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The comments aren't as bad as others are making them out to be. More than a little ironic that the guy McDermott trusts to return kick offs had an unforced lost fumble on offense, and also muffed a kickoff (which thankfully went out the endzone and didn't cost us). Side note - it's pretty bogus that Breida's fumble gets credited to Josh. Looked like a routine handoff to me

One of these guys is a depth LB getting paid league minimum. The other is a team "leader" that is going to be paid 12+million next season. It seemed like every big running play featured Edmunds hitting the wrong gap, or getting dominated by a 1 on 1 block

You forgot Brian Moorman !

I disagree. Allen's hard counts routinely fool his own O-linemen

Allen's first INT was returned to the Colts 43 yard line. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the DEF to force a punt there (or at least hold them to a FG). The McKenzie fumble recovered at the 2 is a different story of course.

Superbowl winning teams can and do lose blowout losses at home. The SB champion Bucs lost 38-3 to the Saints at home in week 9 last year. One god awful game from the Bills doesn't invalidate the rest of the season. We're still one of the most talented teams in the NFL and if we play to our potential we should beat any team.

I'm actually a bit curious how the SEC allows this. What they are offering are not "shares" in any sense of the word.

This is fascinating to me. I thought Allen would've had significantly better stats in 2020 than in 2021. With league average QB play last year we probably finish 8-8 or so. With league average QB play in 2021 we'd probably be 5-3, if not 6-2 so far. I guess that speaks more to the DEF than to Josh Allen, but it is interesting.

The fumble was on 3rd down. Not to mention it would've been a 55 yarder 3rd & 2 at JAX 37 (5:41 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen right end to JAX 38 for -1 yards (D.Smoot). FUMBLES (D.Smoot), RECOVERED by JAX-J.Allen at JAX 37. You may be confusing it with this play where Ike had a false start: 4th & 2 at JAX 43 (10:04 - 4th) (Shotgun) PENALTY on BUF-I.Boettger, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at JAX 43 - No Play. I doubt there's a single coach in the NFL that would have attempted a 61 yard FG instead of going for the 4th down there (and it's a moot point after the false start penalty). I think the sack in question is this play: 3rd & 7 at JAX 39 (1:17 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen sacked at JAX 48 for -9 yards (D.Smoot). That would've been a 57 yard FG attempt had we run the ball for no gain and with the way we were failing at running the ball (for the entire game and season) can you really fault the play call there?

I can agree that the Giants in XXV and the Jags yesterday both sold out to stop the pass. The gigantic difference is that Thurman was eating the Giants alive, whereas Singletary & Moss were utterly ineffective. Thurman Thomas in XXV 15 carries 135 yards 1 TD Moss & Singletary combined stats yesterday 9 carries 22 yards "riverboat gambling" would be trying to run the ball and settling for 65+ yard FGs. It's not like we went out there and called some stupid trick play that generated a huge loss to knock us out of FG range. We ran routine plays that ultimately did not work. Complaining about it is 100% hindsight

Couldn't disagree more. There was exactly one drive that ended in FG range with no points (Josh's first INT). Is your suggestion that McD should've known Josh was going to throw an INT there and we should've run the ball for no gain? Or are you talking about the 4th and 2 from JAX 43 yard line? Every coach in the league is going to go for the 4th down instead of attempting a 60 yard FG. After the false start penalty it turns into a 65 yard FG vs a punt. Final drive was 4th and 16 from the JAX 48. 65 yard FG vs a very long 4th down are both bad options, but I think going for it is the right choice.

How about this gem towards the end of the first half right after the Jags fumble ? 1st & 10 at BUF 20 (1:24 - 2nd) (Shotgun) J.Allen up the middle to BUF 21 for 1 yard (J.Allen).

Bills 31 Jags 10 Really don't see this one being close. Our DEF will eat Lawrence alive

The only Steelers game I've seen this year was when we played them in week 1 and I thought Ingram was dominating that game. Surprised he only went for a 6th, but maybe that was his best game of the year ?

Despite the stats I don't trust our DEF to play well against good offenses, or to step up and win a game in the clutch. If a 1 score game is coming down to the final possession I would want to see Josh and the offense out there 10 out of 10 times instead of relying on the DEF for a stop. The DEF is certainly good enough to win a SuperBowl, although not good enough to carry the team to a Superbowl (like the Ravens or Bears).

The decisions were made according to The Process™. As much as we love Beane his O-line decisions have left a lot to be desired. He traded Teller (and a 7th) for a 5th and 6th. He released Spain 6 weeks into a 3 year deal and returned negative value with the dead cap hit. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/offensive-line/ We have one of the pricier O-lines in the league this season, and our O-line is one of the worst in the league. We have to be dead last in terms of money spent vs quality of play.

Sure, and there was the comeback game. But neither of those games required scoring 16 points with 1 minute left in the 4th Q with 0 timeouts. It's pretty telling to me that the Dolphins didn't even try to score after we failed the 2 pt conversion.

The TD was on a 3rd and 6 from the 7 yard line with over a minute left. I don't see how anyone could complain about that. However, going for 2 was completely unnecessary. The Dolphins had no chance of winning. We can talk about hypotheticals and point out that teams have scored 2 TDs in <1 minute before, but how many times has a team overcome a 16 point deficit with 1 minute left in the 4th Quarter (and no timeouts)? Has it ever happened in NFL history? The Dolphins didn't even try to drive down the field to score after we failed the conversion.

I think it's mostly confirmation bias. If they see traits they like in a rookie, and the rookie works out, they will be able to say "See, I always knew that guy would work out". If the same player doesn't work out they can blame it on reasons X,Y, and Z instead of admitting their 1st impression was wrong. Teams invest millions of dollars and untold hours investigating who to draft in the 1st round, yet there are constantly 1st round busts (and late round success stories). If it was that easy to decide if a player was going to make it or not that wouldn't happen as often as it does.

Singletary in the bottom 5 is a head scratcher for me. He finished with 5 carries for 27 yards and 5 catches (on 5 targets) for 16 yards. I distinctly remember him breaking a few tackles and creating more yards than what was blocked for him on some of those carries. I'm not saying he deserved an A+ or anything, but I thought he did fine with his limited touches.

I'd argue that Wyatt Teller is a superstar and a fantastic pick. 2nd team all-pro player with a 5th round pick is genius. Of course we didn't give him time to develop and traded him for next to nothing, but that doesn't change the fact it was a killer draft pick.

Yea, draft star DTs from Alabama. Like Marcell Dareus

We have one of the more expensive O-lines in the league https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/positional/offensive-line/ That unit is easily the biggest disappointment of the season for the Bills. We can't even blame it on injuries.

They did the opposite of "going with the hot hand". Singletary had a few nice runs early where he broke some tackles and gained a lot of extra yards. He was rewarded with 2 touches in the 2nd half. Moss had a fumble (out of bounds). Not going to blame Moss for the INT, but with a better reaction he could've at least tried to break up the catch.

Don't know how the 42% number was reached. Thinking out loud - we could miss the FG attempt. If we make the FG the Titans would've had ~20 seconds and timeouts to try and win the game in regulation. Neither option would be very likely, but should push the odds slightly in their favor instead of purely 50/50 OT coin flip.