BigAl2526

It's hard on elite QBs when opposing teams focus on taking away the deep ball. If you're elite, it's pretty much a given that you've got a very healthy ego. You know you're good, and you love making the big play. It's important to play with discipline though. If you play with discipline and win consistently with an effective run game and short passing game, you will eventually force the opposition to fill the box more. Deep opportunities will come.

Not being the student of the game that you and some others are, I was guessing in my assessment of Willis. You actually confirm my thinking. That doesn't mean he can't succeed eventually. Of course, his athletic gifts don't guarantee he won't bust either. It's probably going to be a lot longer before he enjoys much success as a starter than it was for Josh though.

Willis is a raw youngster. In some ways, I think he might be behind where Josh Allen was as a rookie. He may turn out to be a bust, I also wouldn't rule out the possibility of future success.

Well, the Bills have only lost 3 games this season to this point. Their three losses included two division opponents and an NFC team (Minnesota). That's how we got to that statistic. I'm actually impressed more by the fact that Josh Allen has surpassed Dan Marino's scoring record for the first five years of his career. He's now the all time NFL leading QB in scoring for the first 5 years of his career.

KC will be dangerous in the playoffs regardless of how they got there.

Tre White can be expected to make incremental improvements in his play from week to week, but it will probably be next season before he's 100%. What we can hope for is that he'll be better against Cincinnati than he was against Chicago. Hopefully, that will be good enough to get the win. As far as the running game is concerned, I don't see the Bills as a running juggernaut by any means. They are not going to have the same running game versus Cincinnati. On the other side of it, I expect Josh Allen will have better numbers in the passing game. I'm picking the Bills to win, but it is going to be a war on Monday evening, and nothing is certain.

It's easy to get caught up in one's own success. When you build yourself a tall, tall pedestal, you make it more likely that you'll eventually fall off. It's going to hurt when it happens.

Yeah, He was unblockable. His body just seemed to fall apart. Funny how some players will hold up for 20 years, and some fall apart after a handful.

Personally, I'm not a huge Singletary fan. He has some good games, and games where he spends a lot of plays running into a pile. A good share of that may be due to the O-line though. I'm not saying the Bills should get rid of him. I'm just not ready to give him a big money long term commitment. I like what I'm seeing from Cook, but he's a rookie in his first season, and it's taken a while to see him get untracked. I'll feel more confident about him if he comes out of the gate next season running with the same confidence and catching passes.

Will they let him use his cane to extend his reach on contested balls?

You are correct. The game against Cincinnati is critical for that reason.

As with all QBs, the more time opposing defensive coordinators have to study them, the more clearly their weaknesses can be defined. The less complete a QB is, the easier it is for defensive coordinators to identify and attack his weaknesses. In the meantime, young QBs are working to shore up the weak parts of their game, but QBs with obvious physical deficiencies have more limits on things they can improve. Tua is on the small side, hot terribly mobile and doesn't have a super strong arm. He's smart and generally makes quick reads, but he's got enough weaknesses that teams are always going to be able to exploit them to some extent.

I affirm what zow and Boatdrinks are saying. The first tiebreaker is head to head results. Buffalo has the tiebreaker over KC already. A win over Buffalo gives Cincinnati the tiebreaker over Buffalo, and they already have it over KC. Had these three teams not played each other, there are a bunch of other tiebreakers they can go to in order to determine the seeding in the playoffs.

Burrows is not the athletic QB that is in vogue around the league (Allen, L Jackson, Hurts, Fields and others) but he's not the statue some would make him out to be. He is successful running on occasion, and has a feel for moving around the pocket like a younger Tom Brady. Still, losing your starting RT is a big deal. It will make it easier for Rousseau to get to Burrows next Monday.

It almost seems as if he's a better match for the Rams' offensive system than Stafford. If I were Sean McVay, I'd think long and hard about signing Mayfield long term and cutting bait on Stafford.

If Cook can maintain his speed and quickness, I'd like to see him gain about 10 lbs of muscle in the off season. He would definitely be my #1 RB next season. He just seems to be more consistent at finding holes to get past the LOS. Sometimes Singletary does, and sometimes it looks like he just runs into a pile of bodies.

I feel the same way, but even if they have made that decision, there's no guarantee they'll find their franchise QB any time soon. They are tough to identify with assurance, and even if you correctly identify a college prospect as a future franchise QB, it's possible IMO (and Gunner Bill's) to screw up the handling of that youngster so he never develops properly. Judging by the LA Rams' success with Baker Mayfield, it's possible both Cleveland and Carolina did that with Mayfield. The Jets almost certainly mishandled Darnold, as they mishandled Geno Smith. He's been better lately for Carolina. As with Mayfield, it's too soon to tell if Darnold can actually get his career back on track. Geno Smith is looking like a serviceable starter with Seattle, finally. So that means the Jets have struck out on franchise QBs, going 0-3 identifying and developing a guy who can actually fill the role, two of them being top 5 picks.

His mental processing was too slow. He ended up holding the ball too long. Mike White is smart and can probably keep the team competitive, but his lack of physical tools will keep the Jets looking for somebody who can be the complete package. Tha's a good thing.

I think the plan is to stay in Chicago tonight. I think they could probably fly back to Rochester tomorrow. The airport is about 7 minutes from where I live. I haven't heard if the state has made any statements about when the Thruway will reopen.

I will pick the Bills to win, but you're definitely right about needing their A-Game to come back to life. I think it will help that they will be playing in much warmer temperatures in Cincinnati

Well, I have never been into tailgating, so I can't speak to that. I have attended only half a dozen games over my adult life. In the stands, I never saw any overt abuse, verbal or physical of fans wearing jerseys or the colors of other teams. The lone exception was a Monday night game against the Jets in the early 1980s. I no longer remember the exact year. The Bills played poorly, and the beer flowed freely. There were numerous fights all around my friend and I in the stands. I assume any Jets fans in the stands bore the brunt of the Bills fans' drunken rage. That, however, was 40 years ago.

Asbury Theological Seminary, in Wilmore, KY, about 16 miles SSW of Lexington.

There is one team in the NFL with a better record than Buffalo. There are two other teams with the same record as Buffalo. There are 6 teams with more first team pro bowlers than Buffalo. Such is the curse of a small market team.

Like most everyone else, I think Milano should have gotten a spot. First alternate is pretty good though. Also, like others, I'm surprised Roger Saffold got named as a third alternate.

Honestly, Josh Allen has been very happy with just about everything at OBL. Even if he did fancy playing under a dome, he probably would keep that preference very quiet, knowing it's not going to happen, and keeping quiet helps maintain good feelings all the way around.