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Or at least align the offensive playing calling and scheme to Josh’s strengths. That’s where Daboll may have been a great fit for Josh, b/c he knew how to better cover up Josh’s weaknesses. When even Cris Collinsworth is salivating at the Bills spreading out their offense and the Bills offense is moving effectively, that should be a sign of the direction their offense needs to go with Josh. You start a drive with a couple QB designed runs, it’s almost like it calms Josh down and it puts the opposing defense on notice.

That’s been a knock on Josh since coming out of college. He’s definitely been more effective in his career when he doesn’t do this, but it’s a tendency of his that hurts the offense’s effectiveness.

A Groot complaint thread was already started yesterday:

Who cares about details when the pitchforks are out?

Kid was screwed by at least half this board and public opinion, versus letting all of the facts play out. If people don’t recall, Beane’s hand was essentially forced, some here saying he took too long to act.

Was Davis injured on the last TD drive? It looked like Sherfield was out on the field, and I was pretty sure it was in place of Davis. Or is it possible Sherfield’s going to start taking snaps from Davis?

There’s one guy only that Gronk said could talk him out of retirement, and that is Brian Daboll. He dodged a question of playing for McD, even though his eyes lit up about playing for his “hometown team”. Not saying we get Daboll to sign Gronk specifically, but does that say anything about Daboll v McD? https://www.profootballnetwork.com/rob-gronkowski-brian-daboll-possibility-trends/ Anyway, thought this was interesting, given where the team currently stands this season and the questions surrounding the coaching staff.

Great commercial. If Josh would have showed up at the end in the same outfit too, I would have lost it.

Some guys just have a presence about themselves

Hyde’s contract will be up, so I presume this is it for him here. Wouldn’t surprise me if Benford is the eventual FS for this team. Poyer will have a year left on his deal, but he’s been a step slower each passing year. Haven’t seen anyone else on this team yet that I’d like taking on the SS role. Not sure if I want them to re-sign Rapp. Feel like I see him whiffing at a lot of tackles.

I would venture to say an older more frail person is more prone to future injuries than a younger person in mint condition. With that said, as I got older, I rolled my ankle less playing basketball, mainly because I couldn’t jump as high versus one point in time. But my effectiveness on the basketball court was also likely lower as a result, too.

I agree, he does the same with Knox at times. Hopefully success with other guys like Kincaid, Shakir, etc. will teach him the benefits of not force feeding the ball, especially to guys with stone hands. Doesn’t mean Davis and Knox can’t have their moments, but Josh needs other/better options. Davis had one of his best nights against Tampa, but was seemingly aided bc Josh had these other receiving threats too.

Was Davis hurt at the end of the game btw, or are the Bills maybe exploring Sherfield in there over Davis now? Thought Sherfield was on the field in place of Davis on the last drive.

Two TEs and one RB on the field, aka 2 WRs too. 11 personnel is one TE and one RB, aka 3 WRs too.

End of the game, they show Josh and Burrow shaking hands, and Josh covers his mouth to say something. If anyone has a photo, would be a great “caption this”. Maybe McD can call the offense and defense on gamedays?? 😂😂

Damn, hope Benford isn’t out for too long. Would be nice to at least have him back by the Chiefs game.

The ankle though. I think you pointed out last night though that the Bills would still in zone way longer than they should. Maybe McD needs to back off his love for zone against some of these smarter QBs in the league. I for one am getting sick of these long drives against our defense that are still ending up in points and keeping Josh off the field. By the time Josh gets the ball, he’s got to be thinking don’t screw this up, bc I might not get the ball again!

I’d like to see some vintage Power I next game. That’d be cool.

I think their entire defensive backfield is an interesting subject. Micah’s in the last year of his deal, which I’d be surprised if they can and choose to re-sign because of age/salary cap. Dane also in last year of deal. With the trade for Douglas, if somehow Tre gets close to form (a big IF), maybe Benford moves to FS. Elam’s development is also a wild card. Meanwhile, Poyer’s diminishing speed is concerning, so not sure what we should hope to see happen in the SS role. No one on the team impresses me as the potential Poyer successor, but I’m not sure he’s got another season in him.

Is that how you get by as a Dolphins fan?

I’m skeptical if Tre will be able to come back from the Achilles injury, although this regime seems to be about as loyal as they can be to guys who work hard and are seen as leaders within the team. I’ll be surprised if this regime releases him, before giving him that shot at a return. But, I don’t think it’d be unreasonable for them to use the potential release as a bargaining chip to work out a more reasonable deal for both sides.

Searching for some hope today 😂

Before they just cut Tre outright, I think they discuss a restructuring to a level that would be more in line with his new market coming off injury, With Knox, I think they consider his value in more than just being a pass catching TE, but his blocking ability too. As for Von, depends his level of play by end of the season. But they’re kind of screwed there no matter what.

Given morale is rightfully low today, I just wanted to bump this video from a couple years back. Team had just lost to NE in Primetime at home, was 7-6, and staring at not winning division or making playoffs. NE broadcasters were talking a bunch of smack, saying stick a fork in this team, and then this team found its identity and looked like one of the best teams in the league for several weeks in a row. My point is with Josh Allen and some of the talent still around him, we might feel a whole lot different about this team one month from now versus today. Whether that happens or not, I always enjoy revisiting this video and the smugness of these guys being proven totally wrong.