Greg S

Should have never come down to that. The Jefferson catch, the Allen fumble. None of it should have mattered. 27-10 a three-score lead with 1:51 left in the 3rd quarter at home. The Bills can't close it out. The Cook TD changed everything. The Bills lost momentum at that point and never really got it back.

At 6-3 it isn't an actual must win game but in many ways it is. The Dolphins and Jets are good. We can correct that by beating them at home, but they need to stay with them in the standings. All three teams have three losses so record wise the Bills are still OK. Lose here and go 6-4 and the Bills can find themselves trailing them. It's going to be a fight to win the AFCE this year.

Jacoby Brissett isn't beating the Bills so it will come down to these 3 factors. IMHO 1. Do a decent job containing Chubb. He will make plays and get his yards but the Bills can't let him go off. By that I mean more than 130 yards rushing with 2 TD's or more. 2. Bills OL must play well. The Browns can get after the QB with their front 4 pretty well. Garrett is a beast. The Bills will have to hold their own in the battle at the LOS. 3. Turnovers - hopefully we get them and don't give them any. Allen needs to improve here. Stop always trying to play hero ball BS. Take what the defense gives you is a smart play.

McDermott reminds me of Chuck Knox. Good coach who will turn a team around but can never get over the hump. Knox had good teams with the Rams, Bills, and Seahawks but he could never get that Super Bowl win.

My biggest problem with Beane is the OL. Allen covers up for the OL by scrambling and being able to avoid the rush. We have to be one of the worst if not the worst team in short yardage situations.

Adam Gase did the same for Joe Douglas with the Jets.

Chubb against our "great" run D. Garrett against our "great" OL. What could possibly go wrong.

There are so many plays we can point to in the loss but to me it was the Cook 81-yard TD run that changed the game. Bills just kicked a FG go up 27-10 with 1:51 left in the 3rd quarter. Not 1st half, not early or midway thru the 3rd quarter but late 3rd quarter they have a three-score lead. Even if the Vikings score on that drive at least make them do it in 10 plays or so and use clock. No, they score instantly and now the lead is cut to 10 and still in the 3rd quarter. The Bills never had control of the game or momentum from that point on. Even when they came back to tie it at 30 I still didn't feel good because OT is always a crap shoot.

I hope you are right.

Two weeks would suck but 4 weeks that is real trouble. I was always expecting Case to play this Sunday since Allen did practice the last 2 days. It is what it is. I still think they will beat the Vikings.

How effective can Tre be if he plays. He hasn't played in a game in about a year. To ask him to take on a heavy workload right away is probably unrealistic.

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Yup. I have no doubt the Bills will move the ball. Can they finish once inside the redzone. I doubt Case will throw any long TD passes like Allen does so how they finish drives is the key.

It depends on the time. If Allen is out for a significant amount of time, then the Bills are screwed. But if it's just for this week then they will be fine. I mentioned this before, but the Vikings are 25th in total defense, 20th against the pass, and 2nd worst against the run. The Bills should be able to move the ball in this game. Will they be able to finish drives is the real question.

No doubt about that.

I posted this is the evaluation of Brandon Beane thread but let's not give the Vikings the win just yet. Here you go. Vikings are ranked #25 in total defense. 20th against the pass, 2nd worst in the league against the run.

DeSantis did great in the midterms. He is very conservative, but he also knows how to play the political game. Something Trump didn't do very well.

Vikings are ranked #25 in total defense. 20th against the pass, 2nd worst in the league against the run.

Rush did more than fine when Dak was out.

Season over at 6-2? You never would have survived 1984 and 1985 or most of the 70's for that matter.

Beane has done a good job overall. This is a good team 6-2. Back-to-back division champs. Four playoff appearances in 5 years. However, he still needs to improve the OL and if Singeltary isn't the answer then RB as well. This team relies on Josh too much. That needs to change. I thought our WR group would be better. Diggs is great but the rest have been somewhat disappointing.

And Cousins is also a statue in the pocket. Von and company need to bring the pressure bigtime. Get a few turnovers so Case has a short field to work with.

Watch Keenum go 24 for 30 for 350 yards 3 TD's and 0 INT's. Bills win 31-17. With all the gloom and doom you know this will happen. This is the game to get the running game going. Hopefully Singletary can get 25 or so carries for 100 yards or more with a TD or two.

Then we trade for Sam Darnold to be our starter.