BillsFan619

I waited a little longer to make this post. Sorry for the delay for anyone who was waiting for it (there may only be two of you, if that 🤣). The reason I waited is because I wanted to see If Dawson Knox was going to have a full practice (which he did). If he plays, I believe he will have the biggest impact. I'm not saying it's the only reason (I know the o-line isn't good right now) but we've struggled ever since he was out. While we all loved his breakout season, the injury showed us how valuable he's truly been this year. Also, if the Jets try to play us like other teams have, this may leave some space in the middle of the field for Knox. I've got Knox. Who ya got?

Good teams lose to bad teams. Very good teams have very bad losses. The Ravens just lost to the Dolphins. The same Dolphins that lost to the Jags. The same Dolphins that lost seven in a row. The same Dolphins that still have Tua (who's nursing a broken finger). I was just as shocked as you were. I thought we'd steamroll the Jags. It was a gut punch. It was very disappointing. They had no business being on the same field as us. Until they did. Yes, we have problems. Yes, they need to be addressed and McD promised that they are being addressed (he's typically a man of his word and responds well to adversity). Yes, our margin for error just got smaller. That said, we're not out of this thing because of one bad loss. History has shown us this. I remember one year where the Cowboys won one game. It was to their rivals, the no named football team, who ended up winning the Super Bowl that year. Heck, there were four bad losses by good teams last week (us included). The Ravens game is just simply the newest example. Yes, if we pile up a few more bad losses against teams we should beat than it could be over (for this season). But right now, we're still in this thing and we're still contenders. The Steelers, while a tough loss, was a bad matchup. The Titans loss was a heartbreaker. The Jags is our first bad loss of the season. And guess what, every AFC contender that's at the top of their division has a bad loss now. The Titans do. The Ravens do. The Chargers do. And, our awesome Bills do. I'm not even predicting what the Bills will do. They could lose a few more bad games and then many of you can comeback to this post and tell me that the post didn't age well. You have my permission to do so, btw. But that's not even the point of the post. The point is that every team has a REALLY, HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE BAD loss every once in awhile. We just had ours. That said, one bad loss doesn't have to define our team or their season. Everything is still in front of us and we're still contenders at this point. As fans, let's not let one week define us. Let's cheer our hearts out as our Bills continue to fight for it all. Go Bills Mafia! Let's go Buffalo!

It’s this kind of attitude, and JA, McD and others have it too, that make me know that the bills will be OK. Yes, they’ve hit a rough patch especially because of the o-line. But, they’re here to stay.

Or, he could kick seven XPs. 😜

Hey MT! Since you brought up the run game, if you haven’t seen it yet, I thought you may enjoy this article about our run game. https://www.espn.com/blog/buffalo-bills/post/_/id/36537/buffalo-bills-offense-still-missing-home-run-hitter-from-the-backfield

I agree, bro. Even the dominant years of the Pats usually had us playing good/close for some or a lot of one of those games. Some fans are getting spoiled and need to realize that every SB contender has down halves, games or even slumps during a season. "We didn't score over 30 points. What happened?" "We didn't obliterate this bad team. Are we a SB contender or not?" "We settled for a FG or two. If we do that vs. (fill in the blank) team, we'll lose." "We had a bad quarter or half. Are we as good as we thought we were?"

I think what you meant to ask was, "Will our JA ransack or hurdle over their JA?"

Looks like MT back to the Bears. 🤣

You may be right, bro. About Beas sitting that is. 😜 In all seriousness, I hope his injury isn’t too serious and doesn’t linger.

Can you say bloodbath? Bills - 38 Jaguars - 9 A few on this board are upset because we have to settle for a FG somewhere instead of another TD. They’re left wondering, “Man, if we settle for a FG against (fill in the blank) team, we could lose.“

Wow, that’s a great question when it comes to our running game. If my research is correct, the last time a running back for the bills had over 20 carries was December 15, 2019 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. DS had 21 carries that night. We won 17-10. I believe that was the night we clinched a wild-card spot. Go bills!

Good thoughts, bro. It should be one of those games where a few of our players could pad stats.

When it comes to concern over Diggs, talk about a hot take. 😜

There’s always someone, bro. 😜

Hmmm… i’m gonna take a wild guess and say…the bills! Go, go Buffalo! You guys could be right, but man, I hope he exploits their weakness with our strength. Then, once we have a comfortable lead work on the running game. Good back-and-forth, fellas!

Good question, bro. I don’t know. I saw the stat on ESPN when I was reading something about the Jaguars and they didn’t happen to mention who the worst percentage was. Isn’t that crazy though? Almost three out of every four passes completed.

Do you think they’ll try to do that with such a poor jaguar pass defense though?

I know, right? Surprisingly, it’s only SECOND worst in the league.

Man, as we all know, the Jaguars are bad. They’re not good at much. Many of our players could (and should) have a big game. Their pass defense just isn’t good. They’ve given up four 300 yard games this year so far, one of those being against Tua 😱. QBs in general are completing 74% of their passes against them. Because of this, there should be a lot of yards to be had for our WRs. With Knox, and possibly even Beas with his ribs, (not saying he won’t play or make an impact) being banged up I’m gonna go with a player that I haven’t picked yet this year. I’m going to go with Diggs. He should have a big impact, in fact, he should torch them. Who ya got?

I definitely see what you’re saying but I think the way it happened really helped Josh progress. If we had a loaded team, the expectations would’ve been higher. Not being as loaded allowed Josh to learn the game and grow as our team grew. Hopefully that makes sense.

I saw the same thing, bro. You’re not just seeing things.

Awesome, thanks for sharing. Maybe me and the fam will have to go check it out when we don't have a 10am start since I usually get off of work by early afternoon on Sundays.

That too, bro.

It’s no wonder we have fans that psyche themselves out before we play every terrible team. Exhibit A! 😜

That’s cool you live in the San Diego area. I’ve heard of it but I’ve never been because I work on Sundays. My family and I typically have to watch the game after it’s over on gamepass since I work on Sunday. Is it typically a good scene and a good showing of bills fans in PB?