[1/16/21 Divisional Round Playoff Bills vs. Ravens PreGame Thread]

🦬🏈🦬🏈🦬🏈🦬🏈

 

Josh, Diggs, Beas and prime time!!!!!!!!

[Bills fans get free car wash in Dallas and Denver]

2 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

 

Are you a Mark VII salesman???? 😃 

[Why do I get the feeling our defense plays it’s best game of the season tomorrow?]

Because for the past six weeks they’ve been playing extremely well, unlike the beginning of the year?

 

Year long stats are for schmucks. Look at the recent past: the Bills are primed to win this game. 
 

Go Bills!!!! 🦬🏈

[Emotional attachment to Bills - perspective welcomed]

Seek help immediately. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just kidding! Glad you’re a part of Bills Mafia. These feelings subside with a shot of Allen and a chaser of Diggs. 😃 

[Unfinished. Business.]

 

 

 

Or.......what KB said. 😃 

[Chris Simms interviews Josh Allen on his latest Unbuttoned podcast -- good stuff]

This is a great watch. Josh is comfortable (other than when he can’t remember the acronym)...little brain fart there but other than that, he was rock solid. 
 

He delved in to some plays and decisions with great detail and it speaks volumes to his progression. Franchise QB. Just phenomenal...and a great kid. 

[‘Did You Know’ thread about the Bills]

Did you know Takeo Spikes first name means ‘Warrior’? He also has a really good podcast now called ‘Behind the Mask’. 

[Steelers Fire OC Randy Fichtner]

4 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

This is what is worrisome about the huge contracts top flight qb’s must get. Once they lose top flight status the team is in cap jail. 

Depends how they’re structured, but I hear you. 

[Key to beating the Ravens- beating the blitz]

30 minutes ago, LeGOATski said:

But they're not dumb. 

 

Idk, I'm getting more worried about this game the closer it gets. The Ravens match up well, as long as they have the right game plan. 

 

I'll be happy if they play to the Bills' strengths, though.

This is where I was last week. This week my stress has been going down as the game draws closer. 
 

If Frazier executed last years game plan and Josh plays like this years Josh, I really like our chances. 
 

In my opinion, this game comes down to two things:

 

1. Josh be this years version and be prepared to carry the O

2. Replicate, as much as possible, last years D plan to limit Lamar. 
 

I believe if those things happen the Bills advance. 

[Steelers Fire OC Randy Fichtner]

54 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Fire Ben. 

Agreed. It’ll really hurt their cap, though. He’s due $41m next year I believe. 

[Weird thing about Bills vs Ravens history]

Not sure how this is weird. 

[DEFENSE, missed tackles]

Everyone! Quickly! Let’s crap on a 14-3 team!!!! They SUCK!!!!!!

 

Give me a break.

[Tyler Bass Article Comparing His Stats to Other Rookie Kickers]

1 hour ago, CSBill said:

But we really don’t want him making tackles, for many reasons. 

If it saves a TD in a playoff game, I’m all for it...but hopefully coverage doesn’t break down moving forward!

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

On 1/11/2021 at 8:26 PM, Freddie's Dead said:

I saw this segment.  I LOL'd at "...not to dump on my coaches or anything, but we'd get to the LOS with 9 seconds on the play clock..."

 

Look about two hours in, should be in the Audio Vault at wgr550.com.

I just checked and I still don’t see anything in the Bills app or on YouTube. Weird. 

[I got fired because I didn't want to work when the bills were playing]

This is not how you become GM and then take off for every Bills game. Just saying. 

[Tyler Bass Article Comparing His Stats to Other Rookie Kickers]

58 minutes ago, junior12thman92 said:

 

Not sure if you have a subscription to The Athletic, but if you do, I highly recommend this article about Tyler Bass. It touches on the 'football player' part. 

I do and will check it out: thanks!

[Tyler Bass Article Comparing His Stats to Other Rookie Kickers]

And how about his tackle last week? He’s a great kicker and also wants to be a football player!

[Steve Tasker lost his mind after the Pascal fumble?]

I grasp I’m in the minority here but I love Steve. His ‘bumblyness’ is clearly a result of the joy he gave to us all those years ago. Give him a script and he’s money. 
 

I listen to OBL almost every day and accept it for what it is...Steve’s bumbling and all. It’s my thanks to him. Love the guy...he was a human missile. 

[Rewatching the game: Our Coaches deserve more credit]

6 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

I haven't checked but I'd have to think the Colts fans are not all that pleased with Reich after the decisions he made. I know of course that every decisions leads to the next one and therefore the variables will all change, but Frank made some really bad blunders. 

Multiple, I agree, and, in my opinion, they (and Josh carrying the Bills) directly lead to the win. 

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

1 minute ago, Steptide said:

I believe this is a big part of the offense. It gives Allen ample time to read the defense. Having said that though, rivers was tearing up our defense with no time on the play clock. Alot of it is probably just experience 

You answers your point: experience. Josh is still learning which makes him all the more dangerous as he progresses!

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

46 minutes ago, Inigo Montoya said:

There did seem to be a big jump in the offense's performance once Daboll moved off the sidelines and into the coaches boxes last year.  If Daboll becomes a head coach it will be back down to the sidelines again.  That could impact his ability to execute an offense if he is going to be the play caller.  It will definitely be an adjustment for him.   He seems to call a better game with that bird'e eye view of the field and defense.

Whomever he chooses as OC he can teach to match what he’s doing now...and demand it. 

45 minutes ago, Limeaid said:

 

It also appeared that Daboll was a little hot headed and this cooled him down a bit.

I suspect that is maturation under McD. Completely guessing but I’d be willing to put $5 on it (I am NOT a gambler when it comes to cash 😃). 

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

26 minutes ago, LABILLBACKER said:

If Lamar doesn't like the play he just runs away from everyone. That's his check down. 

True...and much ‘easier’ to scheme against a’la when the Bills played them last year while still dealing with an up and coming QB. The Bills set the bar against him last year, hands down. 

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

20 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

I believe we can neither confirm nor deny that it may or may not have been "brought home" to Daboll that yelling at his player for several minutes relieves his (Daboll's) feelings but is neither necessary nor helpful in order to help his player understand what just went wrong and prepare for the next series.

 

I think we saw big jumps in the Josh/Daboll relationship after the NE game, and another level-up after the Eagles and Browns games.

 

At this point though, 1) I don't think Daboll would yell at Josh on the sidelines and 2) if he did, I think Josh would just take it in stride and be like "yeah yeah - this is what I saw, what should I have read there?" and "on to the next play"

 

It's not just Josh who has developed.  IMO.

 

 

Got a linky or anyway, some idea when in the show it is?

The only link at this point is to the entire show. If you go to the Bills app, website or YouTube, it is in the latter half of hour two, as stated in the OP. 

20 minutes ago, dave mcbride said:

Getting plays in quickly is HUGE. If you're not giving your qb time to get out of bad plays and diagnose what is probably coming, you're failing at your job. It was a huge problem in previous years, especially with Roman. To be fair, Roman is excellent, and maybe that's not a problem in Baltimore

I agree and that’s why I thought it was thread-worthy...coupled with Woods’ understanding of Roman. 

 

It allows what has been discussed previously along with Daboll staying in Josh’s ear for a few seconds while at the line as Josh can continue to hear him until fifteen seconds remain, if I’m not mistaken. 

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

6 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Always possible G-Ro may have changed his spots over the intervening years.....

 

I think initially with Daboll, getting plays in quickly was a problem.  As I recall, one of the changes made after the NE game last year was to put Daboll in the box in the hope that being able to see the "whole picture" of the D would help him react and call plays more quickly.

You’re correct and I think that paints a picture of the entire coaching staff growing and recognizing areas of improvement. Initially they wanted Daboll on the field to interact with Josh and then recognized it was time to take the next step.

 

At any rate, one of the things Woods explains is Roman’s philosophy and how there are only so many ways to change it. Worth a listen, in my opinion. 

[Daboll getting play calls in quickly]

Interesting take from E. Wood today on OBL (can’t share a link as the ‘snippets’ aren’t posted as of yet). If you go to the entire show, he’s in the latter half of hour two. 
 

Eric stated how impressed he was in the fact that Daboll gets plays in so quickly compared to Greg Roman (whom he played for). He said on the 35 yard TD to Diggs that getting the play call in quickly allowed for Josh to check out and then back into the scoring play as they were given the time to do so. He further commented that, under Roman, they were getting to the line with nine or so seconds left on the play clock. Which removed this opportunity. 
 

I found this to be very interesting and one of the ‘soft skills’ many of us don’t realize. Seems like a very fine line between going hurry-up while also maintaining the leverage the QB needs to read the D. 
 

He also shared valuable info about how Roman calls games and his players calls pre-snap.