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I believe you're correct... McDermott's Bills have been very consistent performance-wise... with only a few exceptions. It's kind of a semantic thing... what if we call it a "possible upset?"

Reasons for concern that this could be a trap game: Bills play Dolphins in week 4 Eric Bienemy appears to be doing a good job as Commanders new OC QB Sam Howell is a playmaking athlete Good offensive skill position weapons in RB Brian Robinson, and WRs Jahan Dotson, Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel (I think TE Logan Thomas won't play) Good defensive talents in edge rushers Montez Sweat, Chase Young, LB Jamin Davis, stout DTs Daron Payne, Jonathan Allen, and S Kamren Curl Commanders are at home Commanders are 2-0 Bills always have a target on their back All that said, if the Bills play up to their capabilities they should win without too much suspense... but this is also a game the Bills could lose if they're not focused.

In every way, D Watson is a POS. He and Haslam deserve each other. The ball was not only uncatchable, he shouldn't have thrown it to a covered receiver.

I appreciate your reply and understand your point but these data clusters (unless they're negative ones) never seem to bring up the names of ordinary players. They always seem to put the subject in good company. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't remember any exceptions to this.

One possible achilles heel for this team is the age... particularly on defense... Hyde, Poyer, Von Miller, Leonard Floyd. I hope the Bills have the opportunities during the season to spot in the younger players and keep some of the mileage off these guys.

Lowell George had an ignominious end. True but for a mentally fragile person, such a cocktail could cause permanent psychological trauma. Mixing many and large amounts of drugs is not for the faint of heart or mind. I sent you a direct message. Thank you.

To the bolded, yes Don Shula seemed to let Marino walk all over him. This is really strange considering that Shula was considered the Lombardi of his era, hard nosed, strong-willed, etc. Little-known fact, in Shula's first 2 Super Bowl wins as Head Coach, Bob Griese threw the ball a total of 18 times... total... in 2 games. Fast forward to Dan Marino and suddenly they're throwing the ball 30 times a game with the same coach. It begs the question of how meaningful these data clusters are and what if anything they say about the player.

You don't really understand this particular situation... but you're starting to. 😜

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Great take and what I thought when we signed him. I've been watching football for a pretty long time. I remember what Ottis Anderson did to the Bills in Super Bowl XXV... 21 carries 102 yards and a TD... and punishing Mark Kelso and others... setting a tone. Some old timers might remember the running backs Chuck Muncie and George Rogers... size, speed, and toughness. These are the types of backs that Latavius Murray compares to. He's really a great addition to this team.

So is virtually everything that's discussed on this forum.

Exactly. It wasn't until after Murray got snaps that Cook started playing at a higher level. Harris looked excellent on that kickoff return. I didn't think of him as a guy who could help us in the return game but he looked very comfortable and competent on that play. The beauty of this game wasn't the win or the margin of the win. It was that everything the Bills contemplated for their offseason moves came to fruition. The specific roles of each player played out exactly as they forsaw. The upgrades at both guard positions enabled them to run the ball effectively and create a stronger interior pocket. Their faith in Gabriel Davis was rewarded. Kincaid is doing exactly what they wanted from him. Cook has made the next step in his development. Latavius and Damien Harris have made exactly the contributions they were expected to make. Leonard Floyd has been an excellent addition and Greg Rousseau is fulfilling his promise. Terrell Bernard has allayed most of the concerns about his suitability for the position. The only players who haven't yet met expectations are Harty and Sherfield but they'll always be on the fringe, competing for touches with Shakir. Clearly after last season there was a lot of self-scouting and honest soul searching by McBeane. The team they envisioned during the offseason came into sharp focus today and that (and Josh's play) was what I was most happy about.

The part about "accommoded" was an attempt at humor. I assumed it was a voice to text error. And yes, the bolded was my point exactly: No one here knows if he asked for a different seat although many people criticizing Spikes have decided that he didn't.

Yup. He reduced the number of unnecessary hits and yet still put himself in harm's way. True... if it's the playoffs I give him more latitude to carry the ball but not in week 2. Cook actually started playing better (more physically) AFTER Murray and Harris started getting carries. It seemed that the competition for touches lit a bit of a fire under him.

Who asked you to feel bad for him? And your insistence in mentioning his wealth shows that you're missing the point. You know, people want to bash (or ignore) Tim Graham but I'm pretty sure he's not a liar and if other former members of the organization have mentioned shoddy treatment it's probably true. So, you know for a fact that he didn't talk to anyone from the Bills? Do you also know if there was someone assigned to his suite? If not there should have been. If so shouldn't they have been asking him how everything was? When he decided to leave early do you think anyone asked if there was anything wrong? See you don't know what happened but you choose to cast aspersions on Spikes. By the way, accommoded is an interesting Freudian slip. The word is accommodations. Here are two things that haven't yet been mentioned in this thread: 1) Look carefully at the picture of Spikes in the "suite." He couldn't possibly sit any lower or closer to the glass than he was shown. It doesn't even look like a comfortable seat he's sitting in. He's trying to maximize what he can see from this... "suite." He's sitting their trying to minimize the obstruction. 2) Why is this "suite" available to the Bills for their use? Is it possibly because NO ONE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD EVER SPEND A PENNY ON IT? Thank you. Yes, the disrespect and carelessness is very minor league. I'll forever be grateful to the Pegulas for being the White Knights that kept this team in Buffalo but the evidence is pretty overwhelming that in the Pegula's case, having money and having class are mutually exclusive. They've literally done one thing right (actually two) since taking over the Bills and Sabres... hiring Sean McDermott and Brandon Beane. Nice crusade... the "suite" was free so he shouldn't complain. I've worked in a few different industries but never in one where you place a guest of honor in bush league accommodations. Did they put him up at the Motel 6? Well it was free so he shouldn't complain. Got it.

Bernard. 🙂 Yeah, I believe the word I used was "unconcerned." I'm still unconcerned and hoping to stay that way.

“That means in the upper quartile of winners were in the top quartile of that upper quartile.” Jim Irsay

Same 4 players as last week.

Jimmy? Is that you?

The most recent example is new Ravens OC Todd Monken not wanting Lamar Jackson to wear a wristband this year.

The most impressive thing to me about Dalton Kincaid are his football instincts. He has great awareness of everything that's going on around him and he always seems to make great decisions, whether instinctively or thoughtfully... when to fight for more yardage, when to go down, when to accelerate out of the catch, when to stop on the catch, when to turn upfield, when to flatten his path, when to look for the ball, his ability to track the ball... His measurables are very good and he's an excellent athlete but the thing that separates him from comparable athletes are his football instincts.

Was Linda Holliday involved in this situation? Yep. Another epically inaccurate take by a third string troll.

Jack Campbell didn't start and didn't appear until the second half. He then made a real nice pass defensed iin a zone drop and played maybe one more series and that was it. I'd have liked to see a bit more of him.

The Bills have 2 no-nonsense running backs now that can play that type of game. Chandler Jones is saying he doesn't want to play for the Raiders ever again.

The NBC crew didn't bring it up until the 2nd half... it had been going on all game. Where was McCauley until just now?