jkeerie

No Milano.

Totally agree.

This is true. I don't think it's a matter of Josh not using him as much as our OC. We don't use Kelce close to the line of scrimmage like KC uses him. Mahomes completes a little dump off pass for a few yards and Kelce takes it 20 yards plus.

We also don't have Kelce. He makes it easy for Mahomes.

I think they may have kept yesterday's offense a bit vanilla due to the lack of practice this week and the extra stress put on the team with the snow, travel, etc.

That number 34 they interviewed from the Argos looked like something out of the Hobbit movies.

And the Argos do likewise! Victory formation for Chad Kelly.

Argos with the INT!

Chad Kelly is in at QB for Toronto.

I think that's one of the issues. With the team's fast start at the beginning of the season, everyone expected the Bills to coast. Then the injuries hit...and hit again...and hit again. To multiple key players no less. Eventually that had to catch up to the team. We've endured injuries to the secondary but the depth at linebacker just isn't there. If either Milano or Edmunds are absent the Bills defense is seriously affected. Offensively, we are woefully lacking at WR beyond Diggs particularly since Gabe Davis suddenly can't catch. And then there's the injury to Josh. Although the Bills weren't perfect today...they won. Most importantly they did not turn the ball over and they didn't beat themselves. That is huge considering the last 3 games and is a step in the right direction.

And Josh played within himself and took what the defense gave him.

There's a lot of that going around.

What a great commercial by Blink!

Alex Smith predicted this in pregame.

There's a lot of that going around.

You got a few on that last run.

Did you get your 4 points yet?

I have 3rd & 1 envy.

Refs helped on that one.

I don't think there is anything going on other than Josh being "off." He is an emotional player. Whether it's sugar-high Josh, or angry Josh, when he lets his emotions get the better of him, he makes horrid mistakes. He was very angry at himself yesterday after that fumble on the goal-line...Tasker even mentioned it on One Bills Live. Jordan Palmer, Josh's QB guru, said last year, that Josh was playing better because he was in more control of his emotions. He didn't let himself get too high, or too low. This year, he's lost that...for whatever reason...the early season hype, off-field distractions, putting too much on this shoulders. He needs to get out of his own head and regain his composure. As Josh goes, the team goes.

McCourty was on the CBS pregame show yesterday and he said "you want to be playing your best football after Thanksgiving." My hope is that the lessons learned from the 3 losses, by the coaches and the players make them a better team down the stretch.

Thanks, Virgil. This was a measured objective critique of what occurred in the game. I also don't fault Josh on that first INT, although this is the second game where those 3 points would have proved valuable down the stretch had we kicked the FG. (We won the GB game anyway.) Your post was refreshing versus the flame-throwing we've been getting. I appreciate your taking the time to write it.

Totally agree with this. No one is taking this loss harder than Josh. He offers no excuses and knows his mistakes cost the team. To me...the hardest thing about a Bills loss is the vitriol it brings out in so called fans...who are otherwise silent.

And they have a stud RB in Barkley.

Shanahan will never learn. SF is ripping off big runs and moving the chains...then he switches to the pass on 3 straight plays and they have to punt.