[First half: Wk 14 Jets at Bills, 1 pm on CBS]

Wowsers, I'm starting to feel so much better about next season. Get some better O linemen, a couple game breaking WRs, a new TE and we could be real good

[First half: Wk 14 Jets at Bills, 1 pm on CBS]

3 minutes ago, Mark Vader said:

He's a Logo?

a Lego logo

[First half: Wk 14 Jets at Bills, 1 pm on CBS]

Darnold has such a square head, he looks like a Logo man

[First half: Wk 14 Jets at Bills, 1 pm on CBS]

I really like Allen's evolution this year. Ever since he came back from his injury he's looked like a different player. The game has definitely slowed down for him

[Jags Fire Hackett and Have Benched Bortles for Kessler]

Wow, I thought marrone would never take hacket's tool out of his mouth. I always wanted marrone to remain our coach but to get rid of him as his coordinator 

[Some notable Bills' player stats with 10 games gone]

As it's the bye week, I thought I'd look up some of the player's stats to see how they're doing (I don't generally follow stats all that much). Of course, stats don't always tell the whole story (White being a good example of this) but what the hell. Just the players that occur to me:

 

Zay Jones - 37 rec for 392 yards and 2 TDs

 

KB - 20 rec for 302 yards and 1 TD (I was actually surprised he had this many yards...)

 

Charles Clay - 19 rec for 169 yards and 0 TDs

 

McCoy - 111 for 380 yards (3.4 avg) and 2 TDs

 

Marcus Murphy - 36 for 198 yards (5.5 avg) and 0 TDS

 

Shaq - 20 tackles - 2 Sacks - 2 passes def'd, 1 forced fumble

 

Harrison Philips - 21 tackles - 0 sacks - 0 FF

 

Kyle Williams - 17 tackles - 3.5 sacks - 1 FF

 

Star Lotullllllllllallllalllallalallalalay - 7 tackles

 

Tremaine Edmunds - 70 tackles - 1 sack - 2 FF - 7 passes def'd

 

Milano - 61 tackles - 1 sack - 2 int - 6 passes def'd

 

Tre'Davious White - 33 tackles - 1 int - 6 passes def'd

 

Poyer - 52 tackles - 2 int - 1 sack - 1 FF - 2 passes def'd

 

Hyde - 33 tackles - 1 int - 3 passes def'd

 

Taron Johnson - 35 tackles - 1 sack - 1 int - 1 FF - 3 passes def'd

 

 

 

[If Zay pans out, McD's first two drafts are awesome]

While the fact we have a lot of starters isn't a big thing in itself (bad teams are more likely to let their picks start because they have less competition) I do agree there are some good looking players in there. So far the defensive guys are more impressive, hopefully they can hit it out of the park on the offense in the next draft.

 

What I do REALLY like is finding guys in later rounds like Milano and, fingers crossed, Teller. It makes the lesser rounds a lot more fun when you have faith that your front office can find diamonds in the rough. It also gives me hope that they might be able to turn the offense around more quickly than it might otherwise take

[Just heard an interesting Eli rumor (not Bills related)]

Eli is an interesting one. I'm not sure of his career stats but never thought of him as a top tier QB, yet he has those 2 Super Bowl rings and I will always love him for beating Brady each time. It'll be interesting to see what's said when it comes time for his HOF eligibility. I'm sure loads of people would say he should go in, I personally don't. But again, that's based on me not looking at his career stats. I never believed Warner was a HOFer either but there you go

[Bills Release Peterman]

In all seriousness, he is the kind of guy I could see running for president one day. 

[Bills Release Peterman]

I'd like to thank Nate for what has become my 2 year old's favorite counting song:

 

12 interceptions that John Murphy had to call, 

There were 12 interceptions that John Murphy had to call, 

And if only Peterman had been more careful with the ball

There'd be 11 interceptions that John Murphy had to call... 

[Comments about Nathan Peterman being a "good guy"]

12 minutes ago, Buffalo Barbarian said:

The is a social bias against Christianity but you don't believe that so carry on .

 

 

 

I'm not religious myself but I do agree people are allowed to say whatever they want about Christianity, whereas if similar things were said about so-called minority religions they would lose their job in a second. In this respect I sort of feel sorry for Christians who just go about their business and show up to church every Sunday but have to sit tight while people ridicule them

[Comments about Nathan Peterman being a "good guy"]

No offense to any people of faith reading this, but it sort of creeps me out when these high profile sportsmen always talk about God and Jesus so much. Like when the Rams won the Super Bowl and the first thing Warner said when he received the trophy was "thank you, Jesus!" 

 

There's something odd to me about the belief that the Almighty chose you to win and the other guys to lose. What the hell did they do to tick Jesus off so much? 

 

I'll get flamed for this but I always wince now when Jim Kelly keeps talking about Jesus. I understand he's been through some terrible times with his son and his illness and religion is great for helping people through those kinds of things, but when people suddenly 'find' God they can't help but tell you about it every five minutes. It's like when people find veganism and then insist on telling everyone they meet "by the way, I'm vegan". 

[Wyatt Teller: Pancake Papi]

I don't actually know what Teller looks like without his helmet on, but his long hair and all, I'm sort of hoping he resembled Mitch Frerrote (including the spectacular tache)

[If McDermott doesn't start Barkley against Jacksonville he should be Fired]

Okay, here's a list of things that posters on this board believe McDermott should have been fired for so far this season:

 

(possibly) not starting Barkley against Jax

 

Not starting Teller in game 1 (because he definitely would have been great without having 9 weeks to learn and develop)

 

Cutting O' Leary

 

Not having Peterman murdered by a professional hitman

 

Clapping too much

 

Ah, a full list would take too long, but that's a start

[Week 10 Bills @ Jets second half thread]

Just looking at some of the offensive stats. It actually looks like a real team today:

 

Barkley 15/23 235 yards 2 TD

 

McCoy 22 rushes 106 yards 2 TDs

 

Foster 3 rec 105 yards

 

Jones 8 rec 93 yards 1 TD

[[Name Only Title] Wyatt Teller?]

Watched him closely today, he's opened up a lot of holes on that left side. Has consistently driven players back

[Week 10 Bills @ Jets first half thread]

Is Teller starting the difference?

[Week 10 Bills @ Jets first half thread]

I like the going for broke but sort of wish they'd had the same attitude when we were, you know, in with a realistic shot at the playoffs

[Week 10 Bills @ Jets first half thread]

I haven't been this surprised since my wife showed me her balls on our wedding night

[And more piling on.....]

Actually I don't think we're giving them enough credit. Consider this day and age where, like Brady said, it's just a glorified version of college ball. These teams are scoring at will. It's the most normal thing to see two offenses marching up and down the field at will.

 

And yet in the middle of all that the Bills have managed to make an offense that, through 9 games, is one of the worst in HISTORY. Think back to the days when passing was seen as a gimmick.

 

I'm not sure of the stats but I read today that this is the worst opening 9 games in Bills history. I mean that's going back to the 60s. That's just incredible. They really couldn't be worse if they'd tried to engineer it that way. 

 

I think we should take out hats off to them for an amazing accomplishment.

[What Do You Want To See the Rest of the Year?]

Play Allen, Teller, as many young offensive players as possible. Activate the guys on the PS. The only interest I have now is seeing how these guys develop. 

[Deadspin: Someone Left A Poo At The Bills Game]

I hope they had the good taste to wipe their ass on the gameplan

[Gary Kubiak for OC Next Season?]

Just the gig a guy with a heart condition needs

[Peterman might start against the Jets this week - McDermott]

15 hours ago, WMDman said:

Highly unlikely DA is still in concussion protocol 

 

Once he gets cleared he'll hit himself over the head with a brick to get back in it

[I realize that ppl don’t want to hear this but the plan looks like....]

14 minutes ago, TheElectricCompany said:

 

You're going to be waiting a long time for that fix to happen. 
There will always be roster holes. The key is to have talented players at critical positions. 

To me, you need a top tier QB, an elite playmaker at WR/RB, a second "really good" playmaker WR/RB/TE, and a slightly above average line.

You can win with that. 

 

 

The only way they can do it in one off season is to somehow attract top tier FA talent here and then make some REALLY great draft picks, like they've done with the defensive side of the ball. Plus they need to trade down in the first to secure more picks, if anyone is willing to partner with them of course. Let's see:

 

FA WR

1st round WR

2 FA linemen

2nd round lineman

(if they find a trade partner) 2nd round WR

3rd round TE

4th round RB

 

I have no idea which players are FAs this season or how deep the draft is at different positions, but if they draft well and spend some money they could vastly improve this thing. The key for me is linemen. Getting a running game going and giving Allen more time to throw deep/gain confidence would be a huge upgrade. It would also help the defense massively as they'd be getting more than 10 seconds rest between drives.

 

Of course the problem with that many rookies is giving them time to develop. I'd be looking for a really strong second half of next year. If that happens and they draft well the following season they could make a push for at least the divisional round the next season. Usually I'd complain that the defense would regress in that time, but I like the way they've built the D and trust them to continue adding talent in lower rounds of the draft and with cheaper FAs that other people miss.