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He’s a LB… the right comparison is with Milano, Edmund and Klein. I was talking the true DL.

Your honest prediction ? Gimme your cut. Mine is 65/35 Bills.

Thanks for your correction. DL Pats ? Even with our full healthy DL ?

What i saw this season till now about Allen, is that he seems always not comfortable like he was last year. I mean, he doesn’t give me the feeling that he’s always in control. He had lot of picks, poor throws, like if he was hesitant on what to do. Maybe because our weak OL, maybe because with Diggs, Sander and Bease all together on the field, he is not sure who to hit. I don’t really know… maybe i’m totally wrong, but this is what i see. That said, i still believe Josh is a top 5 QB without question. To me Bease is a beast, one of the best slot receiver in the nfl, Wes Welker level and we have Knox that is a heck of TE… so use them more in short routes !

Here we are ! After this last Pats win, i want to compare the Bills and the Pats in every aspect and see what you think about. - HC: pats - QB: Bills - RB: pats (with Brida maybe even) - OL: pats - DL: bills - WR corps: Bills - CORNERS & SAFETIES: Bills - KICKER: Bills - SP TEAM: even ? Maybe i forgot to consider some other aspect, if so feel free to add or correct me. That’s the way i see things in this next matchup. To me, the most important thing McDermott and Daboll have to do, is to find a way to give Josh more time to throw and involve Knox much more, because to me Knox is not at Gronk or Kelce level, but to me is a very good TE.

Well…. with BB on the other side, McDermott being outcoached is something possible. For the Bills to win against the Pats on next MNF the offense must step up and play at another level compared at what we saw this year… and of course cutting all the turns and penalties we too much often have. No more to add to your post. Agree every words.

Of course we have to (deal with that and move on). And like many here correctly said, this situation can become a strong motivation for coaches and players to find different solutions on both O and D. On O being more efficient and creative, but most of al we must cut turnovers and penalties down. On D it can be the time to become more aggressive, trying to get to the QB more often with a better pass rush, or using more blitzes. Anyway something has to change with our overall quality and this beside Tre’s injury. Till now they didn’t give me the feeling they are set to be in the contenders’s group honestly.

I’m sorry you are pissed of of my words… i just wanted to say that the only player that could stop our chances to get to the SB with his absence, is Allen.

Of course. This offense, playing at best, can score 30+ points every game. Our D does not allow other teams to score 30+ points easily… if not very few times. If 100 healty our D is a top 5, no question.

The point is: if it was Allen, i would have been the first to say our season was over, but com’on… allowing that losing Tre is absolutely heavy, we can find a way to reach our goal, but only if the offense start to play great football and not like happened since the Titans game.

Exactly what i was saying: if the offense would start playing at A to A+ level (actually their level is B to B-), we could worry much less about Tre’s injury, because with the ton of talent we have with Josh and the WRs corp, we could score 30 almost every game.

Not losing a RB caliber like Henry.

Ok, all of us agree that losing Tre for the season is devastating for our “possible” chances to get the job done this year… well, i don’t see it. I’m still sure that, even if Tre is an outstanding player, we could afford his absence. It wouldn’t be like this if it was Josh and not Tre to be out for the season. We will find a way to replace Tre or we’ll find a way to make some little change at our defensive game plan… maybe using more double team against the best opposite WRs… or maybe switching more often from man to man to a zone coverage… Losing Josh would have been unfixable. So be calm, everything will be ok, if we find a way to play a better football both side, offense and defense, because lately we weren’t so good. Some team suffered worse injuries or general losses, ask the Titans with Henry, ask the Texans with Watson.. or what it could be if Indy would lose Taylor, or Baltimore with Jackson, or Green Bay losing Rodgers. Of course losing Tre for the season is a bad bad thing, but we can survive it if starting playing better over all.

Exactly: after the very first plays of the game, it was clear that Taylor was going to have a great day, so why not change the formation to waste their plan ? Would have it worked ? We don’t know, but i think that Taylor would have been contained and their OL could have been faced better. I said before that i agree that a 5-2 could have been another right solution.

Yes… i think that using Tyrel Dodson or Matakevich, the second more than the first, would have been better that Taron in this particular game. And believe me, Wenz couldn’t have had 300+ passing yards and three TDs because our secondary is too good first and second because he’s not able to throw for 300+ yards. Agree on the turns. At last, on the first instance, i didn’t mean that i’m the one the is right and the others not.. i just referred about the using the 4-3 and not the nickel when we face strong backs, the past showed this.

Exactly. That ‘s you must fortify the DL in the 4-3 or even 8 in the box and the OL with a TD almost every play and maybe sometimes two backs together to give Josh more time to throw. More slant routes and jet sweep could help also.

They are terrified about make some changes and maybe lose… terrified to be attacked from everywhere about the changes made. Without “big balls” you don’t go anywhere in this game.

I honestly don’t see where i had to indicate the correlation: i simply said that maybe i was right to think about using a 4-3 base and not the nickel in this specifically game against the Colts. I get you when you said we were without Lotulelei and Edmunds and that we had a very poor day, but leaving the Colts their main weapon, it could have helped. Exactly, this is another interesting observation.

Well, not having Edmunds could have been something to be concerned, but with a RB like Taylor to face and knowing how much we suffer physical backs, it could have been enough to switch in a 4-3 base. But i understand your point. Yes i really do, because i’m italian and living here in italy but i follow this Franchise every single year since 1989 and came in the US more than one time just to go to watch them in Orchard Park, so yes i hate that i was right because we lost 41-15 !

Well... from yesterday i still feel very bad about the massacre we suffered at home... and i still think that using the 4-3 base defense and not the nikel, the outcome could have been very different. Ok... we had four turnovers, ok we played a poor offensive game and yes, as always, we played too soft... but i'm sure that using a 4-3 base defense Taylor would not have had 183 rushing yards and four rushing TDs. Many of you agreed with me when some days ago i was suggesting about using the 4-3 in this game because of Taylor... many of you didn't, saying that the nikel is our best D and that we didn't have to change it... because it worked... i was thinking about the 4-3 because we always struggle against strong OLs with great RBs, like we did against the Titans. Sometimes better don't be stubborn and change your system to limit or nullify other Teams strenghts. Start with limit Taylor, then let see what happen with Wenz and our offense, but if you cut 183 yards to 70/80, i think the game is a totale different one. 41-15 at home is brutal... maybe the worse possible scenario, but i still believe we can regain the lead in the Division if healty and maybe............. smarter.

Play aggressive, cut the turns and we’ll be fine

Holy cow … it seems we are playing against the NFL defending champion. Well, they are not ! Are they a quality team ? Yes —- We better, no doubt. Do they have a very good RB ? Yes —- this where we pay the price every week, so no something new Are they a superbowl caliber team ? No —- we are Do they have a top 5 QB ? No —- we do, a top 3 Is their record till now so good ? No —- our is, even with that painful Jags meltdown Well… we are playing at home, full of the best fans in the NFL and a top 3 wild environment… let’s play this game like it was a playoff one. Let’s just do three things: play a very physical game on D, because sometimes we are too “clean”, find a way to give all the protection Josh need to give him time to read and throw.. and cut stupid penalties, we need to stay inside 50/60 penalty yards, not more… take care of this three aspects and i’m sure we’ll come away with a good W, not easy, but a good one, not on the wire.

And still they are 5-5….

Ehhhhte … everything is possible… a stomach ache you know…

Sunday is coming … Colts and Taylor are coming to town… Spencer Brown out … so, in a single word, how you feel about sunday ? And how many chance you give to a Bills win ? Me: anxious My chance: from 70 to 75%