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Fields was consistently bad again yesterday, Glenn must have really reached him.

He did what he needed to do, not more, not less. The Jets actually did a pretty good job against the receivers, but there was room to run, so they did.

That’s some praise. I think he’s almost a clone of Robert Smith from the Vikings, just a different, highly effective RB that can do a bit of everything. He’s been really good the last 2 years.

I thought the Jets might be better than they are. I really overestimated the strength of the Steelers D. The game today looked closer on the score board than it was. There were some really untimely penalties on the Jets, especially early in that sunk them, but they couldn’t do anything on O against a banged up D, that’s a bad sign for them and very favorable for the Bills.

Not for nothing, but that was some balls to come in off the bench and make that throw and a lot of trust from Brady too.

Glad you said it, I was thinking it. He had his big game, he was going to be invisible for the next 3 weeks anyway, so it’s not much different. Now that’s sarcasm (sort of) because Ed is a solid player at baseline and has flashes of greatness. If he could ever consistently play like he did week 1, the “good, but not top 10 pick” label could be dropped.

Why do you think any of those guys will be anything? I like Solomon, but he’s done exactly nothing thus far, Jackson is only on the roster bc you can’t cut a 3rd round pick, but he’s practice squad right now. Hoect is a nobody who Beane is hoping is more than he’s ever been.

For sure, how could a guy that’s played football his whole life and was only a first round pick be expected to know how to play football?

I thought you were going with that bc it’s “Holy”. I’d go with “Sex Panthers by McOdeon”, it’s made with real bits of Panther so you know it’s good. They’ve done studies, 60 percent of the time, it works every time.

Prater has been good for a loooooong time, no reason to expect less from him. Bass needs to be replaced, this may be the guy for this year. He’s also 41, so that is going to be a factor in all of it, Bass should be the long term guy, but I’m sure the team knows he’s just not the guy they hoped he was.

Bummer. I refused to go to bed bc I’d fall asleep and “we still have Josh Allen, it’s not over yet”. Boy was that a good call.

Yes, it would be great if that’s the guy we got weekly, which has always been a problem, he has flashed for a game or two a year. I’m hoping he can find that level more often. That play vs Henry was the best of his career, very impressive.

If they had gone for it and didn’t get it, the Bills were in immediate FG position. It was a tough call and I’m not sure which way they should have gone, but the way it had been going, I would have thought going for it was the better choice, they had pretty much owned the Bills all night on those roll outs, the Bills O was rolling, seems like they took the “safe” choice and it didn’t work.

It was a heck of a game. The Ravens were pretty dominant on O, but the Bills held their own and stayed in range. That was the best play of Oliver’s career to take that ball away from Henry and then JA happened. I’d be bummed as a Ravens fan, but I’m still in shock as a Bills fan. Awesome to be 1-0, have the number one scoring offense and 31st scoring defense 😂

Huge possession, TD here, have to think it’s over at the half.

Gotta go for that IMO

Harris sucks, so I’m not sure why that’s head scratching. Signing him was the questionable action.

Who were they going to get that’s better than what they got?

No, restructure means you have to kick the can down the road, the last thing they need to do is lock more money into a mediocre DT.

I still think Brandon Marshall is his ceiling and Gabe Davis is his floor, so I’m hoping to see more towards the high end this year, but I’ll take Gabe Davis with hands and no option routes.

That’s too bad, it was a GREAT punt, for anyone, not just bc it was a TE who had t done it in the pros at all. Carried 62ish yards with height.

End thread

If this is anything more than a mentor role, I give up. McD and his “system” being “too difficult” for players to grasp without years in it, tells me everything I need to know at this point. For one, it only works when the other team screws up and the real competition doesn’t screw up enough (playoffs) when it matters. Two, he can’t play guys who don’t fit his system instead of showing true coaching ability and making the scheme maximize the talent. This RIGHT HERE is the difference between good and great. This is why Belicheck was/is one of, if not the best coaches ever. He had a base system, but he could plug in anyone and adapt the system to fit the guys he had, letting multiple guys become stars with the Pats and duds elsewhere because he put them in a place to succeed. Here, either you fit McDs scheme or you’re another wasted draft pick. It’s ludicrous. Simplicity is the mark of genius. Any idiot can make something complicated, it takes real intelligence to make the difficult simple. I give McD credit where it’s due, but if he won’t change this stupid system, this team will always come up short. You defined the problem, why can other teams make it work, and it’s impossible for McD to get guys ready?

or it was some Belicheck-esque mind ninja moves to sneak him through to the PS by Vrable. Seriously though, draft “gurus” usually have a fair idea of the top 50 players, beyond that, what NFL GMs see is pretty different. Even the top 50 is a bit of a stretch, for example, I don’t believe I saw a single mock with Sanders not in the 1st round this year. In watching his highlight package, I thought the kid was as good as anyone coming out as a passer, but as always his name was the biggest reason anybody knew him. My guy to watch was/is Dart. He’s Josh Allen light in my eyes, he could be that guy that straps a franchise to his back and takes it next level, or he might be Mitch Trubiski, glad I don’t have to pin my job on which one he will be, but he would have been my pick of the QB class this year, maybe I’m missing something with Ward, but I don’t see “it” with him. I like to think I should have stayed on course and ended up in a front office somewhere, it seems like my 20 minute evaluations of most guys is just as accurate, if not more so than a lot of paid professional talent evaluators haha. That said, I only count the ones I was right on and I haven’t paid close attention to college ball in ~10 years so maybe (definitely) I’m giving myself too much credit for my skills, much like the guys who sit around writing mock drafts all day. To me, he’s a classic case of being in the wrong era. He likely would have gotten a shot 30 years ago. Today, he’s just not dynamic enough. 😂 valid point. I do think if they hadn’t strapped themselves with the Samuel/Moore contracts, Renfrow would already be on site at OBD, but here we are. I’d be kind of shocked if he doesn’t end up having a solid year somewhere. Seems like NYG would be a good landing spot for him.

I know the Bills have plenty at slot, but I’d take him, he’s a nice piece to have, kind of like Samuel, but more likely to be healthy. To me, he’s a classic case of being in the wrong era. He likely would have gotten a shot 30 years ago. Today, he’s just not dynamic enough.