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I’m pretty sure that will be the case this year and maybe that’s why it’s good we are done. The Silver lining is that we don’t have to endure as Super Bowl loss. This defense was there whether it was health relate or not.

Dorsey’s Interview caused for a lack of Offensive game planning and practice. Should be allowed f’d us two years in a row!

You are correct from a statistical stand point it was more of feeling of how far down the mountain we really are in the AFC hierarchy.

funny thing is I’m generally pro McD I like him as a head coach. His diagnostics were off here though. Joe B seems to be honed in on Krommer and Washington. He seems to think they will fall on the sword. The lines were putrid but it is more and Diggs knows it that’s why he was so pissed. He won’t abandon Buffalo but he feels like he is back in Minneapolis and that won’t make me angry as well.

Wow this is so oddly true. Every game I felt like the wheels were coming off or that we escaped by a thread. I would actually feel it physically after each game. To win 13 games and feel you were really the AFC’s version of Minnesota 😳Adding injury to insult they are the ones who beat you at home to knock you out of the one seed. Then you add in all the other worldly craziness and Damar perhaps this season was cursed from the outset.

At the time I thought it was an anomaly. Just a bad half of football after a dominant first half. Some sloppy ball by Josh. Good defensive adjustments by a wounded team that wasn’t meeting expectations. That coupled with a running game that our “D” let go a little because it was chewing clock and a comeback was impossible. Like Sean McDermott, Leslie Frazier and Ken Dorsey this is where I put too much faith in the talent and forgot that the NFL stands for Not For Long. This is why Andy Reid has continued success. His scheme doesn’t changed season to season it changes week to week. That is why he is a notch above. It is also why Kelly was so good from the K-Gun in the glory years. He called it from the field. Josh is amazing but he can’t do that as he needs to be reined in. Back to the Green Bay game… It created the blue print on film. They hemmed in the entire route tree that Josh was successful with. Checking Mackenzie off the line. Taking away Diggs double moves with a safety. Then they brought pressure knowing they weren’t going to get sacks but instead they were going to push Josh to his tendencies and sit on them. Resulting in bad TO’s. This was the perfect Defense for our 11 package on film. 21 personnel and settling into run game and dink and dunk would have open things up for PA. Dorsey is too stubborn for that. It was the beginning of the end for this year on Offense. part II was although Rodgers couldn’t get it really going. They gashed the Bills Defensive front with power runs some 12 personnel some 21. They ran downhill and there was no answer. Every team we faced moving forward had some success with these concepts except Chicago (that game was the outlier). That game plan may have been better suited for Cinci yesterday. part III - prior to DaMar’s injury Josh hid some flaws by extending drive with his legs. Especially on 3rd and 6-8 yards. In the NE, Miami and especially yesterday he chose low percentage deep shots when almost every time he could have run for a first down. He has been less willing to run with the frequency and abandon the he did before the injury. Drives could have been extended yesterday but I think I’m glad they weren’t. *Conclusions- fatal schematic flaws on both sides of the ball were brutally exposed. The league only needs it on film once and if you don’t adjust you are not going to win a championship. Talent will carry you but perhaps Josh reining in his own running exposed problems that he hid for way too long. Knox needs to be used as an outlet out of 21 and we need more 12 packages and power run. PA is still a thing and 11 alone will not get it done. The defense needs to run more base 4-3 and the 3rd linebacker needs to be a stud like Milano. The Dline needs to run some wide 9 packages to generate pressure and disrupt edge running backs.

Perhaps but a spy and even keying on his running has not stopped him in the past… something changed in the approach. Maybe going over the top is what it is.

In the aftermath of all the crazy events of the last month it would seem Josh’s game has changed. I think perhaps DaMar’s injury had more of an impact on Josh’s game than many are realizing. If you really go back and watch the play design against NE and Miami you will see almost zero QB counter bash and very little of the JA special that shreds a defense that is sitting on the coverage. I think perhaps being on that field in Cincy has effected his approach and rightfully so. However I also think it is one of the reasons for the increased and unnecessary home run approach. He has lost a safety valve in his own mind. It would seem prior to the last two weeks he has always viewed his own legs as a check down. It has been a very effective one. With the option limited it is an adjustment. That coupled with mediocre pass pro has create a void or weakness. The screen game could fill this and if we can see that at home Dorsey most definitely does. I just think it changes the way he reads the field but in the long run it will make him better. Fearless but smart… hopefully if he needs it he will be able to go to the well this Sunday though.

McDermott bring Mike Shula in as an OC/Quality Control consultant would indicate that the Bills brass is moderately concerned as well.

I think it was the hit that he took running to the boundary in the second quarter. It was heavy contact and Josh got up fired up and said “I love that sh$t”. I am convinced he was concussed as well as some rib injury.

This is exactly what I was thinking! He has safety speed and coverage skills. Yet he is aggressive and a downhill tackler who can handle a big TE or RB at the line or down the field.

After a lot of thought and his big National “go Bills” following last weeks game. I started thinking and I realized the outside the box choice for Bills OC who could really put them over the top is Peyton Manning. Beane could get that done. Manning would have a chance to be an overnight coaching sensation. Josh would reap the benefit of his football mind. If they want a title these are the types of moves that will give that different enlightened perspective. Obviously just a hot take and wishful “food for thought”…. Brandon if your listening see what Josh thinks lol

The “Weird” commitment to the running game is what finally opened up the offense down the stretch. Josh Allen was the number one play action QB in the NFL when all was said and done. The shift to establishing the dual threat is what made our playoff run possible. I am usually first to get on a coach about being conservative but If McD is the one who called for the shift in offensive personality Bravo. With out the shift Buffalo was not in the playoffs. That would have been devastating.

It’s funny I think this is where Beane steps in and says… better younger player for less money. We keep McKenzie and let Beasley and Sanders walk. I think the starting WR are Diggs, Davis and McKenzie. Stephenson and Isiah Hodgkins 4 and 5

I graded them a B not as much based on overall performance as being able to get off the field enough to let the offense do it’s thing. the run D was still a D- today. It is simple and player related as the coaches have indicated. The speed of our linebackers combined with the need of our safety’s to play backside and cover for the loss of Tre is a legitimate weakness. Our linebackers are the worst at over pursuit in the entire league even in base personnel with Klein, Edmonds, Milano all on the field. Gap integrity and as McD says doing your 1/11. Still a problem but I would argue that it is partially schematic because the margins are so thin. Backside counters are an absolute weakness of the scheme and McDaniels exploited that yesterday. Our Defense looks like an Elephant on roller skates against a well schemed directional run offense. Or a hockey defender who takes the wrong angle against Gretzky in his prime. It’s a schematic flow issue and unless the edge is set and our linebackers are perfect bad things happen. pass D was a B but gave up too much on 3 down. This could easily be a bigger weakness against a better QB. Wentz😳. overall B for handling the situation! I think the fix for the run D is two fold. One playing Harrison Phillips snd Star together in the middle. And two playing enough base to keep teams honest. Star would have help on those backside counters or delayed tosses. I also think that even Jonathan Taylor will be forced to bounce thing outside if both Phillips and Star are in the One and Three technique. Rousseau is actually playing the run the best of all the ends. He sets the edge really well. bottom line to beat the Colts this D needs to be A- at worst. I fear everything leads to a showdown with the Colts right now. They are undefeated when Taylor has over 100 yards. They remind me of the 1988 Buffalo Bills more than any other team I’ve ever seen.

Only in a very specific package when we see a two TE two back offense. Obviously it depends on what the opposition has personnel wise. Indy ran this grouping several times with only on WR on the field.

This kind of sarcasm is frustrating… I was not once suggesting that we play one cornerback. I was suggesting that Siran Neal at corner on the outside might more sense than Dane in a true 4-4-3 package or a 4-3-4 package. This is not a suggestion that this should be a permanent base defense but rather a package or look that gives a size advantage and the ability to deal with a run first offense. Obviously the Nickel package will still be a big part of what we do. That said we never show a true 4-3-4 base and that is a bigger more aggressive or downhill look for a physical offense. I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to X/O’s these lightweight nickel base defenses are a construct of the modern pass first NFL. To suggest a 4-3 base is outlandish seems to throw out a ton of historically great defenses. 3 WR set means a nickel but a heavy package warrants a heavy D. If the Colts line up with two TE’s we shouldn’t counter it by run blitzing a 180 pound safety. Come on size warrants size and creates favorable match ups. I prefer the 4-3 to the 5-2 because it gives the LB’s the ability to come down hill and fill gaps reading as long as the down lineman hold gap integrity.

In the past the personnel groupings in the linebacker room coupled with pass first opponents have really made this a moot point. However this season, especially with Tre’s injury, I think Frazier needs to mix in some true 4-3 and even 4-4 packages. I think that a combo of: Wallace, Hyde, Poyer, Johnson Klein, Edmonds, Milano Epenesa, Star, Oliver, Rousseau Or Wallace, Poyer, Neal (speed Klein, Edmonds, Milano,Hughes(Hyde) Epenesa, Star, Oliver, Rousseau I think these groupings would go a long way to shutting down the run first teams. Every 4-3 “D” has similar personnel groupings and doesn’t always run these nickel packages and weird 5-2 combos. D Line Gap integrity and LB’s running down hill are how to stop the run at every level of Football. This is something that could make the D elite. The personnel are there!!!

Bills in white jerseys and blue pants in McDermott era, 9-11. Losses include today, the Titans game, all 3 playoff losses and Hail Murray Maybe Josh has a hard time with this combo visually.. . Kelly has issues with certain combos of colors.

Wizard...nuff said

First this is an awesome move! Playing chess in the front office. Beane not only solidified the QB 2 slot he blocked Belichick from a QB that he apparently has a great deal of interest in.

Well this may have been true in tennis 10 years ago it is not the case anymore. Many professional tennis players men and women are growing in to their potential well into their late 20’s. I am an avid USTA player and I watch almost every match I can all year. Many pros play well into their late 30’s now as well. Much like many pro sports, in tennis athletic longevity has led to a longer developmental periods. 26 could mean that Jessie plays well until she is 36. With a good period of time at the elite level she is playing at now. I would say elite is the 99.5 percentile and above. In tennis that is equal to the top 50. A fact that Andy Roddick had to constantly explain to the American public. To the extent that it really pushed him to an early retirement. He had at least another 5 years and 3 or 4 GS finals left in the tank. It just meant nothing to American tennis fans until we saw the vacuum left in his wake. Jessica is elite!

She rocked it tonight! Big time tennis. Aggression, control and power. Top ten tennis. She is playing at the very highest level.

I’ll add one more example to this topic. Hail Murray can be added to the wizardry list. I know it was in season but man afterwards Az collapsed while Buffalo flourished. Now let’s see what happens in 2021😬

That was my immediate take and I still feel that way a week later. I was roasted for saying that last week but the Chiefs need to be knocked down a rung. My dislike of Sorenson and Matheu and their dirty tactics are fueling my dislike of the Chiefs in part!