Game Day Thread? Bills @ Steelers 8/19

[D. L. Hot-Flamethrower]

Is it me or is Dawkins fatter and more out of shape than ever before?

[Warcodered]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

 

He looks completely lost out there. He appears to have no clue how to defend a pass without blatantly grabbing his man.

and he doesn't have a cool enough nickname to get away with it for some reason.

[Beast]

20 minutes ago, Airseven said:

How? More realistically, the OL is what it is and Allen needs to get the ball out quicker.

 LOL, whatever troll.

 

Allen needs to start getting into the face of Dawkins and DawkIns-like linemen the way Peyton Manning would light into his o-line when their performance was subpar.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Beast

[Solomon Grundy]

Daboll's Giants are looking a helluva lot better... IJS

[Roundybout]

Just now, ScottLaw said:

Eh. It will be more a product of them swinging and missing on a 3rd round pick and veterans to replace him.

No, it’s a product of losing a top-10 LB who is only 24 and has massive size and great mobility to take away underneath passes

 

 

FWIW I had no issues with how Elam played that td pass

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Just now, KOKBILLS said:

That my friends was not Championship caliber...

Preseason makes champions!

 

Honestly though Pittsburgh looked fired up. They got revenge for the 38-3 thumping they took last year.

[HappyDays]

Positives from the first half:

 

1) Kincaid

2) Torrence

3) Davis

 

Disasters from the first half:

 

1) MLB

2) Dawkins & Brown

3) Elam

4) McDermott's glasses

[DollaBills]

6 minutes ago, Chaos said:

Every play call has been great. Team was well prepared, the players just didn't execute. 

im liking your pfp

[Success]

The issue w/ preseason is that as fans, we have been starved for football.  It's a long wait.

 

When we finally get to see the starters, we want fireworks. We want to look like we're gonna look.  But that just ain't the way in the preseason.

 

Not that there aren't concerning things going on.  But it's easy to overreact.

 

[zow2]

“Preseason” “Vanilla” blah blah blah. that was flat out embarrassing 

 

[Milanos Milano]

Well I had great expectations for this year, but I’m really trying to convince myself that this is just preseason going through the motions to avoid injury. It totally looks like we don’t even want to be there. 
Absolutely cannot play like this week 1. 

[gonzo1105]

Just now, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Why is he so terrible? It’s shocking 

Maybe people will start listening to my draft take that he is a bad schematic fit who is incredibly handsy, average in coverage, and doesn’t want to tackle. He’s an overrated football player. The Bills should move on while he has value 

[4merper4mer]

3 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

Did you just wake up this morning, take your Wheaties, and get yourself pumped up for an entire day of calling out Josh Allen's off the field activities? 

 

Absolutely ridiculous thing to harp on today.

Just spittin facts dude.  Allen got famous and now the QB room and OC booth are filled with his buddies, to the detriment of the team.  His off-season is split between between F1, movie stars and trying to become a movie star all while evidently not eating much healthy food.  

[John from Riverside]

3 minutes ago, Jamone said:

Bills gonna be 3rd in division. 

And with the comeback of bills football, so come back to trolls

[Jamone]

The refs Do suck. However McDermott sucks more. Seems like all the chatter about Frazier not having anything to do with 13 seconds are true. McDermott defenses sucks and he looks like a rookie calling plays. Gonna be a long ass season. Dolphins and jets have made moves and we have not addressed the lines or the defense. Flame on I don’t give af 

[Ralonzo]

2 minutes ago, OZBILLS said:

HAHAHAHAHAH bargain

 

It's either those, or Blue-Blockers to protect his retinas from the visual horror of the Bills performance.

[Offside Number 76]

1 minute ago, Success said:

Not that there aren't concerning things going on.

 

A dozen penalties in a half is concerning.  And meaningful, even if preseason.

Edited August 20, 2023 by Offside Number 76

[wppete]

6 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

Sign a Real RT and a REAL Backup QB  NOW folks.... 

 

Don’t forget a real MLB

[78thealltimegreat]

1 minute ago, Beast said:

 LOL, whatever troll.

 

Allen needs to start getting into the face of Dawkins and DawkIns-like linemen the way Peyton Manning would light into his o-line when their performance was subpar.

Don’t bother with Airseven he just bounces around being a dolphins fan to being a patriots fan depending on the weekend 

[LarryMadman]

2 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

Good to see the ref blamers are in mid season form … 

Ok, fair enough, if it's not biased flag throwing then the coach has got to go because this has been an issue! Cant be both.

[Warriorspikes51]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

Positives from the first half:

 

1) Kincaid

2) Torrence

3) Davis

 

Disasters from the first half:

 

1) MLB

2) Dawkins & Brown

3) Elam

4) McDermott's glasses

Kincaid looks like Kelce with his route improv abilities and smoothness

[sherpa]

Simply pathetic.

[Reks Ryan]

They were finally doing something good w goal line stand and McD was determined to make sure the Steelers scored w his stupid Defensive TO strategy. He doesn’t learn

[John from Riverside]

Just now, 4merper4mer said:

Just spittin facts dude.  Allen got famous and now the QB room and OC booth are filled with his buddies, to the detriment of the team.  His off-season is split between between F1, movie stars and trying to become a movie star all while evidently not eating much healthy food.  

You know things are getting bad in a game whenever we’re starting to jump on Josh Allen to

[loyal2dagame]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

Positives from the first half:

 

1) Kincaid

2) Torrence

3) Davis

 

Disasters from the first half:

 

1) MLB

2) Dawkins & Brown

3) Elam

4) McDermott's glasses

You had me at McDermott glasses

[Mr. WEO]

8 minutes ago, LarryMadman said:

Ok, fine, so the Bills are committing penalties, it's impossible to believe the Steelers are playing mistake free football. That's the biggest frustration, knowing its biased flag calling

 

4 minutes ago, LarryMadman said:

I understand that fully, but to say without saying from the refs actions, the Steelers are playing mistake free is pure comedy. By not throwing flags against Pitt is admitting they are playing "perfect" football. Everybody knows that's not the case.

Steelers have 3 penalties called on them

 

step closer to the television 

[Success]

Just now, Offside Number 76 said:

 

A dozen penalties in a half is concerning.  And meaningful, even if preseason.

 

For sure. That's actually my biggest concern.

 

Even in preseason - that shouldn't be happening.

 

[Matt_In_NH]

1 minute ago, Araiza Curse said:

this is just preseason

^

[Buffalo_Stampede]

Just now, Success said:

The issue w/ preseason is that as fans, we have been starved for football.  It's a long wait.

 

When we finally get to see the starters, we want fireworks. We want to look like we're gonna look.  But that just ain't the way in the preseason.

 

Not that there aren't concerning things going on.  But it's easy to overreact.

 

Preseason is about getting some live reps and staying healthy. Nothing more.

[bigduke6]

 gonna miss RJ so much.

[HappyDays]

5 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

Their last two drafts don’t look good at all…. Whiffs. 

 

This year's draft class at least is looking amazing, which is ironic because it was supposed to be the weakest draft class in a long time. Kincaid looks like he has elite potential, Torrence is already showing starting caliber ability, and I've seen promise from Dorian Williams albeit playing against 2nd stringers.

[4merper4mer]

1 minute ago, HappyDays said:

Positives from the first half:

 

1) Kincaid

2) Torrence

3) Davis

 

Disasters from the first half:

 

1) MLB

2) Dawkins & Brown

3) Elam

4) McDermott's glasses

I agree with the list of positives.  Add the penalties to the negatives.  And how does Allen avoid that list?  Are we in North Korea?

[wppete]

2 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Positives from the first half:

 

1) Kincaid

2) Torrence

3) Davis

 

Disasters from the first half:

 

1) MLB

2) Dawkins & Brown

3) Elam

4) McDermott's glasses

Those glasses 🤓 are hideous!

[Meatloaf63]

4 minutes ago, Roundybout said:

Also every single Edmunds hater is going to gorge themselves on crow this season 

Letting Edmunds go wasn’t the problem. Being so arrogant and ignorant of what talent they had to replace him was. Not making a move to replace was/is the issue. And it looks to be a costly one.

[78thealltimegreat]

1 minute ago, 4merper4mer said:

Just spittin facts dude.  Allen got famous and now the QB room and OC booth are filled with his buddies, to the detriment of the team.  His off-season is split between between F1, movie stars and trying to become a movie star all while evidently not eating much healthy food.  

He had 2 incompletions and a 3rd and 24 pass to Davis called back because of Spencer Brown but hey you wanted Josh Rosen draft night anyway 

[Roundybout]

1 minute ago, ScottLaw said:

Dude they have massive investments all over the defense…. If the defense is an issue this year then there is no reason whatsoever McDermott should be the coach because he’ll bring absolutely nothing to the table.

Should have spent that money on Edmunds 

 

[Mango]

7 hours ago, Logic said:

Preseason football is so weird.

It's sorta like... if you hadn't gotten laid in 6 months, and then the opportunity FINALLY came, but it was a mid-Kansas truck stop diner waitress named Marge with a square ass, smoker's voice, and a mop for a leg.

Like...it's nice to be getting some action, but THIS?!

And all she gives you is a hand.

[Ya Digg?]

2 minutes ago, zow2 said:

“Preseason” “Vanilla” blah blah blah. that was flat out embarrassing 

 

 

2 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Just spittin facts dude.  Allen got famous and now the QB room and OC booth are filled with his buddies, to the detriment of the team.  His off-season is split between between F1, movie stars and trying to become a movie star all while evidently not eating much healthy food.  

I’ve missed these terrible in game takes-thanks for bringing some of them back fellas!

[Matt_In_NH]

Just now, Success said:

 

For sure. That's actually my biggest concern.

 

Even in preseason - that shouldn't be happening.

 

Agreed but it will cause the coaches to be all over the players this week.  No one will remember or care what happened tonight when they are doing the right thing in the regular season.  

[PBF81]

2 minutes ago, Success said:

The issue w/ preseason is that as fans, we have been starved for football.  It's a long wait.

 

When we finally get to see the starters, we want fireworks. We want to look like we're gonna look.  But that just ain't the way in the preseason.

 

Not that there aren't concerning things going on.  But it's easy to overreact.

 

 

Here's my take, it's good to see the top rookies playing well, that's incredibly important, particularly this season.  

 

Hopefully the other starters are just duffing it because it's only preseason.  That would hardly be the first time that's been the case.  IDK, glass half-full kinda thinking.  

 

I can't imagine that they won't be ready for the opener and will come out like this.