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Agreed. I think there's a vocal minority upset with Allen, but they are idiots.

Not sure how 1 post in the entire thread mentioning that it was an Allen audible (which I'll note was posted AFTER my comment) qualifies as "umpteenth"? All that does is shift more blame to Allen than Daboll. I still don't like the decision to go for a QB sneak out of a timeout like that.

Would you have gone for 4th and 3 from the 5 in a 0-0 game? Or the 4th and goal from the 10 while leading 3-0 ? And to note that the DEF was playing lights out at that point of the game. I ripped on McDermotts 4th down decisions in the Steelers game, but I thought he was 100% correct on 4th down calls last night.

Love the advanced stats. If you want to look at "gut feeling" our OFF was playing great and the DEF was trash. I'd much rather trust my offense and Josh to score a TD in that situation than have the game come down to the OT coin flip. I think it was absolutely the right decision to go for it. I'm not sold on the play call, but tough to blame Daboll when his LT gets blown TF up and QB slips.

I was wondering this myself during the game. If my math is right the Titans average field position after a Bills kickoff was the 21 yard line. Gaining 4 yards of field position doesn't seem worth risking a big return (or TD), but that's just me. I like the idea of short directional kicks, but I think it works better when it's a surprise (like what the Redskins did to us). Don't do it on every single kickoff.

I remember the DEF carrying this team to two playoff appearances while Flutie was starting. Wins are a TEAM stat. Keep in mind guys like Vince Young and Tim Tebow won more games than they lost as starting QB.

Dallas Goedert was out due to COVID

Titans 31 Bills 20 Bills offense is out of sync and turns the ball over early and often. Derrick Henry does Derrick Henry things.

Not sure this is the best "what if" scenario to dive into given Watt is healthy and playing well in AZ. The DEF would probably be even better this season with Watt on the team, depending on how exactly we fit him under the cap. The most likely scenario would be we cut Addison and pull some shenanigans with signing bonuses. The other major DEF moves could've been the same (draft Rousseau, sign Milano) and it wouldn't have killed our cap situation for future seasons. I don't feel bad about not signing him, but I'm not going to celebrate it either.

One of the things that I haven't seen mentioned about the refs from this game were the OPI calls (1 on each team). OPI is a fairly rare call, and it's almost always called when the offense runs a pick play. In this game NEITHER of the OPI calls were pick plays. They were WR running straight down field (and straight into a defender). WRs are allowed to run their routes (even with a defender in the way) so I was pretty shocked they made that call twice. Earlier in the game Neal was called for defensive holding on a play where Kelce was running straight into him. Neal tugged on Kelce's jersey as he was getting bowled over so I can see why the refs called a penalty on Neal (although with Kelce's contact I thought it should've been matching penalties or a no-call). Makes me wonder if McDermott got on the refs case after that and they were watching for WRs running through defenders after that play. As for an overall analysis I have to say that the refs heavily favored the Chiefs in this game (the refs didn't rig the game, they just suck at their job). It would have been one of the most lopsided games ever were it not for the borderline roughing the passer call on Clark. It wasn't just the disparity in number of penalties and penalty yards, but the TIMING of the calls. How many times did the refs extend Chiefs drives with a defensive penalty on 3rd/4th down? I don't know the answer to that question, but I do know the Bills had no fewer than 3 drives that were killed after non-calls on the Chiefs (2 drives in the 2nd half died on failed 3rd downs where Diggs was interfered with) or a bad call on the Bills (holding by Dawkins). My list of bad calls/no calls throughout the game 1) Holding on Dawkins. Bad call but I see why the ref called it. Dawkins had his arm around the defender and when he turned to follow the ball it looked like Dawkins tugged him back a little bit. Dawkins foolishly put his hands up with the universal "I just committed a penalty please don't call it" look. The defender had no chance at stopping the play, and there was very light contact. Extremely ticky tack call on a 3rd down conversion that killed a likely TD drive (or at least a FG) and turned it into a punt. 2) Holding on Neal - outlined above 3) OPI on Josh Gordon - outlined above 4) No DPI call 3rd & 2 at BUF 33 (13:48 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short left to S.Diggs (L.Sneed). The Bills first possession of the 2nd half. Watching the play live I thought the defender got to Diggs a little early. On replay the defender was definitely there early. This would've been a borderline penalty in a normal game, but with the standard the refs set in this game of calling it tight this absolutely should've been a penalty. 5) OPI on Sanders (declined) - outlined above 6) RTP on Oliver - Borderline call. The rulebook bans hits on QBs below the knees, but I thought Oliver could make the argument he was blocked into him. Oliver also put very little force into the hit. This almost felt like a cumulative call. The Bills had a number of borderline (but legal) hits on Mahomes throughout the night, including on a few slides. 7) No DPI call 3rd & 10 at BUF 17 (1:27 - 3rd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete deep right to S.Diggs. Clear and obvious penalty. The defender had Diggs arm hooked well before the ball got there and dragged Diggs down. No idea why this wasn't called. 8 )DPI on White - bad call but I see why the ref called it. Watching live I thought it was a penalty on White. On replay you can see mutual contact going down the field, and then Kelce actually drags White down. Kelce was never going to make the catch, but this probably doesn't meet the "uncatchable" standard refs apply on DPI calls. 9) Holding on Morse. Far and away the worst call of the night and an inexcusable mistake by the refs. Morse wasn't even close to committing a holding penalty, and none of the other O-linemen were either. Phantom call indeed. 10) RTP on Clark. The rulebook bans hits where a defender drives a QB into the ground. The key thing to me on this play is that Allen had left his feet and was in mid-air when Clark hit him. Allens legs popped up as a result and Clark drove him into the ground (he made the same mistake Dawkins did and put his hands up after the play). With the amount of force Clark put into the hit (very little) if Allen had his feet planted I doubt that Allen even goes down to the ground. Borderline call but I see why the refs made it (not even factoring the makeup call factor for the hold on Morse from the previous play). Couple more thoughts to wrap things up: Holding penalties - with the standard the refs set early in this game with the call on Dawkins (and how tight they called other penalties) they could've called the Chiefs Tackles for at least 5+ holds each. Groot was being held all game. Ironically they did call holding on the Chiefs O-Line twice and both were declined. Poyer - his hit on Kelce was ugly. No reason to do that late in a blowout Edit - final thought. The brutal no DPI call on Diggs I thought the defender could've been called for taunting after the play. He crosses his arms over his chest in Diggs face while on the Bills sideline? Taunting is supposedly a point of emphasis this year. That play looked very similar to the taunting call that Levi Wallace got in week 2

If we were playing those games next week we'd be a double digit favorite in 8 of them. McDermott does a fantastic job of winning games he's supposed to. Was week 1 vs Steelers the first game the Bills have lost as a favorite in his tenure ? Saints, Bucs, Panthers, and Titans are really the only 4 opponents that should give us trouble. I think worst case is we split those 4 games, and then have 1 random upset loss to get us to 13-4 (barring injuries).

The holding was called on the WR down the field. When it's blocking downfield like that it turns into a spot foul, in this case the WR was called for holding 15 yards from the line of scrimmage

Reminded me of Josh from weeks 1&2 this season. Mahomes missed a number of throws when he had time to throw and an open receiver. Combine that with some drops by receivers and it turns into a pretty bad game. Regression? Or just a rough patch? I'm betting the latter, but we'll find out over the course of the season.

I'd be pretty shocked if he wasn't right around average in terms of how much a color guy talks. I did notice 1 play today where the Bills ran a play wile he was still rambling about something from the previous play, but that's not unusual for color guys (even the vaunted Romo did that a few times today). If you find yourself annoyed because a commentator "talks too much".... maybe you should examine your feelings/bias a little bit? Unless the color person routinely rambles on into the next play I don't see an issue

How DARE a commentator....talk..... I really don't get the hate for him. He's a pretty decent color guy

I think Gruden is telling the truth here. It's pretty convoluted for Gruden to say that he's always called liars "rubber lips" so he's calling Smith a huge liar by saying he has Michelin lips. Gruden isn't smart enough to come up with an excuse like that.

Talk about asset mismanagement by Belichek. Gilmore was DPOY 2 years ago and made the pro bowl last year. If they traded him in the offseason (prior to contract holdout/"injury") you have to think the starting point is a 1st round pick.

I'm happy that Edmunds had his first strong game of the season. I'm a little surprised it was strong enough to win defensive player of the week, but just glancing at other box scores no other defenders are really popping out. Edmunds is already trending for another Pro-Bowl despite playing average (at best) football for 3 out of 4 games with the only quality performance coming against a bottom tier offense starting a 3rd string QB.

I can believe the Josh score. The WFT game in particular he was doing a masterful job of sliding in the pocket to avoid rushes before making great throws. He seems to be at his best when he's moving his legs and not just standing still in the pocket. I can't believe the Brady score under pressure. In the 2 Buc games I've watched this year (vs cowboys and at Patriots) whenever he has even a sniff of pressure he bails on the play and dumps the ball into the dirt

Maybe Beasley should separate sports and politics himself? He opened himself up to this with his incendiary social media posts. Even with that it's safe to say the vast majority of Bills fans were cheering/"Beeeaaassss"-ing him. I think he's going to lose a lot more support after crying on social media about some fans being mean to him

I suppose it's possible some fans were booing him, but I've only heard "Beeaaass" at the stadium this year. The persecution complex is strong in this one. Maybe the snowflake should toughen up

Can't believe I'm defending Rex Ryan, but the Jets did make back to back AFC Championship games with him as HC.

Bills 27 Texans 10

I'm amazed the Browns losing streak wasn't longer. They went 1-15 in 2016 and 0-16 in 2017. That 1 win separated a 14 and a 17 game losing streak.

Homerun throwforward was a long time ago, but I think we were mad at Wade for refusing to fire the special teams coach ? I have to agree that given this exact set of circumstances that Bills fans would be doing the same thing.