Brand J

When Mahomes went through his bad stretch last year, he was misreading defenses and missing open players… but he was never throwing 2+ INTs per game, much less directly to defenders. I thought Allen came out focused, aside from that first tipped pass where he missed the defender, but after that he reverted back to the Allen of the past two weeks, against an underwhelming Vikings defense. If these two teams had met earlier in the season, before halftime of the Packers game, the Vikes would’ve been eviscerated, the Bills were riding high on confidence and in a completely different head space. I wouldn’t be surprised if the current rendition of these Bills struggles against the Browns and Lions.

I don’t know what happened at halftime of that game, but I wish I could go back in time and upset the time continuum so that things don’t play out the same. This hasn’t been the same Bills team ever since leading the Pack 24-7 at the half.

Cousins is a marginal QB, but he was throwing some absolute dimes under pressure today. Edmunds was really active in that first half, more than I had ever remember seeing him really, but he alone wouldn’t have stopped the 2nd half Viking surge. Unless he lost 30 pounds, got a whole lot faster/quicker, and switched to CB to cover Jefferson.

Von Miller has absolutely been worth every penny of that contract so far. It’s so bad that we’re all sitting at home constantly hoping he’ll be the one to make a play because none of the other guys on the DL seem good enough to do it. I shudder to think what the defense would look like without Von. He and Daquan Jones are the only starters on defense not to miss time due to injury. That’s unprecedented.

Allen isn’t on Mahomes level, but I don’t think the gap is gargantuan. After games like today, you do wonder when we’ll get the #17 back who used to hear “MVP!” chants from the home crowd. I feel like Daboll could rein Allen in, I don’t have that same confidence in Dorsey.

Embarrassing loss.

Whether or not he played, to me it was a sign of how the Bills view the #1 seed and a first round bye. To date they’ve been extra cautious with players, seemingly overly so, but when #17 can go against a quality opponent versus sitting out, everyone involved wants him to play. Let’s just hope the injury doesn’t worsen. The way I understand it, it’d have to be another hit similar to the first and that he can’t tear it further just by throwing the ball. With that said, maybe there’s a chance Keenum starts and Allen is there in case the offense can’t move the ball.

He’s had a couple called back due to penalty, otherwise he’d be atop this list with 4.5 games played.

Some of those are pretty consistent.

It’s the butterfly effect… if the ref doesn’t throw a flag for holding, Josh doesn’t injure his elbow. If Tremaine doesn’t hit Dane Jackson’s neck earlier this year, there is no time delay to see to Jackson’s neck, therefore Micah Hyde never injures his neck… because the play where he did it wouldn’t have happened at that particular point in time. Of course all sorts of dynamics change with every play. Could be others who got injured at some point. Or maybe no one.

That’s a BS play by #83 there diving at Rousseau’s legs. I thought that block was outlawed anyway? Seems the entire defense started their slide after his injury.

Has to be better than Jaquan Johnson, if I were Beane I’d look into it.

Undersized, yes, but his athleticism shouldn’t be an issue. I’m not going to condemn the rookie on his first ever NFL start. As others have said, Johnson was far worse at safety, surprisingly so. I knew he wasn’t a great athlete, but he supposedly had the instincts to play faster and take proper angles. We saw none of that.

There’s almost always a receiver open on every play. I don’t mean “wide open” but someone’s NFL open somewhere. And if they aren’t, it’s also possible for the QB to throw that player open, although those passes are much more difficult (of course). Allen just isn’t reading the field right now. Shakir and Knox in particular have been wide open and NFL open but he’s predetermining where he’s going with the football. Usually the cause of that is a lack of trust in the OL, the feeling that the ball has to go to this guy against this defensive look, but the OL has blocked fairly well, so I don’t know why he has stopped going through his progressions. I don’t know what his issue is, but he needs to snap out of it quickly.

Bills had 254 yards of offense but only 14 pts at halftime. They had 63 total yards and 3 points the entire second half. Brutal. This loss was absolutely on the offense, as was the Miami L.

Half of his 80 yds came on one play.

You can’t make plays if the ball doesn’t come to you. You’re just assuming Knox is at fault and/or playing badly. That doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.

3rd and 17, Mahomie rushes for 20. Chiefs drive for game tying points. Oh so close Titans.

I can’t really even say that he’s been playing bad because the ball hasn’t found him much, at all. We don’t see the routes where Knox wins and Allen never looks his way. It’d be another thing if he was getting the opportunities and not making the most of them. Allen just doesn’t use his TE like Brady or Mahomes.

The contract extension was curious (given his production to date) and no bueno. I maintain it would’ve been smarter to wait until after the season to see how he fared in Dorsey’s offense, even if it meant a slightly higher dollar amount at the end, than paying him the 6th highest salary at the start of the league year. Wonder if Beane has any buyer’s remorse.

This is funny, because Chiefs fans believe Josh is surrounded by the better supporting cast and would take our weapons over there’s. I guess it’s all a matter of perspective, but they think Mahomes passing to Diggs, Davis, and Knox, while handing the ball off to Singletary would be far more dangerous than Josh with those weapons.

I disagree. That play against the Rams was far worse. Kroft caught the pass and was the sole one to possess the ball on his way to the ground before the defender stuck his hands in there. That Jets player never had sole possession. He probably had less than half a possession on his way to the ground, but credit him for not giving up on the ball.

It was close. As the two were falling to the ground, Edmunds had more control, not full control, but more than the Jets receiver. As they hit the turf the receiver had enough of the ball to get both hands in there for a simultaneous possession. If Edmunds had more of the ball he easily could’ve ripped full control away, but alas, either through dumb luck or lack of skill, his biggest critique strikes again - just can’t make the big plays.

Chiefs fans are loving how this loss looks for the Bills. Predictably they’re saying Allen is nowhere near Pat’s level. To me, Mahomie is far more consistent on a game to game basis, whereas when Allen is on, he’s at least Mahomes’s equal when Mahomes has his A+ game working. The QB I saw today play for the Bills, I haven’t seen in quite some time. It’d be different if he was under duress play after play, but he often had time and was just missing open receivers, either through bad reads or bad throws. Hopefully he’s just as hungry and committed to the game now as he was during his late season/playoff surge and the beginning of this year. The Super Bowl is out of question if he continues to play the way he did today.

We need more Von Millers, Matt Milanos, Hydes, Poyers, and Rousseaus. Guys who offset mistakes with big plays and will make things happen. I’m starting to sour on Oliver as a priority re-sign. He’s been far too invisible in the interior.