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and the Bills obviously. I was trying to to prevent a possible jinx created by this thread.

It would have been nice if, Hairtston, Oliver and Milano didn't get hurt. I would have been good had we not signed two suspended players. Not everything has gone perfectly.

Is this really an "Fire McDermott" thread in disguise?

Wanted to mention that Herbstreit, Howard and Saban all picked Ill to win. Said they'd out physical the Hoosiers. How could Saban pick against his old asst Cignetti?

Mendoza of IU for the Heisman. UGA National Champions over Oregon. Playoff teams - IU, OSU, Oregon, UGA, LSU, Memphis, Miami, Fla St, Tex Tech, ????

As many of you know I'm a UGA fan, but I'm also an IU Alum and am really impressed with Curt Cignetti and the job he's done with the Hoosiers. I was a student during the good Bill Mallory years, but Cignetti has done what Mallory could never do and make IU competitive with the top teams in the BIg 10. Today's beatdown of No. 9 Illinois was as impressive a win by a Hoosier team that I can remember. The 63 points was the most a Big 10 team has ever scored over a top 10 ranked squad. Now go beat Iowa on the road.

How about lets not anoint him the second coming until he plays at least 1 or 2 more games.

Geez, didn't people here say this off-season he could easily replace Cook? I guess McBeane knew the truth after all.

Simple rule of football, don’t leave your success dependent on a kicker or ref.

Yep, we should have never extended him. How dare the Bills control the clock while scoring 30 points a game. Just flat out dumb.

Do the Bills have a passing problem? Hard to answer that question. Since Brady became the OC, the Bills correctly moved to a more ball control offense. More running, more balance, less turnovers and more wins. However they are scoring at record levels. They had 12 RS games with 30 or more points last season and are 3 for 3 so far this season. They even averaged 28 pts in the playoffs last year with one game over 30. If there is a passing issue it’s not stopping this team. One reason I don’t think we are seeing many downfield throws is that scoring quickly is not our offense’s goal. They won’t admit it, but part of the reason for the ball control offense is to protect our defense. Our best O personnel are also geared for a ball control offense. Our depth is in the RB and TE rooms. Our best receivers are also inside players like Shakir and Moore, but even Coleman is better on shorter routes. That said, on a personal level I’d like to see more down field throws especially on 2nd and short. However, until someone makes Brady incorporate that into the offense, I doubt we’ll see it. My hope is when Oliver, Hairston and Milano get healthy and Hoecht returns from suspension to upgrade the defense, Brady, Babich and McD will feel better about opening up the offense.

This was a solid win. Remember it was a short week. The team was without Milano and Oliver. Taron Johnson and Cam Lewis were playing through injuries and Josh was clearly under orders not to do anything stupid. Run the ball, make smart throws and wear out the undermanned fish. It worked. Bad clock management before the half and poor play calling prior to the missed FG made this game closer that it should have been.

Their will be people here who focus on Sanders (or someone else) being a bust instead of the 5 other good players we drafted elsewhere like Hawes, Walker, Strong etc....

They didn't lose Hill. They moved on because they didn't want to pay him.

Looks to me that the Bills have received more bang of their draft $ with 2 starters. KC has 2 starters as well and maybe Royals will develop into one, but Rice will be gone by that time.

While this post has some merit he was playing for the Bears. Fields was also coming off an excellent game where he had 266 yards of offense with 3 TDs and has an offense that features Breece Hall and Garrett Wilson. The Bills were also without Taron Johnson and Ed Oliver, but kept Hall to 29 yards rushing, Wilson to 50 yards (much in garbage time), and Fields to 76 total yards (mostly on the ground). It was a stellar performance and our kids on the DL, Logue, Sanders and Walker got valuable NFL experience. Babich’s gameplan was excellent from the opening snap.

Does this thread win worse timing of the year?

Got to feel for Robbins. NFL check one week, Dick's sporting goods the next.

Bills 35 - Jets 17

We need a poll.

I guess Lamar and Henry split the vote enabling Josh to slide in. 😜

I think you are giving yourself to much credit.

It’s biased against Josh and the Bills.

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