CincyBillsFan

I'm normally an optimist but today I saw a very ominous future for the Bills: For the 3rd straight season a terrible performance by the Defense led to our exit from the playoffs. It has become painfully obvious that we are falling behind the elite teams of the AFC and the reason is simple - the Bills organization is run by a defensively minded coach & GM. The Bengals & Chiefs are better organizations because they both embrace an offensive mindset. They plow the majority of their resources into surrounding their elite QB's with the best O line and skill players possible. And as early as next season KC & Cincy will be joined by Jacksonville whose offensive minded coach will move heaven & earth to surround Lawrence with the best possible O-line and play makers. No one will convince me that this isn't the Bills fundamental problem. And I see only one way to fix it without risking a compete meltdown of the team that removing Bean & McD could lead to: Frazier must go and Bean/McD must commit to a major upgrade on the offensive side of the Ball. If they double down on trying to add more talent to the D without making the painful choice of removing Frazier the Bills will be lucky to have a winning season next year.

Or they can win by holding Cincinnati to no more then 17 points. IMO and given the resources pushed to the Defense by this organization and the fact that the Bengal's are missing 3 starters on the O line AND that the weather conditions won't be great this is the path to victory. I hope the Offense plays great and boat races the Bengals. But the Bills decided back in 2020 to follow the Carolina Panthers model - use an elite QB to elevate the offensive talent and plow the majority of the organizations resources into the defense. Now it's time for that defense to shut down the Bengals and generate TO's. IMO this game is on them.

I want to start by saying I respect McD and believe he is the reason the Bills have gone from the trash heap of the NFL to being among the elite teams. BUT, today is going to be an assessment of just how far a defensive minded organization can take a team in the modern NFL. On paper the Bills should win this game. Our investment in the D, particularly the D line, should pay huge dividends against an offense missing 3 starters on the O line. The Bills have chosen to copy the Carolina Panther approach of relying on an elite QB to lift the offense while pushing the majority of resources to the defense. It kind of worked for the Panthers with a SB appearance but that was in an older NFL. Can this work today? I'm not sure. I hope it can but it remains to be seen.

Jags need to throw a pass more then 10 yards downfield!

Wow, don't you just love all this check down and short passing offense!

Of course the Jags could help their cause by holding on to 60 yard completions and pick 6's.

Did Collinsworth call that pass "overthrown"?

Here's another bad take from this hack: Winners Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan: It was a night for new eras and instant hope in the five cities that drafted quarterbacks in the first round. But no one should be happier than Maccagnan, and no fanbase should be more thrilled than the always-hopeful supporters of Gang Green. When #ScamforSam first caught fire more than a year ago, Jets fans imagined going 2-14 in 2017, grabbing the No. 1 overall pick and ending up with Darnold. The path to landing him wound up being far different, including a costly and risky trade by Maccagnan with the Colts to move into the third overall slot. But the ends justify the means. The Christian Hackenberg error will be forgotten quickly if Darnold, the top quarterback on many draft boards, turns into the player many predict. Darnold is the third-youngest quarterback drafted in the first round since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger and has the temperament and skill set to survive in New York. This was the type of trade and pick by Maccagnan, helped out by a little luck, that could pay for a new mortgage.

"Miami effectiveness" was even more dependent on a couple of Bills dropped passes - like a TD and 50+ yard gain.

Bingo. Allen was something like 10 of 12 for 150 yards and 2 TD's to start the game and was a dropped Knox TD pass from being 11/12 with 3 TD's. And I vaguely recall a playoff game last year against the Pats at home where Allen started out pretty good. What I want to know is where to these people get these ideas?

Yep today I didn't hear a single talking head opine that after throwing FOUR INT's in one half that Lawrence was a "turnover machine" but Allen throwing 2 picks and losing a fumble is.

Trust me when I say that this is the best ice cream I've ever had. The black raspberry is to die for.

And a muffed punt fake (how the hell do you screw up a punt fake?) to make it 5 straight TO's in TB territory.

And isn't it funny how they don't call Lawrence a "turnover machine" in spite of his throwing four bad INT's in the first half last week? And if Allen is a "turnover machine" what does that-make Dak Prescott given all the INT's he's thrown in 5 fewer games then Allen?

I like the Cowherd show. It's wildly entertaining for a sports show and even Nick Wright is amusing. Greg Cosell is a great listen and once you figure out how to read Cowherd's BS he's actually quite insightful.

Damn, it looks like the Dolphins aren't listening to Nick Wright, Colin Cowherd and all the other experts saying how bad Allen and the Bills offense were on Sunday. I mean if we go by them the Dolphins should be giving their D coordinator a raise and not the boot.

It's maddening the false narrative of the Bills offense struggling under Dorsey and Allen having regressed. By almost every offensive & QB stat you look at 2022 was either the same as or better then 2020 & 2021.

Remember when Kelly threw THREE INT's at home against the Bengals in the FIRST FREAKING QUARTER! He went on to cut the Bengals up and the Bills won by a couple of scores but if Allen did that all the "experts" would focus on were the 3 INT's in one quarter. Today on Cowherd he had Greg Cosell on (great analysis as always) and when jumping to Trevor Lawrence Cowherd said something along the lines of "moving past the 4 INT's in the first half wasn't Trevor amazing". I laughed out loud! The same guy obsessing over Allen's TWO picks just causally shrugs off Lawrence's FOUR INT's. You just can't take any of these people seriously.

It's as real as "double secret probation"!

Remember the Bills already put in a defensive game plan for the Bengals just 3 weeks ago. Poyner is resting and getting treatment.

And you're likely to have a lot more TD's.

I watched the entire Cincy/Tampa game and the Bucs were blowing the Bengal's off the field for almost the entire FIRST HALF. They led 17 - 3 at half and had outplayed the Bengals in every way. Then in the 3rd quarter things got really weird. On their first possession TB tried a fake punt on 4th and 1 from their own 30 yard line. It might have worked but the guy who was supposed to get the direct snap missed the call and wasn't aware that a fake was on. So the Bengals got the ball at the Bucs 25 yard line and kicked a FG. After that debacle TB tuned the ball over on FOUR straight possessions! Four straight! And I can't believe you think the Bengal's played well against NE and in their last 2 games against Baltimore. I talk to a lot of Bengal fans and none of them thought the Bengals played well in those games. In fact they were a lot like Bills fans - glad they won but uneasy on how they won.

For all the complaining from Bills fans about the D line they did put a lot of pressure on the Miami QB. The Dolphins also threw a lot of quick short passes in response to their banged up line. And with Waddle & Hill able to take a 5 yard pass to the house from anywhere on the field this type of game plan was dangerous. And while he was banged up the Dolphins stud left tackle did play. Much like the Bengals/Raven game the Bills/Dolphins game was weird. Miami had only one decent TD drive and one decent FG drive. The rest of their points came via special team plays and turnovers. Miami only had about 220 yards of total offense.

You know you have the right amount of cheese on a 5 way when you have to worry about it spilling all over the table when you stick your fork into it.

I agree. I live in Cincinnati and know the Bengals probably better then most Bills fans. They're my second favorite team. And they can absolutely go into Buffalo and win the game this Sunday. The Bills & Bengals are 2 of the 3 top teams in the AFC with the other being the Chiefs. But with all that being said the loss of 3 starting O-linemen for the Bengal's is a huge blow. It will force Burrow into making quick throws that the Bills D should be all over. It will also make running the ball much more difficult for the Bengals. And while Allen may again turn the ball over to much it would be unusual if he did it two games in a row. The chances that Allen comes out on fire in front of the home crowd is very good IMO.