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10 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
No. The Bucs are a poorly coached team playing on a short week and seemed totally unprepared. They had crazy off coverage alignments and never adjusted, which allowed us to funnel the ball to Davis in a way that we normally can't. To his credit he was able to make a couple plays after the catch, but we have seen him have these sudden high production games in the past before falling back into 2 catches on 5 targets for 27 yards the following week. Don't be a prisoner of the moment. A WR that can play outside is still a big need.
To me, of the realistic available targets, Hopkins makes way more sense than anyone else. Right now in obvious man situations we are always throwing the ball to Diggs. That's obviously the right read 100% of the time given our current personnel, but Diggs is not a contested catch specialist and is not all that great at dealing with physical coverage, so if he doesn't outright win the route the ball likely falls to the turf. One of our drives against the Bucs in the 2nd half stalled out for exactly that reason, and it was at a time when we desperately needed to get out of our offensive rut.
So now add Hopkins into the mix. Suddenly defenses have to be very concerned about those jump balls/contested catches and Allen can just kind of chuck it up to him, instead of always relying on Diggs to win his route. That hopefully will pull defenses out of man coverage more frequently which gets us into favorable zone looks that we can beat with our preferred spread formations. Hopkins also gives us an actual downfield explosive presence that we currently don't have at all.
I'm at least intrigued by the idea of Derrick Henry because Murray has not been good the past couple weeks and we currently have no goal-to-go run offense. Henry/Cook would be a great 1-2 punch, arguably the best in the league. But I would prefer to lean into our strength which is obviously passing the ball downfield.
Hopkins is the only one that makes sense to me as well on the offensive side of the ball. On defense, I could see us acquiring a DT or LB, but IDK... it still seems most likely that we will acquire no one (not saying that would be my choice).
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All but one, maybe two of Gabe's catches the other night were hands catches, plucks out of the air, previous history not withstanding. Give credit where credit is due, even if its just for one game. Everyone has already heard umpteen million times about his poor hands.
All of both Gabe and Kalil’s catches are displayed here-
Hard working players actually can improve on occasion too ( I know some don’t seem to agree with this), so there is hope, atleast while we have them and can afford them.
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Bills have been much improved in RAC all season long. Normally, they are between 29 and 32nd in RAC each season. Not the case this year.
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1 minute ago, Goin Breakdown said:
Yessir
LOL Chris has got to ease off on the "Try Hard" a bit.
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40 minutes ago, BuffaloRebound said:
I don’t remember 2 missed targets unless they’re counting deflection interception by Winfield as a target to kincaid. Nonetheless, Kincaid needs the ball more. He’s catching 90% of his targets.
Exactly.... Which is also why catches per target is kind of an empty stat. Catches per targets that are catch-able would be much more of a telling stat with regard to the reliability of a receiver.
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1 hour ago, Goin Breakdown said:
"The cook is in the kitchen and the recipe is sssssspicy". I just can't. that was so bad.
OMG did he really say that?
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2 hours ago, Cray51 said:
I see we are continuing away from facts and instead proving opinions.
If we are trying to force opinions as fact, prove to me McD doesn’t go for it on 4th and short up 14 against the Chiefs in a playoff game? Because his past has shown he would. He sat back because he didn’t respect Mayfield. It worked in the end, it just made the game closer than most wanted
Yes...That. Plus lets freakin' face it.... Those 4th down and drive extending penalties at the end were a pile of BS. McD even calls them out in his very subtle way in his post game presser, which he almost never does. We and all those around us in the stadium could not believe what was going on out there toward the end! I don't pay attention to spreads very often but what was it for this game? Because that final "TD Drive" for the Bucs was some BS. I try my damnedest to avoid mentioning flags as a reason for a loss, but since this was a win, those refs can suck it! They were awful in the end. Closest I've ever come to thinking a game I witnessed live was officiated in a biased, intentional manner.
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50 minutes ago, Franco_92 said:
I could make an identical list from any good team's one-score win this year. Easily. Trivially. Twice as long. The context isn't that the Bills were perfect, it's that this is NFL football, and there are very few NFL football games that don't look like this. And the Bills are historically overrepresented in the games that are as flawless as we demand - massive blowout victories. No team in history, or very few, have done that with the frequency of the Bills of these last 4 years. 39% of their games in this struggle-session of a season have been exactly that!
I think I love you (in a totally platonic way of course), and your takes in this thread. EXTREMELY refreshing. We need more folks like you.
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3 minutes ago, HappyDays said:
This would be the 1st I've heard of a guy costing more on the cap because he's injured
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27 minutes ago, Logic said:
I missed the game yesterday. I never, ever, ever miss Bills games. On the rare occasions that I do, I used to be able to record them and watch them back later. No longer a possibility.
I already watched the highlights. I already read some of what's in the media about the game.
What I'm looking for is a sober, accurate recap of how the game really went from one of our many great posters here, who can keep emotion out of it to some degree. Not angry shouting and over-simplified Monday morning quarterback diatribes or crazy nonsense. I realize this may be an impossible task on this forum after a bad loss. But...I'm just very curious how this game went and how it wound up with the outcome it did.
What did the offense do well and not do well? Was Dorsey's playcalling and personnel usage diverse and interesting, or was it static and uncreative? Was the pass protection any good? How was the run game? How did Josh play? How did the defensive line do without Ed Oliver? Did Von Miller make any impact? Did Dorian Williams look decent? How did the corners play? Elam? Why were the Pats able to score so many points with such a moribund offense?
Any input and reasonable, non-emotionally-tinged information or recaps would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.I didn't see any such discussions on here yesterday unfortunately. It's been all the typical yelling from the mountain tops with unfounded takes and generalities, and lots of the posters who only come out in times like these from under their bridges, trying to claim their victory in saying that we were going to suck 3 months ago. YAY.
This is the general summary that my family and I discussed after the game, because my brother was unable to watch it as well like you:
- Josh threw a gift INT on our first play on offense. Starred down the WR and didn't see the DB peeling off of his underneath target to follow Josh's eyes. That cost us 7 pts.
- The offensive line couldn't pass protect to save their lives in the 1st quarter, and into the 2nd. That issue was present in the 2nd half as well, but not as prevalent.
- The D in the 1st half was solid but unspectacular. Slowly, over the course of the game, they tired and were taken further advantage of. The Interior D-line play was awful with both backups in there, and Ford.
- Josh missed on some key medium and deep medium throws as the game went along, but mostly got himself back in order and played well overall.
- Cook and Kincaid were excellent all game long (They went away from Cook a bit more once they were down 22-10, understandably).
- In the 2nd half, the offense finally got going and climbed all the way back in the game and took the lead. Key contributors there were Diggs, Kincaid, Shakir on a cpl plays, Murray on a cpl as well. Through that all though, Bass missed another FG and Knox dropped a key 4th and 2 pass that was right there for him...
- While the D was tiring and our blitzes weren't getting home, they still managed to force a fumble (Poyer) to secure the ball for the offense and the lead.
- The Pats had the ball last, and took it right down the field methodically with little resistance and punched it in with the TD to Gesicki for the win.
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18 hours ago, Einstein said:
I saw this today and couldn’t help but laugh. There is a bit of truth to it.
Still, no other QB id rather have. Ride or die with Josh!
Seriously... No meat to that claim whatsoever when the Bills have blown out more teams that they are "Supposed to beat" than any other team in football since 2020.
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1 minute ago, Simon said:
I am sooooo going to get you at a TBD tailgate.
OMG that would be the best! Until the pain kicks in any way
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1 minute ago, BuffaloBillies said:
Ha. If I heard Clinkscale I would immediately get down on all fours and watch you go flying instead. Ha
That would have been fair game, and likely did happen!
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This discussion reminds me of a really stupid high school days story -
My group of friends in grades 10-12 used to have this thing we called a "Clinkscale" which was a flattening freight train of a tackle from out of nowhere. It was named from one of the great Cowboy players Dexter Clinkscale, a hitting machine safety who played in the 80's. The 'agreement' was that while any of our friends were walking about outside somewhere (preferably on grass), any of the other friends could sneak up on the group and as long as they yelled out "Clinkscale!" at the top of their lungs ahead of time and blindside truck one of the other friends! Surprisingly, there were no major injuries from this, and it made us walk around with our heads on a swivel!
Ah, the dumb years, they were fun
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6 minutes ago, Mango said:
I actually think McD will call out staff pretty quickly with stuff like "We have to be better with what we are seeing out there" and other general platitudes.
While yes, I think McD is calling out Dorsey when he says "Understanding what our players strengths are, and putting them in a position to succeed" type stuff. But I think when McD was talking about the offenses failure to execute keeping them out of rhythm, I think he is calling out the players.
Both things are/can be true at the same time.agreed, and I would wager McD is much more 'candid' with both staff and players inside the building. He's that No BS Dad all the way (that's a compliment).
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To address the OP's point, I say there needs to be a happy medium.
I'd be happy with a situation where Josh takes off running again more (still sliding where needed) on passing plays where nobody gets open in time, but to keep all of the designed Josh runs out of the play book. I feel like this would fill the current void in their rhythm.
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Here we go again drawing a line in the sand. It's the NFL and you gotta play hard for every victory. If it's only about the last game of the season, there is no point in being a fan (my opinion). Enjoy the ride.
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6 minutes ago, beebe said:
Understood. But you're essentially calling a sacrifice bunt (running a play unlikely to convert a first down) in favor of setting up a 3rd-and-5 (which teams convert 44% of the time.)
That's pretty accurate, yes. That's often a prevailing coaching mindset due to success rates.
Now, when you have a really good pass protecting O-line or a thoroughbred like Josh at the helm, it does alter those odds of course and you can take more calculated risks.
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The run for 3 to 5 yards on second and ten seems to only be understood by those who have played/coached. The main reason (although there are others) is that in the passing game, the more of a QB drop you have to take (5 or 7 step vs a 3 step) vs a defense that is quite sure you are passing creates more risk, allowing the defense to "Tee off" and get home on your QB. So while its no guarantee of success/failure, it allows for additional risk. This is the "staying ahead of the sticks" concept.
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2 minutes ago, DCofNC said:
I don’t agree that he doesn’t have anything between the ears, it was pretty widely pushed that he was quite smart coming out of Florida… that said, he isn’t getting it for us. Either he just can’t handle the zone scheme, which does take a little more on the fly recognition than “cover that guy” or he has done something to piss McD off for the ages. I can’t imagine what he could have done to get no PT with all that physical ability. It’s a mystery to me, all I know is the Chiefs completely F’d us by taking McDuffie and leaving us with what appears to be a panic pick.
his most recent review by cover1 shows that he indeed has some decent understanding of the Bills zone concepts. Maybe its more of a consistency thing, or some gaps in certain areas still, and Norman could help with that.
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1 hour ago, SF Bills Fan said:
People are commenting on Andre not being friendly, but I have met him several times more recently and he was great to me and everyone around. People change and mellow with time and that cocky young guy is long gone. Other guys from that time had bad reps too and now they are different too.
yep for example our OG hero, Jimbo... Was a complete a$$ in many ways in his early days. Much more so than Andre ever was.
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Current cover1 analysis pointing out some of our blitzing that didn't quite get home, and also shows that some of both Elam and Dorian's play wasn't so bad. That's at least encouraging.
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7 minutes ago, SCBills said:
Dodson is a limited backup because he's a backup.
Dorian Williams is a limited backup because he's a rookie and needs to develop/gain experience.
One provides baseline play for the year. The other has the chance to grow and become better as the season goes on.
Ok that covers your take certainly... Dodson was only my example though. This is a common complaint about any backup, especially when one is more prepared to help win the next game than the other who might be a better long term development option.
25 minutes ago, Gregg said:Just went to the Giants site. Some comments from Daboll.
Here's the latest on Jones and other news and notes from the head coach:
📰 The head coach said quarterback Daniel Jones will not practice today. "We're day-to-day with him."
📰 Daboll said they will likely take a decision on Daniel Jones to the end of the week. "He'll have a chance. We'll see where he's at."
📰 Veteran quarterback Tyrod Taylor will get the reps today. "He's a pro."
📰 Left tackle Andrew Thomas will not practice today.
📰 Daniel Jones is a "little bit more sore" today.
📰 Daboll said they'll try to get veteran offensive lineman Justin Pugh more involved this week in practice to ramp him up. Daboll thought he did a good job last week.
📰 Offensive tackle Matt Peart (shoulder) will not practice today. Neither will rookie center John Michael Schmitz (shoulder).
📰 Daboll said inside linebacker Micah McFadden (ankle) and wide receiver Wan'Dale Robinson (knee) won't practice today. Tight end Darren Waller has a groin injury and won't practice.
Nothing on Barkley?
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Dodson we know is a limited but experienced player in our scheme (better against the run than pass). With that said, he played decently considering the situation last week. Why do folks have to hate on our backups? They are what they are. And they are an important part of every NFL team in this game that includes a salary cap.
"Oh man I'll be so pissed if they put in this limited backup instead of this other limited backup"!
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Beane reportedly looking for LB help (possible rumor)
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That pass rating against stat some sources use is 100% subjective outside of in one on one man coverage situations. There, I put it nicely.