, which ultimately comes back to McDermott. And the players are not executing on offense. That's on them. Plenty of blame to go around. Go fix what you can, scheme around what you can't fix, and go win more games.

And why did you have this belief in the 7th round draft pick? Did he ever show you anything to make you believe that he would be a good player?

Really? Strictly on Josh Allen? No blame at all for the oline getting spun like tops every drop back, if they were even close enough to the pass rushers to even get spun? The loss is on the oline. Yes, Allen could have played better, but he played poorly because he was running for his life all game long. And interior pressure is always the worst kind for QB's, and that's mostly what it was. Everyone on offense needs to be better including the QB, play callers, and probably coaches too. But most of all, the oline. What will you do if the Bills beat the Patriots? Will you agree to stop posting?

Exactly. Everyone is saying that the Bills have not shot at the Superbowl? Who does? Every single contender, AFC and NFC, has had at least one embarrassing loss this season, including the defending Superbowl champs. Bills fans just need to look at the rest of the league. This season is crazy unpredictable. We should be concerned about every team we face. They've all shown this season that they can turn it on for a game and beat teams that are better than them. Of course, they've also all gotten the snot beat out of them in games. It's a weird season and there's no reason to believe that it will get less weird. In fact, each passing week seems to be less predictable.

The defense gave up 9 points even when the offense turned the ball over three times. What on Earth are you even talking about? How can you place even one ounce of blame on the defense?

The line is a problem for sure. Let's hope they can get some things figured out, get healthy, and have a bounce back. This oline has had good games in the past and they can in the future too. But, we've also seen them struggle before and this is probably the worst I've seen this oline group perform in a game. It was brutal. And the worst thing was they ALL chose today to have their off game. None of them were good (not totally sure about Morse, but I know the other four struggled). Let's see how these coaches address the problem going forward.

Exactly. Bills fans are getting spoiled. We used to have bad losses almost every week. Decent wins were a rarity. It's pretty disgusting to see fans turning on the team. A team that is still leading the division and, before this game, was leading the league in points scored and points against. I get that losses suck. They do. But why make them more than they are? A loss is a loss. It doesn't mean some giant collapse of the franchise. It is one game. Go win next week.

Wow. One hard loss and some fans are ready to jump ship? Good riddance. Go root for some other team.

You can sometimes get those if you hold blockers to try to allow your teammates to get through to make the tackle. But yes, officiating was quite bad today. They made a lot of embarrassing mistakes.

Would the season be over at 5-4? No.

Whelp, time to take a break from TBD this week. It's party time for those "fans" who hate the team. See you all next week.

Wow, the offensive line is letting rushers at Josh Allen on every play. Really bad.

How did they catch Trubisky taunting? Technology these days is amazing.

Maybe it has affected Andy Reid some. The players have seemed to act pretty normally since that incident. I don't see the doom and gloom that you are characterizing. They have had problems with their defense for awhile now. In previous years they got their defense more on track as the season progressed and the offense overcame their defensive problems. But their offense has been performing for a long time now. Defenses have faced them many times and have more blueprints on how to limit them. Their stars are getting older every year and they haven't drafted well to bring in new elements and weapons to the offense or to help their struggling defense. In short, I think the incident you mentioned has little or nothing to do with their struggles this year, or the Superbowl last year.

I guess I'd have to see the play in question again. You also can't interfere with the receiver's opportunity to catch the pass, so it is a balance for sure.

The defender has as much right to play the ball as does the receiver. The plays that I remember, White was playing the ball and the contact was legitimate because of that.