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Another flag…
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Palmer is by far our best downfield guy… imagine if we had a top 20 field stretcher though
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1 minute ago, GunnerBill said:
Embarrassing defense. Jesus that was terrible. That is a basic outside zone.
We are so fundamentally flawed in some of our basic execution on that side of the ball.
a decade in with a defensive head coach and a ton of premium resources there….
DE first rounder resigned for big money, DT first resigned for big money, bosa, lb resigned for big money behind then…
just absolute worst case scenario to get carved like that
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17 minutes ago, BananaB said:
What about the jump balls and contested throws? Watching him seems a lot of those plays the ball is hitting the ground. That’s what Beane said was his strengh. Maybe I’m seeing something different.
the problem is being good at low percentage plays still means low conversion. It puts a real ceiling on you when every play is contested, even if you are better than many-
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19 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I'm not sure misjudging traffic caused by normal business is a legit excuse, but unexpected traffic such as that caused by a major accident is legit.
well, also rarely is a big deal made out of one miss if you are early to the hundreds of other deadlines-
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Is Josh Norman not returning calls after the last time?
tell him we won’t be seeing Derrick Henry again this year
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8 hours ago, PauleeeWalnuts said:
“Dear Lord” all you want sunshine, he’s over 200 yards from scrimmage two weeks in a row and we can’t stop the run. You act like this team can’t lose to Carolina 🙄
we can lose to all 31 out there.
We should still win that game like 85% of the time if not more.
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1 hour ago, PauleeeWalnuts said:
So does Rico Dowdel
yea Bryce and Rico are intimidating….
dear lord…
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3 hours ago, Kwai San said:
I would venture a very few select people can do that, stop the TailSpin. The NFL and heck all sports have shown that to be true.
AAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL that cash they just threw into Tua too......wow and wow.
the problem is Tua is a big part of the tail spin. That was one of the moments to restart the engines but instead the steered harder into it3 hours ago, Kwai San said:I would venture a very few select people can do that, stop the TailSpin. The NFL and heck all sports have shown that to be true.
AAAALLLLLLLLLLLLL that cash they just threw into Tua too......wow and wow.
the problem is Tua is a big part of the tail spin. That was one of the moments to restart the engines but instead the steered harder into it-
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18 hours ago, bills6969 said:
He doesn’t really seem to be drunk. He’s not stumbling too much. I think he was having some sort of manic episode or there some weird backstory on this confrontation that we aren’t aware of.
might be a lil booze and pills action.
from what we know it’s almost certainly inebriation I think
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18 minutes ago, folz said:
I think you have things a bit backwards or are thinking back too much to last year.
The Bills are currently 10th in receiving yards and tied for 6th in receiving TDs. They are 3rd in 20+-yard passing plays. It's not as bad as some of you guys think. Our offense has been very good except for the 2nd quarter of the Saints game and the first half vs. the Pats.
The Bills defense is currently 2nd in the league against the pass (yes, some of that has to do with our poor rush defense, but I don't think you can totally discount a 2nd-place ranking). The Bills are 9th in the league in yards allowed/14th in points allowed. The problem thus far has been the run defense, not the pass defense.
And as far as the pass rush, the Bills are tied for 5th in sacks (though there are ties in front of us as well, basically, 8 teams have more sacks than the Bills). The Bills are currently 2nd in QB hurries, 3rd in QB pressures, and 2nd in QB pressure percentage. So, I'm not sure what games you are watching if you think our pass rush has been "missing".
And yes, the secondary is still a bit rough. But Cole is improving each week and Hairston will be back (and hopefully ready to take over). Benford and Johnson are both very good players, and Rapp is at least solid. As far as fixing the run defense, we have Oliver, Hoect, and Ogunjobi coming back and the young guys should get at least marginally better as the year progresses (Walker, Sanders, Jackson).
And let Kraft, Diggs, and the Pats fans gloat. They won the battle, but they will lose the war. The season is a marathon, not a sprint. We have loftier goals than beating a division rival in week 5.
counter: the teams we beat are a combined 3-17 right now and we have had tough stretches against severalour pass defense has baked in games against rattler and fields
again, I don’t think we are a train wreck but I am nervous about Rousseau or Coleman needing to make one big play. I do like the addition of bosa which I praise early and often… but it’s risky.
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9 hours ago, 2003Contenders said:
The funny thing is that PI may have inadvertently saved the day if whatever Patriots fan who was running the clock hadn't screwed the Bills over.
When that play was over there were 4 seconds on the clock. Say an incompletion there rather than the PI, the Pats would have undoubtedly kicked the FG there to end the half. Instead with the ball at the 1, they elected to try to score a quick TD. When the ball fell incomplete on that risky play that should have been the end of the half -- and the Pats would (and should) have felt deflated coming away with no points there. Instead, there was somehow 1 second left, which allowed them to kick that field goal. I am not sure I have EVER seen a play that took less than 3 seconds off the clock!
I suspect the patriots data team has more experience monitoring that and had the 4 second threshold set based on data and not whimsy7 hours ago, TheBrownBear said:Hate to say it, but everyone is likely to get their wish soon. Given Tre's age, history and heavy usage it's only a matter of time before he breaks down again.
yeah, what's the deal with Rapp? He was never great, but at least he used to fly around and hit aggressively. He flat out stinks now.
tnat said, he’s injured fewer teammates toowhats the net gain/loss on him being a little softer but us being healthier?
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49 minutes ago, Low Positive said:
There is some truth to that, but we all also suffer from BBFS. And part of that is undervaluing our own players and overvaluing other teams players. Take a player like Ed Oliver. If the Bills had never drafted him and he was a Raven, half this board would get a warning from @simon in a non-Bills game thread for asking "why can't the Bills have a player like that?" every time he made a play. But put a Bills helmet on him, and everyone thinks he is average at best. All of those feelings used to be valid because for almost 20 years, this franchise felt like a joke. We hired guys like Buddy Nix, and we go fed "cash to the cap," and had guys retire at halftime. We had a coach quit! Not retire, but outright quit!. That never happens. Guys like Drew Bledsoe, Marshawn Lynch, and Stephon Gilmore couldn't wait to get out of this backwater on the fringes of the league. Now, this is a well-run NFL franchise that players want to play for. But that perception of ineptness is set in stone for most of us. It's hard to get past. Sorry for all the philosophizing, but I have been thinking about this lately when I realize that my non-Bills fan friends have a much better opinion of Beane and McDermott than I do.
BTW, the Bengals fans I know would trade their all-world WRs for our OL in a second. Sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the team is pretty good in the trenches, and that goes a long way in determining games.
alongside that I think plenty of folks see a highlight reel and catch weird commentstheres a world where a Carolina fan woke up to see Coleman stats post-Baltimore, heard him referred to effusively early in the Miami game as a stud game changing weapon and then saw he scored a TD this week and probably thinks he’s much better than he is
watching a single team for 60 mins every week gives a whole different view than casually keeping up from afar
that said though many of us do follow our in market teams pretty closely and get more of those perspectives
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9 hours ago, billsfan89 said:
This seems like a reach to me. The Bills defense did force a longer field goal and the Bills defense shouldn't have been in that situation had the offense not turned the ball over 3 times.
Hell I’d like to be up 14 at the end but sometimes it’s a close game-
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10 minutes ago, Success said:
We played our worst game of the season, turned the ball over 3x, and faced some....what shall we call it...."overactive officiating?"
One less turnover, or a different ref crew - and it's a good bet we're the last undefeated team in the league.
I feel like we need an AR "R-E-L-A-X" or something. We have some needs for sure, but we also have some guys coming back, and 2 guys coming who haven't even seen the field yet. I'd agree that the secondary is a concern right NOW, but either Hairston or Strong back will help quite a bit.
And I expect a move or 2 by the deadline. But it's not like we're in a dire situation here. Remember KC's season last year? They won something like 11 games by a play or 2. There was a ton of hand-wringing there, and they still made it to the SB.
I still think this is the best team in the AFC, by a somewhat comfortable margin.
I think there’s a, not totally undeserved, feeling that we have a qb that makes us a contender annually but the rest doesn’t always measure up.
while the Trent and fitz teams that started hot were fools gold for wild card contention, this one feels a bit like that for the Super Bowl.
in a league where you pass and stop the passer we are missing a secondary and a pass rush, as well as pass catchers.
I’ll admit I think we overachieved last year a bit and outside of bosa we didn’t add a lot of new to the cupboard. Bosa might really help one of those 3 phases- maybe even 2 by taking stress off the secondary
none of that to say we are some 6 win fraud… but that I’m also not buying the if we beat New England we are the last undefeated and those question marks disappear.
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1 minute ago, gobills404 said:
Maybe, but personally the thought “if only our passing game had been better” never crossed my mind after losing the AFCCG last year.
Ignoring whether or not you thought of itwhat do you think would happen if Keon Coleman suddenly played like a top ten WR that could punish teams deep?
no worthy is too small or legette or DK debate… simply Keon steps in and plays like an elite wr.
does our run game improve?
does our defense look better with a lead?
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4 hours ago, gobills404 said:
The run game got stifled, we turned the ball over 3 times, but “everybody eats” is the issue? I don’t get it.
we have the best car at the trackmaybe the best driver in the history of racing
and our lack of a WR1 is a resistor plate ensuring that we can’t pull away from the pack
there is a chance that Keon Coleman becoming a number 1 or not during this rookie contract will be the difference between multiple rings vs never reaching the big gene7 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:Again, who said “Cooper is the only difference?” I certainly didn’t say that.
Intuitively, I feel like Alec Anderson played some valuable snaps. However, I have never looked at the data to confirm or deny if that was the truth or just what I “feel.” I don’t put much stock into perception when there’s data that is fact.
The games Cooper played weren’t all consecutive. The numbers that I provided were from the games he played not the last 8. Those aren’t interchangeable. If you choose to pretend that his presence didn’t have ANY impact (which is what it seems like you’re doing) please supply some data to support that. We have established that they threw way more and scored way more with him. If you’re saying that he wasn’t a factor, please share some data that made them better when he wasn’t dressed. I’ll be open minded but not going to buy into “that’s how I feel.” I’d like to see some data supporting that.
If nothing else, I think opposing teams had to respect his nameplate and any given week could click
also think it sent a message to the team about expectations
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14 minutes ago, RiotAct said:
let he who has NOT stabbed a truck driver simply trying to pick up some used restaurant grease cast the first stone, I always say!
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48 minutes ago, Just Jack said:
Want someone different? Here's who to write/call. They are the ones deciding on who does the halftime show, with the NFL's approval.
it remains interesting to me that jayz received so much leash with what amounts to only a slice of the industry.
not a knock on him or rap music- heck, I went to his show last time he was in town… and rap has a large slice of the market right now…. But even within rap, there are those in and out of his clique.
it’s cliche to say Metallica but in a Bay Area game it could’ve been interesting. You probably couldve also written a script for some sort of west coast punk mash up of Green Day and/or blink…. A call back to Green Day’s Katrina set would’ve been nostalgic.
honestly, post Malone as a genre bending nfl fan was one I’ve had circled that could’ve been pretty interesting - could’ve dropped everything from rap to country and had Dave group drum on a nirvana cover in between
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38 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Let me ask you this...
Who are you bringing in to replace Sean McDermott?
Week 5 of the season, no one. I think you need to see the landscape in a few months.
in recent years I’ve said I’d make the move for Payton or harbaugh.
I don’t know how I feel about the idea of Brady, as I think this far into the current regime you may not want ghosts lingering in the halls. Though he’s the type of guy I’d be eager to see.
I’m not huge on kingsbury but do have some of that “what, will he only win 11-12 games?” sentiment about him. As long as Josh is upright we aren’t going 6-11 or anything.
Monken kind of similar in my thoughts, though very different profiles between these two.
call me wild but even the kubiak brothers could be an interesting hc/oc pair
the thing is I don’t know any of that makes us better but I really don’t think it makes us worse and at some point we have to see if a move makes us better
14 minutes ago, HappyDays said:I'd be more in favor of a retread because the clock is ticking and we don't have time for someone learning on the job. Vrabel to me was the perfect candidate but too late for that. If Cleveland fires Stefanski that would be by #1 pick and he can bring Schwartz with him. Brian Flores would intrigue me, perhaps paired with Mike McDaniel as the OC. After that it's Kliff Kingsbury and Vance Joseph as former head coaches that have since had successful stints as coordinators although I'm not gonna say I feel especially confident in either of them. At a certain point though it just has to be time to try something different and Allen entering his 30s seems like the obvious threshold if the current regime can't get it done.
Seems we aren’t far offi avoided the DC options, but honestly if we might be rounding the post on Allen’s career, I’m becoming less worried about successful OCs being poached if we hire a defensive guy with a great OC penciled in. Only so many years left
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2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I think Sean McDermott is 100% a better Coach than Mike Tomlin or the Ravens harbaugh
And I have been adamant about that for years
McDermott in football situations our coaches those two and everybody thinks they're at least solid coaches
oh I tend to agree here but my point was if that’s the risk of pulling the plug and getting a new voice in the teams head…. There’s not a whole lot of downside and just maybe it clicks for the building?
so many posters act like there’s a risk of missing the playoffs for 20 years if we lose McDermott. The reality is even with a “miss” we likely win the division, and then what, lose to KC by 10 instead of 5? I think we are to the point of just needing to try something new if we don’t materially breakthrough this year.
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1 hour ago, sullim4 said:
The Dolphins have a situation where I feel like they could make an in-season coaching move to an interim guy. It's clear McDaniel is not the long term answer and with Hill out... there's very little hope they can turn it around to make the playoffs.
Might as well shake it up, see how the players react, and gauge who you want to keep for next year. Meanwhile you give someone a 10-ish game interview to see how they handle things.
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4 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Considering we have more wins then 28 out of 32 teams in the NFL over the last four five six years I'm pretty sure we win lol
If you're just talking about a super bowl.. well guess what 31 teams are upset at the end of every season
Everybody said the same thing about Andy Reid in Philadelphia that he was a choke artist who couldn't win the big game.. guess what Andy Reid still could have won super bowls in Philadelphia
Over and out
let’s see if mcd goes and finds his next great qb and makes us regret it.
I’ll challenge you this- pick like 10 middle of the pack coaches… say Dan Quinn, Mike Macdonald, Tomlin, Stefanski, Mike McDaniel and demeco Ryans types…. How much worse do you really think this team is?
if we are talking 3 fewer wins in 5 years - then who really cares about hanging on for dear life because it could be worse.
call me crazy but I’d have loved to see what Sean Payton or Harbaugh would do with Josh Allen, and I’d risk accidentally getting an average coaching performance to see if we could get an exceptional one.
12 minutes ago, Paup 1995MVP said:Of course McDermott is better than Mike McDaniel. And he is better then Josh McDaniels too. But that means beans at this point.
honestly, you trade Tua for Josh and you might not even be that confident in that-
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2 hours ago, Low Positive said:
But you don't see those guys because they are on practice squads. They usually don't see the field much, even if they get called up. The guys that we keep cycling through here are end of the roster players. None of these guys even played on Sunday. You know who did play? Rookie Dione Walker (started and got 60% of defensive snaps) and Zion Logue and Phidarian Mathis, two practice squad players that the Bills had no prior connection to. That doesn't fit the narrative of this thread at all.
boss, I’m a season ticket holder of a non-bills team even. I promise I follow other teams pretty closely. And it’s my impression that we do more of the Hyde/poyer retirement tour coaching kickoffs than maybe any team in the league.
once you normalize for that I do think we also keep a deeper bench of non practice -practice squad guys, ala Spector, instead of rummaging in others closets.
yea, every team has a couple. It feels like we have a few more and then we layer another couple that can’t play on top of that.
46 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:
What?Theyre near the top of the league in cash spending for players.
frankly with the salary floor, outside ebbs and flows with big bonuses and dead money, everyone’s spending about the same
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yea Josh really whipped it into a pocket there