Bleeding Bills Blue

Yeah - playing to not get hurt and not screw up. Not exactly the mentality of a leader, or a playmaker.

It's like the madden franchise. I was never going to play out year 3 anyway.

Patricia is going to need a miracle to save his job. I think they're going to keep Fangio another year though. He's legit on the 3rd QB this year, and they're missing casey, bouye, miller, barron, sutton all on IR. I'm not sure how good Buffalo would be doing with Allen, Oliver, White, Diggs, and Milano out for all the games.

Bad spot. And i don't know that you get the first down, so you can't challenge it.

Of the possibles in like Houston, Atlanta, NYJ, Detroit... NYJ is probably the least like wanted job out there.

He's been injured a lot, he still throws the fastball but man he has some misses. I think a slower release and just - no chemistry with anyone on the field (oline, wide receivers, etc.) is making him look even worse.

Chiefs, Ravens, Steelers.. That was a tough slate. But losing at home to Minnesota, with a tough remaining schedule? It's not gonna be easy for them the rest of the way.

Loved the mckenzie call though.

Missing the xp made me feel like it was karma for the dumb call to kick it.

He's been able to harm man coverage in the air more than with his legs this year - in the past that wasn't the case.

Threw it about 60 yards and gave his guy a chance. If he throws it 70 yards and into the turf it doesn't really matter. I just think timing and accuracy 60 yards down the field are tougher to judge. He's not wilson... yet

From what I remember its a win probability thing. If u score the 2 tds and kick xps, u cannot win the game. Going for 2 the first time gives u a 6 pt deficit, this gives u a chance to win the game. If u go for 2 the 2nd time, u lose if u don't get it. If u don't get it the first time u just have to try and get it again - which is the same basic coin flip as the first one. And if you make it on the first attempt, you would kick to win. 2 XPs gives u a 0 percent chance of victory on 2 possessions.

Agree. Conservative calls could've put buffalo up 17 late.

Couple of forced fumbles, big 4th down stop, held them to FGs when it mattered. They were better than they have been. Hopefully this helps them get some swagger back.

*5/5 targets.

All that stuff messes up run fits, you also have the element of a very heavy PA/screen offense that puts the DBs and LBs on their heels.

They have updated rosters in previous maddens - you can download peoples custom ones online. It's a pain in the ass, but i can get madden 18 or whatever for probably like 4 bucks. I heard the gameplay in this one was tremendously mediocre and glitchy too.

History was against him. Prospects with his skills went much later and did much less. Even against 2nd rate competition his numbers weren't great. If he had a Wentz or McNair final year people might have bought in more. Basically he was favre like 30 years later, when spread system guys are putting up 50 TDs. Hard to project.

After that week all i can think is we need a real investment in the big nickel player. And we'll probably need another corner. TEs in the draft never do much in year 1 it seems.

You can do that like - now in hindsight. But to throw Dodson out there as a nickel corner with no practice probably wouldve had a similar result. You can make it a sub package sure - But now you're likely limited in coverages you can run as well. Man is basically out unless you think one of those LBs can run with Kupp. They were making adjustments based on where our guys were lining up on the LOS etc. We really needed a 12th man to screw with them a bit.

A greg roman offense is really built around running. Its a ton of formations, ton of looks, ton of plays. But the things i always noticed: 1 run to get in makeable down and distance. Athletic QBs work in that they can add a read to rushing plays. 2 condensed formations - easier to block for runs, plays work from either hash, outside man can still head to the boundaries 3 don't turn it over, sacks are better 4 vertical routes are run constantly to force teams to keep safeties back - thus opening up the run game again. You have to take the vertical shots at times since an 8 man box is almost asking to get attacked downfield. 5 A lot of the passing game is timing - out routes, hitches, comebacks - the ball is out before the receiver has even turned. So for those saying - he needs weapons... They drafted speed in duvernay and have brown, they have 3 backs so they can gash you with fresh legs. They have a boundary weapon in Andrews. A top level offensive line with stanley and brown. Only thing i think they could use is a better WR who can run more precise routes - but again, they have to have speed to be a good fit there.

For sure - but the twitter trolls who constantly criticize allen for ball placement didn't have anything to say there. The blame went to andrews only.

Ford got his ass kicked in the passing game. Morse helped him here and there and sometimes that still wasn't enough. Allen is pretty good at shaking that free rusher. This worked quite a few times as allen was able to maneuver around and buy time.

Vicks best year was with Reid oddly enough. Built a structure around him - improv will happen, but scheme to the players strengths. Note - buffalo brought in dennison to run a west coast zone rushing offense... with a QB who holds the ball and a power offensive line. People were like andrews dropped that 2nd TD and all i was thinknig was... thats a TOUGH catch.

Yeah - if the chiefs defenders could catch he may have a couple picks too. I also think the chiefs not passing on 3rd or 4th and 1 was a big miss. The ravens cannot stop your pass game, get the first.