BobbyC81

He sees dead people.

I was glad too see, though, that they gave Epenesa some run in the 2nd half , when nothing else was working. He was in on a couple of those 4th Qtr plays where they actually stopped the ballcarrier. Even saw Darryl Johnson. So, if Harrison Phillips and Trent Murphy were singled out with benchings, might they be on their way out of town soon? They can go somewhere else and prosper in a better scheme. Speaking of prospering elsewhere, I watched the Cleveland/Pittsburgh game on Sunday and they were talking about the Browns missing Wyatt Teller who they said was playing at an All-Pro level.

Yeah, as I said elsewhere, this coming from a guy with a career 52% completion percentage. Rules were different back then but I’m just saying.

Paging Jerry Sullivan. Jerry Sullivan, please report to the presser.

The difference between the Bills Defense today and the defense from last season we’re: no Milano, Lorenzo Alexander, Shaq Lawson, Leituilelei, Jordan Phillips, Levi Wallace. The replacements just weren’t good enough.

No, I’m exactly the same as when I was 21.

Yeah, been noticing that with Hughes. Kind of like Mario Williams his last couple of seasons here. Works to get around the tackle but he’d be 5 yards past the pocket.

Tackling is horrendous at times. Jefferson had Helaire wrapped up by his head and let him get away. Luckily someone else was there to clean up. It would be interesting to find out how many tackles Helaire broke in this game. Of course, many times they didn’t get a hand on him until he was 7-8 yards down the field. They showed that one replay from the end zone camera behind. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bigger hole. The closest players were barely on the edges of the screen. How does that happen?

I picked the Bills Defense for a fantasy team. I was about to drop them before this game but kept them. They “should” do better vs the Jets but I may need to dump them if this continues.

Same with Bradshaw, a career 52% passer.

And he’s also good friends with Josh. I think you retain him to keep your franchise QB happy, as long as there are no obvious alternatives.

IIRC, Moorman was the first punter to have a net average of 40 yards. Now most of them do it.

And that was right after Espenesa made a great tackle on a run. Short leash, rook.

For one carry that he lost like 3 yards, I reran several times to see what happened. It wasn’t the O-line or Singletary per se. The DB came right up to the line on the outside, then run blitzed. A play action would’ve left them short on coverage unless another defender went back. (Can’t check. I deleted the game immediately) This has me wondering if a tell has been identified with one or more of the Bills offense regarding a pass VS a run. that DB didn’t hesitate at all as if he knew it was a run.

I’ve been as much of a critic as anyone of Bojorquez but he hit 2 bombs from their own end. Unfortunately the first one out kicked the coverage. 64 yard average! Wow!

Yep, I thought of Lawson when they failed run containment a few times.

Since he continues to not be able to stay healthy, is he worth trying to re-sign?

You guys remember Steve DeBerg? He was the starting QB for the Niners in 1978. Then they drafted Joe Montana and he became the starter in 1980, with DeBerg becoming backup. DeBerg was traded to Denver in 1981 and was the starter. Then in 1983 they got Elway. In 1984, DeBerg was traded to Tampa & was the starter. When the USFL folded they got Steve Young who became starter. Then they drafted Testaverde in 1987. In 1998, DeBerg was traded to Kansas City where he started for 4 years.

I ‘d say, along with free agency, the salary cap prevents teams from keeping top players for a long team. You can’t sign everyone to big contracts.

Yes, the same for me. His inconsistent accuracy in his first 2 seasons was a big concern. With analysts claiming they don’t remember a QB with accuracy issues improving on that once they get to the NFL, there was doubt he could. We’ve seen too many young QBs recently, like Mayfield and Trubisky, that start off well in their NFL career and then regress for various reasons. You can probably throw guys like Wentz and Goff into that group as they had career years early and have yet to repeat them. Then Allen starts this season with his first 300 yard game and follows it up with a 400+ yard game. Those games, though, were against the Jets and Dolphins, who he has always played well against. To come out VS another 3-0 team whose defense has Arnold and Ramsey and get a 28-3 lead was a big Wow moment for me. The defense let the Rams back into the game but the offense also stopped producing. Then, after falling behind, Allen leads the Bills to a last minute come from behind victory. That was the moment for me. Sure, he had several late comebacks to his credit, but this was the defining one to me, against a solid playoff contender.

Their WR Terry McLaurin had a very good rookie year and the rookie RB Gibson has looked good. The rest though. Logan Thomas is their starting TE. Three of their other WRs are undrafted.

I think at that point they just have to skip the Thursday game for that week.

Didn’t you guys see the receivers Green Bay had out there yesterday? Darius Shepard? Malik Taylor? Both undrafted. They definitely could use some help.

Mr Defense has the Lions scoring well. 21+ points in every game. The defense is why they’re 1-3. You be the judge. The Jets host Arizona next. If they go 0-5 and aren’t competitive, it would make no sense for the Jets to keep Gase. He’s following the Peter Principle and needs to go back to being a coordinator at best. A long shot at this point is Vic Fangio. Denver is 1-3, the only win last week vs the Jets, and he lost their 1st game vs Tennessee with poor clock management at the end. You don’t lose a game on a last second FG and still have 2 timeouts. They play New England next so a loss there might not do it, but they host Miami in week 6 and Fangio May need to win that one.