UKBillFan

Not the best performance, and still look messy at times - particularly on offense - but a win is a win. I thought we would be in for a low scoring defeat so am happy we've moved on to 8-4. In fairness, the NFL this season is Any Given Sunday more than ever. Teams seem so much more competitive in general... maybe except for the Titans and, to a lesser extent, the Saints... it's making for a stressful if enthralling year. The Bengals will offer a far bigger challenge for the defense but a really good job today.

Not for the first time this season.

Which means they'll lose to the Packers next week.

I think the Texans D will hold.

Makes up for the calls on the Texans O last drive.

The first was unlucky. That last one borderline unforgivable.

Everything looks so difficult for them on offense. His plays were keeping them in the game... until Stafford fumbled.

Mills seems to protect the ball better. He knows his limitations and plays within them, rather than thinking he's better than he is.

QB play overall has been pretty mediocre this year, other than individual games or plays.

Can you mention Rodgers and/or Rudolph barely throwing interceptions, please? 😁

And there's the interception.

Typical the Texans will be the first to benefit.

I hope Sauce is not seriously injured. That's the risk teams take when they go all in on one player to try and sustain success.

Colts, no question, for me.

I have little faith today. With the injuries, and general poor play even with the starters, this feels like a defeat. And it's not today and the Texans which will cost the Bills this season - those defeats to the Falcons and the Dolphins still loom large. They should be 9-2 at least. 7-4 leaves no room to manouver with a tough end of the season to come.

It does but we have no one to blame but ourselves. I can accept a defeat in Houston against a tough defense, and even at home to the Pats (just) considering what has happened since but Falcons? Dolphins?

Well today's been a disaster.

... Then we may as well sack the OC. I doubt we will, unless Josh calls for it. But we should.

There's no doubt in my mind that the offense is a problem.

I'm interested to see the All 22. Were there receivers to throw it to and did he have the requisite time? It didn't feel like it for the most part.

I understand people saying the coaches aren't going. But if Josh goes to Pegula and calls for it to happen it will. And it felt like he was getting close to it tonight - with Brady anyway.

It was the Texans. Their offense is abysmal. Getting stops is the least they should be doing against them. They're only on 6-5 because of their D. I'm not getting over excited because it took the defense, and coaches, a whole half to work out how to limit Davis Mills.

As already said our defense craps the bed at the worst possible time. Over and over again. That drive at the end of the half - get the ball back. Make a stop. But no, let Davis Mills go down the field for 75 yards. And history plays a part in this. Nothing changes. Our offense at least swings from abysmal to excellent. You know what you're going to get from this defense. A back breaking drive in every game when momentum needs to be altered. I've had enough of our head coach leading a mess of players who can't do the basics. Admittedly that feels like that's on all sides of the ball at the moment. But when he's supposed to be a defensive guru...

Which would be a miracle. The Steelers defense will kill us, as will the Bengals offense. Then we're off to the Pats, before playing the Eagles at home. Maybe we'll sign off Highmark with a win against the Jets. Right now I'm tempted to put money on 8-9 without changes being made. And Pegula won't make them.

Against the Texans defense with Brown injured it was always going to be tough. The Titans kept them to 16. If we had managed that we would have won. The offense was a shambles. No one is denying that. But the defensive performance in the first half was equally as bad. Especially considering we're meant to have a defensive head coach.