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Looked like an over officious call, but 70 was down field.

Yes indeed. On Josh’s interception he missed leading the receiver and a pro bowl CB make a great play. Allen made a few great throws today but INTs will happen on occasion.

Sammy Watkins still hanging out as a journeyman WR.

Long season. Allen will be fine. Teams understand what we did last yea and how to take it away. Daboll and Allen have to adjust.

This was a great shutout win. I’ve been watching them since 64 and shutouts are rare. Our defense overcame two offensive turnovers, had 6 sacks, had a bunch of take always, and stopped them on every 4th down. It was also out biggest margin of victory over Miami ever. 35 points What was the problem with the worst shutout ever?

Auto correct only works a little.

A missed tackle is bothering you after a 35-0 win. Do you how long we have waited to get a Bills team this good? Enjoy it. The missed int last week was an impossible catch, Diggs couldn’t have caught it.

I saw Addison pressuring the QB several times. The announcers called his name too

The defense emerging is great right now. The running game came to life. Alien made some plays. It’s a long season, there are ups and downs. I want Josh and the offense to start to peak in the last month of the season going into the playoffs. Like Tampa did last year.

Best player in 2 games maybe, he has been ok so far. At the time of the draft they were still looking at Ford to develop. For next year and longer term I think drafting a center is smart. Morse has a history of head injuries that are a concern and his contract is pretty rough. Next year it’s over $11M or $3.75M in dead cap if they move away from him. I would be ok spending a premium draft pick on an OG as well. We need to get better in the interior OL any way you slice it.

My first move to improve the line would be a great center. One that can help our guards when they are facing a beast of a DT. I was surprised that Beane drafted and DL in round 2 over OL.

if we never traded Daryl Lamonica … if we never traded Ahmad Raschad …. The cure for the OL is better technique, better preparation, and hard work. Willians got beat on one sack because of technique, he knows better and has consistently played better. Feliciano is what he is. Re-signing him was better than losing him and signing a lesser player. Lamenting over a player we traded to get Diggs, our best weapon, is not only a waste of time but it is creating a legend out of a player ( Teller) that is a solid but average player.

35 -0 is a great win. Congrats to the Bills staff and players for putting last week behind them, getting back to work, and pounding a division rival on the road. was it perfect? No. Let get the W’s however we can and peak at the end of the season.

Stop with Wyatt Teller. He is not on the team.

Who is going to play that makes the right side better? Williams had a pro bowl season last year, maybe you ought to give him a few games.

“We”? Are you saying you know you have natural immunity? How do you know this?

It’s panicking.

Young healthy people in pristine shape have contracted Covid. Age and physical condition does not stop that. Many (not all) of them are asymptomatic or have only minor symptoms, that is true. During this time they can be spreading it, the purpose of the mask is to stop the spreading, to protect others. The longer this cycle goes on, the more opportunities for the virus to mutate into something harder to fight. That is the danger. We are divided partly because of misinformation and poor leadership. People today somehow associate taking a vaccine with giving up their freedom and “their rights”. In my lifetime there has never been less emphasis on the greater good and it says a lot about us as a society and a country today. To those unsure about the vaccine, talk to your doctor. I assume you trust your doctor.? Your doctor will tell you your risks.

Well Sherlock, THAT was NOT the exact same play, it was similar but with a key difference. Yesterday we had our WR split out wide, and when he went in motion he took their CB right into the DE spot where he remained. That is the same guy that blew up the play. In the similar (but not identical) 2004 play we had the End in tight formation and when he went in motion it forced his man to follow him and get out of the way. The 2021 play had a flawed design. On top of that everyone else on the 2021 Bills did a poor job selling the play but the Steelers were ready. Tomlin said he watched all of our preseason games and they took note of Gilliam being used as a FB in short yardage situations multiple times. When he saw Gilliam trot out for the play they figured we would this time fake to him and go to Brieda. We made it easier by bringing the wide man in motion and pulling the CB in. They expected Brieda to get the ball whether it was a pass or a handoff. We can find examples of plays that didn’t work yesterday but worked another time all day long but none of it matters.

In 2001 we had a different QB, different offensive players, different coach, different OC, different GM, different Owner. There is no relevance. We could have run a simple QB sneak just like Bart Starr did behind the block of RG Jerry Kramer. That worked in the famous Ice Bowl versus Dallas. That play is just as relevant.

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I doubt we would be singing their praises. More like feeling fortunate to squeak by. How do we win by 2 touchdowns when we didn’t even score 2 touchdowns? You want to go back to the 2 step punt? Bring the old punter back, or bring in someone else that kicks it in two steps. It is not what we have and Haack isn’t going to be retrained by Sunday. That punt would have been blocked on any punter. The Steeler blocked it while standing there.

Good post and good research by the OP. It should be noted that 9 of the 25 runs were Allen. Some were scrambles, some were by design. What the stats don’t show is the OL was completely dominated and that kept Allen unsettled. Instead of simplifying Daboll called big hitter but low percentage plays at critical times. Unfortunately the team was never in a groove to execute them. Reflecting back to being inside Pittsburgh territory and throwing deep on 3rd and 1, but then punting on 4 and 1, to me that shows that Daboll and McD were not even in sync. I am a McD fan but he has to take responsibility for the inconsistencies with the decisions on 4th down when just inside Pitt territory. Opportunities to pick up a yard, or a kick FG, or pin Pittsburgh deep were squandered for plays that didn’t work. Details are important. We have a bunch of players from last year, and new players this year that never played a home game in front of a sell out in Buffalo. Even that detail escaped him as we had many players stuck in traffic and arriving late. I am surprised by it but this team was not completely ready, at least not to the level of their opponent.

This will be a tough game. Miami is well coached and will be prepared. They are tired of losing to a division foe. On the road, hot and humid, and a distracting destination. I expect a better performance from Daboll, Allen and the offense. I think we win but it will be tough.

Agree. We could see Boettger starting next week. He is a stronger pass block than a run blocker. Looking at the personnel at LG-C-RG … they are not terrible players at all, but this is a soft spot in an otherwise very talented offense.