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Richardson is the ultimate "toolsy" guy with great athletic traits and almost zero results to show for it. He played one year at Florida and sprayed the ball all over the place. Hasn't changed in the pros. He made Allen look polished in college and Allen's development is a big part of the reason teams are taking risks on players like him and Levis, etc. They really needed to use Richardson more in the running game and with RPOs. But he seems a little injury prone. Flacco is immobile but he can read a defense and make the throws. The Indy game just got much more difficult.

Dolphins have offensive weapons that are underused due to QB and scheme issues, or are underperforming. It's that same drill, take Tua out of his first read and don't let Hill or Waddle get the bomb. Tua will not be running and he will be getting rid of the ball very quickly. Get a lead and let them screw it up from there.

Benford barely beats out Shakir in my book. Cook has been good, but the drop-off from Cook to Davis or Johnson is just not as big.

The Seahawks had several bad plays in this game in high leverage situations. - this one - the snap over Smiths head inside the 5 - Smith tripping over his OL foot on 4th down inside the 5 - at least one pretty brutal drop - They missed out on two fumbles by the Bills, both times deep in Buffalo territory iirc. I don't know that the outcome would have been different but the game probably should have been much closer.

Yep I was there in 1981 with a friend and my parents. Proud to say we stayed until the bitter end. I remember the stands were emptying out by that time. Everyone went crazy jumping around after that play.

Team building exercise

Personally I'm impressed by how the Bills are playing on offense. Still plenty of room to improve though. The defense is hanging in there but even at full strength is vulnerable to a quality offense that can run the ball, pass over the middle, and not make ridiculous mistakes. My thoughts on the playoffs have evolved over the last couple years. I think the only seed that matters is the first seed, where you only need to win two games at home to get to the SB. Even Buffalo, which is a great home atmosphere, doesn't seem to provide much home field advantage in the playoffs anymore.

It's nice to beat a team with a winning record

For all you that think Dorian Williams is so great, this series is why I don't share that opinion.

That'd be a good idea but I doubt he's ever practiced there. Our linebackers are mighty weak and thin right now. Good thing our safeties are so good 🙄

Bills 26 Seahawks 20

I was going to say how Baker was playing well and I felt good for him now that I don't have to watch his insufferable TV commercials. And then a bonehead interception in the end zone. Ouch.

Paying Jones. The video with Schoen talking the owner Mara about letting Barkley walk. I have a soft spot for Daboll and Schoen since they came from our org. But they are toast.

I was pretty worried about this game until I saw who Seattle has played. They haven't exactly killed it against a gauntlet. So I'm a bit less concerned. They do possess a winning record, which cannot be said for any of the teams the Bills have beat so far. So it'll be a good win to get. Vegas has us favored fwiw. I really liked what Cooper had to say after the game. An actual mature, veteran, professional WR! Hope he, Coleman,and Shakir form a trio the coaches are smart enough to fully utilize.

I called my best friend (who still lives in Buffalo) at halftime so we could complain about all the problems. ...Face it, the one big good thing was the long pass to Coleman in the first half, and it was a blown coverage... As soon as they started playing better we stayed on the phone for the entire second half to not break the spell. It worked.

Wilson almost makes Rodgers look good.

I agree he looked a little shaky on some catches, but the one he caught that was behind him was a professional catch.

Definitely two halves tale. First half getting utterly dominated at the LOS on offense and defense. Finally let up trying to run it up the gut against their big guys and got some turnovers. Coleman, Cooper, and Shakir can do some work if the OL can give Allen the time. Coleman looking better each week and I'm defrosting the crow for later consumption.

I did a little bit of reading on a Titans board. Most folks are quite happy to have Rudolph starting over Levis. It seems like Levis got the bulk of the practice reps through Thursday, so Rudolph had at least one full day. Rudolph had Tennessee's only win of the year in relief of Levis. I have the the misfortune of being in the Nashville home TV zone, so I see more Titans games than I'd care to. Levis is pretty bad. I was looking forward to him spraying a few passes into our zone coverage. Oh well.

Rudolph is less likely to throw at least one interception. They were starting Levis because they hadn't quite given up on him yet. Rudolph will be a bigger challenge. Hopefully only very slightly bigger.

I hear you. I hope you are right. I'm probably just taking out my frustration unfairly on Coleman that we didn't trade up or draft multiple WRs this year. It's too bad when a high draft pick has to learn such a basic skill to their position in the pros. (Maybe my ID should be flame bait 😁)

Don't agree completely. Scheme didn't help, but big gains are often on the LBs and safeties. Good teams have always been able to grind down the field on us. Now they can break big gains occasionally too.

Fair warning: I'm not Mr. Rose colored glasses. I look at Coleman as a first round pick, which isn't fair to him, he was a (very early) second rounder. I'm somewhere between disappointed and not surprised. He is what they said he was, although I don't see the great hands / contested catch savant enough. He has trouble getting open. This is a BIG problem for a pro receiver. I'm not an expert. But I don't buy the "he's a rookie excuses". WR translates pretty well from college to pros. WR is not QB, safety, OL, or LB. It's basically the same job with maybe some additional emphasis on blocking. If you look back on all the high level receivers Buffalo has drafted over the years (Butler, Reed {4th round}, Evans, Moulds, Watkins, I may be forgetting some and I'm ignoring the 60s and 70s), you could tell almost immediately "wow this guy is special". At least that's what my foggy memory is. I don't see that with Coleman. Contributor I hope. That's why Cooper really could be key for this year.

He plays aggressively, is fast, and can tackle. But he has a long way to go to make it near Milano. He just takes himself out of too many plays by being too aggressive or hitting the wrong gap. I'm still optimistic he's got a fair bit of room to improve.

I agree with many here that he may be worth $10-12M Leonard Floyd sort of money, but not $20M. Right now he is ok if he had an elite guy across from him. To me, next year you gotta take some more bites at the WR and DL apples early in the draft and hope you hit at least one pro bowler. Notice I said DL, if you had an elite interior guy it would help the ends too. All pro would be nice but my confidence is limited.