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I am not sure I understand the fear of the Broncos other than the usual BBFS. They are a well deserved 3/7 starting an unheralded (to be kind) rookie QB. If the Bills cannot take care of this team at home, they do not deserve to be in the playoffs. This one will not be close.

Ty is done for the year and he very well knew it when they took him off the field. You could see it in his face. Our depth at Tackle was always a question going into the year and unfortunately the worst has happened. Ford will be fine and Bates is questionable at best, but he is now the man. It will be very hard (impossible ?) though to find someone capable who can learn the offense and play with 6 weeks to go. They are really looking for a backup to Bates at this point. As for Henderson, no thanks. He has had plenty of chances here and he is unlikely to get one more from this management team.

I hear you H2o but I am not ready to eat my crow quite yet, although it may be time to start preparation. (I would like mine prepared with a nice piccata sauce) I admit he is doing far better than I thought he would. He does have a good arm, and obviously he can run. I have not watched any Ravens games start to finish, so despite his excellent stats I am not yet convinced he is a QB that will be able to read the field and deliver from the pocket consistently, or deliver the variety of throws he will need to have a successful career. Comparisons to Vick do not really impress me. Although Vick was certainly electric and fun to watch, he was never a dominant QB. He was finally showing signs he could actually play the QB position when he went to the dogs, and never regained that form. Can he be as good as Russel Wilson should be the question. Wilson can make any throw. He thinks the game as well as anyone. He is a leader. Wilson should be the prototype for an athletic QB like Jackson and I do not see that yet, while as I said, I am impressed. I do still think Roman’s offense is gimmicky though and will be figured out by better defenses. (Hopefully by the Bills). He already executes it better than Tyrod ever did, and perhaps Kap and Alex Smith as well as he is far more athletic. So hold the crow for now and let’s see how this plays out, but when it’s time, remember the lemon sauce.

When the Bills played Denver in 2017 they had a good game plan and Jordan Mills, with some help, handled Vonn Miller pretty well. Jordan Mills. Ford had been playing much better and will be fine on Sunday.

Or rather, to not support.

It has been painfully obvious since the NE game that Josh was being reigned in. Perhaps that was intentional, and perhaps It was just Josh getting too cautious in his approach in response to the interceptions and criticism. Whatever the reason, he has not been the same and neither has the offense. While this has all been frustrating, I think this is simply part of the leaning process for him. We all hope he figures out how to strike a balance. We cannot have him playing like Tyrod and expect more than we are getting. He needs to be himself.

That might be what they need to turn this game around.

.7 TDS and 12, INTs. That’s Mayfield

Really hope we beat this punk team. Today is the day for glory. Go Bills!

Great post. Sometimes I feel like I am in an alternate universe around here.

Exactly. This is the design of the defense. People want to assume that every successful play is somehow Edmund’s fault. (Or Star’s fault) Not the case, rarely is.

The Bills are better than both the Browns and Steelers and it it is not close. That is not a guarantee they will win of course.

On the replays shown during the game this looked to easily be a first down. Bad call.

Given the level of idiocy over the past week I advocate for SDS creating a one button approach for ignore. It would save a great deal of time.

Silly me. I thought that 20 minutes from game time I could come to the GDT and fans would be over their butt hurt and over reaction from last week and focused on a big home game for the Bills. Oh well. Go Bills! Gonna kick some Skins butt today. 34-3

The trade for Sanu committed a significant resource for another slot receiver. I think this is telling for what they believe is the right offensive focus given Brady’s current skill sets. Gordon is less valuable to them. Could just be that they feel they can get more production from another position. Could also be that Gordon is just not what he was. He would certainly be worth a look.

Yes is watched. He had a couple of nice runs, but finished with 60 yards on 17 carries. Hardly game changing performance, even with the OL excuse.

They gave up 109 yards rushing to Miami on 30 carries, about the league average for yards, but we’ll be low in yds/carry at 3.63. While this run defense performance was below the Bills expectation for the year, especially in the first when we can all agree the Bills D looked a bit lethargic, it 8s hardly what I would call bad. The Eagles game was bad. Let’s see If it comes a pattern, but right now it is just a one game anomaly.

Exactly. He was a game changer two years ago with Pittsburgh. There is no evidence to suggest he still is. A year and a half on the couch is a long time for a RB. Thus far his reputation exceeds his demonstrated ability pretty substantially.

There is approximately 0% chance the Bills will trade for Bell. It would be the dumbest move the could make, right ahead of trading for Melvin Gordon. RB is not even close to the biggest need the Bills have if they are going to make a trade, nor do I see them investing those kind of dollars in RB, especially one who has proved to be not worth his contract so far. Stupid speculation by good old Mannish. If Beane is looking at anything it would be WR, DT, and DB/LB depth.

The run defense had one bad game. Ranked 10th in the league prior to that. That said, one big trade is unlikely to make a huge difference in the w/l for the year, unless a stud WR is truly available. That could help them win a game or two IMO.

There you go, confusing the situation with pesky facts. How dare you! Great write up Hapless, and thanks. This certainly fits what I see: a pretty good team with potential to be even better. (And fun to watch by the way). I will take that for now and enjoy the ride.

They are starting Rosen. In any event, it does not matter.

I no longer bet on football, but I would stay away from any spread this large in the NFL no matter who it is. We will see what happens to the spread after this week when, as I expect, the Dolphins get their first win. The Skins are truly a horrible team.

At this point, less than 11 wins with this team would be a disappointment. Far from being discouraged by the NE performance, I saw evidence that this team could beat anyone. The offense needs to progress, but that was always going to be a work in progress this season. People should not be giving up on the division just yet.