11/16/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Buccaneers Post Game Thread

[WideNine]

33 minutes ago, WideNine said:

No.

He was awful for much of the first half - you can say it - it is not a sin.

Being critical of some of Allen's play does not violate some kind of commandment and fans just need to get over the blind devotion.

Allen is human and my guess is Allen would probably say the same thing, "I played like crap early and the defense bailed me out a few times..." or something along those lines. I have not listened to the pressers yet.


 

Verbatim from Josh's presser right out of the gate after being asked by Muki how was it out there for you?

"After the first quarter it was really fun. Obviously, I want to start better. Bone-headed decision down there, I slid the protection the wrong way..."

That's my QB and one of the things I love about Josh. Even if many on this board cannot face ANY critique on play execution from JA 17, he knows when he has a few bad plays and mans-up taking the ownership. He still has that fire to be the best QB he can be.

And of course I want to see Allen having fun, seeing the field, hitting his receivers, playing loose, and having a lot of success too.




 

[Breakout Squad]

Just now, billsfan_34 said:

He is in a coached role out there abd shows with Cole. We need bigger LBs to fill gaps.

100%

 

Imagine this defense with Fred Warner (healthy). Never missed a game until his nasty ankle injury 

[IYKYK]

1 minute ago, Irish Dave said:

That was awesome, but we’re not winning any playoff games

Not with that attitude! 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

6 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

Agree completely on Dawkins. He gets a false start every game it seems. But I give him leeway because he’s so good. He does have his lackluster moments though for sure. 

There’s a reason Dion isn’t in the conversation for best left tackles in the game … but he’s in the top ten 

[Draconator]

1 minute ago, BearNorth said:

Maybe not - Carolina QB Bryce Young had gaudy numbers - beat a team [Atlanta] we lost to.

31x45 448 yds 3 passing TD's 0 picks

When did Bryce Young move to the AFC?

[Buffalo716]

2 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

100%

 

Imagine this defense with Fred Warner (healthy). Never missed a game until his nasty ankle injury 

For as much as Tremaine Edmonds gets hate he was always the leader of top 10 defenses in Buffalo.. he had range and tackled

 

And now has the most interceptions for any linebacker over the last three seasons 

 

We've given tons of guys money but we didn't resign our 6'5 255 lb middle linebacker who could run

Edited 2 hours ago by Buffalo716

[GoBills808]

2 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:

‘Whachoomean?’ thug.. smfh🤨

 

did you seriously just call him a thug 

 

[Breakout Squad]

Just now, Buffalo716 said:

For as much as Tremaine Edmonds gets hate he was always the leader of top 10 defenses 

 

And now has the most interceptions for any linebacker over the last three seasons 

 

We've given tons of guys money but we didn't resign our 6'5 255 lb middle linebacker who could run

I like Tremaine. No way the BILLS could afford him when he went to free agency. Good player but not worth what he got paid. 

[Pokebball]

21 minutes ago, WideNine said:

So what do you call several offensive possessions where there is a string of bad QB play?

Folks should be able to call bad execution for what it is.

 

I'd trade him

[Mailman]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

did you seriously just call him a thug 

 

That's excessive

[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, Breakout Squad said:

I like Tremaine. No way the BILLS could afford him when he went to free agency. Good player but not worth what he got paid. 

Realistically with some of the crazy contracts we have given out 

 

He is better than Bernard.. I don't think it's close

 

Bernard made some splashy plays in the beginning but is not as good as a middle linebacker.. and it shows in the middle of our defense

Edited 2 hours ago by Buffalo716

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

2 minutes ago, Breakout Squad said:

I like Tremaine. No way the BILLS could afford him when he went to free agency. Good player but not worth what he got paid. 

He’ll be back next year. The Bears will want to save cap dollars and we are bereft at linebacker 

[JustHewIt]

Today just shows that this is a week to week league and we're good enough to compete with anyone. Which anyone that pays attention and isnt a big negative nancy already knew.

 

GO BILLS

[WideNine]

2 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

I'd trade him

Correcting offensive execution earlier in games is more what I was leaning into.

Especially with how shakey our defense is trying to stop the run.

 

[Pokebball]

3 minutes ago, WideNine said:

Correcting offensive execution earlier in games is more what I was leaning into.

Especially with how shakey our defense is trying to stop the run.

 

attaboy

[Breakout Squad]

4 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

He’ll be back next year. The Bears will want to save cap dollars and we are bereft at linebacker 

Sign me up!

[vincec]

15 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:

There’s a reason Dion isn’t in the conversation for best left tackles in the game … but he’s in the top ten 

The talent is there. I’ve always thought that if he committed himself to being in top physical condition he could be in the top two or three.

Edited 2 hours ago by vincec

[FLFan]

7 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Realistically with some of the crazy contracts we have given out 

 

He is better than Bernard.. I don't think it's close

 

Bernard made some splashy plays in the beginning but is not as good as a middle linebacker.. and it shows in the middle of our defense

How quickly people forget that Tremaine was under constant criticism here for making tackles well beyond the line and not be physically dominant.  There was almost no disagreement in this forum at the time that the Bills should have given him the contract Chicago did.  Move on.  

[ControllerOfPlanetX]

Brady was a genius today, he knew he was going to get a facemask penalty, so he called the sideways pass on 3rd and long.

 

[WideNine]

10 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

For as much as Tremaine Edmonds gets hate he was always the leader of top 10 defenses in Buffalo.. he had range and tackled

 

And now has the most interceptions for any linebacker over the last three seasons 

 

We've given tons of guys money but we didn't resign our 6'5 255 lb middle linebacker who could run

I thought this debate was dead and buried 😁

We do need LBs or a LB that can fill the right gap, shed blocks, and stop the run and that was rarely Edmunds. The Bills do need to reevaluate what they need at LB, but better DL play in front of them would not hurt. Played most of the game on their heels on the wrong side of the LOS.

And I have no idea what they were doing on the edges as there were so many plays where the DE went inside and our LBs were so pulled away by motion there was no one sealing the edge to turn plays back inside and the TB RBs were just jogging untouched down the field.

It was a bit messy today.