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The Bills aren’t losing a game to the Jets. (But it’s a good thing they’re playing the Jets.)

My bad

The Dolphins had a very limited ceiling with Fitzpatrick under center. Their floor is lower now, but their ceiling is much higher. I still think the Bills win the division, but Miami has been the best team so far.

They’re a bigger threat now.

Terrible teams somehow manage to finish with unusual scores. 30-12 Bills

He’d have completed 28 passes on 26 attempts if he hadn’t missed a bunch of throws. His biggest “miss” was still a completion.

Lineman can be downfield as long as the were engaged with defenders when they went downfield. In this play, they clearly were. It’s perfectly legal. The rule is intended to prevent linemen from mimicking eligible receivers. The defenders disengaged to chase the QB. it’s hilarious that you think the Chiefs were lucky to win a game in which they outgained their opponent 466-206. The Bills got their asses kicked, and it wasn’t because of linemen illegally downfield.

There were 4 penalties called in the first half. All were on the Chiefs. Three gave Buffalo first downs following incompletions on third and long. The fourth took a Chiefs TD away after a lineman blew up a DB.

There are 4 O linemen and 4 D linemen who all peeled off and chased the QB. Perfectly legal play. I guess some people watch the NFL and walk away thinking that the game would be more entertaining if every other play resulted in a penalty over an obscure rule. Those same people would love to see 45 travels and 15 three seconds in the lane violations called per game in basketball. 15 million people just watched two teams with one win each play on a Thursday night while the Presidential debates we’re taking place. Audiences are doing anything but dwindling. The only thing that kept Buffalo in the game was the officiating, and you’re still bitching.

None of those guys are the GM. Yet again, I’m amazed that anyone other than the Bills ever win a game. Only the Bills have good players, after all.

What’s he drunk running from the cops?

That was like a fever dream. Like something is chasing you, and you run forever but you can never get away. His face!

They’ve got a plan. You know my thoughts on Allen coming into this season as well as anyone. If you’d have told me he’d be playing this well, I’d have told you they’d be undefeated. I can not figure out how the rest of the roster has been this bad. As bad as they’ve looked the last two weeks (and honestly they’ve been really up and down even in their wins), I still think this could be a really good team. When they’re clicking, they look special, but they look really ugly at times.

This team is still a year away. McBeane isn’t going to mortgage the future just yet. Just look at the board, and you see people hoping to trade for a DE, a DT, a TE, a RB, and OL. When you’ve got that many holes, you aren’t filling them all in week 7. At this point, you roll with what you’ve got and swing big in the off-season using every tool at your disposal. Approaching the midway point of the season, this team doesn’t appear to be a Watt or Ertz away from a Super Bowl.

You think the Jets are afraid of losing the game because of the trade? They’re in tank mode. They WANT to lose. He’s easily worth a second round pick, and he’s a significantly better player than EO.

The Chiefs, Packers, and Seahawks all had mediocre at best lines whose QBs made them look better than they actually were. The Chiefs just averaged 60 yards per possession against the Bills without their best lineman (injury at RT), without their starting guard coming into the season (COVID opt out), without the guard they signed to replace him (injury) and with their backup center (benched due to poor play). How did they manage to get 27 first downs on 8 possessions while missing 4 players on the O line? They did it because Buffalo was so scared of Mahomes killing them deep that they put 6 in the box the entire time. The Chiefs ran for 245 yards, and Mahomes still managed to complete over 80% of his passes in terrible passing conditions. KC played with 2 TEs most of the game, so they had 7 guys blocking 6 defenders. It doesn’t take a great Offensive Line to win under those circumstances. The Chiefs won that game before it started because of the game plan Mahomes forced the Bills into.

Just looked at the standings. The Dolphins have outscored their opponents by 47 points. Every other team in the division has been outscored. Patriots are -1, Bills are -12, Jets are -110.

Even if they win they’re less than 50% to make the playoffs according to that chart. Seems odd to me.

Nearly no teams feel like they have great lines anymore because the nature of the game has changed. Teams don’t line up and run the ball 60% of the time and keep the clock rolling like they used to. Linemen are asked to do more things, and they’re on the field for more plays as passing rates increase. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense to spend money and draft capital on five linemen plus backups. Superstar QBs are hard to find and expensive to keep, but the teams who have them are at a huge advantage. Guys like Rodgers, Brady, Wilson, and Mahomes who have the ability to make chicken salad without great lines allow teams to spend their draft picks on more impactful positions. That’s the model in today’s game.

Dude is washed. He’s not worth the salary let alone giving up picks for the opportunity to overpay him.

WTF are they doing? Just get to the locker room.

Barkley is impossibly bad.

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That’s exactly what they’ve been doing, and they’ve moved up and down the field, converted 3rd downs, and put together long drives. It’s easy to do in theory. What made the Patriots so great is that they were so disciplined with it. Brady didn’t gift the other team INTs. Welker and Gronk didn’t false start on back to back plays.

Even with that last score, the Titans have an excellent defensive game plan. They’re keeping everything in front of them and making the Bills have to score via 10+ play drives. They know that the Bills are good enough to score with big plays, but they may not be able to consistently go 12, 13, 14 play drives without making the big mistake. For 3 quarters the answer was no.