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Bret Favre: 508 TD; 336 INT. HOF. Superbowl winner. Stop with the madness. Josh has TO issues, for sure, yet he remains elite and the guy you build the team around This year he has regressed but so many factors could play into that.

Oh sure. Diggs, who is still playing at the top level is "too old. At 29. But bring in 30 yo Evans as savior? WTH. Who has been the better receiver between the two these last 5 years?

Hey, I know it's all gloom and doom right now. But yes a W against the Jets would help, and the season is NOT over. Even if players can't stand each other right now or the coaches, winning solves everything. Well, almost everything. I'm in the group that think McD has been a good coach but is not elite, has not that extra gear that can have the team win the SuperBowl. But you finish the year with him. If it all crumbles, he's gone. As of today, he can use Dorsey as a scapegoat to save his skin. If the season tanks, he can't. And if the Bills do make the playoffs, then coaches will have deserved their stay. Fans always want to tear it all down. Hell, some want to trade Diggs and some, Josh, for "1st round picks". WTH. Firing and trading are only good if you get something better in exchange!

It's crazy. We all get it if a player isn't as good as he was, but the EFFORT man, wow. Even in his lone tackle in the game he somewhat hesitated at first and could have done a few yards earlier.

To be fair, the Dolphins game this year was amazing. McD and Dorsey had their best games in scheming and playcalling, by far. Even McDaniel was in awe. Why did it drop a cliff after that I have no idea!

What? Talk about hyperbole. He had worse games, even this year (Jets). But he seems... lost a bit. Yet he has that fire. For all the talk on "inconsistency" on offense, and they are right, NO team scores every drive! Well the Bills didt against the Cheats and the Dolphins did it to the Broncos this year but those are rare games. It was on Dorsey. You can't fault him for the fumbles and INTs and dropped passes! Seriously, on its own, he didn't call that bad a game. But the Broncos were against the run all year, and when the Bills ran, it worked, so why stop it?? I just don't get it

I sure think so too, but many NFL OCs are on the sidelines. I wonder what's the overall % of each.

They got him to stuff the run, and he stuffed Burrows while at it ha ha. I expected to see more of him later on. The whole DL looked like a juggernaut in the first 5 games. WTH happened? It seems they all have little nagging injuries that diminish their play. Rousseau and Floyd aren't scaring anyone of late, and certainly not Von. AJ still seems to put decent pressure. I'd use him more till the others heal up. Oliver seems like Davis: big game or invisible. Philips used to be good, not he gets tossed around, I don't get it. Hopefully Joseph creates chaos. McD never blitzed so much... and it's not even getting pressure! Something is going on. Bernard, Milano, White gone. It's all real bad, but it has little to do with the DL pressure.

Indeed. Plus ALL QBs sometimes overlook a wide open guy. The questions is if JA does it more than others. I somehow don't think so, except for checkdowns.

Oh sure. He was cleared but let's never hire this talented young man for the rest of his football life. In this case, never mind the Bills, why isn't he hired somewhere in the league? He is a free agent.

He had a real good game before. But yeah, his leg isn't that powerful. Not to start a debate again ha ha, but why is Araiza not hired? He was cleared and he is a free agent! I don't get it.

Hiring him was a gamble, to have that "final missing piece" to beat the Chiefs and Bengals. The clutch player to get over the final hump. And if he didn't get injured, he'd been there for the playoffs, as planned. He was performing superbly as expected. Since he's been back, he is bad. What made him special is his "bend" and he doesn't have it. Forever or for a few weeks still, we don't know... A gamble sometimes pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Now it seems more likely it's the second one. But it was a gamble to take full use of the "Superbowl window". You are going to criticize this since it didn't pay off? We all approved the intent. The price tag is becoming huge for sure.

That was a DUMB throw. But for all his high turnover rate, he makes such dumb INT only 4-5 times a year. The ugly is that the Bills could miss the playoffs, and they lost to a direct rival for a playoff spot. The ugly is all those injuries on defense. The bad is the offence and Dorsey. They barely have an "injury excuse" yet underperform. The good: for all the talk of the mighty Bengals and Dolphins, don't you see the Bills crushed the Fins and barely lost to the Bengals? As is often the case, the turnovers were the difference. The Bills D bailed out the team when Josh threw that INT deep in their own zone. And the offense was on a tear when Kincaid fumbled. This HAPPENS in football. In other times, we could say chill, relax. But at 5-4, yikes. My point is that no, the Bills were NOT outclassed. They lost. It happens. And they lost to one of the elite teams. First Jets loss and Cheats loss sting more. Yet recall the Chiefs lost the Broncos (!) last week and Bengals are at 5-3, not 8-0...

And they are rich guys, even the lower tiered players not on the PS. They can party anyway all they want, especially during the offseason. Nightlife in Miami and LA isn't closed from February to July... Playing in cold weather I can see that repulsing some players, but a tiny minority.

Nobody can understand why even unproven coaches have long term deals, but hey, it's owners' money, and it doesn't impact the salary cap, so who cares. One of the reasons might be that the players have to know the coaches have some leverage. Many players are paid more than coaches, and there are 53 players, one HC, so we all know what is easier to change...

"Let Josh be Josh"... he has an injured shoulder. He was as much "Josh" we could ask for in the last game. There's no pleasing fans. McD and crew were BADLY outcoached last year by the Bungles. But they outcoached the Dolphins in big way this year, then got beat bad by The Hoodie. Well, the Chiefs just lost to the Broncos, they didn't even score a TD... against a defense that had allowed 70 point to the Fins! The "mighty Bengals" have 3 losses too... It's fine for us to criticize, to be full on mad at times, but sometimes some of you act worse than nagging wives, finding any excuse to complain. Don't you think McD and crew are aching for revenge? Players have bad games, coaches have bad games. But they surely wan to take those extra 3 days of preparation to kick the Bungles' behind, in a bad way This year more than any other year, it's really "On any given Sunday". So unpredictable. Yet I can't believe so many of you count the Bills out, time and time again. Are you fans or not? It's fine to worry, but you seem to expect the worse!

I too noticed Johnson had a really bad game and Poyer had a good one.

Josh seems to be the incarnation of "momentum QB". When he is in rhythm, everything clicks, he plays loose, has fun, seems to see everything. If he and the offense are not clicking, everything is a drag, he overthinks, blablabla. Now, of course ALL QBs are like this, but the so-called "momentum QBs" a tad more. As usual with QBs, pressure them, make them uncomfortable in the pocket, and you beat them. The thing is, Josh is good on the move. So first, they need to pick the blitzes better. They have been weak against it so far this year. Move the pocket on purpose, and have designed Josh "running to his right but passing" plays. With the usual misdirection plays, play action, sweeps, short passes mixed in. They were doing a great job of this weeks 2-3-4.

Indeed. He was concussed and played the rest of the game! It can't be god for his health. His case was probably more obvious, we see the big hit on the replay, and then as a QB there are many close up shots of his face (and eyes). But who knows when Kincaid got his concussion besides himself?

He and Kincaid seemed the only Bills player that had waken up on offense in the first half. He needs to block better if he wants more playing time. But using him as an outlet for short passes and get him in space was always the strong point of him being drafted. It was supposed to be an "unfair advantage".

Quite a lack of respect to a veteran! On most of their tush plays, the Eagles OLine has pushed the pile 3-4-5 yards. Yeah, yeah, I know Hurts squats 600 pounds. But I've seen him been floating on top of the pile and/or dragged ha ha. Credit the OLine here. And Brady was THE king of QB sneaks. He just took the empty space, still the best way to do it unless you're 2 yards away like the Eagles do sometimes.

These guys are selfie professionals. Look at the smiles ha ha. And I didn't realize Woods had shrunk to under 6 feet since retiring. Tough business!

QB sneaks have always seemed to me to be dangerous to the QB. For exactly what happened to Purdy. I wonder why teams don't do sneaks with RBs. Recall when they used to switch to the 2nd QB? I found that such a brutal concept. Here Joe, come off to bench to take a hit, then back you go. But I like what the Eagles are doing. Zero subtlety, all muscles. It's a few plays a game, just stop them if you can.

Yes. So the Bills would still be 4-3. But with one more division win and one more NFC loss. Anyway, both teams (Giants and Bills) got screwed. My point remains though: a non-call happens. A call made and then reversed without any explanation? More problematic IMO.