Jukester

As much as they've been our whipping boy for most of the season, this D has truly turned it around the last few weeks. Now, stomping on Carolina was one thing, but to play this well against a high quality opponent in KC, who has been hot offensively, is another. Yes, getting players back from injury/suspension has helped - Hoecht, Hairston, Milano. But in that same time we've lost guys - Hoecht, TJ, Oliver, Rapp. The key move to me was McD taking over play calling the last 2 weeks (as much as he won't overtly admit it in pressers). It has made a huge difference. These guys are aggressive, flying around, hitting harder, playing together, and dare I say confusing the offense. Has Mahomes ever been hit this hard throughout a single game? Or Kelce on the play in the end zone. I usually rag on McD but no question he's a great defensive coach and gotta give him credit for making the needed corrections. Yes, we're still giving up untimely long plays or ridiculous 4th down conversions which still need to be corrected. And we'll see how we handle a team that is more of a smashmouth run team. But damn I'm excited for the rest of the season if we can carry this forward.

Tough way to end that game. Ball stuck in the pad, then getting doubled off on a well hit line drive. 🤬

Well that’s a bummer

Well that OT was predictable.

Officiating gets worse by the week. These are not hard calls

Gotta get that extra cash to offset overbudget New Highmark

I’m not saying this with any certainty but just the timing of bad play the last two games makes me feel like Allen got concussed on this play against NE. Head bounces pretty hard off the turf Its been so uncharacteristic, as his decision making over the past year and early this year has been stellar til these 2 games.

Brady has I like the word arrogance when it comes to Brady. He was called out on the jet sweep against NE by his head coach and he goes right back to it a crucial point in the Atl game to utter failure. He continues to call and force low percentage jump balls and back shoulders to Coleman. I feel like he has a game plan and will just stick to it regardless of game scenarios and general flow without adjusting. Stubborn as hell. No quick hit plays or blitz beaters. This has also made our once calm and collected MVP qb skittish in the pocket and playing poorly. Brady needs to get his head out of his ass.

I like going for it there. But the play call…*****

What is Mcd clapping about. ***** you

Rapp to finish Bernard off. Wtf

Why do we even throw to Coleman. He’s always blanketed

Was anyone else waiting for the flag

This is a ***** nightmare

D may as well be aggressive. Playing soft doesn’t work.

Just unreal.

Canopy shadows - a new topic in the mix to dissect on gamedays…😀.

I went down the rabbit hole of grass fields in cold climates and saw the groundskeeper at Lambeau field commenting that they try to keep the field at 38 degrees in the winter, just above freezing but also cold enough to keep the grass tough and durable. I’m sure the Bills have real science behind their plans and their system is more high tech than Lambeau but it was interesting to hear another perspective.

Plan is to keep field at minimum 60 degrees year round Bench area will be artificial turf except for a section of grass for kickers to warm up

If running game isn’t working for Cook, need more passing plays for him out of the backfield where he’s already moving, like CMC. He is such a dynamic playmaker once in space. Get him the ball whatever it takes. This will help take the pressure off Josh. Everybody eats does work for the most part but there will be games that your playmakers need the ball in their hands…that’s Josh and Jimbo

Good post OP. More often than not our defensive philosophy is based on fear, bend but not break, keep every thing in front. This is fine against many teams in the regular season as they’re not good enough to exploit it. But good coaches and qbs can and will exploit this, especially in the playoffs as we’ve seen repeatedly over the last few years. This was the Patriots with a young QB but they decided to pass more in the second half because it was plain to see how we were playing. If people think we’re a shoe-in for the one seed, get ready - it’s gonna be a bumpy ride with this D.

It was a bad draft pick (by need) and compounded by the Bills continuing to force him to be a boundary downfield receiver. He’s not that and never will be. He’s naturally a slot guy. All we get now is 50-50 balls and back shoulder throws by the sideline.

Deserved to lose. Didn’t show up tonight

That was pure *****