Bleeding Bills Blue

I would also like to bury them and squash the narrative. Part of me is whatever though - its the NFL... nothing is a given. You can walk up and down the schedule and say win and loss - but stuff happens out of your control. Weather destroys a gameplan, same with an injury. The twitter-verse won't shut up if Miami wins, and all the haters will come out again to say "See, buffalo is overrated" - but legit it doesn't matter 🙂 What I'm trying to say is - take it a game at a time and try not to get too high or low. We lost to the Jags last year, KC was 3-4 at one point, LAR lost 3 straight in the middle of last year. Miami beating buffalo doesn't mean they'll clean up - they could drop a game to detroit, or chicago, or whomever. When you're a young team with a young QB stuff happens. Buffalo is a playoff team, they will be there at the end. Also if we lose this game i'd wager a guess to say buffalo smokes them in round 2 - so tiebreakers don't mean a thing.

They lost roberts so... i'd assume he takes over some return duties if he's active on gamedays.

How much time does Cook need to learn? Buffalo tends to draft for traits. You highlighted everything he struggles with and literally said nothing positive about him. Fast - 4.42 speed, but also it seems like its a fairly sudden speed out of his blocks. Patience - doesn't just blaze right into his blocks Solid hands - mismatch against LBs Cuts - Has the ability to make cuts with speed to gain additional yards I think he's more of an insurance policy for CMC than either hubbard or Foreman regarding skillsets. But those 2 actually have other roles in the offense. They can also use him as a returner a bit. As for Duke - He likely is casing a winner at this point not a 3 week NFL paycheck.

Moss ran one 3rd and 1. Singletary had 16 yards on his first carry, and 5 yards on the next 7 touches. Moss was stuffed twice at the LOS and had a nice 17 yard run. Moss is the "targeted" receiver on the failed 4th and 1. Here's my thoughts on short yardage issues - we played Tennessee who had a top level rush defense in 2021 (2nd in the NFL). 3rd and 2 - Pass to knox (1st down) 3rd and 1 - Run to moss (no gain) 4th and 1 - tried to get cute/late to the line/missed block - really just a terrible play execution all around 3rd and 1 - Allen threw it in the dirt to Kumerow, good throw is probably a first 4th and 1 - False start -Tried to get them to jump Offside but they didn't enter neutral zone 3rd and 1 - False start 4th and 1 - TD to Diggs 3rd and 1 - Incomplete to Knox 4th and 1 - Delay of game trying to get them to jump So we had some good plays there - Knox coming across worked, Kumerow is there that should have been a first, Diggs TD obviously. A couple of them we had penalties but i don't think we were ever snapping on 4th and 1. But Moss is getting a ton of criticism for a single attempt on 3rd and 1. The incomplete to moss was the play where it was deflected as allen was basically getting sacked. I guess he was the receiver there, but i don't think thats how it was drawn up at all.

We pass so much more often that I'd rather have a guy i trust in pass pro than anything else at C.

im shocked no one else on the defensive line heard him. You can just touch the other team and they have to blow the whistle for encroachment.

Zone D. Front 4 pressure. Stout against run in base nickel. Comes down to pressure and getting home a few times or at least keeping allen looking at the rush instead of downfield.

Of the last 11 plays excluding kneel downs - 10 were runs by Cook. They shuffled some of the oline a bit there at the end too. I'm more interested in seeing what he's capable of in spot duty mid-game.

Yep - also Kumerow is not a bad player like everyone seems to think. Good blocker, pulled down a nice deep shot.

I can see Miami making the playoffs and even being one of those teams you don't want to play - i can't see them winning like 12+ games though. Its a long season, they don't run the ball very well (and don't have a QB who can), and the defense is just not very intimidating.

Yeah - There are checks you can make to this formation though. Be it a man-match switch, or a cover 4 palms type of look where the deep safeties and corners pick up whoever ends up in their zone, etc. You can have LBs cover waddle/hill - as long as its for a brief period of time, as you pass them into other zones or follow them on short routes. At the end of the day - pressure plays a big part, as does tackling. Baltimore stunk at both and it cost them.

Neither played the entire game - no excuses for 450+ and 6 TDs though. Baltimore's inability to run the ball in this game is what cost them. Baltimore was like 1 or 2 first downs away from the dolphins having no time to score at the end. 16 RB carries for 36 yards, and 5 rushes for -1 yards in the 4th quarter. Under 4 and they had 1st down in miami territory and they gained 1 yard on 3 plays and needed to cut time out of there. Settling for 3 and the lead is fine - but you needed to take more time off that clock.

2018 - 2-4 (charles clay makes a catch and its 3-3) 2019 - 3-3 (Jets was a meaningless finale) 2020 - 6-0 2021 - 5-1 7-1 against miami with Josh, the defense doesn't appear to have been upgraded much and buffalo outscored them 61-11 last season.

Was like a big 12 game. Wide open WRs left and right.

I think buffalo should be able to take care of business with Miami. They don't seem to have fixed their issues with running the ball- buffalo is rarely caught out of position/beat deep, and they usually tackle fairly well. They've had problems with Hill before but they're looking for front 4 pressure. Their defense doesn't seem very intimidating to me.

Same way they normally do - pressure leading to bad throws/sacks/turnovers. Everything on the back end is a combo of zone/man-match and challenging the catch point.

They ended up using the 3rd... and hteir own 3rd... to trade up in the 1st for a guard. Trading up for a guard is a strange strategy, especially when he hasn't looked to be a particularly good guard yet. Wilson will probably be solid though. Seattle got a corner in the 4th as well.

Yea after the pick it looked like Everett was about to collapse.

If you spend all your defensive scheme taking out a tight end then the rest of your defensive shape falls apart.

The first in 2021 was Alijah Vera-Tucker. They used the extra 3rd rounder (Plus their own 3rd rounder) to move up for him. A lot to give up for a guard and he doesn't seem to be a very good guard at that. Vikings drafted Darrisaw, Mond (who they released), and Wyatt Davis (who they released). New regime clearly didn't see 3rd round value in those guys. Obviously Garrett Wilson is a rookie so who knows. He's both fast and quick, but needs refinement (what rookie WR doesn't). He should be the one to provide the Jets a "win" on this trade. Adams is who everyone thought - a primarily box safety who can tackle well but gets beat in coverage and doesn't have very good coverage instincts. They used him a bit as a blitzer to some success. **WILDCARD** The 4th rounder that the Seahawks got was Coby Bryant, and he appears to be a good fit for that defense and probably starts for them next year. To me it would be hilarious and ironic if the throw in pick became the best player in the entire deal so that's what I'm rooting for 🙂

I dunno, is Kumerow really so bad that we need to worry about who's active and inactive? People will get banged up. Crowder has appeared in 12 or fewer games over the last 4 seasons - and he's another year older. He's pulled his calf or groin (which he pulled in camp btw) basically every year for the last few. If Shakir isn't active much this year? Good news, we had a clean bill of health at WR and he'll be ready to contribute.

I really feel like the only reason Moss got as many snaps as he did, was because of Cook's fumble.

The athletic had a nice piece about his first carry - he cut up field when he should have followed blocks outside. He basically ran into traffic and fumbled. The amount of outside carries in that game made it seem like it was a focus for them to avoid donald by using tosses and off tackle stuff. Cook is probably the best back suited to that, but we saw moss getting those touches even though its not his strong suit.

Agree - punts are blocked a lot less and the field position difference is considerable.

We dressed 4 backs in this one - plus gilliam is a fullback. Draft and preseason or not - the coaching staff feels more comfortable with the vet off the bench for whatever reason. Special teams plays a part, but he's also a big strong dude who has pretty good hands and a plus blocker at the position. There's actually situations where that size can play a part without injuries, while shakir's skills overlap with mckenzie and crowder.