MJS

Makes sense.

That's what I hope. I hope it isn't that the scheme has been figured out at a fundamental level. Let's hope they get it figured out.

Well that sucks. So it's a scheme issue and the Bills defense is being too predictable. That seems tough to fix. Unfortunately teams seem to have this McDermott defense figured out. I guess they need to do some self scouting and mix things up, but that's hard to do at a fundamental level.

What are you even talking about? We just contained Jacobs and Henry. Run defense is not the issue. Linebacker depth is. And also containing the edges on the line.

The Titans do have a good offense. They've been putting up 30 points a game. We know you are worried. You keep posting about how bad the Bills are.

What's Feliciano's status?

And you'd be wrong. So our star corner missed a tackle (who cares, that's not his job) and Kupp, the best slot corner in the league, got open by crossing the entire field for a TD. White isn't Superman. The best defenders in the league still give up occasional plays. The reality is QB's largely ignore Tre White and choose to throw away from him. That's huge and shows how good he is playing.

They want a running back?

John Brown? Cole Beasley? Mitch Morse? John Feliciano? He has had plenty of great free agency signings.

I like them all, but the all-blues are my least favorite. But not a big deal.

I'm not disputing that. Bell would be fine to add. But Singletary is a good back. He isn't a bust.

Rams, rather. Plus he was a weapon catching the ball out of the backfield versus the raiders and the Rams.

Before the game I said here that it's ok if Henry has a big game. Just stop Tannehill. Hit him, intercept him, make him move, and contain him. This league is not about the running game anymore. If you stop the pass there is no way teams can beat you (within reason). I would have much rather seen the Bills take the Titan's approach on defense. Drop into coverage. Don't blitz a lot. Disguise coverages. We were out our top two corners and our best coverage linebacker. Yet we were still blitzing and crowding the box and leaving our depleted secondary on islands. But even if we did that we still probably would have lost given all of the mental errors that happened on special teams and offense. Not true. He played really well against the Raiders. Even before that game he had a good yards per carry average. He wasn't used much because the Bills were behind and needed to air it out. Singletary is a good running back. People throw around the term bust WAY too much. The guy has a down game and all the sudden he is a bust?

Wow. What a disaster for the Jets. What's his dead cap for them?

An AJ breakout is just what we need. But he'll be in the dog house for a bit for jumping Offside. But I want him to get more playing time. He has actually flashed a couple times for me and I still have confidence he can be an effective edge rusher. SOMEONE needs to get pressure on the QB.

The Bills played them tough last year and beat them. We don't need to take anything away from that victory.

Yep. Like these guys even want to talk to the media. They are just trying to get through it without giving anything away to their opponent or saying anything stupid. They want to get back to their real jobs which is to win football games.

I didn't say it is unimportant. But if we are going to expend assets to fix something it should be on the defense, not the offense.

Poor guy. Was Sal mean to you on the radio?

We also need to remember that we have gotten blown out in games the past couple years and McDermott usually responds and makes the necessary adjustments to get things turned around. Maybe that won't happen this year, but it might, and we have precedent for it. Let's get healthy and let's see what McDermott does to turn things around. The season is far from over.

You mean, like... score more points than them? Are you sure there is no other way?

I agree with Greg Cosell's take on Tannehill. He has always been an excellent thrower of the football. He just needs things well defined for him. He needs his reads defined, and he needs the structure to be simple and effective. He isn't going to beat you with his mind. But he can make all the throws and he is accurate. He is also mobile. Because of the lack of the mental aspects of the game, he is never going to be an elite QB. But he has always been decent and he is in a system now that allows him to flourish.

I think the real problem is the defensive line. If that got fixed I think we'd see Edmunds get better. He isn't a game breaker but if he has players around him doing their jobs and playing well he can be a good contributor.

I picked us to win against KC. I thought it was going to be another game like the Dallas Thanksgiving game where our team comes into primetime fired up, with an elite defense. But... not sure how our defense can handle the Chiefs now. They certainly are not elite anymore. I expect a loss, but we'll see. We've seen McDermott shore up the defense after a big loss in the past.

I don't really agree about Phillips because he was always a liability on run downs and he was never diligent with his gaps, but I can agree with Lawson. I was all for moving on from him, but he was good at setting the edge and not letting things get by him. The defensive line really misses that this year. Better to at least have someone set the edge if they can't get to the QB and pressure him. Right now we're getting neither.