Bleeding Bills Blue

Offense needs to stop giving the ball away. 6 turnovers in 3 weeks. KC has 1. Patriots have 3 but 1 was a backup QB, and another a muffed punt in a 30-0 game.

Yeah - no run game and a rookie QB against Belichick. Recipe for failure.

This is a very tough matchup. Their defense is going to play physical, and they have linebackers that can hang with our backs in man coverage. Space will be limited, and they won't let Allen run. They are very smart with their rush depth so they don't create running lanes. Honestly - this is a game made for deep shots. Until we hit them deep they'll be comfortable in man coverage - if we can force them to play to stop that... we have a shot.

We beat Brisset who i believe was injured, with Edelman as the emergency QB. They knew they were getting Brady back in a week and didn't want to fiddle with the roster. We beat Brady/Garoppolo in a meaningless week 17 game that put Marrone at 9-7 (saint doug) Last win over brady was with Chan in 2011. Before that it was Gregg Williams team in 2003. Not sure how Buffalo wont this one either - this roster was awful. Stevie, Donald jones, and David nelson? Was the GM allergic to using any draft capital to improve our pass catchers? Don't worry - we got CJ spiller to replace Fred Jackson for some reason. Erik Pears and Chad Rinehart? Gross. Mularkey never won one, and I'd say the Ryan and Marrone wins have Asterisks. We beat them one time with Brady in and stakes... since 2003. NE is our daddy til we prove otherwise.

He called a draw play on 4th and 9...

I think his year is probably done at this point. He trashed every aspect of the steelers on his way out. Coaching, Management, Big Ben, JuJu for some reason. Then he goes to the raiders, has some weird helmet drama... Barely practices... then gets into it with coaching and management AGAIN. NE takes a chance on him because its like hey - his agent put out feelers when he originally left Pitt. He's a good player... lets do it! Then there's a rape accusation, a 2nd accusation, a weird texting... threat or whatever. In what? 2 weeks?! Who wants to bring a clown show to their team at this point?

He wouldn't count in the formula - either his contract is void, or he was released while under contract.

He's been saying and doing the right things - I know he's probably on his last strike from a league and patriots perspective. He's never been like... trashing his teams in social media, or trashing his QB, or trashing management. He legit has a substance abuse problem, has struggled a lot, and seems to have turned it around. It's more of a trust thing than like, a distraction really.

I'd take that 90K. If it's earned in florida does he need to pay state income tax? Who cares on the cap hits - he's going to have to pay anything he received back. Guy can't get out of his own way.

Yeah - i think there was a knox drop on what wouldve been a first down. Great ball IIRC. Another drive got messed up with a false start

Not to mention - he might be really good. Who knows!?

Didn't Allen fumble on that sack but they blew it dead? Then they returned it to basically the location of that fumble. On my phone otherwise I'd check

Whats the point of a settlement? If you want the space on the roster put him on IR - but why give him a settlement? If he gets healthy and is a better player i'd rather have him. Are the Tampa TE's even available for trade?

How about a diagnosis before we cut him?

Sack-fumble-TD

2 drives had penalties, 3 rushes vs. 8 or 9 passes? What makes it seem like the foots off the gas? Drive 1 - Knox drop killed the drive. Drive 2 - Incomplete on 2nd and short on 3rd. Started drive with a false start Drive 3 - False start to start drive, incomplete, sack, short on 3rd.

I think the team will get there. IIRC we had a pick 6 in a similar situation against miami last year. In this one i kind of felt like after the big punt return, and subsequent turnover that it was kind of a get to the locker room with your lead intact and get ready for the 2nd half. I was actually ok with it at the time it occurred in the game. I agree with the Marrone call as well - backup QB, on the road - try and get 2 yards. I don't agree with his actual playcall though - just the decision to go for it.

Considering he's likely the most talented TE we have I'd probably say... don't do that?

Minkah getting traded legit 1 year after getting drafted is bizarre to me. He was picked 11 last year, now you're getting... who knows in 2020? Stills is a #2 receiver - no point paying that guy, and if that helped get you any additional draft comp, good for them. He wasn't even particularly good - let alone someone thats getting you to the promised land. We all know whats going to happen.. it's miami! Splashy draft picks and burn through their considerable cap space to get to 6-10 or something.

And I don't even know if it was smart - They got more time out of Luck, but manning was a beast with denver and helped them win a super bowl (kind of... he wasn't particularly good the year they won)

Remember when buffalo was tanking? Traded Watkins and Darby for gaines/matthews and 2 picks Traded Ragland for a pick Everyone thought it'd be the worst team in the league, and they came out and won in week 1. They even moved dareus midseason for pennies on the dollar.

His Kaepernick offense went to the super bowl and nearly won. It's an offense that works really well with a great defense. Typically a high sack rate but low turnover rate, and a top level rushing attack. Keeps throws to mostly hitches/comebacks and in and out breaking routes, with complimentary go routes. Not a ton of YAC plays but it makes ur QBs reads easy high low reads, uses the sidelines, and uses your QBs athleticism.

His only issue is taking too long to get plays in. Was a problem in San Francisco as well as here. . Mcvays got his guys to the line so he can see what the defense brings and we had tyrod scrambling and clapping his hands to try and get a snap off.

That one was an RPO too so its always a little tricky - you're reading a linebacker on whether to hand off or not, but also need to set your feet and deliver the ball. He didn't set his feet and thus, ball didnt go where he wanted it to.

Nothing at all - i think you typically would prefer to carry 4 active backs when 1 is a fullback only though.