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The stat that killed me, and I'm surely misremembering to an extent, but Josh Allen has only completed ONE pass of 20+ air yards since 2024. Andy Dalton had completed 2 in that same time period in his limited games. The Bills WR group is average on a good day. Josh Allen doesn't throw/complete passes deep anymore since Diggs left. So, make that beat you. Trust your corners to cover. Which...Evero will refuse to do 90% of the time. Random thought that popped in my head also, but I remember a 3rd and 1 play. Josh watches Horn back off Shakir (maybe?) about 7 yards. Josh throws a quick slant as soon as the ball is snapped, first down. Just a good team and QB exposing our poo. We're so afraid to give up a big play. Which I get, but you can't preach creating turnovers while never taking chances.

I have Jordan Love and Josh Allen in fantasy. Thought about starting Love...but I'm worried it's all Jacobs. I would hope we can rebound and have a respectable loss, but feels like one hell of an uphill battle right now.

Horn, Tremayne, and Evans need more snaps on offense. Horn especially, he's a spark and one of our only players capable of making a big play. On defense...get Nick Scott the fug out of here please. Let Ransom play and learn. And when Moehrig's specialty is basically being a linebacker, and giving up an untouched TD to Cook when he whiffed (which he does too much)...oof. Draft a legit LB and a legit Safety in 2026.

Record wise, this is where a lot of us thought/HOPED to be this year. The bigger issue is the roller coaster ups and downs. Get a nice win....only to get blasted like we're an XFL team the next week, etc.. The ebbs and flows are normal for a team learning how to win and be decent, but the extremes are the concerning part. Partially on coaching, partially on QB, and flat out also because we're still a rebuilding team without a swath of talent and depth. There's a lot of blame to go around, but I think we're still seeing what many of us happily would've signed up for pre-season. We're .500, can hopefully still get to 7 or so wins, and we're seeing what needs to be fixed.

Beat the Bills and I wonder if Tepper's patience starts wearing off smelling playoffs and he gets involved again.

A couple good LBs would take us into really good territory. I'm still hesitant to say we're anything other than average, but Dan has the defense in the right direction personnel wise.

300+ lb man, while running and bending, hyper extends his own leg to step on another man's leg (who wasn't exactly lighting it up) to get him out of the game. Call in the Mythbusters (RIP) and Sports Science guy (RIP)

Hopeful that the 2025 draft is a sign of the new regime, and that 2024 was a a hangover from the old. I imagine somebody like Tillis not being hired until a couple months before the draft wouldn't come in and rock the boat too much. Give input, but still feeling the situation out. 2025 was more of his "first" draft here in my eyes.

Etienne. So, eh. But better than Mingo

Weirdly think there's a better chance we pull off the upset with Dalton. Canales might call some plays that he didn't trust Bryce with, and if we can get a halfway decent Dalton game (and run the hell out of the ball), I think we can stay in it. The Bills offense seems like hot garbage this year and then gets hot in spurts. Josh's scrambling is the biggest issue, if we can contain Cook.

Whatever it is, alternating drives ain't it. As said above, ride the hot hand. Give Chuba 10 carries a game, but right now that means spelling Rico until he falters.

Give me Jameis and let's get weird

Not a franchise changing guy, but there's only a handful of those in the league. His peak is probably a Top 12-15 QB with a great situation around him. Is that the answer you want? No, but is it better than some? Sure...but he's still got to get to that top end level on a consistent basis which seems highly unlikely.

Please Lord let the 2026 draft class be similar to this one. At this point, if we get a little out of 2024 (even if depth), a *hopefully* great 2025 that gives multiple starters, and then put together another good group in 2026...that's how you rebuild. Build the rest of the team, and then Bryce has either proven enough to stay on at a discounted starter salary, or the roster is built for the next rookie QB contract or plop a vet down and roll.

Even if you have an average LT...you bite the bullet and pay them and figure it out. Because the other side of that coin is Byron Bell or trying to find a LT again for a few years.

Jets opened as favorites...now dogs. ...anybody else bet against the Panthers as a happiness hedge every week? Jump on in now, Jets money line is +100. Panthers lose, win money for our troubles. Panthers win, I'm happy to lose my money.

Dak didn't handle pressure well yesterday, and we can't get home with 4. But we rarely blitzed, letting him sit back and pick holes in the zone. The play with the ridiculous roughing call...perfect play to force a turnover with the airball he threw up. If we want to take the next step, Evero has to trust the secondary to cover and bring the blitz if we're going to force any turnovers or get sacks.

More reason to play the young guys. He didn't have a great camp, but plays well in the game. Jimmy Horn couldn't get a jersey the first few weeks...makes plays now that he's on the field. Let the rookies eat.

Hold Dallas to 20 and I'll be a believer. Because I'm scared Jake Ferguson is going to put up 20 by himself.

Stats may say the complete opposite, but I swear Bryce is better and shows great glimpses when he doesn't have time to think. Feel like down the stretch last year he was one of the best against blitzes, but also may have to do with opening the middle of the field up. The throw in the video, he had one play here and no time to think about it. If he could play loose, I think this is closer to the Bryce we get. I think his "super processing" is actually not the strength people wanted it to be, but his biggest hinderance. He overthinks, he screws up.

Knock on wood, this entire draft class seems legit so far. Add another similar class in 2026, and we're finally on the right track.

The Tepper move is 100% to want Belichick thinking that fixes our problems after striking out so much Let's see how much more he can screw up the franchise when JordON and Nicole are assistant GMs

Obviously a crazy jump straight to HC, but he's the one guy I'd think could (eventually) do it. There would be rough patches, but put a former HC on his staff to help. Ron would want no part of Tepper again, and doubt Wilks would unless one of them just did Luke the solid of a lifetime. Build a time machine, keep Wilks as HC, hire Luke as his LB coach, transition to DC, and now he'd be ready.

Rico to a RB needy team like the Cardinals could work XL to anyone willing to take a chance Not much else IMO

I *think* he does though. Obviously until Tepper changes his mind or we end up 1-15, but I think Dave was told he has three years. The part that kills me with that though, and maybe makes it untrue, if you have 3 years...why play scared? Why run on 3rd and 10s? If you don't trust Bryce, throw him to the wolves and let Tepper see he's the obvious problem...but play normal football instead of scared. The whole operation is insane. For whatever reason, I still trust Morgan and Tillis for another year. But everybody else? Woof.