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While I didn't see the whole game if you watch the NFL highlights Hughes seems to be mostly rushing way up field taking himself out of the play and opening a window for the QB to run (not that Ryan can run) or easily throw through, or taking a big inside move essentially doing the same thing. I know he's a fan favorite but I just don't see it. Perhaps the Bills prefer not to use elaborate stunts with their linemen that frankly seem effective against them, but as he plays now IMHO his basic move takes him out of the play too much

Interestingly they give whatever the yardage is where the PI is committed assuming the player would have caught the ball but if it's in the endzone they put it on the one ????

He played his heart out -- it took forever for them to check the pressure from the right side - is that JA's fault ? Last year they chipped for Williams all the time - JA is a gamer - he gets over jacked at times but who else fits for a team like this ? There's plenty of ops to improve but he's the least of their worries

So that was the point the Jax player was making -- somethings not right with the dynamics here - culture, top talent, etc ... how do you perform so badly in 2 of 3 games ?

Lets see how they do in the next 2 weeks -- all three teams they played had back-up QB's. They've done great but we all need to see what happens in the high stakes games yet

Forgive me if this has been covered but ... Allen has stated he's looking at whether to get vaccinated - you have to wonder if Poyer/others plan to. I know many young people on the fence - given the Erie Co Exec position - if Allen, Poyer or any other player doesn't get vaccinated can they enter the stadium ? Wonders what the NFLPA thinks and - if they can - why would there be different rules for people pouncing on each other than the fans (who may also pounce on each other)

I totally agree - watch the tape - he helped especially with Williams even if it were chips. Wonders if he could have helped your man Feliciano who got crushed by the Chiefs inside (just watched the Cover 1 on Josh - yikes Mongo was bad). Plus his TD grabs were top shelf not to mention the open lumbering spree down the sideline out running a nose tackle - 5.4 speed - what's not to like

Well there's an out in Goff's contract after 2022. So 2021 may be the tank year -- dump who doesn't fit for 2023 and accumulate draft capital. Rams are 35Mil over - it'll be interesting to see how teams like that restructure, etc to get there

I watched Edmunds on Cover 1 - he seemed totally confused on several plays and took the filled gap vs the open one - he was much better against the Ravens - not sure why I know alot of people in Bflo love Hughes --- I'm not convinced. Alot of his beating his man is him going up field 3-5 yards past the QB -- he didn't do that against the Ravens- KC ate his lunch on his main move - he left a big gap for Mahomes. Bruce Smith had an underneath move - unless I'm missing something Hughes does not. I think the Bills should have used the same contain scheme with KC as Balt just for different reasons KC won but the Bills could have kept this game closer with Allen hitting more check downs (look at the interception with Brown - Beas was wide open), a better defensive scheme on Kelce, some balls on 3rd down, RB's who could catch and chipping some of the right side pressure - both the RG and RT got beat regularly. There's alot of emotional stuff on this board with Allen but he was rattled or frustrated - pick your term I think he agreed in his presser- and forced more throws (albeit many very accurate but incomplete or picked) than he needed besides the crazy sacks. He's a great kid and I wouldn't want anyone else but he does get pretty amped up - my guess is he'll figure it out - he's 24 and about as open and coachable as any I'm really don't think the Bills would have won without some miscues by KC but they certainly could have made it a better game Beane created alot of flexibility in many of their contracts for this year --- it'll be interesting to see if his drafting after 3 years allows them to move on from many and stay at this level. 13-3 was a great year - I assumed 9-7 w their schedule - they had 1 loss they could (should) have won but 3 wins they easily could have lost - still a great year

I think the Fitz situation is interesting. He's a FA and it certainly looked like he had the rug pulled out from underneath him. Flores said he was a Company guy helping TUA but I would think most wouldn't have been happy getting pulled when you're playing well and get called on to clean up the kids messes later on. I would think he'd still like to be the #1 - would NE or Indy in the AFC be his better fit as a transition guy ? Fitz doesn't really have a track record of staying anywhere. If he leaves does Miami really want to hang everything on TUA ? It would be hard to draft a QB and keep TUA without it being a cluster. NE could try Fitz and draft a project QB - they really have no one on the current roster. Indy has a lot of pieces in place and a great coach The JETS ? I think the prefer to stay with the ghost of Nameth

That was a great block by McKenzie - he was way outmatched size wise

More importantly Miami may be the team to beat

I think the Bills should really consider sitting a couple of the walking wounded the next 2 weeks plus they get the bye (assuming no COVID disruptions). It won't solve the D-line issue but Milano and Edmunds are key guys as well as Brown. Edmunds gets killed on this board but how does a MLB play without a shoulder ? The next 2 are NFC - no major playoff tiebreak implications and they need at least 3 more wins preferably AFC

You can slam the Hoodie but you don't do what he has without his talent - he may not be the GOAT but he's in the conversation - his team was a mess today but they performed

9-7 is the best this team will do - old Dline/no stopper upfront; inconsistent offense

I won't pain myself to relook at this to check but there seems to be little creativity in the pass rush - it seemed like it was a straight man against man. With all the holding going on I think that leaves the lineman forced to go wide or inside - Hughes was burned repeatedly going inside. I don't think I saw many stunts, good delays, etc to open lanes up. Even when they show blitz it doesn't seem very complicated to figure it out even for me. Mahomes will eat them alive rolling right unless they come up with a better plan

It would appear from watching the players that they practice little social distancing or other precautions. I get that its not very easy to do so on the field of play but they do little on the sidelines to protect themselves which makes you think practices aren't much different. You'd have to think there's more positives coming ...

I didn't see the game but from the highlights I saw no one he was on ever got close to making a play

I'm not watching a lot of games this year but the stat line didn't look very impressive although that can be deceiving - it just his second game as a fin - was his play that non descript ? I am always curious about these guys these guys in the contract year - what % ever really work out for the money invested ?

Why bother ? He'll eat cap space for the ones they really need to re-sign, has already held out once and there's low cost draft options that won't tie things up longer term. The other option is the one year prove it deal but you ca only have so many of those, I don't he'd want that unless his value really falls and the Bills miss developing a secondary option to Singletary.

How do neither the OC or QB not see to slide some one over the middle on an easy slant (or similar) as the option for an apparent full blitz up the middle ? They may pull out but at least there's an option - Pitts will blitz JA like crazy - he held the ball too long and apparently doesn't have blitz outlets. Needless to say the drops and the ,missed long balls hurt. D did great great today - Poyer obviously may have been beat but we don't really know the coverage responsibilities and while a huge play it was just one. I would have sent Roberts - so he's 5 yards short of a knee down - the O lost the game for the Bills not ST or the D