dave mcbride

One thing that is true: Fairburn, who is a shaky kicker historically, is never going to miss a kick against the Bills.

I hate to be that guy, but before the game I predicted that the refs would be a problem because it is better for the nfl if Houston wins. No flags called on Houston so far. Penalties are committed on basically every play.

This defense is awful. If a real qb was playing for houston, they’d have between 20 and 24 points.

The D was totally unprepared there and absolutely should have called a TO. Bad coaching.

You’re projecting positive yardage for Shakir???

Don’t disagree, but because Prater made it the outcome would have been the same.

WHY are you returning that???

Houston has a bad running game.

My god is the Bills run defense terrible. The DTs are awful. Houston is a BAD running team too.

They had a 50-yard td of this type with shakir vs carolina too.

Fred Warner, not Greenlaw.

They literally lost their best qb, best d-lineman, and best LB (one of the best in the league, Fred Warner), and they have also been without their best WR. That is a lot worse than the Bills.

My take: Josh didn’t play well, actually, but he did play great. If that makes any sense!

But that’s stroud and not ryans who is ranking him like that. I am talking about ryans. Of course stroud’s take is freaking moronic.

Honestly, he is hardly the only one. I truly believe usage is rampant in the league, especially hgh. He just got caught.

I get that! Just putting in a little context. I do think josh deserved the mvp he got, but it really was 50-50 between him and Lamar, who had a sensational season too.

Well, Josh did play quite poorly vs Houston last year … no INTs but as I recall two potential INTs were dropped. A bad game.

They beat Miami 28-21 on a Thursday night this year too.

The Bills have to play turnover-free football in this game. If they do, I think they'll win. And they have to establish the run.

Kinda not my point at all. The crime data is easily and readily available. Regardless, Mexico City is NOT Sinaloa or Juarez. It is safer than many major American cities DESPITE having problems with crime. No one is denying that. Otherwise, it's a vast, diverse, and culturally rich megalopolis that is one of the world's great cities. If one's response to that true statement is to post an AP article (a brief and generic piece about protest that includes an anecdote about a killing in Michoacan, not Mexico City and makes a thin point about Gen Z) after questioning why anyone would ever want to go to Mexico, my hunch is that the person doesn't know a ton about the place. And trust me, I know a lot about Mexico City and read a lot of news sources (it's basically a core part of my job). But as @Einstein said, back to football.

Huh? Do you know anything about the city at all?

Mexico City is one of the coolest and most cosmopolitan cities I have ever been to. Amazing museums, food, green spaces, and neighborhoods. Highly recommended. The government has control there too (unlike many parts of Mexico) and the murder rate is 10 per 100,000. It is lower than Houston and Kansas City. I spent a week there a couple of years ago and plan to go back again soon.

A couple of things: they scored 29 last year (374 yards; no TOs) and were solid (at least) in every offensive dimension against one of the best defenses in the league. Against Baltimore in 2021, they went into run-out-the-clock mode early when Jackson went down and with a 17-3 lead. More importantly, that game was a wind-tunnel game. Multiple missed FGs, shanked punts and deeper throws sailing wild. No one is putting up big numbers in a game like that. That game was effectively over by the beginning of the 4th quarter, when Snoop Huntley came in. Even still, the Bills had a chance to go up three scores but Bass missed a kick. By the beginning of the fourth quarter of that game, I had almost no doubt that the Bills would cruise to victory as long as they played it safe. Which they did.

It was pretty soft. But I'll take it.

He didn't pick off any passes vs the Chiefs but was obviously a difference maker (in a good way) in that game.