Bleeding Bills Blue

The Giants should have drafted at least 3 more QBs just in case this happened.

He ran a 4.61. He's slow but yeesh thats some disrespect - he's also on the PS for a reason (and its not his hands, which are very good). This isn't a multi-year contract commitment, its dressing for a game or two and maybe playing a few snaps.

This is the truth. When dotson and burks were both gone and williams went far earlier than expected despite likely redshirting this year, it wasn't in the cards. In the 2nd my only wish is we had just gone with offensive line help in the interior. Seeing Doubs succeed with Rodgers makes me hopeful in a way - but at the same time they aren't a very good passing team right now. He's getting more playing time with Watkins out, Watson struggling, and making the most of it too. Hopefully Shakir can do the same as he eases into the offense replacing crowder.

When did Henne win a game with Mahomes out? The playoff game? He had the ball for 3 possessions and they scored 3 points - they were in FG range when he came in btw and he threw a pick. I guess the 4th down play was pretty ballsy with a backup QB but lets not act like the offense was some unstoppable juggernaut with Henne in. 13 WRs taken before cook - and 6 taken before our 1st round pick. We would have been able to get Christian watson in the first, or maybe Pickens? In the 2nd we would have had the choice of these guys: Velus Jones Jr. Jalen Tolbert David Bell Danny Gray Erik Ezukanma Romeo Doubs Calvin Austin Khalil Shakir I suppose we could have moved up in the 2nd - but Skyy Moore is sort of a slot WR anyway and similar to Shakir. Same with Metchie. Tyquan thornton has burner speed but he can't see the field in NE so i can't imagine much of a contribution with buffalo.

I question coverage stats - a LOT. The advanced defense numbers say poyer has allowed 4 completions on 5 targets with a TD for 80% comp% and a 101.7 rating allowed. Yet he somehow has 4 interceptions?

I honestly could see benford moving to safety down the line, or they need to move Dane Jackson (RFA so in line for a raise/offer sheet). It's likely to keep him on the field more as both of our safeties are in their 30s and on the end of contracts. Poyer has no contract for next year (neither does johnson for that matter) and Hyde's on his final year of his deal. Benford's not "too slow" to play cornerback - but he's a good tackler, knows how to make plays on the ball in zone, and has the size to play there. I think Jacksons possibly a little too small for that switch, and elam was brought in with excellent speed to improve our ability to play more man coverage.

Any time passes are deflected its sort of hard to react, and it seemed to get deflected just past his hands instead of into him for whatever reason. He had a clutch catch in the 4th quarter so... i think we can forgive him 🙂

I assume they IR crowder today and make some kind of roster move - we already needed to make room for Tre. Stevenson on IR probably means he's next man up to active roster.

Can we not confuse fantasy stats with real life? The "already has 15 receptions and 27 targets" is not a good stat for actual football. It's good for fantasy though - he gets targets meaning PPR. However, he's a running back securing 55% of targets, where 90% of them occur at the LOS. He has 5 recorded drops in 4 games, and also lost a fumble. Let's not act like we wouldn't be frustrated as hell with all of that. I'm sure he's played fine - just not sure he is the answer to all that ails this team.

I'm not trading for Beasley. He was drama when he was here a year ago, and he wasn't even good. I'd rather just role with shakir and mckenzie in the slot. Add Hodgins for a week or two as boundary depth if kumerow can't go.

We're banged up - but thats why you have practice squad players. Davis Kumerow and McKenzie will all play this season - we don't need to trade picks for players at this point. Stevenson is eligible to come back at some point which adds a vertical element that the offense doesn't have, and they have hodgins and austin on the PS if needed at any point. One guy is gone for the year at this point - and he was probably our least productive one so far.

Result was never in doubt - I got drunk and watched the Mighty ducks on saturday night. Never say die.

I think the difference with a vet like Tre is when he reads the play and gets the turnover. The stars see things on film everyone else does, and know how to freelance correctly to make a big play. You want flexibility to play man and blitz at times as well.

I'd say its a symptom of our issues along the interior offensive line. Saffold hasn't been good. Morse isn't a good run blocker. Bates hasn't been good, and isn't a good run blocker. Inside zone is not hard to do out of any formation for a back - its either follow, cut, bounce. That is it. I'm not seeing the backs doing the wrong thing here. I'm seeing them never even get to plant their foot in the grass to make a decision.

Kumerow is fine - he has pretty good hands, is huge, pretty athletic and is a good blocker. Find a team who's #6 WR is a polished dynamic superstar... One is probably a PS add - I'm curious who they add to the actual 53 when they IR crowder.

When is Stevenson potentially back?

On 3rd and 1 he was hit 3 yards behind the LOS... what is he gonna do there? That's been happening constantly regardless of the back out there. So not sure if its bad plays, bad calls, bad checks... whatever. We have an absurd amount of wasted plays that gain nothing.

We're gonna need Moss this season before its all said and done. Same with Cook. Right now its the singletary show, but its a long year and you want him healthy for the games that matter.

Multiple 3rd and 1s. Multiple completely blown up plays when we try and go jumbo/heavy. I don't know of a back who can make anything happen when his lineman is in his lap by the time he gets the ball. The big one in this one was... about as lucky a play as you will see. There was a 3rd and 8 blitz where I'm not sure what we were doing but almost half their team was open. Moss usage is so strange - they're starting to use motor more as an every down guy, but you really don't want that for a full season. On the road in a big game, sure - but whatever we're calling playcall wise with moss on the field is just dumb. I'm sure they are RPOs or something but shotgun runs up the middle are just wasted plays at this point. Gotta get away from the wasted run plays - and use the run game to get us into more manageable 3rd downs.

He was great with wilson scrambles and always seemed to make some clutch plays. Allen scrambles a lot and I'm looking for that guy who always finds the open grass and makes plays.

I'm hoping Shakir can be our version of Doug Baldwin.

Shady was a solid trade too.

Beasley wasn't a very effective player last year. He could still get open but there was just not much there from a YAC perspective. He started to see his snap counts go down as the year went on and they preferred using Mckenzie and Singletary as safety valves a bit more.

No watt is a killer to their pass rush defensively. Their last 3 games have been against NE, CLE, and NYJ - 3 of the worst passing offenses in football. I expect buffalo to put a hurting on this unit on Sunday. Offensively they'll have a rookie making his first start. They also have a pretty trash offensive line. We should cause some issues for him.

With Kumerow still out - and Davis banged up... i may call hodgins. Shakir and Mckenzie as the slot guys.