DrDawkinstein

It's fun nowadays when 1/3 of all the national commercials feature Bills players or Bills fans.

Just ran into Takeo a couple months ago as we were both out to dinner at the same steakhouse. Head an awesome chat with him. Told him my story about being at that last game of the season when he came into town with the Bengals, and the whole stadium knew he was about to be a Free Agent and cheered for him out of the tunnel, and every time he made a tackle. He talked about how much that day meant to him, and how coming to Buffalo was the best decision and greatest thing to happen to him. He's really appreciative of Bills fans, Buffalo, and his time with the Bills.

Oh man! Great catch! He's the shopkeeper at the end. Never would have noticed that.

Cant express enough how much I, and likely all of us, needed a game like that. We just did what we should do. Outside of a shaky first few minutes, it was a fun, relaxing day of enjoying Bills football. We even got a Shakir sighting! (Funny because I honestly forgot he was even on the team until they said his name after the score)

Yeah I dont know. I was mostly joking since there were so many pics from that party. I dont buy into even 1% of that entire affair story.

If I'm going full conspiracy theory, then I'm looking at the week BEFORE the Packers game. The Bye week. Josh had a big Halloween party at his place Saturday night of the Bye.. Practically the entire team was there. Something happened at that party that changed the course of the team.

That is absolutely Bill Madison. The superior film, and Sandler's best work.

And that's my point. We have a Kelce equivalent. We do not have anything close to a Reid equivalent. But we cant let Dorsey off the hook just because we know he is lesser-than.

It's not all on Diggs. As a matter of fact, I'd say it's way more on Dorsey to have the plays ready, much like Reid does. Diggs and Kelce will do their job no matter what. But which coach is putting his players in the best position to succeed?

It is absolutely the combo, the same mentality of never seeing a chance at a deep shot they didnt like, and it being a main part of Dorsey's scheme that if the D gives a certain look pre-snap then you go deep every time. I'm trying to find the article/interview, but the Dolphins said as much after the playoff game. Paraphrasing "We knew that if we lined up a certain way, it would trigger Josh to throw the low percentage deep ball". The problem for the Dolphins is that he connected on 3-4 of them. The Bengals came out the next week and did the same exact thing, but none of them connected. Teams were doing that to us before the Dolphins game too. Opposing teams/defenses absolutely have Dorsey (and Josh) figured out. It's just up to the opposition whether they want to live & die against the deep ball.

The TWolves practice story is amazing. I would love to see Diggs do something similar. For those that dont know, Jimmy Butler showed up late to his first practice back, took himself and the backups vs. The Starters. Guys that werent even going to make the team. AND BEAT THEM. To prove a point to the FO. He EMBARRASSED the starters. And they all love him even more for it.

Von/Fan: Who is the Stefon Diggs of the NBA? Diggs: Jimmy Butler 100% AGREE. Great choice. Clutch player who will carry a team when needed.

I keep seeing this criticism of our WRs from Sunday's game and I'm not sure I buy it. First, the Jets have an amazing defensive backfield, so maybe guys were well covered. However, I feel like folks are saying this mostly based on the fact Josh wouldn't throw them the ball. But right now, I feel that is more on Josh. I'd also LOVE to see Dorsey ever scheme guys open like Reid does for Kelce and WRs in KC. We have so many mismatches. Why not split Kincaid and/or Cook all the way to the outside to see if you can get a LB on Diggs/Davis inside? Or anything along those lines.

"Bored" may not be the exact right word, but I get what that guy was saying. Frenetic, uncomfortable, anxious, all play into the same vibe that analyst was trying to get across. He got impatient ("bored") with just 1st downs. He wanted a touchdown and he wanted it immediately. So he took horrible deep shots instead of continuing to check it down and move the chains. It's like he's back there going "Ok, we picked up two 1st downs in a row. That earns me a shot to go deep and get this over with" Bro, just keep picking up 1st down until you're in the red zone!

Much ado about nothing. But just goes to show how many sharks are in the water for this team. Media turning on even each other just to create a story of dysfunction for the Bills. Whoever broke this had to be aware they would be doing far more damage to Maddy's career than Stef's.

Good comparison. It was interesting on Thursday Night when the Lions got the ball back before halftime. 34 seconds left, down 14-7. They could have just kneeled it and gone to the locker room. Instead they managed to run 7 plays and get to midfield before stalling and running out of time. But it was pointed out what a deliberate move it was to decide to run real plays instead of just conceding the half. Showed the team that they are going to fight for every inch in every second they were given. The Lions kept fighting and came back and won. We took the soft way, showed the team we could "settle", and allowed the Jets to come back and win.

My exact text from when the FG unit came out: "McD taking his foot off the gas instead of going for the throat. We'll let them hang around all game now" This was right after Rodgers went down and they were at their most vulnerable. A TD there is an absolute dagger. A FG gives them a moral victory to rally around. It's the same lack of cut-throat attitude that keeps us soft in the playoffs. In that situation, yep

His first, but not last, missed tackle of the night.

We pretty much got to him on every play he was in, right?

Maybe. Or maybe Hackett doesnt downshift into the running game and keeps Rodgers passing and we keep getting to him and force another turn over or two on our own.

Bold is true, but also misleading through omission. "He had 2 INTs and 3 Fumbles for 3 total turnovers" is the most truthful/accurate statement. If all youre talking about is turnovers, sure. But if we're talking about Allen's erratic play and loose ball control, then tell the whole story.

Are we expecting Punters to be big hitters?

To be fair, fumbles and fumbles lost are 2 different stats. And fact is, he did fumble 3 times. Even if he recovered 2 of them it's still worth mentioning because it does give detail on his ball protection.

Allen blew the game. Of course. You definitely havent seen me argue otherwise. I dont think many (any) posters are putting it ALL on Dorsey. But there are plenty of issues to go around. Whether he called the deep shots or not. Or it's just his scheme that triggers Josh on certain looks to try those deep shots. Or Dorsey not downshifting into a running game in the 4th. Or for running a shotgun draw on 2nd and 15 in OT.

Disagree, in that, he is a lead back in today's NFL. And performed really well the first 3 quarters. But when you want to downshift and grind it out, you put in your secondary back as your "closer". Which we kinda did, but then got cutesy again.