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The Mark Andrews play was genius. I’m sure there are many additional variations that can be run off the tush push. Remember the pitch back to Willis McGahee against the 49’ers on a QB sneak many years ago?

This was the game I thought was a loss going into the season. Tough defense, short week, on the road. Houston’s D gave Allen fits last year but they give every QB fits. If our D doesn’t show up, we lose.

The 2006 Colts’ run D was horrific, worse than what we’re seeing from the Bills. Bob Sanders made it back for the playoffs and they were respectable when it came to defending the run. Don’t know if there is anything or anyone who’s going to come to our rescue.

Yes, trade him to a team that sees value in Coleman playing big slot exclusively. As to return, maybe a fifth?

The PI call on Miami makes you seriously wonder about refs betting on games. Ridiculous call. No contact or minimal contact by defender. Ball was 10 feet over receiver’s head. Takes Washington out of 3rd and 12 hole on their own five. You know it’s a bad call when the Blandino says it’s a bad call.

Agree 100%. This is the offense McDermott wants.

If either Mike McDaniel or Kevin Stefanski is fired during the offseason, I would be thrilled with either as OC. For DC, it’s got to be someone from outside the organization. Maybe Stefanski can bring Schwartz along. if you want to play some real 3D chess, fire McDermott and hire Josh McDaniel. It gives Josh Allen a real OC and sets NE back.

No. No, it’s not. It was 13 seconds. Deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you knew we would never make the Super Bowl after that game with McDermott as HC.

I’m glad I started the thread because a lot of interesting comments as to why you might WANT to run into a heavy box, especially with a runner like Cook who can make one guy miss and he’s off to the races. I get that but shouldn’t there also be a set number of pass plays designed to take advantage of the heavy box? Put Cook in motion, send Knox deep (which we know he can do)?

The 49’ers: “Hold my beer”.

$20? Reminds me of the line from Trading Places. “Twenty dollars? Maybe I’ll go to a movie . . . by myself.”

I’m not an All-22 guy and I’m genuinely curious to hear from posters who are whether we were running into a stacked box yesterday. For one example, what defense was Miami in on the first drive 3rd and one? It seemed Miami’s mindset coming in was to stop the run and challenge Josh Allen to beat them with his arm, which is kind of insane when you put in down on paper. I believe that going into the game, we were the only NFL team with more rushing attempts than passing attempts, which is also kind of crazy considering who’s playing QB for us. it also drives me nuts that we don’t have variations on certain formations. The announcers said it during the game. Gilliam’s in, it’s a run, Kincaid is in, it’s a pass. Why not play action when Gilliam is in? Same thing last year. No variation on the tush push. Always over the left guard. Cost us against KC. At this point, I’m hoping for some sort of change-up. Move Coleman to big slot and move Shakir outside. Stop throwing bubble screens. Something. Sorry this turned into a rant. Anyway, were we running into a heavy box against the Dolphins? If not, why was the running game so bad?

Bills’ offense is basically Schroedinger’s cat. It’s both alive and dead at the same time.

Cooper wasn’t washed. He was uninterested in playing football. It’s too bad because a motivated Cooper could have been the difference last year and this year. The fact that he hasn’t signed anywhere tells the whole story.

Questionable hires? Ok. Was the Ryan hire a good hire? Look, I get it. I was all for firing Marv Levy after the first Super Bowl loss to Dallas. Instead Wilson fired Polian, best GM in team history. I doubt McBeane can lead this team to the SB but hiring new OC and DC from the outside is a better way to go.