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There is a healthy balance especially when Josh is so effective.. you don't want to put too much on tape early As someone who evaluates high school players and used to do college players I would say quarterback... Especially in college you will see some extremely high play action percentages And that just screams gimmick offense... If your team is running play action at a 35-40% clip, your stats are going to be highly effective But that doesn't really translate to the pro game... Where the hash marks actually condense the game So I think we're trying to build a nice true offense that could work in any situation.. the human tendency would be to go heavy play action with Josh Allen and waggles because his athleticism... But the higher the play action percentage, the more it becomes gimmicky... And the pros won't fall for it as easily In January and February it will get ramped up slightly.. but we are building a classic NFL offense where we can run and take three and five step drops and work the field horizontally... So all the play action attempts feel more organic.. When it's all on the line, around 15% give or take a little bit more or less is probably where you want to be

My point was that I 100% agree with you.

I'm curious about the demographics of posters actively commiserating in this thread. Has to skew older, right? (I, too, have struggled with Ticketmaster at inopportune times, to be clear.)

My point was that Josh was more effective in play-action than most QBs. Therefore, you'd think we'd do more play-action than other teams, not less. Here's what I got from AI: Josh Allen’s Play-Action Performance (2024) Completion Percentage: 70.1% Yards per Attempt: 9.2 Touchdown Rate: 7.8% Passer Rating: 117.6 These numbers reflect his ability to leverage play-action for chunk gains and red zone efficiency. His passer rating on play-action was among the top five in the league. NFL Average Play-Action Stats (2024) Completion Percentage: 65.3% Yards per Attempt: 8.1 Touchdown Rate: 5.4% Passer Rating: 102.3

Has me worked up each week, how little Brady and/or Allen are staying a snap ahead of defenses with aggressive PA calls. Instead, the Bills appear to simply continue running the ball where others (ME) might leverage that rushing success and call a PA shot play WITHOUT LETTING THE DEFENSE CATCH UP FIRST AND SHUT DOWN THE RUN PLAY THAT WAS WORKING. Preach. Ravens aren't worthy of unleashing PA against? That's bonkers, if true. I thought I heard/saw a stat that QBs are mostly always "super-effective in play action." And with a QB who can move and has an elite arm, one should reasonably expect a high % of play action for a variety of reasons. Bills running a nice, high % of motion has been encouraging, seeing Allen use a variety of motions to diagnose and adjust pre-snap with more and more comfort and command. Combining that with PA calls on tendency-breaking down and distances would be cool. Taking shots when defenses are expecting runs should be something the Bills do once or twice a half imho. Gotta threaten ALL quadrants of the field, especially when your QB has one of the greatest arms of all time.

The game catches up to every single coach.. especially the X's and O's guys Someone is always going to reinvent the wheel in football Pure motivators like Pete Carroll can coast a little bit longer like a marv Levy.. terrific coach more of a players coach a motivator.. not necessarily a tactician Not that their Xs and O's are bad.. but Pete Carol doesn't rely on scheme.. he's a motivating developer Peyton helped bring a spread WC coryell system to the NFL at a successful level.. but there's people who are pushing it past him now

See, this is where I'm a pessimist. I don't think that's a real possibility as long as McDermott is the coach. He's been great at building this team & culture, but defense is his baby. A lot of people think if we just get better players than things will improve, and while I think that's partly true, I don't think it'll look any different come playoff time. Like were prime Hyde & Poyer better than Rapp & Bishop? By a mile, yet the D still looked just as bad against the Chiefs/Bengals in the playoffs. Maybe prime Tre White & Milano? They didn't move the needle either. Then you look at all the draft picks invested in the D, you'd expect better results. Unfortunately, they've gotten worse the last few years, all while "offensive-minded" Andy Reid has managed to build a strong D before us. Josh will have to be exceptional, and we'll have to continue surrounding him with good weapons. That's how I think they can overcome the McDermott playoff defense.

Sean Payton was once one of the most cutting edge play designers and play callers in football but this tells you two things: 1. It's easier to look like an innovator when your QB is a HOF talent; and 2. Eventually the league passes everyone by. No matter how good you have been. To be running just 26% motion in 2025 is unforgiveable.

Denver's results immediately stood out. All of those options only amount to 72.4% of their plays. There's still another 27.6% unaccounted for 😅 Meanwhile, those options account for 91.7% of the Bills plays. Denver is just out there calling plays via dice roll. But good for Washington - keeping the No Huddle offense alive!

Sounds like leftists hate free speech and thought

Not sure if I ever agreed with a post more! I was nodding my head in agreement with each and every line. Yes to everything!

Problem for me is that I don't think you need to STEAL anything in order to predict the Bills offensive and defensive play calls...I've been doing it as an amateur at a high level for decades lol. But for real, I effing HATE when ruthlessness is rewarded. You can often see it when a team/organization is pushing it past gamesmanship to the point of cheating, but it's rarely prove-able in the absence of rigorous reporting or snitches. No one gets upset about teams who study and chart opponents' tendencies and circumstantial idiosyncrasies; but when that legitimate statistical analysis is supplemented with more ill-begotten and private intel...and only perpetrated by a connected cohort of coaches...we find ourselves watching contests of questionable legitimacy. Imagine how much better your DL's/OL's film will be if you're able to provide them with the opposing line's protection/pressure calls/signals in real time...the cheater-era Patriots were SUPER focused on DL/OL calls/signals to my recollection.