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Agree. The Bills offense lacks explosiveness. No one fears the Bills offensive weapons. Diggs is the only viable game changer. Cook to light in the as$, Davis a one trick pony, Kincaid still too raw and young, Knox too slow, Harty and Sherwood averages Joe's, Murray and Harris serviceable at best, The Bills offensive roster isn't that impressive. Couple that with an oline that's questionable. The offense is on Allen and pretty much always has been. The only time he really had a solid more complete offense was with Diggs, Beasley, and Brown. The believe the oline was better too.

Not many are saying what you imply. It's not doom and gloom after one game. Your mockery of Bills criticism isn't doing a service here nor is it productive. But hey if it makes you feel better have at it The real issue with validity is how the Bills lost not that they lost. Perhaps that too abstract for you to understand? I'll finish the rest of what you left out. And likely fizzle out in the playoffs again. You will see this as a successful season too. How did I do?

Really good post here. I'm a big Allen fan but this post hit home.

So much better they lost to a Jets team without Aaron Rodgers. Let that sink in. The same issues from last year presented itself last night. Watch last year's game and yesterday's game. The similarities are there. The oline wasn't good! The D can't give up huge plays like that! The Bills offense besides Diggs did nothing impressive. No major weapons or big plays. Kincaid was OK and looks promising. But it was not game changing or significant. His impact was nil. Cook looked decent but he can't shed a tackle. Too light in the ass. Teams aren't afraid of him but do they game plan for him. Allen was horrible in the second half. Up there with one of his poorer performances. Pretty concerning for a franchise QB. That is pretty inexcusable when the underneath throws were there all night. The pass rush looked good but the jury is still out. How consistent can it be? The Jets oline pass protection is poor. The Jets offense is bottom tier. The back up QB still made big plays in key situations to beat the Bills. For the must part the D held there own The loss isn't on them. I see things a lot differently then you. Not a bad thing. I just have a really difficult time being optimistic after last night. PS: I thought the Bills would still win the game after they won the OT coin toss. I was optimistic about an OT win. Agree with everything but the Diggs take. Perhaps slightly true but Allen has always forced the ball to Diggs. That's nothing new here.

Wow. I'm not sure what game you watched.

Home run post here!!!!!!! I echo your sentiment loud and clear. Take everything you said into account. The begging question is what gets the team to advance further? in my eyes it's pretty clear and I've made my opinions very clear over the offseason. This team needs a jump start and a change The status quo isn't going to get it done. We've seen it over and over. Yesterday, was a microcosm of the past failures. It's not an anomaly. The weaknesses and flaws of the team still exist despite the attempted changes. The regime and coaches make moves but they don't produce significant results. First, it was finding a RB and then a pass rusher. Now, it's finding offensive weapons and building an oline. It's hard to be confident these new moves will pan out. It's been mostly disappointment after disappointment. The team still trots out Spencer Brown who hurts the team more than helps. The team trots out Bernard who hurts the team more than helps the team. Head scratching decisions. The team still trots out WR2 Gabe Davis who can't separate unless he has 10 seconds to do so. Yet, the coaching staff and management sell us the product. Tell us how Gabe works so hard, Brown will improve, and we like the guys we have at MLB. Many optimistic fans tell the cynical Bills fans trust the process and McD and Beane. Special shout out to poster SHAW here. IMHO, that trust is dwindling and eroding. With that said, this need needs a coaching change in the worst way. McD has max'ed out his time here. Appreciate his accomplishments but recognize his time is up. The team won't get over the hump. The clapping and good guy persona has taken it's course. Great team builder but not a finisher. No better evidence of that then 13 seconds and the Cincy throttling. No need to see more. The writing is on the wall it's just a matter of do you wanna read it. Must here don't. I get it. Dorsey continues to learn on the job and hurt the team. His inexperience and lack of creativity is glaring obvious. His game time adjustments are God awful and his ability to reign in Allen is problematic to say the least. Dorsey has been anything but a positive for this team. Now, I'm a bit conflicted on Beane. His failures have contributed to the Bills failure to progress further. The Bills cap issues and older roster issues aren't going away soon. Yet, Beane and his willing to swing for the home run with Allen has resulted in great success. Six straight playoff appearances is impressive. That pick single handily changed the franchise. It didn't come without controversy either. Playoff appearances just don't cut it anymore. The goal is AFC championship and SB. Maybe my standards are too high? Sure it's difficult but enough of the excuses. This fan is tired of them... Solid GMs are hard to find. At least that's my initial thought process. Perhaps, I'm wrong here. I'm still conflicted on whether moving in from Beane is advantageous or not. Sorry for the rant.

Diggs balled out yesterday. He's the only legit proven weapon the Bills have on offense. All he wants to do is win. He can see his QB is struggling and losing confidence. Yesterday he tried to pick him up. Yet, Diggs gets blame here. That's crazy. Side note is Diggs will create problems if the Bills continue to lose. He won't sit silent accepting loses. He will absolutely be vocal to a point where he's a distraction. That's who Diggs is and that's not going to change. I keep coming back to the Diggs McD confrontation on the sidelines. Diggs relented to coach McD. A free pass sort of speak. I think that was coach McD getting the benefit of the doubt. Next time I think Diggs won't be so passive. This is something to keep an eye on

I agree with everything except the Dolphins part. Miami has a much better roster than Buffalo. They have weapons galore on offense and a innovation modern day coach. The Bills aren't cruising past them for the division. It will be a dog fight likely to the end. The Bills have proven that can't beat KC or Cincinnati in the playoffs. This year is likely the same outcome. Both teams have tested and proven playoff winners. Mahomes and Burrow are clearly better than Allen come playoff time. Allen is not the Allen of 13 seconds in KC. That year and that game was an outliner. We haven't seen that version of Allen in 3 years and likely never will. We fans have to stop thinking that's the version of Allen we will get! Instead, we will get an inconsistent Allen. One who will make spectacular plays and bone head plays. He is that good to beat sub par to decent teams on his own. Come playoff time it's a different story. Allen can't single handily beat those teams. Mahomes can but not Allen. The oline, lack of weapons, and poor coaching are too many negatives for Allen to overcome. It's not all on him although it always trickles back to the QB. Let's be happy nest here. The Bills are a good team. They are likely to make the playoffs. They are likely to fall short again. If anyone wants to show me a path on how the Bills get it done please do so. Right now, it sure looks like a long shot.

Not off to a good start. Allen taking blame is all good but you have to produce on the field. He was just awful in the 2nd half. It was a bad rookie version of Allen.

So many here refuse to see the obvious. Wish it was that simple with Allen.

Mostly on the defensive side of the ball. Besides Diggs I didn't see any great things from anyone else. Cook was ok and Kincaid show promise. Harty and Sherfield are one offs. Davis just sucks. This offensive has no game changers besides Diggs.

The pass rush was good but they were facing a poor pass blocking team and a back up QB. Also, a bottom tier offensive team. So the jury is out on how good the Bills pass rush is. It is very encouraging though. Hopefully, it's the real deal. It was one of the few bright spots in the game.

As a Bills fan, I'm craving a SB appearance at the very least and a SB win. A winning record over the Jets is hardly a successful season. A playoff birth and an early exit is hardly a successful season. That might sound brass to a Jets fan. No offense intended. This team has been primed to represent the AFC for several years now. Only to fall short time after time. Frustration and doubt is mounting as games and years pass. Tonight's game only intensified the failure of this regime. Ground hog day... To put it in proper perspective the Bills Brass went out and purposely made offensive moves. All off season, many have talked about an improved offense. Some indicating it might be the best O in the league. Did you see a dynamic offense? A changed offense? A great oline and dangerous offensive weapons? Besides Diggs this offense is mediocre with a bunch of one offs. All replaceable pieces. It lacks dynamic game changing players. Come playoff time (assuming the Bills make it) teams will double Diggs. Thus far, the Bills have no answer to combat this. To boot the franchise QB Shi! the bed. Gave the game away or the Jets D took it from him. In short, tonight's game was a microcosm of last year's season. All the same issues and weaknesses were present. The only saving factor is it's game one. A long season to improve and figure it out. However, that's putting a lot of faith in a sub par OC and an overated defensive head coach. I guess we will see how it plays out.

Depends on how you quantify games. Every loss counts against your team. Every division game is magnified. One loss is often the difference between a one seed or a division title. Some games are bigger than others. I'm not going to quibble with you on whether tonight was a big game or not.

Good point but that really doesn't make me feel any better. I know it's week one but I gotta see something that indicates this team is SB caliber. They will have time to prove or disprove themselves.

I did see a lot of Allen with happy feet and not trusting his pocket. Perhaps a more knowledgeable fan can give their assessment.

I get that if that was a one time deal or a rare occurrence. This has been a theme his whole career. So the hero ball reference just doesn't really fly in my eyes. I suspect Allen will always turn over the ball more than others. He is a risk taker. At times there will be big payoffs and vice versa.

Might want to add we need to find a Tim Brady too. Because Allen ain't no Brady.

Yep. I agree. It looked like last year's team. Lots of the same issues. That's what's so disappointing since there was such an emphasis on the new look offense. It was anything but new...

Ok if you say so. Come the end of the season let's see if it was a big game. After this game, as a fan it's hard not to be disappointed in the way the Bills played. Several of last years issues seemingly reappeared tonight. The oline can't stop a quality defense, the love for Cook should be tempered. He's nice but not elite and can't shed a tackle. Allen continues to turnover the ball. A constant theme for years now. Gotta ask if this is who he is aka Farve. Coaching wasn't great tonight. Dline gave up some big runs which is another common theme. Kincaid looked decent but far from what many were implying he's a game changer. Knox was better. Bernard didn't look as bad as I thought. I don't have much confidence in this coaching staff. Dorsey appears to be unable to put a cohesive game plan or make positive adjustments. He seems to call plays on the fly play by play like backyard football. Maybe I'm wrong here but that's my feeling. Coach McD is overrated. I just don't think he can get this team over the hump. With that said, I still thought the Bills were going to win the game once they won the OT toss. He's overpaid and that was a bad deal by Beane.

I didn't think it was a drop.

I know but Mahomes has two rings too. Mahomes is better than Allen by a large margin. That discussion should be mute. Fwiw, Burrow sucked yesterday too.

I don't need no props. I'm pretty pissed off the Bills lost. Tough to swallow an OT loss in that manner when the Bills O had the ball first. So disappointing.

Really well stated

For sure. I appreciate having Allen in a Bills uniform. Just seems like he falls short too often in big games. His turnovers are really bothersome. He wasn't elite or franchise tonight.