Ray Stonada

Okay, maybe "better than" is overstating it. But right know the Bills need to change the way they play offense. Losses will provoke them to do that better than wins. It might even mean a change of OC. No trade deadline for that.

I knew I would get killed for saying that in the postgame thread. And I probably will here too. But... here's my reasoning: Losses like this are actually better than wins right now. Right now, wins hide a flawed, one-dimensional offense. In a game like this, we actually have to work on throwing the ball. Even with a terrible receiving corps, Allen's passing stats in the second half extrapolate to 400 yards and 4 TDs for a game. And he did the same in the Ravens game. Getting down big is the only thing that gets the Bills out of their scheme. We need to get out of our scheme, get back to being a 3D football team. I know it's like pulling teeth watching this staff try to learn from what's actually happening, instead of assuming their schemes are brilliant. And Beane is guilty of malpractice with the receiving room and not getting a real #1. And, yes, I'm bummed we probably won't get the one seed in a year when KC and Baltimore won't either. But the young teams are a LOT hungrier than we are for regular season wins. NE, Indy and Denver are tasting their first success after years in the wilderness. That's the kind of motivation that sometimes drops once they get to the playoffs--they're playing with house money at that point. In 6 wins this year our team has looked completely different than in the 3 losses. When our motivation isn't there, the coaches can't save us. But, all we care about is the playoffs, when our motivation will be high. However, we need is to be a more balanced team by then, not a team that can't complete a pass 25 yards downfield. Our only hope this season is to develop a downfield passing attack to go with our run game (and get guys back on D). Adversity is the only way we're going to get there. Plenty of teams have found themselves after ten games and went on a run to the Lombardi. Freaking out now and starting a rebuild mentality is not going to get us there. And by the way, our coach and GM are not going to be replaced unless we go like 5-12 for two or three years in a row. So all we have is the hope that bad losses help them recognize we need to be able play real NFL offense and not think they're going to outsmart the league with three tight ends on every down. The best teams have 2 losses. We have 3. Teams as stacked as the Rams have 3 as well. A lot can still swing if we fix our approach. Finally: every week, people predict how teams are going to do for the rest of the year, based on how they look this week. We have no idea. So yeah, the Pats look good and had a great win against the Bucs. They could easily stumble, have some bad injury luck, or run out of gas. So don't panic.

We are 1 game out of the one seed We don't look great but let's not panic

Josh looks super hungover or something

At least our offense is getting some rest now

If McD benches Cook I’m gonna lose it

Mooney is a heads-down player

Looks like OT coming up

Colts have a great O line and Taylor is obviously very good, but do not look that scary.

That's rough!

I'm here in Berlin... there was a FanZone set up for Colts fans in Potsdamer Platz (kind of like Times Square or something). Walked through with my kids... tons of fans in Colts gears, Falcons gear, and other teams. Saw three Mahomes jerseys, two Kelce jerseys. Sadly, me and a young guy walking with a cane were the only people with Bills gear on.

I played PAL basketball with a kid, Curtis Brown, great scoring point guard who went to Riverside. Always wondered what happened to him.

Are there any great WR prospects coming up in the 2026 draft?

Have a funny feeling the Patriots could start coming back to earth this weekend. If they lose in Tampa and we take care of the Phins, they're back in second place where they belong, and that could mess with their confidence.

There's a difference between slinging it freely and having three women pregnant excluding your pregnant financée, bro.

He deceives people, and it’s not cool. All that playing catch with kids before games, and showing up alone to see Damar in the hospital in Cincinnati feels weird now. Like a campaign.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but to be the best you gotta beat the best. Give me the 1 seed, and two home games, over three road playoff games.

I'd like us to stop running WR screens (not to mention TE end-arounds). Shakir is actually at his best catching the ball in space and then making guys miss, not reading and following blocks. How about a screen to COOK?

Agree with this 100%. I still cherish my memories of being at legendary games like 51-3, etc. We need the 1 seed!! So the last game ever at Highmark is a win in the AFC championship to go to the big show…

Not scared, I just figured we would lose somewhere in that stretch.

It's funny how different things look in a few weeks. No offense but the OP seems laughably pessimistic now... To do it from the vantage of Nov 7: @Miami - W Tampa - Tampa playing alright, but I feel we get them at home W @Houston - Great defense but we can bully great defenses and our defense is rolling. W @Pittsburgh - Sooner or later we slip up L Cincinnati - W. @New England - no way we don't come out fired up for this one. Bills love to crush when it matters W @Cleveland - W Philadelphia - Feel like we will let one slip here L New York Jets - W I don't think this is crazy, we would end up 13-4. If we really take care of business, 14-3. No 1 seed in play.

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Bills 30, Dolphins 3

Thank you for sharing this. My older brother was in a very similar place in June 1991, in Buffalo, and he didn't make it. We watched the first Super Bowl together, but I've missed sharing every season since then with him. When I get back to town, I go to games with my nephew, his son, who is doing really well. I am glad you made it.

Terrible. Rest in peace.