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2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I think he's talking about the actual use on the field of play
Smelling salt have been used for a hundred years lol but typically they were used on the sidelines James Cook is doing it on the field which is why Simon is bringing up the gray area
oh it was, apparently mistakenly, reported they were fully banned. I’ve seen plenty of social posts about suspending cook etc…. Because announcers and writers did not well clarify the change in rule.
I would bet many if not most here think it’s a full ban
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1 minute ago, dorquemada said:
I’ll eat my hat here, not only did I think and say and post repeatedly that I didn’t think we’d see him on the field this year, but he blew me away with his first appearance. He’s going to get better every week. This is a big deal.
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2 hours ago, gobills404 said:
Can’t find the source but I remember seeing a couple weeks ago that the bills run it ~80% of the time when Josh is under center and pass it ~80% of the time when he’s in shotgun which is a huge tell. I also don’t the percentage but I’m sure having multiple tight ends on the field is also a big tell. I think Brady’s philosophy in the run game is “we don’t care if you know we’re gonna run it you’re still getting bulldozed”.
yup.also under center Josh even does the hand signal for which way to run often.
it’s been fine in the run game but I sure would like the defense even a little worried about it in passing plays. We just need every bit we can on that side
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Just now, boyst said:
It was definitely noticeable. Dawkins threw something. Players ran to the kerfuffle.
it looked like a blue hat if looking closely-
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11 minutes ago, buffalo2218 said:
Not sure what Dawkins could have done differently there. Robinson being salty over a bad loss is on him and his team. Dion just did what he got paid to do
not thrown his hat in the guys face after pointing at the scoreboard?hopefully the throw only costs him dollars
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These Philly fumble on the tush push continues to prove the play unable to be officiated
just saying it here
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
He can't play out there. He is much better on exactly that kind of play, facing off coverage, a lot of zone, sit in the space and then catch and run.
imagine if we had a guy pulling people away from him too….really could get fun if we had a boundary guy
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Just now, NoSaint said:
Really hoping to step on the neck immediately instead of slow playing the second half here…
Extend the gap instead of limiting possessions
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Really hoping to step on the neck immediately instead of slow playing the second half here…
Extend the gap instead of limiting possessions
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3 minutes ago, AlCowlingsTaxiService said:
Wondering if he was a transplant candidate?
he was. He publicly posted like 2 weeks ago that his situation was dire and needed to get the transplant asap and asking for help from fans finding one -
8 minutes ago, RiotAct said:
This year?
not sure you are aware but every team gets injuries every year. I’ve heard it’s not a game humans should play-
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3 hours ago, nuklz2594 said:
once LSU Brian Kelly gets canned, Brady gets the hc job. he was oc when they won the natty
lsu boosters LOVE the guy. His name was obviously popular around the saints were he was on Sean Payton’s staff too.
I think that’d be a brinks truck moment in his career and hard to ignore, unless he’s eyeing the Cincinnati job
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42 minutes ago, zow2 said:
I just can’t wait until the moment Diggs’ toxicity shows up in New England. It could start with a reporter he doesn’t like, or maybe not being utilized as he sees fit… but it will emerge and be a fun watch as the Pats navigate it.
You mean pink pills and rumors of cutting him before his first practice?
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24 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
I'm not in the jaguars locker room but if it's mental issues that's just as bad.. we already dealt with guys like Cyrus konjo running naked through the fields and Zay Jones fighting for Jesus because they had mental breakdowns
Who knows what is going on
if it’s that the kid hates tlaw, and isn’t a product of the new regime…. It could be much simpler and about trying to set culture
it’s a rookie head coach. He had his best games with the backup qb”I don’t respect these guys and I’m not letting that loser get me killed- trade me” could be the behind closed doors sentiment that a guy new to leadership may be interested in stepping away from
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4 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:
HOF or bust
I swear to god, if he allows a catch on the first drive I’m burning something down-
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I think managed expectations will be key here
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25 minutes ago, Pete said:
Greg Cosell is one of the great football minds. He is a master of breaking tape, studying players, and offenses. Go to 5:40 of this, and Cosell breaks down what’s wrong with Brady’s cute system. Bills D is ultra easy to defend, no one is scared
im really not confident that McDermott isn’t clipping Brady’s wings someand we know factually that beane has handcuffed him at wr.
At this crossroads, I’m confident that Brady has concepts like deep digs. Are you confident we have the talent and desire to play more vertically?
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2 hours ago, Pete said:
Joe Brady is killing the Bills offense. I can’t wait until he leaves, and when/if we sign an intelligent offensive coordinator who doesn’t design cute plays, but a real pro offense.
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8 hours ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46710612/315k-fines-handed-giants-protocol-violations
Concussion and injury tent protocol violation punishment handed down. I think the league went easy on them. Should have been a larger fine for the team, loss of a mid-round draft pick, and 2 game suspension for Daboll.
I think this is the “is he ok” punishment, not the “you better clear him to play immediately or else” punishmentthis one is acknowledging the red line around the optics not that he was bullying doctors
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1 hour ago, folz said:
I was kind of thinking along the same lines. No question the run defense has been horrible and needs to be fixed (I do think it should get at least somewhat better as the year rolls on), but where/when have they been bad and why.
The Bills actually held the Jets and Pats both below their season team rush averages and Rhamondre Stevenson had his worst showing of the year, while Breece Hall had his 2nd worst showing on the year (though Justin Fields added some yards) vs. the Bills. So, the run defense was pretty good in these games (via very general statistics).
Vs. Miami, the Bills did allow the Phins to top their season average, but the run defense wasn't awful. Achane had only his 4th best showing (of 7 games).
Then there were the other three games:
BAL: Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson both had their best rushing totals on the year. Buffalo gave up 238 yards, more than double Baltimore's season average (of course, Lamar has missed a couple of games now too). The next closest defenses to allow Baltimore a lot of rushing yards were K.C. who gave up 166 rush yards and the LA Rams who gave up 179 rush yards to the Ravens.
NO: Kamara had his second best game of the year vs. the Bills. And Rattler and Kendre Miller both had their best rushing efforts on the year (adding a combined 114 rush yards). Bills allowed the Saints to rush well over their season average for their best production on the year.
ATL: Bijan also had his best game of the year vs. the Bills. He did almost all of the damage for the Falcons. They too had significantly more rushing yards vs. the Bills than their season average. Only one team has allowed more rushing yards to the Falcons than the Bills (Minnesota).
NoSaint does have an interesting point, this by no means excuses the defense (they gave up the yards, they tackled poorly, etc.), but in each of the three games that the run defense got torched, the offense kind of stalled after their first score(s). The 2nd quarter has been a dead zone for the offense this year. In their last three games, they have scored 3 points total (combined) in the 2nd quarter. Over 4 of their games (Bal, NO, All, and NE), they have scored 9 points combined in the 2nd quarter (2.25 points on average):
vs. Baltimore: After scoring their first TD, the Bills offense had 4 possessions with 21 plays over 28:31 minutes of game time and came away with 6 points (2 punts/2 FGs). While over the same span, Baltimore scored 27 points, taking a large lead and being able to just run the ball sitting on the lead.
vs. New Orleans: After two TDs on their first two drives, the Bills offense went cold. They had 4 possessions with 15 plays over 19 minutes of game time and the results were: 0 points---Interception, 2 punts, end of half. This allowed NO to stick around and continue to run the ball.
vs. Atlanta: After an initial TD on their first drive, the Bills offense went 5 possessions with 19 plays, over 22 minutes of game time and came away with 0 points (4 punts and an interception). This allowed Atlanta to take the lead and continue to pound the ball.
So, the offense probably should hold a little blame as well. Complimentary football.
Also, how much of it is just that we struggle with good/big backs (playing nickel/being under-sized): Henry, Robinson, Kamara, Miller.
How much do running QBs weigh in to our issues: Lamar, Rattler, and Fields all got their yards.
How much is defensive personnel and execution (again, under-sized or bad tackling) part of the problem?
Not really coming to any conclusions or solutions here, just trying to take at a broader picture of it. What do you guys think? Could there also be a bit of attitude involved? After a 4-0 start did the Bills think they could kind of coast through the regular season? The whole team looked flat vs. NO, and they couldn't seem to match the Falcons intensity in Atlanta. And those were two of our three poor showings in run defense (and obviously, overall as a team). I don't know, but the bye week couldn't have come at a better time for either some tweaking of scheme and/or personnel and maybe an attitude/intensity adjustment.
appreciate the added context to my simple gut reaction.
honestly, the other (possibly) interesting piece is those couple explosive run plays from Henry and bijan.
the truth is that everything after bishops missed tackle on bijan is some degree of “whatever” yardage.
Whether he missed that tackle 5 yards from the endzone or 500 didn’t change the quality of our defense at all - dude was gone. whether what happened after that moment was an extra 2 ypg on our average or an extra 8 ypg from that single missed tackle has some degree of being inconsequential to me.
we have faced not terrible talents. Many of these teams are best designed to run.
We let them hang and run more than they should strategically.
We have allowed too many jailbreak plays.
And yes, we are not good enough play in and play out
On the bright side, I think that we are just the normal kind of bottom 5 rush defenders, generally, and not worst since games were played in corn fields type of rush defense. I don’t feel like we are stuck in comparisons to dust bowl depression era teams but will just be around the bottom of the 2025 pack
and yes, the drum I’ve beat for quite some time seems to be coming home to roost:
complimentary football for this roster is playing with a lead. pulling out the stops in the first half of games is more important than we talk about. It reflects in a lot of places and it’s why I thought for 2 off seasons getting a receiver that forces the opposition to cover much more green space every play is the biggest priority imaginable. Back up the safeties. It protects Josh’s health, and it lets the defense play one dimensionally in the second half and not worry about anything but rushing the passer.
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35 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Absolutely not looking great.. yet we are getting back players that are going to help improve this defense
Maxwell hairston is going to bring speed to our secondary that we severely lack and hoecht and ogunjobi are going to stiffen up the front
I'm not saying this is going to be a top five defense by January but it should round into form ... This forum doesn't like rapp or Hamlin so now hopefully we insert some speed and they will grow
This defense is severely lacking speed
Poyer will really bring the flash
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Im not saying our defense is good. In fact I’ve been shredding this team… but
Lamar/henry
achane
Kamara
bijan
then the jets/pats aren’t slouches with decent backs and mobile QBs.
the problem being several of those teams don’t rank well in rushing as they are usually playing out of negative scripts and are forced to pass.
instead we invited them all to run on us all game long by letting them hang. Targeting our weakest link with their strongest assets.
it’s just not complimentary football to limit drives and shorten the games with this roster. We need to win 38-27 and have a bad scoring defense that can create a turnover or stop by harassing the passer one dimensionally
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1 hour ago, dave mcbride said:
Why would they ever trade him? They are gunning for a SB and he's a useful tool. Their current offensive production is a tick below last season's, and he's the sort of deep threat who can open things up underneath. Maybe he's still too injured to make that difference, but in that case the Bills should avoid him too.
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7 hours ago, hondo in seattle said:
If you change your head coach, you're probably also changing most of the coaching staff. And you're probably changing either the offensive playbook & scheme, or the defensive playbook & scheme, or both. So I do think it's pretty much a binary choice: Keep McD or blow it up.
Saying firing a head works sometimes is arguing by anecdote and isn't valid. I can give you other anecdotes. For example, after the 49ers fired Harbaugh, they collapsed under Tomsula.
11 head coaches with winning records were fired during the SB era. Only 2 of the teams involved posted a better record in the first two full seasons after the firing. Only 1 team won a SB within 3 years. Firing a winning head coach isn't generally speaking a good idea.
Coach | Team | Record at Firing | Pre-Firing Win % | Post-Firing Win % | Super Bowl Win
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Tony Dungy | Buccaneers | 54–42 (.563) | .563 | .625 | ✅ Yes (2002)
Marty Schottenheimer | Chargers | 47–33 (.588) | .588 | .563 | ❌ No
Jim Harbaugh | 49ers | 44–19–1 (.695) | .695 | .313 | ❌ No
Lovie Smith | Bears | 81–63 (.563) | .563 | .500 | ❌ No
Mike McCarthy | Packers | 125–77–2 (.618) | .618 | .625 | ❌ No
Mike Shanahan | Broncos | 138–86 (.616) | .616 | .438 | ❌ No
Tom Coughlin | Giants | 102–90 (.531) | .531 | .375 | ❌ No
Brian Billick | Ravens | 80–64 (.556) | .556 | .500 | ❌ No
Wade Phillips | Cowboys | 34–22 (.607) | .607 | .500 | ❌ No
Mike Smith | Falcons | 66–46 (.589) | .589 | .438 | ❌ No
Jeff Fisher | Titans | 142–120 (.542) | .542 | .438 | ❌ No
I think there is a big difference in the kaepernick 9ers losing harbaugh and the Allen bills losing McDermottmaybe I’m wrong but I think those are barely comparable
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Bills- Panthers Snap Counts
in The Stadium Wall
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I bet at some point Benford and tre and max were playing together