colin

And a cheeks punt!

Even w that gift, we have zero. Out coached and out talented

A play by the only guy in our middle five with NFL physical talent

Mcd teams play one flipping scheme. If it's not right for that week, then we just lose with it

A TD here makes this over

Just not prepared and under talented.

One trick pony on d. Blow resources for small guys and any injuries or guys out of position creates huge holes.

Playing fearful and timid. OL is getting worked, no speed, and the d is awful

This is hard to watch

Another year, another mcd team that can't handle physicality

I have that feeling that a big talented and dirty team is just gonna abuse us all night Hope I'm wrong

they drafted edmunds, milano, bernard, and wiliams to replace and fill in for each other. as much as mcd has his guys and is a loyal type, his history shows his d is about the line first and foremost, and he signed hardy who was a monster but a petulant man in carolina, and let norman walk. also, his d was hurt more there when hardy went down than when luke k was injured the one year, and people look at luke k like a hall of famer, and a super highly drafted MLB. they let edumnds walk to a huge contract in chicago, and cut poy and tre white when they were too broke down to play. the bottom line is i think this FO is a bit more ruthless on the defensive back end than they might seem, and if milano is hurt again, he's likely cut as soon as it is cap efficient to do so. if he comes back this season, my expectation is he competes for the starting role and if he's actually healthy he makes a huge positive impact.

That is a shocking point differential

kc at buffalo in the divisional game, our last game of the last season, not so ancient right? look, you and the other guy are being a lil sensitive. I don't think baltimore will destroy us, i also don't think we necessarily lose this game, but it is big test, and a gut check. these guys run all over people, so we are gonna see if our replacement guys (at nickle back, both LBs, and our two starting safeties, that's a lot of talent to be down in the gut) can get it done.

we got trucked by tenn before as well, two times (a few yeas back, true). we got trucked by a bradyless ne team in the wind storm game, we got trucked by indy. while they didn't do it ground only, kc trucked us nicely in the last playoff game, and cinci trucked us in the prior year loss with their back up OL dominating out DL and getting mixon a bunch of production. we have a small d, we play nickle and dime almost always, and our top 2 LBs are out. all of this is a good reason to doubt the bills will shut down the ravens run game. i certainly hope they do, and think it might be different this year, but the reality is while the bills d has sick stats on average, there are enough games where they fold to create concern.

he really does look frenetic getting after it.

I like your confidence, but the bookies have us as road dogs for a reason: baltimore has had a bad start this season but have a pretty strong record the prior two seasons, and the bills have lost games by just making mistakes and playing down to competition. Also, in the past 4 seasons have gotten trucked by good running teams. to me, this game is a test more than anything -- if the bills are as for real as the team stats show so far, then it will go as you said. Im not sure personally, but im a ptsd impacted life long bills fan!

I figured we'd be run heavy, less passing, and similar numbers to last season under brady, which i was personally pretty good with. what has surprised me is the lack of turnovers and how solid the OL has been. I think they still struggle to pick up certain stunts and blitzes, but for the most part they just create a wall of mountain men who open holes and keep allen clean. a solid oline and RB/TE production is how you play football on easy mode. i feel like our O has been, since 2020, super dynamic but kind of a circus act where everything they do requires allen to be super man and spectacular plays to happen. being able to beat people up and get easy yards is a luxury i welcome.

the ravens are a bad matchup for us. a physical run game with lots of speed and misdirection when you throw in lamar, TEs who can pressure the middle, and some speed on the outside. their d looks weaker than last year, but that ship can be righted pretty quickly. to win this we will need allen to have another strong game, and we need our banged up d to still somehow play on their heads. our advantage might be our line play. i am concerned that our DL is better at pass rushing than shutting down the run, but getting penetration vs baltimore will be a big help. on OL, i think josh can be kept clean enough and they can get the running going to set up play action and stay ahead of the sticks. does anyone know if baltimore is still a heavy man coverage D? josh's left hand might limit him, but him running vs man ds is such a cheat code, if they are gonna be in man he will have to run for first downs and scores. this game i think will give us a really good measure of what this team is made of. if we go into bmore on sunday night and show out like our last 10 quarters of football, even with the injuries and newer pieces on O not having as much time together, i think it shows this team is as good or better than it has been than any since allen got here, and it puts us in afc 1 seed contention.

i think like spencer brown, he'll get top 10 money or there abouts. based on the cap jumping all the time and his level of play, if he stays healthy it will be a decent value contract for the team. he's a pretty outstanding corner, somewhat similar to tre he does lack top end speed and athletic ability tho. i also think he's less scheme diverse than someone like jalen ramsey.

its possible allen didn't mean this as a shot at diggs, but if that's the case then clearly subconsciously it does show he's relieved to have a better team dynamic without diggs. i still think clay travis said it best: you will be evaluated with what you bring to the table (talent) vs everything else (problems). if you are borderline nfl level, you have to be a super team guy. if you are tim tebow, who by all accounts is a good team guy, but come with distractions not necessarily of your own doing, they will still boot you. if you are a total psycho jerk (romanowski, who's play i was a fan of, or rich incognito) they will keep you around as much as they can until the problems get too big. I think in diggs' case, his attitude was accepted and even seen as somewhat of a positive (passion for the game, wanting to win, not shying away, etc) but once his actual production fell off two seasons in a row, he had to go. they let poyer go who bled bills red white and blue and who the team loves, because his production fell off. that's the overriding thing here. the media is playing up diggs because his behavior was so public, but if he caught that pass vs kc and ripped off like 3 TDs in the playoffs (i think we prolly win the sb if he does that too) then they'd keep him and accommodate his drama. simple as that.

i've been saying he's the goat of all time since we drafted him. qb is the most important position in football by far, but it's a true team game, and coaching is part of the team. we have some seasoning for our OC this season, a new DC (i think that's worth a lot, mcd was overworked a bit last season, and frazier is not a championship level guy), and a ton of continuity w the FO. the top difference in this team vs prior teams is the old standard -- our big guys are better. football is largely about beating people up, and both of our lines are better and most importantly playing better than they have since the kelly days.

the difference is kc are back to back champs, and we are really not certain how good most of the teams in the nfl are this season yet. KC beat cinci and bmore, who have been very dangerous teams recently. the bills have been playing on tilt, and aside from the zona game (where they mounted an impressive comeback) the games have been over early in the 3rd quarter and the starters ended the game on the bench, so it's clear the bills are a force to be reckoned with. BUT, we've seen the bills look great in the regular season before and fall apart in the playoffs, so until that monkey is off the back, that's gonna be the narrative, and frankly it is deserved. i think it can be different this year, but we need to get some starters on D healthy, and the new guys on O have to continue to gel and improve.

he had the highest RAS of an OT ever measured, and was super raw coming out of a tiny school and having a season off when we drafted him. if a guy has the want to and the smarts and dedication, he can be taught the skills to be an effective NFL OT. being a giant ultra athletic man child of a human being cannot be taught, and i think the bear down and fight it out attitude is mostly innate as well. In a sense, he's a bit of a Josh Allen at RT. came out raw, people said his flaws were a deal breaker, but his raw talent was kinda shocking. let's hope his career follows suit.

if we make a super bowl of afc chip game, i think we will keep as much of the young talent as possible. if we actually win the superbowl, i think we'd ink up douglas and other older guys to to keep continuity. if we falter, miss playoffs, or are 1 or 2 and done again, only the younger brighter looking guys get kept.