Big Turk

That's great. Luckily what matters is how many points the other team scores versus how many we score. Also, 12th in yards per drive is above average since there are 32 teams and 16th would be average. Or are we going to pretend math doesn't exist now either? How's all that rushing working out for the other teams? Outside of Baltimore the Bills have trailed for under 5 minutes of game time the other 3 games.

I think there always has been hasn't there? They make a motion with their hands as if they are calling for the ball.

I mean Tua just put up 315 yards the week before against the Pats and then had 146 against us and averaged 1.4 yards in the air per completion and at one point midway thru the 3rd quarter was averaging -0.5 yards in the air per completion. Rattler had over 200 yards passing in every other game this year and put up 126 yards against us. Fields just came off putting up 218 yards against the Steelers with a 72% completion rate and had 27 yards against us with a 27% completion rate. Seems a little odd all these players have better games against other teams since our D sucks so badly. Also seems odd that since our D sucks so badly it's averaged allowing 16.5 PPG and 243 YPG over the last 3 weeks without any of the opponents ever reaching 300 yards of offense even when accounting for the poor run D. I mean that's baseline average in the NFL these days, really not even...around 320-330 is average. Seem like you might be overreacting to how "bad" the D has been because you don't watch other games which means you have no perspective of what is normal and what isn't around the NFL. Is there room for improvement? Sure. Are they some sort of "worst in the NFL D" like many here think? Not even close.

I believe the Bills sacrifice some level of being good at defending the run to ensure they don't get beat over the top and choose to "live with" not being as stout against the run. Don't feel like they are happy with some of the run play obviously since there are too many sloppy run fits, poor tackling and players not in the right position as well as plenty of bad lane rush discipline against QBs that give them easy gains after being flushed out of the pocket. That being said, not many teams are capable of beating the Bills by running the football. Simply won't be able to string together that many plays consistently on drives to keep up with them scoring wise. I also think the Bills know that and are essentially OK with giving teams "easier" yards on the ground because it is far less likely to hurt them than a 60 yard pass would. Additionally, the Bills are also near the top of the NFL every year in TFL's which are designed to get teams in bad down and distance situations that are favorable to the defense. Their failure to capitalize on those frequently enough is the more maddening part and would stop most of the other things from being an issue, IMO.

Except it's never that easy. They are constantly being put in binds now and having to decipher what they should be doing and having to make some level of "no win choice" that didn't exist back in the day, not nearly to the degree it does today. Steelers played Justin Fields also, or did they get some special version of him that didn't exist when we played them?

They also played a game that was far simpler and had to know far less than in today's NFL. The game is complex in ways that didn't even exist back then let alone having to know all of the things they need to know now. Even looking at playbooks from 20 years ago compared to today's playbooks makes them look like learning 2nd grade math by comparison to calculus.

He seems like the kind of guy that goes out to restaurants and berates the wait staff over minor things to feel good and enjoys ruining their day just because he can.

14 of the last 15 games Allen has started (and played more than a snap) they reached 30 points or more. The one they didn't they scored 24 and ended up with the ball at the Patriots 25 yard line while running the clock out and probably could have.

Based on the number of people who have no dog in the fight that have said Ben Johnson is an a-hole of the highest degree as a person over the past year or so, I would tend to go with this is him being who he is.

Umm...he out gained like 12 other teams that week in the entire game against the Ravens in the 4th quarter alone, are you actually serious right now?

The rest of the NFL should be terrified the Bills make scoring 30 points look as effortless as walking to check your mailbox at the end of the driveway

Pretty absurd his "average" year is 40 TDs. 🤣

I mean it was a first down until VanDerMark tripped and whiffed on his block. But yeah...maybe a little too much confidence in your backup RT to make that type of athletic play. Against a top 5 team you wouldn't have seen this. Let's stop pretending the Bills usually have these games against good teams. Typically in those games they look like the better team.

Seemed like a pretty normal "softball" question based on the interviews I have seen.

McDermott is a real one and I think when Dunne came out with that hit piece against him a few years back that really was hurtful to him because he takes a lot of pride in trying to be a good person and always do what's best for his players, his team and his family and that he really does care about these players as people first before players. The fact that instead of getting all bent out of shape and yelling and screaming about it that he gave over an hour of his time(and it went way over the alloted time he was supposed to spend with him) to sit down with the person who just wrote that and have an open conversation with him speaks volumes to who he is and the fact his players literally acted like their asses had been lit on fire after that happened and showed what they thought of him speaks volumes as well. I even think Dunne came away impressed with him after that and his respect level went up pretty hugely for him.

Best QB at putting up a bunch of meaningless stats instead of scoring points which is what actually matters.

Since the Bills are the 2nd best "Shnowplow" team in the NFL, they need to have a counter like the Eagles just showed for teams...would have been pretty helpful in the Chiefs game last year, IMO...

Josh McDaniels 2.0 Treat other people like dog crap, talk down to them, make them feel small and that you always have to be smarter than them. Doesn't work so well in the end I think he will find out.

Then he needs to earn his jersey. Simple as that. Unless you want them to be a joke team that hands players jobs they don't deserve like many other teams do (who usually are bottom feeders).

Yes...Herbert should be MVP while struggling every week to hit 20 points a game...

People like to obsess over meaningless details...just like they do in most other aspects of their life.

That team also wasn't decimated with defensive injuries at that point tho. I'm pretty sure the track record of this team over the last 5.5 years should let you know what they are and if not then I'm not sure what you have been watching. This team might be better than any of them by the time it's said and done. They have scored 30 or more points in 14 of the last 15 games Allen has played more than a snap in and make it look effortless. The only one they didn't was against the Pats where they put up 24 ( a "good" day for most teams) and ended with the ball on the Pats 25, so they probably could have got to 30 if they really wanted to. But sure...we have "no clue" who they are yet. Let me tell you who they are...a historically great offensive team that will either end the season at 2nd or 3rd best of all time over any 6 year span in terms of PPG.

IMO, this team is so good, and KNOWS they are so good, that they can "pace themselves" against teams in most games. They know they have a Ferrari they can break out and go 200 mph any time they want, but there is no need to waste the engine or fuel against Honda Civics of the league. Simply go 5 mph faster and then hit the gas a little at the end and win comfortably. Other teams(even Eagles) are struggling in these games and winning by a last second FG, many times, Bills just cruise to double digit wins. The Ferrari will come out when they need it. Other games they just show enough for other teams to know they can't keep up (like scoring 30+ for the 14th of the last 15th times Allen has played more than a play).

Was also noticeably not great on a couple plays as well including the one sack by Jordan and the 4th down play where he tripped and ended up whiffing on his block because of it and Shakir got buried by Granderson.

My thoughts are the Bills are a Ferrari that realizes to ensure a longer lifespan on the engine you don't need to floor it to 200 mph when you are racing against Honda Civics. You simply need to drive 5 mph faster and then step on the gas a little when needed to coast to victory. Similar to driving a Ferrari where you know how much fuel you have and how far you are away from the nearest gas station, this team is pacing itself which is smart because you cannot burn up that amount of emotional and mental energy every week for 17 weeks and expect to be at your best going into the playoffs. You just can't. Unless you want to see a repeat of the Cincinnati game where the team looked dead from having burnt it all during the year and having nothing left. Stop expecting them to "show what they can do" when it's not needed. I think they have a pretty good grasp on what is needed every game to get the Dub based on their record over the last 5.5 years. The goal is to be peaking heading into the playoffs late in the year, not in week 4.