Utah John
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27 minutes ago, TFBillsfan said:
Brady and Allen better make adjustments this week on the blitz as Pittsburgh will most certainly do the same. The inability to have a release or a better playcall was frustrating to watch. If Buffalo would simply execute and protect the football better, the games would need less Josh heroics.
LETS GO BUFFALO 🦬
If the Bills could execute a simple screen pass to a RB, well then they wouldn't be the Bills, but boy it sure would help. The opportunities are there every game.
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Have you seen the movie Seabiscuit where there's a big match between Seabiscuit and a huge powerful race horse? (War Admiral was his name, I think.) Spoiler alert: Seabiscuit wins. The way the little team behind Seabiscuit set it up, Seabiscuit would take the early lead and then let the other horse catch up and pass him, but then Seabiscuit would catch back up and pass the big horse, ripping his heart out and destroying his will.
That's what the Bills do to the Dolphins.
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Just wanted to point out a surprisingly key play that many people probably overlook: Dane Jackson's PI against Tyreek Hill. That was a legitimate penalty, no argument about that, but the point is that Jackson kept Hill from breaking clear into the middle in full stride after catching an accurate pass from Tua that got exactly where Hill would have been. Without that PI, Hill scores, and the game plays out differently.
We don't talk much in football about taking a good penalty, like we do in hockey, but this is an instance where a foul by Jackson really saved the day.
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5 minutes ago, Kaenon said:
Wilkins is very good
Wilkins IS very good but pretty much every team the Bills will face the rest of the postseason has a very good interior D lineman. Some have outstanding players and some have multiple guys. So I don't think overlooking a problem for that reason is the solution.
But nor do i think benching him is the solution either. The Bills need to recognize there's a problem and work in blocking schemes that let him get through the rest of the year while keeping the Bills moving ahead.
I think the O line as a whole has been hitting a wall. The big holes are coming fewer and further between, and the pass rush is getting closer to Allen. Are they worn out or are opposing defenses being crafted to attack when the league has seen the Bills doing? Probably some of both. Again the solution is not new personnel but more creative coaching, so our guys aren't sitting ducks when attacked by creative DCs from other teams.
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Line up with 11 men on the Denver FG try, and we're already in the playoffs.
Not making the playoffs would be just the football gods shaking their heads at the NYJ, NE, and Denver losses.
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2 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:
Handsome bugger, huh?
Well, not first thing in the morning.
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13 hours ago, MiltonWaddams said:
Woke up this morning. First thing I see is a huge Bills fan in the mirror. “Go Bills”. “Go Bills” he mouths back at me.
I saw him too!!!
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7 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Ah yes, Broadcast Bias as I like to call it. There was a lot of talk after the Philly game because Jim Nantz happened to notice Diggs was off the field and then he was off for like a single 3rd down, and then Nantz made it into a "thing". After the game tho, it turned out that Diggs was in for 87 of 95 Offensive snaps.
Point is, I dont care about announcers. Show me the numbers.
He's currently at 81% of Offensive Snaps. In 2022 he finished at 77%. In 2021 he finished at 82%. What is the big deal?
Those stats are for the whole year. Since the Philly game he's been off the field a LOT. That's what we're talking about. It's the change from how things were through most of the season that has us wondering what's going on.
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5 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:
What are the numbers on this that prove it? What are his snaps and target numbers?
If you've been watching the games you've seen this happen, and often it gets pointed out by the announcers.
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Tannehill isn't the only Titan who wants to leave on a good note. Vrabel is also probably on the way out, not because the Titans want him gone, but because he's considered a good candidate for open jobs elsewhere.
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19 hours ago, JGMcD2 said:
I mean the statistically he’s on pace to be in the top 5-10 QBs ever.
Josh’s average season the last 4 years blows some of the recent MVP seasons out of the water. Somehow this inconsistent QB is consistently putting up MVP numbers since breaking out in 2020. We’re going to penalize the guy for consistently being elite while MAYBE 1 other guy a year produces a similar season and gets an award.
His *career* INT% of 2.4% is equal to guys in a similar era like Matthew Stafford and better than Rivers, Roethlisberger, Manning and Newton to name a few. Drew Brees sat at 2.3%. Want to talk about fumbles? Lamar? Hurts? They’re not passers like Josh Allen. Hurts averages 3 fumbles lost a season, Lamar 4, Josh 4. How come we don’t hear about their fumbling problem?
Sure, let’s talk about all the other dual threat QBs that throw the ball like Josh…. Waiting… Josh is about to have his 4th straight 4,000 yard passing season. Lamar, Newton and Hurts have combined for 1 between the 3 of them… it came in Newton’s rookie season.
If you do not want to recognize how great he truly is, I just feel sorry you (and sports writers) are willing to miss it.
Good Lord, I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be in the HOF. I think he certainly does. I'm just telling you that I don't think the sportswriters of a few years from now, five years after he retires, will retain the impression we all have of him. If he doesn't overcome the shortcomings I've mentioned, they will not think he matches up. Look at the trouble and delays that Andre Reed had.
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I am far less convinced that Josh will be in the HOF eventually. Keep in mind the decision is not up to Bills fans, but to sportswriters around the country. And they look at specific considerations, where he doesn't measure up. He has never been All-Pro or MVP. He has never in any particular year been seen as the best QB in the NFL. He has no rings. He has a reputation as an inconsistent performer (well-deserved this year, which is why he's not on the Pro Bowl squad). If some of these limitations go away, then things could be different. My hope is that he gets his ring(s), he makes an All-Pro list, and that those factors are turned around as reasons why he IS selected.
All I really care about is the Bills winning the Super Bowl. If Josh plays meh and they win, I'll celebrate. If Josh plays great and they lose, his performance will be no consolation at all.
14 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:Yeah, let's not celebrate anything unless it's some trophy we had no part in achieving as fans. As for me, I'll relax and enjoy the entertainment of watching the best QB in history.
The best in history? That must mean he's been the best in at least one year, right? So which year would that be?
I love having Josh as our QB. I think he's great. But come on. There's a substantial list of QBs who have been better throughout the NFL's history than Josh has been, and in each year since he started, there's been at least one QB who was recognized as better for that year.
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8 hours ago, UKBillFan said:
Score the most number of TDs as a QB… be an alternate. The turnover storyline has really done a number on Josh. Bet Mahomes has still made it, despite his count not being that much lower. Jackson is obvious. Who’s the third? Tua?
Josh has simply had too many ineffective games. Sorry, but face it. He's been too inconsistent. I'm less concerned about the interception total because only some of them were his fault, and only some of them hurt. I'm more concerned about drives that fail or don't get started at all because he misses an open receiver with a bad pass or doesn't see the open guy at all. He's just been off for at least five games, including the last two.
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The Jets with their terrible O line were a bad fit for Cook. Even Breece Hall is seldom able to get going, and he's got a lot more tread left on his tires.
Dalvin Cook probably is better than he looked this year. Last year he was still really good (remember him ripping off a long TD against the Bills for the Vikings?). In the right setting with a good O line he might be a valuable pickup.
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2 minutes ago, finn said:
He rag-dolled Spencer Brown in the 13-second game.
One of the quiet events of this season has been the ascent of Brown. He was just terrible the last couple of years, but this year you almost never hear his name called in a game, a good sign for an O lineman. When they do mention him it's for a good block pulling around to the left, an impressive play for a huge man like that. Part of this no doubt is due to playing next to a competent guard for a change, but he does well with one on one pass blocking too. Also there's Kromer's teaching to recognize. The O line as a whole is hugely better than last year. In the Chargers game, I heard Khalil Mack's name once, when the teams were introduced. After that he vanished. The Pats D line didn't do much rushing Josh but their overall D was able to plug all the running gaps, which is why Cook didn't do well. Unlike Murray or Johnson, Cook can't make his own holes -- but unlike Murray or Johnson, if Cook can get through the line he's into the secondary in a flash so that's why he was still playing. If Josh had been playing close to his capability, the Pats' D would have had to back off from the line and that would have opened holes for Cook.
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2 minutes ago, WhitewalkerInPhilly said:
So...like our game vs the Phins
Yeah, that's what I thought. I had the Ravens-Dolphins game taped and watched it after the Bills game was over. Miami was matching Baltimore's offense until Tyreek Hill bobbled a sure TD pass, and the Fins had to settle for a FG. After that the Ravens kept scoring and the Dolphins sort of wilted. It was really over in the 3rd quarter. It was just plain stupid for the Fins to keep Tua and Chubb in the game in the 4th.
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7 hours ago, mannc said:
Let’s not forget, Miami is already in the playoffs no matter what happens next week, and they are very banged up. Not saying they won’t be trying to win, but the game probably won’t mean as much to them.
They get the 2 seed if they win and the 6 seed if they don't. That's enough motivation.
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Hoping for the best but I still think karma will punish the Bills for the 12 men loss to Denver. The Dolphins have beaten exactly one team with a winning record when they played them, and that was the squeaker win over the Cowboys last week (even though the Bills would be in the same win and in, lose and hope for help next week if the Dolphins had lost). The Bills appear to be limping into the Dolphins game with no passing offense, and all I can hope for is that they didn't show everything they've got against the Pats.
Except for the absence of Milano, the Bills D seems to be in as good a shape as they were when they beat the Dolphins earlier. We just need Good Josh to reappear.
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The Fins were playing for a shot at the 1 seed. Kinda fell short. What's that going to do to Miami's self-confidence?
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I like the Bills momentum IF Josh is not hurt. Watching him run off the field it doesn't look like he's favoring his left shoulder.
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1 minute ago, BearNorth said:
Is anyone else having their screen break up, mine's been doing it the whole game
Nope. I'm watching on NFL ST.
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Way to stay in bounds, Ty. Good job.
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Shakir might be the best WR we have on the field today.
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The Bills O line showing it's just not as good as we'd like to think.
Thrilled with today but we left alot of meat on the bone
in The Stadium Wall
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OK, I'm as happy as could be about the win and the AFCE and the 2 seed. The team is really good. But compared to the last few years, where the pressure was on all season long to compete for a high seed, and possibly the 1 seed, to get home playoff games, this season seems like a fluke. The Bills just floundered during the middle third of the season, playing really badly. OK, they turned it on and beat some really good teams in the last third of the season, and ended up pretty much where they've been the past couple of years, but this feels really different. Maybe it's because except for the Ravens all the other AFC teams didn't look quite as strong, particularly KC.
I'm certainly not complaining, just observing. What this means going forward, as the 2 seed, is that the Bills should have two home games and win them both, beating Pittsburgh without Watt, and then probably KC without its mojo (Miami is in shock and will sleepwalk through a sad loss in cold KC, boo-hoo). If Cleveland's defense can play to potential, they could take down the Ravens, and then Cleveland comes to Buffalo for the AFC.
Who could have seen this coming after the Bills lost to the Broncos in the most inglorious way possible?