Bleeding Bills Blue

I think they were both muffed punts. Maybe they'll use Toney as a returner, don't really need much practice to contribute right away in that role.

Yeah, and Toney has lit it up...

Yeah, put me in the anti-dome group for a few reasons The lighting always seems off on TV, its like basement lighting vs. outdoor lighting. Buffalo can't host a super bowl so its hard to justify additional expenses of that magnitude when it likely does nothing to increase revenue It doesn't seem like it makes sense to build a dome in OP, and the infrastructure doesn't exist to do it downtown anywhere Football should be played outdoors

Combination with playcalling- they run the ball too much and not particularly effectively. Not enough first down passing, not enough play action. 1st down? they're looking to run. 3rd and short? run. It's so predictable. Teams load the box and they still run. As for the WRs - watching like 3 denver games this year I'm not a big fan. I know Wilson missed a few reads - but on other ones no one is open, then he scrambles, and still no one is open. Sutton is a good player, but he's basically parker (or Metcalf lite - not as fast or physical) so you're a bit limited in what you can do with him. Nothing at the TE position. Jeudy and Hamler are supposed to be fast route running options and i just never see them making plays. The coordinator/coach doesn't know how to scheme up anything either. I know Hacketts likely to get fired, hes terrible at gameday management so why even hire a seasoned coordinator - just start fresh. My guess is Sean Payton, they're going to want someone with HC experience to try and get the team together around Wilson. And they will pay a lot of money to do so.

Between FA and injuries they are a shell of their previous oline. Same with the rams. It gets better over the year as the new guys seem to gel so those are a couple teams that i think improve in the NFC as the season progresses. Between FA and injuries they are a shell of their previous oline. Same with the rams. It gets better over the year as the new guys seem to gel so those are a couple teams that i think improve in the NFC as the season progresses.

Very true. If WRs are what is killing your offense its a no brainer. The problem is... Denver's WRs are killing their offense and he is one of them.

A couple of my friends who i've watched games with are just miserable the entire time. Zack moss has a 1 yard carry and they lose it for 10 minutes - "Terrible playcalling" "Moss is terrible" "the line sucks" "were going to lose this game". By the time hes done he doesn't realize were all high fiving because we scored. I get it to an extent? But i have to be like, they are trying to get another guy going at RB be it cook or moss - they'd like DS to be healthy and 100% for playoffs. I was sitting in front of a guy who was complaining about allen the entire time - during a blowout win against pittsburgh. My buddy literally said "do you even like this team? why are you here?".

I'm open to Chubb if it sends out another contract - the only one they'd probably want is AJ or Boogie though. As for any of their WRs - its clear to me that none of them are worth what the ask likely is.

He was supposed to be this great route runner who's always open, with the best hands in his class. He never is. He drops balls. Isn't a deep threat despite his 40 time. Full guarantee for year 4 which is reasonable, but then you basically have to dump him to UFA because there is 0 chance you give that guy a 5th year option. Chubb is also... a good player?

Right - when a guy comes in unblocked... Is it the center for setting incorrect protection? Did someone miss their assignment or call? Did the QB mis-read the blitz, or not know that guy was the hot?

I think the patriots offense at this juncture is probably still better than the jets with the recent injuries. The Jets defense seems to be playing really well though, and whether Bill likes it or not, teams seem to give NE their best shot lately.

Quinn has some money tied to him that buffalo could not have accomondated without sending salary back.

One more week and i think they have to bring him back to the active roster. Either someones getting cut or someone is getting put on IR for a few weeks.

Yeah - what are we losing without Hyde? I dunno, tackling ability, ball skills, experience... general skill.

Perhaps - but by how much? Jonnu Smith makes 12.5 AAV, same with Hunter Henry. Evan Engram got 9M AAV. Will Dissly got 8M AAV. Gesicki and Schulz are both UFAs after this year and both probably are in that same realm. Statistically he doesn't jump off the paper this year - a couple of leg injuries probably don't help there. Needs to get more involved in the red zone, and i think playcalling will trend in that direction over the course of the season. Target share wise - Running back targets are up from 15.4% to 22.1% this year. TE targets are at 12.8% vs 13.3% a year ago. Diggs target share is up this year as well from 26.3 to 27.7% (Continuing on the same rate of about 39 PAs per game, Diggs is on pace for 183 targets which approaches Kupp territory). My thoughts? It's early in the season, and largely a fluid situation. We're using the backs more because teams are letting us do it.

haha They run on first probably 60% of the time. Depending on how that goes they might have to pass twice. Or pass then get stuffed on 3rd and 2. There's a lot of ways to be bad 🙂

They're running that old marrone offense too much. Run-Run-Pass-Punt

We're up almost a full yard per completion on YAC this season actually. One thing i notice about the good YAC teams is how much they design good YAC plays. We run a few here and there, mostly when we're seeing a blitz package. But they run weird rub routes and stuff to get Kelce open, and even position their guys to block after the catch.

Play actions and boot action on early downs would go a LONG way. They seem to run it on 1st down too much. Adam Gase spun the Manning MVP into 2 HC jobs.

Makes sense - they panic bought in on Wilson. I think the big issue i see there, aside from Wilsons contract and general performance, is: Jeudy is not good. Hamler is not good. Sutton is Davante parker and they just gave him a big extension. Patrick is hurt. They need a new coach but man, everyone expected them all to improve with Wilson and watching them they are just so bad.

I always thought he was a good man corner. For whatever reason he couldn't hang with Diggs, few really can. Diggs struggled a ton with ward at KC (he's pretty grabby). Yeah, long road ahead, but he got a big guarantee so at least it didn't happen on his rookie deal or RFA tender last year.

Comparing him to Levi Wallace is insane. Wallace was trash in man coverage and has 7 career INTs and 34 PDs in 55 starts. Jackson had 25 INTs and 55 PDs. Malcolm butler played 3 seasons in Tenn, and I wouldn't say he was inherently bad. His numbers were never really that impressive in NE either - he was made famous by a play he made in the super bowl. I'd say Logan Ryan but Tennessee changed his position when they brought him in so... there's somewhat of a tough learning curve there.

Yeah, he was not having a good season. At the end of the day though, this team has missed Bosa. They don't get enough pressure, and even after spending a ton in FA (and draft picks) they still can't stop the run. Murray and Tillery were 1st rounders and neither has been very good. Tranquill was a later pick but he doesn't impress me. Van Noy isn't good anymore. Then you have the higher priced guys like Jackson, Joseph, Johnson added. And they literally aren't any better at stopping the run.

I always thought Jackson was pretty good. He struggled a lot against Diggs, but to call the system in NE "CB Friendly" isn't really true. He also had 25 INTs in 4 seasons, as a UDFA. He started playing in the slot, moved outside, replaced Gilmore. To chase the money after a 3yr UDFA contract, and a 4th year as an RFA? Don't blame him in the slightest. Good for him.

I'm not offering much. It's moss and a 5th for gibson and a 6th or something like that. We have the cardinals 5th as well. The fumbling issue is a big problem, and there sounds to be freelancing issues with regards to play execution. He aint CMC, and It's a buy low type of situation.