BillsVet

Clearly the poll did not include some TBD'ers openly mocking fans after the game Sunday. Sounds like something McD would say after being asked about his vision for the offense. Efail, still the least funniest poster on TBD. Never changes.

Flores and Grier are tearing down that roster so far I'm not seeing how they'll recover. By the time they use all those picks and the players have a year or two experience it might not matter.

Zay was in on 29 offensive snaps out of 69 and targeted 5 times. It'll be interesting to see how he is used throughout the season and how that is affected if Foster's toe improves. Will he remain a downfield blocker with a few targets or featured more in the passing game? I'd refrain from using the word "Bipolar" if you're not clear what it means.

The conclusions made after one week of the NFL season... The age of never-ending analysis is out of hand. Let's perhaps wait until the quarter pole of the schedule. You know, when Buffalo actually plays the Patriots.

I'm shocked...shocked that Russ Brandon couldn't get the thing done. Ah well, he couldn't get DJ fired after that season so it stands to reason.

Yes, you were first with that prognostication. Tell me why that's important to this thread?

This is worse than last year's opener.

Still trying to replace him.

Especially the Raiders.

Thing with Ryan Leaf was, he couldn't cut it in the NFL. Antonio Brown is a HOF caliber WR that's 31 and has played now 9 seasons. The question is, why does he work so hard his entire career and arrive at this point if this is true? Why does he force his way out of Pittsburgh and then do the same in Oakland? Why does he sign that contract? Something is not right there. And I refuse to use the word "crazy" because it denotes something people don't truly understand. He just needs help.

The behavior he's demonstrated seems like some sort of personality disorder.

That kind of behavior requires some professional help.

Some fans will never understand that their vantage point to analyzing the team is vastly different than an owner's, particularly as it relates to ROI. I highly doubt the Pegula's will be happy with an 8 or 9 win season after McBeane spent 3 off-seasons spending their money and making all these draft picks.

Understood manic. In an era of offense, that side of the ball can take a little longer to get up to speed. That said, yes, he cannot have games like that. The NFL continues to be more risk averse each season and HC's are in survival mode now more than ever. I understand where Nagy was coming from resting starters, especially with all the criticism leveled over the years at HC's who lost starters in the pre-season. But it's one game and they'll need to recover for week 2.

Trubisky is a bum after one game? This instant analysis from 1,000 different angles is killing sports. I've never observed so many asinine threads in such a short timeframe...and it's only week 1.

I've always thought, given the haircut, Mark Davis woulda fit in well with Harry and Lloyd in another Dumb and Dumber movie.

Why does anyone take personal what media personalities say? Who cares? Maybe they're right and maybe they're wrong.

I agree, so long as Foster is healed enough with that turf toe. He gives them a capability Jones never will.

A pre-emptive getting screwed by the refs thread 3 days before the opener. And I thought I'd seen everything on TBD. Wow.

Last year Allen was faced with throwing the ball to possession guys who couldn't/don't separate well. I liked the signing because In limited reps I see Allen having some chemistry with Brown. The concern has to be how defenses will cover Brown. He's going to get plenty of coverage rolled his way and that will require someone to step up on the other side. Beasley will get some looks but someone needs to establish themselves in the longer distance situations. It'd be nice for one of the TE's to be that target, but odds are that won't happen.

Please provide a source for the above bolded and italicized statement. Because I can't find one example that McD or Beane ever said this.

Don't mind him. He's usually good for just an emoticon, so this marks as much as a response as you'll get.

This is some major league quibbling. 4 teams each hired a new HC. Each HC acquired a new QB within those first three seasons on the job. Each had multiple playoff appearances AND won a post-season game in those first 3 seasons. Each have sustained their winning and/or show no signs of a steep decline. Yet, Buffalo should not be expected to live up to this level after year 3.

Yes, every coach with a stud QB is on the Bill Belichick level. The conflations on here get more wild every year. From 2000-present, New England has had 31 players (excluding special teams and Brady) earn 60 Pro Bowl selections. 15 players were 1st team All-Pros a combined 20 times. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/all-pros.htm And for the record, how would you define "average talent?"

Going after Antonio Brown was an acknowledgement they didn't have the play-makers at the skill positions. This attempt signaled they'd go outside the process to give Allen a real vertical weapon. Gore and Singletary aren't burner types at RB. The TE position is a huge question mark with one guy not having practiced since May and another a 3rd round rookie. The WR who'll get down field is Brown and after him no one is proven at that role. Foster is a nice story, but not proven by a long shot. Speed is going to be an issue for this offense.