vincec

I doubt they lose to the Raiders, FWIW.

If you list the current Bills starters, factoring in the injuries, on both sides of the ball, I don’t actually think you’d see “above average talent”. They have a top end QB, but the rest of the team is decidedly average right now, IMO.

It’s a classic example of the refs not enforcing the intent of the rule. Intentional grounding is a penalty to prevent the QB from avoiding a sack by intentionally throwing the ball away (although this is ok if he’s outside the pocket for some reason, but I digress…). Allen was obviously not doing that.

It’s not “complimentary football”

You joke, but I’m sure this is it. They wanted to play ball control and avoid a shootout with the Bengals, who they feared would school them in a high scoring game. It’s the usual strategy of the underdog.

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Good looking opening drive by the Steelers.

That Lion logo on the helmet looks like something a 5 year old would draw.

Think they miss Carr yet?

Lol. Nice throw by Garoppolo. Just threw it right to the safety.

Reminded me of that guy from SNL that denies the most obvious things.

Lol. Awesome explanation of why an obvious intentional grounding actually wasn’t one.

Cincinnati vs Dallas.

Absolutely. At first I thought it may have been an RPO, but after looking at the replay, I see that it’s just a straight up hand off. The WRs don’t even move on the snap. They just stand there. If you’re going to so that, then put in your big guys.

He wasn’t clearly downfield when the ball was thrown. It was a very close call. And since it had absolutely no bearing on the play I’m fine with the no call. Calling that play back because the OL was a foot too far downfield would have been exactly the kind of nonsense I hate from the officials.

If you think this then you should waste a few minutes visiting some other fan sites. They will be an eye opener.

Or you get Tom Brady. But I agree that Allen is very exciting to watch. He makes a lot of amazing plays that more that compensate for his screw ups.

I think it’s funny that so many people in this thread are good with Von slowly working his way back into form so that he is ready for the playoffs. The Bills really need help now to make the playoffs. With their remaining schedule they’re going to be in a dogfight to get in. If there is anyone else available who can help then they need to activate him and keep Von on the bench.

This is a huge pet peeve of mine. They execute the play and complete the pass, but still don’t get the first down. I hate it.

I think the idea is that the opposing team can’t use the play (or at least the formation) they like best but have to go to plan B. Same as when this is done in basketball. The downside, IMO, is that it gives the offense time to think, whereas they would probably be scrambling otherwise. Based on the results, it doesn’t look like its made any difference but of course there’s no way to know for sure.

I think McDermott has done a great job in creating and managing a winning team culture. However, he is not a great game day coach. I guess you can have everything.

You mean like playing to the skills of their elite QB? This sounds like the Doug Whaley team building strategy- Get whatever good players you can find and hope the coaches can figure out a way to make it work.

It makes no sense. The Bills are a pass first team. Is he going to split carries with Cook?