Allen2Moulds

Hey guys, I'm on here a lot. I read a lot more than I post. I'm not as eloquent as most on here, not being sarcastic. Anyhow, I just bought my tickets for Bills/Chiefs, and I'm bringing my 15-year-old stepson, who's never been to Buffalo for a Bills game. We're making the trip up from Florida. Would love to meet some of you guys for the tailgate if possible (weather permitting).

Definitely

Between 8 & 9. I expect them to be locked in, and expect Josh and the offense to look sharp today.

Stroke....talking about hard balls

I agree. The NE/BUF Hurricane bowl showed us that Josh can rip it through just about anything. NE attempted 3 passes, we attempted 30. Unfortunately we figured it out too late, but gained the experience from it.

Last game showed me that Diggs is still Diggs, at least physically. What we're not seeing is the energetic jubilant version that we saw in previous years. Diggs and Josh have a very businesslike relationship right now, and I'm not seeing the same love they had for each other in the past. Unfortunately, it looks like this has run its course. That being said, I appreciate Diggs handling it as professionally as he has been, but once he's gone, I'm sure we'll get a little insight as to what happened. Unless of course we win it all, as winning cures all. For now, and for the good of the team, somebody needs to tell these 2 to just hug it out.

Nice! Congrats Sal...I know you lurk these boards from time to time....lol

I agree with this. Also game flow for me. Not a lot of space against Miami, I thought it would've been better if we tried getting Fournette more involved, especially at the 5, where he can carry guys for 1-3 yds, when there isn't a hole to run through. Also.... Fournette absolutely loves playing against Pitt.

You could be right, and I can't disagree with this. However, for whatever reason, as the OP points out, it does seem that almost all of the communication issues are between Josh and Gabe. I'm sure it's not exclusive with Josh and Gabe, but it's at an alarming rate. Not seeing that with any of the other receivers.

HAHA....this dude is completely whacko.

Here's another thing that points to the idea, that he's playing banged up. I read somewhere that he's out on 90% of the run plays. I know he's not an elite blocker or anything, but he's at least been serviceable. Maybe this is a way that the coaching staff, is trying to limit the punishment he is taking. Wondering if that's also effecting what routes he's being asked to run. Honestly just guessing.

I also think that even if Diggs isn't happy with how everything has transpired over the last year+. He's still the ultimate competitor and professional, and in no way shape or form, is he holding anything back. Dude is all about winning, #1.

I agree, I believe the decreased usage has more to do with some sort of preventative maintenance thing. He's probably playing through multiple bumps and bruises. Enough at least to slow him down a bit. I'm hoping that they are managing it, until we hit the playoffs, than it's, let's see everything you got left.

Stone hands Murray. Get him out of there

I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with his arm. Consistently under throwing anything over 20 yards.

This would be ideal.

Way too many runs, especially on 1st down.

I was really encouraged with the amount of success we had running the ball last week. But I was a little worried that it would lead us into falling in love with the run a bit more, and that's exactly what happened. We ran on 1st down, ai don't know how many times, but we were very predictable today. We played like we were up by 3 TDs. Can we please stay with the attacking offense that we've had since Brady took over. This was ridiculous.

Sorry man....nothing like him.

The Home Field advantage stuff was great. The other thing that stuck out to me, was when he started talking about Favre. If you block out the name, you would swear he was talking about Allen.

Diggs needs to extend arms and catch the ball. Looked like he was trying to body catch it.

Very true. Let's hope that holds up for 1 more week.

Mono

It didn't make sense how bad he looked, in comparison to what we saw last year. Even if he wasn't progressing as much as we would like for a player going into his second year, it seemed at the time like a huge step back. I understand that we're not a good scheme fit, and how he might still be struggling with some of the zone concepts, but he was equally struggling with man coverage. Multiple times we saw him run step for step with Tyreek last year, and I think this is partly what added to our expectations for this year. All that being said, this doesn't erase Brandon Beane's comments over the off-season about his struggles. I don't remember the exact words, but when asked about Elam's struggles, or why he didn't have the job locked down, Brandon said....I wish I could say that he's not working hard or doesn't want it. Let's hope Josh Norman has been spending a lot of 1on1 time with him, and that the light is starting to come on. If the case, and healthy, we could potentially see a diff player on the field. Let's see if he gets activated within the next couple of weeks. That'll tell us all we need to know. I will also add, that the timeline makes sense. During training camp, he was starting to separate a bit, and it was a 2 man race for CB2. I forget if it was between him and Dane, or him and Benford. But one of them started to emerge and he faded into the abyss.

I agree with most about the Special teams stuff, but we don't know how he's looked in practice, or how far he's progressed. Them opening up his window is definitely for a reason. None of us expected Ty Johnson to be getting the kind of work he's getting, but he's earned Brady's trust. Maybe it's similar with shorter. We know he's big, and a long strider, and the book on him at FLorida, is that he was very good at contested catches, so we'll see. Maybe not this week, but if we find ourselves blowing out the Pats or Chargers, he may get an inseason tryout.