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Defense seems tired, no surprise. Could use a clock-eating drive now.

He seems like a pissy guy in general. Did you see the sour look on his face when the Cardinals kicker missed the last field goal last week? Josh Allen never would have reacted so peevishly.

You mean two weeks. With the bye, we'll be living with the media (and fan) narrative for a long time. I hope it's a good one. I hate that lazy "good Josh/bad Josh" story line. So many people want him to fail.

I was impressed that the Bills offense went from a very-run heavy game against the Pats directly to a very pass-heavy game against the Seahawk. Daboll is innovative and flexible, a dangerous combination when you're on the other side. I can see him keeping the Cardinals off balance with some new twists today, maybe bringing Dawson into the game in deep outs (and making him earn his pay finally; I bet he's desperate to prove himself). I'd say look for a lot of Singletary, Moss and designed QB runs today. I'd love to see some sweeps and screens, too, especially some more "Smoke screens." On defense, losing Wallace may be more of a plus than a minus, sorry to say. He has value as a nickel back, maybe in Tauron's role, but that's about it. Marlowe and Wallace are the real losses. Bad timing. I wonder if Jaquon Johnson will finally get his chance. He's very small but very talented.

The Bills must really like this guy to keep him around. Does anyone know anything about him? There's not much online.

The only time I saw Knox was when he whiffed a block on a safety blitz that ended up in a sack on Allen.

Onside kick?

Right. Long drive, mix in runs, time off clock, TD. Give the defense a rest. They're doing fine.

Turnover, please.

That's the smart play. Get down there and kick it.

Nice to have a cushion. I think we'll need it.

It's like he's going against a college defense.

Need a nice long drive followed by a TD.

I noticed he wasn't wearing the black compression harness last week.

Oh, yes. I'm guessing Beane and McD. had Norman in mind strictly for nickel or dime, not CB. He can't cover the long speed anymore. I wonder if he can replace Tauron at nickel, though.

I suggested maybe we should have taken Metcalf instead of Ford and was flamed mercilessly on this board. I understand, but it sucks there's no upside to be right.

You don't like girls and women? Or are you just worried about your manhood?

Klein, god. Even that fumble he forced, his one moment of glory, was after he was knocked out of the play--again--and falling backwards. Put the ball boy in, see what he can do.

I'd love to see a rout, but I'll be happy with a business-like win: run the ball, control the clock, and shut them down defensively. Win and go home. You don't need a lopsided score to make a statement.

You mean we would give up a seventh rounder for someone to take him of our hands 😁

Zooming out a bit, I don't think the Bills have changed much at all since the start of the season. They never were as good as the hype early on, nor are they as awful as the disparagement they're getting now (Bleacher Report just called them "lightweights"). On balance, I'd say they're about as good as they were last year. There's hope, though: the potential of the offense (getting Smokey, Ford and Feliciano back) PLUS the potential of the defense (Milano and Levi back, Dane Jackson emerging, Tremaine regaining form, some 1-technique guy stepping up) exceeds last year potential. They still can be a dominant team if all the pieces fall into place.

McDermott benching Murphy and Harrison reminded me of Levy refusing to play rookie Henry Jones against Washington in the second Super Bowl even though our safeties sucked, and later benching run stuffers John Parrella and James Patton in the last Super Bowl when Dallas ran the ball down our throats. Murphy and Harrison might not have been playing well, but they're probably our best linemen against the run. Fine not to start them--send a message--but to inactivate them? No hindsight is needed to see this as just bad coaching, especially on a rainy day when it was pretty likely the Chiefs would try to run the ball.

Be nice to have Wyatt Teller on the roster about now. I always liked him. Terrific run blocker.

Or Epenesa, Zimmer and Cox.

I'm not worried they'll lose. But I worry about a coach who inactivates two starters before a key game and replaces them with practice-squad players and an unproductive draft pick (Epenesa).