JimmyNoodles
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I was a fan when he got here. Glad when he left. Glad he’s saying the right things and so I’m glad he’s back. Go Bills!
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Here’s my understanding of injuries that happen because of contact… you have to have contact. The more hits you take whether in the pocket, scrambling, or getting coffee will increase your risk for getting hurt. Josh is an amazing player, a totally unique player in my 50+ years of watching football, but he will get hurt (and already has been hurt) if he doesn’t make smarter decisions when avoiding contact is an option. Sometimes you can’t and that’s the game. But when you can, get down. You see receivers do it regularly. The coaching staff is complicit too. I hate the designed runs with him carrying the ball. Be smart=play longer. When he dives over three guys to score in the Super Bowl, I’ll be all for it. Until then avoid hits.
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10 hours ago, Freddie's Dead said:
As an outspoken critic of McD, I'll cherry pick the issues that I've seen. I'll start with the time management at the end of both halves of the DET game. At the end of the first half, 1st & 10 at BUF 25, (1:52 - 2nd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass deep right to I.McKenzie to DET 48 for 27 yards. CALL TIMEOUT!!! Instead, they ran 32 seconds off the clock before an incomplete pass to Diggs stopped the clock at 1:20. The Bills ended up taking a timeout home, and only managed a FG before the half. In the 2nd half, the Bills panicked by calling the last TO with 7 seconds instead of 3 or 4 so that the FG attempt would be the last play of the game.
Let's look at the Minnesota game. Dorsey took an eminently winnable game and threw it away. Here's the series from the play-by-play:
(4:34 - 4th) G.Joseph kicks 59 yards from MIN 35 to BUF 6. D.Johnson to BUF 28 for 22 yards (T.Jackson; T.Dye).
1st & 10 at BUF 28
(4:28 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass short left to D.Singletary to BUF 28 for no gain (D.Hunter).
2nd & 10 at BUF 28
(3:45 - 4th) (Shotgun) PENALTY on BUF-S.Diggs, False Start, 5 yards, enforced at BUF 28 - No Play.
2nd & 15 at BUF 23
(3:44 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short left to S.Diggs.
3rd & 15 at BUF 23
(3:40 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete deep left to S.Diggs (H.Smith).
4th & 15 at BUF 23
(3:26 - 4th) S.Martin punts 53 yards to MIN 24, Center-R.Ferguson, fair catch by J.Reagor.
When the above bolded plays were run, MIN had one timeout left. You run the ball twice, and take up to 1:20 off the clock, or about 45 seconds if MIN uses their last TO. Either scenario wins you the ballgame.
Let's go back to the earlier in the 4th QTR (this is a theme I'll show from games earlier in the season):
1st & 10 at MIN 15
(11:27 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass short left to I.McKenzie to MIN 7 for 8 yards (C.Bynum).
2nd & 2 at MIN 7
(10:49 - 4th) J.Allen pass incomplete short left. Thrown into ground at line.
3rd & 2 at MIN 7
(10:45 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short middle to I.McKenzie.
4th & 2 at MIN 7
(10:27 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass short right intended for D.Knox INTERCEPTED by P.Peterson at MIN -5. P.Peterson to MIN 34 for 39 yards (J.Allen).
This is a pattern from previous games. 2nd and 2 at the MIN 7, and you call THREE STRAIGHT PASS PLAYS!!!! Run the ball, keep the clock running, and don't be ATL handing the Cheats a Super Bowl by not running the ball in the 2nd half. But we saw this pattern in previous weeks.
Bills v. Chefs, Week 6
1st & Goal at KC 10
(7:27 - 2nd) (Shotgun) D.Singletary right end to KC 3 for 7 yards (J.Williams).
2nd & 3 at KC 3
(6:45 - 2nd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short middle to G.Davis (D.Harris).
3rd & 3 at KC 3
(6:41 - 2nd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short right to D.Singletary (C.Jones) [J.Thornhill].
4th & 3 at KC 3
(6:37 - 2nd) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass incomplete short middle to I.McKenzie. BUF-S.Brown was injured during the play. His return is Questionable.
This is where the pattern started. 2nd and Goal at the 3 yard line. Motor just ran for 7 to get you there. Yet you call THREE STRAIGHT PASS PLAYS!!!! (McKittrick haterz will be jumping all over this, they just can't help themselves). Luckily, we won the Chiefs game so this series did not cost us the game. Dorsey did the same thing against the Pack:
1st & Goal at GB 7
(10:56 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Cook left guard to GB 3 for 4 yards (A.Amos).
2nd & 3 at GB 3
(10:15 - 4th) (Shotgun) B.Hart reported in as eligible. J.Allen pass incomplete short right to S.Diggs.
3rd & Goal at GB 3
(10:02 - 4th) (Shotgun) J.Allen pass short right intended for G.Davis INTERCEPTED by J.Alexander at GB 3. J.Alexander to GB 5 for 2 yards (G.Davis).
Once again, you had a nice running play to get you to 2nd and Goal at the 3, yet you call THRE....er.....TWO STRAIGHT PASS PLAYS!!!! The problem I have with Dorsey is that he is not learning from his mistakes, because we saw this in Detwah:
Bills are down 3 points after the DET TD, but Motor is averaging 5+ yards/carry. Motor gets 1 and 8 yards on the 1st and 4th plays of the 8-play series that ends in a punt. Every other play is a pass. For those of you at home, that's 6 passes to 2 runs, in a game where Motor is kicking the crap out the Lions and JA is struggling. No need to go so pass happy when you're only down 3.
McD needs to rein Dorsey in. When the running game is working, lean on it. Give your injured QB some help, instead of saddling him up and needing him to play hero ball to pull the team's ass out the fire.
I agree with all your examples and remember yelling at the TV myself during some them. If they decided it’s four down territory and have second down and two or three, I’m running three times to get two yards. But, that’s me and maybe you, but not how Dorsey is seeing it. There’s always second guessing when things don’t work. If they ran three times and got stuffed the story would be why didn’t they throw it. I see what i would define as questionable decisions every weekend with all teams including coaches like Reid and Bellycheat. Clock mismanagement is rampant across the league IMO, but as another poster stated this may be some analytics thing. I’d rather have more downs (chances) to score even with less or no timeouts. Ultimately, what I’m saying is the Bills screw up sometimes but so does everyone else. Winning washes away everything. Reid was a big loser in Philly. Couldn’t win the big one. Now that narrative has changed completely. The Bills story for this year has yet to written.
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People forget that the NFL season is a long and bumpy road. The BIlls are very well coached team and it's obvious if you watch the NFL at all. That doesn't mean that every decision or call is perfect. People get too caught up in stupid narratives that are meaningless. This is the best team that the Bills have had in the JA era IMO. If they get healthy come playoff time anything is possible.
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2 hours ago, GolfandBills said:
He probably learned what horrible chicken was right off the bat
Bo rounds, anyone?
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Seems like a great dude. He may be the ultimate process guy. Worked at Bojangles during an offseason to learn the business. Got to respect that.
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3 minutes ago, 4BillsintheBurgh said:
Yes, I think it has a lot to do with returning punts, and secondly adds more versatility to the offense.
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Phillips is my favorite guy on D. Love what Beane did with the D-line this year. Hopefully they can stay healthy the rest of the year. If the offense stays consistent, this will be the unit that gets us over the top.
Gotta say that GB running so much was because they were scared to pass. Rodgers was going to get killed and they knew it. That was GB's business decision. While I'm not happy about the rushing yards given up, I'm not worried about that yet. It was a blow out game that only our offensive struggles in the second half made look closer than it really was.
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8 minutes ago, TheFunPolice said:
Uh huh... Sure.
Nope, I've rode this rollercoaster before, although the ghoul is drawing us in a bit deeper this time.
I 100% expect him to be in the super bowl, where "a great ending to a great story" is just a few well timed defensive penalties away.
People saying they want Brady in the super bowl against the Bills are insane.
Yeah, I agree with that. Lots of pressure to have the perfect ending for Brady if they made the Super Bowl. However, now that he’s splitting with the wife, he doesn’t have to retire to make her happy. Didn’t he say once that he wanted to play until he was 50?
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6 hours ago, LOVEMESOMEBILLS said:
I agree. I was dumbfounded when I saw him re-enter the game. He was clearly punch drunk when he got up from the hit. Before that when he sat up he placed both hands on his helmet, a telltale sign that he got his bell rung. Also when he rose to his feet he gave 2 real quick shakes of his head, yet another sign he was trying to clear the cob webs. How the spotter missed all these indicators is beyond me..
I would guess they didn’t miss it, they ignored it.
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You’ve seen movies where they catch the spy and then torture him to make him talk? He endures pulled finger nails, broken bones, etc. After tons of punishment, the guy cracks and talks. I tell my wife, you know the guy should have just spilled the beans in the beginning and saved all the torture. He ends up in the same place. That’s Tua. He probably won’t retire but he’s made of glass and he’s going to have an injury riddled career, whether with concussions or other injuries. Either way, he’s not really built to take football punishment.
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With the quality, or lack thereof, of the run blocking it's unfair to make judgments about the backs on this team. For myself, when I see any of the backs currently on the roster have an actual hole to run through they run hard and gain yards. There has to be some push upfront.
Short yardage situations are concerning and they were a concern last year too. I thought Saffold was supposed to help in that area (run blocking). I haven't noticed that they run to his side on short yardage, but have no info on that. This short yardage run problem has to be fixed before playoff time.
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Anybody who has any doubts can watch this. He loses he "hypothetical" premise as he talks about what happened. Anybody who knows anything about this case knows he was the murderer. Total POS.
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1 hour ago, Irv said:
This is the only good thing to come from the whole OJ ordeal.
Buckwheat lived across the street?! Otay!
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Cleveland+Carolina= two teams that can’t complete a pass.
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Remember the “good old days?” There were years my rooting interest on offense was trying to get a first down. Now if we don’t score every drive I think somethings wrong. It’s easy to get spoiled quick. Gotta love it!
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1 hour ago, CoudyBills said:
I get what you're saying but disagree completely on not a great throw to Diggs. He was on the run with only his right toes on the ground when he launched that 50 yarder. I feel like your reference for a great throw there is a qb setup in a pocket with a good base and letting it rip. It was a GREAT throw.
It was a great throw. Both long balls (Davis and Diggs) were perfectly imperfect throws. Both throws were slightly underthrown but allowed the receiver to adjust and make the play. These were the kind of throws that Josh might have launched early in his career and would end up incomplete. Now, he's giving the receivers a chance. Trust and let players make plays.
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This is what we look like with a legitimate pass rush. And not just Miller. Looking at you J. Phillips!
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7 minutes ago, HalftimeAdjustment said:
That really is a disjointed mess of a statement. IF Matt Araiza did what is alleged in the complaint then he would not be able to get off with an apology. That statement tends to indicate the lawyer knows the police are not going to prosecute Araiza.
And if that is correct that her lawyer suspected no criminal charges were coming maybe the Bills were under the same impression, hence the problematic “thorough” comment.
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14 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:
This is a great point and I was wondering when it would be made (I haven't bothered going into the 272+ pages in the other topic).
Someone is going to take the fall. It will be a test of the Buffalo Bills organization to see what the fallout will be from this situation and how much damage it might cause internally.
Good overall take on a fairly complex subject.
My thought is that most people here seem to think the Bills either handled this very well or very poorly.
But again the truth doesn't always fit into a nice, tidy binary box.
The Bills did some things well and other things poorly. You could probably assign them a numerical grade. I dock them points for not doing better on the due diligence/vetting of Araiza. I also dock them points for not continuing the engagement between De'Angelo and Gilleon. They had nothing to lose and possibly something to gain by staying connected in this conversation... even if it's just for good optics. The Bills have not been flawless in this situation but I think overall they responded pretty well.
My take was the statement that they had done a thorough investigation was the big misstep. I think they were fine waiting on possible charges. They can’t predict what other people are going to do or determine the veracity of accusations. As for getting a call from the looney-tune lawyer, how are they supposed to judge that. The guy still makes no sense. I do think it’s telling that no criminal charges have been filed to date. It doesn’t appear to be an open and shut case as much as her lawyer would pretend it is.
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3 minutes ago, CountDorkula said:
Polygraphs are not accurate and not admissible in court because of their inaccuracies
Polygraphs are very accurate but not foolproof. That they’re not 100% accurate is why they aren’t allowed in court.
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I wouldn’t think they’d want to sign him until he’s totally healthy and that will be later if it happened at all.
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Yes, and seems like not much from camp that I have seen.
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10 hours ago, Dan Darragh said:
No mention of Ken Dorsey. He's a rookie too. I thought the play selection for the first two-point conversion was abysmal.
And as for Steve Tasker, I realize that I've liked him on TV all these years because of how much I loved watching him play. Actually, he's really terrible on TV.
Amen on Tasker. He needs to focus on quality not quantity. Talks way too much.
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When did this team forget how to tackle?
in The Stadium Wall
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Years ago. Tackling has been an issue for a long time.