MJS

The 49ers are not the most dangerous team in the league. They are more vulnerable this year than they have been in a long time.

Yeah, I think Allen doesn't like turning his back to the defense, which is why he is often doing the shotgun play action where he is still eying the defense. But, that's just another area to improve upon. I remember Tom Brady being just lethal with play action. He had this ability to snap back around so quickly after the fake. I was always impressed by that.

I didn't mean to make it seem like Josh rolling right is always bad. No, it is documented to be when he is at his most lethal. But defenses know that and prepare for it too. And both Houston and Baltimore did a good job at rushing to him and not giving him clean throws. They hit him a lot when he rolled out.

Brady would have shredded them, because he was happy taking the short easy passes all game long. He was great at maneuvering in the pocket. He stayed calm.

He didn't have non-stop pressure, though. That's just not accurate.

What's wrong is he is a human and plays badly sometimes. There is no reason to start believing in conspiracy theories.

Yep, he struggled. I saw at least two dropped interceptions for him, too. And the protection was not as bad as everyone was saying. He bailed the pocket too soon and both the Ravens and the Texans were waiting for that and broke to him quickly to not allow him time to scramble and find a throw. Josh can shred teams from the pocket, but every so often he reverts to his old self of bailing from the pocket instead of stepping up in the pocket, or sensing pressure when it isn't there. Now, sometimes there was pressure, especially early. If I am a defensive coach playing Buffalo, I am doing everything I can to get pressure on him early in a game, because he'll be rushed and uneasy for the rest of the game whether there is pressure or not.

Yeah, well, it has nothing to do with belief. Either he did or didn't, and nobody here has the ability to make that call.

He still has a very high base salary in 2025 and 2026.

Well, my post was about last season, responding to a poster who said he has been disappointed with the offense going downhill the past couple of seasons, which it hasn't been.

I guess they didn't figure it out that well if the Bills still ended as a top 5 offense.

The Bills were a top 5 offense last season...

It's about Jimmy's and Joe's, not X's and O's.

Ending with the three divisional games is interesting. Let's hope both of those teams are still sucking by then.

All I know is I picked him up in fantasy because he was scoring points.

My take is that the offense cannot function without Shakir. That's a problem.

I was at the game, too, and nobody thought he had been knocked out. All the in-stadium replays showed him moving around and hitting the ground as if in pain. And the replay of his ankle turning sure looked like it hurt. I was more concerned that it was a shoulder or clavicle injury.

The players use smelling salts ALL the time. The field is littered with those packets after every game. It has been going on for a long time. Players are addicted to the stuff.

Death, taxes, and "Fire McDermott".

We need to win a game so we can stop linking every single player on another team or released by another team to the Bills.

Well, if McDermott gets the boot the season will have been a complete disaster. I don't see that happening, especially since everyone understands this is a soft reset year. Yeah, fans will pull their hair out and call for his head like they always do, but I don't see Pegula moving on so quickly from the only successful coach he has ever hired (in both sports).

Like Josh? He had a crap oline and crap skill players his first year. These guys have to sink or swim. The important thing is you stick by him even when things don't go perfectly. Josh knew that the coaches had his back. Some organizations don't. They throw the guy out there and then talk critically of him and bench him for other guys when things don't go right.

It wasn't a 42 game loss streak of less than 7 points, as you claim. It was 42 straight games without losing a game by more than 6 points. I think word and typing accuracy is the issue with your post, not my reading accuracy.

I'd be happy with that after the season. There is no point in bringing a brand new coordinator in who isn't familiar with the players or scheme right now in the middle of the season.

He asked why I didn't agree with him. That is the reason why. Anyone is free to speculate, but it doesn't mean I have to agree.