Virgil

Trolling? Pry need to look that word up

No. It’s one game

On the first drive when we got the drive extended by the penalty I was ready to lose it because we just plain whiffed. Felt like it was going to be a long day.

You mean divorce?

Wrote it midway through the 3rd quarter and made minor updates. Nice to be able to do so

From week to week under McDermott, I make a comment about the intensity of this team. Sometimes they show up and others, well...... Today they showed up an in a way that no one saw coming. And after two straight weeks where the opening drives dictated the flow and momentum of the game, whether it be through penalty or broken play, this week was no different; except for it being in the Bills favor 1 - Allen - I've really took some shots at Allen last week and I'm happy to go the other way this week. For clarity, these comments are always about the week and only that week. I want the kid to succeed more than anyone else and this game would make you think he could. I only have a few things I would like to see improve next week, but he overall played an amazing game. His touch passes this week were dramatically improved from last week and his accuracy as well. His first TD pass, albeit wide open, was a pass he may have missed last week. His two TD runs were a display of his size and athleticism. On the flip side, not entirely his fault each time, I'd like to see him connect on a deep ball. He's a little sloppy holding the ball when the pressure is coming. But to end it on a good note; his dump off pass to Ivory was beautiful. He stepped away from the pressure, created time, found Ivory, and placed it perfectly. That was easily my offensive play of the game. Oh yeah, and if he tries to jump over Barr again, someone needs to slap some sense into him. 2 - Hughes - If he's not the defensive MVP, it's close with Milano. Hughes played out of his mind today. He was our Mack today and did everything you'd want him to do. His strip sacks were as important to the outcome of this game as anything else and he didn't slow down. He killed multiple drives today and had Cousins jittery all day. Fantastic day 3 - Milano - I can't remember seeing a game where Milano was more hyped up than today. He wasn't just all over the field, he was laying the wood. I mean, WOW. If this is the type of player he's going to be, then we are all set for years to come at OLB. I was just thinking about how we haven't brought in an INT all season and then one literally fell into his lap. He was great in coverage as well against the run. Like the rest of the D, just fantastic. 4 - The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special. 5 - Edmunds - There's been a few threads and call outs about Edmunds being slow and hesitant. Not today. While he didn't make any game changing plays, he was overall solid today. He was fast, quick to the ball, decisive, and overall showed glimpses of what a first round pick should become. Great game for him and freed up a lot of other guys to make plays 6 - Overall Defense - When you are pitching a shutout for as long as we did, especially after the first two games, it's hard to not focus on them so much. The intensity we saw from the second half of the Charges game carried over into a tough stadium. I was impressed by how loud that crowd was to start the game and we shut them up. The push up the middle and overall pass rush was something we've been waiting for all season. Even Kyle was having his way today. We even sent some LB's on blitzes today to mix it up. Until the game was well in hand, we showed a lot of different fronts and were able to generate pressure. Tre White was solid breaking up some passes, even on his BS penalty. With the turmoil at the DB position, it just goes to show what a solid pass rush can cover up. Overall, if this is how our defense is going to play, we are in good shape. 7 - WR's - I was going to make a point about Zay and Kelvin, but why waste the space. Kelvin's drop on the second drive led to his temporary benching and I was happy to see it. He needs to realize how little he's proved and his next contract is getting smaller by the game. With Zay being our #2, we didn't hear his name called until the 3rd quarter. For us to score like we did without any contributions from these two guys was an interesting point for me. I'm not sure where we go from here with these guys, but McD needs to figure it out. 8 - Daboll - Another guy I've dogged this season. His playcalling today was impressive. His screen passes, quick outs, and even deep shots were well timed. He knew when to mix in the run game and overall called a pretty perfect game. Take some drops out of the equation and this game is even more of a blowout. We were smart, effective, and overall a solid offense out there with limit weapons. I hope to see more of this. 9 - Special Teams - Outside of one poor punt, much better performance today from our punter. Good to see after the past few weeks. Maybe there's hope yet. Hauschka was fantastic all day and hit with ease. Coverage on punts and kick-offs didn't give away dumb yards as we have in previous games. Solid grade here as well. 10 - McDermott - Just when people started to question him as a coach, he pulls you back in. The team was ready, came out strong, didn't fade out, didn't make mistakes or get comfortable. This is the team we were hoping to see today and his players really showed up for him. My biggest question is, will we continue to see this up and down performance this year or can he get these guys on the same page week to week. I don't expect blow outs nor do I expect playoffs, but coming out flat like we did the last two weeks was unacceptable. If we can win this game on the road without Shady and the other injuries, then there's no excuse to not be competitive from here on out. Today felt good. I think we all needed it. To have the penalties and other things go our way and now squander it was a testament to the process and what we are trying to achieve. It goes to show that the NFL is different week to week and we are capable of playing with anyone. This Vikings team is as solid as they come in the league and we blew them out in their stadium. Enjoy the week everyone knowing what we can do. Go Bills!

Someone hide the severed horse heads

The dyslexia is strong with this one

As a pastor in the house of Tyrod, I find this thread blasphemous

That betting line is embarrassing. Rebuild or not, that’s pathetic

I challenge why they weren’t playing that way from the beginning. I think there’s some evidence out there of this team turning it on and off at times, if not whole games. We looked rough against the Ravens and our 3 blow out wins last season. Definitely not a team playing with high intensity.

Both

Again, I’m not bringing in the jury. I’m evaluating one game

This is the reason people don’t critique things. It’s one game. Hell, it even says it’s thoughts about the one game in the title. And if you read the whole thing, you’ll see the additional context. No one, including myself, said anything about HOF qbs or that he is expected to be one right now

Tough call. Marrone was handed a much better team.

I’m not saying they don’t. His misses were the kind that made me weary of drafting him. We can agree to disagree on this.

Has anyone really run up the middle on us? Right now I’d challenge our OLB’s and edge support

We were 15 and we missed a lot of open throws. A lot. Two of the FG drives could have ended in TD’s with some more accurate throws. So yes, an average QB could have possibly won us this game. I believe that. I expect to lose some games while Allen learns, but I think it’s fair to give context when looking at the entire game.

Week 2 in the books and Allen has started his first game at the Ralph. This game was a tale of two halves with a lot of interesting developments and glimpses of the season to come. I'm probably going to be a little harsh compared to what I'm seeing on the board and hearing on the radio, but I'm just not ready to drink the kool-aid yet. With that being said.... 1 - Offensive Line - I stood up for them last week against the pass rush but can't do that today. Mills was horrible in protection and Allen was either pressured or knocked down on over 75% of his drop backs in the first half. The rushing attack was non-existent to start the game and then hard to evaluate as we had to go pass happy early, although I can't think of a reason as to why it would improve. Mills also had a unnecessary hold to bring back a nice Shady run. I don't know what the PFF rankings will show, but this line is possibly the worst in the NFL through two weeks 2 - Benjamin - Another week from this guy where he doesn't look back for the ball or seem to really have any heart out there. He looks slow and takes himself out of plays. He looks nothing like a guy trying to earn a new contract or a establish himself as a number one. I think Benjamin could be one of the biggest hits to the team this season as he's going to just add to the narrative that WR's can perform here, even though he's just as much to blame. 3 - Special Teams - I'm sorry, but I'm still not seeing what the rush to get Colton out of here. The new guy pooched two punts and hasn't really shown an amazing leg or accuracy. Both teams went 3 and out to start the game, but the punts allowed the Chargers to pick up 20+ yards in field position. The touchback with 3 Bills players standing around the ball was embarrassing and we got really lucky on the muffed punt called a touchback. 4 - The hardest skill to acquire in this sport is the one where you compete all out, give it all you have, and you are still getting beat no matter what you do. When you have the killer instinct to fight through that, it is very special 5 - Defensive Line - I have a lot of thoughts about the overall defense and it all won't fit into this one point. Of everything that changed the most from the first to second half, it's the play of the defensive line. After halftime, when McDermott took over play calling, the defensive line was absolutely exploding off the ball. They were blowing up the line of scrimmage and getting pressure without sending any additional help. On the first 3 drives for the Chargers, they gained 9 total yards. This was the defensive line performance I've been waiting for all off-season. 6 - Overall Defense - Vontae Davis retired at halftime. That should sum up how we played in the first half. I'll give credit to the play calling for finally blitzing, but Rivers countered every play perfectly. I can't say the defense got embarrassed in the second drive as much as Rivers and Williams just made great plays. After that, they were embarrassed. This defense that we spent money on, drafted for, and overall put together in McDermott's image gave up 4 straight TD's after an initial 3 and out. There's absolutely no excuse for that kind of performance and it appears McDermott agreed, via taking over the play calling. 7 - Player Motivation - He's my "Get off my lawn" point. It infuriated me when I found out that McDermott took over play calling duties in the second half and that's most likely what caused the second half spark. They didn't send out different formations or blitz more. In fact, they appeared to Blitz left. They needed a halftime kick in the butt and someone else yelling into the headset. I'm sorry, I know they are all human beings, but they are also paid millions of dollars to show up for the game. The fact that they came out flat for the season opener and the first half of this game royally pisses me off. 8 - Allen - Here's where I anger some people. I'll admit that I wasn't on board with Allen being drafted at all. He was my 4th favorite QB and I was pissed when we traded up. Accuracy to me is one of the hardest traits to teach. However, I'm a Bills fan and I want to see us succeed. Once draft night passed, he was my QB. I am get excited when he comes on the field and am impressed with his physical tools. With that being said, I think an average QB wins this game for us. He missed a lot of throws and put the ball in places that completely eliminated the option of a run after catch. He had some throws that were on the mark, yes. But he also completely missed some guys by more than a few yards and his INT's were poor decisions. Even his deep ball the Zay could have been a TD. I'm not an All-22 review guy because they really don't compensate for pressure and other factors, so I'm not looking at that. Overall, I can see where has potential, but if you look at his first few games vs other rookie qb's these past few seasons, I don't think you can say Allen's debut ranks even in the top 5. I get our lack of offensive line talent and WR's as well as our Offensive play calling, but I can't say I'm confident he'll get there yet. We are only talking 6 quarters of play so far and I'm happy to be wrong, but it's all we have to go on so far. 9 - Daboll - There isn't any one specific issue with the offense, but there's something missing that I've seen in almost every other NFL game. Flow. There seems to be no rhythm or flow to our offense. It feels like we are playing street ball on so many drives or we are just running it right into the defense. Rookie QB, bad line, weak WR's, whatever. I have no idea what the identity of our offense is and don't feel any closer to getting there through two games. Like point 8, I wasn't a fan of Daboll being hired either as his history shows no promotable performance. Again, happy to be wrong 10 - McDermott - This was probably the best post game presser I've heard from him. He made his comments about checking the tape, but he made it pretty clear how he felt about Davis and didn't shy away from many of the questions. I'm overall concerned about where the team is overall with him. His defense should be better at this point and his job is to get these players every week, so then coming out flat is on him. I think this was a winnable game and we saw a lot more from the team than last week, so improvement is good. Overall, I'm curious to see what changes evolve from the coaching these upcoming weeks and hope McDermott makes the right calls. Even though they are the enemy, I miss seeing some of the creative rushing schemes Anthony Lynn dialed up. It's also hard to see what Mahomes did for the Chiefs today, even thought I didn't want him either and he has a much better supporting cast. I find myself enjoying the NFL more this year with my expectations of the Bills being so low. Honestly, I haven't gotten irrationally angry once so far. That's different for me. 0-4 looks more probably than possible at this point, but today was a good sign. Go Bills!

We’re about to find out

With the depth expected on both lines this draft, I really hope we’d trade back. I’d gladly take 3 solid starters over a Bosa

Josh Allen on a scramble

The results of this thread will shock you

Charger 27 Bills 10

Outside of a player revolt, both jobs are safe through next year and will remain safe after that if we show improvement. Anyone saying otherwise has no idea what’s going on.