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Our front 7 is pretty nice, but I do feel it’s missing that twitchy speed guy. Hopefully Von can still fill that void. Otherwise we have a lot of length and strength up front, fast flowing and aggressive LBs, and a veteran secondary.

Anyone have the snap counts? The Raiders did a fair amount of running, so I’m curious why Poona Ford and Tim Settle didn’t log a single stat.

Edmunds makes a ton of plays! You just don’t see them! At least that’s what a few on this board (you know who you are) tried to sell me on 😂 Bernard looks good so far and that’s very encouraging. He’s around the ball a lot, aggressive, and plays without the hesitation that often doomed Tremaine.

This is how the Jets game versus the Bills should’ve gone. But it’d be nice to have a Parsons to completely wreck an offense. He reminds me of LT, the original one.

Number 2 would definitely be worse! 😂 I agree with trading him even though CB depth is always needed. But I’d only do a player for player deal. 1st round picks aren’t supposed to be depth, maybe he can become another team’s Jerry Hughes equivalent, or we can luck into another.

He and his scouting team selected him. It’s looking like Beane’s worst 1st round pick and he traded up no less.

Knox ran a 4.59 at the combine and reportedly a 4.57 at Ole Miss pro day. Kincaid didn’t run due to injury but was asked what his time would’ve been if he had and he said “in the 4.5s.” He plays that fast too, neither TE is slow so I’m not sure where you’re getting those numbers. And true about both being issues, spacing and timing.

I believe Josh will be fine in time, but if he needs an entire offensive overhaul he’s not the guy. That’s something you’d say about a Blake Bortles, not a supposed top 2/3 QB in the game. The personnel he has now is more than adequate to win the Super Bowl this year. Is his play caller more than adequate? Is the HC more than adequate? Is Josh himself disciplined enough to deliver a championship? That’s what we’ll find out in the coming months.

We don’t have any Cheetah equivalents, but the receivers are plenty fast. Knox and Kincaid are mid 4.5 guys. Diggs, Sherfield, Harty, and Shakir are all around mid 4.4s. James Cook too if you want to include him. The issue isn’t speed, it’s delivering the ball on time to the receiver who has the biggest advantage based on that defensive look. That’s not happening right now. Spacing could also be an issue as you and Kurt Warner have pointed out. That is on Dorsey.

I wish I could take Allen’s blue collar personality and pair it with Mahomes’ skill. That’s the ultimate QB I’d want. But if I can’t have that, I’d take Mahomes straight up if given an option to have any other QB in the league. I’d be tempted by Burrow, but no, Mahomes is the only one I’d trade Allen for. He just needs to get back the mojo he once had. He hasn’t been sharp for over half a season.

Don’t know if it’s been posted, but Broussard’s take on Allen’s presser after the game was hilarious (3:48). First Things First

You think she’ll be easily employable by the next team if she’s fired over these comments?

A player can never stop improving mentally, but we’re in Josh’s 6th year and still talking about issues you would expect from a first or second year QB. That’s alarming to me, especially when, years ago, he cited the Patriots 3 INT game as his wake up call and the impetus for why he has to change. I’m down on Allen right now, but as I said in another post, fully expect for him to turn things around. Possibly as soon as this week.

I didn’t think it was a big deal at the time I heard it. I was expecting much more since the story was starting to gain traction. Calling for Maddy to be fired because Diggs was upset… I mean, I think it’s all a bit much. We live in an era where everyone is uber sensitive and always looking to cry about something. Her comments weren’t so incendiary that it should cost her everything.

Andrew Booth and Kaiir Elam are two of the bigger CB disappointments from last draft. Is Booth more adept at zone? I didn’t watch Clemson much. Wonder if a swap with an extra draft pick would be of interest to the two teams.

Yeah, I think I’ve read more about Daboll now that he’s no longer with the team, than I have when he was here. And when he was here I remember quite vividly the calls for his head and the wild speculation about the rift between he and McD. Many wanted to see Daboll gone and now that they’ve got their wish, they want him back.

I fully expect for him to bounce back, as soon as this week. There’s nothing more motivating to a professional athlete than naysayers and embarrassment on a national stage. I’d rather the Bills looked like crap early, an improving team in the middle of the season, and likely the best, most complete squad at the start of the playoffs. Does no good to peak early.

Bills at -9.5 are the biggest favorites this weekend. Second biggest are the Cowpokes at -9 over the Jets.

I think even the most ardent Bills homer would have to admit that wasn’t the play of a QB who had relentlessly studied the Jets defense from the two games last year. He looked unprepared and his line about preferring to react to what he’s seeing in game versus overdoing tape study rings louder after that sort of performance.

I didn’t have a problem with the first one because the result of it being inside the 5 yard line was great BUT Allen had room to run for that first down which would’ve continued the drive and possibly led to points. The second INT and the third I had problems with. The second one was thrown from the Jets 40 on 2nd down IIRC, so you cannot say the first two picks didn’t cost the Bills points. Tyler can hit a 57 yarder, but if that second INT was simply an incomplete pass, the offense gets another shot on 3rd down to get closer than a 57 yard FG. The main gripe is that second half Allen just looked unprepared, unfocused, and spazzy, like a kid with ADHD. Like a QB who had no idea what the Jets were doing on defense and how to counter. The answers to the defense were given, he had them, but elected to meltdown on a national stage. You just don’t expect to see that kind of play out of a 6 year pro bowl QB. All QBs have bad games, a stinker here or there, but Josh can’t be the primary reason the Bills lose a game. He just can’t be.

We’ll learn more about Bernard as the season progresses, but for game 1 he was fine. I liked his blitz in the first half where he got tripped up/tackled by the RB. Looked like an agile DB flying in there. Couldn’t have asked for more when you consider it was his first start and he missed all of the preseason. Hopefully Bernard holds up over the course of the season, but linebackers are smaller nowadays. He’s bigger than the Jets Quincy Williams.

That’s absolutely what I’ve seen. Are you also going to tell me I wasn’t screaming “get him!” as Bills defenders closed in and not one of them could get to either QB in time? Mahomes holds the ball like Josh so he’s more comparable, but NO offense is designed to hold it for 3+ seconds. Brady doesn’t have the wheels that Josh and Mahomes have, so knowing his pre and post snap reads were even more paramount to his success. And even in the instances his initial read was wrong and the pocket closed in around him, he never panicked. He kept his cool and looked to new targets. It was Houdini-like how no one could get to him in time, how many arm swipes that would’ve gotten there with just half a second more. My original point of not panicking when things closed in around them was valid, for both QBs. Mahomes has gotten better at this, no doubt, and that has also coincided with the improvement of his OL. Josh has to take that next step and also trust in his guys.

I saw in the sack highlights where the Jets brought pressure and the pocket was collapsing, but it never caved in on him. Instead, Josh tried to take off running and caused the sack himself. I’m reminded that I see the same frenetic pocket collapsing all around Brady and Mahomes, but neither of those dudes panic like Josh. It’s like they know the rush won’t get to them in time, so they stand tall in there and make the throw. When there are avenues to escape - and there weren’t for Josh - that’s when you’ll see Mahomes do his loopty loops in the backfield until someone springs free. Josh needs to become MUCH better in manipulating the pocket. That starts with having more trust in his OL, that even though things are collapsing all around him, it’s best to stand in there and make the throw because you’re not going to escape most of the time. Who knows how many potentially big plays were left on the table because he ran himself into a sack.

I was surprised to see Lawson get as much PT as he did. He made the most of his snaps and flashed a few times which was encouraging to see.

Josh had the same issues with Daboll that he has with Dorsey. Too many of you think we could just change the coordinator and everything would be different. It comes down to Allen protecting the football more than anything - not the men standing on the sidelines or calling plays from the booth. They can give him direction, he has to take it. They can preach about the same issues until they’re blue in the face, he has to implement them. Seriously and I don’t mean this as a jab to you, but what offensive coach is coming in here and changing the unit/scheme/culture AND reducing Allen’s penchant for turnovers? Name this magical person.