vincec

Well they don't have Harrison Phillips, who played against all those guys. Also, no one tried running right at the center until Miami did after he went out. That's one possible explanation anyway.

McD said the poor run defense it was about "fundamentals" and "technique" and only mentioned the usual culprit, a bad "fit", on the long run right after halftime. To me, that sounds like it's about the players getting handled and not about scheme errors. So I don't think that's something you can easily fix in a week. They either need to change the scheme, get new players, or wait for their current players to gradually improve over several weeks.

Agree. Plus, this is built into their offense. Without Allen running the ball they don't have enough carries available between Gore's and Singletary to even run the ball as much as they are doing it.

He's doing great to this point, IMO. He was very raw coming out of college and was totally thrown to the wolves with this pass happy offense where he is a major running back too. But if he can survive it I think he will prosper.

It's a passing offense. I don't think that they are going to make getting a dominating RB a priority. Better off looking for OT and WR help if they keep Daboll.

I honestly haven't seen too much Allen bashing today. It's been mostly on the defense and the coaching staff. I know that defending Allen is a knee jerk reaction around here but it's better to save it for his really bad games when he gets criticized.

Well, it's the NFL after all and the Bills aren't the Patriots so I think you have to assume that every game will be tough.

Also, I'm not sure that the 49ers are built to win a championship with Jimmy G at QB. It looks great now but you generally need excellent QB play to win in the playoffs with very, very few exceptions. We'll see if they have it.

He is having a very nice season so far, despite today's debacle.

Just needs a big guy in front of him to keep him clean. You can run right at him but he is great in pursuit and getting better in pass defense too.

I don't agree. Gore has been very good and Singletary doesn't look like he can run in between the tackles well at all.

I agree. This is a passing offense. It's probably not ideal with such a young QB and motley team, but I think the hope is that it will mean faster development than a more conservative concept.

Yeah, beating the Ravens would be a big win. And probably an upset.

Chubb looks good tonight.

Well, it's certainly not going to be very easy to pass either if your OL is getting schooled. Your OL getting beat isn't a run/pass thing.

I think you will find the pass defense plummet in effectiveness if you are locked up in man coverage with a single high safety most of the time. They don't have the right DBs for that kind of scheme. Who is Wallace going to cover in man coverage all game?

Gailey ran it a lot more than that.

The defense is built to play vs the pass and the offense is pass heavy, so I don't think the Bills are building a team to play in weather like today. Today's weather worked very nicely for the Eagles, IMO.

Don't take chances with the hammy. If you're unsure then give him the extra week. IMO.

Yes. Harrison Phillips was already getting more reps that Lotulelei before he was injured, and that trend would have probably continued given Phillips youth and improvement. Unfortunately, he is out, Petko is worse that Lotulelei, and Edmunds is not a classic run-stuffing MLB. That means that you can probably run right at them, as Miami showed. They Bills can always counter with numbers, dropping an extra man in the box and playing more man coverage but that's not really the defense's strength so it will be a cat and mouse game. The best thing the Bills can do is race out to a big lead and chase the Eagles out of the run game all together.

Because they wanted the game to end as fast as possible.

I noticed this too. No one commented on it during the game. The announcers were clueless. Funny side note- I heard a caller comment on this loophole during a One Bills Live broadcast and get laughed off the air by both Murphy and Tasker who were both sure that the clock stopped running after a penalty.

Well, Nick Foles lit them up in the SB.

It is kind of strange that a 5-1 team can be just a 1 point home favorite against a 3-4 team on a two game losing streak.

I guess they miss Frank Reich more than people thought they would.