Bob in STL

A January game in KC will not be warm. Believe it or not, Buffalo's average temperatures in January are only slightly lower than KC's. Aren't you sick of losing playoff games at Arrowhead? We need the game to be played at home.

While I agree that Edmunds and Poyer are very good players and key pieces of the defense, yesterday was not the game that proves that. They we not missed and resting them was the smart thing to do. Pittsburgh scored 3 points. Zero points in the second half and they played against all backups for the last quarter. It was hard to notice we were missing any starters, let alone 5 on defense.

It's a long season.

Shakir looks versatile and can rotate in and sub for any of the three (McKenzie, Davis, Diggs). Whether Shakir "starts" is not important. He will play and he will get targets. I like the possibility that we can move him around. He will make plays. Not sure we are going to see much of Crowder with his injury. Kumerow will go back to ST mostly.

I am old school in that I love a throwback style MLB but that is not how the Pass oriented NFL works today, especially the Bills defense for that matter. Is Edmunds really a MLB if we play a 2 LB scheme? Does he need to be proto-type 6'5" and 250 to fit what the Bills do? I like the size but does he need it to do what the Bills do? The fact that Edmunds is that mobile and can cover makes him a freaky guy but is he better in our defensive system than Milano? If Bernard is a tweener than so is Milano. Bernad is 6'1", 225, he is a Milano clone in that regard. Milano is 6'0", 223. Dodson is 6'0", 237. If Bernard replaces Edmunds we have two "tweeners" at LB, so we better have some beef at DT to keep these guys clean. LBs, safeties, and corners all have to be quick and all have to tackle to work in our system. Final Comment: I want Edmunds to stay if Beane can figure it out. I think Dodson and Bernard are step down from him, despite how well they played against an ailing Pittsburgh offense.

Dodson is a beast on ST and he now looks to be a very competent back up LB for us. Any talk of him replacing Edmunds is a reach. Which is why Bernard was drafted in R3.

I get that the QB is critical, and Brady gets more protection than anybody, but what are the rules? Can't hit low, can't hit high. Can't land on them with weight. Can't swing them around from the waist.

Bogar should be relieved of his duties. He is bad, I cringe whenever we get him.

Tre after the bye sounds right. Beating KC without him will be fun. Our DL is the key and needs to dominate next week and get to the QB a lot.

Bengals with terrible play calling inside the 2. They have a power back who never touched the ball.

Good point for a thread. He uses size and his moves (reading coverage) to get open and gain separation. His "game speed" is pretty fast.

Good looking draft class. Plus: Benford pushed his way into the lineup. Bernard is learning and got some reps. Baylon Spector too.

Ahh, you see a trend with one data point.

Sure, let's play. Quinten Morris must be better than Knox.

My takeaways: I was surprised that a Mike Tomlin team played like that, even with injuries. We clearly beat them in the trenches. Allen was amazing again as was Diggs and Davis. The Team Defense is really impressive, especially looking at the quality of the depth. Frazier and McD have this side of the ball dialed in. Some of the players that came up big were Hamlin and Dodson. Hamlin just seems to be getting more effective and confident. Dodson was solid as usual and made himself known out there. Shakir played very well as a receiver and as a returner. Cook made a big play for a TD, he has to continue to gain trust and that means work hard in practice and be ready to go. Elam is a solid rookie, today he had his first rough one. They targeted him a lot and he seemed to be playing off the receiver too much. He had a tough match up with a big receiver. When he came up with the INT that had to be good for his head. He said afterward he has work to do. I am not worried about him bouncing back. On to the Chiefs.

All true, Epenesa used his elbow but never really made contact, but he hung around and said something and that made Hussy throw his hat for the penalty. I doubt Eppy said "Sorry Ref, didn't see you" which was the only smart thing he could have said at that point.

It was an odd game. We made so many great plays that they negated any mistakes, and we made a few. To start with the 98-yard Bomb to Davis and then Davis makes a one-handed catch on a contested ball for a 2nd TD. WOW!! To think we had an INT in the endzone and a fumble literally inches from the goal line. Could have put up 50+. The defense gave them short stuff underneath and their rookie QB took what was given, but in crunch time the defense held them every time. Next week will be a B I G game, once again in Arrow Head. Hoping we get a few more players back (Knox, Poyer). Did Oliver play, I didn't see him?

We win 38-3 and this is your take-away?

Wow. Poyer makes that big of a difference? The Steeler have a bottom 5 offense in the AFC and they will put up 41 points? If we lose it is a frustrating one score game. I think we win 34-10

As a former center I think I do. LOL

And the play that Allen failed to spike the ball before the half, that was on Allen. He lost control of the ball.

What botched snap?

Agree, TE depth is not great. I was hoping OJ Howard could help add a two TE look to the offense.

The Mike Curtis hit on the fan who picked up the ball and ran away was much harder. The fan never sued to my knowledge, and the media gave him almost no recognition after that night. Not at all surprised the "activist" is going to sue.