Brand J

I’d be surprised if the Chiefs lose today.

Knox is the offensive equivalent of Tremaine Edmunds. He’s where he needs to be most of the time and will occasionally make a play, but he lacks the ball skills to be any sort of threat. Bad re-signing.

I’m not arguing the defense ultimately cost us the game, but the Allen led offense did nothing for 3 quarters. Again.

Again, who cares? Why are we comparing Allen to Daniel Jones and Kyler Murray? The offense doesn’t need to be dumbed down, he needs to elevate his level of play.

Last I checked Jones signed an extension for $40M/yr, but whats your argument here?

Josh is a $45M/yr QB and according to some here is the best in the NFL. He needs a dumbed down offense to succeed now?

Thoroughly outplayed by a 1-5 team. Wow.

First time NE has scored over 20 pts all season.

They missed a false start.

Those who only blame the coordinator, or Josh’s surrounding cast for the offensive problems, today is a wake up call for you.

Yeah that was confusing. It’s on the QB to check out of that play, it was never going to work.

The October lulls with this team are real.

Yeah, this is just not a SB winning team. There’s always next year.

He’s not the problem, he’s part of the problem.

As I heard from a talking head this week, the offense’s struggles have a lot to do with Allen, but he’s not going anywhere, so it’s easier to put the blame on the coordinator. You can move on from him. You can’t move on from Allen. Josh needs to play better and he owns that.

I don’t like posts like these which heaps the blame all on one person. Josh Allen is to blame as well for missing open receivers. Receivers are to blame for dropping passes which would elevate their numbers, the line is to blame at times for giving up pressures. It’s not all on Dorsey, but your post reads as if he’s the sole reason why other additions haven’t played up to expectations.

Prior to this season, Burrow was always thought of as having the higher floor (see QB ratings). His lows weren’t as low as Allen and his highs were almost as equal. This season he’s had some real clunkers, so I’m no longer sure. He’s not playing with the same confidence and consistency he’s always been known for, regardless of the reason.

There’s only one other QB I’d rather have. That other guy is almost never the reason his team loses a game, he’s like MJ on the gridiron, but Josh proved he can go toe to toe with him when he’s “on.” If our offense, which isn’t decimated like our defense, fails to move the ball, I want it to consistently be that everyone around Allen has failed him: the receivers are dropping passes, the line can’t block, no one can get open, etc. I don’t want Josh to share half of the blame because he’s missing reads, underthrowing/overthrowing passes, or not trusting what he’s seeing. To win a SB he’ll need to elevate the offense, to get production out of guys who ordinarily wouldn’t or shouldn’t be producing. If he can raise the floor of his worst level of play we’d be considered a dominant team. Right now we’re an inconsistent one, or “immature” as some talking heads have labeled us.

I’d argue he already has, even with the small sample size. I’ve seen Bernard do things Edmunds has never done, like get skinny through a hole and meet the RB at or behind the LoS. Or juke a blocking RB to get a sack. I used to see Edmunds get rag dolled by lineman and blocked by tight ends and those running backs. Bernard gets blocked, but I haven’t yet seen him get thrown to the ground or fly backwards on skates because a lineman has his hands on his chest. Not to mention Bernard’s awareness and knack for making a play when around the ball. He’s everything we wanted Edmunds to be, just in a much smaller frame.

I thought the same going into the Giants game. GMen had given up no less than 24 pts in every game and had just allowed Miami to run and pass up and down the field to the tune of over 500 yards. The Bills had 0 points through three quarters against that same group. Just never know.

How sad is if that I immediately thought about Knox when that TD pass went off the TE’s fingertips? Knox owes us quite a few sensational catches (with no/minimal drops) to wash his shaky hands perception away.

What surprises me most about Bernard’s game is that you hardly ever see him get driven backwards, even against bigger, more powerful backs. I also rarely see him on skates versus offensive linemen. Remember the Bills vs Bucs OT game where Edmunds had Fournette dead to rights in the hole and Fournette shook off his weak tackle attempt? I fully believe Bernard makes that stop for no gain and the Bucs punt on the ensuing play, giving the Bills another chance to win. As we all know disaster struck right after giving up the first down. Edmunds tackle attempt is at the 14:54 mark in case the video doesn’t automatically go there. The second play at the very beginning of this highlight video is what I saw many times: Edmunds on skates. Bills vs Bucs OT game

Thanks, now he’ll fumble this week.

What’s the average contract for a WR3?

Ridiculous but I’ll give them that if they’re willing to revisit what constitutes roughing the passer. That’s my most infuriating penalty.